STOCK SALES

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXIV, Issue 22774, 7 July 1937, Page 11

STOCK SALES

FRANKTON QUOTATIONS j GOOD DEMAND FOR BEEF .. FAT PIGS KEENLY SOUGHT [from our own corivespoxdext] HAMILTON, Tuesday A heavy yarding of fat sheep was, entered at the Frankton saleyards today. Competition for wethers was not as keen as last week and there was a consequent drop in values, but the-. . demand was better for fat ewes and prices were well sustained. Fat lambs • / sold at recent values, while breeding - ewes were not so keenly sought after .. and prices showed a slightly easing - tendency.

A full yarding of all classes of cattlo came forward, with a better entry of ox beef, which comprised mostly good-quality well-finished cattle. Competition was particularly keen and values showed a marked improvement on recent sales. An extra prime bullock sold at £l4, the highest price paid at Frankton for some considerable time. A full entry of both cow and heifer beef also sold under keen competition, values showing an advance on last week's quotations. A small yarding of fat pigs and an average entry of stores and wcaners. Competition for fat pigs was again keen and late high rates were fully maintained, while stores and wcaners met with a go.od demand, selling at values slightly in advance of those at the last sale. - - •

The auctioneers report as follows: — -,<j, Farmers' Co-operative Auctioneering Com- -,; pany, Limited. —Sheep: Light prime wethers, 33s Gd to 34s Gd; medium, 32s to 335; light and unfinished, 30s to 31s Gd; heavy prime fat ewes, 29s to 80s Od; medium, 25s to 28s; plain and unfinished, 20s to 245; prime .. fat lambs, 23s to 24s 6d; medium, 21s to 22s Gd; light, 19s to 20s 6d; six-year breed-.,., ing ewes, in lamb to Southdown rams, 25s to 265; failing-mouth ewes, 10s to 20s Gd; forward-conditioned black-face lambs, lfis to 17s Gd. Cattle: Heavy prime steers. £1.3 to £l4; medium, £ll 19s to £l2 12s; light, £ll 2s 6d to £.ll 15s; heavy prime heifers, £9 7s 6d to £9 15s; medium, £8 10s to " £8 19s; light, £G 10s to £7 13s; heavy prime cows, £8 2s to £8 14s; lighter, £6 ■» lis to £7 17s; heavy second quality cows, £5 5s to £6 2s; lighter, £4 Gs to £5 Is; heavy boners, £3 9s to £4 Is; medium, £2 10s to £3 Gs; light, 36s to £2 7s; good vealers, £2 14s to £2 17s; yearling Jersey;r: heifers, 35s to £2 9s. Pigs: Medium bac- - oners, £3 5s to £3 10s; medium and heavy. porkers, £2 5s to £2 lGs; light, 35s to 3Ss; , unfinished. 30s to 345; large stores, 27s to 31s 6d; smaller, 23s to 265; slips, ISs to 225; weaners, 10s 6d to 14s; small, 6s to 8s 6d.

