STOCK SALES.

Auckland Star, Volume LIX, Issue 28, 2 February 1928, Page 4

STOCK SALES.

PRICES AT WESTFIELD. BEEF VALUES MAINTAINED. At Westfield yesterday beef met with good competition, and prices were well maintained. The bidding for sheep and lambs was also brisk. The following table shows the prices realised for fat stock this week, compared with last week: — This week. Last week. BEEF (per 1001b.) — Extra choice ox 33/ 33/ Choice and prime ox 28 to 32/ 25/ to 32/ Choice and prime cow and heifer 23/ to 2S,' 23/ to 2S/ SHEEP (per head) — Prime •wethers 23 G to 30 ' 22/6 to 29'3 Unfin. wethers. Us/ to 24/ 1!).' to 24 6 Prime ewes ... 14 to 24,13/6 to 21/ L'nftn. ewes .. 8/ to 13, 0 10/ to 15/3 Prime lambs, Woolly 21/ to 32/ 20/ to 27/6 Shorn lt>/' to 23/ Unfin. lambs.. 12/ to 1(3/ 14/ to IG/G CALVES (per head) — Runners 60/ to SO/ 54/ to SO/ Vealers 40/ to 70/ 30/ to 74/ PIGS (per head) — Baeoners 43/ to 34/ 43/ to 32/ Porkers 30/ to 43/ 23/ to 40/ Weaners 4' toll/ ti/ to 9/ Slips 8/ to 13/ y/ to 14/ Large stores .. 16/ to 23/ 1 o/ tu 20/ ALFRED BUCKLAND AND SONS. Alfred Buckland and Sons. Limited, report: —We penned beef to the number of 468 head, as against 379 head at last Wednesday's sale, comprising 227 steers and 241 cows and heifers. Competition was lees keen, but there was no alteration in the value of ox beef. Cows were easier. Extra choice ox sold to £1 13/ per 1001b; choice and prime ox, £1 10/ to £1 12/; secondary and plain ox, £ 1 7/ to £ 1 9. ; prime young cow and heifer beef, £1 3/ to £1 5/; ordinary cow beef, £1 to £1 2,6; heavy prime steers ranged in price from £12 10/ to £13 10/ (15 steers from Mr. B. Keed, Waerenga, averaged £12 9/8); lighter prime steers, £11 5/ to £12 7,6; light prime steers, £10 to £11 2,6; email and unfinished steers, £5 10/ to £9 17/6; extra heavy prime young cows and heifers, £8 to £10; heavy prime cows and heifers, £6 15/ to £7 17/6; lighter prime cows and heifers, £5 5/ to £6 12/6; other killable cows, £3 15/ to £5 2/6. There ■was about an average yarding of sheep, which sold steadily throughout. Prime wethers were unchanged, but ewes and ■unfinished wethers were easier in price. Heavy prime wethers made £1 7, 6 to £1 9/; medium to heavy prime wethers, £1 5/ to £1 7/3; light to medium prime wethers, £1 3/ to £1 4/9; unfinished ■wethers, 19/ to £1 2/9; extra heavy prime young eWeSj £1 to £1 3/; heavy prime ewes, 17/ to 19/6; lighter prime ewes, 15/ to 16/9; other killable ewes, 12/6 to 14/9; other, ewes, 10/6 to 12/3 (1059 sheep sold). Lambs were penned to the number of 599. prime lambs were better worth. Plain arid Unfinished were lower. Extra heavy prime lambs made £1 6/6 to £1 9/ (a pen of 9 extra special realised £1 12/6; heavy prime lambs, £1 5/ to £1 6/3; lighter prime lambs, £1 3/ to £1 4/9; light prime lambs, £1 1/ to £1 2/9; plain lambs, 16/ to £1; store lambs, 12/6 to 15/. A short yarding of calves met a keen demand. Our quotations show an increase in "values for all classes. Runners made from £3 to £5 6/ for an extra prime heifer; heavy prime vealers. £3 15/ to £4 6/;' medium vealers, £2 18/ to £3 16/; light, £2 to £2 14/; small, £1 6/ to £1 15/; rough and plain calves, 15/ to £1 9'; fresh-dropped, 5/ to 10/ (136 calves sold). We again had a full supply of fat pigs. Bidding was steady, with prices equal to those ruling at recent sales. Light choppers made £1 10/ to £2 7/ (no heavy choppers penned); extra heavy prime baeoners, up to £2 12/; light and medium, £2 4/ to £2 7/; heavy porkers, £2 3/ to '£2 medium, £1 18/ to £2 1/; light, ]fl 14/ to £1 17/; small and unfinished, ■£1 3/ to £1 