District Quotations...

Northern Advocate, 29 November 1947, Page 5

District Quotations...

Recent rates were easily maintained in all sections at the Kamo yards, where the principal lirms were operating. Fat pigs came forward in large numbers and sold at top market rates. Good quality dairy cows and heifers close to profit and in milk met a ready sale while store and boner cattle made late rates. Quotations included: Best Jersey cows, close to profit, £l2 to £l4/15/-; later ealvcrs, £7/5/- to £9/10/-; backward, £G to £7; best Jersey heifers, close to profit, £9 to £l2; backward, £7 to £B/15/-; Jersey heifers in milk, to £l2/10/-; 2-year Jersey heifers, r.w.b., £O/10/- to £7/12/6; yearling Jersey heifers, £6 to £7/5/-; service bulls, £lO to £l2; yearling bulls, £7/7/-; forward conditioned cows. £8 to £11; 3-year Shorthorn steers. £l2; heavy boner cows, £8 to £9; light boner cows. £4 to £6; prime heavy baconer pigs, £6/4/- to £6/9/-; medium baeoners, £5/10/- to £6/2/-; heavy porkers and light baeoners. £4/5/- to £5/8/-; large stores and buttermilk pigs, £4/10/- to £5/5/-; medium stores, £4 to £4/9/-; slips and small stores, £3 to £3/15/-; best weaners, £2/10/- to £3/1/-; medium weaners, £2 to £2/8/-; small and young, £l/5/-; choppers, £4/2/6 to £0

High values ruled in the heel’ and boner section at Waipu, where the North Auckland Farmers' Coop. Ltd and Dalgety and Co. Ltd operated. Fat cows were yarded in large numbers, meeting strong competition from a good attendance ol' exporting buyers. Boners also sold well, prices being in advance of schedule rates. Quotations were: Jersey cows, close to profit, £lO to £lO/10/-; backward Jersey heifers, £0; Shorthorn heifers in milk, £7/10/-; forward conditioned 4-year Shorthorn bullocks, £ls/7/0; 3-year Sliorthorn bullocks, £l3/2/0 to £l4; heavy prime Shorthorn cows, £l4/4/- to £10; other prime cows, £l3/2/- to £l4; medium fat cows, £lO to £l2/5/-; light fat heifers, £lO to £l2/5/-; heavy fat Jersey cows, £lO to £l3; medium l'at Jersey cows, £9 to £10; boner cows, £O/17/0 to £B/5/-; light, £4/15/- to £5/10/-; heavy boner bulls, £9/IU/- to £l3/10/-; medium, £B/12/0 to £9/8/-; light, £0; Shorthorn store cows, £7 to £B/12/0; 3-year Shorthorn heifers, £7/15/-; Jersey cows, and calves, £5/5/-; crossbred cows and calves, to £B/18/-; yearling Jersey heifers, £5/17/- to £7/12/-; yearling Shorthorn steers, £7/1/- to £9; smaller yearling steers, £O/7/0 to £O/15/-; yearling Shorthorn heifers, £O/5/- to £7/1/-; small yearling Hereford steers. £O/15/-. Cattle were penned in the advertised

numbers at Kirikopuni, where Allred ! Buekland and Sons Ltd and Walter Wakelin Ltd operated. There was practically a total clearance. Forward conditioned Shorthorn-cross cows reached £lO/0/-. Quotations were: Forward conditioned light Jersey cows, £O/15/- to £B/11/-; j boner cows, £3/0/- to £3/14/-: boner' bulls, £B/10/- to £9/15/-; yearling Polled! Angus steers, £O/10/- to £7/5/-; yearling ( Shorthorn steers, £G to £O/12/-; yearling coloured steers, £3/10/- to £5/5/-; small I 2-year Shorthorn steers. £7 to £8; year- i line Polled Angus heifers, £5/19/- to j £O/12/0; yearling Shorthorn heifers, £5 I to £5/11/-; yearling Jersey heifers, £7/7/-; cows and calves, £9 to £lO/5/-. ! At Peria, where the same firms oper- | ated, quotations were: 2 and 3-year j Hereford-qross steers, £ll/9/1-; 2-vear-Shorthorn steers, £9 to £9/15/-; yearling Shorthorn steers. £5/10/- to £6/4/-; col- | oured yearling steers, £2/10/- to £4/15/-; | ,7-year Shorthorn heifers, £7/15/-; year- I ling Jersey heifers, £0 to £7: boner cows. | £3 to £6; a line of shorn 2-tooth wethers. £l/14/-; weaner pigs. £l/15/-