STOCK SALES.

Auckland Star, Volume LIX, Issue 75, 29 March 1928, Page 4

STOCK SALES.

WESTFIELD MARKET. HIGH PRICES RULE. BEEF UP TO 36/ PF.R HUNDRED. Theie was a fair yarding of beef cattlc at Westfield yesterday, and again keen competition for choice quality, some of which averaged as high as 36/ per 1001b. Sheep and lambs again sold well, and last week's rates were fully maintained. Pigs shared in the general keen demand, but calves were dull' of sale. The following table shows the range of prices compared with those ruling the previous week:— This Week. Last Week.

DALGETY AND COMPANY

Dalgety and Company, Limited, report: Beei: There was a very heavy yarding of hoth cow and ox beef. Ox beef was firm at late rates, but cows and heifers were inclined to ease. A line of bullocks from Sommerville's Estate, Okoroire, sold to £15 2/6, and averaged £13 4/6. Wc quote:—Extra choice ox. 35/ per 1001b; choice and prime, 32/ to 34/; just killable, 28/ to 31/; prime young cow and heifer beef, 27/ to 29/; just kiilable, 24/ to 26/. Sheep: There was an average yarding, with little or no change in values. A consignment of prime wethers, on uccount of Mr. W. Johnstone, Puketutu, sold to £1 15/3. and averaged £1 14/. Extra heavy prime wethers made £1 15/3; heavy prime, £1 10/ to £1 12/6; medium, £1 7/6 to £1 9/; light and unfinished, £1 5/ to £1 6/6; extra heavy prime ewes, £1 7/; heavy, £1 3/6 to £1 5/; lighter, £1 1/ to £1 3/: others, 17/ to 19/6. Lambs: There was a good yarding of lambs, the bulk of which were unfinished. Fats sold on a par with lust week, but unfinished and store lambs were inclined to ease. Heavy prime lambs. £1 7/ to £1 9/8; medium, £1 4/ to £1 5/6; light, £1 to £1 3/; plain. 16/6 to 18/0. Calves: A fair yarding, which sold tinder fair competition, with little or 110 change in values. Runners, £3 7/ to £5 5/; heavy vealers, £3 10/ to £4 3/; medium, £3 to £3 5/: light, £2 to £2 15/; rough, £1 5/. Pigs: A good yarding, which sold under keen competition at late rated. Choppers made up to £3 12/; heavy baconers, £4 12/; medium, £3 10/ to £4: light, £3 to £3 8/; heavy porkers, £2 14/ to £3; medium, £2 5/ to £2 12/; light, £1 18/ to £2 2/.

LOAN ANO MERCANTILE. The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company, Limited, reports:—Beef whs penned in more than average numbers. Competition was keen, and values advanced 1/0 to 2/ per 1001b. this advance

being more noticeable for choice and prime * ox. Extra choice ox sold to 30/ per 1001b; choice and prime. 33/ to 35/; ordinary and plain, 28/ to 32/; prime young cow and heifer beef, 27/ to 30/; ordinary cow beef, 24/ to 28/; extra heavy prime steers, £15 to £16 7/6; heavy prime, £13 10/ to £14 17/6; lighter prime, £12 to £13 7/6; light £10 to £11 17/6; unfinished and amall, £7 to £9 17/6; extra heavy prime young cows and heifers. £8 10/ to £9 15/; heavy prime, £7 10/ to £8 7/6; lighter. £6 10/ to £7 7/6; light cows. £5

to £6 7/6; other cows, £3 10/ to £4 17/6. A line of 42 steers from Hautu Prison Farm, Tokaanu. averaged £14 1/, selling

