DISTRICT QUOTATIONS

Northern Advocate, 22 November 1947, Page 2

DISTRICT QUOTATIONS

Yarding® at the Kamo fixtures were smaller than usual but the inquiry for most classes of stock remained strong and the market was firm. Quotations were: Best dairy cows, close lo profit. £l(i/17/(i to £l2; backward. £9 to £9/17/0; cows and calves, £9 to £l2/7/6; lat Jersey cows. £B/15/-; forward Jersey cows, £5/5/- to £G; 3-year coloured steers, £9/4/-: 1 and 2-year coloured steers. £5/12/- to £6/15/-; yearling heifers, £4/10/- to £7/5/-; heavy prime baeoners. £6/6/- to £6/10/6; medium, £5/12/6 to £6/5/-; heavy porkers and light baeoners. £5/5/- to £5/12/-; good stores, £4/7/- to £5/2/-; medium stores. £4 to £4/7/-; slips. £3/15/-: best weaners. £2/5/- to £3; others, £l/10/- to £2. Alfred Buekland and Sons Ltd-and Walter Wakeiin Ltd conducted a clearing sale on account of Mr R. C. Morrison. Portland. The dairy cattle came forward in excellent condition and sold under spirited competition to a large attendance. The top price was £27, paid for a Jersey cow in milk, while the herd averaged £lB/6/-. The heifer calves averaged £5/5/- and very backward 2-vear Jersey heifers £9/15/-. MIDDLE NORTH In the Middle North, the North Auckland Farmers’ Coop. Ltd and Dalgetv and Co. Ltd operated at. Ohacawai. where a moderate yarding of all classes of stock met keen competition. Pigs sold particularly well. Quotations were: Best dairy cows, £B/IC/- to £ll/5/-; best dairy heifers. £7/2/6 to £9/12/6; fat bullocks, to £22/12/6: fat cows. £ll to £l4/5/-: fresh conditioned cows, £7/10/- to £B/5/-;

3- Polled Angus steers. £ll/10/- to! £l2/2/-; 2-year Polled Angus steers, £7/15/- to £9/5/-; 2-year Shorthorn i steers, £7/15/- to £B/12/-; yearling Short- [ horn steers, £4/15/- to £5/4/-: yearling I Jersey heifers. £6/15/- to £B/2/-; store! mgs, £3/16/- to £4/8/-; slips, £3/5/- to £3/12/-; weaners, £2/18/- to £3/4/-; fat hoggets, £l/13/-. At Kaikohc, where the same firms oper- • ated with the New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co. Ltd and Wright, j Stephenson and Co. Ltd, a large yarding i was o lie red. Store cattle met a’ strong i demand, realisations being high. Poorer quality dairy cows and heifers did not attract much attention and prices receded j slightly. Store sheep sold well. Quotations included; Dairy heil'ers, £6/10/- to £7/12/6; dairy cows, £6/15/- I to £9/2/6; 4-year Hereford and Polled Angus steers, in forward condition. £l4/12/6 to £l6/15/-; 3-year Polled Angus I steers. £l2/13/-; 2-year Polled Angus i steers. £lO/10/- to £l2/12/-; best year- } ling Polled Angus steers. £8 to ’£10; j others, £7 to £7/18/-; 3-year Hereford ! steers, £ll/15/- to £l2/5/-;’ 2-year Here-} lord steers, £9/5/- to £9/17/-; cows and I calves, £B/5/- to £l2/2/-; Polled Angus I cows:, r.w.b., £l2/2/-; 2-,vear Polled Angus hellers. £B/10/-; yearling Polled Angus! heifers, £5/15/- to £6/5/-; barren heifers, £4/15/- to £6/7/-; store cows, in forward condition, £7/3/- to £9/8/-; others, £5/19/-; heavy boner bulls, £B/10/- to £9/16/-; service bulls, £B/8/- to £l2/12/-; shorn 2-tooth wethers, £l/11/1 to £l/11/9; 4- wethers, £l/14/9; 6-tooth wethers, £l/16/1.