COUNTRY STOCK SALES

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXI, Issue 21743, 7 March 1934, Page 5

COUNTRY STOCK SALES

FRANKTON QUOTATIONS DEMAND FOR GOOD BEEF [IOIOJI OUR OWN correspondent"] HAMILTON, Tuesday There was an exceptionally heavy yarding of all clftsses of stock at the Frankton saleyards to-day and in order to clear tho pens, the auctioneers were selling until w<4ll past the usual closing time. An extra heavy yarding of all classes of fat sheep came forward and prices for both ewe and wether mutton wero firmer than last week. Lambs, which were also yarded in largo numbers, showed no alteration on late quotations. A heavier yarding of cattle was offered, all good quality lines again remaining very firm. Second quality, of which there was a particularly heavy yarding, also showed a firming tendency. A few pens of store steers sold at unchanged rates.

The supply of fat pigs was smaller j than usual, with the result that all I classes showed a further firming ten- 1 dency. A medium yarding of stores also met with steady competition and sold at improved rates. Baconers sold at sid to 54d per lb., and porkers at about equal to to sid per lb. , Tho auctioneers report as follows; — j Farmers' Co-operative Auctioneering Com- j pany, Limited.—Sheep: Extra prime weth- : ers, 28s 3d to 30s; prime. 25s lid to 27s 6d; lighter. 20s to 233 3d; fat maiden ewes, j to 2Gb 9d; heavy fat ewes, 17s Id to 18s 3d; medium, 15s Cd to lGs 9d; light, l-ls lOd to 15s 3d; prime woolly lambs, 20s 6d to 22s 9d; light, 17b to 19s Gd; prime shorn lambs, 18s 9d to 20s Gd; light, 16s 4d to 17s Gd. Cattle: Vealers, 28s to £2 ss; heavy fat cows and heifers, £6 2s to £6 14s; medium, £4 19s to £5 10s; lighter, £3 10s to £4 2s 6d; killable, £2 8s to £3; boner cows, to £2 2s; bulls, £3 to £4; grown mixed coloured steers, £4 14s; two-year steers, £2 16s; two-yenr Jersey steers, 255. Pigs: Prune heavy baconers, £3 5s to £3 8s; heavy baconors, £3 2s to £3 ss; medium, £2 18s to £3 Is; light, £2 10s to £2 17s; smaller and unfinished. £2 6s to £2 9s; heavy porkers, £2 to £2 ss; medium, £1 15s to £1 19s; light, £1 10s to £1 14s; small and unfinished, £1 4b to £1 9s; choppers, to .£'2 17b; etorCß, IGb to 225; slips, 12s to 15s Gd; weaners, 7s to lis Gd. „. . Or. W. Vercoe and Company, Limited.— Sheep: Heavy fat wethers sold at 26s to 28s Gd; lighter, 23s to 25s Id: light, to 22s 10d; heavy fat ewes, 18s 7d to 19s 2d; lighter, 14s 8d to IGb Id; heavy fat lambs, 23s 3d to 23s 7d; lighter, 20s 9d to 22s 9d; I light, lGs 7d to 19s lid. Cattle: Medium- ! weight fat bullocks, £7 to £8 2s Gd:. lighter, £6 Is to £6 18s; prime medium-weight fat cows, £6 to £G 9s; lighter, £4 10s to £5 10s; light, £2 10s to £4; heavy fat heifers, £5 10s to £6 8s; lighter, £4 to £5 ss; light, £2 5s to £3 10s. Pigs: Prime baconers, £3 7s to £3 lis; heavy baconers, £3 4s to £3 6s; medium-weights, £2 16s to £3 2s; lightweights, £2 5s to £2 14s; heavy porkers, 36s to £2 2s; medium-weights, 33s to 355; light, 28s to 325; good stores, 21s to 275; others, 18s, to 20s; slips, 12s to 17s; weaners, 8s 6d to lis 6d. . Dalgety and _ Company, Limited.—Fat t sheep: Extra prime heavy wethers sold at up to 28s; medium to good fat wethers, 24s to 265; light wethers, 223 2d to 23s 6d; extra prime heavy ewes made to 18s; light and medium quality, 15s to 16s; inferior ewes, lis to 13s. Fat lambs: Extra prime woolly lambs, to 21a 9d; shorn, 18s 3d to 193 Gd; small, 13s to 15s. Fat cattle: Ordinary prime Cows and heifers, £4 2s Gd to £5 ss; inferior cows, £2 10s to £3 7s Gd. Fat pigs: Best baconers, £3 4s to £3 7s; light, £2 lis to £2 18s; heavy porkers, 36s to 39b; light, 31b to 355. Store pigs: Good stores, 22s to 265; light, 17s to 21s; small, 12s to 15s Gd; best weaners, 9s to 12s; small, ,6s to 8s Gd; sows in pig, £2 7s to £2 9s to £2 12s; Tamworth boar, £2 lis. Tho New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company, Limited.—Sheep: Prime heavy wethers sold at 25s 6d to 275; good quality. 23s to 255; medium, 21s to 225: light, to 20s; prime -heavy ewes, 16s Gd to 17s 9d; good quality, 15s to 16s 3d; lighter, 14s to 15s; heavy fat lambs, 19s to 225; medium, 17s Gd to 19s; light. lGs to 17s Gd. Cattle: Extra prime fat bullocks, to £9 13s; prime bullocks, £7 15s to £8 15s; medium, £G 5b to £7 10s; lighter, to £6: prime fat cows and heifers, £5 to £5 15s; medium, £3 15s to £4 178 6d; lighter. £2 12g Gd to £3 10s; forward, £2 2s io £2 10s; atorts. to £1 12s; potter bulls, to £4. Pigs; Heavy baconers, £3 to £3 8s; medium. £2 14s to £2 19s; light baconers and heavy porkers. £2 6a to £2 12s; medium porkers, £2 to £2 ss; light porkers, £1 13s 1o £1 18s; good stores. £1 to £1 4s; poorer, 17s to 19s; slips. 15s to 17s; Jnrge weaners, lis to 13b Gd; sninller, 6s to 9s.

