STOCK SALE REPORT

Pukekohe & Waiuku Times, Volume 8, Issue 457, 14 March 1919, Page 1

STOCK SALE REPORT

The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co., Ltd., report On Thursday of last week, at Tuakau, we held our second sheep fair in that district, when more than the advertised number came forward. Prices showed a Blight decline on the previous fair, but we report a most successful sale, everything changing hands with the exception of one draft of 200 f.m. ewes. The yarding was chiefly composed of aged ewes. Store a ethers and lambs were in keen demand, sufficient not being yarded for requirements, Two - tooth wethers, £1 3s fid to £1 6s fid ; 4tooth wethers, upwards, £1 6s 9d to £1 10s : 2-tooth ewes,, £1 Is to £1 10s ; l-tooth tof.f.m. ewes, £1 le 6d to £1 8s 9d ; f.f.m. to broken, 12s to £1 0s 3d; shorn lambs, 8s fid to 17s 6d; woolly lambs, 9s to 19a ; Romney rams, 2-tooths, 3gns to 6gns ; aged ditto, lgn to 2£gns At Pukekohe on Tuesday we had a very large yarding of all classes of stock, with the exception of grown steers. Competition was steady and we report a good clearance. With very few exceptions everything changed hands: 2J to 3-year old steers, £8 lOs to £ll ; 1J to 2-year-old steers, £o 17s Gd to £8 7s Gd ; yearling steers, £4 5s to £5 15s ; steer calves, best, £2 5s to £3 ; others, £1 7s to £2 2s; heifer calves, best, £2 to £2 12s 6d; others, £1 3s to £1 18s ; inferior calves, 10s upwards ; yearling to 18 month heifers, £3 los to £6 5a ; heifers suitable for dairy purposes, £5 10a to £8 r >s ; empty cows and heifers, £6 to £8 15s ; bulls, heavy weights, £l2 t"> £! 6 10s; oth Q rs, £4 10s to £ll An excsptiontlly Urge yarding of beef sold at fully Weatfield quotations ; 175 head sold, mostly fat cows Messrs Alfred Buckland and Sons Ltd report : On Wednesday at our weekly tat stock market, our yarding of beef numbered 418 head comprising 265 steers, 143 cows and heifers, and 10 bulls. There was an improved demand for ox beef, with values very firm. Cows were easier except in odd cases of extra prime. Choice ox sold to £2 10s 6d per 1001b ; prime ox, £2 7s fid to £'2 10s per 1001b; rough and ordinary beef, £1 15s to to £2 3s per 1001b ; cow and heifer beef. £2 to £2 6s per 1001b. Steers ranged in price from £lO 10s to £22 7s 6d for a pen of four steers from Messrs J. Massey and Son, Pukatutu Island, Mangere : cows and heifers £6 15s to £ls 12s Gd. There was again a large yarding of sheep and a steady demand throughout. Prime wether mutton was not plentiful aad sold at slightly better values. Other classes were unchanged. Extra heavy prime wethers, £1 17s6dto £1 19a 9d ; heavy prime wethers £1 14s fid to £1 16s 61; lighter prime wethers, £1 lis 6d to £1 13s 6d ; light fat wethers, £1 8s to £1 10s ; large framed, unfinished wethers, £1 8s to £1 lis; other wethers, £1 2i to £l 6s 9d ; extra heavy prime ewes, £1 4s to £1 7s Gd ; other ki'l-! able ewes, £1 2s to £1 3s fid ; other ewe-s 12« fid to 19* G l (2267 sold). Lambs were also penned iu large numbers Unfinished aorta did not spH too freely, but all prim* lamb* met with a spirited sale, Ex'ra heavy prime 29s to3ls9d; heavy prime, j 26s to 28s Gd ; good fat lambs, '2;Ss j fid to 25s 6d ; lighter, 21s to 23s;' unfinished 13s to 16s for best, others 10s to 12s 6d (781 sold ) The 156 fat and young calves wore above! requirements, and prices eased in accordance Runners made from £4 to £4 12a Gd; nothing choice yarded. Vealers, heavy, £3 5s to £3 15s; medium, £ii r >3 to £3 3s; light, 30s to £2 2s; small and fresh- j dropped, 5s to 28s. 'We had a full J market of pigs. YVeaners and stores were again easier. All others sold under keen competition at late value. Large choppers and heavy baconers made from £5 10a to £7 10s; 11 choice heavy baconers from Mr T D. Reid, Waiuku, averaged £6 28; small choppers and light baconers, £4 12s 6d to £5 sa; porkers, large, £3 16s to £4 10s : medium, £3 3s to £3 15s; small, £2 10a to £3 ; slips, 28a to £2 2s; weaners, 15a to £1 (282 sold.)