THE HAMILTON MARKET.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIII, Issue 19470, 28 October 1926, Page 7

THE HAMILTON MARKET.

FAT SHEEP RATES' LOWER.' Messrs. Dalgety and Company. Limited, report:—There was an average yarding of fat cattle, the majority being indifferent Quality cows and heifers. Choice prime young cows and heifers made to £9 18s; ordinary quality, £(i 10s to £8 10s; indifferent. £5 5s to £5 17s 6d. Store cattle were yarded in large numbers and sold at late rates. Four-year store bullockß, £6 2s; 3year low conditioned steers, £5 ss; good framed empty cows, £4 10s; empty 18-inonths heifers, £3 10b to £1 ss; yearling steers, £2 7s 6d. Sheep were yarded in small numbers, principally fat sheep. Prime extra hea'cy ewes shorn made 28s; average Btore fat ewe.9, 17s to 203 3d; woolly fat ewes, '24s 3d; fat woolly hoggets, 26s to 29s 3d; aged ewes and lambs. 22s Eld. There was a large yarding of both fat and store pigs. Fats easier, while stores sold at late rates. Best baconers made £3 18s to £4 3s; medium baconers, £3 8s to £3 15s; heavy porkers, £2 19s to £3 7s; light, £2 7s to £2 13s; choppers. £3 to £4 4s; best stores, £1 17s to £2 Ps; slips, £1 10s to £1 15s; best weaners, £1 2s 4o £1 10s. The New Zealand ' Loan and Mercantile Agency Company, Limited, reports:—There was an average entry of cow beef and only two fat stcflrs. Prices for prime were unchanged. Fat sheep were penned in larger supply and values were easier. A heavy j yarding of store cattlo and springers came forward, and met with a moderate demand. Fat steers made £l2 ss; prime fat cows, J:9 10s to £lO 2s; others. £6 to £7 ss; cows :n forward condition, £4 10s to £4 19s; rou?:h store cows, £1 10s to £2 10s; good springing heifers, £7 to £S 10s; others, £4 to £6 10s; fat ewes. £1 4s 4d to £1 ss: fat wethers, £1 13s 6d. Pigs were penned in average numbers, prices for fat being lower than last week, stores and weaners selling at late rates. Heavy baconers made £3 18s to £4 ss; medium, £3 10s to £3 13s; light baconers and heavy porkors, £3 to £3 7s; porkers, £2 10b to £2 16s; stores, £1 18s to £2 4s; slips, £1 8s to £1 355; weaners, 18s to £1 ss. OTHER COUNTRY SALES. The New Zealand Loaa and Mercantile Agency Co., Ltd., reports:—We held sales during the past we-ek at Westfield, Papa kura, Whitford and Knukapakapa, all classes of cattle selling at late quotations. \\ e Quote: Dairy cows and heifers, best. £lO to £l4 10s; others, £6 to £9 10s; aged cows and inferior heifers, £3 15s to £5 10s; bulls, 1 2gns to 12ens; empty cows, £2 to £4i 15s; yearling to 18-jnou.tbs heifers, best. £-158 to £4 10s; others. £1 5s to £2 10s; yearling to 18-months steers, £2 15s to £3 17s 6d, 2 to 2j-year steers, £4 to £5 2s 6d; 3 to> Bjyear steers, £5 5s to £6 7s 6d; 4 to 4}-year steers, £6 10s .to £7 12s 6d; grown steers in forward condition, £7 15s to £8 15s; beet at fully Westfield quotations. 'Alfred Bucklana and Sons, Ltd., report :—During the week we held sales at 1 Westfield. Pukekohe twice. Waiotira and Waitakaruru. also two clearing sales. There were full yardings at each centre and a good demand for all classes _of cattle as ruling values. Fat pigs are slightly lower, but stores are in keen request. Dairy cows at, clearing sales are sought after and are realising high prices. Best cows sold at £ls "to £lB 10s; good cows, £lO 10s to £l4 10s: others, £6 to £10; aged and inferior, £3 to £5 10s; best springing heifers, £9 to £l2 10s; others, £5 10s to £8 15s: small and backward. £3 10s to £5 ss; fat steers. £lO 5s to £l3 ss; fat cows and heifers, £7 to £ll ss; rough fat cows. £4 15s to £6 15s; boner cows, £2 to £4 10s; empty young cows, £3 10s to £4 15s; store cows, £2 to £3 ss; old cull cowb, £1 to £1 15s; extra choice yearling to 18-month-old Jersev heifers. £6 6s to 81gns: the latter nrice was obtained for heifers bred bv Mr. W. G. Hutchinson, Patumahoe. Other vearling Jersey heifers. £3 10s to £5 10s; yearling to 18-month-old Shorthorn ann Friesian heifers,' £3 5s to £4 15s; good calves, £1 15s to £2 2s; smaller calves, £1 2s to £1 13s; small and weedy calves. 