STOCK SALES.

Putaruru Press, Volume VI, Issue 226, 1 March 1928, Page 8

STOCK SALES.

MATAMATA. On Wednesday the Farmers’ Auctioneering Company held its fortnightly stock sale and first fat pig sale. There was a good attendance of buyers and brisk bidding eventuated. A good class of heavy and light pigs was yarded, -there being 325 fat pigs and 200 stores. There was little improvement in the prices for store pigs, buyers standing off. There was a good yarding of cattle and late rates were realised, while in the sheep section lambs sold well but there was little demand for other lines. Prices were as follow: Cattle. I ' —Light fat steers £8 5s ; heavy fat cows and heifers £8 2s to £8 17s 6d ; medium-weight cows £5 7s 6d to £6 9s ; light fat cows £4 6s ; light fat heifers £4 8s to £5 ; freshconditioned cows £3 10s to £4 ; store cows £2 to £3 2s ; potter bulls £3 10s to £4 15s. Sheep.—Small mixed sex woolly lambs 12s 9d ; shorn mixed sex lambs 14s ; small lambs 8s 9d ; sound-mouthed ewes 15s ; full-mouth ewes 12s 6d ; cull ewes 7s to 11s 9d. Pigs.—Baconers, heavy £3 5s to £3 12s 6d, medium £2 18s to £3 3s, light £2 12s to £2 15s ; porkers, heavy £2 5s to £2 l@s, light £1 16s to £2 Is, unfinished £1 7s to £1 14s, stores 17s 6d to 21s ; slips 12k to 15s ; best weaners 7s to 10s ; others 4s to 6s. FRANKTON. At the Farmers’ Auctioneering Company’s Frankton sale on Tuesday there was a good entry of fat cattle. Beef.—Heavy fat bullocks £ll 10s ; medium fat steers £9 15s ; light and unfinished steers £7 15s ; goodquality prime heavy cows £9 to £9 6s, medium prime £8 to £8 9s, lighter prime £6 to £6 15s ; plain and unfinished cows £4 12s to £5 10s ; freshconditioned cows £4 to £4 10s ; stores £2 4s to £3 5s ; dairy cows close to profit £8 to £lO.

Sheep.—Good-quality prime wethers to 27s 7d ; prime young ewes 23s ; black-faced lambs 24s 6d ; fair fat woolly lambs 20s 3d ; well-grown shorn store wether lambs 14s ; fourtooth and six-tooth and four-year and five-year ewes off hill country sold in a line realised 27s (equal ages). Pigs.—Heavy baconers £3 to £3 6s, medium £2 13s to £2 15s ; heavy porkers £2 to £2 6s, light 30s to 35s ; slips 14s to 17s 6d ; best weaners 9s to 12s ; others 5s to 6s. MORRINSVILLE. An average yarding of cattle and sheep and a large offering of pigs came forward at Dalgety and Company’s stock sale at Morrinsville on Thursday. Prices were firmer for beef, while a further rise in pigs was noticed. Buyers from Hamilton supplemented the large attendance of local farmers. Prices were:— Beef.—Aged fat cows £5 6s to £6 10s ; forward cows £3 5s to £4 7s 6d ; store cows £1 15s to £2 17s 6d ; cows and calves £5 5s ; Jersey-cross in-calf two-year heifers to £5 17s 6d ; Shorthorn heifer calves £1 17s ; Shorthorn steer calves £2 Is ; bulls for potting £3 10s to £4 ; dairy cows to £S. Sheep.—Mixed-age ewes 15s 5d : m.s. shorn lambs 14s 6d. Pigs.—Stores, light, 21s to 26s ; weaners from ss. WAIHOU. At the Waihou stock sale on Friday there was a noticeable all-round improvement. There was a good yarding of sheep composed of several small lines of two-tooth ewes, store lambs and a few fat ewes. Store lambs sold well but there were not many buyers seeking two-tooth ewes. Prices obtained were : Medium-quality fat ewes 15s 6d to 16s ; medium fat wethers 27s ; two-tooth ewes 27s ; store shorn lambs 11s to 12s 6d ; small lambs 6s 9d to 9s 7d ; cull ewes 7s to 11s.

Among the cattle there was a good yarding of beef, but not many stores. Beef was firm with prices well up to late rates. The run of prices ,-was as follows : Heavy fat cows £6 13s to £7 15s ; medium fat cows £5 11s to £6 ; light fat cows £4 12s 6d to £5 ; plain and unfinished £3 19s to £4 3s ; fresh-conditioned cows £3 to £3 15s ; store cows £1 10s to £2 10s.

There was a full yarding of fat and store pigs. Fats sold a lot better, while competition was extra keen for baconers. Stores were dull at late rates. The prices were : Heavy baconers £3 5s to £3 13s ; medium baconers £2 18s to £3 3s ; light baconers £2 10s to £2 15s ; hea\y porkers £2 2s to £2 8s ; light porkers £1 15s to £2 ; store pigs 17s 6d to 20s ; slips 11s to 14s ; best weaners 6s to 9s 6d ; small weaners 2s 6d to ss. . ..... ■ -

WAIKATO MARKET REPORT. 1 The Farmers’ Auctioneering Com-_ pany reports under date of February; 27: .

