DISTRICT QUOTATIONS

Northern Advocate, 25 October 1947, Page 5

DISTRICT QUOTATIONS

At the weekly fixtures at Kamo, where the principal firms operated, interest was well maintained in the dairy sections and local and southern buyers were active. Cows and heifers snowing quality were in strong demand. A good entry ot pigs sold under strong competition and recent high values were maintained. Quotations were: Pedigree Jersey cows, to grade cows, close to profit, £ll to" £l4/T/6; later calvers, £B/10/- to £lO/10/-; backward and inferior, £a/10/to £7/10/-; medium quality dairy heifers, £9/10/- to £11; backward and small, £o to £7/5/-; cows and heifers in milk. £B/5/- to £lO/5/-; pedigree Jersey bulls to 27gn; fat bullocks, to £lB/W>/-; fat Jersey cows, £B/16/- to £9/10/-; 2-yeai Red Poll steers, £7/10/-; Red Poll store cows, £7/12/-; heavy baconer pigs, £6/5/to £6/10/-; medium, £5/12/- to £6/4/-, light baconers and heavy porkers, £4/10/to £5/12/-; medium stores £3/16/- to £4/4/-; slips, £2/10/- to £3/8/- ■ best weaners, £3 to £3/8/-; smaller, £2/10/to £2/17/-; small and young, £l/15/- to £2/1/-: breeding sows, £7/5/-; fat shorn wethers and ewes, £l/17/-. . , and Co. Ltd and North Auckland Farmers’ Coop. Ltd. operating at Waipu, reported a good yarding. Daily cattie met with keen competition from a good bench of buyers and sold at lmprovBeef was also in keen demand, medium rat bullocks reaching £lB/10/-. Bcners and store cattle sold at late rates. Quotations were; Best Jersey hellers, £l4 to £ls; medium Jersey heifers. £lO to £l2/15/-; backward- and small. £B/5/to £B/10/-' good Jersey cows. £lO to £l3; backward cows. £6 to £B/10/-; Shorthorn heifers £lO to £11: Shorthorn cows, £lO/5/- to £ll/10/-; empty 2-year Jersey heifers £6/5/-; empty 2-year Ayrshire cress heifers? £6/10/-; Jersey yearlings, £7 to £B/10/-; small yearling heifers, £4/16/- to £5/10/-; yearling Shorthorn heifers, £4/15/-; yearling Ayrshire cross heifers. £5/14/-; medium Prune plB/10/-- heavy fat cows. £ls/10/* to £ 6- medium £l3/15/- to £l4/15/-; fat Jersey cows, £9/15/- to £lO/17/6; good store cows, £7 to £9/10/-; heavy boner cows £5/15/- to £O/7/6; medium £4/./0 m £5/10/-; light. £3 to £4/2/6; cbws and calves £lO/12/6; Jersey cow's and calves, £2/10/- to £5/10/-: forward conditioned Hereford 3 and 4-year steers. £lo/7/-. 3 nid 4-vear Shorthorn steeis, £ls/1/-, Shorthorn-Jersey cross 3-year seers, e r>/17/.- yearling Shorthorn steers. pii/17/- to £6/17/6; smatl 2-year Here ord n 7 cross empty he ers. 2-vear pedigree Jctse\ bulls, hgn o' to KHifin; aged grade buds! '£9/10/- to £11; boners, £< to £a/W ' CATTLE FAIR Alfred Buckland and Sons Ltd and Walter Wakelin Ltd conducted their second spring cattle fair at Kamo A full yarding of all classes of store stock came iotwaid to a large bench of buyers lrom the Waikato and local districts. A. good sale resulted with practically a total cleatance. Oimtations w'ere: Medium Shot thorn bufiocks to £18; lighter prime Shorthorn bullocks] £l6/7/6 to £l6/15/-; forward conditioned 3 and 4-year Shorthorn bul£l4/3/- to £ls/2/-: 4-vear Shorthorn store bullocks, to £ls/2/6; 3 and

4-year coloured bullocks. £l2/15/- to £l4; 3-year Shorthorn steers, £lO/10/- to £l2; 2-year Hereford steers, £9/10/- to £lO/5/-; 2-year Polled Angus steers, £9/10/- to £lO/14/-; 2-year Shorthorn steers, £9/5/- to £10; 2-year coloured steers. £7 to £B/10/-; yearling Polled Angus steers, £7 to £7/8/-; yearling Hereford steers, £6/10/- to £7/5/-; yearling Shorthorn steers. £5/10/- to £6/12/0; coloured yearling jsteers. £4 to £5/8/-; empty Polled Angus cows, £9 to £10: empty Hereford cows, £9 to £9/16/-; empty Shorthorn cows, £8 to £B/10/-; empty Hereford heifers, £9/1/- to £9/5/-; empty Shorthorn heifers, £7/18/- to £B/10/-. The same firms reported that the advertised entries came forward to a large attendance of buyers at their horse fair at Kamo. Competition was not particularly keen but good sorts sold well. Quotations were: Heavy working horses, £22 to £26; aged, £l2/10/- to £l6; medium farm horses. £l2 to £l9; aged farm horses, £7/10/- to £l4; best hacks and stock horses,. £l4 to £2l; aged, £5 to £10; ponies. £4/10/- to £l3. Dalgety and Co. Ltd. operating at Moerewa, advised that an average yarding came forward, meeting strong competitloQuotations were: Best dairy cows, £lO to £l2; forward conditioned store cows, £9 to £lO/15/-; other store cows, £6/10/to £B/5/-; 3-vear Shorthorn steers, in forward condition. £l7/5/-: 2-year Polled Angus steers. £ll/2/6: mixed yearling steers. £6/16/-; cows and calves, £6/10/to £7/12/6; yearling Jersey heifers, £7/10/-; wcollv wether hoggets, £l/12/6 to £l/15/-; woolly ewes, £l/12/6.