Stock Sales.

Putaruru Press, Volume VII, Issue 295, 4 July 1929, Page 8

Stock Sales.

MATAMATA. There was a heavy yarding in all departments at the Farmers’ Auctioneering Company’s sale last Wednesday. Late rates were maintained. Cattle.— Fat cows £8 13s to £lO 4s. Medium fat cows £7 to £8 ss. Light cows £6 to £6 12s 6d. Fresh-conditioned cows £5 5s to £5 13 s. ' Choice Jersey heifers £6 17s GJ to £7. Others £3 15s to £6. Figs.— Medium baconers £3 8s to £3 14s. Light baconers £3 to £3 ss. Heavy porkers £2 2s to £2 9s. Light porkers 30s to 365. Slips 15s to 20s. Weaners Ss 6d to 14s. MtiRKIN SVILLE. Only an average yarding came forward at the Farmers’ Auctioneering Company’s sale at Morrinsville on Friday. There was keen competition for good-quality lines of beef, which sold at late rates. Few sheep were penned, there being practically no fats. A large yarding of heifers came forward, and those showing quality and well forward in calf attracted spirited bidding. Figs made late rates. There were no baconers and few stores. Prices were: — Beef.— Fat steers £l4 7s 6d. light fat steers £ll. Fat cows £8 12s 6d to £9 15s. Medium fat cows £7 5s to £8 4s. Light fat cows £6 2s to £7. Forward cows £5 7s 6d to £5 17s fid. Good store cows £3 4s to £5 Es. Boner cows £1 15s to £3. Heifer cal% T es £3 3s to £4. Eeifer calves, small, minced colours, £2 4s to £3. Bull calves, £1 to £3 3s. Two-year-old empty heifers. £4 9s. Small in-calf heifers, £4 15s. Sheep.— Aged store ewes T 2s to 16s 6d. Store lambs 16s Gd. Pigs.— Heavy porkers £2 10s to £3. lighter porkers £1 15s to £2 7s. Unfinished porkers £1 10s to £1 13s. Slips 15s to 375. Weaners, best to 13s, ethers 6s. Hairy Cattle.— Cows, Jersey and Jersey cross, £ll to £l3. Shorthorns to £ll ss. Jersey-cross heifers close to profit £ll 5s to £l2. Other Jersey heifers £9 5s to £lO 10s. Backward heifers £7 to £B. Y HAMILTON. At the Farmers’ Auctioneering Company s sale at Frankton on Tuesday there was a good attendance of buyers, and competition was hrisk. Sheep were penned in large numbers, while fair yaraings of store pigs sold readily. Prices ■were:— Heef. — Good steers, £l2 17s 6d to £ls 10s. Lighter steers, £lO 10s to £ll 7s. Fat cows, £8 15s to £9 7s 6d. lighter cows, £7 15s to £8 7s. light cows, £5 to £6 12s. Sheep.—-

Fat wethers, 35s 9d to 33s 9d. Ewes, to 28s. Lambs, to 31s. Pigs.—Good baconers, £3 8s to £3 12s. light baconers and good porkers, £2 8s to £3 Is. light porkers, £1 19s to £2 ss. CLEARANCE SALES. Messrs. W. and W. Ogden. There was a large attendance of buyers present on Friday, when the Farmers’ Auctioneering Company held a clearing sale on Messrs. W. and \V. Ogden’s farm, Waharoa road, Matamata. The herd offered was a picked one of 85 cows, the culls having been sold previously. For the past three years Messrs. Ogdens’ herd of 100 cows has produced an average of 300 pounds cf butteifat per cow, and for last season the returns were : Butterfat, 81, 1 863 pounds ; average per cow, £23 pounds ; gross cheque, £2484 17s 7d : nett cheque after deductions for goods, butter, N.Z.F.U.y «tc., £2l-11 Cs Id.

The cat Lie offered were mostly second, third and fourth calvers with ■well-grown frames and in exceplion-ally-gocd conditicn. The animals ■were o" Jersey, Jersey-cross, Shorthorn and a few Holstein strain and due to calve in July, August and September. The top prices realised were £22, paid by Mr. J. Harper, Walton, and £2l (twice), paid by Mr. S. D. Russell, Rotorua. The average worked out at nearly £l4 per head, with the' total for the herd of 85 well over fear figures.

