STOCK SALES.

Putaruru Press, Volume II, Issue 51, 9 October 1924, Page 4

STOCK SALES.

PUTARURU. At Dalgety and Company’s stock sale in the Putaruru yards on Friday in-calf heifers were by far the biggest line offered, the yarding beingcompleted by a few pens of beef cattle, a few dairy cows and pigs and : sundries. Everything offered sold to a fairly keen demand. The best heifers realised from £6 15s to £B, medium quality £4 5s to £G, and backward £2 5s to £2 15s. Fat cows brought £4 15s, forward cows £3 17s, store cows £1 14s to £2 15s, and dairy cows up to £lO. Weaner pigs sold at 255, slips at 275, and larger stores at 375. MR. W. DELANEY’S HERD. There was a particularly large attendance at a clearing sale conducted by Dalgety and Company, Ltd., at Taihoa, near Matamata, for Mr. W. Delaney on Monday. Some of the cows offered were particularly choice ones, but others were backward, ancl these latter lowered what would otherwise have been a real good average. As it was, 26 cows averaged £8 17s 6d. Choice cows averaged from £9 to £l6 15s, the latter, a purebred Ayrshire, being- purchased by Mr. P. Beverley, of Peria. The largest buyers were Messrs. G. D. Smith and T. A. Kemp. Others to purchase were Messrs. Puckeridge Bros. (Te Poi), A. E. Connell (Hinuera), Hickey (Taihoa), J. Pohlen (Matamata) and H. S. Wright (Taihoa). The market for store heifers was easy, 15-months to 18-months heifers realising £2 12s 6d, and yearlings, in which were included several nice Jerseys, 355. Jersey bulls sold at £4 10s (two-year) and £3 5s (yearling). There was good bidding for farm horses, which sold at from £l2 to £23. Fowls realised from 3s 6d to 5s lOd per head. MATAMATA. The Farmers’ Auctioneering Company held its usual sale at Matamata on Wednesday. The yarding was a large one, fat and store cows and dairy heifers being well represented. There was a keen demand for pigs and yearling heifers, the latter especially realising- good prices. Dairy cattle of quality also were bid for in a spirited manner. Prices were:—Pigs: Best weaners, 25s to 295; others, 20s to 235; slips, 32s to 38s. Sheep: Fat maiden ewes (one pen), 365; fat ewes (one pen), 32s 6d. Cattle: Heavy fat cows, £7 9s to £8 3s; medium-weight cows, £6 to £7 4s; light <and unfinished cows, £4 ,7s 6d to £5 15s; fresli-conditioned cows, £3 18s to £4 4s; stoves, 30s to 455; choice yearling grade Jersey heifers, £5 5s to £6 15s (sold by Mrs. Keightley, Matamata); Shorthorn heifers, £2 5s to £2 10s; Friesian heifers, 38s to 455; yearling steers, 35s to 48s; two-year empty heifers, £3 Is to £3 Bs. Dairy cattle: Choice cows-, £lO to £l4; others, £5 to £7; good heifers, £8 to £10; backward sorts, £4 to £6 10s.

HORSE FAIR. The Farmers’ Auctioneering Co.’s horse-.frair at Morrinsville on Tuesday attracted a large number of buyers, before whom were offered over 150 draught horses and 70 hacks. Commencing- before 11 a.m. it was nearly 5 p.m .before the draughts were all disposed of, and darkness was threatening before hacks were all sold. On the wdiole bidding was not very spirited, but for the better class of horse very fair prices were paid, the top being £37, with several in the vicinity of £36 and £36 10s. Quite a number, however, especially towards the close of the sale were passed in at prices which did not give satisfaction to the owners. Among the unbroken horses prices ranged from £2l to £3O 10s, while an unbroken filly and a colt went for £2 and £4 respectively. Among the others, anything between 4-years-old and aged horses appeared" to sell the best. Aged horses ranged from £lO 10s to £2B, while for 3-year and 4year horses the prices were from £l9 to £3O 10s. The best of the other horses sold from £29 10s to £37, the remainder bringing- anything below £29 10s down to £lO. * Hacks sold up to £ls. MORRINSVILLE. There was a large yarding of most classes of stock at the Farmers’ Auctioneering Company’s stock sale at Morrinsville on Friday but prices generally showed a marked decline, exceptions being those for sheep, of which only a few were penned, and for prime fat cows. The prices for prime fat woolly ewes went up to 41s 9d, which was received by Mr. A. Ramsey, of Tauwhare. Bidding for fat bullocks was not at all spirited, several pens being passed in. The highest price under the hammer was £lO 10s, but pens sold privately realised higher prices, up to £l2. A few pens of prime fat cows were well competed for and a line offered by Mr. W. McLean, of Walton, reached £ll 11s. The dairy cattle prices were a little lower than usual. The yarding of pigs was not large and little improvement was noticed in values. The prices are:—Beef: Fat bullocks, £9 17s to £lO 10s; bullocks sold privately, £ll to £l2;

