SELLING FREELY

Hauraki Plains Gazette, Volume 51, Issue 3132, 17 June 1942, Page 3

SELLING FREELY

DAIRY COWS CLOSE TO PROFIT PIG PRICES SHOW ADVANCE The Farmers’ Co-operative Auctioneering Company Limited report that at their weekly Morrinsville stock sale on Friday a large yarding of fat sheep and lambs sold at recent quotations. Store lambs and breeding ewes came forward in full numbers and were disposed of under steady bidding at late rates. A good entry of beef met steady competition with values- showing an improvement on last week’s rates. Boners were again handled in full numbers and realised fully up to schedule rates. Yearling and empty 2-year Jersey heifers were keenly sought after at advanced prices. A full entry of dairy cattle maintained steady competition at values on a par with last week’s rates. Dairy, cows and heifers of quality and close to profit sold freely. More backward sorts were slower of sale.

The advertised entry of East Coast breeding and empty cows was submitted, but owing to the cold weather their condition was not as good as usual. The same can be said for the male cattle which also arrived by road, and were showing the effects of the journey. There was a large attendance of buyers with competition steady throughout, a total clearance .being effected at satisfactory prices.

There was a medium yarding of all classes of pigs. The demand throughout was keen and values in advance of those ruling last week. We quote:— Sheep.—'Heavy prime wethers, 33s 6d to 355; prime Black Face wethers, to 31s 9d; light fat wethers, 28s- 6d to 30s; heavy fat ewes', 19s -6d to 21s 6d; others, 15s to 18s 3d; heavy prime

lambs, 28s 6d to 325; medium, 22s* 6d to 255; light, 19s 6d to 21s; forward conditioned woolly lambs, 16s to 17s 6d; store lambs, 12s 6d to 14s 1 6d; cull lambs, 8s 6d to Ils 6d; 2-tooth ewes in lamb, 30s 9d; 5-year breeding ewes, 22s 9d. Cattle. —Cows with runners, £ll 10s to £l2 8s; prime Hereford heif-

ers, £6 to £7 2s; heavy Friesian cows, £6 17s 6d to £7 10 s; medium fat cows, £5 10s to £6 10s; fat Jersey cows and heifers, £5 10s to £5 15s; cows, £4 to £5; heavy boners, £4 to £4 15s; medium, £3 to £3 15s; store cows, 35s to £2 10s; potter bulls, 25s to £2 6s; empty 2-year Jersey heifers, £3 5s to £3 15s; yearling Jersey heifers, £4 4s to £4 7s; smaller, £3 Is to £3 18s; mixed colours and small, £2 to £2 15s. Dairy cattle.—Good quality springing Jersey heifers, £9 5s to £l2; medium, £7 to £8 15s; small and backward, £5 'ss to £6 10s dairy heifers in milk, £6 15s to £8 10s; young Jersey dairy cqws, £8 5s to £lO 10 s; Jersey and Jersey-Cross dairy cows, £7 5s to £8 10s; Shorthorn Friesian Cross Cows, £6 15s to £8; aged and backward dairy cows, £5 15s to £6 10s; cull cows, £3 15s to £5 ss'. Store —2i-year Steers in forward condition, £9 ss; 2i-year store steers, £7 10s to £8 2s; forward 2i-year steers, £6 17s 6d to £7 Is; 18months steers, £5 15s to £6 2s; Polled Angus-cows, in-calf, £5 9s to £6 17s; best Hereford cows in calf, £6 8s to £6 17s 1 ; others, £4 11s to £5 ss; empty P.A. cows, £4 11s to £5 16s; empty Hereford cows, £5 2s 6d to £5 6s; speyed Hereford heifers, £5 5s to £5 17s 6d; best weaner P.A. steers, £5 10s; others, £4 to £4 15s; weaner heifers, £3 5s 1 to £3 16s; small calves, £2 10s to £2 19s.

Pigs.—Prime baconers, up to £4 Ils; choppers, 34s to £3 Is; medium baconers, £3 17s to £4 3s; light, £3 8s to £3 12s; heavy porkers, £2 16 s to £3 ss; medium, £2 8s to £2 13s; light, £2 to £2 2s 6d; large stores, 28s 6d to 35 s; smaller, 22s to 26s 6d; slips, 12s to 18s 6d; weaners 1 ,4 s to 19s; sows in farrow, 25s to £3 10 s; sows with litters, £4 2s 6d; Berkshire bears, to £4 10 s.