STEADY DEMAND

Hauraki Plains Gazette, Volume 51, Issue 3185, 21 October 1942, Page 3

STEADY DEMAND

FAT PIG VALUES' MAINTAINED GOOD SALE AT MORRINSVILLE The Farmers’ Co-operative Auctioneering Company Limited report ■that at their weekly Morrinsville stock sale on Friday there was a good entry of fat sheep, for which competition was keen, late rates being realised. A full offering of store hoggets, including the advertised line of ewe hoggets, elicited ..brisk bidding, and changed hands at satisfactory prices. A large yarding of all classes of fat and store cattle, with a better supply of beef which met steady competition and realised late current rates. Boner and store cows sold freely. Jersey heifers were easier of sale. A small yarding of dairy cattle did not include many quality lines. Competition for in-milk heifers and animals close to profit was steady, and last week’s rates maintained. Poor and backward sorts were not wanted.

A very large offering of fat pigs met a steady demand, with values fully up to last week’s quotations. A full penning of stores and weaners was keenly sought, a good sale resulting. z Quotations: — Sheep: Mediufh fat wethers, 28s 3d to 28s fid; heavy fat. ewes, 14s 6d to 17s 3d; heavy prime hqggets, 30s to 355; fat hoggets, 26s 7d to 29s 3d; lighter, 23s 9d to 25s 6d; ‘forward-conditioned shorn hoggets, 22s to 23s 6d; smaller, 20s to 22 s; cull hoggets, 15s to 18s 9d; best ewe hoggets, 265; smaller, 20s.

■Cattle: Medium prime bullocks, £l3 9s to £l3 18s; light, £l2 15s; heavy prime Hereford heifers, £9 15s to £lO 12s 6d; fat cows, £7 to £7 17s 6d; light fat Jersey cows and heifers, £5 l'Os to £6 15s; heavy ■boner cows, £3 10s to £5 3s; medium, £3 to £4; store cows, 355; two-year Jersey heifers, £3 10s to £4 2s; yearling, service -bulls, £3 10s to £5; potter bulls, £6 5s to £9. Dairy Cattle: Good quality heifers, close to profit, £ll to £l2 ss; medium, £9 10s to £lO 15s; small, £6 to £8; small heifers in milk, £9 to £10; later calvers, £6 10s to £6 15s. Pigs: Choppers, ,25s to £2 15s; heavy baconers, £4 10s to £4 14s; medium, £4 4s to £4 8s; light, £3 fBs to £4 2s; buttermilk pigs and heavy porkers, £3 10s to £3 16s; med-

ium porkers, £3 2s to £3 8s; light, £2 14s to £3; large stores £2 16s to £3 2s; smaller, £2 10s to £2 14s; best slips, £2 2s to £2 8s; . others, 35s to £2; weaners, 25s to 36s 6d; sows to farrow, £2 5s to £6; Berkshire boars, £3 17s 6d to £5 10s. ~~