11/. No good stores were penned- Slips and email stores, 9/ to 18/; jeeanere, 6/ to 10/ (457 pigs sold). LOAN AND MERCANTILE. • The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company, Limited, reports:—Beef was penned in average numbers. Competition was very steady and values were firm at late rates. Extra choice ox sold to 33/ per 1001b; choice and prime ox, 28/ to 32/; ordinary and plain ox, 24/ to 27/; prime young cow and heifer beef, 25/ to 28/; ordinary cow beef, 21/ to 24/. No extra heavy prime steers were penned. Heavy prime steers, £12 to £13; lighter prime steers, £10 17/6 to £11 17/6; light prime steers, £9 10/ to £10 15/; unfinished and small, £7 to £9 5/; extra heavy prime young cows and heifers, £8 to £9 5/;' heavy prime young cows and heifers, £7 to £7 17/6; lighter, £6 to £6 17/6; light cows, £5 to £5 17/6; other cows, £3 15/ to £4 17/6. Sheep were yarded in less than average numbers. Competition was keen for prime wethers and ether classes sold at late rates. Extra heavy prime wethers made £1 8/ to £1 10/; heavy prime wethers, £1 6/6 to £1 7/9; medium prime wethers, £15/ to '£1 6/3; light prime wethers, £1 3/6 to £1. 4/9; small and unfinished wethers, M/ to £1 2/9; extra heavy prime ewes. £12/ to £1 4/6; heavy prime ewes, 18/ to £1 medium prime ewes, 16/ to 17/9; light prime ewes, 14/ to 15/9; inferiorly fatted ewes, 8/ to 13/6. Lambs were penned in average numbers, with a keen demand for prime quality, which were decidedly better in value. lambs were dull of sale. Woolly extra heavy prime made £1 9/ to £1 12/; ■woolly heavy prime, £1 6/6 to £1 8/9; shorn, £1 3/ to £1 5/; woolly medium prime, £1 4/ to £1 6/3; shorn, £1 to £1 2/6; woolly light prime, £1 1/ to £1 3/9; shorn, 16/ to 19/; unfinished, best, 12/ to 16/; others, 7/ to 11/6. Pigs were penned in average numbers and values were firm at late quotations. Choppers sold from £2 ' to £2 15/; heavy and medium baeoners, from £2 10/ to £2 14/; light baeoners and heavy porkers, from £2 5/ to £2 8/; medium porkers and light porkers, from £1 18/ to £2 2/: small and'unfinished porkers. £1 10/ to £1 16/. Store pigs were penned in small numbers, values being at late quotations. Large Stores made 16/ to £1 3/; slips, 8/ to 15/; weaners, 4/ to 11Calves were penned in small numbers. Values were very firm at late quotations. No extra heavy vealers ■were penned. Runners made £3 to £4; ieavy vealers, £3 16/ to £4 6/; medium, £3 3/ to £3 14/; light, £2 10/ to £3; smaller, £2 to £2 8/; small and fresh dropped. 5/ to £1 18/; rough calves, 15/' to £1 10/. | dalgety and company. .Dalgety and Company. Ltd., report:— Beef: There was a moderate yarding of ox beef. Values were steady at late rates, cow being cheaper. Beef was yarded in large numbers and values were erratic and as » whole easier. Extra choice ox sold to 33/ per 1001b: choice and prime ox, 28/ to 32/;. "just killable" ox 24/ to 27/; prime voung cow and heifer beef, 25/ to 27/; just killable, 22/ to 24/. Sheep: A smaller yarding. Well finished wethers sold under keen competition at fully late rate« but all other classes were easier. Heavy prime wethers, £1 8/9; medium, £1 4/6 to £16/; light and unfinished, £1 2/ to £1 4/; heavy prime ewes, £1 to £12/; lighter, 17/6 to 19/; other ewes. 14/ to 15/6. Lambs: An average yarding, which consisted of very few well finished, which sold under keen competition. Unfinished lambs were easier. Heavy prime lambs made £1 7/; medium, £1 3/6 to £1.6/3; light, £1 to £1 2/6. Calves: A •mailer yarding which sold under good coiQpatition. Runners made £4 to £4 10/r bssvy vealers, £4 to £4 6/; medium

