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Thames Star, Volume LVII, Issue 15308, 5 June 1922, Page 8

COMMERCIAL.

MOREINSVIiIfThe yarding at the Farmers’ Auctioneering Company’s saleAon Friday was not up to the average, stone and young stock being pilfered in smaller numbers than ; Thero was a fair yarding of beef,, but the requirements were limited,; a.nd as prices did not reach the. vendors’ values in many cases, several' pens were passed in unsold. A 'few head of early calvers were offered, but as dairymen are not yet ready for them the prices realised did not give an indication of what the values for this line of stock are likely to bo. Young heifers met with ready competition, and good prices were realised for Jerseys out of tested cows. One liiie offered realised £o Qs. Fat sheep were wanted, and encouraging prices were the rule. Morrinsville is not a good market for pigs, for there are not sufficient offered to attract outside buyers, while the numbers are rather more than enough to meet local requirements. Those offered sold cheap. Steers sold.atJfJl 19s; fat cows, 35s to £2 14s; three-year-old steers, £2 15s; heifer calves up to £5 Os, and £4 12s for ’ lines of Jerseys, and £4 5s for a line of Jer-sey-cross. Empty heifers sold at £4 4s to £3 18s; mixed coloured heifers, 32s to 245; steer calves, Os; dairy licifers up to £ll 10s; backward sorts, £4 5s to £5; cows close to profit, £8 to £10; others, £2 10s to £4 10s. Sheep: Fat wethers, 26s 3d to 26s 9d; ewes, 7s 3d to 21s; Lambs: Fat lambs, 15s 3d to 16s 6d; store lambs, 7s 6d to 12s Id. Pigs: sows, £2; fat pigs, £2 to £3 2s 6d; slips, 8s 6d to 225. (MILKING SHORTHORN CATTLE.. ; The Farmers’ Co-operative Auctioneering Co. Ltd., Hamilton, report that at Matangi last week they held on "behalf of Messrs. Ranstead Bros, their first annual sale of milking Shorthorn catiido consisting .■of about 40 lots in all. Buyers or their representatives were present from as far. north as Whangarei and down to Invercargill. As every care had been used by Messrs. Ranstead Bros, to blend only the highest producing strains it was natural 'to expect that considerable inerest would be evinced in the sale by Shorthorn fanciers and it is a pleasure to be able to record a very satisfactory conclusion. Owing Go the present financial stress it was recognised that sensational values need not be looked tor. Nevertheless competition was good and practically the whole offering was disposed of. The female* comprising 20 lots registered an average of £2l 7s. The highest figure realised in this section being for 39 guineas for Lot 21 Matangi Mary, a red heifer, 18 months, drawing copious infusions' of Darbalara blood from both branches of ancestry. The bulls comprising 9 lots averaged £3l 2s; the highest figure obtained from the Red Lord lihe and showing considerable butter-fat backing Details of the sale are as follows: Lot 1 Matangi Princess. 30 gns., G. Anderson, Invercargill; Lot 2 Molly 3rd, 30 gns., R. D. Duxfield, Horotiu; Lot 3 Sunshine 4th, 31 gns., same purchaser; Lot 4 Pauline 3rd 26 gns., Miss Fell, Tauranga; Lot 5 Ruth 4th, 20 gns., same purchaser; Lot 6 Nectarine. 12 gns., R. D< Duxfield; Lot 6 Rosalind 3rd, 12 gns., same purchaser; Lot 9 Isa, 16 gns., Wm. Davies, Bruntwood; Lot 10a, .10 gns., R. D. Duxfield; Lot 11 Marion 10 gns., Miss Fell; Lot 12 Winnie, 3rd, 30 gns., R. D. Duxfield; Lot 15 Haxel, 34 gns., G. Anderson, Invercargill; Lot 16, Wm. Davies; Lot 17 Rene, 12 gns., Smyth Bros. Pukekohe; Lot 18 Gertrude 2nd, 10 gns., R. D. Duxfield; Lot 19 Kathleen, 10 gns., A. Klatt, Hunterville; Lot 20 Polyaipa; 10 gns., W. Davies; Lot 21 Mary, 39 gns., D. Hardie, Whangarei; Lot 22 Esau 2nd, 40 gns., W. J. Holmes, Runciman; Lot 25 Frederick sth, 271gns., John Batkin, Tuakau; Lot 26 I Frederick 6th 45 gns., W. Bennett, ! Matiere; Lot 27 Statesmano, 15 gns. A. Klatfi; Lot 28 Robin, 60 gns., J. W. Anderson, Hinuera; Lot 32 Poul, 25 gns., W. Peace, Matatoki; Lot 34 Raleigh, 18 gns., W. Davys ; Lot 39 Salvo, W. Fry, Ohura; Lot 40 Rudolph, 10 gns., Mrs. E. A. White, Tahuna.