! prime fat cows, £ll 10s to £ll 11s; heavy fat cows, £8 to £8 9s; lighter, £6 10s to £7 12s Gd; others, £4 19s to £5 10s; forward store cows, £3 10s to £4; fresh-conditioned store cows, £2 5s to £3 7s 6d; store cows, 10s to £1 10s; two-year steers, £2 13s to £3 7s 6d; good two-year empty heifers, £2 5s to £3 2s 6d; others, £1 14s to £2; good 18-months Jersey heifers, £3 7s 6d to £4; mixed, £1 6s to £2 7s 6d; poor-conditioned 18months steers, 15s. Dairy cattle: Good Jersey heifers, £l2; others, £S to £10; backward, £1 to £3. Sheep: Prime fat woolly ewes, 41s 9d; others, 355; prime fat shorn ewes, 30s 6d. Pigs: Fat pigs, £2 19s to £3 6s; weaners, 18s to 28s 6d; store pigs, 30s to £2 ss. HAMILTON. The Farmers’ Auctioneering- Co.’s Frankton sale was held on Tuesday, when there was an average yarding of beef, store cattle and sheep, a small yarding of fat pigs, while stores were penned in the usual numbers. Prime cx and cow beef, and fat sheep improved slightly on the previous market; bacon pigs eased a little, there being a good demand for porkers, while stores again drew keen competition and sold at late rates. Prices: Beef, good quality medium prime steers, £l3 6s to £l3 19s; lighter, £l2 Is to £l2 12s; small, £ll to £ll 2s; heavy fat cows sold to £9 10s; freshconditioned cows, £4 to £4 4s; good framed store cows, £3 2s 6d to £3 16s; smaller framed, £2 10s to £2 15s; 3-year old steers, £4 4s; well grown 15 months Jersey heifers, £4 to £4 10s; small, £2 to £3; small yearling Shorthorn heifers, £1 2s 6d to £1 ss; culls, 10s. Sheep: One pen extra good quality prime heavy fat ewes, £2 10s 4d; medium fat ewes, 355; prime fat woolly hoggets 36s 6d to 38s 6d; small framed forward ewes, 27s 6d; forward hoggets, 30s 7d; s.m. ewes with b.f. lambs, £2 2s 6d. Pigs: Heavy baconers, £3 to £3 7s; best porkers, £3 to £3 ss; lighter, £2 10s to £2 17s Gd; small porkers, £2 to £2 8s; stores, £2 to £2 ss; slips, 30s to 365; best weaners, £1 to £1 6s. THE LONDON MARKET. The New Zealand Meat Producers Board has received the following cable from its London office, dated October 3, 1924, advising Smithfield delivered prices at that date as follow. Lamb and mutton market is quiet and steady. Australian new season’s lamb selling Is:— New Zealand Wethers and Maidens.— Canterbury quality, selected brands: 561 b and under, Sid; 571 b to 641 b, 85d; 651 b to 721 b, Bd. Other brands: 561 b and under, S’.d; 571 b to 641 b, 8d; 651 b to 721 b, 73d. New Zealand Ewes. —641 b under, 61d. New Zealand Lamb.—Canterbury quality: 36ib and under, 12id; 371 b to 421 b, 12id; 431 b to 501 b, llld; seconds, 12|d. Selected: 361 b and under, 12sd; 371 b to 421 b, 12Ed. Other brands, first quality: 421 b and under, 12 Id. New r Zealand Beef.—Ox fores, 3gd; ox hinds, 45d. Argentine Chilled Beef.—Ox fores, 3Ed; ox hinds, 63d. Argentine Frozen Beef.—Ox fores, 33d; ox hinds, sld. Frozen Veal.—4d.