COUNTRY STOCK SALES

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIX, Issue 21263, 17 August 1932, Page 7

COUNTRY STOCK SALES

PRICES AT FRANKTON IMPROVEMENT FOR FAT CATTLE [from ora OWN correspondent] HAMILTON, Tuesday The small entry of fat cattle which cama forward at tho weekly stock sale at Frankton to-day was barely large enough to fill buyers' requirements, values generally show- ■ ing a hardening tendency. Ox beef sold on a par with late quotations. The prices for cow beef, especially good quality animals, advanced sharply ns a result of tha short offering. A keen demand was also experienced for the small yarding of fat sheep. An appreciable increase on late rates was realised for wethers, whilej ewes advanced at little. A small yarding of fat pigs sold at ; rates on a par with last week's-quotations. Values for Btore pigß improved' slightly. , The auctioneers quote as follows: New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company, Limited.—Cattle: Prime fat bullocks made from £5 19s to £6 12s 6d; medium quality, £4 15s to £5 10s; lighter, £4 ... 5s to £4 12s 6d; unfinished cattle, £3 10b to £4; prime fat cow and heifer beef. £4 12a. 6d to £5 lis; medium fat cows, £3 10s to £4 10s; lighter quality, £2 12s 6d to £3 7s 6d: light, £2 os to £2 12s 6d; killable, £1 16s to £2 8s; stores, 20s to 28a; bonera, 11a to 15s; vealers, 30s to 325. Sheep: Prime pir. wethers, 12s to 13s 6d; fat wethers, 10s 6<J. to 12s; lighter quality, 9s to 15s; primsi ewes, 7s to 7s 9d; medium quality, 5s 9d. to 6s lOd; lighter, to 5s 6d; medium hoggets., - 9s Id to 10s 3d; smaller, 8s 6d to 9s. Pigs:. Heavy porkers, 26s to 295; medium, 23s to' 265; light, 18s to £1 Is; large stores, 18st>' to £1 2s 6d; medium, 14s to 17s; slips, 10h to 13s; weaners, 8s to lis. G. W. Vercoe and Company, Limited.- - . Cattle: Prime medium-weight fat bullocks 1 sold at £6 10s to £7; prime light, £5 15s to . £6 7s 6d; light, £5 2s to £5 12e; prime heavy fat cows, to £7 4s; heavy, £4 10s to £5 10s: '•? lighter, £3 5e to £4 2s 6d; light, £2 to £2 * 15s; medium-weight fat heifers, £4 to £4 • 17s 6d; light, £2 to £3 sa; runners, 303 to 31s, Sheep: Heavy fat wethers, 12s 6d to 13s; fat two-tooth wethers, 12s to 12s 8d: fat wethers, shorn, to 9s 9dj killable ewes, 4s to 6s 6d. Pigs: Good porkers, 28s to 81s; medium, 25a to 275; light, 20s to 24a; good stores, 15s to 18s 6d; good slips, 10s to 145;.weaners, 8a to lis 6d.

