STOCK SALES.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20264, 25 May 1929, Page 9

STOCK SALES.

TE AWAMUTU QUOTATIONS.

The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company, Ltd., Hamilton, report: —At the Tib Awamutu sale on Thursday wa- submitted a fairly large entry of fat and store cattle and epringers. Quotations: —Cattle: Fat bullocks. £ls 7s 6d; lighter. £ll to £lB 5s fat cows. £7 10s to £9: plain fat cows, £6 73 Gd to .£7 2s 6d;.killable cows, J5 10s to £6 2s Gd: fleshy cows, £4 12s to £5 ss: boner cows, £3 to £4 ss; 20-months-old steers, £6 5s to £6 12s: weaner Jersey heifers, £4 to £4 10s; Jersey-cross heifers. £2 10s to £2 15s: yearling Shorthorn steers, £5 12s: small steers, £3 9s; Fnesian steers, £4; Jersey springing heifers, £lO to £11: dairy cows, £7 10s to £9 15s. Pigs: Good porkers, £2 13s to £2 17s; light. £1 123 to £1 18s: stores, 19s to £1 4s; weaners, 4s to Bs. Sheep: Fat ewes. £1 Gs to £1 9s; fat lambs, £1 Gs to £1 Ba 6d. GOOD YARDING AT TUAKAU. Dalgety and Company. Ltd., report having held their monthly Tuakau stock sale yesterday, when a good yarding of both cattle and sheep was offered, the majority being sold under the hammer. A good attendance of buyers was present and came from as forth north a3 Waimauku and as far south as. Te Kuiti. The advertised line of Polled Angus cattle offered on account of the estate of the late Alex. Bell sold in conjunction with Alfred Backlaud and Sons. Ltd., and the New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company, Ltd., met with keen competition and sold at following prices:—Black Polled. Angus cows, in calf, £9 10s; empty black Polled Angus c°ws£7 18s; vveaner heifers. £4 6s to £5 8s; weaner steers, £5 Is to £5 8s The advertised sheep met with keen competition and realised the following prices: Six-tooth wethers, on account of Bothwell Station, - £1 15s 7d to £1 lGs lid: two-tooth wethers, on account of E. V. Tout, £1 four- ' tooth wethers, on account of Mrs. N. ColeBaker, £! 17s 9d; six-tooth wethers, on account Mr. H. Hamilton. £1 15s 2d: two and four-tooth wethers. £1 9s Id; two and four-tooth ewes, £1 10s lOd: ewe lambs. £1 5s Id; wether lambs, £1 Os 2d; two-tooth wethers, on account of Mr. J. McDonald, £1 12s 2d: on account Mr. R. McKibboti. ewe lambs, £1 5s 4r]: weihei lambs. £1 3s 7d. LATE RATES AT KAUROA.' • Tho Farmers' Co-operative Auctioneering Company, Ltd., report having held their usual Ivauroa stock sale on Wednesday, when an average yarding, of cattle was penned. Prices were on a par with lata' rates. Quotations:—Cattle: Fat cows, £9 7s 6d to £9 15s; medium fat cows, £7 10a to £8 ss; lighter, £6 12s Gd to £7 2s Gd: forward cows, £5 5s to £5 10s; store cows. £3 Ho to £i 10s; -forward steers, £7 2s Gd to £8 lis: store steers, mixed colours. £4 10s to £6 15s; steer calves, Shorthorncalves, £3 4s to £t 13s; steer calves, mixed colours and small, £1 17s to £2; Jerseycross heifer calves. £2 15s to £4 2s; Jerseycross heifers. July calvers, £6 to £9 ss„ Sheep: Wethers, fat and forward, •£1 lis Gd to £1 l'2n; ewes, two-tooth to five years, in lamb. £1 14s 4d: lambs, fat, £1 3s to £1 4s. JERSEY COWS IN DEMAND. . The Farmers' Co-operative Auctioneering: Company, Ltd., report having held a successful ciearinir sale on behalf.of Mr. J, Len Clark on his farm at Manawaru, To, Aroha. There was n large attendance oi! buyers, with spirited bidding throughout, The highest price was paid for Alice. cow which put up a record of 8271b butterfat last your. She was purchased by Mr. R. A. Candy, of Ngarua. for £SB. Another"* choice cow, who put up an average of . 5741b. butter-fat, brought £53 and was purchased by the same buyer. The whole herd averaged £22 18s, while the two-year-old heifers in calf averaged £lB 173 Gd: choice grade Jersey cows in calf to pedigree Jersey bulls (early calvers), £27 to £36: Jerseycross cows, from £2O to £25: later calvers, i'LG' to £18; empty cows, £l2 to £l2 10s; ? extra choice two-year-old heifers, in calf, £23: choice two-year-old heifers. £l7 to £18; others. £lO to £l7; a choice heifer calf from the cow Alice brought £l4 10s: other choice Jersey heifer calves. £9 10s to £lO 10s: small Jersey-cVoss heifer calves, £6; other small Jersey heifers, £7 to £8 10s.