Beef.—The market is firm, with a slight rise in prices for both ox and cow beef, best prime ox making equal to 31s per 1001 b and cow and heifer 265. With exporters still operating prospects look good for autumn sales.

Fat Sheep.—Competition is keen for both wether and ewe mutton, with a tendency for prices to harden. Store Sheep.—There is still a good demand for breeding ewes, wethers and store lambs, at prices equal to the early fairs. Store Cattle.—Very few store cattle are coming on the market, but a good demand exists for grown and young steers, good young store cows and weaner Jersey heifers. Pigs.—Big yardings of both fats and stores are coming forward. Prices have improved considerably for baconers and porkers, but owing to the shortage of milk all classes of stores are low, especially weaners. Horses. Our autumn Cambridge fair will be held on March 7 and 8, but the market at present is very quiet. We quote:—

Bullocks, prime heavy £ll 15s to £l2 10s, medium £9 10s to £lO 10s ; cows, prime heavy £8 10s to £9 ss, medium £6 5s to £7, unfinished £4 10s to £5 5s ; heifers, prime £8 to £8 15s ; good store cows £4 5s to £4 15s ; cull cows £1 10s to £2 ; steers, 4-year forward £7 15s to £B, 4-year stores £7 5s to £7 10s, 3-year stores £6 5s to £6 10s, 21-year stores £5 5s to £5 15s, 18-months £3 15s to £4 5s ; choice Jersey and Jersey-cross weaner heifers £3 5s to £4 ; Jersey-cross 18months heifers in calf £7 10s to £8 10s. Sheep : Wethers, prime heavy 26s to 275, prime medium 24s 6d to 25s 6d ; ewes, prime 17s 6d to 18s, medium 14s to 15s ; lambs, prime fat 22s to 24s ; wethers, 4-tooth stores 22s 6d to 23s 6d, 2-tooth stores 20s to 21s ; breeding ewes, good 5-year 22s 6d to 245, good 4-year 25s to 265, 4-tooth to 5-year 22s to 24s 6d, sound-mouth 18s to 20s, aged 14s to 16s, 2-tooth 26s to 28s Gd ; lambs, best woolly store 14s to 15s 6d, medium woolly store 12s to 13s, best shorn store 14s 6d to 15s, medium shorn store 10s 6d to 12s, small store 8s 6d to 10s. Pigs : Baconers, prime £2 17s to £3 10s, medium £2 10s to £2 15s ; porkers, best £2 8s to £2 10s ; slips 25s to 27s ; weaners 8s to 345. Horses : Draughts, heavy £23 to £24, medium £23 to £32 ; spring cart sorts £l6 to £lB ; hacks and harness horses £5 to £lO.

THE LONDON MARKET. The New Zealand Meat Producers Board has received the following cable from its London office, dated February 24, 1928, advising Smithfield delivered prices at that date as follow: N.Z. Lambs.—Canterbury quality (new season), 361 b and under 3Old, 371 b to 421 b lOld, 431 b to 501 b lOd, seconds 9ld ; selected brands (new season), 361 b and under 10sd, 371 b to 421 b 10»d ; other brands : first quality (new season), 361 b and under 94d, 371 bto 421 b 9id ; second quality (pew season), 301 b to 321 b average 9sd. Australian Lambs (Victorian). —• First quality, 361 b and under 88d. Argentine Lambs.—First quality, 361 b and under Sid, 371 b to 421 b Sid. N.Z. Beef.—Ox fores 3Ed, ox hinds 43d, cow fores 3 id, cow hinds 4d. Argentine Chilled Beef.—Ox fores 33d, ox hinds 53d. Argentine Frozen Beef.—Ox fores 33d, ox hinds sid. Frozen Pork.—Porkers, 601 b to 801 b 7id, 811 b to 991 b 63d, 1001 b to 1201 b 63d ; baconers, 1211 b to 1801 b 61d.

WEEKLY PRICES OF FAT STOCK The New Zealand Meat Producers Board advises that the following prices were being offered for fat stock for export at February 25, 1928: Poverty Bay.—Prime woolly lambs, 361 b and under Bd, 371 b to 421 b 7id, 431 b and over 7d ; second-quality lambs, 7d. j Hawke’s Bay.—Prime woolly lambs, ▼ 361 b and under 9d, 371 b to 421 b Bid» 431 b and over Sd ; second-quality lambs, Sd. i Wellington. —Prime woolly lambs, 361 b and under 9d, 371 b to 421 b Sid, 4Slb and over Sid ; second-quality lambs Bd. Canterbury (prices delivered at works). —Prime woolly lambs, 361 b and under 9id, 371 b to 421 b 9d, 431 b and over, S3d ; second-quality lambs, Sid.