COUNTRY STOCK SALES

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXI, Issue 21698, 13 January 1934, Page 7

COUNTRY STOCK SALES

NORTH AUCKLAND PRICES LARGE YARDINGS REPORTED [from our own correspondent] ' WHANG AREI, Friday The North Auckland Fanners' Co-opera-tive, Limited, report holding Bales at Hukerimu and Ruawai on Wednesday. At Hukerenui there was a large yarding and competition was keen, nil lots changing hands. Values were:—Dairy cows, backward sorts, to £2 ss; store cows, £ 1 5s to £1 9b; boner cows, £1 4s to JEI Gs; poor conditioned boner cows, 14s to 37s Gd; coloured cows and calves, to £1 12s Gd; inferior sorts, £1 5s to £1 lis; yearling Shorthorn heifers, to £1 Is; 18-months-old Shorthorn steers, to £2 ss; weaner pigs, 10s to 17s. At Ruawai a large yarding came forward and competition was keen. Values were:—Fat cows, £3 to £3 12s; light fat cows, £2 8s to £2 19s; fresh and forward cows, £1 15s to £2 7s Gd; boner cows, 17s to £1 14s; boner bulls, heavy, £4 to £5 2s; medium boner bulls, £2 10s to £3 19s: light boner bulls, £1 10s; store pigs, large, £1 8s; slips. £1 4s; weaners, Ms to 17s.

The North Auckland Farmers' Co-opera-tive, Limited, reports holding a stock sale at Kamo yesterday. There was a large yarding of all classes of cattle, prices being on a par with late rates. There was also a good yarding of sheep and pigs, prices being slightly in advance of late rates for sheep. Values were:—Cattle: Dairy cows, backward, to £2 ss; fat ox, to £4 15s; fat cows, to £2 12s; forward-conditioned cows, to £2 ss; fat heifers, to £2 19s; boner cows, to £1 7s Gd; yearling Shorthorn steers, to 32s 6d; boner bulls, to £3 9s; cows and culves, to £2 ss; two-year-old Shorthorn steers, to £2 ss; yearling to 18-months-old steers, to £1 15s. Pigs: Forward 6tores, to £1 Is; porkers, to £1 lis; weaners, lis 3d to 13s; smaller sorts, 8s to 10s 6d. Sheep: Fat and forward wethers, 19s; aged ewes and lambs (all counted), lis Gd; breeding ewes, Tour-tooth to five-year-old, 14s Gd; forward store lambs, 14s 3d; small store lambs, Bs. Dalgety and Company, Limited, report holding a stock sale at Kamo yesterday, when a medium entry of cattle came forward. Prices were on a par with late rates. Quotations: —Cattle: Springing heifers, £2 2s Gd to £4; good quality fat bullocks, £4 15s to £5 2s Gd; steers, to £3 7a; Jersey heifera, running with bull, to £2. Pigs: Weaners, to 10s; stores, £1 ,5s to £1 7s Gd.

TE AWAMUTU QUOTATIONS The Farmers' Co-operative Auctioneering Company, Limited, reports that at the Te Awamutu sale on Thursday a medium yarding of fat sheep sold ac recent quotations. A heavy yarding of cattle came forward. Good quality beef sold ffeely up to rates at recent sales, while second quality was easier. Boner cows and potter bulls also showed a decline. A heavy yarding of pigs was penned, including many good quality porkers. Competition throughout was keen, values being on a par with those ruling at central yards. Stores and weanera met with extra keen bidding, and nil lots were readily sold. Values were:— Sheep: Fat wethers, £1 to £1 2s; fat hoggets, woolly, £1 8s 6d: fat hoggets, shorn, 17s 9d to £1; fat ewes, 13s to 17s; store ewes, 12s. Cattle: Prime medium fat steers, £5 5s to £5 16s; light unfinished steers, £3 7s 6d; prime heavy fat cows, £4 to £5; prime runners, £3 10s: medium fat cows, £3 to £3 lis; light, £1 16s to £2 Gs; heavy store cows, £1 5s to £1 13s; boners, 10s to £1 Is; heavy potter bulls. £3 5s to £4; medium, £2 10s to £3; light, £1 35s to £2 ss. Pigs: Medium baconers. £2 2s to £2 8s; heavy porkers, 37s to £2 1?; medium, 33s to 365; light, 30s to 325; good stores, 25s to 28s; smaller, 23s io 24s 6d; slips, 19s to 22s 6d; weaners, 15s to 18s _ fid; bows, in pig, £2 10s to £3 3s; pedigree Tamworth boars,. £2 4s to 3igns,; pedigree Tamworth sows, 3}gns.

RATES AT NGONGOTAHA The Farmers' Co-operative Auctioneering Company, Limited, reports having held its Ngongotaha stock sale on Thursday, a full entry of sheep being penned. Competition was good throughout, and the whole yarding changed hands. Only a medium yarding of cattle came forward, prices remaining unchanged. There was no change in prices for a small entry of pigs. Values were:—Pigs: Slips, 19if to 21s; wc-aners, 12s to lfis. Sheep: Forward-conditioned lambs, 15s to 16s 2d; mixed sex lambs, 12s 6d to 13s 8d; medium lambs, 10s 2d to lis 8d; cull lambs, 6s 9d to 8s lOd; soundmouth breeding ewes, 13s to 14s; line of 755, average, 14s; sound-mouth to".failingmouth ewes, 10s 6d to 12s sd; cull ewes, 5s to 8s 6d. Cattle: Light fat cows, £2 10s to £3 2s 6d; forward-conditioned cows. 35s to £2 2s 6d; Btoro cows, 28s to 335;. boner cows, 15s to £2 ss; potter bulls, £2 10s to £3 15s; dairy cows. £2 10s to £4.

