Stock Sales.

Putaruru Press, Volume VI, Issue 257, 11 October 1928, Page 6

Stock Sales.

I MORRINSVILLE. j There was an extra-heavy yarding of cattle at Dalgety and Company’s sale at Morrinsville on Thursday. ' Yearlings and 18-months empty heifers sold under keen competition at i good rates. Most of the yarding was . disposed of under the hammer and with few exceptions the balance was sold privately. Good dairy cattle made ready sales, but although the yarding in this section was a large one the majority of the stock were of poor quality. Prices were:— Beef.—Fat cows £7 7s Gd to £9 ; store cows £5 7s 6d, £6, to £G 15s ; heifers with calves £5 10s ; two-year-old empty heifers £5 10s to £6 9s, others £4 16s to £5 4s ; yearling Jersey heifers £5 5s to £7 10s, others £3 10s, £4, to £5. Dairy Stock.—Cows, best £lO 10s to £lB 18s, others £6 10s to £7 15s ; heifers £8 ss, £9, £lO 15s, later and inferior sorts £4 5s to £7 10s ; bulls for service £5 15s to £l2 15s. Pigs.—Porkers 38s to 40s ; slips 15s to 27s ; weaners 10s to 14s 6d ; boar £2 7s 6d. Sheep.—Fat hoggets £1 12s 3d ; shorn hoggets £1 6s 6d. "Bobby Calves.—Bs to 8s 6d. WAIHOU. There was a good yarding at the Waihou stock sale on Friday, when a large attendance of buyers was present. There was a good yarding of beef with the market easier. A medium yarding of sheep sold at late rates, while pigs were at current prices. The following was the range of prices:— Sheep.—Fat wethers £2 os to £2 7s ; fat hoggets 355. i Pigs.—Heavy baconers £3 4s to £3 12s, medium £2 16s to £3 2s, lighter

£2 10s to £2 14s ; porkers £2 Is to £2 Bs, lighter £1 10s to £1 17s ; choppers £2 2s to £3 2s ; sows close to farrowing £2 to £3 10s ; sows with litters £2 to £3 12s 6d ; stores 20s to 27s ; slips 10s to 17s ; weaners 5s 6d to Bs.

Cattle.—Dairy cows close to profit £9 5s to £l2, more backward £7 to £8 10s ; heifers close to profit £ll to £l3 15s, more backward £7 to £9 10s ; heavy fat cows £lO 10s to £ll 7s 6d, medium £8 15s to £9 15s ; heavy fat heifers £8 10s to £9 10s ; light fat cows £7 5s to £8 4s ; lighter fat heifers £5 15s to £7 5s ; cows with calves £6 15s to £lO 10s ; forwardconditioned cows £5 15s to £6 18s ; stores £3 5s to £4 10s ; boners 25s to 40s ; 11-year to 2-year empty Jersey heifers £5 to £5 13s ; extra-choice yearling Jersey heifers £8 10s, others good quality £6 5s to £7 6s ; 11-year Shorthorn empty heifers £5 to £5 10s ; smaller Jersey and Jersey-cross heifers £2 15s to £4 ; bulls £4 to £5. There was a heavy yarding of bobby calves, of which the best went at from 15s to 16s and others from 8s to 10s 6d.

WAIKATO MARKET REPORT. The Farmers’ Auctioneering Co. report as follows on the Waikato stock market:— Beef.—There has been no change in the market; good yards continue to come forward with prices still firm, best ox making 45s per 1001 b, and cow and heifer 40s. Fat Sheep.—Competition is keen for both wether and ewe mutton, with improved prices since our last report. Store Sheep.—The yardings of all classes have been small with a good demand for ewes and lambs, hoggets and wethers. Store Cattle.—There is a shortage of all classes of stores and a strong demand exists, especially for young and grown male cattle. A considerable number have been railed from North Auckland to fill requirements. Good yearling Jersey and Jersey-cross heifers are also meeting with keep competition. Dairy Cattle.—Good cows and choice springing hoifers are still in demand at high prices.

Pig's.—Heavy yardings continue to come forward, especially stores. Baconers and porkers are making equal to 5d per lb; good stores are selling well, but weaners are still very low. Horses.—Since the spring fair there has been little doing in the horse trade.

Bulls. — ; The Claudelands pedigree bull sale was held last week, over 400 bulls changing hands at satisfactory prices. Quotations are as follows: Beef.—Bullocks, prime heavy £l6 10s to £lB 10s, medium £l3 10s to £ls 10s; cows, prime heavy £l2 to £l3 10s, medium £9 10s to £ll, unfinished £6 10s to £8; heifers, prime, £l2 to £l3; good store cows, £4 15s to £5 ss; cull cows, £2 10s to £3 10s; steers, 4-year forward £9 5s to £lO 10s, 4-year stores £8 10s to £9, 3year stores £8 5s to £8 10s, 2-year steers £6 to £6 ss, yearling steers, good, £4 5s to £5 10s; choice Jersey and Jersey-cross weaner heifers, £6 10s to £7 10s; heifers, Jersey 2-year (in calf), good, £ll 10s to £ls. Sheep.—Wethers, prime heavy £2 8s to £2 10s, medium 38s to £2 2s; ewes, prime heavy 35s to £2, medium 30s to 32s 6d; hoggets, prime fat 30s to 335; wethers, 4-tooth stores 34s to 36s 6d, 2-tooth stores 30s to 325; breeding ewes and lambs, sound mouth 38s to £2 ss, aged 28s to 355, 2-tooth 35s to £2; hoggets, best woolly store 28s to 30s, medium woolly store 23s to 265, small store 18s to 225. Pigs.—Baconers, prime £8 10s to £3 15s, medium £3 5s to £3 10s; porkers, best, £2 18s to £3; slips, 22s to 255; weaners, 8s to 14s; good stores, 30s to 355. Horses.—Draughts, heavy £2B to £34, medium £25 to £32; spring cart sorts, £l6 to £18; hacks and harness horses, £5 to £lO.