Buy —: wore-' Mr. J. Harper, Walton, £l7 (2\ £22, £ls ; Mr. J. W. Anderson. Tirau, £lB, £ls. £l4, £l3, £9, £l7: Mr. E. James, Manawaru, £15,. £',3. £l2 (2). £l4, £l3 10s, £l2 10s ; Messrs. S. D. and G. Russell, Jtotorua, £2l (2), £l7, £l6 ; Mr. A. JA. Potts, Peria, £ls, £l3, £l2 10s,

£l4 ; Mr. Mack Walton, £ll, £l2, £l3 10s, £l4 10s, £ll (3), £lO 10s, £9, £l3, £l2 10s, £l3, £9, £8 ; Mr. W. F. McConkey, Waharoa, £ls 10s, £l3 10s, £lO, £l3 10s (2); Mr. J. Hawe, Waharoa, £ls, £ls 10s, £l4, £l6 10s, £l4 10s ; Mr. Carey, Peria, £l7, £l4 ; Mr. E. Smeetcn, Waihi, £ll 10s (3); Mr. J. McDonnell, Matamata, £l7, £l3 10s ; Mr. J. Carroll, Wardville, £2O, £lB ; Mr. A. R. Bruce, Okauia, £l7 ; Mr. M. Sweeney, Walton, £l4 ; Mr. Sharp, £ll, £lO 10s ; Mr. D. Shine, £lO (2), £8 15s ; Mr. D. G. Carolan, Waharoa, £lO 10s (3).

Cows in milk for various periods since last January sold as follow : Mr. D. Russell, Rotorua, £ls, £7 15s ; Mr. F. Livingstone, Walton, £7 5s (2), £4 ; Mr. T. Mulholland, £4 (4), £2 ; Mr. J. W. Anderson, £6 ; Mr. D. Shine, £5 15s (2), £5 10s ; Mr. Hawe, £5 5s ; Mr. W. F. Harding, £2 ss. Twenty-two choice heifer calves from picked cows in the herd and by a Shorthorn hull were offered in two lots. The heifers were well grown and in splendid condition. A pen of 22 brought £6 10s per head, the buyer being Mr. J. Fohlen, Matamata, while a pen of seven, mixed colours, was bought fcy Mr. W. D. Simpson at £5 10s per head. The medium draught horses offered Were of good stamp and any trial was offered. Prices were.: Mare, eight years, £32 ; aged mare,. £l7 10s ; gelding, seven years, £26 10s : mare, rising eight years, £29 ; aged mare, £3O ; gelding, five years, £2B. A nuggety hack realised £5 ss. Dead stock sold at good rates. Mr. G. Were. The value of herd-testing was exemplified at the sale conducted by the Farmers’ Auctioneering Company and Dalgety and Company of the Jersey herd of Mr. G. Were, Motumaoho, on Monday. The average for the 70 cows sold was £l6 Is 3d, the aggregate for the herd being, well over £IOOO. The cows had heen tested, and the records of each cow were given to prospective purchasers. Top price of £25 was paid by Mr. A. E. Putt, of Tauranga, for a four-year-old cow that produced 5561 b of fat in 306 days last season.; The performances of the cows realising over £2O were as follow : £23, 3881 b in 276 days ; £2l 10s, 4771 b in 293 days ; £23, 300 lb in 296 days (two years old); £2O, 3591 b in 250 days ; £2O, 4411 b in 296 days ; £23,. 3771 b in 265 days ; £24 10s, 4401 b in 310 days ; £24 10s, 5161 b in 327 days ; £2O 10s, 4171 b in 271 days. The cows had all been served by the pedigree Jersey sires Sunflower’s Superlative or Marshlands Eminent Chief.

