STOCK SALES

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXI, Issue 21727, 16 February 1934, Page 7

STOCK SALES

VALUES AT PUKEKOHE p KEEN DEMAND FOR STEERS [FROM OCR OWN correspondent] PUKEKOHE, Monday Alfred Buckland and Sons, Limited, conducted its regular stock sale at Pukekohe to-day. The yarding of dairy cattle was bigger than that of last sale and the quality throughout was of average standard, although some extra quality heifers were offered. Prices showed improvement on recent sales. The advertisej herd sold well up to late rates. Best heifers, close to profit, made £4 103 to £5 2s (id; gooj, £3 103 to £4 sa; poorer and backward, to £2 ss. A good yarding of beef and boner cattle sold at prices equal to those of recent sales. Best cows brought from £4 5s to £5; lighter, £3 to £4; rough and boners, to £2 17s 6d. Over 100 three to four-year-old steers wore entered and met with a very keen demand at higher values. Forward-conditioned four-year-old steers sold from £4 15s to £5 7s Gd; three to four-year-old, £4 to £4 12s Cd; 18-months-old steers, £2 10s to £3; f;ut steers, £5 5s to £G 10s. There was a large yarding of bulls. Heavy bulls realised irom £4 to £G 10s; others, to £3 15s. •Jersey heifers, in calf, made from £2 5s to £2 12s 6d; Jersey heifer calve 3, to £1 10s; Shorthorn heifer calves, 325. There was a good yarding of all classes of pigs. All prime baconers were in keen request at improved rates. Values for heavy porkers also improved. Light and medium maintained late rate 3. Choppers realised from £1 10s to £2 12s; heavy prime baconers, £3 3s to £3 8s; medium, £2 14s to £3; light, £2 5s to £2 10s; heavy porkers, £1 16s to £2 3s; light and medium. £1 10s to £1 14s; small and unfinished, £1 fis to £1 83. The demand for stores was less keen, especially tor smaller sorts. Best framed sold up to £1 4s; smaller, 14a to 17s; slips, lis to 13s; good weaners, 83 to Us; small and weedy, 3s to 7s. r STORE SHEEP AT FRANKTON Dalgety and Company, Limited, reports that at the usual weekly store sheep sale nt the Frankton saleyards on Wednesday there was a very large yarding of about 12,000 of all classes. Included were about 4000 two-tooth ewes, the majority being from the East Coast. There was a large attendance, and a very satisfactory sale resulted with practically a total clearance at very_ full market rates. The firm's entry consisted of 4300. Quotations:—Two-tooth ewes sold up to 27s 3d; cull two-tooth ewes, to 18s lOd; mixed aged ewes, to 21s; four and five-year ewe 3, to 21s sd; five-year ewes, to 17s 2d; failing-mouth ewes, to 16s Id; cull ewes, 12s 3d; medium lambs, lis; woolly lambs, to 14s 2d; shorn forward lambs, to 13s 9d; a pen of two-tooth wethers, 21s 3d; failing-mouth Southdown rams, ljgns to 2gns; failing-mouth Eomney rams, ljgns. r MATAMATA QUOTATIONS Dalgety and Company, Limited, held the usual_ fortnightly stock sale at Matamata on Wednesday, when fair yardings of cattie and sheep came forward and sold under fair competition. A medium yarding of fat pigs, comprising chiefly porkers, sold well up to late rates. Baconers sold under keen competition. Prices were:—Cattle: Prime fat cows, £4 to £4 6s; light, £2 15s to £3 JOs; inferior, sorts, 30s to £2; light fat heifers, £3 to £3 15s; fat heifers, £2 5s to £2 153; boner cows, 25s to 32s 6d; thin cowb, 20s to 255; cows, with calves at foot, £3 lis; bulls, medium-weight, £3 to £4 ss; light, £1 10s to £3; forward-conditioned steers, £3 lis to £4 ss. Pigs: top-weight baconers. £3 3s to £3 8s; heavy. £2 IPs to £3 Is; medium, £2 10s to £2 15s; light baconers and heavy porkers. £2 4s to £2 8s: medium porkers, 32s to 365: light. 24s to 295; large stores, 22s to 265; slips, 16s to 20s; best weaners, 8s to 10s; Tamworth boars, sir months, purebred, 50s. Sheep: Fat two-tooth wethers, 24s 6d; small, 17s 3d; store woolly lambs. 12s 3d to 13s 2d; store shorn lambs, 12s to 12s 3d; smaller lambs, 10s 9d; forwardconditioned ewes, 12s; thin ewes, 5s to 7s 6d. PRICES AT HIKUTAIA The Farmers' Co-operative Auctioneering Company, Limited, reports having held its Hikutaia stock sale on Wednesday when a small yarding of cattle was penned. Competition was keen and values firmed on last sale's quotations. A small entry of sheep met with good competition up to Waikato rates. The entry of pigs was smaller than usual, consisting mainly of porkers. Competition was keen and prices were in advance of last sale's values. Quotations:— Cattle: Heavy young fat cows and heifers, £3 5s to £3 17s; heavy fat cows, £2 16s to £3 4s; medium, £2 10s to £2 15s: light, £2 to £2 7s 6d: killable cows, to 395; goodconditioned cows, to 355; boners, to 275; heavy potter bulls, £4 to £5 Is; lighter, £2 5s to £3 17s 6d; Jersey heifer calves, 17s. Sheep: Heavy fat ewes, 15s 3d; prime fat lambs, 203 6d; good store- ewe lambs. 15s 6d; good store wether lambs, 14s Gd. Pigs: Medium porkers, 2Ss 6d to 345; light, 21s Gd to 28s; good stores. 17s to 20s; slips, 14s to 16s 6d; weaners, 10s to 12s 6d. r 1 - KAIKOHE SHEEP FAIR [by telegraph OWN correspondent] KAIKOHE, Thursday

