SALES OF STOCK

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXI, Issue 21853, 16 July 1934, Page 5

SALES OF STOCK

PRICES IN COUNTRY MORR! NSVI LLE QUOTATIONS HEAVY YARDING OF SHEEP Another heavy yarding of sheep at Morrinsville on Friday is reported by the Farmers' Co-operative Auctioneering Company, Limited. Fat sheep met with a keen .demand and fully maintained recent quotations. Store slice]): The advertised lines of sheep, ex east coast and North Auckland, canio forward and met with a good demand, and although one or two pens of ewes failed to reach the vendor's reserve when submitted to the hammer tho whole yarding changed hands privately afterwards and very satisfactory prices were realised. A particularly choice lino of 127 two and four-tooth ewes, cx east coast, in good condition, realised 33a sd, while a line of 203 six-tootli and two-year ewes from North Auckland sold for 26s (3d. Cattle: Cattle were yarded in smaller numbers and all classes penned sold freely at recent rates, although exporters were not operating on boners. There was fair competition and prices were only slightly easier than last sale. Dairy cattle: Another large yarding of dairy cattle came forward to a full bench of buyers. Competition was good and practically a full clearance was effected at values equal to late rates. Choice heifers and cows close to profit wore in the best demand and sold readily, with a tendency to harden. Pigs: A small entry of fat pigs met with a ready sale, while a good yarding of stores met with a steady demand, and all classes showed a considerable advance in values over last sale. Quotations were as follows: Prime fat ewes, 21b 6d to 22s 10d; medium fat ewes, 18s 9d to 20s 9(1 store ewes, 12s 3d to 13s Cd; prime heavy fat lambs, 22s 6d to 25s Gd: medium fat lambs, 20s 6d to 21s lid: light fat lambs, 17s 9cl to 19s 7d; good store four-tooth wethers, 22s 7d; store two-tooth wethers, 18s 9d to 20s lOd; two-tooth to fouryear ewes, due to Romney rams, 33s sd: four-tooth to four-year ewes, due to Romney rams, 2Gs 6d; four-year and five-year ewes, due to Southdown rams, 19s to 22s Gd; aged ewes, 10s to lis 6d; medium fat steers. £6 7s to £G 9s; light fat steers, £4 17s to £5 3s; prime medium fat heifers, £3 15s to £i 4s; lighter fat heifers, £'3 3s to £3 10s; prime heavy fat cows, £4 5s to £5 14s; medium fat cows, £3 4s 6d to £3 19s; light fat cows. £2 to £2 17s 6d. young store cows, forward condition, £1 Is to £1 8s; boners, 13s to 18s; choice yearling Jersey heifers, to £2 73; medium quality Jersey heifers, 28s to 365: poorer sorts, 14s to 265; choice Jersey heifers, close to profit, £5 15s to £6 ss; Jersey heifers, close to profit, £5 to £5 10s; Jersey and Jersey-cross heifers, close to profit. £4 5s to £4 17s Cd; Jersey and Jersey-cross heifers, more backward, £2 2s 6d to £3: choice Jersey cows, close to profit, £5 to £5 10s; Jersey and Jersey-cross cows, close to profit, £4 5s to £4 17s (id; Jersey cows, more backward. £3 10s to £4; poorer and backward sorts, £2 2s Cd to £3 ss ; choice calved Jersey heifers, £5 to £5 12s Gd; Jersey calved heifer 3, £4 to £4 15s; Jersey calves, heifers, poor condition, £2 6s to £2 15s. Pigs: Medium baconers, £2 lis to £2 16s; medium porkers, .34s to 37s 6d; stores, 18s to 255; slips, lis to 16s 6d: weaners, 10s to 14s; maiden Tamworth sows, to farrow, £4 to £5 2s Gd. CLEARANCE AT NGARUAWAHIA Tli<> New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company. Limited, reports on a clearing sale held at Ngaruawahia yards on hriday, on of Mr. R. McCorquinaale. The cattle which were offered did not meet with good competition owing to their low condition and the lateness of calving. Iho advertised horses, pigs and farm sundries met with spirited competition and satisfactory prices were obtained. "We ouote: Best quality dairy cows, closo to profit. £3 10s to £4 15a; more backward, £2 15s to £3 ss; others, £2 to £2 10a; good maiden sows, closo to farrowing, £4 to £4 7s Gd: others. £2 5s to £3 15s; good aged farm draughts. £2O 15a to £26 10s. PRICES /AT TE AWAMUTU Dalgety nnd Company, Limited, report having held the usual stock 6alo nt Te Awamuta on Thursday, when a fair yarding of fat and store and a good yarding of dairy stock and pigs enmo forward to a full bench of buyers. All classes of stock were freely competed for and practically the whole yarding changed hands. Cows offered on account or Mr. J. B. Hutchinson came forward in good condition and sold at up to £S 10s. tiio whole line averaging £5 ss. Prices were:—Sheep: Prime fat lambs, 21s Gd to 2os; fat lambs, 15s. 7d to 17s and 19s. No fat ewes or wethers were yarded. Cattle: Light fat bullocks, £G 9s. £6 7s to £7; heavy tat cows, £6 Is to £6 13s; fat cows. £4 10s to £5 ss: fat heifers. £3 10s to £4 15s; light fat cows, £2 to £3 ss; light fat heifers. 30s to £2 los; good store cows, 253 to 37s Cdboner cows, 10s to 18s; three-year Shorthorn Bteers, £3 15a: medium quality yearling Jer,l,l?lfeJß-. 2"s Gd to 31s; small sorts, 10s to 17s Cd Dairies; A full yarding. Good sorts were keenly sought, but inferior sorts were more or less neglected. Choice Jersey cows cl ° Be to profit, made £7 10s to £8 10s: others, £5 5s to £6 10s; more backward sorts. £3 los to £4 10s; others, £2 10s to =3 ss : sood Jerse y heifers, close to Drofit ±5 to £a 10s; more backward sorts, £3 10s to £4 10s: others, £2 15s to £3. Pigs: A small yarding of fat pigs and a large yarding of stores came forward and met with keen competition. Prices for all classes were, if anything, in advance of late sales. Prime medium porkers made 355; light, 24s to 28a: good quality large stores, £1 is to 245; good quality medium stores. 18s to 22s 6d; light. IPs to £1; good quality large slips, 15s to i;A : + "ii / m 'm t0 J 145 ,6 d; small and Mi 4 io rj 12s; good quality weaners. 12s Gel to 13s Gd; medium, lis to. 12s Gd; small. r, O iU s; g0 ?- d l Uf) hty young sows, £3 to fo ! s ™: medium,.£2 10a to £-2 14s; others. i.2 to £2 ss. ; •

