STOCK SALES.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIX, Issue 21225, 4 July 1932, Page 5

STOCK SALES.

PRICES AT TE AWAMUTU. The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company. Limited. Hamilton, reports on it* tri-weekly Te Awnmutu stock sale on Thursday aa follows Cattle: The entry of fat cattle comprised about a usual number of cow oeef and t T jro pens of choice but small ox beef. Cow beef maintained late quotations under si eteady demand, ■while os beef eased a little in value. Stores changed hands with no alteration in prices. Yearling heifers of average Quality met with a very fair sale. Prime lightweight ox beef made £3 73 Gd: prime fat cows, £3 73 fid to £3 ICs: fat cows. £2 15s to £3 4s; lighter, £2 2s to £2 12s 6d: unfinished. £1 Us to £l'. tillable, £1 Ss to £1 13s; stores, 163 to £1 3s: yearling heifers. £1 17s to £2 ss; others. £1 5s to £1 12s. Dairy cattle: The entry, which comprised >ust under 200 head, was mostly heifers, except Mr. K. E. Goddard's herd, which met with a spirited demand, realising prices fully ud to all recent quotations. Bight tnroucnout the sale, the demand was maintained, practically nothing being reserved. A line of heifers oil account, of Messrs. H. and b. Rhodes carne forward, the line averasins £7. They were a particularly good oualit> line, in excellent condition, and were keenly Jod -M afer bv a large bench of buye.s from" all parts of the Waikato. A line on account of Mr. W. Struthers also came forward in good ozv'er. These cattie were a. Taranaki-bred, and were also a very good quality lot. the 51 averaging « 3s. Very choice heifers. July. calv er s made £S I*> to £10; good conditioned. £7 j,s to £8 os. medium, £6 10s to £7: good caKeis. £S 10s to £8 ss: more backward, £o to £6 ss: late and poorer cond.t-or.td_. £4 lCsto £5: best sorts of early cows £i to -o _ medium. £5 53 to £6 los: ' »» £5- late £3 15a to £4 ss. Sheep: A small yardinc of fat sheet) resulted in uri aDureciable increase in values. Practically a to.aj clearance of stve sheep. of which a yarding was offered, was effected. Prime wethers made 13s Gd to 15s sd; wethers. 10s to 12s- light, up to 9s Gd; prime ewes. ST* to 83 Cd: fat 4s 6d to 6s 3d: prune lambs. 10s to lis 3d; fat 8s bd to 9s 6d. good store lambs, is <d to os 3d. 182 fiveyear ewes Ss: 170 four-tooth to five-year ...... in® * The yarding was attain a small one. consisting entirely of store, and weaners. Stores maintained recent Frankton quotations, while weaners advanced !,rightly under a keener demand. r =° stores made 13s to 135.: poor stores. 7s to 9s: good weaners, 9s io lis; sma.ler. S3 to ?3. WAIHOU QUOTATIONS. The Farmers' Co-operative Auctioneering j Company. Limited, reports that at the i Waihou pale on Friday average yardings of , sheep and cattle were penned, ruling rates ; being fully maintained on all classes.. a , small yarding of pigs came forward, prices for all classes remaining the same. J.here was a large numbeT of dairy cattle yarded, but competition was not brisk. values were: —Fat ewes. 5s 9d to 7s 6d; store ewes. 3s 6d; fat lambs, 10s 6d to 1-s Id; fat bullocks, heavy. £0; fit steers, £3 6s to £4 lCs; fat cows, heavy. £4; medium fat cows. ±i 19s to £2 13s: light fat cows. £1 is to 17s Gd; kiileble cows, £1 2s 6d to £1 o*j store cows. 15s to £1; boners, ba to I-s. choice Jersey heifers, yearling:. £2 4»j others. 17s. Pigs: Heavy baconers. to 1. Is; medium baconers. 34s to jtess; light baconers and heavy porkers. 2.3 to light arid medium porkers. 20s to 265; slips. 9s fid to 13s Cd; weaqers, 7s to 10s. Dairy cattle: Best Jersey cows, close io profit. £4 10s to £3 ss: other Jersey cows, backward. £2 153 to £4; Jersey cross and Shortnorn cows, £3 KM to £5 15s; good Jersey heifers, close to profit, £5 10* to £7 15s; other Jersey and Jersey cross heifers, more Daciward, £3 to £o.

VALUES IN THE NORTH. [FROM OCR OWN" CORRESPONDENT.] WHANGAREI, Saturday. The North Auckland Farmers' Co-opera-tive. Limited, held a sale at Kamo yesterday. There' was a big yarding of dairy cattle and bidding was good. Moat »?' 8 changed hands. Quotations were:—Dairy heifers, £6 to £7 12s 6d; other heifers, £j 53 to £5 15s: dairy cows, £5 5s to £6 IDs; ccws, in milk. £5 to £5 15s; meaty empty cows, up to £-2 ss; store cows. 149; two-year-old steers, £2 ss; yearling steers, 10s to los. -i , « Dalgety and Company. Limited, report holding a sale at Kamo yesterday when there was a large attendance of buyers. There was an exceptionally big yarding of dairy stock. Competition was fair and prices were it late rates. Quotations were . Jersey and Jersey-cross cow 3, £4 15s to £o J2s 6d; Shorthorn cows. £5; backward and inferior cows. 12a to £'2 2s 6d: empty Jf r " eey yearling heifers, £2 ss; boner cows, 10s; two-year-old Holstein steers, lit 6d; Jersey heifer calves, £1 1».