REPORT FROM FEILDING. [BY TELEGRAPH. —PRESS ASSOCIATION.] FEILDING, Friday.

At the Feilding stock 6ale to-day there was a large yarding of fat and store sheen. Prices showed no advance on late rates.' as the quality was not of the best. Prices were:—Fat sheep: Black face lambs. Q2s 7d to 26s 6d: white face lambs. 25s 6d: eweii. 21s to 27s 4d: wethers. 34s lOd to 36a; extra prime wethers, 395; two-tooth wetherii. 28s 4d to 395. Store sheep: Black face lambs. Us Od to 17s 6d; white face lambs. Ifis Id; ewe lambs, lis lOd; mixed sexes, 16(i; two-tooth wethers, 28s 3d to 325: culls. 12i<; two-tooth ewes, running with Eomney rams. 39s Id to 33s 9d: ewes, running with Southdown rams. 34s 6d to 39s 7d: two. four and six-tooth ewes, running with Southdown rams, 29s 2d: four and five-year ewps. 2Ss» to 29s lOd. Prices for cattle were: Heifers at nrofit, £!) to £l2; heifers in milk. £l2: springing lieifers, £9 to £lO 15s; small late calvers. £f> 7s 6d to £8 2s 6d: springingcows, £7 10s to £8: Pnlstein-cross wear.fr heifers, £4; weaner heifers, 50s to £4 lis fid: store cows, £3 7s Gd to £3 12s 6d: store Tersey cows. £4 IS?: black cows, £8 58:. fat Tieifers £8 13s: fat cows. jfS ss: Jersey cows. £6 5s to £5 15s: bullocks, to £lO. SALE OF HIDES AND SKINS. PRICES AT WELLINGTON. [BY TELEGRAPH. —OWN CORRESPONDENT.] WELLINGTON, Friday. The fortnightly sale of hides, skins and tallow was held to-day. There was the usual attendance of buyers and a fair clearance was <3flected.. The following is the range «f prices:— Dry Sheepskins.—Halfbred. 12} d; fine crossbred. 105 d to 14id; medium crossbred, 103 d to 13d; coarse crossbred/ IOJd to Hid; half wools, Bid to quarter woolb, t!d to llid; pelts, Bid to 10id. Salted Skins.—Quarter wools, 5s 2d to 6s 4d; half wools. 4s 2d to 8s 7d; three-quarter wools, 8s fld to 9s 8d; full wools. 9s Sd to 9s lid; lambs, 3s to 7s 2d._ , Hides.—Compared with prices at the last sale heavy and medium were id to id per lb lower; light, kip and yearling, unchanged; calf, slightly easier. Ox hides, 331b to 441b, 6ld to 7d; 451b to 521b, 6d to 7jd: 531b to 591b, 713 to BJd: 60lb to 691b.. s]d to lOd; 70lb and over, B{d to lOd; cow hides, 331b. to 351i1b, 5d to 75d; 40lb to 48lb, s:ld to 71d; 491 b and over, 5Sd to 7id; kip, 251b to 321b, Sd to B|d; 171b to 241b, B|d to Sjd; yearling, lllb to lGlb, 8d to 91d; calf, 9lb 'to 101b, 9d; 61b to 81b, 7Jd to 15d; lib to slt>, old to 143 d. Tallow.—ln tins, etc., 25s to 295. Sundries. —Horsehair, 24id, EGG EXPORTS TO CANADA. A recent statement by Mr. A. J. Harrison, of the Egg Federation, Melbourne, that the high protective tariff was a factor prejudicing the export of eggs to Canada-is taken exception to by Mr. 0. Jr. Croft., Canadian Trade Commissioner. Mr.- Croft points out that there is no duty on Australian or New Zealand eggs entering Canada. PROPERTY SALES. A property of lx acres with 3| acres of native bush and country home, adjoining the Mnnurewa Puriri Park Reserve, offend at auction yesterday by Messrs. Palethorpe and Parkes, failed to reach the reserve. The bidding commenced at £3OOO, rose to £375(1 and later to £4IOO, when the property was withdrawn, A property of ISB acres, subdivided into three farms, in the same district, also failed to reach the reserve. A five-roomed house at 163, Edendnle Rond, Mount Albert, offered at auction yesterday by "William A. Home, Ltd., was bought in by the mortgagee for £1340. A hall, shop and workshop in New North Road. Mount Albert, failed' to reach the reserve. '