PRICES FOR STOCK

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXI, Issue 21885, 22 August 1934, Page 7

PRICES FOR STOCK

SALES IN COUNTRY FRANKTON QUOTATIONS FAT SHEEP IN DEMAND [FROM OCR OWN correspondent] HAMILTON, Tuesday Fat ewes met with good competition at the Frankton saleyards to-day, the market being firm. There was a smaller yarding of fat wethers, which sold readily at recent quotations. Unfinished wethers, however, were not in demand, and only a few sales were made. Fat hoggets were yarded in average numbers, and sold under spirited bidding, the demand for forward-conditioned woolly hoggets being especially good. An ordinary yarding of ox beef sold at average rates. Cow and"heifer beef was penned in smaller numbers, and for prime quality tho market remained firm. Lighter and second quality lines showed an easing tendency. There was an average yarding of fat pigs, with values firm at slightly easier rates. A large entry of stores and weaners sold on a par with recent sales. The auctioneers report as follows: —

Farmers' Co-operative Auctioneering Company. Limited.—Sheep: Heavy prime wethers, 27g Gd to 20a 3d; medium prime wethers. 25s to 2Gs 9d; light fat wethers, 20s to 22s 9d; heavy prime maiden ewes, to 28s 6d; heavy prime ewes, 23s 3d to 24s 6d; liuht fat ewes, 18s to l!>s 6d; heavy prime hoggets, 21s 3d to 26s 6d; medium prinm hoggets, 20s 6d to 22s 3d: woolly hoggetd, 20s 3d to 21s 6d. Cattle: Runners. £3 to £3 2s; vealers, £2 7s to £2 14s; medium fat steers, £7 10s to £8 4s; light fat steers, £7 2s to £7 10s; unfinished steers, £5 to £5 9?; heavy fat cows and heifers, £6 10b to £6 l!>s: medium fat cows and heifers, £4 18s to £5 10s; lighter. £3 15s to £4 10s; killable cows. £2 10s to £3 3s; fresh-con-ditioned cows, 33e to £2 2«; stor.e cows, 22s Gd to 30s; boner cows, lis to 19s. Pigs: Medium baconers, £2 14s to £2 17s; light baconers, £2 8a to £2 12s: heavy porkers. 37s to £2 2s; medium porters, 32s to 365; light and unfinished porkers, 26s to 31s; stores, 20s 6d to 265; good slips, 15s to 18s 6d: poorer, 10s to 13s Gd; weaners, 8s to lis; breeding sows, 35s to £2 10s. Dalgety and Company, Limited.—Fat sheep: Best heavy wethers sold at up to 28s 6d; light wethers, 2Ga Gd; forward wethers, 21s; prime heavy fat ewes, 22s to 24b; unfinished and light ewes, 17s to 19s; shorn fat hoggets, 18s; heavy fat lambs. 21s to 255; medium, 18s to 22s Gd. Fat Cattle: Young prime cows and heifers, £5 12s to £6 15s: light and unfinished cows, £2 lis to £3 14s. Fat pigs: Prime heavy baconers, £3 to £3 Is:" medium. £2 17s: light, £2 lis to £2 14s; prime heavy porkers, £1 19s to £2 Is; medium, £1 14s to £1 18s; light, 30s to 325; others, 2Ss; heavy choppers. £1 19s to £2 9s. New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company, Limited.—Sheep: Prime fat wethers sold at £1 7s to £1 9s; prime wethers, £1 5s to £1 6s 6d: medium quality, £1 2s to £1 4b 6d; light and unfinished, £1 to £1 Is 6d: good quality ewes, £1 Is to £1 3s: plain, 16s to £1: medium fat lambs, £1 la to £1 3splain, 16s to £l, Cattle: Good fat bullocks, £7 10s to £8 12s: medium, £5 15a to £7 ss ;_ light and unfinished. £4 8s to £5 10s: prime fat cows and heifers. £6 to £6 lis; medium quality, £4 109 to £5 10s; lighter, £3 to £4 5s- light and unfinished, £:2 to £2 15s; quality . stores, £1 5s to £1 10(i: inferior. 12s to £1; cull cows. 9s to 15s. Pigs: Heavy baconers. £3 to £3 7s 6d; medium, £2 9s to £2 15s; light baconers and heavy porkers. £1 14s to £2 4s; porkers, £1 6s to £1 10s; good stores, £1 to £1 Gs; others, 16s to 18s; slips, 13s to 15s; weaners, 10s to 14s Gd.