Reporting on the Kaikohe sheep fair this week, at which there was one of the biggest yivrdings in the North, the North Auckland Farmers' Co-operative. Limited, states that there was a large attendance of buyers from all parts of North Auckland and the bulk of the yarding changed hands though the auctioneers were working until darkness intervened. Quotations were:— Store two-tooth wethers, lGs to 18s 9d; forward wethers, to 19s lOd; two-tooth ewes, 20s to 235; four and nix-tooth ewes, 19s to 21s; four and five-year-old ewes, 14s lOd to 19s 7d; sound-mouth ewes, 10s 6d to 13s; aged owes, 5s 7d to 93; forward shorn store lambs, lis to 12s Sd; small lambs, 5s 3d to Ss 6d; woolly mixed sex lambs. 8s to 13s.

The Kaikoho ram fair was held yesterday when owing to the late date the yarding was comparatively small, 200 ovfy being offered. There was only a small attendance of buyers, as most sheepfarmers have now bought their requirements. Southern-bred two-tooth Romney rams brought sgns to Si gns; other two-tooth Romneys. 2gn3 to 4gns; inferior sorts, to ljgns. The Southdowns yarded were very dull of sal© and brought Ign to 3gns. LONDON TALLOW SALES LONDON, Feb. 14 At the London tallow sales to-day 102? casks were offered and 282 sold. Quotations were:—Mutton: Fine 23s a cwt. medium 20s. Beef: Fine 22s 6d, medium 19s The Bank of New Zealand has received the following advice from its London office under date of February 14: —Tallow*: There is a poor demand. Current c|uotations: Good mutton, 22s to 22s 6d per cwt.; good heef, 20s to 20s 6d; good mixed, 20s to 20s 6d; gut, 17s 6d to ISs 9d. THAMES WATER RACE I COST OF RESTORATION GOVERNMENT CONTRIBUTION [BY TELEGRAPH OWN CORRESPONDENT] THAMES. Thursday In reply to the request of the Thames Borough Commissioner, Mr. C. L. Grange, for a Government grant toward the cost of restoring the Thames Borough water race after the break in the supply last year, the Minister of Mines, Hon. C. E. Macmillan, has written stating that the Government has approved of a payment of £345 to the borough on account of the cost incurred by it in carrying out temporary repairs to ensure an immediate resumption of the water supply for domestic purposes. The Minister added that the question of what annual contribution if any would be made toward the cost of maintaining the water race was still under consideration. The Water Committee, in its report to the Borough Advisory Committee, expressed gratification with the Minister's action, but stated that it felt a greater contribution should have been made in view of the Government's responsibility in connection with the race. The report was adopted.