Stock Sales.

Putaruru Press, Volume XI, Issue 510, 23 February 1933, Page 8

Stock Sales.

FRANKTON. There was an extra-heavy yarding of store cattle and a large attendance ox buyers at Frankton on Tuesday. Several pens of well-bred Shorthorn cattle met with good competition. Prices throughout this class were mostly equal to late rates. A line of 27 Jersey steers, was sold at S 3 18s a head. There was a lighter yarding of fat wethers and an average yarding of fat ewes and lambs. Fat ewes were slightly easier in price, but other classes maintained late quotations. A good yarding of pigs again came forward, baconers meeting with steady competition and selling at values equal to late quotations. Porkers remained fairly steady at late values; A large yarding of stores and weaners realised last week’s rates. Cattle. —

Heavy vealers, £2 16s. Light, 31s to 325. light fat steers, £5 5s to £5 7s. Fat heifers, £3 6s to £4. Heavy fat cows, £4 Is to £4 9s. Medium fat cows, £2 15s to £3 4s. Fresh-conditioned cows, 30s to 375. Bglls, 34s to 40s. Forward-conditioned grown steers, £4 5s to £4 10s. Well - bred -three - year Shorthorn steers, £4 to £4 10s. Two-year Shorthorn steers, £3 4s to £3 10s. Shorthorn-cross steers, 33 years, £3 10s to £3 14s. Grown Jersey-cross steers, £3 Is to £3 Bs. Three-year Jersey steers, £2 2s to £2 6s. Mixed-coloured steers, £2 8s to £2 15s. Hereford heifers, £2 10s to £2 14s. Polled Angus heifers, 37s 6d to 40s. Polled Angus cows and heifers, with calves, 26s to 30s. Sheep.— Fat hoggets, 10s to 10s 9d. Fat ewes, 6s 6d to 8s Id. lighter fat ewes, 5s to 6s. Medium fat lambs, 11s 6d to 12s 9d.

lighter, 7s 6d to 10s 2d. Pigs.— Heavy baconers, £2 10s to £2 14s. Medium, £2 4s to £2 9s. Heavy porkers, 33s to 375. Medium, 28s to 325. Good stores, 20s to 225. Smaller, 17s to 19s. Slips, 12s to 15s. Weaners, 7s to 11s. pBaAU. At the Farmers’ Auctioneering Co.’s Tirau sale on Thursday an extra heavy yarding of sheep came forward. Prices were not up to expectations, and quite a number was passed under the hammer. A medium yarding of cattle maintained late quotations. Cattle.— Fat cows, £2 to £3 Is. Fresh store cows, £1 6s to £1 16s. Boners, 10s to £1 2s. Potter bulls, £1 15s to £4 11s. Three-year Hereford-Shorthorn-cross steers, to £3 7s. Grown mixed colour steers, £2 to £2 16s. Inferior mixed colour steers, £1 7s 6d to £1 9s. Sheep.— Fat ewes, 5s 7d. Fat wethers, 11s to 13s. light fat hoggets, 9s lid to 10s 7d. light fat lambs, 10s Bd. Sound-mouthed ewes, 4s 8d to 5s 9d. Cull ewes, 2s 7d to 4s. Good store lambs, 7s 9d to 9s. Medium store lambs, 5s 7d to 6s 3d. Pigs.— Slips, 12s 6d to 15s. Weaners, 8s 6d to 11s 6d.

MORRINSVILLJS. / Good Demand For Sheep. At the Farmers’ Auctioneering Co.’s fortnightly sale at Morrinsville on Friday, there was an exceptionally heavy yarding‘of sheep, including a big entry of breeding ewes from the East Coast and Tokomaru Bay districts. The sheep arrived in good order, and attracted a good deal of attention from a large attendance of buyers. Bidding throughout was brisk, and the whole yarding of over 12,000 sheep changed hands at quite satisfactory prices. A large entry of store lambs was sought after by the dairyfarmers, and were practically all sold under the hammer. There was a good yarding of all classes of cattle, including a few pens of ox beef, for which quotations remained very firm. Cows and heifers of good quality sold readily at late rates. The advertised line of steers and heifers from the East Coast attracted good attention and sold at late ruling values. A few pens of good quality Jersey weaner calves also met with good competition.

