STOCK SALES.

Putaruru Press, Volume IV, Issue 145, 12 August 1926, Page 8

STOCK SALES.

MATAMATA. Dalgety and Company held their regular stock sale at Matamata on Wednesday, when there was a fair yarding of cattle. Beef Cattle.—Best cows £6 16s to £8 14s, light-weight cows £4 to £5 15s, good young store cows £3 to £4, inferior sorts 25s to £2 Is. Dairy Cattle. Jersey bull £6, Shorthorn heifers £2 ss, best Jersey heifers £8 to £l2 10s, inferior sorts £4 to £6, inferior dairy cows £2 to £5. Pigs.—Good slips 34s to £2 4s, weaners 23s to 31s. MORRINSVILLE. At the Farmers’ Auctioneering Company’s stock sale at Morrinsville on Friday the yarding was not as large as at recent sales held at Morrinsville by this firm but nevertheless cattle were penned in fairly large numbers. The beef entry was not strong. The steer pens contained good quality animals, which, however, included none of the heaviest type. The demand for these was not as great as at the previous sale and the values suffered accordingly. Cow and heifer beef animals were small in numbers. Dairy cattle represented a large portion of the yarding, and the demand was good, especially for springing heifers, the best of which sold up to £ls. Sheep were only in small numbers and only one line was sold. There was an average entry of pigs ; values showed a decline on recent rates. One fact greatly appreciated by farmers was that the sale was commenced at 11 a.m., an hour earlier than Usual. Last Friday all business was completed by 3 p.m., whereas the previous sale day, even with the employment of expeditious selling methods, the sale was not concluded till after 4 p.m. Last season one sale lasted till 4.50’ p.m. When the sales are so late in finishing, farmers who have to stay, owing to the fact 'that they have unsold cattle in the yards, are seriously inconvenienced, and also only an occasional farmer-buyer can afford to wait till the close of such a protracted event. The early starting, therefore, should be greatly appreciated by the farming community. The prices are: — Beef.—Small but good quality fat steers £lO 15s to £ll 10s, lighter £8 14s to £9, light and unfinished £6 19s to £8 2s ; fat heifers £7 7s 6d, others £4 5s to £4 10s ; heavy fat cows £7 7s to £8 7s, medium £6 10s to £7 6s, light £4 to £5 ss, fresh conditioned £3 6s to £3 19s, others £2 7s to £2 14s, boners 10s to £1 4s ; in-calf Jersey heifers £3 17s 6d, empty Jersey heifers £2 12s. Young Stock. Poor-conditioned Jersey heifer calves 15s ; steer calves 355. Dairy Cattle.—Best quality heifers £l3 to £ls, others £lO to £ll 10s, backward £7 5s to £8 10s ; best cows £9 5s to £ll 15s, others £7 to £B, backward £5 to £6. Sheep.—Fat ewes 16s. Pigs.—Porkers £3 5s ; stores 34s to 40s ; slips 24s to 28s ; weaners 15s to 235. WAIKATO MARKET REPORT. The Farmers’ Co-op. Auctioneering Co., under date 9th August, report:— Beef: Plenty of prime ox and cow beef is offering both in the paddocks and yards, with prices on the improve, more especially for cow -beef. Fat Sheep: There is a tendency for the market to harden, with every prospect of seeing the market firm at improved prices. ; Store Sheep: Although there has been little improvement in prices there is a good demand for ewes in lamb, wethers and hoggets, the latter class being keenly sought after, with few good lines offering. Store Cattle: Very few store cattle are offering; with the exception of grown bullocks, a good enquiry exists for 18-months and 2)-year steers.Good store cows are also in demand, with competition keen for any good lines of yearling Jersey heifers. Dairy Cattle: Good dairy cows and forward springing heifers are meeting with good competition, but backward sorts are very quiet. Pigs: Few baconers and porkers are offering, prices being equal to Sad, with big yardings of stores and weaners, which are meeting with keen competition at high prices. Horses: The market is quiet for all classes. We quote:— Bullocks, prime heavy £l2 to £l3 10s, medium £lO 10s to £ll 7s: cows, prime £lO to £l2. medium £7 10s to £S 10s, unfinished £3 10s to £4 10s. stores £2 10s to £3; steers, 41-year forward £7 5s to £7 10s, 31-vear stores £5 15s to £6 ss, 21-year good £5 10s to £5 15s, 18-months £3 10s to £4 ss, good steer calves £2 to £2 10s, good heifer yearlings (Jer- ! seys) £2 10s to £4, good fresh empty cows 30s to 355; choice in calf dairy heifers, best Jersey cross, £lO 10s to

