STOCK SALES.

Putaruru Press, Volume I, Issue 5, 15 November 1923, Page 4

STOCK SALES.

i ' PUTARURU. | Tile Farmers’ Auctioneering Co. j held a stock sale in the Putaruru i yards last Friday. The yarding was ; a poor one and business was not parI ticnlarly brisk. Prices were as I’oi- | low:—Fat cows £3 to £5, two-year j steers £2 10s to £3, store cows £1 to !£1 IDs, Jersey bull £6 ss, yearlingI red poll bull £4 ss, store pigs up to [ 275, wearier;- 14s to 225.

II A I'AM AT A. The Fanners' Auctioneering Co. held its usual sale at Matainata on Wednesday. There was a large yarding of all classes of stock. Many buyers were present and fair average prices were obtained. The sale lasted till late in the afternoon, practically everything being cleared. Prices wove as follow: — Beef Cattle.—Fat steers £8 to £10; lighter weights £7 4s; heavy fat cows £5 10s to £6 ss; fat cows £1 5s to £5; store cows £1 17s Gd to old and poor cows 10s to 255; store cows £4 12s to £5 is. Dairy Cattle.—Cows £5 to £7 15s; heifers £8 to £11; nice quality Jersey empty heifers £G 12s Gd to £8 10s; Jersey-cross, heifers £4 to £5 3s; Shorthorn heifers £3 to £3 14s; smaller sorts £1 las to £2 10*. Sheep.—Fat sheep £1 17s; fat hoggets £1 10s to £1 13s Gd. ■- pig-s.—Slips £1 5s to £1 12s; wean-cj-s 14s to £1 4s Gd. MORRINSVILLE. There was another large yarding at the Fanners’ Auctioneering Co.’s stock sale at Morrms? idle on Friday, but very few dairy cows were sold. The prices all round were easier. Heavy fat steers at the company’s previous Morvinsville sale went up to £ls IGs, but on Friday the prices reached only £l2 15s, which was obtained by Mr. J. Bell, of Kiwitahi. I Though fat pigs were much easier | small pig-s sold very well, the lowest being* £l. The prices were:Beef: Heavy fat steers, £ll to £l2 15s; fat steers, £8 7s to £9 15s; fat cows, £5 to £6 12s, Gd; lighter sorts, £3 15s to £4 15s; store cows, 15s to I £1 10s. Bulls: Heavy bulls. £4' 5s to £5 ss; others, £l. 10s to £2 I.os. Dairy cattle: Heifers close to profit, £9 to £ll 10s: smaller or more backward sorts. £1 15s to £8; cows. £6 I.os to £9 os; empty Jersey heifers, £4 os to £5 10s; empty Shorthorn heifers, £2 to £3 ss. Sheep: Fat wethers, 35s Gd: fat ewes, 31s to 32s Gd; fat hoggets, 265. Pigs: Fat pigs, £3 6s; heavy beccnevs, £3 to £" Gs; heavyfat porkers, £2 3s to £2 17s; good slips, 25s to Sis; weaners, 20s to 255. HAMILTON.

At the Farmers’ Auctioneering Co.’s Hamilton sale on Tuesday there was a moderate yarding of sheep and cattle but pigs were again present in full supply. Fat sheep seemed to draw rather better competition and the whole of the entry was cleared. Shorn wethers made from 30s Gd to 355, forward hoggets 265, small store hoggets 20s 3d to 22s Gd. Beef again met ivith a dull reception, bidding beingslow and spiritless. Everything- was, however, cleared at aluction. Best steers made from £9 to £lO 10s, lighter weights £8 5s to £9, heavycows from £6 4s to £B, lighter weights £4 10s to £5 355, forward co-ws £3 2s Gil to £3 IGs, stove’cows from £1 to £2 2s Gd There was a fair entry of empty heifers, for yvhicli competition iras fair. Jersey-cross made to £3 15s, Shorthorn and Shorthorn-cross £2 5s to £2 15s. Dairy cattle were not plentiful, nor was the quality noteworthy. Cows made from £5 to £7. Pigs, which were yarded in full numbers, declined in value. Heavy- baconers made to £-1 os, light baconevs £2 {■2s Gd io £3 10s, porkers £2 to £2 10s. Weaner and store pig's sold well Jn comparison, slips making to 3os, iveaners IGs to 21s Gd, THE LONDON MARKET. The New Zealand Meat Producers Board has received the following cable from its London office, dated November 9, 1923, advising Smithfield delivered prices at that date as follow:

N.Z. wethers and maidens: Canterbury quality, selected brands, 561 b and under * Sid per pound, 57/641b 73d per pound, 65/721b 73d per pound; other brands, 561 b and under 7£d per pound, 57/64ib 72(1 per pound, G5/721b 71(1 per pound. N.Z. ewes: 641 b and under Gild per pound. N.Z. lamb: Canterbury quality, SGlb and under lid per pound, 37/-121b IOUd per pound, 43/5011) 9id per pound, seconds lOd per pound; selected brands, 361 b i and under 102(1 per pound, 37/421b I :l()ad per pound; other brands, first j quality 421 b and under 92d per pound, ! seconds 9id per pound. 1 N.Z. beef: Ox fores, 31d per pound; jox hinds, 4id per pound; cow fores, | 22(1 per pound; cow binds, 33d per ; pound. Argentine chilled beef: Ox ; fores, 35d per pound; ox hinds, old ; per pound. Argentine frozen beef: jOx fores, 3id per pound; ox hinds, | old per pound. ! Lamb and mutton trade reviving j and market is firmer. ! Beef market is depressed owing te j heavy arrivals from Argentine. The i Argentine Government has suspended | the regulations relating to minimum prices. j The New Zealand Meat Producers ! Board has received the following

| cable from its London office, dated i November 2, 1928, advising Smith--1 field delivered prices at that date as '.'ol low: Mutton.—N.Z. wethers and maidens: Canterbury quality, selected brands, 561 b and under, 8-id per pound; 57/G4lb, 72d per pound; 60/721b, 7ild per pound; other brands, 561 b and under, 78d per pound; 57/641b, 7-id per pound; 65/721b, 7-id per pound. N.Z. ewes: 641 b and under, 6id per pound. N.Z. lamb: Canterbury quality, 86lb and under, lid per pound; 37/421b, 102 d per pound; | 43/501b, 9id per pound; seconds, lOd j per pound; selected brands, 361 b and ] under, 102 d per pound; 37/421b, 10sd ; per pound; other brands, first quality, | 12!b and under, 9lci per pound; spc- | onds, 9id per pound. Beef.: —N.Z.: Ox fores, 3&d per j pound; ox hinds, 43d per pound; cow j fores, 3d per pound; cow hinds, 4d j per pound. Argentine chilled beef:

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Ox fores, 33d per pound; ox hinds, sid per pound. Argentine frozen beef: Ox fores, 3MI per pound; ox hinds, sid per pound. Lamb and ewe mutton market is firmer, with better demand generally. The first shipment, of new season’s Australian lamb was sold at lOld per pound c.i.f. WESTFIELD. At the Westfield, sale on Wednesday prices for beef were equal to previous rates, but there was a decline in those for sheep. Pigs were easier.