STOCK SALES.

King Country Chronicle, Volume III, Issue 117, 21 December 1908, Page 5

STOCK SALES.

Mesrs Alfred Buckland and Co., report as follows: At Remuera on Thursday dairy cows, penned in moderate numbers, met wtih better competition, best selling from £6 to £ll ss, others to £5 10s, stores at recent quotations. Young and fat calves in moderate numbers were required, bringing from 42s to 475; 69 sold. There was a full yarding of fat cattle, of nice quality and mostly medium weights. Prices were steady at recent quotations, ox beef selling from 20s to 22s per 1001b, cow 17s to 20s. Steers ranged in price from £6 10s to £ll 10s; cow £4 to £8; 385 sold. 1451 fat sheep penned met with a decidedly better sale than of late. Best wethers sold from 15s to 18s 3d; lighter weights to 14s; heavy ewes to 18s 3d; others 10s 6d to 15s. Fat lambs came forward in average numbers and met with a ready sale best bringing from 14s to 17s 9d; lighter weight 6s 9d to 13s; 750 sold. "Pigs met with a further drop in value. Baconers realised from 5s to ?£3; porkers 20s to 355; small 6s 6d to 12s 6d; slips 15s to sold. Fowls, Is lid to 3s 6d; ducks, Is 4d to Is 7d; 92 sold.

The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company, Limited, Hamilton, report:--At Hamilton on Thursday we had a good yarding of fat and store cattle, sheep, and pigs. The beef pens contained over 100 head, mostly young cows and heifers, which all sold at fully late prices. Sheep were short in supply but sufficient for the demand. Fat steers, medium weighs, made from £6 10s to £7 ss; fat cows, well finished, £5 to £5 17s; others, £4 5s to £4 7s; heifers, £4 7s 6d to £4 17s 6d; cows and calve?, £3 Is to £4 12s; 15 month steers, £2 5s to £2 7s; 2 year old heifers, empty, £2 19s to £3; 18 month old heifers, £1 17s; springing heifers, £3 10s to £4 17s 6d; cows, up to £4 17s 6d. At Te Awamutu on Saturday we had a large entry of cattle, and all sold under the hammer at satisfactory prices, buyers coming from the King Country and surrounding districts. Fat cows made from £4 5s to £5 10s; empty cows, £2 5s to £3 15s, according to condition ; 18 month steers, £2 7s to £2 12s; 18 month heifers, £1 15s; this year's calves, 15s to 19s. Pigs: Slips, £1 3s to £1 9s; weaners, 10s to 19s, 130 sold.

Messrs Dalgety and Co., Limited, have rceeived the following cablegram from their London office under date the 16th inst.: —Wool continues firm, with the exception of new and coarse crossbreds, which are a half penny to a penny per lb lower since our last cable. We think prices will be maintained, more especially for greasy merino combing of good bulky growth. We do not expect any important change in new and coarse crossbreds when heavy arrivals come to hand from the Argentine and New Zealand after January, but the course of the market during January for this description of wool is doubtful.

The Col >nial Consignment and Distributing Comapany, London, cable the following report on the frozen meat market: —There is a decreasing demand for ail descriptions of frozen meat, duse to depressed conditions of trade throughout Great Britain, which must result in an allround deciine in values in the immediate future. Present quotations are : —Mutton : Canterbury 3|d ; Napier, Wellington, and North Island 34d. Lamb: First quality sid; second quality sd. Beef: Hindquarters 3gd; forequarters 3d.