District Quotations

Northern Advocate, 29 March 1947, Page 2

District Quotations

The North Auckland Farmers’ Coop, reported an average yarding at Waipu where competition was ['airly keen, considering Ihe killing position.

Quotations were: Heavy boner cows, £7 to £3/12/6; medium. £5/12/6 to £6/10/-; ligiJl, £4/2/6 to £5/6/-; cows and calves, to £7/2/-; runners, £3/10/to £6/3/-; medium boner bulls, £6 to £7/IC/-; light, £3 to £4/15/-.

At Kamo the same firm penned a good number ol' fat pigs which met keen competition. A small number of catilc was offered but the demand was slacker. Realisations were: Heavy baconers, £6 to £6/3/6; medium baconers, £5/12/- to £5/18/-; light. £5 to £5/10/-; heavy porkers, £4/10/- to £4/17/6; medium, £4 to £4/6/-; light, £3/5/- to £3/12/-; choppers, to £675/-; boner cows, £5/10/- to £6; boner bulls, £7/10/-; good quality runners, to £ll.

Reporting on private ■ sales transacted during the .week, the New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co., Ltd, advised that fat and forward Heifers had changed hands at £ll/5/-; good quality 2>/ a -year Hereford steers sold at £10; fat and forward Polled Angus and Hereford bullocks made £l4/5/- to £l7; 18-month Hereford steers realised £5/5/-; Romney rams were sold at 6 gns.

Ai Mangamuka Bridge, Wright, Stephenson and Co., Ltd, offered a full yarding comprised mostly store and boner cattle. Boners sold freely, maintaining late rates.

Quotations were: 2-tooth store wethers, £l/5/-; 2-year Hereford heifers, £7; Jai cows, to £ll/5/-; 2-year Hereford sieers, £7/17/6.

Private sales made during the week indicated a keen inquiry tor springers, particularly Shorthorns and Fxiesians. Lines ol Shorthorn heifers, close to profit, made to £l2/10/-. Springing cows, mixed colour, realised £io.

At Waipu. Dalget.v and Co., Lid, offered a yarding consisting principally ot boners. Although a good clearance was made, values were lower than those oi recent sales.

Eoner values were also down ai Kamo where an average yarding was offered. Fat cows made to £lO. runners realising to £ll. A good yarding of pigs met vvitn a ready sale, baconers realising lo £6/7/-, porkers making to £4/5/-, while choppers sold at £6/15/-. ' Private sales during the week included a line of Jersey cows close to profit, £l2/12/-. A keen inquiry existed for this type of stock. Alired Buckland and Sons, Ltd, and Walter Wakelin, Ltd. reported on sales at Kirikopuni, Maungaturoto and Kamo. Average entries were submitted at all centres and satisfactory sales resulted. In the pig section a capacity yarding came forward and realisations were on a par with recent quotations. Kamo quotations were: Dairy cows, close to profit, £9 to £lO/10/-; autumn ealvers, £6/10/- to £7/15/-; dairy heifers, close to profit, £B/5/- to £9/15/-; backward. £5/10/ 10. J&7/5/-; cows in milk, £7/10/- to £B/10/-; medium quality 18month Jersey heifers, r.w.b., £7/10/- to £B/15/-; crossbred 18-month heifers, l'.w.b., £5/12/6 to £7/2/6; heavy boner cows, £5/10/- to £7/15/-; others. £3 to £5; potters, £l/10/- to £2/5/-; boner Dulls, according to weight, £4/10/- to £B/10/-; cows and calves, £7/10/-; prime heavy baconer pigs. £6 lo £6/6/-; medium, £5/10/- to £5/18/-; light, £4/12/6 to £5/7/-; heavy porkers, £4/2/- to £4/12/-; medium. £3/10/- to £4; light, £2/2/- to £3/5/-; others, £l/10/- to £2; stores, £l/10/- lo £l/15/-; slips, 15/- lo £ 1/10/-; weaners. 6/- to 14/-.

At Kirikopuni, the cattle entry was ol good quality and practically a total clearance was clTected to a representative attendance of buyers. Store cattle sold under strong competition and export cattle sold ai late rates.

Quotations were: Medium quality Jersey heifers, close to profit. £8 to £9/10/-; backward, £6 to £7/2/8; medium quality dairy cows, Augusl cal vers, £5/15/- to £B/7/8; dairy cows, in milk, £5/10/- to £7/10/-; medium quality 18-month Jersev heifers, r.w.b.. £B/2/0 to £B/15/-; cross--bred 18 month heifers, r.w.b.. £5/15/- to £7/12/0; prime Hereford cows. £lO/10/-; prime Jersey cows, £B/11/- to £9; Shorthorn cews and calves. £B/11/-; forward condition,. Jersey-cross steers, £B/9/- to £9/12/0; heavy boner cows. £6 to £O/9/-; medium. £3/10/- lo £5/10/-; potters, £l/10/- to £2/5/-; boner bulls, according to weight, £0 to £9; 18-month Polled Angus steers, £8; 18-month Shorthorn steers, £6 to £7; 18-month Red Poll heifers. £5.