vealers, £3 to £4; liglat vealers, £2 to £2 15/; rough vealers. £1 to £1 18/; small vealers, 12/. Pigs: A fair yarding, with no change in values. E>ivy baeoners made £2 12/ to £2 15 : medium baeoners, £2 6/ to £'i 10.'; light baeoners, £2 to £2 5/; heavy porkers, £2 to £2 3/; .medium porkers, £1 14/ to £ 1 18/; light porkers, £ 1 10/.

HAMILTON STOCK SALE. Reports on the weekly stock sale at Frankton on Tuesday are: — Dalgety and Company, Limited: There was an average yarding of beef, which met with a good demand at late rates. Young prime fat cows and heifers sold at £6 1-5 to £7 17 6: light fat cows anil heifers. £5 5. to £6 2 6; vealers. to 37/(5; aged heavy cows. £5 to £5 15'. Very few store cattle were yarded. Boner eo.vs fold at ±.'3 10/ to £4 S ; bulls. £3 10/. There was a fair yarding of sheep. Fat .-dieep made late rates. Fat wethers brought up to 26-9; fat ewes. 19 ; store lambs sold under good competition at 15/ for shorn mixed sex lambs; down cross lambs. 14 (3. Breeding ewes were in good demand and the following were our principal sales: 350 4 and 6-tooth Eomney ewes, a firstclass line. 30/6; aged ewes, 11/; 450 2. 4 and 0-tooth wethers. 22/; cull lambs. 6/ to 10/. There was a medium yarding of all sorts of pigs. Heavy baeoners made £2 11/'; medium baeoners, £2 to £2 4'; heavy porkers. £1 16/ to £1 IS.'; light porkers. £1 9/ to £1 13/; choppers, £2 to £2 13,'; large stores, £1 to £1 3/; slips, 12/ to 15 ; best weauers, 5 /to 10/; others, 2/ t > 4'.

New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company, Limited: Beef was penned in full supply but only a small proportion was prime quality, and values were a trifle easier. Best fat cows and heifers realised £7 17/ to £8 19/; lighter, £6 to £7 3/; plain and unfinished cows. £5 1/ to £5 13/; fat steers, £10 5/: veal calves, £2 3/ to £3; boner cows, £3 5/ to £4 10/; fat wethers. £1 3/6 to £1 5/; mixed sex two-tooths, £1 2/; heavy baeoners. £2 6,/ to £2 10'; porkers, £1 13/ to £1 iS : stores, 18/ to £1 2/; slips, 10/ to 15/; weaners, 4/ to 8/. The Xew Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co.. Ltd., report that at the Hamilton sale, beef was penned in full supply, but only a small proportion was prime quality, and values were a trifle easier. Best fat cows and heifers realised £7 17/ to £8 19, : lighter, £6 to £7 3/: plain and unfinished cows, £5 1/ to £5 13/; fat steers, £10 5/; veal calves. £2 3/ to £3; boner cows, £3 5/ to £4 10/; fat wethers, £1 3/6 to £1 5/; m.s. 2-tooths, £1 2/. Heavy baeoners, £2 6/ to £2 10'; porkers, £1 13/ to £1 18/; stores. 18/ to £1 2/; slips, 10/. to 15/; weaners, 4/ to 8,/. IN THE WAIKATO.

