STOCK SALE.

Kaipara and Waitemata Echo, 23 August 1911, Page 3

STOCK SALE.

Messrs Alfred Buckland and Sons report.

At t-.he Haymarket on Friday last we had an average entry of horses. Spring-carts sorts sold at from L 22 to L-54 ; young and heavy draughts, to L 43 10s ; buggy horses and good hacks, Ll3 5s to L' 23 ; gig ponies and ordinary riding sorts, L 3 to Lll, The adveriised station by Salisbury Yet realised 40 guineas.

Hides.—Ox, 6fd to 6Jd ; cows. s£d to 6 |d; kip, s£d to 6£d , calf, 5d to 8d ; horse, 8s 6d to l'3s.

Tallow, Ll 4s toLl Bs,

Horsehair, Is 6d to Is lOd

Skins. -Best butchers. 4s lOd to 5s 6a ; others, 3s to 43 3d; dry and country, large 4s 7d to 5s Id, small and damaged 6d to 2s 7d.

At "Westfield on Thursday, August 10. there was a good demand for dairy cows •at profit, best selling at from L 8 to Lll 2s 6d, others L 4 10s to L 7 jos ; choice springing heifers L7to L 9 15s; smaller L4ssto L 5 10s The few stores yarded sold freely at higher rates; ewes in lamb, 10s to 13s 6d,

We held our usual monthly sale in the Eunciman Yards on Tuesday, August 15. There was a record entry in the dairy department and a moderate offering of stores. The latter met with a strong gale. Young cattle were from 5s to 10 rjer head better worth than late sales. Eighteen to 20-month steers brought from L 3 los to L 4 3s; yearlings to limonths, L 2 15s to L 3 8s ; strong calves to yearlings L2to L 2 10s ; calves, LI 10s to LI 16s, small and weedy Ll to Ll 8s ; 18 month heifers, L 3 to L 4 10s empty cows and heifers L 2 15s to L4ss ; fat cows, L 5 to L 6 17s. Gel. No grown steers were yarded. Dairy cows carrying second to forth calves ani at profit sold at from L 8 10s to LlO 10s ;same quality but backward L 6 J.ss to L 8 ; others, L 5 to LG 50s; aged and inferior, L 3 t-j Ll 10s.