Stock Sales.

Putaruru Press, Volume VII, Issue 297, 18 July 1929, Page 8

Stock Sales.

MORRINSVILLE. There was an unusually large attendance of buyers at the Farmers’ -Auctioneering Co.’s sale at Morlinsville on Friday. Chief interest was taken in the dairy stock, of ■which there was a large entry, and competition was keen for good dairy cows and heifers. Those showing well forward were in most demand, and high prices were realised. There was an average offering of sheep and beef lines, which sold well. The offering of pigs were short and late rates ruled, with no rising tendency in the market. No baconers or heavy porkers were penned. Prices were as follow Beef.— * Fat cows' prime, £lO to £l2 2s 6d. Heavy cows, £8 Is to £9 10s. Medium cows, £6 4s to £7 10s. light cows, £5 to £6. Forward store cows, £3 17s 6d to £4 15s. Heifer calves, best, £5 to £6; others, £3 6s to £4 18s. Sheep.— Fat ewes, £1 7s to £1 7s 2d. - Fat hoggets, £1 4s lOd to £1 8s Id. F.MI ewes r.w. S.D. and E.L. rams, £1 2s 6d to £1 7s 6d. Dairy Cattle.— , Choice Jersey heifers, "cfose to profiit, £ls to £l6 10s; others, £ll 10s to £l4 10s: backward sorts, £8 15s to £lO ss; .. Choice Jersev and Jersev-eross 1 cows, £l4 10s to £l6; others, £ll to £l3; backward sorts, £8 15s to £lO. Friesian cows, £lO 10s -to £l2. Digs.—

Medium porkers, £2 2s 6d to £2 16s. ; light porkers, £1 12s to £2. Good stores, 22s to 275. Flips, 15s to 20s. : Weaners, 11s 6d to 14s. MATAMATA. There was a good yarding of stock at the fortnightly sale conducted by the Farmers’ Auctioneering Co. at Matamata and lines were cleared out at late rates. Prices were:— Cattle.— Fat cows, £S to £ll. light fat cows, £5 15s to £7 ss. Stores, £2 10s to £4 10s. Hairy cows, £9 to £lO 10s. Other sorts, £4 to £5. Potters, £2 10s to £3 15s. 'Cows and calves, £7 to £9. Sheep.— Aged ewes, in lamb, 19s to 235. Full-mouthed ewes, 24s 2d. Pigs.— Good stores, 28s to 2"s.

HAMILTON. At the Farmers’ Auctioneering Company’s sale in the Frankton ■yards there was ati average yarding of cattle and pigs and a small yarding of sheep. Good-quality prime met with keen competition. Fat sheqp and pigs sold at late rates. Thepre was a medium yarding of fat and’' store nigs, fat pigs 'Selling at lafe rates, while store pigs were also ii» keen demand. Cattle.— Fat bullocks £lO 7s to £ll 12s 6d. Store bullocks £9 17s 6d. Heavy fat cows £9 Is to £lO 14s. Medium fat cows £6 19s to £8 16s. light fat cows £5 12s 6d to £6 16s. Forward-conditioned cows £5 to £5 10s. Fresh store cows £2 10s to £4 10s. Good Jersey heifer calves £4 2s 6d to £5 10s. Poorer sorts £3 2s 6d to £3 15s. Sheep.— Fat wethers £1 19s. Prime fat ewes £1 17s, light fat ewes £1 to £1 Is 9d. Light hoggets £1 7s. Pigs.— Mediv;~i baconers £3 12s to £4 Is. light baconers £3 to £3 Bs. Heavy porkers £2 14s to £3 Is. light porkers £1 15s to £2 6s. Good stores 28s to 345. Slips 20s to 235. Weaners 12s to 17s 6<jSows in pig £2 10s to £3 10s. ; CLEARANCE SALES. Mr. G. J. DuxSeld. The inclement weather held off long enough on Monday to allow Mr. G. J. Duxfield’s sale at his farm, Station road, Matamata, to be conducted in comparative comfort. There was a good attendance of buyers and bidding was keen and spirited till toward the end, when some heifers went fairly cheaply.. All the stock were in tip-top condition, the milking herd being goodframed animals which had wintered well. The top price realised was £lB, paid by Mr. J. W. Simpson, Matamata, who was also the largest “buyer, taking 11 animals. The aggregate for the herd was approximately £650, and the average was under £l2. The aggregate for the heifers was nearly £4OO, the average being just under £lO.