TUAKAU SHEEP FAIR Alfred Buckland and Sons, Limited, held their second Tuakau sheep t'air on Monday. More than the advertised number camo forward and found ready buyers. Ewes were slightly lower than at tho first fair, but. were well up to expectations. Wethers sold at fully late values, and lambs were dearer. Prices:—Fat wethers, ill Cs 3d; forward 2 and 4-tooth wethers, £1 3s Gd to £1 ss; other 2 and 4-tooth wethers, 17s to £1 3s; 2tooth ewes, £1 to £1 4s fid (a small lot made ill 9s); 4. G and 9-tooth ewos, £1 2s to £1 4s; 4 and 5-year-old ewes, 18s to £1 Is 9d; older owes, 14s to 17s 6d; nged and cull ewes, 8s to 133; best lambs, 16s to 17s 3d; poocl lambs, lis G<l to 15s 9d; smaller lambs, 13s to 14s 3d; small and cull lambs, 9s to 12s 9d; 2-tooth Bomney rams, £3 3s to £4 4s; other Ronmey rams. £1 Is to 2}gns.; old rams, 10s 6d; Southdown rams, £2 2a to £4 4s; English' Leicester rams, 2Jgns. CATTLE AT RANGIRIRI The Farmers' Co-operative Auctioneering Company, Limited, reports having held its usual stock sale at Kangiriri on luesday, when the firm's entry exceeded tho advertised number (700 cattle). Fat cows were again yarded in good numbers and prices remained firm, while a heavy entry of boner cows sold at unchanged rates. The advertised lines of steers and cows attracted a good attendance of local and outside buyers. The entry comprised a good proportion of 'erown steers, which found a good sale. Fresh-conditioned cows iind heifers remained at unchanged rates. Jersey heifer calves had a good sale. Quotations: —Heavy fat cows. £4 17s Gd to £5 ss: medium fat cows and heiferß, £4 4s to £4 12s Gd; lighter, £3 2s Gd to £3 15b; killable cows, to £2 15b ; boner cows; to 355; runners. £2 7s io £2 15s; good cows, with caives. £3 to £3 7b Gd; good Jersey heifer ciilves, to 32s Gd; smaller, to 22s Gd: dairy cattle, £3 lo £4 ss; bulls, £2 10s to £4 103: grown Shorthorn steers. £5 10s to £5 ISa: fresh 3 J to four-year SWornhorn and Hereford-cross steers. £5 to £5 8s; 3i-year Hereford steers, £4 15s to £4 18s; 35-year Shorthorn steers, £4 12s to £4 lfis; grown mixed colours steers. £4 10s to £5 Is; 21 to three-year store Hereford steers, £4' to £4 ss: li lo two-year Shorthorn steers, £3 5s to £3 10s: mixed colours, li to two-year steers, £2 4s lo £2 V2s Gd: frcshconditioned empty cows, £2 2s to £2 8s; store cows, lo 355.