G. W. Vercoe and Company, Limited.—• Sheep: Heavy prime wethers sold at from 37s to 37s 9d; medium prime, 35s to 3Gs 6d;_ light prime, 33s to 34s 6d; light and un- . finished, 28s to 32s 6d; heavy prime ewes, ' 28s to 30s; heavy, 25s to 275; mediumweights, 23s to 24s 6d; light and unfinished, 18s to 225; heavy prime lambs, 30s to 34si -*» heavv, 27s to 295; medium-weights, 25s ta 26s 6d; light, 23s to 24s 6d; unfinished."" 18s to 22s 6d. Cattle: Prime runners, £i -v 10s to £5 12s; light, £3 10s to £4 ssi heavy vealers, £2 15s to £3 ss; medium- " weights, £2 to £2 10s; light, 30s to 355; medium-weight fat bullocks, £ll to £ll ss; .J light, £lO 2s 6d to £lO 15s; small, to £9 15s; heavy prime cows, £9 to £lO 4s; medium prime, £S to £8 1.55; medium-, i weights, £7 to £7 15s; light, £6 to £6 12s 6d; heavy prime £9 2s 6d to £10; " light prime, £7 los to £8 12s; light fat-, H heifers, to £6 15s; heavy fat Jersey cows, _• £6 to £6 15s; light, to £5 10s; forward-*" conditioned Shorthorn and Friesian cows, £sl -;-v 10s to £6 10s; others, £4 10s to £5 ss;;* empty two-year Jersey heifers, £3 to £3 15s; yearling Jersey heifers, £2 15s to £3 lSsr* 5 " heavy boners, £3 5a to £4 ss; others, £2 ■„ to £3 2s Gd. Pigs: Heavy baconers, £3 10s to £3 ISs; medium-weights, £3 5s to £3 'S 9s; light, £2 18s to £3 4s; heavy porkers, £2 8s to £2 16s; medium-weights, £2 23 to £2 6s; light. 34s to £2; good stores,. . 26s to 32s 6d; others, 21s to 255; slips, 17s to 20s; weaners, 12s to 16s 6d; sows in pig ,to £5 10s; maiden sows', to £5 15s. Dalgety and Company, Limited. —Sheep: Heavy prime wethers made from 36s 6d to 37s 9d; prime wethers, 34s to 35s 3d; light fat wethers, 32s 6d to 33s 3d; unfinished wethers, 29s 3d to 31s; heavy fat owes, 29s 9d t-o 30s; fat ewes, 25s to 26s 6d; heavy fat lambs, 25s 6d to 27s 9d; fat lambs. 23s to 24s 3d; store white-faced lambs, 20s to 22s 3d; store black-faced lambs, 12s 6d to lGs 6d; five-year ewes, running with Southdown rams, 32s 6d; four-year ewes,' running with Romney rams, poor condition,26s 3d; small mixed aged ewes, running with Southdown rams, 2Ss 9d. Cattle: Prime medium- . weight bullocks realised £lO 5s to £11; light and unfinished steers, £7 15s to £S . 16s; heavy prime fat cows and heifers, £9 , to £9 ss; medium prime fat cows,- £S to £8 13s; fat cows, £7 to £7 lis; others, £5 to £G 15s; heavy boner cows, £4 10s to £4 15s; medium, £3 10s to £4 2s 6d; -'* others £2 15s to £3 2s 6d; medium store cows, £4 15s to £5 17s 6d; medium Jersey <, heifers, £2 15s to £3; medium quality youngJersey cows, close to profit, realised £7 -10s to £B. Pigs: Heavy porkers. £2 6s to £2 . j , 10s; medium, £2 to £2 4s; light, 3os to £<>• small, 30s to 355; small and unfinished, ** 25s to 30s; large store pigs, 24s to 30s; medium, 20s to 245; small, 15s to 20s; best slips 14s to 17s; medium, 10s to 14s; best weaners, 12s to 14s 6d; medium, Ss to 12s. The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company, Limited. —Cattle: An entry "* of 15 heavy quality Shorthorn heifers, on?:, account Mr. C. Slater. Taupiri, sold freely,,, and realised up to £7 17s Gd each Prune .. Hereford heifers on account Mr. David Johnstone brought up to £S 10s. Heavy quality .. bullocks made £lO to £ll 12s; unfinished. up to £9 12s Gd; heavy Hereford heifers, *7 17s 6d to £S 10s; medium conditioned, up to £7 15s; heavy fat Shorthorn heifers. w £6 15s to £7 17s Gd; medium conditioned —, mixed bred fat cattle, £5 5s to £6 ss; heavy : Jersey beef cows. £4 15s to £5 12s Gd; ,■ medium, £4 2s 6d to £4 12s 6d; unfin- >. ished to light quality, £3 12s Gd to £4 2s 6d: heavy stores and boners, up to £3 10s; vealers, good, £2 to £2' 15s; inferior, up to £2. Shocp: Good quality fat wethers, 31s to 355; medium to light, 25s to 30s; fat twotooth ewes, up to 30s; good quality fat aged ewes. 23s to 27s Gd; medium. 19s to 22s Gd; inferior, up to 17s Gd; prime fat lambs, 26s to 30s; medium, 22s Gd to 255; forward conditioned, up to 21s. Pigs: Light baconers made £2 19s to £3 3s; heavy porkers, £2 12s 6d to £2 16s; medium. £2 4s to £2 10s; light, up to £2 2s Gd; good store pigs, 24s to 265; medium, 21s to 23s 6d; slips, 15s to 19s; weaners, 8s to 13s.