at from £11 10/ to £16 7/6, the latter prioe being paid by the Auckland Meat Company for a pen of steers. Sheep were yarded in average numbers. Competition was keen and values were very firm at late values. Heavy prime wethers made £1 10/fl to £1 12/3; mediuifl prime, £1 9/ to £1 10/3; light prime, £1 7/ to £1 8/9; small and unfinished, £1 1/3 to £1 8/6; extra heavy prime ewes, £1 8/ to £1 10/6; heavy prime, £1 5/ to £1 7/9; medium prime. £1 3/ to £1 4/9; light prime, £1 to £1 2/9; interiorly fatted, 15/ upwards. Lambs were nenned in more than average numbers. Competition was again keen, last week's values being easily maintained. A line of extra heavy prime lambs, fattened at Hautu Prison Farm, realised £2 4/ each. The whole truck of , 85 lambs averaged £2 2/9, being purchased by the Auckland Meat Company. This is a record price for any consignment of such a number, and is without doubt the best line ever offered at Westfield. Extra heavy prime lambs made £1 18/ to £2 4/; heavy prime, £1 6/ to £1 8/; medium, £1 3/ to £1 5/6; light prime lambs. £1 to £1

2/9; store lambs, best, 14/ to 17/6; others, 10/ to 13/0. Pigs were penned in average

numbers, and values improved on late

quotations. Choppers sold at £3 10/ to £4 5/; heavy and medium baeoners, £4 2/ to £4 9/: light baeoners and heavy porkers, £3 10/ to £4: medium porkers and light porkers. £2 18/ to £3 8/; small ami unfinished porkers. £2 6/ to £2 16/. Store pigs were penned in average numbers. and values advanced on late quotations. Large stores made £1 16/ to £2 5/; slips, £l 5/ to £1 14/; weaners, 4/ to 12/. Calves were penned in average numbers, and were dull of sale, values being cosier on lute quotations. Runners made £3 5/ to £4 10/; heavy vealers. £4 4/ to £5; medium, £3 10/ to £4 2/; light. £2 18/ to £,'» 8/: smaller. £2 8/ to £2 10/; MiiiM.ll and freHh dropped, 5/ to £2 4/; rough calves, 7/ to 15/.

ALFRED BUCKLAND AND SONS.

Alfred Buckland nnrl Sons. Ltd., repon Our beri pens contained 374 head, as com puree! with 3W> nt Inst Wednenday's sale u".'2 r>r ' M ' n ,2, ,s "' Mtopi-n and 189 cows and heifers. riip reality of the ox beef was an improvement on recent markets. Thcrt wna j»«a m a keen demand, with a slight «.'! ( ;' u ; u p nw-Hty. Kxtra choice ox ill n/ t d' i-T ehoice and prime n/tiiMU'. -V Bec:on,J, ">' «nd plain. £1 l-eef £1 H/ t« fTn/ 0 "" 1 ' <:ow heifer £11 /to E u/. ? ' "rtlriiry cow heef. riinatrd in nvicl't?*' a .^? ~V. V I" in ie Nteers i "! pure Jrom £15 15/ to £17 thp from' , W." Ancu'' 1 ' n° r t,vo HtoeVH Otic H t,. o r from Mr. E T t lraU ' made £16 1.,/; 7 rtew, from Mr H t P !i' Waorenan • avernwd £14 1/9; 17 "om Mr ' ' aile, Waiotapn, £13 lvq. a e Mr. Fred Bret?,nan. VuiJku, £M 11/^ from Mr. On- '**» ® H«vy t ,™« lighter prime. £12 5/ to £11 17/«. v ul Prime. £10 10/ to £12 2% omalV® J ,ght finished, £8 10/ to £10 7/6? extva h»»v* prime yonng CO w B and heifers, £9 10/ to fJI. . pen ok bcitem from Mr F V Vfiile, Waiotapu, making £10 10/; heavv prime cows and It-Ter«. £8 to £9 7/7. lighter prime, .CU io/ to £7 it/«. // ' killuble. cow,, £4 IQ/ to £0 7/V There wS \"" ? VCn , ,Ke yar<,in ß <> f sheep The demand and Values were on a p, r with iMt. report. Extra heavy prime wethLr. 41 13/0 to £ 1 14/3, tL 7.tt« S »«Jjm Iran Mr. E. A. Pricc, C.ffi II M ♦» heavy prune wether«, *®/o to £1 13/; medium to heavy i.j.

