STOCK SALES.

Matamata Record, Volume VI, Issue 349, 26 February 1923, Page 4

STOCK SALES.

MORRINSVILLE. There was a fair yarding at Messrs. Dalgety and Co.'s stock sale at Morrinsville on Wednesday. The prices roalixctl were almost 'on a s 'par with those of recent; sales in the district. Fat cows (light) brought from £2 15s to £3 15s, bulls 10s to £2, calves £1 (is to £3 15s, heifers up to £4 Bs. There was a poor yarding of dairy cows, ami I ho. prices being £2 10s, £9 15s and K\\. l,ambs sold :il. 10s '9d. Then: were a few sows, which brought fron. 85s to 37s 6d. WEST/FIELD FAT STOCK. Prices for beef at the Westfield Tat slock sale on Wednesday showed a sharp decline of about. 2s per 1001 b. There was an unusually heavy yarding of cattle and competition for all grades was rather slack. Extra choice ox realised £1 4s per 1001 b, other grades bringing from 15s to £! :!s, according to quality. Cow and heifer beef brought from 14s to £1 2s per 1001 b. Mutton prices were also lather easier compared with recent sales. Wethers brought from £1 5s to £1 ISs 3d, ewes £1 2s to £1 lis 9d. The offering of lambs was rather smaller than usual, ranging from 17s to £1 9s 'id. Values for pigs were maintained at recent rates, choppers and bacon pigs bringing from £2 to £'■', I.Bs. HAMILTON. At the Hamilton sale of the Farmers' Auctioneering Company on Fcb-l-uary 20 there was a. good yarding ol sheep and pigs but the number ol cattle penned was small. Pat sheep sold quite equal to last week's rates, wethers making from 31s 9<l to 84s 9d. ewes from 27s 3d to 30s, fairconditioned lambs 21s to 235. The demand for rape lambs was not quite so good, a line or two of extra good sorts selling at rates noticeably below recent values. From 18s to 19s 3d were the figures realised. Store lambs again drew fair competition, making from 12s to 15s 0(1. A few lines of breeding ewes were offered but bidding' was hard to draw and most of the' offering was passed. Prices realised at the conclusion were as follow: Small two-tooths 21s, small ewes, 'two, four and six-tooth, 245, four and five-year 28s, failing mouth 10s. Fat cows sold much under fair competition from £5 7s to £7 2s, store cows £2 to £2 10s, 18-months steers £2 7s fid; heifers r.w.b. £3 14s. calves 265. There was again a full yarding of pigs. Baconers advanced slightly on last week's values. Porkers remained on a par. Heavy baconers realised £3,.'7s (id to £3 17s, medium £2 10s to £3'ss, light and unfinished 35s to £2, i slips 20s to 22s 6d, small 15s to IDs, best weaners 10s to Ms, small 7s (id to 10s. ' WAIKATO MARKET REPORT. The Farmers' Co-operative AucS tumoering Company reports:— Beef,—Since last reporting the beef market, has experienced a decline, cow beef especially suffering. There seems no reason to fear that this will long continue. . ■ f f Mutton. — Supplies are plentiful everywhere and an easier tone, prevails. Lambs are still selling on the basis of 9(1 per pound but from reports'a drop in value is not improbable. Store Cattle.—The decline anticipated in our last report has strongly set in. This embraces all classes of cattle with the exception of in-calf heifers, towards which the fancy is surely inclining. An advance :in this class is certainly due. Store Sheep.-*—ln defiance of prophecy store sheep still maintain their position and have even strengthened it during vhe past week. It seems not unlikely, however, that a check will soon be encountered. Quite a lo*. of breeders still remain with requirements unsatisfied and good lots of ewes are assured of good reception. Wethers also, owing to their scarcity, are sure to continue popular. Pigs still retrain firm with inclination to advance. Horses. —At the Hamilton fair a week ago the inquiry for draught animals was much stronger and good business in this class was transacted. Bullocks.— Heavy' prime, £8 5s to £0 10s; medium, £7 to £8; light, £6 5s to £7. Cows.—Heavy, £5 to £6 ss; medium, £3 15s to £4 10s; forward, £2 15s to £8 10s. Steers.—-3 i-yenr forward, £5 to £(! 10s; 3i-year stoics, £4 10s to £5; 21year best, £3 10s to £4; 21-year medium, £3 to £3 7s 6d. Heifers.—Rising 2-ycar, r.yr.b., Jersey, £6 to £8; Shorthorn, £4 to £5; Holstein, £4 10*' to £6; springing heifers, best Shorthorn, £4 10s to £5 10s; empty heifers, 18-months best Shorthorn, £2 15s to £3 ss; 18-months medium Shorthorn, £2 to £2 I.os. Wethers.—Prime shorn heavy, 30s to 335; medium, 275. fid to 295. Ewes.—Prime shorn heavy, 24s to 28s; breeding ewes, best 2-tooth, 28s to 335; 4, 0 and 8-tooth, 80s to 32s fid; 5 and (5-year, 26s to 30s fid; medium 5 and 6-year, 21s to 245, culls, f.m., 15s to 18s (id. Rape Lambs.—Best, 19s to 225; More lambs, best shorn, 15s fid to 17s (id; medium shorn, 13s fid to 15s. Pigs.—Baconers, heavy, £3 2s fid to £3 17s fid; baconers, light, £2 12s fid to £3; porkers, heavy] £2 2s (id to £2 7s fid; porkers, light, 35s to £2; good slips, £1 2s fid to £1 (is; small slips, IBs to £1 Is; weaners, 9s to 12s fid. Horses.—Heavy draughts, £35 to £45; medium draughts, £25 to £3O; light draughts, £2O to £24; harness horses, £lO to £ls; hacks, £5 to £l.O.