STOCK SALES.

Putaruru Press, Volume VI, Issue 221, 26 January 1928, Page 8

STOCK SALES.

MATAMATA. Dalgety and Company held their usual fortnightly sale on Wednesday, when an average yarding was offered to a fair attendance of buyers. A line of sheep previously advertised was not yarded owing to a shortage of railway trucks. There was an average yarding of beef, which was firm and sold at late rates. Prime fat cows realised from £6 to £0 7s Od, medium-weight fat cows £5 2s 6d to £5 17s 6d, good sorts of fresh-conditioned cows £3 13s to £4, potter bulls £4 15s, £5 and £6 ss. Pigs.—Weaners brought from 6s to 9s 6d, slips 9s 6d to 11s, others 11s to 15s 6d. MORRINSVILLE. The drought has had a marked effect on the market for stock and was reflected in the Farmers’ Auctioneering Co.’s sale at Morrinsville on Friday. Large yardings came forward, but the demand, especially for stores, was slack, and as a consequence prices were low. Prices for store beef dropped considerably, while fats showed no tendency to improve on the low rates ruling recently. Pigs were well represented, stores being particularly dull. On some lines of good quality there was not a bid, while others, particularly weaners, sold cheaply. Fats were on a par with recent quotations. Fat lambs made good prices, although few were penned. Stores also sold fairly well. Ewes were low. Only a handful of dairy cattle came forward. Prices were as follows:

Beef. —Fat steers, £lO 10s to £ll 7s 6d; heavy fat cows and heifers, £6 16s to £7; fat cows and heifers, £5 to £6; lighter and unfinished, £4 6s to £4 15s; fresh conditioned, £3 7s 6d to £3 15s; potting cows, £2 10s to £3 10s; cows with vealers, £5 10s to £6 10s; two-year Jersey heifers, r.w.b., £7 6s; Jersey heifer calves, £1 17s to £2 Is. Dairy Cattle. —Springers at profit, £5 to £5 10s; late calvers, £3 15s to £4 10s; potting bulls, heavy, £4 to £6, others £2 10s to £3 15s. Sheep.—Fat woolly two-tooths, prime, 36s 3d; fat shorn two-tooths, 275; light fat wethers, small, 20s 6d to 21s 6d; fat lambs, 21s 3d to 255; heavy fat ewes, 15s 6d to 16s 9d, others, 13s 9d to 15s; good store lambs, woolly, 12s 4d to 14s 6d; smaller, 9s 3d to 10s; f.m. ewes, 16s; cull ewes, Ss 3d to 9s. Pigs.—Heavy baconers, £2 9s to £2 8s 6d; heavy porkers, £1 19s to £2 Cs; lighter, £1 13s to £1 18s; unfinished, £1 7s to £1 11s; stores, 16s to 20s; slips, 11s to 14s; best weaners, 7s to 10s; smaller, 4s to 6s.

WAIKATO MARKET REPORT. The Farmers’ Auctioneering Company reports under date January 23 : Beef.—There is a good demand with prices firm for both ox and cow beef, best prime ox making equal to 30s per 1001 b and cow and heifer 255. These prices are considered very satisfactory for this time of the year. Fat Sheep.—There has been no change since the New Year, with the exception of fat ewes, which are somewhat easier. Exporters are not operating freely yet on ewe and wether mutton, practically all available space being required for lamb. Store Shsep.—Good yardings have been coming forward, principally of rape and store lambs, which have been meeting with good competition considering the long dry spell and the failure of the rape crops. With a continuance of the dry weather cull lambs are the class most likely to be affected in prices. Store Cattle.—Very small yardings have been coming forward, but there is a good demand for all classes. Pigs.—Both fats and stores continue to come forward in large numbers, fats making equal to 4d per pound. Stores are a good deal easier, with weaners very low, due no doubt to the milk supply going oif. Horses.—The market is very quiet for all classes. ?

