LIVE STOCK MARKET.

Auckland Star, Volume LXXI, Issue 15, 18 January 1940, Page 4

LIVE STOCK MARKET.

ANNUAL SHEEP SALE. KAIt'MKliS' CO-OP. 15KPOKT. Ihe Farmers Co-operative Auctioneering ( i-nipany. Limited, report that at tlieii annual Kauroa lamb and wet Iter fair the quality of the ofl'ci was very good a'l Classen coining foi ward in the best of "condition. Values were very steady and a most satisfactory sale revolted in a total clearance. Heal is at,ions were:-— Fat and forward wethers, to 21 G- store wethers. Iti. 9 to IS 7: small store wi'ther.-. I* .) to 14/10; l).t. \\*fx> 11v* r.ipo l.mibs to Ifi «: smaller. 13 3 to l.v"; well-grown w f shorn wether lambs. 1 :{• to 14 4; w.f. shorn wether lambs. 11 4 to 12 (j; medium quality ewe lamlm, 16 7 to 17 1; smaller, 12/9 to 14/!); cull ewe lambs, 10.'? to 12 ; fmall w.f. wether lambs. S 9 to 10, 6; cull w.f. wether lambs, 5/0 to 7>, 9. DALGETY AND CO.'S REPORT. Messrs. Dalgety and Company. Limited, report on their annual lamb and wether tair at Kauroa as iollow:A very hea\'v yarding ot lann,bs and a pood vardimr of wethers came forward and .-«oid eteadilv. Some pens of tiptop lambs were offered including a draft from Mr. ,7. L. V. .Martyn. which topped the sale for shorn wether lambs at 17 2. Several good drafts of ewe lambs were keenly- sought and realised up to 19 . The whole yarding was sold and although sellers were expecting, in some cases, more money, they met the market. tat ami forward four-tooth wethers, 20. 10 to 21.3; forward four-tooth wethers, 18/3 to 20, ; others. 1(5 (j to 17 9; two-tooth wetlieiw, l(i 1 to 17, 6; xmall twotooth wethers. 14/0 to 15/9; fat and forward shorn Komney wether lam lis, 16 ti to 17/2; woolly, 15/ to ]•> 9; medium shorn, 11/ to 12, (i; small shorn, 8 (j to 9/10; forward black-face shorn lambs, 11'5 to 13 Gmedium, 9 6 to 10/3; small. 6 6 to 8/9; good woolly Ronnie}- ewe lambs. 16 6 to 19/: medium, 12/6 to 13,6; cull lambs, 5/ to 7/6. MATAMATA STOCK SALE.

The Farmers' Co-operative Auctioneering Company, Limited, report that at their .stock sale at ALitumata there was a full yarding of beef and •boner cows, and a heavy yarding of bulls. Prices generally were steady at late rates. There was a full yarding of all classes of sheep. Competition for fat sheep was steady, and values remained firm at rates equal to those ruling at Frankton. Competition for a full yarding of store la.mbe was not as brisk as anticipated, and values were slightly easier than late quotations. There w.-is the largest yarding of fat pigs for several seasons. A feature of the entry was the number of pens of good quality buconers, for which competition wan very keen throughout. Values were fully up to recent Frankton rates. There was also a keen demand for buttermilk pigs and porkers, and here again a pood sale resulted. Store and wean or pigs were penned in average numbers, large stores selling well, but slips and wearietti were hard to quit. Cattle. — Lijrlit prime steers. £8 12 '6 to £9; fat cows. £.1 IT 7 to £(> 5./; light fat cows, £4 15/ to £5 10'; heavy boner cows. £3 14/ to £4 2/; medium, £2 18/ to £3 8/; light, £1 18/ to £2 12 '; 3%-year Shorthorn steers, to £7 1/; 18-month P.A. steers, to £4 11/; heavy Shorthorn potter bulls, £10 2/6 to £11 17/6; medium, .lersey, £7 12/6 to £8 17/6; others, £4 2/6 to £7; medium quaTiity Jersey calves, to £2. Sheep.—Prime fat hoggets, 19/11 to 21/; lighter, 18/6 to 19/3; fat ewes, 10/ to 15/3; unfinished wethers, to 18/6; licrht fat lambs, 11/9 to 18/; good woolly store lambs, 14/ to 14/9; smaller, 6/9 to 9/; good shorn wether lambs, to 14/. Pigs.—Heavy choppers, £3 10/ to £4 3/; others, £2 6/ to £3 5/: heavy baconers, £4 to £4 6/; medium, £3 15/ to £3 18/; light, £3 8/ to £3 12/; buttermilk piss anil heavy porkers, £2 18/ to £3 6/; medium porkers, £2 12/ to £2 16/; light, £2 4/' to £2 10/; (rood quality larjre stores, £1 15/(5 to £2 2/; large stores. £1 8/6 to £1 12/; slips, 18/ to £1 5/; weaners," 10/ to 15/6; sows and young, up to £3 17/6. TOKOROA COW AWARDS. The classification committee visited the farm of Mr. R. D. Th omson, of Tokoroa, and awarded eight highly commended cows and six commended cows. Cows to be eligible for classification for tj'pe must be four years of age or over.