District Quotations

Northern Advocate, 15 March 1947, Page 2

District Quotations

\ | The North Auckland Farmers' Coop., | j Ltd., reported a small yarding at Towai |j where (he size of the entry was affected | by the dry spell. Dairy cattle and boners I sold readily but stores were hard to | i quia | Quotations were: Best dairy cows 1 spring cal vers, £B/10/- to £lO/12/0; bsck--1 ward and inferior. £O/10/- to £B/5/-; I good boners. £4/15/- to £5/7/0: lighter | btners, £3/10/ ro £4/14/-. i At Hukerenui the same firm's yarding I comprised mostly boners. Competition II was keen throughout. |! Realisations were: Spring calving dairv I j cows £7 to £9/2/6; tat cows. £9 to £11; i I heavy boner cows. £6/10/- to £8; med- |! ium boners. £4/15/- to £5/7/6; lighter. II £3/16/- lo £4/13/-; boner bulls. £8 to £8 || 10/-; lighter, £4/5/- to £6/15/-. || At Maungakaramea an average yarding | met good competition, quotations' being: 11 Jersey heifers r.w.b., £6/tO/-; Jersey cross 11 beiiers. r.w.b., £5/l<>/-; fat cows. £B/10/i i to £lO/5/-; heavy boner cows £6 to £7 |, 10/-; medium, £4 to £5/16/-; Jersey heil'll tr calves. £4/10/-; Shorthorn steer calves, f I £5/5/- to £3/12/- ! • The North Auckland Farmers' Coop., ; j Ltd., reported a large yarding at Kamo 11 where dairy cattle, boners and pigs were |. offered in good numbers. Competition ! * was lair and a moderate clearance was I j effected. II Quotations were: Shorthorn dairy cows. Cl close to profit, £ll to £l2; backward | 'Shorthorn cows and heifers, £9 to £11; 1 1 Jersey cows close to profit, £lO/5/- back jj ward, £8 to £9; Jersey heifers, close to I profit. £7/15/- to £B/15/-; Jersey heifers. = ! spring calvers, £7/10/-; boner cows. £5 to !j £(5; medium boners. £3/10/- to £4/10/-; I] Jersey heifer calves, £2/10/- toY£4; heavv I I baconer pigs. £5/18/- to £O/9/-; medium i|i baconers. £5 to £5/15/-; heavy porkers, :|! £4 to £4/15/-; medium porkers. £3 to I! £3/18/1; light. £l/15/- to £2/15/-; stores, if £2/5/-; slips, to £l/9/-; choppers, £5 if /10/- to £7; Large Black boars. 2 , / 2 gn. || Alfred Buckland and Sons. Ltd., and if Walter Wakelin, Ltd., conducting sales at j | Maungakaramea, Waiotira and Kamo, rei|; ported good entries at each centre. Prices il' were generally on a par with recent quoi| | tations. 111 . At Waiotira a full yarding of good quallliity cattle came forward and realisations iljwere firm. ||, Quotations were: Good quality dairy heifers, to £ll/5/-; prime fat cows, £lO ; I 12/6 to -£l2/15/-; medium fat cows. £8 I 10/- to £9/16/-; prime fat heifers, £9/16/- | to £l2/12/6; good-conditioned boner cows, to £B/8/-; medium, £5 to £6/14/-; boner I bulls (according to weight). £6 to £lO | 15/-; 3(i-year Shorthorn store steers, to j £ll. : Maungakaramea quotations were: Dairy cows, close to profit. £8 to ; £l2/10/-; backward cows. £0 to £9; j spring calvers. £5 to £7; choice heifers, close to profit, to £ll/7/6; Jersey heifers, r.w.b.. £4 to £7/10/-; fat cows, £8 to | £l2; store cows. £5/17/0 to £7/15/-; l heavy boner cows. £5/ln/- to £7/15/-: j lighter ecvvs, £3/10/- to £4/15/-: boner i cull.:, £4/15/- to £ll/10/- according to j weight; weaner Jersey heifers, £2/15/- to £4; medium fat beiiers, £7 to £8; three- ! year Shorthorn steers, to £9/10/-; good | uvo-year Shorthorn steers. £7/17/; 2V 2 - | year Polled Angus cross steers. £B. I At Kamo, a good entry of dairy cattle I and a large yarding of stores and boners | changed hands at satisfactory prices. As ! a result of the dry weather conditions | dairy cattle prices eased slightly. In the pig section a full yarding of fat and store pigs sold under spirited competition. Heavy baconers were keenly sought and realised to £6/10/-. while stores and weaners showed a slight improvement. Quotations were: Medium quality dairy I ccvvs, close to profit. £9/10/- to £11: aut | umn calvers. £6/10/- to £7/10/-: inferior, i £5/15/- to £6/5/-: medium quality dairy j heifers, close to profit, £B/10/- to £10: : backward and inferior, £5/15/- to £7/15/- | covvs in milk, £7 to £11; heifers in milk. I £6 to £9/5/-; good quality 18 month Jeri sey heifers, r.w.b. £7/10/- to £B/10/-: : ethers. £6/10/- to £7; Jersey cross, 18- ! month heifers, r.w.b.. £6 to £7/10/-; | medium Quality weaner Jersey calves. £3 15/- to £4/5/-; coloured. £2 to £3/10/; fat Shorthorn cows, to £10; fat Jersey ccvvs. £8 to £9; heavy boner cows, £5 10/ to £7/15/-; medium, £4/10/- to £5 I c/-: potters, £2/10/ to £3/5/-: boner bulls I (according' to weight). £3/16/- to £9 ! 12/6: 3q. year .Shorthorn steers, forward | condition, to £ll/5/-; 2*/2-year Shorthorn

steers. £7 to £B/10/-; lfi-monlh Shorthorn steers, to £6/18/ ; cows and caives. .to £B/14/-.

Heavy prime baconer pigs. £O/5/- to £O/10/-; medium prime, £5/10/- to £0 2/-; light. £4/15/- to £5/6/-; heavy choppers, £0 to £7/7/-; others. £4/17/- to £5 10/-; heavy porkers, £4/5/- to £4/12/-; medium, £3/15/- to £4/3/-; light, £3 to £5/12/-; small porkers, £2/5/- 1o £2/10/-; stores, £l/15/- to £2/10/-; slips, £1 to £l/12/-; weaners. 10/- to £l/2/-; store wethers, to- £l/9/-; small lambs, killable, £l/1/6; aged ewes. 14/-.