DISTRICT STOCK SALES

Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 902, 20 February 1930, Page 12

DISTRICT STOCK SALES

AUCTIONEERS’ REPORTS Auctioneers report on stocic sa;es held the district during the past Tveek as folllows: . Alfred Buckland and Sons. Ltd..—Durmg the week we held cattle sales at M estfield, Turua, Pokeno, Run. ciman, Kaiwaka. and Helensville, also pig sales at I Ttkekohe and Waiuku. Cattle or all classes continue to be in demand, and pig's also are in verv strong requesL Best dairy cows made £l2 to Lio os; second grade cows, £9 to £3l J- ’ a p ed and inferior cows. £4 to £8 Ids: best springing heifers. £lO to 10s: other springing heifers. £5 10s to £9 15s; empty young cows and heifers. £4 to £ o los; bonei- and store cows, £2 10s to £6: heavy prime voting cows and heifers, £9 to £l3 7s 6df other fat cows and light heifers, £5 10s to £S 15s: IS-montlis-old in-calf dairy heifers. £5 10s to £9 10s; cows with calves, £S to £ll ss: weaner heifers, £2 10s to £4 ss: weaner steers, £3 to £4 4s: grown steers in forward condition, £lO 15s to £ll 17s 6d; three to four-year-old steers, £9 10s to £lO 12s Gd: two to three-year-old steers, £7 17s to £9 7s Gd; yearling to two-year-old steers, £5 10s to £7 lGs: heavy bulls, £7 10s to £l2 7s Gd; sound young herd bulls, £5 5s to £9 9s; other bulls, £2 10s to £5. The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co.. Ltd. —Sales were held during Die past week at Westfield, Olevedon, Warkworth (cattle and sheep), Papakura, and Waiuku (pigs). We report good sales, with values' for all classes of cattle, sheep, and pigs on a par with last, week’s report. We quote: .'Dairy cows and heifers, close to profit, best, £ll 10s to £l4 15s; others, £8 to £11: backward springers, £7 to £9 15s; aged cows and inferior Tieifers, £4 to £6 15s; bulls, £3 to £lO 15s, according to weight; store and boner cows, £4 10s to £7 10s; aged and poorer-conditioned cows, £2 10s to £4 7s Gd; weaner heifer calves, £1 35s to £3 37s 6d; weaner steer calves, £2 15s to £5 Ss Gd: yearling to 18-months heifers, £4 to £7 17s Gd: yearling to 18-months heifers, £4 to £7 17s Gd; yearling to 18-months steers. £5 10s to £G 17s'Gd; two to two and a-half year steers, £7 to £S ss; three to three and a-half year steers, £8 7s Gd to £9 15s: grown steers, £lO to £ll 10s; two-tooth ewes, £1 3s to £1 7s Gd; four to six-tooth ewes, £1 4s to £1 Ss; full-mouthed ewes, ISs to £1 2s: sound-mouthed ewes, 14s to 17s Gd; aged ewes, 8s upward; store lambs, 10s to 15s Gd; store Avethers, £1 to £1 4s 9d. Beef and fat and store pigs sold readily at fully Westfield quotations.