STOCK SALES.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIX, Issue 21111, 19 February 1932, Page 7

STOCK SALES.

PUKEKOHE QUOTATIONS.

[from our own correspondent.] PUKEKOHE, Thursday. At the stock sale conducted by the New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company, Limited, at Pukekohe to-day, cattle were penned in small numbers and sold at late rates. Dairy cows and heifers brought from £2 to £1 los; fat cows, XI 15s to £3 7s C,d ; others, £1 5s to £1 12s 6d; boner cows, 10s to £1 3s. There was a largy yarding of pigs which sold under keen competition at very firm values. Heavy and medium baconers brought from £2 to £2 7s; licht baconers, £1 12s to £1 18s; porkers, £1 to £1 lis; largo stores. 12s to slips, 7s to 10s; weaners, 3s to Ss.

FRANKTON STORE SHEEP,

The* New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company, Limited. Hamilton, report. on the weekly Frankton store sheep sale as follows:—There was on average yarding of ewes and wethers and a fairly heavy offering of lambs. A total clearance was effected under keen competition for nil classes, values being a little firmer than last week's rates. Prices:—Good store lambs, fis 4d to 7s 3d; average conditioned, 5« Td to Ps Id: poorer, 4s fid to Ss 3d: forward average framed wethers, 8s to Os -Id; poorer conditioned, 7a to Ss; poor, 5s fid to fis fid; four and five-year ewes, as 7d to "3 pd; poorer, 4s 9d to 5s 6d.

NORTH AUCKLAND SHEET FAIRS.

The North Auckland Farmers' Co-opera-tive, Limited, report holding very successful sheep fairs at Ohaeawai and Kaikoho. At Ohaeawai there was _n fair yarding and competition was fairly keen, nil classes of sheep selling at slightly above lato rates. Quotations; —Two-tooth wethers, medium quality, 7a 4d to Ss fid; two-tooth ewes, small, 9s 9d; four and six-tooth ewes, 9s 3d; aged ewes. 2s 9d to 3s Gd; four-year ewes, light, condition, fis 3d; lambs, small, shorn, 3s to ?s Id. At Kaikoho upwards of 0000 sheep were yarded. Competition was ngain keen nnd practically everything was sold under the hammer nt advanced prices. Quotations:— Two-tooth wethers, good, Ss 9d to 9s fid; medium, 7s 3d to 8s fid; small, fis 3d to 7s; four-tooth wethers, Ps lOd to 9s fid; twotooth ewes, good, lis fid to 12s lOd; medium. 7p 2d to Us; small, 5s fid to 7s; four nnd six-tooth ewes, 9s fid; four-year-old _ewes, fis 3d to 8s fid; five-year ewes, 4s to 5s 9d: aged ewes. 3s fid to 4s; lambs. shorn wethers good, 4s fid to ss; medium shoin wether lambs, 33 to 3s 9d; woolly wether lambs, -Is 9d to 5s fid; medium. 3s fid to 4s Gd : small, 3s: two-tooth Southdown rnms, 35 guineas to 4} guineas: Bomneys, 1 to 21 guineas, aged Romneys, 3s to 10s fid.

VALUES AT MATAMATA. [FROM OVR OWN CORRESPONDENT. ] MATAMATA, Thursday. Tho Farmers' Auctioneering Company held tllO usual fortnightly et<;ck ealo nt Malamata on Wednesday. A medium yarding of cattle, a good yarding of sheep and n record yarding of fat, pisis totalling about 400 came forward. Store lambs sold at advanced prices and ruling rates were maintained for all other classes. I 1 at pig 3 wold lit rales 5s and 7s per hoa-d better than last. sale. A slicht increase in prices was shown on a medium yarding of store pins. Prices were:—Cattle: Fat steers. £5 o>s: fat heifers. CI 17s to £2 10s; fat cows. £1 15s to £'2; killahle cows, £1 1o £1 59; fresh store cows, lC.s fo l?s; honors. 7s to 14s: potter bulls. £1 5s to .£2 15s. Pigs; Heavv choppers. :iOa to £2 2s; heavy baconers. £- to i'2 ss; medium baconers. 30s to £2: light baconers. 30s to 355: heavy porkers, 25s to 30.9; light porkers. £1 to 245: stores, lis fid to 17s; slips. 0s to 12a (Vl: weaners (cood). 7s to 0s fid; smaller sorts. 3s firl to fis'. Sheep: Fat ewes, 4s to ss; fat hoggets, 0s Id to' 10s : store ewes. 2s 5d to 3s fid: store, lambs, fis Pd to 7s Od ; storo lambs (smaller), 4s 9d; Southdown rams, lea. to 2k:ns.

MASTERTON RAM FAIR. FLOCK AND STUD ROMNEYS. [BY TELEGRAPH. —PRESS ASSOCIATION.] MASTERTON, Thursday. Buvers from many parts of the North Island n(tended -t<!\3 Mnsterfon mm fair today when flock nnd stud Romneys were offered. There wan keen competition tor qtnlity animals, the prices realised for those being n- little in advance of last year. Inferior and lighter sorts, of which there was a- fairly large entry, were not soueht after and passings were numerous. The top price for stud rams was GOgns. secured by Mr A L. Wheeler, of Marton. with Mr. A, E. Anderson, of Tnratahi, nest, with 57kii8. Flock Romneys ranged up io 13gns».