WAINGARO LAMB FAIR Dalgety and Company, Limited, Hamilton, report having held the annual lamb and wether fair at the "Waingaro saleyards on Thursday. There was a smaller yarding than last year, and a very large attendance of buyers. Competition was keen and prices generally were fully 100 per cent higher than last year. The entry consisted of 1600 lambs and 567 wethers, the whols being disposed of. The principal sales were as follows:—239 four-tooth for-ward-conditioned wethers, 22s 9d; 101 foux-tooth forward-conditioned wethers, 21s 8d; 182 two-tooth wethers, 19s; 41 twotooth wethers, 17s lid; 115 shorn wether lembs, 12s 4d; 59 cull lambs, 9s 8d to 10s 3d; 30 forward-conditioned wether lambs. 14 s 4d; 212 shorn wether lambs, 13s 8d; 52 6mallor, 10s 4d; 114 shorn wether lambs,; lis 6d; 161 6horn wether lambs, 13s Cd; 76 shorn wether lambs, lis Id; 125 forward well-grown shorn wether lamba, 14s; 57 smaller, lis 4d; 62 cull lambs, 9s 7d; 12:1 shorn ewe lambs, 15s sd; 83 shorn wether lambs, 12a 4d; 38 cyll lambs, 9s 3d; 52 woolly forward-conditioned Leicester lambs. 14s lid.

G. W. Vercoe ond Company, Limited, report having held the annual lamb and wether fair at Waingaro on Thursday, when a medium entry came forward. Competition for both lambs and wethers was particularly keen, and prices were fully 100 per cent in advance of those of the previous annual fair. The top price in the wether section, 23s 6d, was paid by the Paerangi Estate for a lino of 166 fat and forward two-tooth wethers, sold on account of Mr. A. McDougall, .of Te Akau. Killable lambs sold from 14s 6d to 15a 2d; good store wether lambs (shorn), 13s to 14s 4d; others, lis to 12s Gd; small mixed sex woolly lambs, 10s 6d to 12s; fat and forward conditioned two-tooth wethers, 20s 4d to 23s 6d; store two-tooth wethers, 18s Gd to 19s 2d.

TE KUITI LAMB SALE [by telegraph—OWN correspondent] TE KUITI. Friday Dalgetx and Company, Limited, reports having held a special lamb'and wether sale at Te Kuiti to-day. Fully the advertised number of sheep were yarded, and met with a ready sale at prices well above vendors' expectations. Buyers were present from tho Waikato and Taumarunui districts, while local buyers also competed strongly for all clnsses, A really attractive yarding was offered, and every pen wns sold under'tho hammer. Good two-tooth wethers made 19s Id to 20s 3d; fat and forward black-face lambs (woolly), 16s Sd t-o 17s 4d; forward black-faco lambs (woolly), 14s 8d to 15s 9d ; medium, woolly. ■ 12s Rd to 13s Sd; small, 10s to 12s 3d ; good shorn black-face lambs, 14s 8d; medium, lis 9d to 13s 4d; good woolly white-face wether lambs. 14s to las 2d; medium, 12s 6d to 13s 8d: small. 10s 6d to lis 10d: best shorn, 13s Od to 14s lOd; medium, lis (VI to 12s lOd; small, 10s 3d to lis Id; medium woolly mixed sex lambs, 15s lOd; medium shorn ewe lambs, 15s Id; small shorn mixed sex lambs, lis to 13s Id; cull lambs, 8s 2d to 10s 4d.

VALUES AT OPOTIKI [by telegraph—OWN correspondent] OPOTIKI. Friday Dalgety nnd Company, Limited, reports having held its' usual monthly stock sale at the Opotiki yards yesterday, when a small entry of both sheep and cattle was penned. A total clearance was effected, sheep selling at advanced rates and cattle at lato rates. Store conditioned aged owes made up to Us Id; small two-tooth wethers. 16s Cd: forward black-faced lambs, 14s Id; mixed sex Romuey lambs, 140. Forward crown bullocks, made £3 17s to £4; light fat steers, £3 10s; plain fat cows, to £2; fit Jersey cows, to £1 19s; boner cows, to £1 ss: light run cows and calves, £2 Cs; maiden sows in pig. £2 10s. Tho New Zealand _ Loan and Mercantile Agency Company. Limited, reports that a small, yarding of both sheep and cattle met with good competition at lata rates. Gull lambs made 6s -5d to 9s Id. Forward cows sold to £3; three-year steers, poor quality, to £2 ss; cows with colvc.s, to £1 4s; boner cows, to £1: Jersey bulls, to £3 10a; twoyear steers. To 355.

SHEEP AT GISBORNE [dv telegraph—own correspondent] GISBORNE, Friday Th'o Stockbrokers' Association held its weekly salo to-day at the Matawhoro yards. There was ' a good attendance of dealers and fanners. A feature of the sale was tho demand for brecdiiift ewes, anything of likely character finding a ready sale. There wits a fairly good yardinp of store sheep and a keen sale took place, with spirited bidding for any good linos of ewes. Sound-mouthed ewes went to 16s: younuor, to 18s Id; fat and forward, to 12s id; fac and forward store lambs, to 13a Od: others, 12s; two-tooth wethers, to 14s Bd. Only a small entry of fat eheop camo forward. Ewes showed a small advance. selling from lis lOd to 12s 2d: second grade, 9s 9d. Pics: Good White slips, to 15s 3d and-15s; White stores, 18s; Tannvortli weanora, 123 (Jfl; White porkers, 265.