STOCK SALE REPORTS

Pukekohe & Waiuku Times, Volume 7, Issue 428, 22 November 1918, Page 3

STOCK SALE REPORTS

Messrs Alfred Buckland and Sons, Ltd., report:—At Buckland on Wednesday, the 13th inst., we held a clearance sale at Mr E. Civil's. There was a good attendance, and all stock and sundries sold freely at ruling prices. Cows in milk made from £8 10sto£19 ss; bull, £lO ss; sows in pig, £5 7s 6d to £lO 12s 6d ; waggon, £l2 TThere was only a small yarding of stock at our monthly Tuakau sale on Thursday, and the majority of these rbanged hands at late rates. On Wednesday at our weekly Westfield fat stock market, our supply of fat oattle totalled 308 head, comprising 215 steers, 90 cows and heifers, and 3 bulls. There was a steady demand throughout, with little or no alteration from last report Choice ox sold to £2 13s per 1001b; prime, £2 10s to £2 12s; rough and ordinary, £2 to £2 ss; cow and heifer beef, £2 2s to £2 8s per lflOlb; steers ranged in price from £l3 10s to £3O, the latter price for a four-year-old steer from Mr Isaac Gray's

9 farm, Papatoetoe; cows and heifers, k £7 10s to £l6 17s 6d. The highest , averages for steers included eight j from Mr George Hull, Otaua, Wai r uku, £2l 3s 9d; 8 from Mr James Potter, Pukekohe, £2O 3s 9d ; 2 from ' Mrs A. Muir, sen., Mangare, £l9 17s , 6d; 11 from Mr John Muir, sen, I Mangare, £lB 7s 6d; 8 from Messrs i Shepherd Brothers, Puni, £lB ss; 5 from Mr J. 8. Fitch, Karaka, £lB I ss; 5 from Waiuku, £1.5 17s 6d ; 6 j cows from Mr Isaac Gray's farm, ! Papatoetoe, £ls 6s 9d. There was ! a heavy yarding of sheep, and a ! good domand existed for all classes, , although in most cases of ewe mutton values were easier. Extra heavy , prime shorn wethers, 39d 6d to 41s 3d ; heavy prime woolly wethers, 42s 6d to £2 5s 9d ; heavy shorn prime wothers, £1 17s 6d to £1 19s; medium prime woolly wethers, £2 0s 6d to £2 2s; medium to heavy prime shorn wethers, £l 14s to £1 178; unfinished shorn wethers, £ I 9s to £1 13s 6d ; extra heavy woolly ewes, £1 18s to £2 0s 6d; extra heavy prime shorn ewes £1 1 Is 6d to £1 14s 6d ; 68 from Mr Chas. Coxhead, Manurewa, averaged £1 13s lOd, and a pen of 38 extra prime shorn Southdown ewes from the Dilworth School of Agriculture made £1 14s; lighter prime woolly ewes, £1 16s to JBI 17s ; heavy shorn ewes, £1 9s 6d to £1 lis; otherwooUy ewes, £1 10s to £1 15s; shorn, £1 2a to £1 8s; heavy prime woolly hoggets, £1 16s 6d to £2 Is 9d ; shorn, £1 10s to £1 14s ; 87 from Mr Adam Collie, Alfriston, averaged £1 13s 9d ; lighter wooliy hoggets, £1 10s to £1 15s; shorn, £1 5s to £1 9s 9d. (2224 sold). Lambs were again penned in large numbers There was a strong demand, with values very firm at slightly less than last week's advanced rates. Extra heavy prime, £ 1 10s to £1 13s 6d; 16 from Mr J. McPherson averaged £1 13s; good heavy prime, £l 7s to £1 9s fid. Thei* were 145 lambs which realised upwards of £1 6s 6d. Lighter, £1 3s 6d to £1 6s 6d ; light, 19s 6d to £1 2s (305 sold) The 75 fat and young calves sold at about late rates. Runners made from £5 10s to £8 15s ; vealers, heavy £4 5s to £5 ss, medium £3 5s to £4, light £2 5s to £3 3s, small and fresh dropped 7s to £2 2s. Pigs were agaiD yarded in small numbers and prices improved considerably on late sales. Large choppers and heavy baconers made from £5 10s to £6 10s; small choppers and light baconers, £4 5s to £5 2s 6d; porkers, large, £3 12s 6d to £4 4s, medium £3 to £3 10s, small £2 8s to £2 18s (88 sold).