THE HAMILTON MARKET.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIII, Issue 19416, 26 August 1926, Page 7

THE HAMILTON MARKET.

LITTLE CHANGE IN VALUES.

Reports oil the weekly stock sale at Hamilton on Tuesday are cb follow: Dalgety and Company, Limited, report.— There was a good yarding of beef, including some choice pens of very prime ox. Prices were on a par with last week's rates, best quality bullocks selling at equai to 36s per 1001b. Ordinary quality bullocks made 32a to 83s per 1001b; best heavy prime bullocks sold to £ls; choice medium-weight, to £l3 15s: choice cow and heifer beef, to 32s per lOQlb; for a line_ of 33 very choice Polled Angus heifers fattened by Mr. David F inlay son, best, made up to £ll 17s 6d, and the line averaged .£lO 16s 9d; ordinary cows and heifers made 1 £5 10s to £7 15s; inferior cows and heifers. £3 17s 6d to £5 as. Not many store cattle were yarded. Store cows, best, made £3 to £4 ss; inferior, 80s to 455; two-year-old Shorthorn heifers, £2 17s 6d; steer calves, small and weedy, 18s; heifer calves, 9s. There was a fair yarding of fat sheep. Prices were higher,, especially for prime ewes. Prime heavy fat wethers mude 34s to 35s 6d; medium wethers, 32s 6d; prime fat ewes, 2"s to 31s 3d; no store Sheep were yarded. There was a medium yarding: of fat pigs, with a large yarding of stores Heavy baconers made £4 16s to £5 2s; medium, £4 2:5 to £4 12s; heavy porkers. £3 10s to £3 18s; light, £3 to £3 Ss; large stores, £2 15s to £3 4s; good condition stores, £2 to £2 10s; best slips. £1 10s to £1 15s; best waaners, £1 4s to £1 103; small weanexs. lis to ISs. The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile) Agency Company, Limited. • reports.—A good entry of prime beef came forward, for which prices declined slightly. Fat- sheep were also easier, no store sheep beinK offered; A medium yarding of store cattle met with a fair demand. Wo quote: Fat bullocks. £l4; fat cows, £9 10s to £l2 17s; lighter, £6 10s to £7 17s Gd: store cows fair quality, £3 7s 6d to £3 15s; rough, £1 7a _6d to £2 7a 6d; yearling Jersey cross heifers, £1 15a to £2; light fat wethers, £1 10s. Pigs.—A good yarding of both fat and Btore pigs came forward. Prices remained on a par with last week's rates. We quote: Heavy baconers. £4 7s to £4 16s; medium, £3 18s to £4 4s; light baconers and heavy porkers, £3 Gs. to £3 13s; porkers, £2 14s to £3; good stores, £2 5s to £2 IGs; others, £1 ISs to to £2; slips, £1 9s to £1 13s: weaners, 16s to £1 4s. The Farmers' Co-operative Auctioneering Company reports:—We had a good yarding of prime steer, cow and heifer beef. Fat steers showed an improvement in values, while cows and heifers 6old at late quotations, with the exception of a few odd pens which were a little easier. Good quality prune heavy steers sold to £ls; heavy. £l3 10a to £l4: medium prime, £l2 14s to £l3; well-done light; to medium, £9 15s to £lO 15s; small, plain and unfinished steers, £7 12s 6d to £8 12s 6d; good quality prime heavy cows, £l3 to £l3 10s; heavy fat cows, £l2 to £l2 15s; medium prime. £lO 2s od to £ll ss: lighter, £8 Ins to £9 103: voung and light cows and heifers. £5 8s to £<; plain cows, £7 7s 6d to £7 12s 6d: fresh -conditioned cows, £4 to £4 10s; stores, £2 Gs to £2 10s; culls, £1 5s to 30s. Fat sheep were penned in average numbers, and the quality was above the usual that comes forward. Good heavy wethers sold to 35s 6d; lighter, 335; medium, 28s; prime ewes, 28s Id to 30s 6d:.fat and forward woolly hoggets, 18a 6d. Pigs.-— A fair varding of fat pigs was submitted, and all classes were firm, realising prices equal to about 7d per lb. An extra heavy yarding; of stores came forward, and keen competition existed throughout. Heavy baconers mode £4 13s to £4 16s; lighter, £4 Is to £4 Us: medium nnd light, £3 10s to £4: good porkers. £3 5s to £3 8s: light, £2 12s to £3: unfinished, £2 "?s 6s to £2 10s; choppers. £3 to £4: large stores. £2 10s to £2 19s; medium " stores. 38s to £2 ss: slips, good, 80s to 355; inferior, £1 to £1 Ks: best lveaners. 27s to 30s; others, 18s to 235; young, lis to 15s.

