STOCK SALES.

Putaruru Press, Volume VI, Issue 231, 5 April 1928, Page 8

STOCK SALES.

MATAMATA. On Wednesday Dalgety and Co., Ltd., conducted their usual fortnightly sale, when there was a small yarding of stock. Detailed prices are as follow: Sheep.—Forward conditioned woolly lambs, 17s 6d; one pen small twotooth wethers, 21s 9d; one pen store ewes, 11s 9d. Cattle. —Fat cows, £5 13s to £7 10s; boners, £3 los to £5 ss; light store cows, £2 10s to £3 10s; Jersey bull, £4; eleven Jersey cross heifer calves, £2 10s. Pigs.—Good stores, 22s to 295; weaners, 5s to 9s. HAMILTON. At the Frankton sale on Tuesday there was a fair entry of fat cattle, principally cows and heifers. The quality was not up to the standard of the previous week, and values, if anything, were slightly easier, steer beef selling firm at late rates. Store cattle pens were well filled, and there was a strong demand for all classes, especially store to forward bullocks. There was a medium number of fat and store sheep penned. Fats sold firm at further advanced rates, while all stores were keenly competed for. Fat and store pigs were yarded in the usual large numbers, fats selling firm and stores at late unimproved rates.

Beef. —Light fat steers sold to £lO 10s; small and unfinished, £5 17s to £7 Is; prime fat cows and heifers, £8 10s to £9 17s 6d; medium weights, £7 to £8 2s 6d; forward cows, £4 to £5 10s; vealers, £2 14s to £3. Store Cattle.—Grown bullocks sold up to £8 12s; 31-year steers, £6 15s to £7 10s; 21-year steers, £5 15s to £6 7s 6d; 18-months steers, £4 15s; heifer calves, 38s to £2. Sheep.—Prime fat wether-, 32s 6d to 33s 3d; lighter, 30s to 3*s; extra good prime ewes. 30s 2d; other prime ewes, 25s tc 26s 3d; fat lambs. £1 to 23«" breeding ewes, 20s to 225; lo.v conditioned s.m. ewes, 14s 6d to 14s 9d; forward conditioned ewes, 17s to 19s; good store lambs, 16s 9d to 17s. Pigs.—Heavy baconers, £4 3s to £4 12s; medium, £3 8s to £3 15s; best porkers, £2 10s; lighter, 375; good slips, 23s to 28s; weaners and small slips, 14s to 17s; small weaners, 7s to 11s. MORRINSVILLE. A full yarding of beef and store cattle was offered by the Farmers’ Auctioneering Co. at their sale at Morrinsville on Friday. The general quality was good, a particularly fine line of 41 year Hereford steers being offered. Fifty-eight of these were bought by Mr. G. Proctor, of Orini, at £8 15s a head. With the exception of a few forward conditioned lambs, no fat sheep were yarded, nor were there any ewes on the market. The lambs sold well at late rates. Fat and store pigs showed no tendency to improve, although last sale’s prices were maintained. The demand for weaners was keener. Prices were as follow:

Beef.—Heavy fat steers, £l3 6s to £l3 7s 6d; heavy fat cows, £8 10s to £10; medium, £6 17s to £8; light, £5 12s to £6 9s; plain and unfinished £4 18s to-£5 ss; forward conditioned 45 year Hereford steers, £8 15s; forward conditioned store cows, £3 15s to £4 7s 6d; others, £2 5s to £3 2s 6d; Jersey heifer calves, £2 12s 6d to £3 4s; Shorthorn calves, £1 16s to £2 ss; steer calves, £2 Is to £2 ss; bulls, £4 to £5 17s 6d; dairy cows, £7 15s to £9; springing heifers, £6 10s to £8; Jersey in-calf heifers, £5 14s to £6. Pigs.—Heavy baconers, 4 to £4 4s; medium, £3 11s to £3 13s, light £2 18s to £3; heavy porkers £2 12s to £2 18s, light £1 18s to £2 4s; store 22s to 275; slips, 13s to 17s; weaners, 7s to 11s.

Sheep.—Well-grown m.s. store lambs, shorn, 16s 6d to 17s 3d; good well-grown woolly store lambs, 19s 6d; smaller, 13s lOd; good shorn ewe lambs, 18s lOd; shorn wether lambs, 16s 3d; cull lambs, 11s 9d; forwardconditioned lambs, 20s 6d. MORRINSVILLE HORSE FAIR. A healthy demand for heavy horses existed at the fair conducted by the Farmers’ Auctioneering Company at Morrinsville on Tuesday. The offering of all classes was good considering that autumn horse sales are not generally as well supported as those held earlier in the season. The attendance of buyers was fair and competition was good on soundquality lines. Heavy farm horses were most sought after and good prices were realised. A keen demand also existed for spring cart sorts, of which there was a good selection. Heavy draughts made from £25 to £3O, and good spring cart sorts £l6 to £22 10s. Aged horses sold from £5 to £lO. There was little demand

for riding hacks, the sale of whicH was slack. The quality of the major* ity was far from satisfactory and bidding in many cases failed to the reserve. Bidding was brighter on good sturdy sorts, whichfcrld more readily. Prices for varied from £7 5s to £ll 10s, wliile others made between £1 10s and £3 7s 6d. A number of ponies offered on account of Mr. J. H. Gaddes changed hands at good rates, prices varying from £6 15s to £9 15s. WEEKLY PRICES OF FAT STOCK FOR EXPORT. The New Zealand Meat Producers’ Board advises that the following prices are being offered for fat stock for export at March 31, 1928: Canterbury (prices delivered at works). —Prime woolly lambs, 361 b and under lOid, 371 b to 421 b 92d, 431 b and over Old; second quality lambs, 91d. A TIRAU. At the Farmers’ Auctioneering Company’s sale at Tirau on Thursday the beef cattle market continued to be in a very healthy state. The following prices were obtained:— Cattle.—Heavy fat cows £8 to £9 6s ; medium cows £6 13s to £7 12s ; _ lighter sorts £5 14s to £6 4s ; conditioned cows £4 to £4 19s ; freshconditioned stores £2 19s to £3 11s ; poorer sorts £2 2s to £2 8s ; best Jersey heifer calves £3, ditto smaller £2 5s ; Shorthorn steer calves £1 19s to £2 13s ; heavy potting bulls £6 to £7, lighter sorts £4. Sheep.—Fat ewes 25s 6d ; freshconditioned woolly ewes 19s 6d ; shorn store lambs 12s to 15s. Pigs.—Stores 24s 6d ; weaners 6s to Bs. Horses.—Ten draught horses were yarded. Bay mare broken to chains, six years, £24 15s ; unbroken fouryear good spring cart horses £25 ; others £lO to £l4. ■