DISTRICT STOCK SALES

Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 392, 28 June 1928, Page 14

DISTRICT STOCK SALES

AUCTIONEERS’ REPORTS Auctioneers report on district stock sales of follow: Alfred Buckland and Sons, Limited, report:—During the week we held sales at Westfield, Waiotira, Maungakaramea and Waitakaruru, also five clearing sales. Average yardings for the time of season have come forward, and changed hands at ruling values. High prices continue to rule for dairy cattle. Best cows sold at £ls to £l9; extra, to £23; good cows, £ll to £l4 10s; others, £6 to £lO 10s; aged and inferior, £3 10s to £5 15s; best springing heifers, £ll to £ls; good average heifers, £7 10s to £lO 10s; small aifd backward, £5 to £7 10s; empty young cows and heifers, £4 to £5 ss; store cows, £2 to £3 3 ss; fat cows and heifers, £5 5s to £lO 10s; boner cows, £2 10syto £5; fat steers, £9 10s to £l2 17s 6d; grown steers in forward condition, £8 to £9 10s; three to four-year-old steers, £6 to £7 15s; two to three-year-old steers, £4 10s to £6; yearling to 18-months-old steers, £3 to £4 10s; wellbred heifer calves, £3 10s to £5; mixed sex calves, £1 15s to £2 15s; small calves, £1 5s to £1 14s; cows with calves at foot, £5 5s to £8 15s; heavy bulls, £6 10s to £9 10s; sound young herd bulls, £5 to £lO 10s; other bulls, £2 to £4 15s; ewes in lamb, £1 9s to £1 13s 6d; store wethers, £1 10s to £1 13s; small wethers, £1 8s; store lambs, 17s to £1 4s. The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company, Limited, reports:—Wfe held sales during the past week at Westfield, Pukekohe, Kaukapakapa, and three clearing sales at Ngatea, Alfriston and Papatoetoe. There has been a steady demand for all classes of cattle, which have sold readily at late values. Dairy cows and heifers, best, made £lO to £l7 10s; one extra special grade Jersey cow, on account of Mr. G. F. Todd, Alfriston. realised £3O; other dairy cows and heifers, £6 to £9 10s; aged cows and inferior heifers, £2 10s to £5 15s; empty cows, £2 10s to £4 15s; yearling heifers, best, £3 to £5 10s; others, £1 10s to £2 15s; yearling to 3 8-months steers, £2 10s to £4 10s; 2 to 2i-year steers, £4 15s to £5 15s; 3to 3J-year steers, £6 to £6 15s; 4 to 4£-year steers, £6 17s 6d to £7 7s 6d; steers in forward condition, £7 10s to £8 10s; beef at fully Westfield quotations.