LIVE STOCK MARKETS.

Auckland Star, Volume LXIX, Issue 5, 7 January 1938, Page 4

LIVE STOCK MARKETS.

STORE AND DAIRY CATTLE. | KEEN" DEMAND AT WESTFIELD. ! ! Demand was keen and values firmer a: the sale of daily cattle a: Westfield yesterday. The yarding '""as rather small t but included some high qua'itv springing 1 cattle. which sold particular -y ■well. In the n stoie section there was a recovery in ■ values of boner cows. Kance of pi ices:— : Stole Catiie.—Vmine cow>. ir<.>o«.l condition. to £6 10 : less condition. to i.'4: •" . others. to £2 10 : boner and aged cows, to ' , i' 4 7 6: potter bulls, heavy-weights. to i.'* | 1 : mediums, to £6 5 : lighter weights. - i t" i' 4 1•" : meaty, tillable cows, to i't> -3 : 'i yearling Jersey heifers, ccxwl quality, to r i •"* : other?, to £2 5 : breeding bulls, to I ! i'~> K' . f I Dany (attle.—Jersey cows, good foiwuid i springers, to i' 9 lo : more backward, to I £7 : others, to ii.i: Jersey heifers. good Ispringets. to t' 5 - 1-Y : nioie backward, to i'T: others, to £4 IT 6: Jeisey-cross cows I and heifers, good springers, to £9 20: jnioie backward, to £~: others, to Shorthorn cows and heifers. forw,,j,l quality springers, to £9 l.i : more ba■ 1.ward. to £7; others, to £4 IT 6: Holstein and Holstein-cross cows and heifer.-, nne forward springers. to £10 ]'i : more l>ackward. to £T 26; others, to £5; other cows, to £5. PUKEKOHE VALUES. a POTTER BULLS SELL WELL. e I s j (From Our Own Correspondent.) 1 PUKEKOHE. Thursday. | When Messrs. Alfred Buckland and 1 Son#. Limited, held its first fortnightly i sale of the year at Pukekcdie tlie vending 1 "i dairy cows and heiieis was smaller than . usual. A fair demand offered, and prices 1 i were about on a par with tbose i tiling at r ; sales before Christinas. An average yardj ing of beef and boner cattle came forward i and met a. firm demand, prices being on a r | par with those ruling at Westfield yester- - i day. Store cattle also sold well at late • i Ihtes. I Dairy C attle.—Good quality cows and j heiieis in milk and close lo profit realised lii "in £B l."i to i'T 10 : mure backward j so;t<. to £t> l(i : aged. inferior and unsound cows, £3 to £4 lo '. ) Beef and Store Cattle.—Xo extra heavy X'time cows and heifers weie offered. t 1 Heavy pi ime cows and heifers made uom £ t >_ to £S 15 : lighter prime cows and 5 | belters. £6 1." to £T 12 6: light prime j cows and heiiers. £4 ]."> to £tj T 6: other killal.de cows and heifers. £3 lo to £."> 1- b: heavy boner cows. £2 1.3 to £3 12 6: other boner cows. £2 5 to £2 12 t>: fiesliconditioned store cows. £3 15 to £4 11 : other store cows. £3 to £3 30 : tows and calves. £3 10 to £■") I." j.er pair: yearling ] Jersey heifers ir.w.bi. £.3 5, to £4: heifer calves. £1 T to £2. | Bulls.-—A large yarding of bulls consisti ine mainly of potters came foiwaid arid j | met a good demand, the prices being very , : satisfactory. Service bulls sold at fi om t j £3 6to £5 5 : potter bulls. £45 to 2.9 . ti. according to weight and condition. ! An ex;i a heavy yaiding of all (lasses lo* pigs was offered. and included over | baconers and poikers. Throughout the j sale the!e was a steady demand ior ail | well-fiiii>hed tat sorts, and the values weie j fully on_ a par with those ruling at Wests ; field. Unfinished sous did not meet such : a good demand, and prices were slightly | lower. ith a firm demand stores realised I satisfactory prices, but the lates for slips j and_ weaners were considerably easier, probably on account oi the fact that milk supplies ate riot so plentiful during the hot weather. Towards the end of the sale the demand slackened to such an extent that they were Jiaid to quit, (hoppers made irom £2 5 to £4. according to weight and | condition: heavy prime baconers. £3 14 jto £3 l 5 : medium prime baconers. £3 9 .1 to £3 12 : light pi ime bac oners. £3 2 to I£3 T : heavy porkers. £2 14 to £3: • | medium-weight poikers. £2 T to £2 11 : , li_ht poikers. £2 1. to £2 : unfinished and small porkeis. £1 13 to £1 I s : j .