STOCK SALES.

King Country Chronicle, Volume II, Issue 65, 17 January 1908, Page 3

STOCK SALES.

The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company, Limited, report as follows : On Thursday, January 9th, we held our Hamilton, stock sale; when the beef pens were well filled. Steers made £7 10s, prime fat cows £5 15s, heifers in good condition £5 ss. Really good I'B-month' steers realised £3, 3" and 3%-year store steers sold well at from £5 7s 6d to £6, 2-year-olds £3 lOs to £4, yearling steers £2, heifers £l 14's. Sheep sold well. Wethers 18s, ewes 17s, lambs 13s. Pigs were lower than late sales, porkers bringing 275, and slips 15s 6d. At Te Awamutu, on Saturday, we had a full yarding of cattle, principally calves and yearlings, also several pens of fat cows and store steers. There was an active demand for useful lines, and all sold with the exception of two pei?s of 18-month heifers, and a few odd cattle. Best calves made from £1 4s to £1 I2s, others 19s 6d to 22s 6d. 18-month heifers £2 7s 6d, do. steers £2 16s, 2 and a-half-year Steers £3 I7s 6d, grown steers in low condition £4 17s 6d, fat cows £4 lis to £5 6s, store cows £2 to £2 15s. Pigs were offered in large numbers but were not wanted. Light draught gelding £l3 10s, cob £4. Fowls and ducks were in plentiful supply, ducks bringing is <sd and 3s, and fowls is 3d to 2s, The Farmers' Co-operative Auctioneering Company, Limited, report as follows: — At Ohaupo on Tuesday last, we yarded 607 head of cattle. There was a good attendance and brisk bidding throughout, prices ruling before the holidays being fully maintained. Fresh conditioned 3 and 3 and a-half-year steers £4 19s to £5 165, 2 anc{ ar half-year steers £4 7s" to £4 14s, choice i&-mon.th. and 3-year- steers £3 year-lings £2 2s to £2 I2s, 2-year empty heifers £2 10s ta £2 17s, fresh empty cows £2 5s to £3 10s, 15 and Ig-month heifers 32s to 40s, this season's calves really good 2ls 6d to 265, others 18s to 20s, store empty cows 35s to £3 10s, fat and forward-condi-tioned cows £4 10s to £4 17s. The whole yarding was disposed of at auction with the exception of about five pens. We held a Rearing saje a\ Mr- W. H. W'aitea, last Thursday, and have to report a successful sale. Dairy cows in milk made £2 10s to £4 ss, 9 and, io-month steers 275, store cows £3 2s 6d, medium draughts £l9 to £26 10s, D.F. plough £l6, chain roller £ls 10s. jLots of sundries made usual prices. At Waihou on Friday, we 823 cattle. There w,a,£ a g&o'd. attendance, and r.u.lfog' prices were maintained. The 109 beef penned were mostly well-fatted cows and heifers. Fat and forward steers £7 4s to £7 ss, fat cows £4 10s to £6 2s 6d, heifera £5 8s to £5 17s, small to £4 IC"3 ; £*es# 4-year- steers £6 7s &dr":3 arid a-half-year steers £4 15s, 15 and 18-month steers £3 to £3 15s, yearlings 39s to £2 12s, empty store cows £2 7s 6d to £2 18s,. fresh cows £3 19s, yearlings and, empty hejfers 31s to. 4&>ls" 2-year heifers in calf £3 iQs,- this season's calves r-eajly good 2Qs to 245, others t6s to i7s did, fat and forward wethers 17s 6d, ewes 13s 4d to 15s 3d. Pigs.— slips 17s, weaners 13s 6d.