15s to £1 Is; sound young herd bulls, £7 7s to £l2 12s; heavy bulls. £5 to £6 17s fid; other bulls, £2 10s to £4 10s; grown steers in forward condition. £9 to £10; best 4-year-old steers, £7 10s to £8 17s fid; other 4-vear-old steers, £6 15s to £7 7s fid; 2 to 3-year-old steers, £5 to £6 10s; yearling to 2-year-old steers, £3 5s to £4 17s fid. RATES AT ADDINGTON. GENERAL FALL IN VALUES. 1 [by telegraph.—press association.] CHRISTCHURCH, Wednesday. i Entries at the Addintrton market to-day . were much larger than for some time, particularlv in the fat sheep and fat lamb ■ sections. Bates for all classes of stock I were below the good prices of the last two , sales. Store Sheep.—There wai, a very large ' entry for thiß time of year and the sale ; dragged. Hoggets sold fairly well, but were > down by Is to 2s per head. Not much more than a third of the total entry was ' sold at auction. Sound and failfng-mouthed • halfbred ewes and lambs made 19s 8d; aged : halfbred ewes with fair lambs, 14s to 14s , lid ; aged three-quarter-bred ewes with lambs, 13s to 14s 3d: inferior aged ewes with ■ lambs. 10s 6d to 12s Sd; good Corriedale I ewe hoggets. 375; good three-auarter-bred ewe hoggets, 355; good hoggets, 35s to 37s 10s; three-auarter-bred ewe hoggets, 32s to ■ 345; halfbred wether hoggets, 22s to 24s 7d: 2 and 4-toothed halfbred wethers, 26s 3d to 27s lid; 4 and 6-tooth shorn wethers, 21s to 22s Sd: inferior 2 and 4-toothed shorn wethers, 16s 9d to 20s. Spring Lambs.—There was an excess ( entry of 715 head, compared with 290 last week, and a decrease of about 5s per head ' to the level of three weeks ago was rel corded. The average value was about lOd l a lb. Prices ranged from 21s to 335. The i maioritv sold at from 25s to 28s. 1 Fat Sheep.—There was an exceptionally > heavy entry of 14 races, including Swuth « Canterbury and Southland sheep. A decline of about 2s per head was averaged throughout, values, however, still being consider--7 ably better than three weeks ago. Ab«ut , 50 per cent, of the sheep were shorn, Extra , prime wethers realised up to 4fis 4d; prime > wethers, 3fis 6d to 40s; medium wethers, ) 33s fid to 365; light wethers. 31s to ,33s i 3d: extra prime ewes to 3Cs 10s; prime S ewes. 30s to 335: medium ewes. 27s to 29s ; fid: light ewes. 23s to 26s 9d: prime gh«rn , wethers, 80s to Bfis lOd; medium shorn i wethers. 23s fid to 28s; prime woolly hogi gets. 29s fid to 34s lOd. s Fat Cattle.—Another heavy entry of 550 r head included South Otasro. Southland, ; South Canterbury and Chatham Islands I cattle. The quality was trood. Extra good , heef made to 40s per 1001b.; prime, 2fis to ; 30s; medium. 33s to 35s 6d; heavy, 32s Sd . to 35s 6d: and rough down to 27s 6d: extra heavy bulllocks to £l9 12s 6d; prime heavy ' steers, £ls to £l7 ss; prime medium-weicht i steers, £l3 1&» to £l6; medium quality i steers, £ll to £l3 ss; light steers, £8 to , £10.10s: extra prime heifers to £l4 12s 6d: » prime heifers, £lO 10s to £l2 10s; ordinary , heifers, £8 10s to £lO ss; light heifers, £5 10s to £8; extra prime cows to £ls 12s 6d; l prime cows. £9 lOr to £l2; medium cows. I £6 15s to £9 ss; light cows, £4 5s to £S 10s. ; Veaiers.—Ttnnners mad" £5 15s to £6 10s; is best calves, £5 5s to £5 10s; medium calves, « 30s to £5. Fat Pirs.—The demand hardened as the t sale progressed. Choppers made £3 fis to £5; baconers. £3 15s to £5 15s; extra heavy ' to £6 5s fid (average price per lb.. 7H I to 81d); porkers. 48s to 72s 6d (averagfl per lb., B*d to 9d). • Store Pigs.—There was a largo en'.ry i and values were lower. Weaners made 'iss ; to 245; best to 335: small stores. 34s to 375; i others, 39s to 445; extra to 52s 6d; sows i in pig to £7 2s fid.