There was a large bench of buyers and bidding was keen throughout. The herd was recognised as containing some of the best grade Jersey cows in the district, and though the prices realised were high they by no means flattered the stock. A number of heifers were passed in. The list of purchasers is as follows :

Cows.—P. C. Gubb, Port Albert Central, £24 10s, £23 (3), £l9 10s, £lB 10s. £l7 10s (2), £l6 10s, £l4 ; H. R. Gubb, Morrinsville, £lB, £l7 10s, £ls 10s, £l4 10s, £l4, £l3 10s, £l2 ; W. Shaw. Matamata, £l7 10s (2), £l7, £l6 10s (2), £l6 (3), £ls 10s (2), £ls (4),; £l4 10s (2), £i4, £l3, £l2 10s, £ll 10s; W, L. Meek, Morrinsville, £ls, £9 ; W. Stokes, Cambridge. £23 10s, £2O (2), £i9 10s, £lB 10s (2)<. D. Douglas, Morrinsville, £l4, £l2 ; J. Grayden. Morrinsvil'e, £ls, £lO : Mac Johnston, Walton, £ls 10s, £l3 10s. £l2 10s, £ll ; C. G. Pen warden. Motumaoho. £ll 10s, £ll, £lO ; A. W. Mellow, Motumaoho. £l6 ; A. E. Putt, Tauranga, £25, £2O 10s, £lB, £l7, £l4; R. McCoy. Mangateparu, £l4 10s, £l3 10s : D. On for. Morrinsville, £2l 10s, £lB, £l7 10s, £l6 10s, £l4, £l3. Heifers.—H. Pnarks, WahnroV. £l3 (2), £ll 10s (2); M. Davies, Kereone. £l3 <2V

Cows in Milk.—Mac Johnston, £lO 10s : A. W. Mellow. £lO 10s ; T>. Maher. Motumaoho. £l3 10s 12); J. T. Robinson. Morrinsville, £ls ; M. and P. E. Rarnev. £5 IPs. The pedigree Jersey bull Morsb-l-’nd’s Eminent Chief was bought by Mr. D. Smith, of Piako, for 2.V--'S. The other sire. Sunflower’s Superlative. was Twssed in at 12gns. A line of 24 marked Jersey heifer yearling c-lves was bought bv M. and P. E. Harney for £7 5s a head. Mr. J. Bowers. The sale bv auction of Mr. J. Bowers’ herd, which had been postponed on account of boisterous weather, was held by the Farmers’ Auctioneering Company at the Morrinsville yards on Friday. Mr. Bowers, who has sold his farm at Studholme street, Morrinsville. offered 53 Jersey and Jersey-cross dairy cows, in calf to a pedigree Jersey bull, and due to calve in July and August. The herd was stated to have done exceptionally well during the past season.

A number of the cows were passed in but the average price of 33 sold amounted to £ll 2s. Top price was £l3, which was paid for three, the remainder selling as follow : Two at £l2 Kb, five at £l2, two at £ll 10s, three at £ll, six at £lO 10s, five ay

£lO, two at £9 10s, six at £9. Jersey and Jersey-croks cows made from £ll to £l3, other Jerseys selling at from £9 to £lO 10s. Shorthorns ranged from £9 10s to £ll 5s and Fricsians from £9 10s to £lO. ' Mrs. O. R. Farver. An average price of £l2 15s for cows and approximately £lO for heifers was realised at the clearance sale of Mrs. O. R. Farrer’s Fairmont grade herd at ICereone conducted by the Farmers’ Auctioneering Company on Thursday. The heifers were of good quality, being Jersey and Jersey cross. There was a good bench of buyers despite very cold weather. The purchasers included the following:—

Cows.—E. A. Vcwles, Piako, three at £l4 10s, £l2 10s ; W. A. Rushton, Kiwitahi, £ls ; E. A. James, Manawaru, £ls ; Kereone Ltd., £ll, £lO, £9 ; E. Whittle, £l4 10s ; R. O. Duncan, £l3 10s, £ll ; G. Wine, Tatuanui, £l4, £l2 10s ; H. Hyde, £l2 ; Vere Chitty, £ll. Heifers. —Wilcox Brothers, Mangateparu, three at £l2 10s, 10 at £l2; Kereone Ltd., two at £l2, six at £ll, two at £lO 10s, two at £lO, four at £9 10s, four at £9, six at £7, six at £4 15 s, £4, £3 10s ; G. Wine, Tatuanui, two at £8 15s, three at £8 10s, two at £B, £5 10s ; H. L. McQueen, Kereone, £ll 10s, two at £ll, two at £lO ; B. J. Roper, Mangateparu, two at £ll lOs ; PI. Marston, Newstead, two at £8 15s, two at £lO ; T. A. Turner, Kurunui, two at £l4 ; H. Evetts, two at £ll ; R. J- Whittle, 510.