G. W. Vercoe and Company, Limited.— Sheep: Heavy prime wethers sold at from 29s to 31s 6d; heavy, Q7s to 28s: light, 25s to 20s 6d: heavy fat ewes, 23s to 24s 6d; lighter, 21s 9d to 22s 6d; heavy fat hog-pets, 23s 6d to 2Rs; medium weights, 2ls to 22a Gd; light, 17s 6d to 20s. Cattle: Runners, to £3 17s Gd; vealers, 12s to £2 ss: heavy fat bullocks, £8 10s to £9 Is: medium weights, £7 10s to £8 7s 6d: lighter, £6 to £7 ss: prime heavy fat cows, £6 10e to £8 2s: heavy, £5 10s to £6 ss: gooa quality medium-weights, £5 to £5 7s 6d: others, £3 15s to £4 10s: light fat cows, £2 10s to £3 Gs: heavy fat heifers, £5 15s to £6 ss: medium-weights, £4 15s to £5 10:; light, £3 to £4 ss. Pigs: Heavy baconers, £2 18s to £3 3s: medium-weights, £2 10s to £2 17s: light, £2 3s to £2 8s; heavy porkers, 36s to £2 2s: medium-weiehts, 32s to 355; light, 28s to 31s; large stores, 23s to 265; others. 19s to 225: slips, to 18s: best weaners. 13s to 14 Gd: others, 7s to 10s.

CAMBRIDGE VALUES The Farmers' Co-operative Auctioneering Company. Limited, reports holding a stock sale at Cambridgo on Monday. A medium yarding of fat and store cattle was penned. Prices for beef were very firm, while boners and stores realised late rates. Cattle: Prime fat steers, £8 5s to £8 13s; prime medium steers, £7 5s to £8; heavy fat cows, £4: medium fat cows, £3 12s Gd to £3 17a 6d; light fat cows, £2 to £2 IGs; forward-con-ditioned cows, 28s to 335; boners, 5s Gd to £1 ss; empty two-year heifers, £1 Is to £1 13s. Dairy cattle: A medium yarding of dairy cattle came forward, competition being very fair. Choice close to profit heifers met with good competition, while more backward sorts sold at late rites. Ch(.;ce Jersey heifers, £5 5s to £0 10s; Jersey heifers, £4 15s to £5; backward Jersey i'eifers, £3 5s to £4; Jersey cows. £4 to £4 10s; more backward cows, £3 to £3 30s; cows, £1 17b fid to £2 10s. Pigs: A heavy yarding of all classes of pigs came forward. Stores were in keen demand and eold at late quotations, while porkers, although yarded in snialler numbers, met with good competition. Medium porkers, £2 3s to £2 ss; light porkers, 37s to £2; good stores, '23s (kl to 29s Gd; stores, 20s to 225; slips. 15s to IDs; good weaners, lis to 14s fid: other weaners, Gs to 10s; Tamworth sows, £2 17s 6d to £3; -Berkshire sows, £3 10s. Five purebred Devon eows, two months old, realised Signs., and a purebred Devon boar, 2gns. OFFERING AT RANGIRIRI The Farmers' Co-operative Auctioneering Company, Limited, reports that at. the Rangiriri stock sale on Monday fully the advertised number of cattle came forward. As buyers were in attendance from all parts of the Waikato and Auckland districts, competition waR keen throughout, and excepting a few cull cows and yearlings a total clearance was effected. The advertised lino of 200 store steers were the main attraction, and the cattle coming off the road in good condition met. with an excellent reception. Cattle: Fat bullocks, £7 10s to £7 12s; lighter bullocks, £5 10s to £G; heavy fat cows, £5 9s to £5 14s; prime young cows and heifers, £4 5s to £5 23; medium fat cows, £3 9s to £4 4s; lighter fat_ cows, £2 lGs to £3 ss; plainer quality light cows. £2 Gs to £2 14s; honer cows, 10s to 20s. Store cattle; Hereford and Shorthorn steers, £4 18s to £5 Is; Polled Angus steers, £4 lGs to £5 Is; younger Polled Angus steers, two to 2Jyear, £4 5a to £4 13s: younger Hereford and Shorthorn steers, £4 7s; good-coloured forward cows and heifers, £2 10s to £2 17s; other store cows, 34s to £2: 18-month Shorthorn steers, £3 Gs: yearling Polled Angus Gteers, £2 4s; yearling Polled Angus heifers, £2 2s fid: yearling Jersey heifers, 25s to 325. Dairy cattle: There was not a very large entry of dairy cattle, and the quality was in most, cases not. first class. Competition was fair on anything showing quality and close to profit. Jersey heifers, springing. £3 10s to £4 30s; Jersey heifers, September calvers, £3 to £3 ss; Jersey heifers, backward. £2 to £2 15«: Jersey heifers, calved, £2 5s to £4; Shorthorn heifers, springing, £2 10s to £4 2s Gd; quality cows, close to profit, £4 10s to £4 17s fid; quality cows, September calvers. £3 12s 6d to £4; aged dairy cows, 35s to £2 10s.