prime, £1 S'G to £1 10/3; light to medium prime, £17/ to £1 8/3; unfinished, £1 4/ to £1 6/9; extra heavy prime young ewes, £1 5/6 to £1 6/9; heavy prime ewes, £1 4/ to £1 5/3; lighter prime, £1 2/ to £1 3/_9; other killable ewes, £1 to £1 1/9 (789 sheep sold). Lambs penned to the number of 811, a big proportion of which were plain. There was little or no change in values. Extra heavy prime lambs made £1 9/ to £1 11/6; heavy prime, £1 7/ to £1 8/9; lighter prime, £1 5/ to £1 6/9; light prime. £1 2/6 to £1 4/9; plain, 15/ to 19/6; store lambs, 13/6 to 14/9. A medium yarding of calves met with erratic competition aud values eased. Runners made £3 10/ to £5 11/; heavy vealers, £3 2/ to £4; medium, £2 10/ to £3 2/; light, £1 13/ to £2 8/; rough and plain, 10/ to £1 I/; small and fresh-dropped, 5/ to £1 8/ (128 sold). Pigs were again penned in average numbers. The demand remains steady for all classes and prices are on a par with those ruling at last sale. Heavy choppers made up to £4 4/; lighter, £2 9/ to £3 10/; extra heavy prime baconers, up to £4 11/; heavy prime baconers, £4 5/ to £4/9; medium, £3 13/ to £4 1/; light, £3 7/ to £3 11/; heavy porkers, £2 18/ to £3 3/; medium porkers, £2 10/ to £2 14/'; light, £2 to £2 7/; small and unfinished. £1 12/ to £1 17/; stores made up to £1 12/; small, 18/ to £1 3/;• slips, 8/ to 14/; weaners, 3/ to 7/ (324 pigs sold). ; IN THE WAIKATO.

Reports on the weekly stock sale at Frankton on Tuesday follow (that of the Farmers' Auctioneering Co., Ltd., appeared in Weduesday'6 issue):—

New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company, Limited.—A good yarding of fat and store cattle came forward. Last week's prices for beef were fully maintained, and store cattle were in good demand. Fat sheep sold at late rates, and there was keen competition for breeding ewes and store lambs. Wo quote: Heavy fat cows, £9 15/ to £11; medium to light fat cows, £6 12/6 to £9; heavy vealers, £3 12/6 to £4 17/6; rough killable cows, £4 13/ to £5; fleshy boner cows, £3 5/ to £4; cows and calves, £4 19/; 18-months old empty Shorthorn heifers, £2 12/6; Jersey-ci oss weaner heifers, £1 9/ to £1 14/; dairy cows, £6 10/ to £8; fat ewes, £1 3/ to £1 6/; fat lambs, £1 to £1 5/; woolly Btore lambs, 15/4 to 15/3; shorn mixed sex lambs, 13/1; small lambs, 8/. The entry of fat pigs showed a decrease in numbers, but prices were very firm, and generally advanced slightly. A full yarding of store pigs sold at improved values. Topweiglit baconers made £4 2/ to £4 10/; medium, £3 14/ to £3 19/; heavy porkers, £2 14/ to £3 3/; medium, £1 18/ to £2 6/; light, £1 8/ to £1 16/; store porkers, 17/ to £14/; slips, 11/6 to 15/; weaners, 5/ to 10/.

