DISTRICT QUOTATIONS

Northern Advocate, 13 March 1948, Page 2

DISTRICT QUOTATIONS

A good yarding ci' cat Lie and pigs mot I wiili keen competition at Kamo, where the principal firms operated. Dairy stock so.d well and pigs were cleared at late ruling rales. Quotations were: Springing heifer:;, £9/5/- to Jilt; dairy cows, close to profit. £lO/17/(1 to £l2/10/-; backward caws'and calves, £G to £0; cows in milk, £lO to £l2; Jersey cows, £10; Shorthorn hellers, £10; Jersey heifers £7/2/0 to £9/12/5; medium f:w cows, £lO/10/- to £ll/10/-; cows and runners, £l2/12/- to £l4/7/6; cows and calves, £9/7/- to £lO/17/-; forward conditioned bullocks, £ls/15/- to £lO/5/-; 2!a-ycar Shorthorn bullocks, £l2/6/-; Polled Angus bullocks, £l3/16/-; P.A. sieer t calves, £6/7/-; smaller, £3/17/0; small Jersey steer calves, £4; boner cows, £6 to £7; bulls, £B/5/- to £9; heavy baconers, £6/10/- to £O/12/-; medium, £O/5/- to £O/9/-; light, £5/10/- to £6/3/-; porkers. £3 to £4; wenners, £l/2/-; 2-tootn wethers, £l/15/6; store wether lambs, £l/10/-; 4 and 5-year ewes, £l/IT/-. Messrs Alfred Buckland and Sons Lid ar.d Walter Wakelin Ltd reported that cattle were yarded in the advertised numbers at Moerewa end a good clearance was effected, boner and beef cattle selling well. .Quotations were:- Dairy cows, £lO to £11: backward, £7 lo £9; bullocks. £ll to £l4; fat cows and heifers, £B/12/6 to £l2/19/-; hotter cows, £4 lo £7; cows and calves, £7 to £lO/7/0; bulls, £8 to £9/14/-; store lambs, £l/1/6 to £l/2/11; aged ewes. 17/3 to £l/2/7. Wright, Steohenson and Cc. Lid and Alfred Buckland and Sons Ltd and Walter Wakelin Ltd • conducted a successful sale at Pena, where a fair yarding, of cattle met with a keen demand. Quotations were: Pal bullocks, £lO/17/6 to £l2/10/-; coloured store bullocks. £8 to £lO/10/-; 2-year Shorthorn steers, £7/10/- to £9; forward steers, £B/2/- to £lO/5/-; boner bulls, £O/15/- to £9/15/-; heavy boner cows, £G to £8; medium. £4/10/- to £5/15/-; store cows. £O/10/to £B/7/6; dairy cows, £10: small Jersey heifers, r.w.b., £5/10/- to £8; cows and calves. £0 to £10; store lambs, £l/0/9 to £l/10/-; store wethers. £l/11/- to £l/19/-. Wright. Stephenson and Co. Ltd conducted a number of smaller sales in the Far North. Prices were high considering the cost of transporting animals to Whnngnrei and the resultant loss in condition. Quotations were: Kaingaroa: Fat bullocks, £l3 to £l4/11/-; forward conditioned coloured bullocks, £10; fat cows, £8 to £9; forward steers, £8 to £11; store steers, £6/10/- to £8; cows and runners, £7/5/io £9/15/-; good boner cows, £7 to £8; others. £4/15/- to £7. Mangatoctoc: Fat bullocks, £ll/10/- 'to

cows and runners, £G to £IG; empty Polled Angus cows, £3. .Mangamuka Bridge: Mixed aged ewes, £l/13/2; mixed shorn iambs, £l/6/1; ewe iambs, £1; wether lambs, 13/2; 4-tooth wethers, £l/10/3; fat cows, £l4 to £l4/(1/-; It! months P.A. steers, £7/15/-; 13 months Hereford steers, £3/14/-; 13 months' heifers, £5/10/-; IP/a-year P.A. heifers, £9/12/-; boner cows, £5/11/- to £O/17/-; in-call' Jersey heifers, !£7 to £9/4/-. The Loan and Mercantile Agency Ltd and the North Auckland Farmers’ Coop. Ltd, operating at Matmgakaramea, reported an excellent yarding of good quality cattle which.met with keen competition. Quotations were: Good quality 3-year Friesian heifers. £2O: Friesian springing cows and heifers, £1(5; cows and heifer calves, £l2 to £lB/10/-; backward, £B/15/- to £10; light fat cows, £9 to £ll/10/-; lighter, £7; boner cows, £5 1c £7/13/-; Shorthorn steer calves, £5/7/to £5/14/-; Jersey heifers. £5 to £5/5/-; Jersey-Ayrshire cross heifers, £5/5/-; bulls, £3/10/- to £10; sows to farrow, £5 to £O/15/-. North Auckland Farmers’ Coop. Ltd reported a good sale at Tov/ai. Cattle wore yarded in large numbers and met with keen competition. • Quotations were: Holstein cows, £ll/15/.-; heifers, .EG/12/G to £9/2/5; Jersey heifers, £lO to £lO/10/-: smaller, £7/7/6 to £8: Jersey-cross heifers, £5/15/- to £7/7/G; backward Jersey heifers, £O/10/- to £8; yearling Jersey heifers, £5/5/-; forward conditioned bullocks, £ls/5/- to £10; 2ft-year bullocks, £l2/0/-; coloured bullocks, £lO/4/-; 2-year Shorthorn and Polled Angus cross steers, £l2; cows and runners. £l2 to £ls/15/-; cows and calves, £3/15/- to £11; fat Jersey cows, £lO/9/-; Shorthorn steer calves, £4/5/- to £5/2/0; Shorthorn heifer calves, £4 lo £4/P!/-; boner cows. £5/2/0 lo £6/1/-. V/niotsra sale, where the Loan ancl Mercantile Agency Co. Ltd were operating, attracted a largo bench of local buyers. Quotations were: Springing Shorthorn heifers, £lO/10/- to £l3; Shorthorn cows. £ls; Jersey heifers. £3/5/-; cows and calves. £f> to £l2/7/G; bulls, £G to £ll/10/-; Jersey spring calvc-rs, £9/5/-; heel cows, £l3 to £ls/1/-; lighter. .CJI/G/- to £l2/18/-; SVj and 2 fa-year Polled Angus steers, £l3/10/- to £IG; P.A. cows, £9/14/-; heavy boner cows. £7/19/- to £9/9/-; lighter, £5/10/- lo £7/14/-; 18 months P.A. steers, £l4/5/.; others, to £9/7/6; 3*fc-year Shorthorn steers, £ll to £l2/15/-; 18 months Shorthorn steers, £8; 18 months Hereford steers. £B/15/-. The same firm, operating at Kaco. reported the following quotations: Mixed coloured 3fa-year steers, £l2/10/-; Jersey cows and Hereford-cross calves. £7/10/-

£l4; Shorthorn steers, £7/4/- to £9; fat cows, to £l2; good boner cows, £7/2/0 to £ll/15/-; others. £4/15/- to £7/2/0;

to £10; boner cows, £3/10/- to £7; boner bulls, £5/3/- to £7/10/-: 2-tocth wethers, £l/10/-; 2-tooth ewes. £l/15/-.