VALUES AT CAMBRIDGE Tho Farmers' Co-operative Auctioneering Company, Limited, reports:—At tli9 Cambridge sale on Monday a good yardmcc of sheep was penned. Store lambs met with a ready sale, while breeding, ewes were harder, to quit. An average yarding of cattle sold at late schedule rates. A good yarding of pigs came forward. Choppers and porkers wore in keen demand and sold readily at prices in advance of Frank ton rates. Buconera met with good competition, prices being on a par with late values. Values for good stores were on the upward grade. Quotations:—Sheep: Fat ewca, to lGs; store lambs, good, 13s to 15s; others. 10s Gd to 12s Gd: good sound-mouth ewes, 14s. 2d; aged ewes, 10s 3d to lis lid. Cattle: Fat heifers, £3 to £3 19s; fat cows, medium', £3 18s to £4 ss; light, £2 5s to £3 8s; heavy storo cows, to £1 19s; boners, 14s to £1 8s; Jersey heifer calves, lo 295; potter bulls. £2 lo £3 ss. Pigs: Choppers, 34g to £2 15s; light baconers, £2 5s to £2 6s; heavy porkeis, 375; medium. 31s to 335; light, 2Gs to 30 a Gd; good stores, 20s to 255; other stores, 15s to 19s; slips. 12s to 14s: weaners, Gs to lis.

COROMANDEL VALUES [BY TELEGRAPH —OWN CORRESPONDENT] THAMES, Tuesday Dalgety find Company report having held their Coromnndel sale yesterday, when fully tho advertised number of cattle came forward, and were keenly competed for by u representative attendance of buyers from as far eouth aa Paeroa and To Aroha. Tho Plain 3 and surrounding districts were also well represented. Tho sheep offered were not a very attractive lot, and prices were in consequence inclined to bo slightly easier, with the exception of store lambs, which were readily disposed of at full latp rates. Prices were:— 3s-year steers, Hereford. £4 2s to £4 19s; Shorthorn, £3 19s to £4 2s; Shorthorn-Jersey cross, £3 Is to £4 12s; Holstein, to £3 14s; 2J-year steers. Shorthorn-Jersey cross, £2 5a to £2 15s; Holstein, to £2 lis; Hereford run cows with calves at foot, £2 15s to £3 15s; ShorthornJersey cross cows, with calves at foot, £1 16s to £2 lis; medium fat cows, £2 10s to .£3 17s 6d; medium fat heifers, £2 15s to £3 14s; light; fat heifers, £2 (5s to £2 13s; yearling steers, Shorthorn, to £2 19s; Jersey, £1 9s to £1 lis; heavy potter bulls, £4 to £4 ss; medium, £3 to £3 17s 6d; light, £1 10s to £2 19s. Sheep: Killable 4-tOoth wethers. 23s 3d: store 4-tooth wethers, 17s I'd to 20s 6d; low-conditioned mixed a_ged breeding ewes, lis 6d to 15s Bel; medium store lambs, to 13s 6d; Romney rams; £2 ss, aged potter i-nms, 5s to 20s.