JERSEYS IN RODNEY [from our own correspondent] WARKWORTH, Saturday The Rodney Jersev EVeeders' Club's female sale was held at'Kaipara Flats. A small number of pedigree stock came forward. Prices showed the recent decline in dairy cattle values. Backward stock were somewhat dull of sale. Mr. W. T. Wedding obtained the top prices with Sunnydale Poppy and Sunnydnle Oxford Kitty. The former was purchased by Mr W. O. Gubb (Port Albert) for 6 gns and .the latter by Mr. S. Viall (Warkworth) for s?gns. The average price for pedigree Jerseys was 4Jgns. Nearly GO head of grade stock was offered, the average pnco» being almost os hish as tlie pedigree average. VALUES AT GISBORNE [by "TELEGRAPH —OWN correspondent] GISBORNE, Saturday At the Matawhero stock sale yesterday there was only a small entry of beef, which was of prime quality. In tye sheep sections there was little alteration in values. Store sheep prices were firm on recent sales. Prime heavy Hereford cows sold at £3 7s 6d to £3 17s Gd; good cows, to £3 2s Cd; bulloclts, £2 7s Gd to £4 15s; fat vealers, £1 ss. A total of 355 fat sheep was yarded, and generally the offering waß just average quality. Prices for ewes ranged from Ms 9d to 19s 3d; second grade, 12s 5d to 13s 8d; lambs, 15s Gd to 20s. Only 1196 store sheep came forward. Quality breeding ewes not above eight-tooth made 22s to 24s 9d; fairly good lots, 15s Gd to, 17s 7d; hoggets, to ISs Sd; empty ewes, fairly good, to lis Id; ewes in hard condition, 10s; wethers, to 203 sd. PRICES OF METALS i MINOR FLUCTUATIONS (Received July ,15, 5.5 p.m.) < LONDON, July 14 Following wore yesterday's quotations on the London-metal market, compared with tlioso of July 12:

Quotations for other metals, with last week's prices in parentheses, are: — Pig iron: Home trade, £.3 7s 6d (£3 7s 6(1); export, £3 2s 6d (£'3 2s Gd I *. Antimony: British, £42 10s (£42 10s); foreign, *£2S 2s 6d (£27 los). Molybdenite, £1 16s (£1 16s) a unit. Wolfram, £2 Is (£2 2s) a unit.

July 13 July 12 Per ton Per ton X" a d £ b d Copper, plan., spot, 80 0 7! 29 18 0 Copper, stan., 3 roos. ,. no r. loj 30 6 10i 'Copper, electrolytic . . 33 0 0 33 0 0 to to 33 10 0 33 10 0 Copper, elect., wire bara 33 10 0 33 10 0 Lead, aoft, spot, . . 10 15 (I 10 10 3 Lead, soft, forward . 11 0 0 11 1 3 Spelter, spot 13 6 3 13 7 6 Spelter, forward . 13 12 r, 13 13 0 Tin., stan. spot .. Tin, stan., 3 mos. 030 13 0 230 IS 9 230 1 3 230 2 6 'American, 9 cents a lb.