We quote:—Bullocks, prime extra heavy £l2 to £l2 10s, medium £lO 10s to £ll ; cows, prime £7 to £B, medium £6 to £6 15s, unfinished £3 10s to £4 10s ; heifers, prime £7 5s to £S os ; steers, 4-year forward £7 10s to £7 15s, 3-year stores £6 10s to £6 15s, 2-year good £5 5s to £5 15s, yearling £3 15s to £4 15s ; good weaner Jersey heifer calves £3 10s to £4 ; aged store cows £1 to £3good fresh empty cows £4 10s to £5. Sheep : Wethers, prime heavy shorn 25s to 26s 6d, prime medium shorn 24s to 24s 6d ; ewes, prime shorn 18s to 19s ; fat lambs 23s to 25s 6d ; store wethers, 4-tooth 22s to 235, 2-tooth 19s to 20s ; best woolly rape lambs 14s to 15s ; woolly lambs 11s 6d to 12s 6d ; best shorn lambs 12s 6d to 14s ; shorn lambs 10s 6d to 11s 6d ; cull lambs 8s to 9s 6d ; breeding ewes, 4, 6 and

8 tooth 24s to 265, 4-year 255, 5-year 21s to 22s 6d, aged 15s to 17s ; 2tooth ewes 27s 6d to 30s. Pigs : Baconers, prime £2 8s to £2 12s, medium £2 5s to £2 7s ; porkers £2 3s to £2 6s ; slips 22s to 25s ; weaners 8s to 11s 6d. Horses : Draughts, heavy £2B to £35, medium £2B to £32 ; spring cart sorts £l6 to £lB ; harness horses £8 to £lO ; hacks £5 to £B.

CAMBRIDGE. At the Farmers’ Auctioneering Company’s Cambridge sale on Monday there was a very good attendance. There was a good yarding of beef, which sold at late rates. Nearly 2000 sheep were yarded, most of which sold at satisfactory prices. There was not much competition for pigs. Prime fat bullocks £9 15s to £lO 12s, lighter bullocks £7 15s to £8 15s, heavy fat cows £5 los 6d to £6 ss, medium fat cows £4 10s to £5 ss, stores £2 10s to £3 15s, heavy bulls £5 10s to £7 15s, lighter bulls £2 to ££ 10s. Sheep.—Fat wethers 23s 9d to 255, fat lambs 255, store black-faced woolly lambs 10s 9d to 14s, smaller lambs 10s ; a line of sound-mouthed breeding ewes brought 17s ; 224 twotooth ewes 27s 6d ; 120 two-tooth ewes 26s 6d, 200 two-tooth wethers 22s 3d, 137 two-tooth wethers 23s 3d, 206 ewes and lambs, all counted, 15s, aged ewes 6s to 7s 6d. Pigs.—Porkers 25s to 31s Cd, good stores 17s 6d to 235, weaners 2s 6d to 10s 6d. HAMILTON. At the Farmers’ Auctioneering Co.’s stock sale in the Franktcn yards on Tuesday there was a small entry of fat cattle and prices improved by £1 per head to those reached the previous week. There were very few fat sheep penned, without any improvement in values. A full yarding of store sheep comprising chiefly lambs was submitted, and the whole yarding changed hands under good competition on a par to the previous week’s rates. An extra heavy yarding of fat and store pigs came forward and sold at the usual late low rates. Beef.—Young and light fat steers sold to £9 4s; choice prime medium weight fat heifers, £8 3s to £8 9s; medium weight fat cows and heifers, £7 to £7 12s 6d; lighter, £4 19s to £5 2s 6d; plain and unfinished cows, £3 16s to £3 19s; small and young vealers, 10s to £1 Is. Sheep.—Fat wethers, 265; 2-tooth store wethers, 19s; good shorn store wether lambs, 12s 6d; fair woolly mixed sex lambs, 13s 2d; good shorn mixed, 12s to 12s 3d; medium mixed sex shorn lambs, 10s 2d to 11s 4d; lambs, 10s 2d to 11s 4d; culls, 6s 2d to 9s; f.m. ewes, 16s; culls, 10s to 12s 6d. Pigs.—Heavy baconers, £2 8s to £2 11s; light baconers, £2 3s to £2 6s; heavy porkers, £2 4s to £2 7s; light, 34s to 38s; slips, 22s to 2Gs; best weaners, 14s to 17s; others, 6s to 9s.