KEEN BIDDING AT CAMBRIDGE Dalgety anil Company, Limited, reports as follows on their Cambridge sale held on Hon--;-da > T: — . .■ f , i, » . ... Sheep.—A medium yarding of both fat and store lambs sold under keen competi--* tion, bidding being brisk and all offered being sold under the hammer. Prices were:— Extra heavy fat lambs, 34s 6d; heavy fat-, * 27s 6d; very forward store black faco lambs *! (shorn), 19s 6d; forward woolly black face lambs, 18s sd; fair store black face lambs, . l(>s (id to 17s Od; small cull store lambs, - 1 "? 10s 9d. J* Cattle. —A small yarding of both fats and > boners was offered and sold well, the few * •-* good fat cows offered being keenly sought. L ,-.v Quotations: —Good quality heavy fat Hoistein cows, £7 ISs; good quality medium- 1 ", weight Shorthorn cows. £6 lis to £7; nice Siiality heavy Jersey cows, £5; heavy fat ? [creford cows with calves at foot, £8; otherfat cows (dairy sorts). £3 18s to £4 10s;":iz heavy boners, to £3 19s; medium. £2 153 t» to £3 10s; light, £2 to £2 10s; slipped threeyear Jersey heifers, £3; empty Jersey-cross 'f two and three-year heifers, £3 to £3 10s. Dairies.—Only a small yarding of dairies was penned. Quotations: —Good quality calved . Jersey heifers. £8; young August calving dairy cows, £4 to £6 10s; calved cows, £4>v> 10s to £5 10s. Pigs.—The advertised entry of store pigs came forward, but the demand was limited. - The demand for medium stores was moderate. ""\ Quotations: —Large store pigs, 32s 6d to 345; —[j, medium. 25s to 325; small, 20s to 255; best _ slips, los to 20s; small, 10s to 15s.

CLEARING SALE AT MATAMATA C,J A clearing salo was held at Matamata by the Farmers' Co-operative Auctioneering Company, Limited, on account of Mr. George \ England. The cattle came forward in fair condition and met with a ready sale from i 'm. large attendance of buyers. Everything with { the exception of the cows in milk and the '~l young: second calvers changed hands. These

did not reach the vendor's reserve. A nnm-T* her of breeding sows sold at late quotations.; tlt Quotations: —Good quality Jersey cows. -£9 t 10s to £ll 10s; more backward cows, £7 to £8 10s; other good dairy cons, £0 to C(f 15s; young early calvers, £S 10s to £0 15s;-, t breeding: sows. £3 10s to £5 2s 6d; sows with - litters, £3 10s to £3 17s fid; slips. 17s TE RORE ESTATE SALE Dalgety and Company, Limited. rc.northaving lield a clearing sale at Te Prre the estate of the late Mr. C. Swinbornr. A ■■■*. cood bench of buyers was in attendance and the cattle came forward in good condi- - r tion. Bidding was free on a.U young earlyw calving cows, but, as was noticeable at most 2!? clearing sales this year, older cows were neglected The sundries and furniture sold at late rates. Quotations:— Early calving young Jersey cows, .CS 10s to £!) ISij later. €fi / 10s to t'7 1 fis; older cows, £5 to three-quarter-bred cows, £3 15s to £*l ss; V* small good quality two-year heifers, early • calvers, t'7 to £8; medium later calvers. £0 <JV. 10s to cil; yearling Jersey heifers, medium. £3; small, £2; aged farm horses, £l3; pony. £1 10s.