Stock Sales.

Putaruru Press, Volume VII, Issue 313, 7 November 1929, Page 8

Stock Sales.

MORRINSVILDE. High Prices Maintained. Advance in Beef. The offering was a good all-round one and the attendance of buyers was large, every line offered changing hands under keen competition. Prices for bullocks and cow beef advanced. A line of 120 forwardconditioned bullocks from the Waingaro district met a keen demand and sold up to £ll 10s. Fat bullocks brought up to £l6 10s. Young cattle sold well, while prices for stores showed a tendency to advance. Late rates were maintained in the pig section. Baconers showed a tendency to drop on account of the strike of Auckland butchers, but the unusually high prices for weaners and slips were maintained. Prices for sheep were firm with a tendency to advance. Few dairy cattle came under the hammer, and the quality left much to be desired. Prices were as follow: Beef.— Fat steers £l4 18s to £l6 10s. Smaller fat steers £l3 18s to £l4 11s. Fat cows £lO Is to £lO 16s. Medium fat cows £8 15s to £9 17s 6d. Light fat cows £7 7s 6d to £8 ss. Forward-conditioned cows £6 15s to £7 ss. Store cows £4 5s to £6 9s. Boner cows £1 10s to £4 3s. Cows with calves £7 12s 6d to £lO ss. Three-year-Old forward-conditioned Shorthorn steers, best £io 10s to £ll 10s, others £9 to £9 17s 6d. Four-year-old forward - conditioned Holstein steers £lO 2s 6d to £lO 15s. Two-and-a-half-year-old Shorthorn steers £B. Two-year-old empty heifers £5 15s to £7 175." Yearling Jersey and Jersey-cross heifers £7 17s to £8 17s. Yearling Shorthorn heifers £4 15s to £5 ss. Bulls £6 5s to £8 12s 6d. Potting bulls £2 to £5 . Pigs.— Heavy baconers £4 to £4 6s. Medium baconers £3 13s to £3 18s. Light baconers £3 3s to £3 10s.

Heavy porkers £2 18s to £3. Light porkers £2 12s to £2 15s. Good stores £2 2s to £2 10s. Slips £1 14s to £2. Weaners £1 3s to £1 12s 6d. Sheep.— Fat wethers, shorn, 26s 6d to 27s 6d. Fat ewes 28s to 28s Id. Fat shorn ewes 19s lOd to 22s Id. Fat hoggets 25s 4d to 28s lid. Fat lambs 255. Ewes with lambs 38s 3d. Dairy Cattle.— Cows in milk, best £9 to £ll 15s, others £6 to £B. Heifers close to profit £9 17s 6d to £lO 10s.

PUTARURU. The October sale of the Farmers’ Auctioneering Company took place on Thursday. There was a large yarding of cattle, but buyers were inclined to be cautious, with the result that many lines were passed. Pigs sold at good prices. Prices w're as follow: Cattle.— Empty cows £5 13s to £7 10s. Poorer sorts £4 2s to £5 12s 6d. Empty heifers £6 to £7 ss. Yearling heifers £4 19s to £6 ss. Yearling steers £5 2s. Sheep.— Empty ewes 11s. Ewes and lambs 225. Hoggets m.s. 275. Fat ewes 225. Pigs.— Good pigs 29s to 455. Weaners 21s to 245. Sow £4 10s.

HAMILTON. Beef Remains Firm. At the Farmers’ Auctioneering Company’s sale at Frankton on Tuesday there was a good yarding of cattle and a medium yarding of sheep. Competition was keen throughout, and increased prices were realised for steer and cow beef. Store cattle and sheep were sold at late rates. There was a good yarding of fat and store pigs, and prices were slightly below last week’s quotations. Dairy cows came forward in average numbers and met with a ready demand. Prices were: — Beef.—• Fat steers £l4 6s to £l4 16s. Medium fat steers £l2 11s to £l3 7s 6d. Fat cows £lO 13s to £l2 14s. | Medium fat'cows £8 19s to £lO 11s. 1

Light fat cows £6 17s 6d to £8 2s 6d. Vealers £2 13s to £2 15s. Three-year and five-year steers £9 14s to £ll 7s. Two-year to 2 J-year steers £7 17s 6d to £8 2s 6d. Store cows £4 to £6 ss. Jersey and Jersey-cross yearling heifers £5 6s to £B. Two-year Shorthorn heifers £6 13s to £7. Bulls £5 to £9 10s. Pigs.— Heavy baconers £4 to £4 4s. Medium baconers £3 12s to £3 16s. Light baconers £3 3s to £3 10s. Heavy porkers £2 15s to £3. Light porkers £2 5s to £2 12s. Good stores £1 15s to £2. Slips 28s to 335. Weaners 15s 6d to 245.