STOCK SALES.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVII, Issue 20481, 5 February 1930, Page 7

STOCK SALES.

PRICES AT HAMILTON. GOOD LEVEL MAINTAINED. [nv TELEGRAPH. —OWN CORRESPONDENT.] HAMILTON, Tuesday. . The auctionaers teport on the Frank-lon stock tale to-day as follows: Farmers' Co-operative Auctioneering Company, Limited.—An average yarding of beef and a heavy yarding of store sheep. Values for good quality bieef and mutton were on a par with late rates. Store lambs met with keen competition, and were, if anything, n shade firmer. A line of Gisborne ewes, sold in conjunction with Dalgety and Company, met with keen competition. All classes of breeding ewes sold at increased prices. A heavy yarding of all classes of pigs, coinpetition being again keen. The whole yarding of 300 head was quitted under tLe hammer. Baconers averaged 7d to 7Jd per lb. and porkers 7Jd to Sid per lb. Quotations:—Fat bullocks, heavy, £ll 63 to £ls Is; medium, £l3 10s to £l4 3s; light. £l2 5s to £l2 15s; fat cows, heavy, £■) 18s to £ll 3s; medium, £8 lis to £S las; light. £0 7s to £8 10s; forward cows made £'> ltis to £G ss; heifer calves, £3 lis; fat woolly wethers, 335; fat shorn wethers, 20s. 2(1,; fat ewes. 10s to lGs 9d ; store ewes, J3s lid to 34s 3d; U.S. woolly lambs, ,13s Od to 15s Gd: smaller, 116 to 13s; two-tooth weth- . ers, 17s 3d to 245. The following prices were realised for the Giaborno ewes; tjlG four-tooth ewes, 27s 2d to 27s lid; 2G'7 sixtooth ewes, 2Gs Gd to 27s 9d; 500 four-year ewes, 23s to 213; 1900 five-year ewes, 20s to 245; a line of two-tooth ewes from Whakatane, 295. Others; Two-tooth ewes, 2is; two-tooth to f.f.m. ewes, 235; four and fiveyear ewes, 22s 3d; aged ewes, 14s 3d to 17s 3d. Heavy baconers made £4 Ss to £4 lis; medium, £4 to £4 ss; light, £3 103 to £•? 18s; heavy porkers, £3 Ss to £3 12s; light. £2 15s to .£3 3s; good stores, £2 Is to £2 ss; slips, 33s to 375; weaners, 18s to 275. 1 Dalgety and Company. Limited.—An averago yarding of beef. Choice light bullocks were a-shade higher, and cow and heifer beef sold at late rales. Young cows and heifers sold at up to £lO Gs; ordinary fat cows, £8 12s Gd to £S 17s; light fat cows. £7 10s to £B. There were only a few pens of store cattle. A line of IS-months empty Hereford heifers made £G Gs to £G 15s; store cows. £4 10s to £5 12s Gd. A moderate entry of fat sheep, which sold at late rates. Extra prime ewes made to 19s; others, 16s Gd. A very largo entry of store sheep, including 3900 ewe 3 from Gisborne, sold in conjunction with the Farmers' Auctioneering Company. There was a. good demand for store lambs and breeding ewes. Small shorn lambs made 9s; woolly lambs. 17s 3d; four and five-year ewes, £1 2s Od; 30 cull ewes, lis Gd; f.m. ewes, 15s; a line of 230 ewes, 18s 9d to 21s; cull ewes, 12s Gd to 13s Gd. The East Coast ewes elicited keen competition, and the wholo were sola under the hammer as follows. —fcour-tootn ewes 27s 9d; tix-tooth ewes, 27s 3d; fn-e----vear ewes. 24s to 22s Od; sis-year ewes, 20s. A large yarding of fat, pigs, which hip. with a keen demand, prices- being on a par with last week. Heavy fat baconers made £4 7s Gd to £4 13s; medium baconers, £3 18s to £4 ss; best porkers. £3 10s; medium, £3. A medium yarding of store pigs. Best stores made £2 8s to £2 13s; lighter, £2 2a to £2 7s; slips, 28s; weaners, 21s. CAMBRIDGE AND OHINEWAI. The Farmers' Co-operative Auctioneering Company, Limited, reports;—At the Cambridge sale oil Monday a good, yarding of sheep and an average yarding of pigs and cattle came forward. Competition was. keen in all classes, and everything changed hands at tiro following prices;—L'igs: Light baconprs,£3 to £3 ss; light porkers, £2 lis to £2 19s; good stores, £2 to £2 9s; slips, 27s to 3Gs Gd: weaners, 13s to 255. Sheep: Fat wethers, 22a 3rl to 25s 4d; good ewe woolly lambs, 14s to 17s; good wether woolly lambs, 13s to 14s gd; woolly mixed Bexlambs. 123 Id to 14s; smaller lambs. 7s to 10s 9d. Cattle: Fat cows, heavy, £9 to £'. l . lis; medium, £7 to £7 15s; light, £6 7s fid to £6 17s Gd; fresh store cows, £5 10s to £G 4s; 18-months Shorthorn steers, £8 14s; yearling steer 3, £5 7s; steer calves, £2 17s to £3 12s; heifer calves, £2 10s to £3; heifers, running with bull, £G 12s Gd to £7. The company reports having held its usunl Ohinewai sale on Monday, when an average yarding was .penned, late rates being maintained throughout. Quotations:— I H-eavy fat cows, £9 to £9 14s; lighter, £7 ' 4s to £8 ss; farward-conditioned cows. £6 i to £G 19s; store cows, £4 10s to £5 14s; cows with calves, £5 16s to £7 15s; 18-months ' steers, to £7 6s; yearling steers, £4 2s_ -to ' to £4 10s; steer calves, £2- 10s to £3; heifer ; calves, 35s to £2 ss; bulls, £7 to £8 10s; • ( Jersey and Jersey-orosß dairy heifers, £3 to £7; Jersey cows, to £6. j OPARAU sheep fair. The Farmers' Co-operative Auctioneering Company. Limited, report having held its Oparati sheep fair on Monday, when nearly 4000 sheep of all classes were yarded. Competition was keen, the whole yarding changing hands at lute rates. Quotations:— .b'our-tooth to six-tootli wethers, 20s to 22s fid; two-tooth wethers, 19s 9d to 21s 9d; twois tooth ewes, 21s to 21s Gd; two-tooth to fouryear ewes, 17s lOd to 193 Gd; sound mouth ' ewes, 13s Sd to 18 s; aged ewes, 10s 3d to s 13s; good framed mixed sex lambs, lis 3d 3 to 14s Id; others. 9s id to lis; good framed .. shorn wether lambs, lis Sd to 12s lid; ewo | lambs, lis Gd to 15s 7d; woolly mixed sex lambs, 10s Gd to 14s; cull lambs, 5a 9d to i- 8s 9d. t ' s TAUMARUNUI YARDING. [BY TELEGRAPH.—OWN CORRESPONDENT.] 0 TAUMARUNUI, Tuesday.

