STOCK SALES

Pukekohe & Waiuku Times, Volume 9, Issue 539, 11 June 1920, Page 3

STOCK SALES

gt AUCKLAND. - l&Alfred Buckland and Sons, Ltd., Ml the Haymarket on Friday we haCjp full yardirijjkgf horses. Young hea| fc lorry |sorts I brought from gaff to £55; aged draughts £8 10s iBfcSO; plougfl horses £l4 to £2B, bakdgs.jftnd grocers sorts £2l to £27, ligjdpfcerness sorts £lO to £22, gig poifewf!) to £lB. On Wednesday at our weekly Westfield fat stock market our supply of oeef numbered 504>bead, comprising 396 steers, 97 cows imd heifers and 11 bulls. There was a steady demand throughout, with value? firm for choice and prime quality ox, other classes were easier. Extra choice ox sold to £2 12s per 1001b, prime and choice £2 8s to £2 lis, ordinary and plain £2 2s to £2 5s per 1001b; cow and heifer beef, £1 15s to £2 8s; rough beef, £1 7s to SI 16s per 1001b. Heavy prime steers ranged in price from £2O to £23 15s for cattle from Mr. Wm. Vosper, Dingley Dell, Cambridge; lighter prime steers, £ls 10s to £l9 355; plain, light and unfinished 18 10s to £l4; cows and heifers, £l4 10s to £lB 10s for extra hes-.vy prime cows; heavy cows, £ll 10s to £l4, other cows, £5 to £ll, bulls, £5 5s to £l3. The highest averages for steers were:—B from Mr. W. Vosper, Dingley Dell, Cambridge, £22 4s 8d; 14 from Mr. Benj. Reed, Waerenga, £2O 15s 8d; 7 from Mr. Wm. Taylor, Greeahill, Te Awnnutu. £2O o>. }kl; 1 cow from the same vendor, £lB ss; 8 steers from Mr. W. Somerville, Otaua, £2O 3s; 18 from Mr. A. Muir, senr., Mangere, £l7 17s 6d; 18 from Mr. J. C. Storey, Woodstock, Te Awamutu, £l7 15s; 8 from Mr. Andrew Kay, Kihikihi, £l7 Us lOd; 9 from Messrs. Bowler Bros., Matamata, £l7 10s 3d; 33 on account of client, £l7 7s 6d; 8 from Mr. H. Bayly, Tirau, £l7 6s 3d; 8 from Mr. Jos Slater, Pukekawa, £l7 0s 7d; 5 from Mr. Andrew Kay, Kihikihi, £l7; 1 cow from the same consignment, £lB 10s; 17 from Messrs. Death Bros., Waitakaruru, £ls 8s 4d; 18 from Mr. J. B. Teasdale, Te Awamutu, £ls 5s lOd; 12 irom Mr. T. Wallace, Mangere, £ls ss; 16 choice 2 l /2 -year-old steers from Mr. R. G. Findlay, Miranda, £l4 6s 6d; 12 cows from Mangere, £ll 8s 9d. There was a heavy yarding of sheep and the quality generally was first class. A keen demand existed through out, all classes meeting with a further advance in values. Extra heavy prime wethers made from £2 5s t., £2 8s; 62 from Mr. W. Hellver, Kan kapakepa, averaged £2 os; medium prime wethers, £2 Is to £2 4s 6d; medium to heavy prime wethers, £1 17s 6d to £2; lighter prime wethers, £1 14s 6d to £1 17s; light and unfinished £1 10s to £1 14s 6d; extra prime heavy young ewes £2 to £2 4s; heavy prime ewes, £1 14s to £1 18s; lighter fat ewes, £1 10s to £1 13s; other ewes, £1 4s 6d to £1 9s 6d (2127 sold). Lambs also met with a brisk ! sale. Extia heavy prime £1 13s to £1; 18s 6d; good lambs, £1 5s to £1 9s 6d; others, £1 Is 6d to £1 4s 6d (207 sold). Fat and young calves were penned in excess of requirement!, consequently values were considerably easier. Runners made from »5 to £9 7s 6d; heavy vealers, £3 15s to £4 7s, medium £3 Is to £3 10s, light, £2 6s to £2 15s, small £1 Is to £1 16s, fresh-dropped, 7s to 16s (139 sold). Pigs came forward in extra large numbers. Competition was spirited, and values for all classes were firmer. Choppers to £7 16s; medium baconers, £5 9s to £3 4s; light baconers, £5 to £5 ss; heavy porkers, £4 Is to £4 188; medium porkers, £3 10s to £3 18s; light porkers, £2 8s to £3 ss; small stores, £1 18s to £2 ss; weariers, 15s to £1 5s (387 spld). , • D.Ugety and Co., Ltd., report, as follows on their fat stock sale at