There was an average yarding of about 600 pigs, mainly good porkers and baconers in the fat pens, and a large number of weaners in the store pens. Prices for all fat pigs remained firm at late rates, while stores and weaners met with good competition, and bidding was brisk until the conclusion of the sale. Cattle. — Heavy fat steers, £7 Is. Prime medium P.A. heifers, £4 3s to £4 9s. Prime Hereford heifers, £4 to £4 4s. Heavy fat cows, £3 15s to £4 Is. Medium, £3 to £3 Bs. Lighter, £2 to £2 12s. Heavy second quality fat cows, 32s to 38s. Boner cows, 11s to 245. Hulls, 30s to £3 10s. Choice Jersey weaner heifer calves £2.

Smaller, 34s to 355. Three and a-half year Hereford steers, £4 to £4 7s. Three year P.A. steers, £3 9s. Three-year Hereford heifers, £2 12s to £2 17s. Two-year P.A. heifers, £2 10s to £2 18s. Two-year P.A. and Hereford cross heifers, £2 6s to £2 17s. Young Hereford cows, £2 to £2 ss. Fifteen-months P.A. heifers, 25s to 275. Sheep.— Prime maiden fat ewes, 12s 6d. Fat ewes, 8s to 9s. Fat lambs, 11s 3d to 13s. Good store lambs, 7s 8d to 10s Id. Medium, 6s. 6d to 7s 4d. Cull lambs, 3s 6d to 4s lOd. Four-tooth and 6-tooth ewes, 13s to 13s 4d. Poorer, 9s 7d to 10s Id. Good 2-tooth ewes, 13s 8d to 15s Bd. Others, 10s 6d to 13s Id. Four-tooth to 4-year ewes, 9s 3d to 13s 2d. Four-year ewes, 8s 3d to 10s. Five-year ewes, good, 9s 9d to 10s 4d. Other 5-year ewes, 7s to 9s 6d. S.M. ewes, 5s 9d to 7s. Cull ewes, 4s to 5s 6d. Two, 4 and 6-tooth wethers, 12s 6d. Pigs.— Heavy choppers, £2 9s to £2 12s. Lighter choppers, 26s to 375. Prime heavy baconers, £2 9s to £2 12s. Prime quality medium baconers, £2 4s to £2 7s. light baconers, 37s to £2 3s. Heavy porkers, 35s to 38s. Medium porkers, 30s to 345. Light porkers, 24s to 295. Large stores, 20s to 22s 6d. Smaller stores, 17s to 19s. Slips, 13s to 16s 6d. Good weaners, 10s 6d to 13s. Smaller weaners, 6s 6d to 9s 6d.

MATAMATA. Dalgety and Co. held their usual fortnightly stock sale at Matamata on Wednesday, when a medium yarding of stock came forward. The whole yarding of pigs changed hands under keen competition at prices equal to late rates. Cattle.— Light Holstein steers, £3 4s. Light fat Holstein heifers, £2 19s. Medium fat cows, £2 3s to £2 7s. Fair-conditioned cows, £1 10s to £1 15s. Boner cows, £1 5s to £1 10s. Small cows, 10s to 17s. Potter bulls, £1 10s to £2 ss. Small bulls, 5s to 17s 6d. Pigs.— Medium baconers, £2 to £2 2s. Light baconers and heavy porkers, £1 14s to £1 19s. Medium porkers, £1 10s to £1 13s. Light porkers, £1 7s to £1 9s. Best stores, £1 3s 6d to £1 5s 6d. Slips, 14s to 18s. Best weaners, 13s. Other weaners, 5s to 10s 6d. Tamworth boars, 6 months, £2 2s to £2 4s. Sheep.— Two and 4-tooth wethers, 11s 4d. Small 2-tooth wethers, 8s 4d. Aged ewes, 4s 2d to 5s Id. Others, 3s 3d. Store woolly lambs, 6s Id to 8s 6d. Small , woolly lambs, 4s Id to 4s 7d.