Dalgety and Company, Limited.—There was a fair yarding of beef. All wellfinished lots sold at late rates, but for secondary quality the demand was weaker. Prime young cows and heifers made £8 to £9 5/: ordinary, £6 10/ to £7 15/; light, £5 10/ to £6 5/'; vealers, £2 10/; runners, £3 15/. There was a fairly large yarding of store cattle. All 3 and 4-year-old bullocks sold under good competition at late rates. Best pens made up to £8 12/6; 3-year steers of good quality to £7 15/; 2-year-old steers, £5 6/ to £5 12/; 18months steers (Holstein), £3 15/; 2-year-old mixed bred heifers (empty), £2 15/. There was a much smaller yarding of sheep. Fat sheep sold at late rates. The demand for store sheep was keen. Our yarding totalled 1089. Four and 5-year ewes made 22/6; 85 mixed ewes, 21/9; 112 mixed aged ewes, 23/6; 57 mixed aged ewes, 24/9; 85 2 and 4-tooth ewes, 25/6; 81 2 and 4-tooth wethers, 26/6; 200 2 and 4tooth wethers, 26/7; 32 2-tooth ewes, 25/; 40 shorn lambs, 17/7: fat ewes, 25/6 to 26/6; light fat ewes, 21/6. There was a medium yarding of fat pigs and a large yarding of store pigs. Heavy baconers made £4 3/ to £4 10/; medium baconers, £3 16/ to £4; light baconers, £3 5/ to £3 12/; good porkers, £2 8/ to £2 15/; medium porkers, £2 2/ to £2 6/; light porkers, £1 15/ to £1 18/; choppers, £2 15/ to £4; large stores, 16/ to 22/; best slips. 10' to 15/; good weanere, 7/6 to 10/; small weaners, 4/ to 6/.

MATAMATA STOCK SALE. On Wednesday, Dalget.v and Co., Ltd., conducted their usual fortnightly sale, when there was a small yarding of stock. Detailed prices were as follow:—Sheep: Forward-conditioned woolly lambs, 17/6; one pen small two-tooth wethers, 21/9; one pen store ewes, 11/9. Cattle: Fat cows, £5 13/ to £7 10/; boners, £3 15/ to £5 5/; light store cows. £2 10/ to £3 10/; Jersey bull, £4; 11 Jersey cross heifer calves, £2 10/. Pigs: Good stores, 22/ to ,29/; weanerß, 5/ to 9/. OTHER COUNTRY SALES.

Alfred Buckland and Sons. Limited, report:—During the week we held sales at Westfield, Waitakaruru, Waiotira and Maungakaramea, also a pig sale at Tuakau. There continues to be a good demand for all classes of cattle, and fat pigs arc in keen request. Store pigs are dull of sale. Best dairy cows at profit made £10 10/ to £14 10/; second-grade cows, £7 to £10; others, £5 to £6 15/; aged and inferior, £2 10/ to £4 15/; best springing heifers, £8 10/ to £11; others, £6 to £8 5/; small and backward, £3 10/ to £5 15/; empty young cows, £3 10/ to £4 15/; store cows, £1 15/ to £3 5/; eighteen months to two-year-old in-calf dairy heifers, £4 10/ to £6 10/; other heifers, £2 10/ to £4 5/; fat steers. £9 10/ to £13 2/0; heavy young fat cows and heifers, £7 10/ to £9 15/; older cows and light heifers, £5 to £7 7/6; boner cows, £2 10/ to £4 15/; grown steers in forward condition, £8 to £8 17/6; three and a-half to four-year-old steers, £6 15/ to £7 17/6; two to three-year-old steers, £4 15/ to £6; yearling to eighteen-month-old steers, £2 15/ to £4 10/; cows with calves at foot, £4 10/ to £7 15/; good calves, £1 10/ to £2 8/: smaller calves, £1 3/ to £1 9/; small and weedy calves, 15/ to £1 2/; heavy bulls, £0 to £8 10/; sound young herd bulls, £4 4/ to £7 7/; other bulls, £1 10/ to £4.