Buyers were : Mr. J. W. Simpson, Matamata,. £lB, £l6. £ls 10s, £l4 10s, £l3 15s, £l3 10s (3), £l3, £l2 10s, £lO ; Mrs. M. A. Brady, Te Aroha, £l4, £l2, £l3, £lO 10s, £7, £6 ; Messrs. Shaw Bros., Hinuera, £ll (3), £lO 10s, £ll 10s ; Mr. C. T. Carter, Matamata, £ls, £l3 (2), £ll 10s (2), £lO <3), £6 10s, £6 ; Mr. C. J. Potts, Peria, £l6, £l4. £ls ; Mr. J. Dawson, Te Poi, £ls 10s (2), £ls, £lO 10s ;

Mr. Ross Hinton, Eureka, £ll 10s, £lO, £6 ; Mr. Fitzgerald, £l3 10s, £l2 ; Mr. M. F. Barlow, Wairere, £l4 10s ; Mr. C. E. Wood, Hinuera, £l2 (2); Mr, J. G. Goodwin, Te Poi, £lO ; Mr. Ryan, Matamata, £8 10s ; Messrs. Tapp Bros., £6 ; Mr. J. McDonnell, Matamata, £l3, £l2 ; Mr. Allwood, Lichfield, £l2 £ll ; Messrs. Crabb Bros., £4. Heifers.—The top price for heifers was £l2 10s, paid by several buyers. Buyers were : Mr. C. T. Carter, Matamata, £l2 10s (6), £l2 (2), £ll (2), £lO (4), £6 15s, £5 ; Mr. W. R. Webster, Peria, £ll (4), £lO 10s ; Mr. J. Dawson, Te Poi, £l2 10s (2); Mr. Pearson, Putaruru, £9, £8 (2), £7, £8 10s, £7 5s (three-teater); Mr. S. A. Clark, £l2 ; Mr. Ross Hinton, Eureka, £9 10s ; Mr. M. E. Fitzgerald, £l2 ; Mr. Allwood, Lichfield, £ll 10s ; Mr. T. Bottomley, Tirau, £8 ; Mr. GStewart, £6 (heifer and calf); Mr. Fitness, £5 15s, £4 10s. Bulls. A three-year-old pedigree bull was purchased by Mr. Webster, Peria, for £ls Lss ; two others, a three-year-old and a two-year-old, were bought by Mr. T. Mullholland at £7 15s and Mr. Bottomley at £9 10s.

An upstanding colt rising five years was secured by Mr. Mullholland at £3O. There was little demand for implements, a cultivator, drill, binder ai)' l gig being passed with a bid tie a three-ton waggon was passed at £ls. Pigs sold fairly well, 10 weaners fetching 14s each, a sow with litter of eight £4 15s, spw close to farrowing £5 10s, another sow not so close £3 ss, a three-year-old boar £2 23 6d. Mr. Rushton was the principal buyer.

A line of medium fat hoggets fetched 27s 6d and a similar line a trifle lighter 24s 6d, Messrs. Fletcher Ltd. being the purchasers. Mr. J. A. Sanders. That there is a very keen deiffand for Jersey cows of proven butter-fat yielding qualities was instanced at the clearance sale of Mr. J. A. Sanders’ grade stock, which took place ai the Farmers’ Auctioneering Co.’s sale at Morrinsville on Friday. The average for, the 29 cows was 17gns, top price being £26. The herd is regarded as one of the best in the district, and last year was at the head of the Morrinsville group, of the Herd-testing Association. For the last three seasons the average production was 3551 b of fat, there being some good individual records. The bulk of the herd are due to calve in August or early September. Mr. Sanders intends going in entirely for pedigree “ Jerseys.

