STOCK SALES

Pukekohe & Waiuku Times, Volume 9, Issue 548, 13 July 1920, Page 3

STOCK SALES

The Farmers' Co-op. Auctioneering •\ Co, Lta., report:— €'" ,J£' At Hamilton on Fridal -we hati/I > b«ttoi yarding of sheapiand cattle . Mian ' nt recent doubt, by the tommm tone oftjthe market. In spitttisVthe factyjlhat - the principal the •rnter has still to be ffted, there jB evidence of a strong fcrward nM&ment i in all classes. Thil is especjjTly noticeable in Aeef aid forwsjp-condi-tionad cows-SWcatlle beinjfat least £2 per offvalues a '> fortnight ag« Prime beefyesterday j MflM eagerly Ampeted fdU|fcl6 6s be- ' gtiOK' obtained fcr a pen ojSPolled Anxtimjfi demand/.astl njidc to £lO, shwlleirsorts Kvpty heifers were nflt perhaps so\|(fek nt some oi our lateVsales, and tip top figure in clals was £6 ssJr)Bariings comTUlgddhly a small fsect km of the yarojWpT and these Men of inferior V quality. All howevejr were cleared at values. }'■ entry of fajpsheep was small, an\ comprised littfe of prime quality. A small draft o# purebred Komney ewesVatablishedJLhe record for the ' year Y> far, &r tc2 12s 6d; small L wether* :15s; hpgets, 245, A few \lines ot\ewes m lamb were yarded, \ vhe best \ f these, a fairly good draft nL4-6 an-'f.fjn. in lamb to Borderlams, realizing litis (id. other<T29s 9dr. Pigs were Jn moderate supply, and i again advanfed in values. Weaner -pi(j»,especially drew keen competition at much higher rates. Dairy cattle were in fair quanjjtty.. with bet- r *K?!b . £ Practically ifthe who|&. yarding of , stock was Cleared. . r -i