STOCK MARKET

Hauraki Plains Gazette, Volume 48, Issue 2865, 20 November 1939, Page 5

STOCK MARKET

MORRINSVILLE SALE PIGS IN KEEN DEMAND JERSEY HEIFERS BRING £6/11/An average yarding of cattle containing a small entry of cow beef came forward at the Morrinsville stock sale on Friday, values for most classes being firm at late rates. Boner cows and potter bulls realised prices equal to recent quotations. Yearling Jersey heifers were entered in good numbers, top price being £6 Ils. A small offering of dairy cattle sold readily at late rates. Bidding was steady for a fair yarding of sheep and a total clearance was effected. Offerings of twotooth wethers and woolly two-tooth ewes created geen interest. Competition for baconers and porkers was very keen. Prices for a heavy penning of stores and weaners showed a decline on late rates. Choppers also sold at reduced prices. Auctioneer’s quote:—

Farmers’ Co-operative Auctioneering Company, Limited.—Sheep: •Fat two-tooth woolly wethers, 22s 3d to 27s 6d; two-tooth woolly ewes, 27s 8d; two-tooth shorn ewes, 21s 3d; fat shorn ewes, 14s to 14s 9d; store twotooth wethers, 17s 2d to 19s; smaller, 15s 3d; store hoggets, 12s. Cattle: Heavy fat Shorthorn and Hereford cows, £6 15s to £7 10s; heavy Friesian cows, £7 12s 6d to £8 Is; medium Jersey cows, £5 16s to £7; light, £4 15s to £5 ss; medium fat Jersey heifers, £4 10s to £5 15s; heavy boner cows, £2 10s to £4 ss; medium, £2 8s to £3 3s; light, 37s to £2 4s; cull cows, 2Os to 30s; heavy potter bulls, £8 7s 6d to £9 16s; medium, £6 to £7 ■ss; others, £2 15s to £5; best yearling Jersey heifers, £6 11s; good quality yearling Jersey heifers, £5 4s; smaller and mixed coloured heifers, £3 5s to £4 9s; inferior quality, £2 10s; small yearling Polled Angus and Hereford-cross steers, 2'6s to £2; small Polled Angus and Herefordcross heifers, £2 to £2 6s. Dairy cattle: Jersey springing heifers, £8 10s to £lo' 10s; Jersey-cross springing heifers,, £6 5s to £7 2s 6d; heifers in milk, £6 to £9; springing dairy cows, £7 10s to £9; best Jersey cows in milk, £8 15s to £lO 15s; medium, £4 10 s to. £6 10s. Pigs: Heavy choppers, £2 16s to £3 13s; others, £2 to £2 14s; top-weight baconers, £4. Is to £4 4s; heavy baconers, £3 17s to £4; medium, £3 10s to £3 15s; light, £3 4s to £3' 8s; buttermilk pigs and heavy porkers, £2. 16s to £3 3s; medium porkers, £2 10s to £2 14s; light, £2 4s to £2 .8s; extra large-framed store pigs, £2 to £2 3s; large stores, 33s to 38s; slips, 24s to 31s; good weaners, 20s to 255; others, 12s 6d to 16s 6d. Waihi Realisations The Farmers’ Co-operative Auctioneering Company, Limited, reports a medium yarding of fat and boner cattle at Waihi. A good penning of dairy cows and heifers was not in demand, but bidding was brisk for a small entry of sheep. Pigs were yarded in fair numbers, with values for fats remaining firm, stores and weaners eliciting keen competition. Quotations:—Cattle: light fat cows, £4 17s 6d to £5 12s 6d; light fat heifers, £4 to £4 7s; heavy boner cows, £3 14s to £4 3s; medium, £2 15s to £3 8s; light, £2 to £2 10s; Jersey service bull, £6; potter bulls, £3 to £3 2s 6d; Jersey heifers, in milk, £4 15s to £5 10s. Sheep: Light fat shorn wether hoggets, 19s 6d; fat shorn ewes, 17s to 18s 6d. Pigs: Heavy baconers, £3 13s to £3 18s; medium, £3 8s to £3 12s; light, £3 2s to £3 6s; heavy porkers and buttelmilk pigs, £2 14s to £2 18s; medium porkers, £2 10s to £2 12s; light, £2 2s to £2 7s; choppers, to. £2 10s; small stores, 35s to 36s 6d; slips, 3'ls to 32s 6d; good weaners, 23s- to 30s; others, 19s 6d to 21s.