DISTRICT STOCK SALES

Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 512, 15 November 1928, Page 14

DISTRICT STOCK SALES

AUCTIONEERS’ REPORTS Stock auctioneers report on sa Vf s ! ; held throughout the district during the i past week as follows: — • 1 Alfred Buckland and Sons, Ltd., reI port: During the week we held sales at Wellsford. Turua. Tuakau, Westfield, Helensville and Pukekohe, and one clearing sale, also a pig sale at Tuakau. Full yardings of cattle continue to meet with a keen demand at ruling high values. Dairy cows and heifers at profit are in specially keen request. Best sold at £l2 10s to £18; extra to £2l; second grade cows and heifers, £9 to £l2; others, £5 to £8 15s; empty young cows and heifers. £5 10s to £7 ss; store and boner cows, £3 to £6; heavy prime fat cows and heifers, £9 to £l2 17s 6d; lighter fat cows and heifers, £6 to £8 17s 6d: fat steers. £ll 10s to £l6 7s 6d; grown steers, in forward condition, £lO 5s to £ll 15s; four-year-old steers, £8 15s to £10; two to three-year-old steers, £7 5s to £3 12s 6d: yearling to 18-month-old steers, £5 5s to £7 2s 6d; best yearling to 18-month-old dairy heifers, £6 10s to £8 10s; smaller sorts, £4 10s to £6 ss: cows with calves, £6 10s to £lO 17s 6d; heavy bulls. £ 9 to £l3 ss: sound young herd bulls, £7 7s to £ls 15s: qther bulls, £3 10s to £ 6 17s 6d: fat and forward wethers, £1 8s to £1 10s: ewe hoggets. £1 9s to £1 13s; wether hoggets. £1 2s to £1 8s: ewes with lambs, ISs 9d to £1 Is. all counted. The New Zealand Doan and Mercantile Agency Company. Ltd., report*. Sales were held during the past week at Pukekohe (cattle and pigs). Warkworth, Kaukapakapa, Paeroa, Maungakaramea and Ngalea.. There is a steady demand and all classes of cattle are selling readily at late values. We also report a good sale of pigs at Puke- , kohe, with values on a par with Westfield quotations. We quote: Best dairy cow’s and heifers, £lO to £l6; other dairy cows and heifers, £7 to £9 15s: aged cows and inferior heifers, £4 10s to £6 15s; bulls. £4 4s to 20gns, according to quality: boner store cows, £4 to £7 ss: yearling to 18-montlis heifers, best, £ 5 to £7 ss; others. £3 to £4 17s: yearling to 18-months steers. £4 5s to £5 17s 6d: 2 to 21vear steers, £6 to £7 15&; 3 to 31- ; year steers. £8 to £9 ss; 4 to 4’-year i steers, £9 7s 6d to £lO 15s; grown steers in forward condition, £ll to £l2 CHICAGO WHEAT MARKET r Australian and N.Z. Press Association) Reed. 10.40 a.m. CHICAGO. Wednesday. Wheat.—December, l dollar 15=} cents a bushel: March, 1 dollar 20 5-S cents: May, 1 dollar cents.