DISTRICT STOCK SALES

Sun (Auckland), Volume IV, Issue 1080, 18 September 1930, Page 11

DISTRICT STOCK SALES

AUCTIONEERS’ REPORTS Stock auctioneers report on sales held throughout the district during the past week as follows: Alfred Buckland and Sons. Ltd. —- During the week we held cattle sales at Westfield, Pukekohe, Turua, Pokcno, Kumeu, Clevedon, Helensvillo, and Runciman; a pig sale nt Pukekohe: and the annual bull sale, on account of the Franklin Jersey Breeders’ Club (in conjunction with the New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co.. Ltd.). Large yardings of cattle came forward at all centres, and found keen buyers, all classes being in demand. Best, dairy cows .fill to £l9: good cows, , fill 10s to £l3 15s: other dairy cows. 1 to lOs to £ll ss; bc*st_ springing i heifers, £l2 10s to £ls las; average I heifers. £9 to £l2 ss; small and backward heifers, £5 JSs to £8 17s :«d; empty young cows and heners, .Lo to £7’ store and boner cows, £2 to £«> j 10s; fat cows and heifers, C 7 to £l4 i r»s- fat steers, £ll 10s to £l«> -s 6cl; i grown steers, in forward condition, £lO 13s to £ll 10«; four-year-oio steers C 3 10s to £lO 12s (id; three to four-year-old steers, £ S 10s to £0 10s; two to three-year-old steels. £7 10s 1 tr» rs 10s: yearling to two-yeai - uu. i steers, £5 to £7 7s Otl; well-bred yearling to 15-months-old dairy heifers, £6 10s to £8 12s 6d: other yearling I iVeifers £33os to £« 7s 6d; cows with calves"' £7 to £lO 10s; sound young herd bulls, £6 Cs to' £ls 15s; heavy bulls £3 10s to £5 ss: other bulls. £1 : 10s to £3 10s. A report of the pedigree Jersey bull sale has ulreartj up neared A large entry ot pigs at I uke Kohe sold at values on a par with Westfield rates. The New Zealand Loan and Mncan- ! “with an P “s o/laule 4f,- . rntes We quote: Best mg at Ltc r ate- cr , t £l7 ! dairy cows ami ntiiers, v „ Gcl i 10s; others. £7 10s to £ll : f.AWi ind inferior heifers. -i tu ; hercT bulls' £6 to £lO I<M. -cordntg to h'-lity:Pott«rbunsc 6 £8 } tO (1 : % ,,oil,. l , | bP n.« £4 to" £« 17s 6d: yearling 1 opws. V.T, PR r.s: vearling to 18heifere, • s t 0 24i £7 to £B“ s s: 3to B.year warr’eolidiUom o £lo lo 110 IBs;” beef , at full Westfield rates.