STOCK SALES.

King Country Chronicle, Volume II, Issue 104, 22 October 1908, Page 5

STOCK SALES.

The Farmers' Co-operative Auctioneering Company, Limited, report as ! follows: — J We held our annual bull sale at ! Ohaupo last Tuesday and have to re- ! port a most successful sale. There | was a large attendance of buyers and : keen competition throughout; 120 bulls | penned came forward in really good ! condition: 2 year old grade shorthorns, Sgns. to 12gns.; yearlings from Wm. Vosper, Sgns. to IHgns.; Potts Bros., gnsrr.s. to i~*gns. ; Shorthorn yearlings from W- J." Park, Sgns. to 15Jgns._; Wm. Tay'-or. 1-Sgns.; five year old pedigree bull, J£gr:s; on account of Government farm, yearling shorthorn bull, 23 : ?gns. :t\vo year old bull, 13gns.; five year old bill, 17gns.; Holstein bulls, 3 years oloksjgns. to 6Jgns.; Ayrshire bull, sggns\ Holstien yearlings, 2gns. to Sgns.; aied iulls, 2igns. to 6«gns. We held onriuslal stock sale the same day keen demand for all classes, forvHrd 4 year old steers, £7 15s; 2 year steers, £3 17s to £4 lis; 15 ffo 18 month steers, £2 5s to £3 9s; choice yearling steers, £3; same class heifers, £2 2s 6d; other yearlings 36s to £2 10s; forward empty heifers, £3 7s to £3 9s ; springing cows, £6 ; heifers, £4 5s to £6. At, Ngaruawahia last Wednesday we yarded 900 head of cattle and 1053 sheep. There was a large attendance and keen demand for all classes, bidding being very brisk from start to finish, every pen being sold by auction. Five hundred head of well bred steers from 2\ to 4 year old, were a splendid lot, and sold readily; forward condition 4 year bullocks, £7 5s to £8 10s; less condition cattle, £6 to £6 19s; 223 bullocks from Thos. Wilson averaging £7 2s; 3 and 3J year steers, £5 6s to £5 16s; 2 and 24 year steers, £4 4s to £4 18s; 18 month steers, £3 6s to £3 14s; 12 and 15 month steers, £2 2s to £2' 15s; calves 24s to 335; fat cows, £5 9s to £6 7s; fresh empty cows, £3 10s to £4-4s; store cows, £2 16s to £3; empty 2 year heifers, £2 10s; springing cows, £4 17s 6d to £6; heifers, £3 2s 6d to £4 2s 6d; bulls, £3 to £7; forward woolly wethers, 15s lid; close I wool wethers,lss 3d to 15s 8d; ewes in wool, 12s; fat ewes, 14s; ewes with lambs, 18s. . At Waihou last Friday we yarded 1250 head of cattle and 500 sheep. There was a large attendance and a good demand for all classes; 109 beef penned sold readily; fat steers, £7 12s 6dto £8 12s; weighty cows and heifers £6 10s to £7; lighter sorts, £5 to £5 7s 6d; 2J and 3 year steers, £4 6s to £5 Ss; 18 months and 2 year steers, £3 3s to £4; 12 to 15 month steers, £2 3s to £2 14s; mixed yearlings, 25s to £2 2s 6d; calves, 17s to £1; fresh cows, £2 15s to £3 10s; empty 2 year heifers £2 10s to £3; yearling heifers, 355; yearling shorthorn bulls, lOgns to 12£ gns.; Holsteins. 5£ to 6gns. A large number of dairy cows yarded elicited brisk bidding, cows, £6 5s to £7 15s; for the backward cows, £4 to £4 ss; heifers, £6 to £6 15s; others, £3 10s to £5; forward wethers, 16s to 17s 6d; fat ewes shorn,-lis to 13s; hoggets, 10s; pigs and slips, 18s to 27s 6d.

The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company, Limited, report as follows :—

At Hamilton on Thursday we had a short market for beef but stores and springers were penned in good numbers. Well fatted cow beef sold exceptionally well at prices ranging from £6 12s to £7 16s for young cows of prime quality; good cows, £5 8s to £5 ISs; 12 to 18 month old steers, £3 to £3 Cs; yearling steers, £2 10s to £2 15s; empty 2 year old heifers, £3 to £3 3s; dairy cows close to profit, £7 Ss to £7 15s; others, £4 10s to £6; springing heifers, £5 to £7 according to size and quality. Sheep—3oo penned. Fat wethers made 116s 6d to 18s; ewes, 14s 6d to 16s. Pigs —7O penned. Weaners, Us to 14s ; slips, 16s to 19s; porkers, £1 10s to £1 17s 6d.

We held a sale at Matamata last Wednesday when about 1000 sheep came forward, all classes being well represented. Buyers were in attendance from Tauranga, TePuke and Waikato districts and bidding was brisk throughout and every pen changed hands at satisfactory prices. Fat steers made up to £8 ss; fat cows, £5 5s to £5 17s 6d; 3 to 3i year old steers, £5 8 s 6d to £5 19s, 2\ to 3 year old steers £3 19s to £4 10s; 18 month to 2 year steers £3 10s to £3 15s; yearling steers £2 10s to £2 15s; mixed yearlings £1 15s to £2 4s; 2 year empty heifers £3 6s to £3 10s; empty cows in fresh condition £2 18s to £3 10s; dairy cows close to profit £5 12s 6d to £7; srpinging heifers well grown good quality £7 12s 6d to £8 10s; smaller heifers £5 to £6 7s 6d. Sheep —Woolly hoggets, 13s Gd; shorn do., lis Gd; Pigs—Weaners, lis Gd to 14s; slips, £1 3s to £1 Bs.

We held our monthly sale at Te Awamutu on Saturday, and offered over 300 head of cattle which all sold under brisk competition with a demand unsatisfied. Empty cows in forward condition made £3 12s to £3 17s 6d; fat do., £5 12s Gd to £5 16s; empty 2 year old heifers, £2 17s Gd to £3 Is; 12 to 15 month old steers, £2 12s to £2 16s; yearling steers, £2 5s to £2 7s 6d; mixed yearlings, £1 10s to £1 14s; dairy cows, £5 10s to £7 15s;, springing heifers. £6 to £7 10s; small do., in low condition, £3 10s to. £4 10s. Pigs —l6O sold; weaners, 14s to 17s 6d; slips, £1 Is to £1 7s; porkers, £1 13s to £1 13s 6d; 50 hoggets in wool, 15s Gd.