HAMILTON STOCK SALE.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIV, Issue 19718, 18 August 1927, Page 7

HAMILTON STOCK SALE.

LOWER RATES FOR BEEF. Keports on the weekly stock sale at oil Tuesday cuu as loliows; — lilt) c arixiers' cu-yperauve iiueuoneering Company, —V> c "uiiu a yoou yiuaiui: 01 ml caiilo and lut biiceu, a small cum oi store siieep and a lew pells bl sioiu cattle, xuexo Vi'ao a yoou yummy ox lat and stoiu pigs. .beei ivaa luiiy lo& per tieau easier Liiail last vvuea. iU-IUUm had UJTZU Witu ynoes siigiitly ueUur llmu at liie previoua oaie. xiiutt; was uoocl competition lor biort aiieep aud store ctuue. cor Uoia lat ami aioie piKS lucre was- a t;oud ueuiaud, aituouyu puces wcib auout tue same. Vve HUOYe. tat, £li loa to XIZ: lat steers. llgut-weiyhts. £.O ya to £8 1/a t>d; prune heavy lat cows. Xb la to X 6 as; prime tat lienors, £ 7 liis to £7 1-ls;' lat cows, iti 14s to f? l Js. medium Quality, £6 lis to A'O la; piaia and uumuaued, £4 108 to Xo 7s; gooa youtiu empty cows arid lieiiers. Xi 19s to Xo Is; good store cows. £3 17s; store cows. XI to £3; yearlnj# heuers, X2 17s. Prime two-tootn ewes and wetiiera, 31a lid; heavy pwme wethers. Jus; lat wethers. 81s 6d to prime lat ewes, 30s 2d to 3ta Cd; good mixed sex woolly hoggets, ii-la 7d to 24a 8d; tat hoggets 203 tid ; ewes in- lamb, 2t>a Ud. buconers £2 lbs to £2 193; beat porkers £2 8s to £2 12s; sows in pig. Xo 10a to XI as; good stores. 34s 2d to 3'Ja; slips, 27s to 235. weanera. best. 22a to 245-. otiiers, 10s to 16? Dalgety and Company, Limited.—There was a good yarding of beef, consisting of several lines of prime quality. Generally prices were lower than the previous week. Prime bullocks made up to Xl2 13s. prime cows and heiiers, to £8 15s; ordinary fat cows. £6 to £7 2s; light and ordinary. £5 2s Gd to £5 17s 6d: inferior, £4 5s to £i 15a. Store cattle sold at late rates. There was a fair yarding of fat sheep, which sold 3t fully late rates. Prime wethers made 33s to 37e; prime ewes, 26s to 31s 3d, fat hoggets, 26s fid; store and for ward wethers. 26s Od to 28a There was a fairly large yarding of pig* Fat pigs sold at Jate rates and stores were easier. New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company, Limited.—A large entry of beef came forward and a decline in values resulted Except in a few instances fat sheen were easier, but this was mainly due to the quality not being ao goc d as usual A small entry of store cnttle met with a fair demand We quote - Fat steers, mechumweights. £ll 10s fat heifers, heavy, £9 2s fidt' light. £5 !2s Gd to £6 4s •. fat cows. £6 12s to £8 Bs. plain fat cows, fn 2$ to £5 15s; large-framed store cows, £3 7s to £4 15s yearling Jersey cross heifers, £3 7s fid to £3 lis Light and unfinished weth ers, £1 9s 6d to £1 lis 3d: heavy fat ewes. £ 1 15s nd , store hoggets. £1 0s 7d. Pigs: Choppers. £4 2s <'d to £4 lis; heavy baconers. £3 3s to £3 9s- litrht. £2 IRs to £3 Is: porkers. £2 5s to £U 13s; good stores, £1 10s to £ 1 17s: slips. £1 4s to £1 Fs; wearters. lis to 18s: sows close to profit. £4 to £5 7s fid. OTHER COUNTRY SALES. Alfred Buckland and Sons, Limited, report:—During the week we held sales at Westfield. Pukekohe, Turua, Pokeno. don and Hunciman, aiso & pig 6ale at Waiuku. We had good yardings at all centra*. There continues to be a good in quiry for all classes of cattle and sheep at recent improved values, and pigs are meeting with a steady sale. Best dairy cows made £l2 to £ls 10s; extra, to £l9: good cows, £9 to £ll 15s; others, £6 10s to £3 15s; aged and mferior, £3 10s to £6; best springing heifers, £lO 10s to £l4; sood heifers, £8 to £10: smaller heifers. £4 10a to £7 10s; empty young cows, £3 to £4 10s; store cows, £1 10s to £2 10s; fat steers, £9 to £lO 15a; prime yobng cows and heifers. £5 10a to £8 10s; rough fat. cows and boners. £2 10s to £5 53; grown steers in forward condition, £7 to £8 ss; three to four-year-old steers, £5 10s to £6 15s; two to three-year-old steers, £4 10a to £5 10a; yearling to eighteen month-old steers £2 15a to £4 7s 6d. well-bred yearling heifers, £4 to £5 10s; other yearling