The pedigree Jersey hull Premier Black Magic was bought by Kereone Ltd. for 20 guineas, and the bull Taurimhs Lad was bought by D Sainsbury, Pulfetaha, for 18gns.

Prices for the 3000 head of sheep sold were • as follow : Ewe hoggets 31s 6d, wether hoggets 26s 9d, fat wethers 37s 6d, empty ewes 20s to 255, two-tooth wethers * fat and forward 35s 6d, forward wethers 31s 3d, Southdown rams 4 to 61 guineas. Sheep offered on behalf of Kereone Ltd. sold as follow : Five-year to sixyear ewes in lamb 30s, two-tooth ewes in lamb 38s. 6d. Mr. John Moir. A bitterly cold wind with driving rain and the fact that the homestead is situated on an unmetalled sideroad some miles from the main road, no doubt was responsible for the small attendance of buyers on Thursday when the N.Z. Loan and Mercantile Agency Co,, Ltd., conducted .a clearing sale for Mr. John Moir, of Buckland road, Hinuera. Despite the few buyers, prices were very satisfactory, and thq average price for the herd of Jersey, Jersey-cross and Friesian cows, worked out at £9 12s, with the total nearly £7OO.

Top price was paid by Mr. D. Bourke, Pukerimo, Cambridge, who went to £l6, while the largest buyer was Messrs. Crabb Bros., Matamata, who purchased cows at £9, £8 10s, £lO 10s, £4, £lO (2), £lO 10s, £6 ss, £8 10s (2), £9 and £6. Other buyers were: Mr. J. RClimo, Cambridge, £lO 10s (2), £l2 10s, £9 10s, £B, £lO, £ll 10s, £9, £4, £9; Mr. C. Russo, Cambridge, £lO, £ll (2), £l3, £l3 10s, £l2 (2); Mr. Barford, Morrinsville, £ll 10s, £9, £ll, £l3, £lO, £ll 10s, £l3 10s, £ll 10s; Mr. P. Hawke, Hinuera, £9, £5 10s, £4; Mr. S. Harding, Matamata, £ll 10s, £ll, £l4, £8 10s, £lO (2), £4; Messrs. Norris Bros., Cambridge, £lO 10s, £ll 10s, £ll, £9 10s, £7 10s; Messrs. Harris Bros., £9 10s, £11; Messrs. Duncan Bros., Rotorangi, £ll 10s,'£9 10s, £lO 10s; Mr. J. C. Diprose, £8 10s, £l3 10s (2), £ll, £6; Mr. Watkins, Karapiro, £7; Mr. J. L. Morris, Matamata, £8; Mr. Geo. Johnston, Matamata, £9; Mr. G. Horan, £9 10s; Mr. G. Graham, £3 10s, £6 10s; Mr. D. Bourke, £7. A mixed lot of springing heifers were sold as follows: —Mr. J. R. Climo, £8 10s, £4 10s; Messrs. Crabb Bros., £9 10s (2), £9 (2), £6 10s (2); Mr. Phil Hawke. £6 10s (3); Messrs. Duncan Bros., £lO 15s; Mr. T. Bottomley, £6, £2 7s 6d; Mr. Nelson Banks, £8 (2). Pens of yearling ’’eifers found the fallowing buyers at the prices mentioned: —Mr. Nelson Banks, six at £4, ten at £3 10s, seven at £3 10s; Mr. Geo. Johnston, ten at £4; Mr. G. Anderson, Tirau. six at £3 2s 6d; Mr. T. Bottomley, eight at £2 3s. A pen of ten yearling steers was bought by Mr. G. Anderson at £3 4s per head. The pigs were not sold, and the irangcl horses failed to reach the reserve. ... ’ ’ ..