STOCK SALES.

Putaruru Press, Volume IV, Issue 121, 18 February 1926, Page 8

STOCK SALES.

MAT AM AT A. The Farmers’ Auctioneering- Company held its usual stock sale at Matamata last week. As is usual at this time of the year, there was a comparatively small yarding. Fat cows up to £7 10s, stores 30s to £2 10s, yearling Jersey heifers £3 10s, 18-months Shorthorn heifers £2, steer calves 375, potting bulls £4 10s. Sheep.—Fats, ewes and wethers, 28s 6d, lambs 12s to 16s. Pigs.—Good stores £2, small weaners 9s 6d.

HAMILTON. At the Farmers’ Auctioneering Co.’s Frankton sale last week, there was a good entry of beef, prime cattle selling well up to late rates. Light prime steers £lO 15s, small £8 15s; extra heavy prime cows £9 8s to £lO 6s, light prime £6 7s to £7 2s, medium quality £5 4s to £5 14s, unfinished £3 11s to £4 7s 6d; store cows, £2 to £3 3s. An extra large entry of sheep were offered; fats sold well up to late rates. Good young breeding ewes were in demand, older sheep, were easier, and values reached in the lamb pens were barely up to those reported at other late sales. Fat wethers, 4 and 6-toot'n 30s; fat ewes, £1; fat lambs, 22s 6d; small 2-tooth store wethers 21s; 2-tooth ewes 24s to 26s 6d, good 4 and 5-year ewes sold to 255; sound-mouth ewes 19s to 20s; in-

ferior 14s to 17s; aged ewes, 10s to 13s 6d; culls 6s 6d to 7s 6d; forward woolly lambs 16s 9d, medium 13s 6d to 15s 3d, good shorn mix(H sexes 14s 6d to 15s 6d, medium 115 7d to 11s lOd, small 10s to 10s 3d. A full number of fat pigs were alW|f, cleared under the hammer at advanced rates and competition was keen. Extra prime heavy baconers £4 5s to £4 10s, heavy £3 17s to £4, lighter £3 10s to £3 15s; good porkers and light baconers £3 3s to £3 8s; medium porkers £2 15s to £3, light £2 5s to £2 125,. slips 15s to 245; weaners 9s to 16s.