OTHER COUNTRY SALES. Tho New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Ageuoy Company, Ltd., reports:—We held sales during the past week at Weatfiold, Waiuku and Tuakau, all classes of cattle soiling at late quotations. Dairy cows and heifers, best, made £ll to £l6; others, £7 fo £10: other cows and heifers, £2 10a to £6 10s: bulk. £2 to £8: empty cowa, £2 to £4 17s 6d; yearling neifers. best, £2 to £4 Is: others, £1 to £1 17s 6d; yearling to 18-months steers, £2 15s to £4 7s C>d: 2 to 2i-ycar steers, £4 10s to £5 6s; 8 to 3}-year steers £5 7s 6d to £6 Es; 4 to 41year steers. £6 7s Gd to £7 7s 6d: growii steers in forward condition, .€7 10a to £8 ss. Alfred Buckland and Sons, Ltd., report:— During the week we held sales at Westfield, Pukekohe and Waiotira, also two clearing sales. There were average yardmen and a rood demand all clnases of store cattle and beef sellina. at slightly improved prices. Dairy cattle are selling readily at ruling prices. Grown steers in forward condition made £7 15s to £9: 3 to 4-year-old steers. €6 to £7 12a 6d: 2 to 3-year-old steers. £4 10s to £5 17s 6<3: yearling to 18-months steers. £2 13s to £4 7b fid: fat steers, £9 to £l2 15s: fat cows and heifers. £5 15a to £9 17s fid: roneh fat. cows. £4 to £5 10s: boners, £1 10s to £3 17s fid: empty youtier cows. £3 10s to £4 IBs: siore cows. £1 S* to £3: yearling to Ifi-morttbs heifers. £9 10s to £4 ss: calves. £1 5s to £1 15s: small calves. 12s to £1 3s: best dairy cows. £l2 to £l6: extra, up to £2l 10s: irood averaprp cows, £9 to £ll 10s; other dairy cows, £P "'Os to £8 10s; aged and inferior, £1 10a to £6. ' ■'■■■/■

KATES AT ADDINGTON.

FURTHER EASING TENDENCY.

[BY TELEGRAPH. —PRESS ASSOCIATION.] CHRISTCHUBCH, Wednesday.

Entries were again heavy to-day at the Addingoon market, Una t&ero wub a luring* easing, in ail tlie major actiouß of atocH and Btore sueep there was a laitf u entry. lor this time oi the year. iiogneiH, wetnera, and a tew lineß oi ewes ana lainos were sold at lower vaiuea than have ruled at recent sales. Hadored wether hoggets realised 18s ad to 21s: inferior, lbs 6d to 17s tid; oiossored ewe hoggets, '24b to 27s tid; mixed ago we the:,'B, 25s to 2ba Gd; lower conditioned wethers, 22s Gd to 24s 6d; good S.M. ewes, 35s tid; good aged halibred ewes, 28si aged threequarler-ored ewes, 20s to 225; o. and t'.M. threequarter-bred ewes, 20s to 245; aged owes and lambs (all counted), 13a tid to 14s tid; inferior ewes and lambs (all counted). 8b 6d. Fat Sheep.—There was a heavy entry of 12 races, and an irregular sale. Values held fairly well until three-parta through, when they sagged. Graziers were not operating, as at' the previous market. Extra prime wethers made to iJ9s 4d; prime' wethers. 32s to 35b; medium wethers, 28s, (id to 31s Gd.' light wethers, 25s to 28s; extra prime ewes, to 81s lOd; prime ewes, 26s Gd to 293; medium ewes, 22s 9d to 24b Gd; light ewes; 20s Gd to 22s Gd; prime hoggets, 29s 6d to 33a 10d; medium hoggets, 25s 6d to 233 Gd. Fat Cattle.,—s2s were entered, following on an exceptionally heavy entry of 695 last week. The markot was the " stickiest " for some months, butchers being over supplied, and vaiuea were down a further 20s per head. A few specially good pens made to 38s per 1001b.; good prime. 32? Gd to 3GB; medium, 30s to 325, and 27s to 29s 6d; extra henry steers, £l7 to .£lB 12s Gd; heavy prime steers, £l4 5s to £l6 10s; prime medium weight steers, £ll IBs to £l4 10s; medium quality steero. £9 5s to £ll 10a: Sifrhi steers, £G to £9; extra prime heifers, £l2 to £l3 12b Gd; prime heifers, £8 10a to £lO 103; ordinary heifers. £5 15s to £8 6s; light heifere, £4 5b to £5 12a Gd; extra prime cows, to £l2 7b Gd; prime cows, £7 10a to £10; medium cows. £5 to £7 6a; light and poor cows. £3 10s to £4 15s. Vealers.—Another email entry and exceptionally high prices compared with other classes of meat. Best runn»rs made to £7 17s Gd; others, £8 10s to £7 10s; calves made £4 to £6. Store Cattle.—Nothing quotable was forward. , Dairy Cattle.—A larro entry and a fair sale for good sorts. Best springers made £8 5s to £ll 15a; others, £3 to £7; heifers to. £6. Fat Pigs.—Prices were inclined to ease on, recent sales. Choppers made £5 to £8 13s fid: baconern, £4 10s to £7 (average price per lb.. 9d to 91<1); pirrk»rs, 54a to 78s fid (averaee price per 1b.,, lOd to lid) Store Pigs.—Rwent values were scarcely maintained. Weariers mad» 23s to 80s; slips, 32s to 35b; stores, 37a to 48a; extra large, to 645.