STOCK SALES.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIX, Issue 21113, 22 February 1932, Page 5

STOCK SALES.

MORRINSVILLE PRICES. The Farmers' Co-operative Auctioneering Company, Limited, report:—At Morrinsville on Friday there was only a medium yarding of beef which sold under keen competition. prices showing an increase on late rates. The advertised lines of East Coast cattle came forward and attracted buyers from all outside districts. The cattle in spite of their long journey by road landed in good condition and sold under good competition, all lines changing hands under the hammer at satisfactory prices. There was a good yarding of nil classes of sheep. Store lambs and young ewes sold particularly well, and ruling rates were maintained on fat sheep and older ' ewes. Although thero was an extra heavy yarding of pigg thero were very few pens of good baconers, the yarding comprising mainly unfinished pigs and an extra largo number of stores and weaners. Prices were on a par with late rates for all fat pigs, best quality baconers meeting with keen competition. Stores and weanprs w?re dull of sale and values again showed a decrease. There were approximately 800 pigs yarded. Quofation^: —Beef: Medium fat steers, to £6: prime fat cows, ex Thomas Bros.', to £5 18s; medium fat cows, £3 4s to £4; lighter fat cows, £2 4s to £1 lis; killable cows, 29g fo 355; store cows. 10s to 245; boner cows, 12s to lGs; bulls, 26s to £3 10a; 3 j-yea r to four-year Polled Angus steers, £4 Is to £i 2s; 2}-year Polled Angus steers, ex Owetea. station, to £3 7s; forward conditioned empty Polled Angus cows, ex Otaranui station, £2 12s to £2 15s; empty J Polled Angus cows, ex Otaranui station, £2 4s to £2 9s; empty Hereford cows. 30s to £2 8s; Hereford-Shorthorn cross cows, 33a to 375; IJ-yenr to two-year Polled Angus steers, £2 Os to £2 10s; Hereford Polled Angus crop? nteera, £2 2s to £2 ss; 15 to ■ 18-months Polled Ang.is heifers, running with bull, to £2 2s; Hereford Polled Angus cross heifers, £1 to 31s. Sheep: Fat, maiden ewes, to 0s 3d; fat ewes, 5s 3d; prime fat hoggets, 13s to lis 2d; prime fat Ir.mbs, to 133 fid; other lambs, 0s to lis 3d; forward conditioned lambs, 8s 3d to 8s 8d; best store lambs, as Gd to 6s 4d; others, 3s lOd to 4s 8d: two and four-tooth ewes, i 10s lOd; four-tooth to five-year-old ewes, 7r, j 4d to 0s lid; five-year-old ewes, 7h to 7s j lOd, mixed ace ewes, 6s to 0s; aged ewes, I 4s to 6s; cull ewes, 2s fo 3s; Southdown rams, Ign to 2tgns. Pigs: Choppers, 30s to 38s; prime baconers. £2 to £2 3s; heavy bac.oners. 37s to £3; medium baconers, 34s fo 3Ss; light bacfjners, 30s to 335; heavy porkera, 27s to 30s; medium porkers, 23s to 21s; light and unfinished porkers, 18s j to 225; stores, lis to 18a; Flips, 6s to 12s; best weanera, 5s to Ss Gd; smaller weaners, '3s to 4 s 6(1. KING COUNTRY SHEEP FAIRS. The Now Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company, Limited, To .Kuiti, report Laving held the annual sheep fairs at Otorohanga and Pio Pio, when good ynrdings wero offered and brisk competition rifled throughout. Quotations: —Five-year owes, 7a 4d to 8s 6d; others. 5a 6d to 6s 8d; four-year ewes, 9s to lis Gd; smaller four-year ewes, 7s Gd to 8s Sd; two-tooth ewes, 0s to lis; others, Ga Gd to 7s 8d; sound-mouthed owes. 3s 6d to 2a lOd; fat wetherai 11a 6d; small two-tooth wethers, to 8s 3d; wether lambs. 5s to Gs.; prime lambs, 6a to 7s 2d; mixed aex lambs, 4s Gd to 5a fid; fimall lambs, 2s Gd to 3s 8d; Southdown rams, 2gna to 3gna; Uomney rams, 2gns. TE AWAMUTU HORSE FAIR. The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company, Limited, Hamilton, report, on tho To Awnmutu horse fair as follows:—There waa a largo attendance of buyers ancj competition was fairly keen. The majority met with a good demand under the hammer and wero Bold at very satisfactory prices, although a number were passed in. for most of which buyers were found after the sale. Quotations:—The advertised heavy draughts made (ho top prices of £3l to £3l; good draughts, £2O to £2B; medium, £ll to £lB 10s; poorer, £9 10a to £ll 10a; good hacka, £7 to £9 10a; medium, £4 10s to £6 10s; others, £2 to £4.