Bidding at the stock sale at Taumarunui to-day was not very brisk, but most of the sheep yarded were sold under, the hammer. About 200 sheep came forward and over 100 head of cattle. Two lots of fat wethers made 255, and two and four-tooth wethers made 21s Id and 21s sd. All the lambs yarded were disposed of, but there was a decline of about Gs on last year's prices. Cattle were not in demand, and a number of pens were passed in. Prices were as follows:—Pigs: Small weaners, 8s; porkers, 31s. Sheep: Fat wethers, 24s to 255; fourtooth wethers, 21s sd; two-tooth wethers, 18s to 21s Id; ewe lambs, woolly, 12s 4d to 13s; wether lambs, woolly, -10s Gd to lis sd; good wether lambs, shorn. 13s; M.S. lambs, 8s Id to 10s Gd; cull lambs. Gs to 7s lOd. Cattle: Fat cowa, £3; fat heifers, £7 17s Gd; store cows, £7; store heifers, £4 16s; steers, two and a-lialf to three-year-old, £5 17s to £l2; store bullocks. ' £3; two-year heifers, £-1 to £5; weaner heifers, 3" s ; bulls, £5.

SHEEP AT COROMANDEL. [BY TELEGRAPH.—OWN' CORRESPONDENT.]. COROMAXDEL. Tuesday. Dalgety and Company, Limited, he'd their annual sheep sale liere to-day, when 2100 head were yarded and practically all were sold. Prices were well maintained. Quotations are:—Woolly wether lambs, 14s 3d to IGs 9d: shorn, 14s .Gd to IGs 3d: smaller, 10s lid to 13s Gd; shorn mixed-ess lambs, 12s 5d to 13s Gd: light, 8s lid to ]os 2d; woolly lambs, mixed sexes, lis Id to 15s Gd; ewe lambs. IGs 2d; two-tooth wethers, 20s Id to 23s Gd; four-tooth wethers, 20s Gd to 21s 3d; fat wethers, 233 lid lo 21s lOd; two-tooth ewes, 26s to 2Ss lOd: four and six-tooth ewes. 27s Gd; fresh fullmouthed ewes. 12s 7d to IGs 3d; big-framed sound-mouthed ewes, 19s 3d to 2is Gd: fresh full-mouthed rams, l}gs to 3igs; others. 14s to 335. Since last Thursday about 13,000 sheep have been sold under the hammer in the Coromandel County. A public sheep fair was held yesterday in temporary yards at Mr. W. C. Denize's Waiknwau Homestead, about six miles north of Colviiie. It was conducted by Dalgety and Company, Limited, and there was a yarding of 2250. Only 250 sheep were passed in. The auctioneer commented on. the excellent condition and Quality of Iho sheep offering. There was a very fair attendance of outside buyers. As a result of this venture and improved road comnniniealion yards will probably be erected iit Colville and sales held there. The following prices were realised:—Good woolly wether lambs. 13s: good shorn lambs, lis :!d to K?s 3d: fat lambs. l?s Gd; culls. Gs to Gs 7d • two-tooth ewes, to 28s Id; three and four-v'enr ewes, 19s to 24s 9d: fresh fullmouthed ewes. 15s Gd to 17s- prime fat wethers. 24s 10d to 2Gs: two-tooth wethers. 19s 9d to 225; four-tooth wethers. 22s 10d: two-tooth rams, 3gs: others. 22s to 32s 3d.