STOCK SALE REPORTS.

Pukekohe & Waiuku Times, Volume 6, Issue 318, 12 October 1917, Page 4

STOCK SALE REPORTS.

The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Coy report : ()n Monday, at Pukckohe, we held a special dairy sale. Thoro was a large yarding, prices being on a par with late sales. Best dairy cows and heifers, £l3 10s to £T.). r >s; others, £9 to i' 12 15s; bulls, Sgns to 21gns. On Tuesday, at Pukekohe, we he! I our monthly store sale, when we had an extra large yarding. Competition was keen, and with few exceptions everything changed hands. We report a most successful sale. Grown steers, £ll 5s to £l<> lits: two to three-year steers, £ll lis to £11; ditto heifers, £5 10s to i's I*; empty cows and heifers, £7 los to £lls 2s (id; good calves, £-1 15s to £<i Gd ; others, £•'! to £ I 10i ; hr-ef sold at fully Westlieid prices, four very choice heifers averaged £'/0 2s lid, two bringing £2O 15s, which is a record for the district, lhe latter two were puuhased by Mr 11. Barriaby, ot Waiuku.

Messrs Alfred Auckland arid Sons, Ltd., report as follows: On Wednesday wo held a clearance sale at Mr T, Floyd s Buckland. Mnyers wore in attendance and high values ruled. The host dairy cows brought from £l-~> to £2l .'is; others, £lO 10s ti> JL' 1 K (aveiaging £l7) ; yearlings, i'O ISs to .17 ss; sow m pig, £(i l-">s; slips, £1 lis. Vn Wednesday at our Westlield weekly fat stock market we sold fat cattle to the number of 2*7 head, comprising 1 HI steers, 'J"> cows and | heifeis, and 1 hull. There continues I to he a strong demand, and values very linn In many c ises j last week's ijuotah' ns were improved upon. Choice ox sold to £2 I's, prune £2 Hi, to £2 IMa lid, plain and rough, £2 .3> to £2 12s; cu\\ ami le-ifer heel, T2 Ks to £2 I'm per I colli; steers ranged in price from £l~> to £2O 7s <id, cows and heifers, i'o ills to £lO Tli'-re was a heavy yaidiug ol siieep iuclu ling a fair proportion ol very piiine mutton. Competition J was steady throu/hoiit, and values I lino at last week's rates. Kxtra I hi'avv prime wooliy wethers, £2 1 Is t> K2 l")s; :,i\ volv prune wethers averaged £-J I.ls lid: heavy prime woolly \vetji<• t, £'J 0- od tn L'2 od ; j jmil' shorn we'l.- s, 111 •'). • t" J XI I i; mi diunt ln".vy woolly W etlu I£2 lis lid to ! I II : 1 i l.t and milinislied woollv welhers, i'l i 'is to £2 1 s : light and medium 1 ""' !,|lt w " tl ' or> '- J:1 " > - ''' d t0

£1 l is: extra heavy prime woolly ewe £2 Hs to £2 13s prime ewes, £2 as tr £'2 fid fid: good ewes £1 lHs fid to £2 2s; other ewes, £1 10s v. £1 16s fi<l; other shorn ewes £1 fis to £1 lis; heavy prime hoggets, £2 4s to £2 8s fid, lighter £1 17s to £2 Is, other hoggets. £l 10s to £1 15s. 1771 sold. The 32 spring lambs met with a keen sale, heat £1 9s to £1 11a "d, lighter £1 5s to £1 Bs, small £1 to £1 4s. Fat and young calves were penned in moderate numbers, and sold at fully late high values. Choice vealer9 and fresh-dropped calves were short of requirements and are wanted. Heavy vealers made from £8 id 6d to yS 17s fid ; lighter, £4 Is to £5 17afid; light, £2 10s to £4; strong fresh-dropped, £1 to £2 ss; weak and inferior, 5s to 15s sold) AV e lmd an average yarding of pigs, hut ft.ev were short of requirements, and prices rose considerably for all classes. IS tore pigs are in keen demand. Choppers made from £fi l(Js to £9 ss; heavy haconers, £5 lOh to £(i 15s; others, £4 5s to £5 7s 6d ; largo porkers, £3 10s to £4 4s; medium, £2 15s to £.'s Ss; small, £2 to £2 !0s; slips, £1 9s fid to £1 15s ; weaners, 19s to £1 9s (204 sold).