District Quotations

Northern Advocate, 19 April 1947, Page 2

District Quotations

At Oue, the New Zealand Loan ami Mercantile Agency Co. Ltd reported a medium yarding of store and boner cattle. Few dairy cattle were offered. Stores met a fair inquiry. Quotations were: 3la and 4li-yetir forward conditioned Shorthorn steers, 12/19/-: 2ti-year Shorthorn cross steers, £7; medium quality 2Va-ye:ir Polled Angus steers, £8; 18 month Shorthorn and Hereford steers, £5/14/-; small _ 10-monlh Snorthorn steers, £4/11/- to £5; 2b anc 3'/.-year Jersey steers, £4/3/- to £5/16/-; Jersey cows, storing calvers. £B/5/- to £7/5/-; good boner cows, £4/5/- to £5/12/0; potter cows, 10/- to £2/5/ ; cows and calves, £O/4/- to £B. The same firm offered a medium yarding of boner, dairy and store cattle at Maungakaramca where the demand had slackened when compared with previous sales. Quotations were; Dairy cows and heifers, close to profit, £8 to £10; backward cows and heifers, £O/17/0; light fat cows, £7/10/- to £8; good boner cows, to £4/17/-; lighter boners, £3 to £3/17/0: potters, £2; mixed heiier calves, £2/9/ ; boner bulls, £4/15/-. The Norm Auckland Farmers Coop. Ltd. operating at Kaikohe. reported a large yarding of all classes of stock. Competition was keen in most sections. The entry of dairy cattle was of poor quality but beef and store cattle were of a high standnrd. , . Quotations were: Small in calf dairy heifers, £4/15/- to £7/5/-; forward dairy cows, £B/10/- to £11; fat cows, £9/15/to £ 12/1/-; 3‘,2-year Hereford cross steers. £ll/8/- to £ll/15/-; 31/2-ye-ir Red Poll cross steers, £lO/15/-; 3d year coloured steers, £8 to £B/10/-; 2d-ycar steers. £O/15/- to £9/2/0; 18-month Polled Angus steers, choice quality, £B/14/-; other 18-month steers, £5/10/- to £7; Polled Angus breeding cows, 1 £7; 18-monih Polled Angus heifers, £3/17/6 to *4/;>/ ; Polled Angus steer cajves, £4 to £4/7/0; cows and calves, £B/15/- to £9/5/-; boner cows, £3/15/- to £4/18/-; heavy boner bulls. £7/10/- to £9/2/0; others, £4/10/to £6; shorn wether lambs, 13/0 to £l/0/3. At Kamo the same firm submitted an average yarding of cattle and pigs. Close up dairy cows were in demand but backward sorts were not wanted. Boners sold under fair competition, making late rates, while fat pigs met a keen inquiry, prices being on a par with recent sales.

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Realisations were: Dairy cows, close to profit. £1 o; backward dairy cows, £7 to £8; small in-calf heifers, £0; Jat Sborlborn cows, £9; heavy hotter cows, £.>/:>/- to £0; medium boners, £4 to £4/10/ ; empty two-year-old Jersey boilers, -.4; Jersey boiler calves, £4; smaller. £2/i2/fa; heavy ba .oner pigs, £O/1/- to £679/-; light' and medium baconers, £4/18/- to £5/19/-; heavy porkers, £3/10/- to £4/13/-; medium porkers, £2/7/- to £3/4/-; light, £l/8/ to £l/17/6. Alfred Euckland and Sons Ltd and Walter Wakelin Ltd reported on sales at Maungakaramca, Titoki, Ma lineal a pare, Whnkapara and Kamo. Average entries came forward at all sales and changed hands at prices on a par with recent quotations. Dairy cows and heifers, close to profit, were in strong demand with Auckland buyers operating freely. In the pig section a good yarding was submitted. Fat. pigs sold at ruling prices. Maungakaratnea quotations were: Dairy rows, £7 to £l2/17/6; spring calving cows, £6 to £B/10/-; Jersey neifers, r.vv.b., £6 to £7/10/ : fat Holstein cows, to £9/10/-; -year Hereford heifers, empty, £5; heavy boners. £4/15/- to £5/10/-: light, £3 to £3/HI/-: boner bulls, according to weight, £4 to £7/10/-; small Jersey calves, £2. Whakapara quotations were: Dairy cows, close to nrofit. £lO to £ll/5/ ; dairy heifers cie.se to profit, £B/19/- lo £10; spring calving cows, £6/12/6 <«. £8; backward dors, £6 to £7/15/-; heavy boner cows, £5 to £6; light, £3/1/- lo £3/18/-; boner bulls, £4 to £7/10/-; wethers, £l/11/-. Maungntapere and Titoki quotations: Dairv cows, close lo profit. £lO to £l2; dairy heifers, close to profit. £B/10/- to £9/5/-; small Shorthorn heifers, r.vv.b., £4/10/-: small Jersey hfeifers, empty, £3/10/ ; 2!'a-year empty Jersey heifers, £5/19/-; heavy boner cows, £4/10/- to £5/10/-; light, £3 to £4/5/-; better bulls, according to weight, £5 to £7/2/-; fat Hereford cows, £9/2/-; small Jersey calves, £3/17/6. Kamo quotations were: Jersey cows, close to profit! £lO lo £l2; Jersey heifers, close to profit, £B/10/- to £9/15/-; Jerseycows, soring calvers, £6/10/- to £7/15/ ; backward boilers, r.vv.b.. £7 to £B/5/-; cows in milk, £7 to £B/10/-; 3-year Jersey steers, forward condition, £9; 2-,vear Shorthorn steers, £6 to £6/15/-; cows and calves. £5/13/- to £7/10/-; heavy boner cows, £5 to £0; light. £3/5/- to £4/10/ ; boner bulls, according to weight, £4/10/- to £8: medium baconers, £5/5/lo £5/15/-; light. £4/15/- lo £5; heavy porkers, £4 lo £4/10/-; medium, £3/10/to £3/18/-; light. £2 to £3; stores, £l/10/- to £2; slips, £l/5/- to £l/8/ ; weaners, 10/- to £ 1/2/-; choppers. £4 to £5/10/-: store wethers, £l/7/-; aged ewes, 9/6.