HAMILTON STOCK SALE.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIV, Issue 19712, 11 August 1927, Page 7

HAMILTON STOCK SALE.

BETTER PRICES FOR BEEF.

i< Reports on tho weekly stock sale at Frankton on Tuesday are as follows; — The Farmers' Co-operative Auctioneering Company, Ltd.—We had a good yardins of beef and fat sheep, a small entry of store cattle, a few pens of store sheep and a fair yarding of fat and store pigs. Beef was firm with prices better than tho previous week. Fat sheep met with keen competition and there was also a good demand for stores. Fat pigs were equal to last week and prices for stores were firmer. We quote:—Extra. prime heavy fat bullocks, £l3 5s to £'l4; these prices being obtained (or two pens on account of Mr. W. Willoughby; prime fat cows and heifers. £9 7s tid to JUIU; a draft of 25 extra choice stock on account of the Crossing Estate averaged £9 7s id; fat cows, £8 to £8 ss; medium quality, £t> 10s to £ti 15s; plain and unfinished. £5 3s to £5 l'2s Gd; store cows, £3 to £4; cull cows, £1 15s to £2. Fat wethers, 31s Gd. a line of 48S on account of the Crossing Estate making this figure; fat wethers, small. 32s sd. a line of 305 forward wethers, 325; small store wethers, 275. Prime baconers. £3 2s to £3 Sa; light baconers, £2 15s to £2 17s; prime porkers, £2 8s to £2 10s; sow and young, £8;, good stores, 33s to 375; slips. 25b to 293 6d: good weaners, 18s 6d to 223; others, lis to 13s. Xew Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company, Ltd. —Beef was penned in shorter supply than last week, and the auality being first-class an advance in prices resulted. A very small entry of store cattle came forward. Sheep soid under keen competition at full late rates. We quote;— Fat steers, £ll 5s to £l2; prime fat heifers, ; i'B 12s C<l to £9 Is; lighter. £7 7s; fat cows. £6 17s fid to £9: veal calves and runners, ! £2 103 to £4 7s; store cows. £2 8s to £2 19s; yearling Jersey cross heifers. £2 10s to £3 6s. Pigs: Nearly all classes showed a slight drop on last week's sale. Heavy baconers made £3 3s to £3 lis; heavy porkers, £2 5s to £2 14s; lighter porkers, £] 143 to £1 13s; stores, £1 10s to £1 14s; slips, £1 2s to £1 7s; weaners, 10s to 18s; sows, close to profit, £6 10s to £7 12a Gd; backward sorts, £3 10s to £5 15s. Dalgety and Company. Ltd.—There was a. moderate yarding of beef, which sold at slightly higher rate 3. Prime young cows and heifers made up to £10: ordinary prime cows and heifers, £7 10s to £8 15s: light fat cows, £6 5s to £7 ss; runners, £3 to £4 7s; forward-conditioned cows, £4 to £5 ss. Only a few pens of store cattle yarded, which met with a good demand. Young HereI ford cows, in calf. £4 12s; two-year steers, £4 6s (mixed quality); . Shorthorn cows, m calf, £3 15s; Jersey store cows. £2 10s to £3 10s; Jersey bulls, £5 10s. With the.exception of a large line of fat wethers, there was a very small yarding of fat sheep, which sold at a sharp advance on late rates. Prime heavy wethers made up to 395; fat ewes, heavy. 31s; store forward wethers. 2Cs; store wethers, 23s 4d; cull store wethers, 19s; a line of 127 mixed _ aged ewes, majority fourth and sixth, in lamb to Eoinney rams, 30s 3d. A fair yarding of fat pigs sold at improved rates. Stores were Yarded in large numbers, and met with strong competition. Heavy baconers made £3 4s to £3 10s; light porkers. £2 63 to £2 12s; best porlcers, £2 13s to £2 18s; chop- j pers £3 5s to £4; large framed stores, £] j 13s to £1 19s; good slips, £1 4s to £1 9s; j best weaners. 18s to £1 2s; small. 123! fo lis. *