Reports on the weekly stock sale at Frankton on Tuesday: —

Dalgety and Company, Limited: There was an average yarding of beef, which met with a good demand at late rates. Young prime fat cows and heifers sold at £6 15/ to_ £7 17/6: light fat cows and heifers. £5 5/ to £6 2/6; vealers to 37/6; aged heavy cows, £5 to £5 15/. Very few store cattle were yarded. Boner cows sold at £3 10/ to £4 8/: bulls. £3 10/. There was a fair of sheep. Fat sheep made late rates. Fat wethers brought up to 26/9; fat ewes, 19/; store lambs sold under good competition at 15/ for shorn mixed sex lambs; down cross lambs. 14/6. Breeding ewes were in good demand and the following were our principal sales:— 350 4 and 6-tooth Romney ewes, a firstclass line. 30/6; aged ewes, 11/; 450 2, 4 and 6-tooth wethers, 22/: cull lambs! 6/ to 10/. There was a medium yarding of all sorts of pigs. Heavy baeoners made £2 11/; medium baeoners £2 to £2 ifheavy porkers. £1 16/ to £1 18/; light porkers, £1 9/ to £1 13/; choppers, £2 to £2 13/: large stores, £1 to £1 3/; slips, 12/ to 15/; best weaners, 5/ to 10/; others, 2/ to 4/. New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company, Limited.—Beef was penned in full supply, but only a small proportion was prime quality, and values were a trifle easier. Best fat cows and heifers realised £7 17/ to £8 19/; lighter, £6 to £7 3/; plain and unfinished cows, £5 1/ to £5 13/; fat steers, £10 5/• veal calves. £2 3/ to £3; boner cow, £3 5/ to £4 10/; fat wethers, £1 3/6 to £1 5/, mixed sex two-tooths, £1 2/. Heavy baeoners. £2 6/ to £2 10/; porkers. £1 13/ to £1 18/; stores. 18/ to £12/; slips 10/ to 15/; weaners, 4/ to 8/.

OTHER COUNTRY SALES. The Kew Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company report—We held sales during the past week at Westfield, Pukekohe. Kaukapakapa, Clevedon, and two clearing sales. All classes of dairy and 'store cattle sold at late rates. We quote: Best dairy cows and heifers, close to profit, £10 to £17 10/; others. £6 10/ to £9 10/; backward springers, £5 to £8; aged cows and inferior heifers, S2 10/ to £4 15/; bulls, £2 to £7 15/, according to weight; empty cows and heifers, £2 5/ to £3 10/boner cows, £2 10 /to £4 5/; yearling to 18 months heifers, best, £3 to £5 10 '• others, £1 10/ to £2 15/; yearling to 18months steers, £2 10 /to £3 15/; two to 2%-year steers. £4 to £4 15/; three to 3%year steers, £5 to £5 17/6; four to 4Vtyear steers, £6 to £6 17/6; frrown steers in forward condition, £7 to £7 17/6; beef at fully Westfield quotations. Alfred Buckland and Sons, Ltd., reportDuring the week we held sales at Westfield, Waiotira, Maungakaramea and Waitakarurn. Tnere were average yardingg and values for all classes were similar to those ruling at the previous week's sales.

The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Conjpany report:—We held sale* during the past week at Westfield, Pukekohe. Kaukapakapa, Clevedon and two clearing sales. All classes of dairy and store cattle sold at late rates. We quote: Best dairy cows and heifers, close to pro fit, £10 to £17 10/; others. £6 10/ to £9 10,/; backward springers, £5 to £8; aged cows and inferior heifers, £2 10/ to £4 15/; bulls, £2 to £7 15/. according to weight; empty cows and heifers, £2 5/ to £3 10/; boner cows, £2 10/ to £4 5/; yearling to 18 months heifers, best £3 to £5 19/, others £1 10/ £2 15/; yearling to 18-months steers. £2 10/ to £3 15/; * wo 2%-year steers, £4 to £4 15/; three to 3%-year steers, £5 to £5 17/6: lou,to 4%-year steers, £6 to £6 17/6; grown steers m forward condition, £7 to £7 17/6Westfield quotations. -n~ •r i Auckland and Sons, Ltd., report: MW l We t We he]d 83,68 at West " taklrun, Th" Maun S akar amea and Waiand viii T r< \, were average yardings those ruHnt? Tf c ' asse s were similar t j nihng at the Previous week's sales.