£ls; 21-year Jersey cross springing heifers, £9 to £9 10s; 21-year Shorthorn dairy heifers, £7 to £8 10s; good dairy herds (tested), £l3 to £l9; ers, £7 to £8 10s; wethers, prime heavy 31s to 32s 6d, medium prime 27s 6d to 295; ewes, prime heavy 23s to 245, light 18s to 19s; store wethers 4-tooth 23s 6d to 245, 2-tooth 21s to--22s 6d; ewes, 4, 6 and 8-tooth, in lamb, 22s 6d to 255, 5-years 20s to 21s, aged 12s to 14s; lambs, fat 23s to 245; hoggets, good store woolly 15s 6d to 17s 6d, small woolly 11s 6d to 13s. Pigs: Baconers, prime £4 15s to £5, medium £3 15s to £4 ss; porkers, £2 15s to £3j slips, 38s to £2; weaners, 20s to 275; breeding sows, good, £7 10s to £8 10s. Horses: Heavy draughts £SO to £6O, medium £2B to £32; spring cart sorts£l6 to £18; harness horses, £8 to £lO p' hacks, £5 to £B. HAMILTON. At the Farmers’ AuctioneeringCompany’s Frankton sale on Tuesday there was a good entry of beef, and good-quality prime cows and heifers were firm at advanced rates to those reached the previous week ; plain and ordinary sold at late quotations. Good quality- light prime steers sold to £l2 10s, extra good quality heavjlf prime cows £l3 4s to £l4 Is, heavyprime £ll to £l2 2s 6d, well done medium £9 11s to £lO 12s 6d, light jfe and prime £6 10s to £7 10s, rough ' and plain cow beef £5 to £6 ss. Sheep.—More than the usual entry of fat and store sheep were penned. Fat ewes and wethers sold at increased prices, and a better tone existed throughout for all classes off stores. Heavy prime fat wethers sold to 36s 6d, extra good prime heavy ewes 31s, medium fat ewes 22s 3d to 235, light 18s, fat woolly hoggets 21s 3d to 22s 4d, medium b.f. hoggets 15s 6d. small woolly hoggets 10s Bd. The advertised line of two-tooth and fourtooth wethers from the East CoaS?' realised 20s Id to 21s 6d. Pigs.—Fats were penned in small numbers and sold well up to the usual high rates. An extra large yarding of stores and breeding sows were submitted ; although there were some good sales effected, the general tone pointed to a slight decline due to the heavy yarding. Fat baconers £4 Is to £4 11s, medium £3 10s to £3 15s, light £3 5s to £3 10s, good porkers £3 to £3 3s, light £2 10s to £2 15s, choppers £4 10s to £4 18s, sows with litters to £9 10s, sows due to farrow £3 15s to £5, rough sows £2 to £2 17s, store porkers( £2 2s to £2 7s, slips * 30s to 365, weaners 24s to 28s, 14s to ISs. r THE LONDON MARKET. The New Zealand Meat Producers Board has received the followingcable from its London office, dated 6th August, 1926, advising Smithfield delivered prices at that date follow: N.Z. Wethers and Maidens.—Canterbury quality, selected brands, 561 b and under 6id, 571 bto 641 b 6d, 651 b to 721 b Sid ; other brands, 561 b and under 6sd, 571 b to 641 b s'id, 651 b to 721 b sd. N.Z. Ewes.—6slb and under 4gd. N.Z. Lambs.—Canterbury quality, J 361 b and under 9&d, 371 b to 421 b SUd, ■ 431 b to 501 b Bsd, seconds 8«d ; selected brands, 361 b and under Bid, 371 bto 421 b 8d ; other brands, first quality, 421 b and under 7«d, seconds Bd. TIRAU. On behalf of Mr. Hr-L. Bayly, the Farmers’ Auctioneering Company conducted a clearance sale at Tirau on Tuesday. Best cows brought up to £l6 10s, others from £8 10s to £ll 10s ; horses £ls to £25 ; good sows £8 to £ll, slips 325, store pigs 38s. PEDIGREE JERSEY SALE. MR. R. J. WILSON'S HERD. Although there was a large attendance of those interested in Jersey cattle present at Mr. R. J. Wilson’s sale of pedigree Jerseys, which the Farmers’ Auctioneering Company conducted at Putaruru on Wednesday, , bidding was not brisk, and prices were not up to what were expected for ” such high-quality animals. The highest price was 56gns, paid by Mr. E. D. White, of Putaruru, for Ebors Fanny, a young cow with a c.o.r. of oSS.SSIb of butterfat in 340 days. Mr. B. N. Garland, of Karapiro, bought Ebors Emma at 48gns, and Mr. A. Mouldey, of Tirau, became the owner of Jersey Brae’s Treasure at 47gns. Several other cows sold at over 35gns, the average for the 31 cows sold being" £33 17s 6d. The bull Ebors Sultan was passed in, while younger bulls sold from 16gns to 22gns.