Dalgety and Company, Limited.—Sheep: . Prime fat wethers sold at up to 13s; light. 103 9d to lis 9d; maiden fat ewes and wethers, 12s"; aged fat ewes, 7s 9d to 83 6d: a line of English Leicester mixed aged ewes, lis 3d. Cattle: Light bullocks, £4 17s to £5 103; prime heifers, £3 19s to £5 11b; fnfc cows, £3 23 6d to £3 17s 6d; light fat cow*" and heifera, 33s to 48s. Pigs: Best porkers. £1 4s to £1 9s: medium, 18s to £1 2e; larger stores, 18s to £1 3s; slips, 12s to 17a; weavers, 8s to 128. Farmers' Co-operative Auctioneering Com»j pany, Limited.—Sheep: Extra prime heavy . fat wethers, Bold at up to 16s 7d; medium] fat wethers," 12a 6d to 13s; lighter, 10s t® * lis 3d; heavy fat ewes, 7s lid to 9s; med-' ium, 6s 6d to 7s sd; killable ewes, 3s 6d to.] 4s 6d; fat lainbs, 7s 3d to 8s 3d. Runners, 30s to 35a; heavy fat steers, £6 > 12s to £6 18s; medium. £5 lis to £5 19s; lighter, £4 10s to £4 19s; prime fat cows.' £4 19s to £5 8s; prime heifers, £4 18s to £54b: medium fat cows, £4 2s to £4 10s: lighter, £2 6s to £2 18s; forward-conditioned 1.-. cows, 22s to 28s; 3-year Polled Angus steers. £2 12s; 2-year Hereford and Polled Angus steers, £2 to £2 2s. Pigs: Baconers. 34s to 375; porkerß, 26s to 295: light pork- v." ers,- 23s to 255: stores, 17s to 20s 6d; slips.; - 12s 6d to 15s 6d; wean ers, 8s to 12s; young'' . Tamworth boars, 35s to £2. OHINEWAI QUOTATIONS The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile iAgency Company, Ltd., Hamilton, reports on its Ohinewai sale on Monday as fpl-' lows:—A small yarding of inferior fat cows'; made recent valuations, while for the med-; ium entry of average quality dairy cattle market values were also maintained. Med-, - ium fat cows made £2 15s to £3 10s; lighter fat cows, £1 18s to £2 12s 6d; killable, £1 13s to £1 17s; stores, £1 2s to £1 6s; medium dairy cows, £4 15s to £5 15s; poorer quality, £3 .10s Jo £4 10b. The Farmers' Co-operative Auctioneering Company, Ltd., reports that at its Ohinowai sale a full yarding of all classes of cattle came forward. A good demand existed for", yearling and two-year empty heifers, dairy cattle being hard to quit. Values were;— , Medium prime cows, £2 17s 6d to £3 15s light fat cows, £1 15s to £2 Is; killable'. cows, 25s to 335; good store cows, 27s 6d to £2; others, 14s to £1 2s 6d; sound young =■• cows, 25s to 37s Gd: boner cows, 5s to 10s: Jersey-cross empty ! vo-year heifers, '32 a 6d to £2; Friesian emj> y two-year heifers, 25a to 335; Shorthorn empty two-year heifers. 30s to 38s; quality Jersey yearling heifers, £2 3s to £2 9s Jersey-cross yearling heifers. 25s to 30s; Friesian yearling heifers, 20s to 255; Shorthorn yearling heifers, 27s to 30s; Jersey cows, in milk, £4 to £5 10s; Short-horn-cross cows, in milk, £3 10a to £5 10st -- Shorthorn cows, springers, £5 to £5 ss: .. Friesian .cows, springers, £2 10s to £.4; . Jersey cows, springers, £4 to £4 10s; Jersey springing heifers, £4 10s to £6; Friesian -- springing heifers, £4 to £G; Shorthorn, springing heifers, £3 5a to £4 ss; Shorthorn backward heifers, £2 10s to £3.

PRICES AT CAMBRIDGE : : Tho New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company, Ltd., Hamilton, reports : that at the Cambridge stock sale on Monday an extra heavy yarding of dairy cows and heifers and a small entry of only fair quality fat and store Cattle were offered. Good dairy cows sold at full market values at the beginning of the sale, but eased as it proceeded. Best heifers showed an improving tendency. A slight advance on lat« - rates is reported for fat cattle, due to the small entry. A fairly heavy entry of store--and weaner pigs maintained recent sales. Quotations were:—Medium fat cow &ndheifer beef. £2 17s 6d to £3 17s: poorer quality, JC2 7s 6d to 15s; tillable, to .•23. 3s; stores. 18s to £1 4s; boners, to 16a; medium yearling heifers, £1 12s to i2 sst. 'Vi good quality dairy cows, £7 10a to £9 osg'-.y medium, £6 5s to £7 ss; poorer, £4 10s to £6; others, to £4 ss; best dairy heifers, £7_ to £S iss; medium sorts. £5 10s to £3 15s; ■_ others, to £5. Light porkers, 19s to £1 7s* \ stores, 13s to IGs; woaners, Cs 6d to 10s 6d. v TAUMARUNUI PRICES [BY TELEGRAPH—OWN- CORRESPONDENT] 4 TATTMARTJNTJI, Tuesday The yarding at the stock sale to-day comprised 100 sheep. 12 head of cattiu and about SO pigs. Tho pigß consisted mostly of weaners and best sorts made from 12s to 14s. ' Other weaners made from 5s to lis A small line of good-quality fat wethers made 13s 9d and four and six-tooth wethers 93 lid. Good sonnd-moutli ewes sold at 12s 5d and ewe hoggets changed hands at 9s 7d. There was practically no demand for dairy cows and heifers.