DISTRICT QUOTATIONS

Northern Advocate, 24 September 1949, Page 2

DISTRICT QUOTATIONS

About 350 head of station cattle were offered at the Tarua Bay sale held at Mr V. Beazley’s yards on Thursday. ( With the exception of one pen of store steers, a total clearance was effected. Competition was keen from a large bench of buyers and prices were well up to late were:—Forward conditioned 4-vear Shorthorn steers £l6/4 -; cows and runners to £l6/14/-: cross breed 3vear steers £l2/4/.; 2-year Shorthorn steers £9/10/- to £lO/10/-; 2-year Hereford and Polled Angus stivers to El2/Z-: yearling Shorthorn and Hereford steers. £7 to ft); Polled Angus breeding cows £lO/13/- to £IH Hereford cows £9/17/6 to ‘lO/15/-; 2-year empty Hereford heifers £7/15/- to £3 'll-', small yearling Jersey, heifers £7; 2-vear Hereford heifers r.w.b.; to £B/10/-; springing Jersey heifers to £11; 3-year Polled Angus bulls 12gn to, H At’ the Kamo sales, yardings were small. Dairy cows showing quality and close to profit sold freely, but backward sorts were harder to quit. 1 A moderate entry of pigs changed hands at recent rates. Quotations were:-Best Jersey cows close to profit £l3 to £23,12/6; good quality calved cows and heifers £l4 to £ls/10/-; good quality springing Jersey heifers £l2 to £ls; backward and inferior cows and heifers £7 to £11; s ore cows £7/10.'- to £9/2/6; small yearling Jersev heifers £6/2/6: prime runners £B/10'-; killable Jersey sows £B/2 0. boner cows £5 to £7/10/-; service bulls £lO/10/-. baconer pigs £6/6/- to £8 'l6/-: l»rker« £5 to £5/12/-: stores £3/10/- to £a/3/-. slips r-i/a/ to £3/14/-: best weaners £3 to £3/10 -; medium £2 to £2/10/-; small £l/B.'- to £l/15/-. MIDDLE NORTH SALES In the Middle North sales were held at Kaikohe and Ohaeawai, where laige

I yardings were submitted to good attendI ances of buyers. j The offering comprised mainly dairy and store cattle. At Ohneawai competition was keen for all classes of cattle, while a good entry of pigs sold freely at ruling rates. Quotations, were:—dairy cows to £l4: fat cows +o fis/ fat heifers to £l7/10 '-: cows and runners to £2O; yearling Jersey heifers to £9/0/-: 3-year Shorthorn and crossbred steers to £l4/15/-: small 2-year Polled Angus steers to £l2/5/-: fat woolly wethers £2/14/-; shorn wethers, in for- . ward condition, £2. Competition was keen at the Kaikohe sale where prices were on a par with ruling rates, quotations being: 4-year Shorthorn and Shorthorn-cross bullocks, to £l7/10 '-; 3-year Shorthorn steers, to 1 £l4/7/-: 3-year Hereford steers, to , ru/i.V.; 2-vear Hereford and Shorthorn I steers, to £l2/5/-: yearling Hereford slers. to £10; yearling Polled Angus, to ro/io/-: 2-year Polled Angus heifers, to ?f): venrling Polled Angus heifers, to £7. i At Towai on Thursday a large yarding of dairy and store cattle met keen competition and a good sale resulted with prices on'-a par with ruling rates. Quotations were: Jersey grows, close to profit, £l2: Jersey heifers, £ll/10/-: small and backward heifers. £7/5/- to £9; crossbred Jcrsey-Ayrshire heifers, backward. £B's / -: Shorthorn heifers, £3/10/to r 0: emptv Shorthorn hifers. £6 to £7: light fat bullocks. £l9; fat cows, £lO/12/0 to £l2/15/-: store cows, £7/18/- to £10: best yearling Jersey heifers. £10; others, £6/10/- to £7; cows and calves. £l2; yearling Shorthorn heifers. £6/10/- to £7; yearling Shorthorn steers, £7. Dairy cows made to £2O and heifers sold to £l6/10/- at the Mangawharc sale. The market lor yearling Jersey heifers was easier, top price for good quality lines being £B'4/-. Fat heifers made from £l4 to £ls. ■