The New Zealand Loan anrl Mercantile Agency Company, Limited, reports:—We held sales during the past week at Westfield and Pukekohe (cattle and pigs). AH classes of cattle sold at late values. Dairy cows and heifers close to profit, best, made £10 10/ to £14 10/; others, £7 to £10 5/; backward springers, £6 to £8 10/; aged cows and inferior heifers, £2 10/ to £5 10/; bulls, £2 to £8 17/6, according to weight; store cows, £2 10/ to £3 17/6; boner cows, £2 15/ to £4 10/; weaner calves, steers, 15/ to £2; heifers, best, £2 to £3 10/; others, 10/ to £1 15/; yearling to 18-months heifers, £3 to £6 5/; yearling to 18-months steers, £2 10/ to £3 17/6; two to two and a-half year steers, £4 to £4 17/6: three to three and a-half year steers, £5 to £6 2/6; four to four and abalf year steers, £6 5/ to £7 5/; grown steers in forward condition, £7 10/ to £8 5/. Values obtained for fat pigs at Pukekohe were easily on a par with Westfield quotations.

There was a yarding of over 2000 sheep and .500 cattle at the 'J'aurnarunui stock sale. The sheep were mostly ewes and good luality lambs. Big-framed lambs were in ;ood demand, and best made up to £1. The cattle raiding was exceptionally large. Many of the beasts were prime. Mr. W. "'lintoff. Ongarue, topped the market, reviving £12 17/ for some nice animals. A »en of nice bullocks from the Napier Estate made £12 1/. Prices were as fol°,VHir~Fat wethers, 25/; store wethers. 21/ ; ld . ewes - 12/ 6 to 13/6, 15/3, >8/6 to 20/9; big-framed ewes, 23/; other r e s>i li «. be , Bt ewc 'ambs. 18/4, 19/10 r,/i. 17 /®* wether lambs, 5/6 !«/ J amb *' 10 /6, 11/6, 12/6, 12/ £12 1/ tn ™ f^, bullocks ma(,e £11 £9* £9 1 p g0 f at bullocks, 10/. £7, £7*157 V eßt «teers, £6 £3 V, £4 5/, £5 £5 Hi, steers, * **■

The Farmers' Co-operative Auctioneering Co., Ltd., reports having held its Rangiriri stock sale on Monday, there being a fair yarding. Prices were on a par with late rates. Quotations: Medium fat cows, £5 17/6 to £6 15/; light fat cows, £5 to £5 11/; plain and unfinished cows, £4 4/ to iTI 17/; fresh-conditioned stores, £3 6/ to £3 15/; others, 30/ to £2 10/; 15month to 18-month steer calves, £3 2/ to £3 16/; Jersey and Jersey cross heifer calves, best, £3 3/ to £3 11/; smaller, £2 2/ to £2 11/'; Jersey springing heifers, forward, £6 10/ to £8; others, £4 to £5 10/.

New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co., Ltd., reports.—A fair yarding of stock came forward at the Cambridge stock sale on Monday, all classes meeting with competition and showing a rise on previous sales. Little prime cow beef offered. Bidding was keen for what offered. Store cattle sold readily. Sheep sold at prices above late sales. Store pigs also showed an improvement in values. Heavy prime cow and heifer beef made £7 10/ to £9 5/; light beef, £5 14/ to £6 17/6; forward cows, £4 5/ to £5 5/; store cows, £2 10/ to £3 17/6; 20-month to two-year steers, £2 17/ to £4 15/; weaner steer calves, £2 5/ to £2 11/; Jersey cross weaner heifers, £1 17/ to £2 15/; Shorthorn cross weaner heifers, £1 16/ to £2 11/. Sheep.: Fat wethers, 28/; fat ewes, 19/6 to £1 5/'; two-tooth store wethers, £1 1/ to £12/; five and six-year breeding ewes, 19/; young breeding ewes, £1 3/ to £1 5/; store lambs, 15/. Pigs: Stores, 18/ to £1 5/; slips, 11/ to 16/; weaners, 6/ to 12/. THE ADDINGTON MARKET.