CLEARANCE AT TE PAHU Dalgety and Company, Limited, reports having held ft clearing sals of dairy stock on account of Mr. P. Feiss*. at Te Pahu. who has sold his farm. There was a good attendance and full market rates were obtained. The dairy stock was in 'very low condition and, consequently, low prices ruled. Cows in milk made up to £3: bulls, £2 to £.l: light draught gelding, aged. £2O. On account of other vendors two-year Jersey heifers, in milk, £5; springing Jersey heifers. £2 10s to £5; cows, £2. KOPU REALISATIONS [by telegraph —OWN correspondent] THAMES. Tuesday Dalgety and Company. Limited, reports having held the fortnightly stock sale at lvopu yesterday, when a full yarding of cattlo and pigs was offered. The advertised line of two-year registered pedigree Jersey heifers, sold on account of Messrs. lizard Brothers, of Kopu. was keenly competed for and sold Up to lSigns and averaged lHgns. Othsr dairy cattle showed a slight advance on the last sale. The demand for good beef was very firm, best good Quality young cows and heifers realising up to £7 7s Gd. and averaging between 24s and 25s per 1001b. Rough beef and stores were firm at late rates. The pig pens were taxed to capacity, but competition was erratic and prices on the whole were inclined to be slightly easier than those obtained a fortnight ago. Quotations are:—Dairy . cattle: Best springing dairv cows and heifers, £5 5a to £fi 2s 6d: good. £4 2s t>d to £5; backward, £3 5s to £4: late calvers, £2 10s to £3 2s (id; aged and low-conditioned, £1 5s to £2. Beef cattle: Heavy prime fat cows and heifers. £6 10s to £7 7s 6d ; medium prime, £5 to £6 ss: light prime. £3 to £4 15s: other fat cows. £1 5s to £2 17s fid: fresh store cows, £1 10s to £2 2s 6d; stores and boners, to £1 Ss. Pigs: Raconera. £1 to £'2 10s: porkers, £1 9s to £1 18s; small and unfinished, 20s to 275: stores, 18s to 245; slips, 13s to 17s; best weaners, 12s to 16s: others. S« to lis; bows, in pig. to £2 10s.