-tores. £ 1 3 to £1 T : slips. 14 to ]S : j good quality weaners. 10 to 12 : small I weaneis. 3 to T : sows, due to farrow. £3 ! 3 to —4 ;> : sows. with, jitteis. £4 12 6 to £5 15 ; service boars. 2 1 igs to 3 : igs. j VALUES AT MATAMATA. PK-.S AND CATTLE SELL WELL. ' | ! ! Messrs. Dalgety and Company. Limited, held their sale at Mataniata on Wedr.esday. -when thete was a full yarding of pigs j :.ud a sma'l yaidmg of beef and bone: ! cattle. C ompetition tor fat cows was ke.-rt. an-i Jerse>-c ross cows realised £5 IT ti to £*3 15 . Quotation-: — ('at tie. — Lighter Jei sey -i.toss cows. £4 ; JO to £4 1® : boner cows and bulls, firm ' on schedule i ates. Sheep.—Unfinished wethers. 25 ; fat ewes, lo 3. Competition for fat pigs was keen, a good i epi csentative bench oj buyets being piesent. Although competition for store pigs was not so keen, quite a good sale 1 esulted. Tigs: — Extia prime fat top-weight br.r oners. i 3 35 to £3 IT : prime fat baconers. £3 11 to £3 14 : medium. £3 2 to £3 1" : extra heavy porkers and i light baconejs. £2 14 to £3: good poikers. ! £ 2 1" to £2 13 : others, from £1 IS to '£2 s : unfinished. £1 IS to £1 IT : | medium stoics. £1 10 to £1 32 : slips. £14 to £19: weaners. 12 to £1. STORE SHEEP AT FRANKTON. i | ALL TYPES KEENLY SOUGHT. | ; New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company. Limited. Hamilton, ifpoit as io]jows on the tiist wcekiv Fiankton stoie sheep sale held on Wednesday:—Oui yarding was a lair one and consisted entiiely of wether lambs. These i were accorded spirited competition and ! realisations weie very satisfactoi y to sellers. The lot yarded changed hands. I The quality -was varied, but both small j and forward lambs cieated an eager inquiry. We sold on account Mr. D.ivi 1 j Johnstone shorn Romney wether lambs | trom li 3 to IS 9: while Mr. Lindsay Johnj stone obtained 15 10 for a draft of I slightly smaller lambs of the same < lass. sA number of pens of while-faced shorn ! wether lambs cm account Messrs. Boyd .Bros, ranged in value from 16 to 16 4. i Creneta, quotations:—Good shorn Romney ' wether lambs. IT to IS 9: fairly wellglown store white-faced wether lambs. ' -'horn. 15 6 to IT : stiiali -r ditto, IS. to jl4 6; inferior. 11 to 12 6. DEMAND FOR PIGS. KEEX TAUPIKI SALE. Xew Zealand Loan and Mercantii-e ' Agency Company, Limited. Hamilton, report as follows on then Taupin pig sale held on Wednesday: —In numbers the yarding was slight'y larger than the average. It consisted c.; poikers and baconers principally, with a good proportion of heavy pigs, the balance being stores and weaners, which occupied about the usual number of pens. Prices for fats were equal to those at Frankton on Tuesday . last, and the good bench of buvers were bidding strongly consistent' Young pigs were perhaps a shade easki, but the difference was only fractional. Altogether a very satisfactory sale at practically late rates took place. Prime baconers. £3 14 to £3 IT : lighter prime bac-oneis. £3 9 to £3 13 : medium baconers. £3 4 to £3 9 : light. £2 19 to £3 4 : heavy poikers. ; £2 14 to £3: medium. £2 T to £2 13 : light. £11. to £2 T : good store nigs. £1 14 to £1 ! e : medium. £1 12 to £1 ]?; - light_. £ 1 T to £1 11 : slips. £1 2 6 to £1 T 6: best weaners. IS to 21, : others, up t-o 16 . ' ,