addington sales. BEEF PRICES EASIER. (By Telegraph-Press Association) CHRISTCHURCH, Wednesday 1 here was again an exceptionally heavv entry of store lambs at Addington to-d-u and the prices of all classes in the stow section eased. The dry. hot weather i« showing no sign of breaking and this i= restraining competition. Store Sheep.—The entry came from all points. Lambs were again down bv about 2/ a head and all but the best ewes by a similar amount. Forward crossbred lambs made 22/ to 24/6; good rape lambs, 20/ to 21/9; medium lambs, 17/6 to 20/; small and inferior lambs, 12 6 to 16/9; cu u lambs, 9/6 to 11/6: good halfbred wether lambs, 20/4 to 23/6: medium halfbred lambs, 16/ to 18/9; inferior halfbred lambs. 13/ to 15/; four, six and eight-toothe I crossbred ewes, 26/ to 28/; inferior four* six and eight-toothed ewes, 19/ to 22/6; sound and failing mouthed ewes, 15/ to 19/6; inferior failing-mouthed ewes, 10/ to 14/6; cull ewes, 4/6 to 7/6; four, six and eight-toothed Chatham Island wethers to 23/6; medium four, six and eight-toothed

wethers, 18/9 to 21/; four and halfbred wethers, 19/6 to 22/; failinj-i mouthed halfbred wethers, 15/6 to 17/6. Fat Lambs.—ln an entry of 3500 head light and unfinished lainbs predominated. There was a good sale at full scbsdule rates. Extra prime made 32/6 to 34/10; i prime, 28/6 to 31/6; medium, 26/ to 28/;; light, 23/6 to 25/6; and inferior, 21/ to 23/. Fat Sheep.—There was a heavy entry of 12 races, but only a small proporticu of the entry was attractive. Good sheep sold at fully up to last week's rates, but ewes were down by a shilling and were bought freely by exporters. Extra prime wethers brought up to 35/7; prime wethers, 30/' to 32/6; medium wethers, 26/6 to 29 6; light wethers, 22/ to 26/; extra prime ewes, 27/ to 32/10; prime ewes, 22/ to 26/; medium ewes, 18/ to 21/; light ewes. 14/6 to 17/6; old ewes, 12/ to 14/.

Fat Cattle.—Values for cows and heavy steers were easier by 20/ per head, with prime medium weights about 10/ down. Prime beef made 36/ to 39/6 per lOfllb; in a few cases to 41/; heavy, 31/ to «'<»/; medium quality, 33/ to 35/; ordinary cow, 26/ to 29/6; and rough down to 22/ per 1001b. Extra heavy steers realised up to £18 2/6; prime heavy steers, £15 to £17; medium weight prime steers, £12 to £15: light steers, £8 to £11: extra prime heifers. to £14 2/6; prime heifers, £10 6/ to £12 5/; medium heifers, £S to £10; light heifers, £6 to £7 15 ; extra prime co\vs to £13 17/6; prime cows. £9 10/ to £11 15/; medium cows, £6 10/ to £9; aged and light cows, £4 to £6 5/. Vealers.—A good sale for all classes. Twelve to 18 months sorts up to £7 -5/': vealers, £3 to £5 15/'; others, 15/ to £2 5/: small calves, 4/ to 10'. Store Cattle.—An excellent sale, especially for forward steers. Three and 4-year steers, £9 to £10 of; 2-year, £5 15/ to £C 10/; yearling heifers, £3 15/: good cows, £3 10/ to £5 5/. Dairy Cattle—A small entry sold readily. Good second to fourth ealvers. £9 to £14 5,'; medium, £7 to £8 10/; best heifers, £7 10/ to £10 10/; others, £4 to £6 10/' cows in profit. £3 to £9 10/. Fat Pigs.—There was a much better demand for all classes with an advance on the preceding sale of halfpenny a lb Choppers made £3 to £4 13/6; baeoners, .55/ to £3 16/ (average price per lb, 4d to o^d); porkers, 36/ to 43/; heavier, 45/ to 50' (average per lb, 6d to 7%d). Stole Pigs. A sound sale. AVeaners made 10/ to 17/6; small stores. 18/ to 2"V• medium, 22/6 to 26/; large, 27/ to 3> 6* extra large, to 36/. ' '