PRICES FOR STOCK

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXI, Issue 21861, 25 July 1934, Page 7

PRICES FOR STOCK

SALES IN COUNTRY

FRANKTON QUOTATIONS OX BEEF IN DEMAND [from our own CORRESPONDENTj HAMILTON, Tuesday An average yarding of fat sheep, comprised mostly of wethers, was penned at the Frankton saleyards today. Late rates were maintained. Only a few prime quality fat ewes came forward and competition was good. Fat lambs were yarded in large numbers and sold at slightly easier rates..There was n smaller entry of ox beef, the majority again being well-finished cattle. Competition was good and tho market remained very linn. There was a larger yarding than usual of cow and heifer beef. Prime quality lines showed an improvement on recent sales. Another small entry of fat pigs sold readily on a firm market. A large entry of stores sold exceptionally well, especially those of good quality. I lie auctioneers report as follows: Fanners' Co-operative Auctioneering Company, Limited.—Heavy prime wethers sold at 28s ud to '293 '2d; medium. 25s 9d to '27s 3d: heavy prime ewes, '2'2s 7d to 23s '2d; medium, 21a to 21s 9d; light fat ewes, llis Gd to 18a 3d; heavy fat lambs, 22s to 23s 2d; medium, I9a 3d to 21s Gd; four and live-year eweo. running with Southdown ranis, 18a to 20s 9d; aged ewes, 10s 3d to 17b Gd. Cattle: Heavy prime steers, A a to fll; medium fat steers, £7 10s to £8 oa; light and unfinished, £5 lis to £0; heavy fat cows, i'G 5a ,to £7; medium fat cows and heifers, ill 15s to £5 10s; lighter, A3 10s to £4; killable, £2 /is to £3; store cows. 32s Gd to 38s; Jersey heifer c'Uves, 20sto 30s. Pius: Heavy porkers, £2 to £2. l>s medium porkers, 80s to 38s; light, 2ns t 325; stores, 20s to 2/s; good slips, los to 18s Gd; poorer slips. 10s to He;; weuners, 12fl to 15s Gd; second and third I'Uci Tani worth cross sows. £3 to £3 15b; maidcii Berkshiro sows. 39a to £3 2s Gd. New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Asoncy Company. Limited-Catt]e: Medium prime fat ox sold at £7 15s to £8 10 * • ' bullocks, £G 5s to £7 12s; light mid nfinished. £5 15s to £0- good pnmo fat cows and heifers. £5 to £5 19s; fat, £4 &s to £o 4s; medium. £3 10s to light and unfinished. £2 58 to £3; fresh-conditioned. £1 5b to,'£2; cull cows, 7b Gd to los. Sheep. Extra prime fat wethers. £1 Gs to ill 10s Sd; fat wethers, £L 3s to £1 Gs; light and unfinished. £1 to £1 2s fid; extra Pfime fut ewes. £1 3S to £1 7s Cd; prime fat ewes. £1 Is Gd to £1 28 9d: fat ewes. £1 to £1 Is; light and tinfinislied, 10s o 18a; good prime fat, lambs, 24s to 25s 3d; fat. ~1 Is to £1 Ms; light and unfinished, 18s to £l. Pigs: Light baconers. £2 5s to £2 14s; heavy porkers, £1 12s to _1 hunt, £1 Gs to £1 10s; good stores. £l 3s to £1 (3, others. 