heifers, £2 5s to £3 10s. calves, £1 la to £1 15s; heavy bulls. £5 103 to £6 15s; sound youn£ herd bulls, £6 6s to £lO 10s; other bulls, £2 to £4 10s; F.M ewes, in lamb, £1 6s to £1 9s; good hoggets, 18s to £1 2s; small hoggets,-14s to 17s; forward and tat wethers. £1 95,.t0 £1 12s. The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company. Limited. report:—vve held sales during the past week at Papa kura Westfield, Warkworth and kaukapakapa, cattle of all descriptions being penned in average numbers, with values firm tor all classes. Dairy cbws and heifers, close to profit, beat £lO to £l4: others, £7 to £9 15s. backward springers. £5 to £b lus • aged cows and inferior heifers, £2 10s to £4 15s, bulls, £2 to £9 empty cows, £1 10s to £3 10s; boner cows. £2 15s to £4 7s 6d; yearling heifers, best. £2 15s to £4 ss, others. £1 5s to £2 • 10s. yearling to 18months steers. £2 10s to £3 las; 2 to 24year steers, £4 to £5 2s fid; 3 to 3i-year steers, £5 5s to £6 2s 6d; 4 to 4i-year steers, £6 5s to £6 17s fid; grown steers in forward condition. £7 to £8 as. RATES AT ADDINGTON. GOOD PRICES FOR SHEEP. [BY TELEG3APH. —PRESS ASSOCIATION. J CHItiSTCHUKCH. Wednesday. A heavy suppiy of tat cattle and a small one oi lat sneop were entered at Addingtou marKet to-uay. liowtver, as no sale was ueld last weeii on account oi the. holiday, there was a tree sale Uattle were easier in price. " , Store Sheep.—There was a brisk sale. A pen ot Corriedaie ewe- hoSgets sold at 31s lud. Sound-moutaed haliDied ewe 3 in lamb made 27a to 375. souud-mouthed crossbred ewea in iamb, 2d; sound and lailingmouthed crossbred ewes. 25s 3d to 26a 3d; lailing-mouihed crossbred ewes. 18s to 23a: aged croaaured ewes, 6s 9d to lus lid; crossbred wetner hoggets. 20s to_22a 3s; inferior crossbred wether hoggets, 17s to ISs: halfbred ewe hoggets. 3is to 31s 9d; Cornedale ewe hoggeta, 34s lOd; crossbred ewe ho"get 3. 25s 3d to 30s; inferior crossbred ewe hoggeta, 22s to 235; sound-mouthed halfbred wethers. 26s Id to 30a Fat Sheep.—A email entry of 9i racea included a line of Wanganui sheep. A further rise of up to 3s was recorded Over the first part of the sale, but the demand eased later. Howevef. it is several yeaTS since prices were so high, the bulk of the wethers making just on 50s or over. Extra prime wethers made 54s to 665; prime wethers, 47s 6d to 535; medium wethers. 38s to 47s- light wethers, 29s to 375; extra crime ewes. 43a 6d to 50s Id: prime ewes. 39s to -12s; medium ewes, 32s to 38a; light ewes. 26s to 31s; rough ewes. 203 to 84s; prime hoggets. 33a to 375; medium hogceta. 2aa to 325. , , . Fat Cattle.—Entnea included lines trom Wairarapa, Manawatu, Southern Marlborough, South Westland, South Canterbury and fiouth Otago A few pens of light heifer beef sold up to lat© rates, but big cattle and average quality were easier by 25s per head. Good beef made from 37s to 42s 6d per 1001b.: secondary and heavy 33s fid to 36s 6d. Extra prime heavy bullocks realised £lB to £2O 12s fid; prime heavy steers. £l6 15s to £l7 15s; medium-weight prime steers. £l4 5s to £l6 10s: light prime steers, £ll to £l4; unfurnished steers, £8 to £ 10: extra prime heifers, to £ 15: prime heifers. £ll 5s to £l3; medium heifers. £7 10s to £11; light heifers. £5 10s to £7 10s; extra prime cows, to £l6 7s fid: prime cows £lO 15s to £l2 15s: ordinary cows, £1 to £lO 10s: light cows. £4 12s Gd to £ 6 15s. Voalers. —Twelve to 18-months sorts, £6 15s to £7 15s; good vealers. £5 10s to £6 10s: others. £3 15s to £5 5s Store Cattle.—Four and five-year steers. £lO 103: two and three-year-old. £6 5s to £9. three-year heifers. £5 12s fid; medium to good cows £3 to £4 10s: bulls. £3 5s to £ Dtury Cattle.—Second to fourth calvers. £7 10s to £9 10s- medium sorts, £5 to £7; heifers £3 10s to £6 10s: extra good, to £l2 10s. Fat "Pigs.—Choppers- £3 to £7 ISs Gd baconers. £3 5s to £4 14s (average price oer lb., sid to *Hdl: porkers. 40a to f>2s (average nrice dp t lb.. 7d to. SdK Store Pics.—A heavv entry and n good sale. Werners mmli* 10s to Ifis; better sorts, to 2)s; slins. 2fis to 325: stores. 34s Ho-18a; sows in pi™ £3 to £5 15s.