NORTH ISLAND EWES SELL WELL. (By Telegraph.—Press Assocation.) CHRISTCHURCH, Wednesday. At the Addington market the yardings of stock in the chief sections were smaller except in the case of fat lambs.

Store Sheep.—There was again a heavy yarding of store sheep. There were fewer lambs than has been the case for some time, and the demand for them was not as keen as the week before. Ewe lambs sold firmly at late rates. The demand was very satisfactory for two-tooth ewes, the best of the North Island ewes of this age selling up to 37/6, and for two-tooth halfbreds prices ranged from 35/ to 38/6 for best. Halfbreds with fair mouths and some condition sold well, but a number of lots of low-conditioned sheep were passed. The range of prices was: Two-toothed halfbred ewes, 34/ to 38/6; inferior, 31/ to 33/6; good two-toothed crossbred ewes, 35/ to 37/6; ordinary, 30/ to 34/; cull and inferior, 27/ to 29/6; four, six and eight-toothed 25/ to 28/; inferior, 20/ to 24/6; sound and failing-mouthed, 19/ to 24/; failing-mouthed, 18/6 to 23/; failing-mouthed halfbred ewes, 18/ to 24/; aged ewes, 8/6 to 14/; four and six-toothed halfbred wethers, 24/6 to 27/7; two-toothed, 23/ to 24/3; forward lambs, 22/ to 25/3; medium wether lambs, 19/ to 21/6; small and inferior, 15/ to 17/6; cull, 10/6 to 14/6; three-quarter-bred ewe lambs, 24/ to 26/2; halfbred ewe lambs, 27/3. Fat Lambs.—The sale was about the best of the season. As compared with the previous week a rise of 1/ to 1/6 a head on the average took place. The top price was 36/1 for a pen of ten from the West Coast, and an excellent line of 70 from Southbridge averaged 33/10. Values were: Extra prime heavy lambs, to 36/1; prime, 31/ to 34/; medium, 28/ to 30/6; light, 24/ to 27/6.

Fat Sheep.—Offerings were of good average quality. Values were: Extra prime wethers, to 40/10; prime, 32/6 to 35/; medium, 29/ to 32/; light, 24/ to 28/6; extra prime ewes, to 32/10; prime, 25/ to 29/; medium, 21/ to 24/; light, 13/ to 20/; aged, 16/ to 17/6.

Fat Cattle. —On account of the shorter supply the market firmed at the outset and prices as a general rule advanced £1 to £1 10/ a head and in some instances beyond the latter figure, some of the best steers selling at about £2 a head better than the week before. Best medium-weight beef was worth up to 43/ a 1001b; prime, 38/ to 41/; medium, 35/ to 37/G: heavy, 34/ to 37/; good cow beef, 33/6 to 37/: medium, 29/ to 32/; and rough, down to 26/.

BEEF (per 1001b) — Kxtra choice ox 36/ 35/ < 'holce and prime ox 33/ to 3."./ 32/ to 34/6 Choice iiml prime row and heifer 26/ to 3-/ 27/ to 29/ SHEEP (per head) — Primp wethers 27/ to 34/3 27/ to 34/ IJrill ill shed wethers .... 21/3 to 26/0 24/ to 26/0 Prime ewes .. 20/ to 30/6 10/6 to 28/6 UnHnlsheil ewes 15/ to 21/9 9/ to 10/ I'rime lambs .. 20/ to31/,6 20/ tu 30/9 CALVES (per head) — Runners ♦>.->/ to 110/ 60/ to 110/ Venlers 33/ to 100/ 46/ to 95/ J'KiS (per head) — llaeoners 67/ to 02/ 60/ to 02/ f'orkers 40/ to 63/ 40/ to 74/ VVeuners 3/ to 7/ 3/ to 12/ Slips .V to 14/ 10/ to 18/ l-arge stores .. 18/ to 32/ 20/ to 26/