18b to £1; slips, 12s to 16s: wenners, 8s to 13s; bows in pig. £3 to £3 15b; others, £2 5s to £2 15s. , _ . Dalgety and Company. Limited -I at sheep: Prime heavy wethers sold at 2Gs to 2!)s; light wethers, 2'2s to 21s 3d; P''. in jc heavy ewes, 20s to 225; unfinished and light ewes. 15s to 17f- heavy fat lambs, to -4s 3d for best woolly other fat lambs, 19s to 21s 3d; store lambs, 13s to 14s 9d. tat cattle: Choice ox sold at equal 1001b; medium-weight bullocks. £5 17s to £7 7s; light and unfinished, £1 10s to £4 19s; prime young cowb made to £fi ss; rind medium quality cows, £3 5s to £4; runners, 22s and 20s. Fat pins; Baconers, £2 7s to £3 2s; porkers. 24s to 335; heavy porkers. 35s to 40a. Store pigs: Good stores, to 27b; small stores, 18s to 225; good wenners, 12s to 15s; small a,nd inferior weanerß, 8b to Us; breeding sows, £2 to £3 \V. Vcrcoo and Company. Limited.— Heavy prime wetliers sold at 29s fid to 31s ; medium-weights. 25s to 27s 9d; light and unfinished. 23s to 24s Gd: heavy fat ewes, 21s to 225; lighter. 18s te 20b; heavy fat lambs. 25s'to 27s 3d; medium-weight*, 22s Gd to 23b 9d; light, 18s to 21s. Cattle: Heavy fat bullocks, to £10; mediumweichts, £8 10s to £9: light. £7 to £7 15s; unfinished. £5 5a to £5 17s Cd; prime heavy fat cows. £7 to £7 7b; medium prime, £6 to £G 15s; heavy fat cows, £4 to £5 10b; medium-weights, £3 to £3 15s; light, £2 to £2 10s; heavy fat wethers, £5 10s to £fi 9s; medium-weights, £3 15s to £4 108; light, £2 5s to £2 15s; vealers. £1 10s to £•2 ss. Pigs: Heavy baconers. £3 to £3 9s; light. £2 Ps to £2 15s: heavy porkers. 38s to £2 ss; medium-weights, 30s to 355; light, 20s to 28s; good stores, 22s to 24s Gd : others, 18s to 21s; slips. 14s to 17s: wenners. 13s to 17s Gd; small wallers, Gs to 10s. RANCIRIRI YARDING The Farmers' Co-operative Auctioneering Company. Limited, reports having held the Hnngiriri stock sale on Monday, when the advertised lilies of run cattle wore oflered, competition being keen, especially m respect to the breeding cows, which came forward jn rather, poor condition. A medium yarding of beef was penned and sold under good competition, late rates being maintained, Young medium fat cows. £4 17s fid to £o ss: medium fat cows. £4 5s to £4 16s; light frit cows. £3 4s to £4; killable cows. £2 os to £3: forward-conditioned cows. 329 to 40s; light-conditioned young cows and heifers. 23s to" 325: boners. 109 to 20s; good store Shorthorn itteers, three-year. £3 189 to £4 2s: good store Fricsian steers, three to four*year, £3 56 to £3 12s; storo Hereford and Shorthorn st A ers, two to three-year, £2 15s to £3 2s: Store Friesian, steers, £2 to £2 12s Gd: Hereford cows, running with bull, £2 15s to £3; Shorthorn cows, running with bull. 39s to £2 10s; Shorthorn and Hereford heifers, to £2: yeiuline Jersey heifer calves. 30s i to 335; yearling Jersey and Jersey-cross heifer cftlvcs, 25a to 28s; yearling Shorthorn heifer calves, 20s; 18-month Jersey bulls, 27s Gd to 3Gs. Dairy cattle: A small yarding of dairy cattle was penned. Competition for choice dose to profit heifers was fair and prices realised were on a par with late quotations. Choice Jersey heifers. £4 5s to £4 10s; choice .Ters°y and Jersey-cross heifers, £3 15s to £4 ss: more backward Jersev heifers. £2 17s fid to £3 10s; Jersey and JerSey-cross cows. £2 10s to £3: brick ward sorts. 35s to £2 sb.

