STOCK SALES.

Matamata Record, Volume VI, Issue 483, 25 October 1923, Page 4

STOCK SALES.

CLEARING SALE AT LICHFIELD. The clearing sale of Messrs. Bradley Bros.' implements, furniture and sundries, held at the club run, Lichfield, on Friday by Dalgety and Co., Ltd., was largely attended. Practically everything offered was in good order and met with keen competition, prices maintaining a high "level, and in fact in the furniture section reaching the present-day level of new goods. Some details are as follow: Double-furrow plough (P. and D. Duncan), £l4; Hcrub (or swamp) plough (Duncan), £9; manure and grass seed distributor (Duncan 18ft broadcaster), £l4; trailer discs (16 blade), £ls; disc harrows, £5; set boiler plate harrows, with chain links attached, £10; tripod harrows, £7; drawingroom suite, £26; chest of drawers, £5 10s; combination chests, up to £6. MORRINSVILLE. Brisk competition ruled at Dalgety ond Co.'s stock sale at Morrinsville on Thursday, bidding for dairy cattle being particularly brisk. Sheep and pigs also sold at good rates. The following were the prices:—-Beef-Fat cows £4 10s to £6 lis; fat steers! light weight, £7 to £8 10s; store cbws £2 to £3 ss; Jersey bulls £2 to £3 ss; yearling heifers, Jersey-cross, £2 13s to £4 6s; Holstein-cross £1 10s to £2 ss; yearling, steers £1 9s. Dairv cattle: Cows £4 15s to £l2 ss; Jerseycross heifers £lO to, £l4; HoLstem heifers £l2 15s to £l3; Shorthorn-cross-heifers £5 to £9 10s.. Sheep: Fat wethers £2 ss; fat ewes £1 18s. Pigs: Fat pigs £3 12s; store pigs 395; weaners 17s.

WAIKAT.O MARKET REPORT. Tilt Farmers' Auctioneering Co. report under date October 23:

Beef.—Competition is everywhere keen and the demand steady. * Mutton.—The mutton market still remains quiet and the business transacted is of small proportion. Store Cattle.—Activity still continues in the store cattle market but .there- is" evidence of an easing tendency. More especially is this applicable to heifers, which have been comI ing forward in good numbers. Forward steers are in strong demand but backward-conditioned cattle have slightly declined. Good-framed fresh cows are perhaps in higher favour than any other class in"the store section. Store Sheep.—Business in this branch is somewhat restricted owing to the lack of suitable lines for sale. A good demand exists but for the above reason is not easy to satisfy. Dairy cattle are in keen demand at all centres. Pigs.—Brisk business has been done in this branch up to the present. Values are exceedingly firm and inclined to improve. The high prices ruling at the yards have forced the bacon companies far in advance of their opening quotations and even at present figures some of those operating have found it difficult to obtain supplies. At Waihou yards on Friday values were fully lOd per pound. It *s unlikely, however, that these high rates will long continue. Horses.—The Mikutaia sale just concluded was most satisfactory from a vendor's standpoint, recent values being fully maintained. We quote as follows:—Bullocks: Heavy prime, £ll 10s to £ls 15s; medium, £lO 10s to £l2. Cows: Heavy young, £9 to £ll 10s; medium, £5 10s to £7 15s; forward, £3 10s to £1 10s. Steers: 4-year, forward, £5 15s to £7 10s; stores, £4 15s to £5 ss. Ccws: Stores, £1 10s to £2 17s Gel. Steers: 3-year, best, £4 10s to £5 ss. Springing heifers: 2-year, Jersey, £l2 to £ls; -3year, Shorthorn, £8 10s to £l2. Heifers: 3-year, Holsteifn, £S 10s to £l2. Empty, heifers: 2-year, best Shorthorn, £3 to £3 15s; 2-year, medium Shorthorn, £2 7s Cd to £2 15s. Steers: 2-year, best Shorthorn, £3 15s to SA ss; 2-vear, medium Shorthorn, £3 2s 6d to £3 12s Od. Yearlings: Heifers, best Shorthorn, £2 5s to £5, Holstein, £3 to £5; Jersey, £4 10s to £G 10s; steers, best, £2 12s 6d to £3 7s (>d; medium, £2 to £2 10s. Wethers: Prime, heavy, £2 to £2 4s; prime, medium, 38s to £2. Ewes: Prime, heavy, 35s to £2. Ewes with lamb at foot:' £2 to £2 ss. Store wethers: 4tooth, 30s to 335. Store hoggets: Shorn, good, £1 3s to £1 ss; shorn, medium, £1 Is to £1 2s 6tl. Pigs: Bneoners, heavy, £4 15s to £6 2s 6d; light, £3 10s.to £4 10s; porkers, heavy, £2 15s to £3 10s; good slips, £1 10s to £2, small slips, £1 2s Gd to £1 7s 6d; weaners, 12s Oil to 17s 6(1. Horses: Heavy draughts, £4O to £55; medium draughts, £3O to £45; light draughty, £2O to £25; harness horses, £lO to £l7; hacks, £5 to £lO. (Continued in Next Column.)