STOCK SALES.

Putaruru Press, Volume II, Issue 44, 21 August 1924, Page 4

STOCK SALES.

CLEARING SALE. At Mr. A. Campbell’s clearing* sale at WaTtfon, conducted by the Loan and Mercantile Agency Company, there was a good attendance and fair prices were realised. Dairy cows sold from £5 to £ls, with an average of between £8 and £9. Small springing heifers sold at £6 15s. A good medium draught horse brought £4O. MATAMATA. Messrs. Dalgety and Company held their monthly stock sale at Matamata on Wednesday. Sales were recorded as follow:—Cattle: Forward cows, £2 15s to £3 3s; store cows, 10s to 35%; 13-months empty heifers, to £2 2s; yearling steers, £2 3s. Dairy cattle: Heifers, good, £S 10s to £j i io.s; others, £4 to £7 ss; cows, to £5 ss. Pigs: Slips and stores, £1 9s to £1 12s. MORRINSVILLE. There was only a small yarding at Dalgety and Company’s stock sale at Moninsville on Thursday. No sheep were penned. The following are the prices:—Fat bullocks, £9 10s; fat cows, £3 10s to £5 10s; store cows, £1 to £2 ss; three-to-four-year store steers, £3 11s; yearling Jersey heifers, £2 10s. Dairy cattle: Cows, £4 to £8 10s; heifers, £5 to £7 ss. Pigs: Store pigs, £1 17s. HAMILTON. At the Farmers’ Auctioneering Co.’s stock sale at Frankton on Tuesday there was an average yarding of beef, mutton, and fat pigs, while store cattle were scarce. A full yarding of store pigs and dairy cattle were penned. The prices are:—Heavy fat steers, £l2 9s; lighter prime, £ll lgs to £l2 2s Gd; small, £S; fat cows, £7 Is to £8 3s; lighter, £5 15s; vealers, up to £3; well-finish-ed 4-year steers, £7 6s; fresh conditioned 3-year steers, £5 18s; same age stores, £4 11s; fresh-conditioned cows, £3 Is; good framed stores, £2 Is to £2 10s; small, £1 15s to £1 19s; best fat wethers, 37s to £2; light, 34s Gd; fat ewes, 34s to 355. Pigs: Heavy baconers, £4 10s to £4 15s; medium, £3 19s to £4 4s; good porkers and light baconers, £3 4s to £3 13s; light to medium porkers, £2 12s to £3; low condition inferior sows in pig, £2 10s; fair, £4 10s; store porkers, 38s to £2 2s and £2 ss; best slips, 33s to 355; medium, 27s to 31s; small, £1 to £1 ss; good weaners, 25s to 27s;small, £1 to £1 3s. Springing heifers, small but good quality Jersey heifers, £6 10s to £9 ss; others, £5 to £5 10s; fair Jersey cross heifers, £6 to £7; good conditioned well forward 2-year Holstein heifers, £8 10s to £9 10s; Jersey and Jersey cross dairy cows at profit, £G 10s to £7 10s; backward and poor, £3 10s to £4 10s. WAIKATO MARKET REPORT. The Farmers’ Auctioneering Co. report under date August 11: “ Beef: There is no rise in prices since our last report; sufficient prime steer and cow beef coming forward to meet the local requirements with

prices firm. “ Mutton: The market is firm for prime ewe and wether mutton with a tendency of prices hardening for this class; a good deal of unfinished coming on the market for which there is not a great enquiry. “ Store Sheep: The yardings have been small with prices firm and a good demand for all classes, hoggets being especially sought after. “ Store Cattle: There is a good enquiry for two and 3-year steers, also good yearlings, but practically nothing coming on the market owing no i doubt to the low prices ruling. The j yardings consist principally of store 1 cows and yearling heifers for which there is little demand. “ Dairy Cattle: There is quite a good demand for any tested cows or good herds; also for the best heifers, but little demand for the inferior class which is coming forward in large numbers. “ Pigs: The market continues very firm for fat pigs, the supply not being sufficient for the demand and j yardings at the different centres being very small. Stores are plentiful, the high prices ruling bringing them forward and finding buyers at good prices. “ Horses: Good sales have been taking place both at auction and in the paddocks, for heavy draughts, good farm and spring cart sorts with little demand tor the light classes. “ We quote:— “Bullocks, prime heavy £l2 10s to 10s ’ m «Uum £S 10s to £lO 10s; cows Pnme £0 10s to £7 7s, medium £4 10s to £4 15s, unfinished £3 to £3 os, stores 15s to 255. Steers: 3i-vear forward £4 15s to £5 10s, 31-year to°£3 S fn ‘r f 4 10s ' 2i -yeai''Kood £3 5s to £3 10s fid, others £2 5s to £2 10syearhngs, good £2 to £2 ss, medium ft 5s to £1 10s. Wethers, prime leavy £2 to £2 ss, prime medium 36s IYL fm, , pHme heavy 3 °* to .I ’ too 26f ' t 0 27s ' Stove "’ethers, 1-tooth 32s to 345, 2-tooth 28s to 80s Ewes in lamb, 5-year 28s to 335, s .m 25s to 275. Hog-gets, fat 26s to’ 28s' forward 22s to 245. Good store lambs 18s to 225, medium store lambs 15s to 17s, small store lambs 12s Gd to 14s dd. Pig-s, baconers, prime £4 5s to

£4 10s, medium £3 15s to £4; porkers i£2 15s to £3 ss, slips £2 to £2 2s, weaners 25s to 32s fid. Horses: Heavy draughts, £SO to £00; medium £35 to £3B; spring cart sorts, £lB to £22; harness horses, £8 to £10.” LONDON MARKET. ihe New Zealand Meat Producers’ Board has received the followingcable from its London office dated August 15, 1924, advising Smithfield delivered prices at that date as follows: N.Z, wethers and maidens.—Canterbury quality, selected brands, 561 b and under, B',d; 571 b to 641 b, 75d; 651 b to 721 b, 7gd. Other brands, 56!b and under, 8d; 571 bto G4lb, 73d; Gslb to 721 b, 7id. N.Z. ewes, 641 b and under, fi.Ul. N".Z. lamb, Canterbury quality, 361 b and under, llsd; 371 b to 421 b, lljd; 431 b to 501 b, 103 d; seconds, Hid. Selected, 361 b and under, llsd; 371 b to 421 b, llsd. Other brands, first quality, 421 b and uncled, llid. Argentine chilled ,beef: Ox fores, 2id; ox hinds, 6id. Argentine frozen beef: Ox fores, 2gd; ox hinds, sd. Frozen veal, 4d.