Westfield on Wednesday:— Beef.—A large yarding, prices about the, Mme as last week. Extra primfe, £2 tos, prime £2 8s to £2 ss, ordinary £2 to 335; cow, prime £2 os others 35s to 30s. Lj&&ep.—A medium yarding, prices

"were slightly better. Extra wethers, £2 ss, prime £2 2s to 355, others, 35s to 30s; ewes 38s, prime 33s to 28s. Lrmbs.—Small yarding. Prime, 325,

good 30s to 255, others £l. Calves.—A large yarding with a dead sale. Runners £9.to £5, vealers £3 to 30s, others 128.-, Pjo S ._A large yarding, prices improved considerably. The New Zealand Loan and Mer cantile Agency Co., Ltd., report: On Tuesday at Pukekohe we held oar monthly sale, when there was an average yarding, which sold at late a a. • mi_ ../vnn cl AOl'C 4®7 tft t. 1

quotation. Three-year steers, i.7 to v* 15s- 2 to 2V.-year steers, £E to £6 lis Gd; yearling" to 18-months steers, t> Lot 4 Vlj, l f i; cuKi'S, n.iud sexes, 15s to £2 ss; yearling to 18-months heifers, £E 5s to £7 ss; empty cows and heifers, £3 to £6; heifers, due in spring, £4 6s to £7 ss. A full yarding of beef sold to fully Westfield prices. Steers to £ls 15s, cows and heifers to £l3 ss. Dairy cattle sold to high values. Best dairy cows, £l2 to Ui> 15s, others, £6 10s to £ll 10s. At Westfield fat stock market on Wednesday beef was penned in average numbers and sold under steady competition at silghtly improved values, inferior quality selling better than previous weeks ;> We quote.

Choice oxen to £2 13s per w ; prime, il2 8s to £2 12s per 1001b, rou< r -h and inferior £2 to £2 6s per 1001b; cow and heifer beef sold from £1 19s to £2 9s per 1001b; steer?, sold at from best £lB to £2l 12s fed, others £l3 to £l7 15s; small and inferior, £9 7s 6d to £l2 I '%**:«>*> and heifers sold at from £b 12s bd to «4 12s M. No extra hjvjiwjht steers or cows were ynrded.ShMp were penned in large numbeis, the miftlitv being good, and wc rcpoit SK Ptoses of mutton.

snaip use in - p. t Extra heavy prime wethers, £2 5s £2 7s 9d; heavy prune wethers, is to £2 4s 9d; medium prime wetheis. £1 17 s 9d to £2 0s 9d; light prime wethers, £1 14s 6d to £1 I<| Cd; unfinished and small wethers, £1 12s to tl Us 3d; extra heavy Pnm« £9 to £2 5s for a pen of 33 fatted Mr Ed,ar Andrews, Te Hirau; heavy prime ewes, £1 Wj 6( J Gd \ \\ gfff light. 6 prime M to VI 12s 3d; inferior and aged ewes, vi •>« 3d to £1 9s. Calves were pentfas&Sj&ssjS emote mnners to v }.,.... ......litv he fers from Mr. wm.

Gray, Cambridge; other runners U 15s to tt is; heavy veal.rs. U to ISE Uf aToi to «l" s.»aller a U ,rVI 9s, fresh-dropped 8s to !'>-• P gi wild steadily at iate ouotuU nv No heavv Duconers entered. Med, m to ',e»v» .»d,w> n'kes

I rT'lls to El 14s 3d. mediom " ',los 3d. light tl is

j 1,., ers and ewes, mixed, from Mi. 0. ; Ki-her Manure, averaged U, •> z*zxzi «•srM&j 1 jl. Lord, Marohemo averagedl 12 - i 6d. 47 ewes from Mi. J- £• f ,ON Tira £1 19s; 1 pen of wethers lie n M V W. Vosper, Cambridge realis d ■ v2 7s 9d; 61 lambs from Mr. J. t Brown, Tara, £1 15s; 26 lams.from • Mr W. Vosper, Cambridge, il j 9d."