PRICES AT CAMBRIDGE Dalgctv nnd Company, Limited, reports bavins held the usual stock sale at Cambridge on Monday. There was n moderate yarding .ill round. Medium fat cows, £3 to £?l 4s: store cows, 23s to 255; boners, 15s to ]On: good quality springing Jersey heifers. £4 10s to £5 ss: medium sorts, £3 5s to £4: backward heifers, £2 to £3; calved heifers. £2 to £2 10s; dairy cows. £l. Sheep: Store hoggets. 14r (id: fresh-conditioned hoggets. 17s. Pigs; Light baeoners. £2 10s; porkers, 325; medium store pigs, lGs to 18s Gd; slips. 13s to 15s. PRICES AT KOPU # [BY TELEGRArn OWN CORRESPONDENT] THAMES, Tuesday Fat cows and heifers came forward in average numhors at the atook e<mducted by Drtlgety and Company, Limited, at Kopu yesterday and sold under keen competition at well Ul) to Westfield rates, tho good price of £fi 12s being obtained. Store cattle, which were in short suppl.v, realised late rates. As a result of tho continued wet weather prices for dairy cows and heifers, which wero yarded iu good average numbers. were inclined to bo easier. A slightly Amallof offering of pigs (sold at, late rates. Prices were:—Extra prime, fat cows and hoifers, £5 lfis to £6 12s: heavy prime, £4 5# to £3 14s: light, £2 15s to; £4; other fat cows. £2 to £2 12a fid; lullablo cows. £t 5s to £1 Ifis; boners, to £1 Is: dairy heifers, best earlv enlvcrs, £4 5s to £4 17s 6d; later cnlvors. £3 to £1 2s Cd: best cows, coming to profit, £-1 to £4 I'2b fid: other cowb. £3 fis to £4: aged and backward, £1 10* to £3: heavy porkers, £1 19s to £2 4s; light and medium. 30b to OAs: small and unfinished. 23s to 20s; stores. 20s to 275: slips, 14s to 17s fid I gocid wennerS. lis to 14s; small, 7s to 10s; crossbreds. maiden sows, duo to farrow, to £3 7s lid. WAIPU QUOTATIONS [from OUR OWN correspondent] WIIANGAREI, Tuesday Tho North Auckland Formers' Co-opera-live, Limited, reports having held a stock bolo at Wnipli yesterday. Tho yarding was riot cjUito tin largo as usual, mid consisted mostly of dairy slock and pigs. Vnlues were:—Best dairy cows, £3 10s to £1 12s Gd: medium, £2 sfl to £3 10s; inferior and backward COWB, £1 to £2 2s lid: best, dairy heifers, £4 to £5 '2s fid: medium, £3 to £3 17s lid. backward heifers. £1 to £2 5b ; boner cows, iOs: medium store pigs, 20s to 2os lidt weaner pigs. Us to Its. . . , , Dnlgety and Company. Limited, also report having held » sale at Wiupu yesterday. There was a largo attendance of buyers. Store sheep wero yarded in large numbers and met with keen competition at late rates. Pigs were yarded in very large numbers, with competition exceptionally keen at nn udvnnc!) on Into rules. All classes of store cattle canie forward in small numbers, competition being dull. Dairy entile wero yarded 111 largo numbers, competition being exceptionally dull at prices considerably b»low the rlites nf previous Hales. Values were:— Store wethers, 17s to 17s ad: mixed-sex woolly hoggets, 14s to 15s lOd; medium sorts. 10s to 13s 2d: mixed-ng* ewes, 17s 9d to 19s; cull ewes, Ss to 10s; breeding sows. 3}gns to 4gns: backward sorts, 2Jgns to 3gns; stores. 17s to 20s; slips, Ifis to 17s: weancrs, 14s to lCs; Finnll and inferior sorts, 12s to 13s- fat cows, £3 10s to £4:.boner cows, ,8s to 10s; forward dairy cows, £2 to £3; inferior and backward sorts, £1 to £1 10s; three-year-old Jersey heifers, good sorts, to 4gns; medium sorts. 30s to £2 ss.