OTHER COUNTRY SALES. r l he New Zealand IjOfn mid Mcrc&ntilG Agency Company, Limited, reports.—We hold sales during the nasi, week at Westfield, Pukekohe, Ngatea. Paeroa and two clearing sales. We report good sales, witn values for all classss of livestock firm at lato quotations. We quote:—Dairy cows and heifers, close to profit, best, £lO 10s to £ls: others. £7 to £lO ss; backward springers, best, £7 15s to £lO 15s; others. £4 to £7 103; bulls. £2 10s to £10; empty cows. £2 to £3 ,15a: boner cows, £2 to £4 as; yearling heifers, best, £3 to £4 10s; others. £1 to £2 15s: yearling to IS-months steers, £'2 103 to £3 17s Gd: two to steers, £4 to £4 17s 6d; three to 31-year steers £0 to £5 17s Gd: four to 45-year steers," £6 to £6 17s Gd; grown steers, in forward condition, £7 to £7 153; beef at fully Westfield quotations. Alfred Buckland and Sons Ltd., report: —During: the week we held sales at Tuakau, Wellsford, Waiuku, Westfield, HelensviUe and clearing sales on account of Mr. G-. T Bayly, Wellsford, and m the _ estate of the late J. H'. Hansch, at Alfnston. All classes of cattle and sheep are in demand and the recent advance in values has been sustained. Best dairy cows made £ls to £lB 18s; good cows. £ll to £l4 15s; second grade cows, £8 to £lO 10s; others, £4 to £7' los; oest springing: heifers, £l2 to £ls ss; good average heifers, £7 10s to £11; small and backward. £5 to £7 ss; empty young cows. £3 to £4 14s; store cows, £1 5s to £2 15s; prime young cows and heifers, £5 103 to £8 10s; rough fat cows, £4 to £5 ss; boner cows, £2 10s to £3 17s 6d; grown steers in forward condition. £7 to £8; three to four-year-old steers. £5 los to £6 15s; two to three-year-old steers. £4 10s to £5 12s Gd; yearling to 18-month-old steers, £2 15s to £4 7s Gd; choice yearling Jersey and Friesian heifers. £6 to £7 103; otheT heifers. £2 10s to £5; good calves, £1 10s to £2 2s; smaller calves, £1 2s to £1 9s; sound young herd bulls, £5 5s to £lO 10s; pedigree Friesian bulls, £8 8s to 20gns; hea% r y bulls. £5 to £6 10s; other bulls, £2 to £4 103; f.m. ewes in lamb, £1 63 to £1 Ss 9d; hoggets, ISs to £1 Is; forward and store wethers, £1 4s to £1 8s 3d; sows in pig, £1 4s to £8 8s; store pigs. £1 10s to £1 IGs: farm horses, £l3 to £25. HAWKESBURY JERSEY SALE. REPRESENTATIVE ATTENDANCE. A sale of Jersey cattle was held at Hawkesbury, Blenheim, last week, 011 account of the well-known breeder, Mr. Charles Goulter. There was a good attendance, representing the principal Jersey breeding centres of the Dominion. Six head of cattle were purchased by Taranaki breeders, an equal number by Canterbury breeders, five by Nelson breeders, four by Waikato breeders, and three by Otago breeders. The balance were distributed throughout the dairying areas of Marlborough. Sensational prices were not anticipated, but up to a certain level bidding was well sustained. The "top price of 80gns. was paid for the excellent four-year-old bull, Hawkesbury Earl, a son of the great cow, Soumise Duchess. The purchaser was Mr. C. Grant, of North Taranaki, who also secured a number of the cows. Taranaki already owes a great deal to the Hawkesbury stud. The aged herd sire, Hawkesburv Nobleman, a bull with a fine reputation, although ten years old, realised 50gns. He was purchased for the Waikato breeder, Mr. C. Parker, Hairini, and is another son of Soumise Duchess. The seven-year-old bull, Hawkesbury Silver Light, "from the famous Silver Queen family of champion show cows, realised 30gns., going to a South Taranaki breeder. The Waikato breeders, Messrs. Mori and and Sons. To Rapa. secured two of the bulls, one beinsr Hawkesbury Romulus. The young bulls were not in demand, the'top price being 25gns., # paid for Hawkesbury Loyalty by Mr. A. E. Smith, Balclutba. The top price paid for females was 71gns., this sum being forthcoming for Hawkesbury Lilac, the six-year-old fullsister to the well-known North Taranaki herd sire, Hawkesbury Blue Light, recently purchased in partnership by the Canterbury breeders. Messrs. H. E. B. Watson and A. Jakins. Wright, Stephenson and Co.,* Ltd., also secured her for a Canterbury breeder. Mr. H. E. B. Watson secured for his Canterbury herd two daughters of Hawkesbury Flandrine Swan. He paid 55sns. for Hawkesbury Maid's Lilv, six vears, and 50gns. for Hawkesbury Silver Fly, five years. The 21. Hawkoshurv females averaged £37 3s. Mr. E. H. Barton also disposed of his small herd, the top price heincr 45gns.. for the five-vear-old cow. Maori Oueenie. The stock were all in splendid order-. Mr. Goulter had his arrangements for the sale well laid out. Every animal was sold without reserve, and the visitors present expressed themselves well oleased with the conduct of the sale. The selling a cents were the New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co., Ltd., and Wright, Stephenson and Co., Ltd. LONDON WHEAT MARKET. A. and N.Z. LONDON, Aug. 9. Wheat. —Cargoes are firm at 9d to Is advance owing to strong American advices. but buyers are not disposed to operate. A cargo of 4000 tQns by the Riodo'aado realised 53s 9d, and one by tho Kileredano, 53s 6d. Parcels are quieter but quotations fire 9d to Is higher. By the Surrey, 535; at Liverpool, by tho Appaway, 53s 6s; by the Buteshire, 53s 9d. Liverpool futures: October, lis 3d nor cental; December, lis 25-8 d; March, lis 2£d; May, 11 o|d. CHICAGO WHEAT MARKET. A. and N.Z. CHICAGO. Aug. V. Wheat. —September, ,1 dollar 41£ cents per bushel; December, .1 dollar 45| cents; ; March, !• dollar cents. j