For Breeder and Dealer

Sun (Auckland), Volume 1, Issue 86, 2 July 1927, Page 26

For Breeder and Dealer

Hacks and Ponies Not Wanted.— Approximately 100 horses were offered at Alfred Buckland and Sons’ monthly horse fair, held at Pukekohe this week. Seventy-five per cent, of the offering was quitted at prices on a par with late sales. Heavy young draughts made from £25 to £3O; active farm sorts, £ls to £23 10s; aged plough horses, £lO 10s to £l6; hacks and ponies, in little demand, £2 to £8 10s.

Westfield Store Sale.—A heavy entry of both dairy and store cattle faced buyers at the Westfield store sale this week, and the demand for the better quality dairy cows close to profit was firm. Best young dairy cattle made from £l2 10s to £ls ss; good cows, £8 15s to £lO 10s; backward cows, £4 10s to £6 15s; unsound cows, £1 15s to £3; good heifers at profit, £lO 10s to £l2 15s; forward-conditioned young store cows, to £4 ss; light, £ 3 5s to £3 15s; good boner cows, £3 15s to £3 18s; old store cows, £1 10s to £3 3s; „£* m ' ewes in lamb sold from 16s 6d to 225.

Feilding Markets.— Store sheep and cattle command little attention in the Feilding district at the present time and the demand is confined chiefly to the fat pens. At this week’s sale ewes in lamb to Southdown rams made 15s od to 23s Id; empty cows, 10s 6dlambs, 14s; fat wethers, 275; fat ewes good, 16s 6d to 23s 6d; lighter. 12s to r, J l C , k ' f t Ces ' 355; fat lambs. - Cattle: Springing cows, £ 6 to ±.3 ss: dairy cows, £4 7s 6d to 4 15s; sprining heifers, £3 12s 6d to £4fi re n C . o ll’ €* ~ 3; cow s, £3 3s to £4 l.s 6d, fat heifers, £2 17s 6d to £3; empty heifers, £2 14s- weaner f 6i a e h S- „ £ ! 10s to £s 13f " 6d; Here! ford bullocks, £7 5s to £7 10s.

J ? r =eys Bring Poor Prices. —Though prices were on a par with those ruling at other sales held throughout the Taranaki district dur

ing the past year, bidding from a large attendance of buyers at f. dispjr» sale on account of Mrs. A. E. Radford (Bell Block) pedigree Jersey h'^rd, held recently; was slack. Maid’s Welcome Rosa, by Combination’s Loch Lomond, out of Bilberry Royal Maidrealised the highest, price (29gns) and went to Mr. R. Jury, of Tikorangi-Twenty-seven guineas bought Galicia’s Handsome Girl, by Jessie’s Register of Melrose, out of Bay View’s Galicia, which went to Mr. J. M. Stewart of Morrinsville. The average price for the cows was nearly 16gns, and that for the heifers 12gns. Beside the pedigree stock a large number of grade cattle was sold and bought very fair prices. Waikato Pig Values.—Both storeafld fat pigs are meeting with a good demand in the Waikato. Prices at this week’s Frankton sale ranged as f°*' low:—Good heavy baconers. £3 10®*® £3 18s: heavy baconers, £3 2s to 8s: medium do., £2 14s to £3; heavy porkers. £2 8s to £2 12s: porkers. 2s to £2 ss; stores, £1 12s to £1 slips, £1 4s to £1 8s; weaners, to £ 1 2s; sows, close to profit. to £8 10s. Fat Lambs Bring High Prices South.—Fat lambs at Addington keenly sought after. Prices this wee* ranged as follow:—Extra prime lam n=31s to 38s lOd; prime lambs, 28s 30s; medium lambs, 25s to 28s: infer* o lambs, 22s 6d to 24s 6d: shorn la® 08 * 19s-to 225.