The purchasers were as follow, with the cows’ performances last season given in parentheses:-—J. Hamilton, Te Rapa, £26 (4211 bin 339 days), £24 (4591 b in 323 days), £24 (4781 b in 321 days), £22 (3341 b in 308 days), £2l 10s (4091 b in days), £lB (4251 b in 334 days); F. S. Donald, Tatuanui, £l9 10s (4141 b in 304 days), £l9 (3831 b in 383 days); £lB 10s (3771 bin 348 days); £lB 10s (3081 b in 332 days), £lB 10s (4191 b in 326 days), £l7 (3351 bin 320 days), £l6 10s (3311 b in 285 days)-, £ls 10s (3631 bin 320 days), £ll (1921 bin 214 days); £ll (2751 b in 265 days); A. T. Scrivener, Morrinsville, £l6 10s (2501 bin 336 days), £l6 (2061 b in 306 days), £l6 (3081 b in 300 days), £l2 (3591 bin 293 days); E. Hammond. Tahuna road, £l9 10s (3391 b in 332 days). £ls 10s ( 2651 bin 361 days); W. Johnston, Morrinsville. £lB 10s (marked heifer) ; L. Rodewald. £l9 (marked heifer). £l6 10s (3761 b in 294 days): P. A. Bryce, Morrinsville, £lB (3391 b in 256 davs); E. J. Whittle, £lB (4181 b in 287 days); Bell Bros., £ls ( 2941 bin 302 days); R. L. Read, Mangateparu, £lB (5691 bin 340 days).

Mr. F. Wilson. The prejudice that appears to exist against Friesians in the Morrinsville district was reflected in the prices ruling for the Friesian herd owned by Mr. F. Wilson, Ngongotaha, which was offered for sale by auction by +br> Farmers’ Auctioneering Co. at their Morrinsville yards on Friday; The offering comprised 20 head, and the average price was approximately £B. The stock were backward, and were in poor condition, which mili-

tated against spirited hiddintr. Thebest cows changed hands at from £7 10s to £9, backward sorts bringing £6 5s to £7. Two purebred bulls were sold for £3 10s and £5 10s.

Mr. P. McNaughton.

Inclement weather militated against large prices at the clearing sale of Mr. P. McNaughton’s Jerseystock, which was offered by the Farmers’ Auctioneering Co.’ at the vendor’s farm, Kereone road, on Wednesday. There was a fair attendance but bidding was not brisk. The herd was a good one, being

mostly by Defender of Meadowbank and Vivandiere’s Laddie, and in calf to Victor Hugo and Alex. Jersey cows showing well forward changed hands at from £l4 to £l7, slightly later stock bringing from £ll to £l3. Backward cows sold at between £9 and £lO 10s. Two-year in-calf Jersey-cross heifers, small and rather backward, brought from £9 to £lO 10s. The average for the 38 grade cows sold was £l3 8s 3d. The principal purchasers were as follows:

Fowler Bros., £l6 (4), £l6 10s; J. S. Cummings, £l4 10s, £l4, £l2; H. Johnston, Walton, £ls 10s, £ls (2), £l4 (5), £l3 10s (2), £l3 (3), £l2 10s (2); E. Hitchings, £l6 10s; W. Sharp, £l6 10s, £l4 10s, £l3 10s, £l2 10s, £l2; D. Craig, £l4 10s; R. J. Whittle, £i3 (2); P. A. Bryce, £11; W. G. Marwood, £lO (3), £8; C. C. King, £9 10s. Eighteen pedigree cows were offered, but only two were sold, the demand being slack. Otterbum Leaflet was bought by Mr. J. A. Sanders, of Piako, for 25gns, and the Jersey pedigree heifer, Princess Andrea, was bought by Mr. J. J. Goodwin, of Morrinsville, for 35gns. The Jersey bull, Faithless, found a buyer in Mr. G. Were, Motumaoho, at 15gns, Mr. G. Forlong, of Kereone, purchasing the other sire, Hugo’s Lad, for 15gns. Large white Yorkshire sows, in pig, sold at £6 Es. Mrs. F. Richmond. There was a large attendance of buyers at the clearing sale conducted by the Farmers’ Auctioneering Company on Mrs. F. Richmond’s property, Hinuera, on Tuesday, and good prices were realised for the lots sold. The herd, which was mostly Jersey, Jersey-cross and Shorthorn strains, returned 19,700 pounds of outteirat during the past season, with 17 heifers in the total of 70. Top price was paid by Mr. Drennan, Papakura, who was also the largest buyer, taking lots at £l7, £l6 10s .(2), £l6 (4), £ls 10s, £ls (3), £l4 (3), a total of £216 10s for 14 animals. Other buyers were : Mr. Newell, Tokoroa, £l2 (3), £7 (2), £ll 10s (3), £ll (2), £lO 10s, £9 10s (2); Messrs. Redshaw and Sons, Waihou, £ll 10s, £l2 10s, £lO 10s, £ll ; Mr. F. Richmond, Hinuera, £l6 (2), £ls 10s, £ls 10s, £l2 10s ; Mr. F. J. Downie, Peria, £ll, £ll 10s, £9 ; Mr. ■J. Barron, £l3 10s, £l4 10s ; Mr. McKenna, Waharoa, £l2 (2), £l2 10s ; Mr. Hall, Waharoa, £ls ; Mr. F. J. Goodwin, Te Poi, £l4 10s ; Mr. C. E. Wood, Hinuera, £l2 ; Mr. E. J. Kilbride, Matamata, £l3. The average for the above herd was £l2 15s and the aggregate £635. A number of three-teaters and others in the herd were purchased as follow : Mr. T. Bottomley, £6 15s, £6 2s 6d (2), £1 (lame cow); Mr. E. W. R. Leslie, Putaruru, £6 (3), £5 15s ; Mr. Newell, Tokoroa, £6 ; Mr. F. J. Goodwin, Te Poi, £4 10s ; Mr. F. Barugh, Matamata, £6 10s (each two empty cows). The bulk of the two-year springing heifers were passed but the following sales were made : Mr. J. Dawson, Te Poi, £ls (3), £l2 10s ; Mr. F. J. Downie, Peria, £ll 10s (2), £9 10s ; Mr. Webster, Hinuera, £ll ; Messrs. Redshaw and Son, £ll ; Mr. Hall, £8 10s. Thpse sold brought over £l2O and the average was £l3 Bs. The following prices were paid for cows in milk : Mr. F. Richmond, £lO, £l7 (heifer); Mr. Webster, £9, £8 10s ; Mr. Allwood, Lichfield, £3 ss, £9, £7 ; Mr. J. Dawson, Hinuera, £lO ; Mr. M. Lang, Okoroire, £7 ; Mr. Geo. Conder, Hinuera, £8 5s ; Mr. T. Anderson, Tirau, £4 5s ; Mr. Fitness, £5 (3).

Yearling heifers were bought by Mr. W. McLean, Walton, pen of 17 £4 18s, pen of 6 £3 17s 6d. Two yearling steers were brought by Mr. T. Anderson at £3 ss. Of the purebred Clydesdale draught horses offered Lorna Doone, a notea prize winner, was passed in at £IOO. Two young purebred mares were bought by Mr. L. Davis, Ngarua, at 30 guineas, and by Mr. F. J. Downie at 20 guineas. A farm hack realised £9. Implements fetched the following prices : Chain harrows 10s, tine harrows £2 ss, hay sweep £1 10s, hay stacker £l2 os- mower £l7 10s, topdresser £lB, cuffivators £2 and £6, double-furrow plough £8 10s, tripod harrows £4 15s.