PRICES FOR STOCK

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXI, Issue 21912, 22 September 1934, Page 7

PRICES FOR STOCK

SALE AT FEILDING SHARP RISE FOR BEEF [BY TELEGRAPH —PRESS ASSOCIATION] FEILDING, Friday There was a sharp rise in prices for fat cattle at the Feilding stock sale today. The price for female beef reached 30s per 1001b. No ox beef was offered. Fat sheep dropped 2s a head. There was a good demand for store sheep, especially hoggets. heifers met with a fairly good sale. Prices were:— Fut Sheep.—Prime hoggets, 24s 2d to 255; good lines, 21s 8d to 235; iair, 20s; poor, from 13s Gd; prime shorn ewes, 20a 3d; primo Southdown ewes, to 22s 10d; maiden i eweß, 26s 6d; prime woolly ewes, 22s 8d to 23s 9d; good, 21s to 21s 9dj light, from Kis; black-face wethers. 26s 6d: shorn wethers, prime, 23s Cd; good, 19s Cd to 22s 2d. Store sheep; Wether hoggets, good condition, 21s Gd to 23s 4d; average pen 3, to 20s f>d; fair, from 19s 4d; ewe hoggets, very good lines, 2Sa Gd to 29b; good, to 2Ps; medium, 25s I Id; inferior, 17s Id; black-face hoggets, 19s 7d; wethers, good weight, 23s 2d to 245. Fat cattle: Prime heavy Polled Angus cows, £9 ss; good, £6 ss; specially prime heavy. £9 7s; prime cows, other breeds, £6 17s Gd to £7 17s 6d; prime light cows, £5 to £5 15s; prime cows, dairy breeds, £5 15s to £6 17s 6d; good, £5; very prime heavy Polled Angus heifers, £6 10s to £7 17s Gd; medium, £5 to £s_ 17s 6d; vealers, £2 13s. Dairy cattle: Special entry of Jersey bulls, s}gns to 13gns; springing heifers, good quality, £5 5s to £6 ss; medium, £3 7s 6d to £4; late calvers, £2 2s 6d to £3 7s Gd; springing cows, £2 5s to £4 10s; store cows, good condition, 36s to £2 15s; others, lis to 30s; cows and calves, 31s to 3Ms; steers, 40b; yearling heifers, good, 40s to 43s Gd: others, 30s upward: empty heifers, 33s Gd to 37s Gd; weaner heifers, 15s to 30s; Holstein bull, £3 las; Jersey bull, £5 12s Gd; weaner bull, 455. f BULLS AT PUKEKOHE [from OCR OWN correspondent] PTJKEKOHE, Friday A steady demand at ruling rates was experienced at the special sele for bulls con- ; ducted at Pukekohe to-day by Alfred Buckland and Sons, Limited. "Well-grown year- ! lings and good-conditioned two-year-olds were in request, aged and inferior bulls being practically unsaleable. Five yearling Shorthorns offered an account of Mr. John McGahan, Waiuku, averaged £ls 17s, selling from lOgns to 22Jgns. Yearling Jersey j bulls with good butter-fat backing made from s}gns to lOgns for the Ijestj smaller yearlings, 21gns to 4gnsj two-year-old Jer» eeys, Signs to Bgns; good quality yearling and two-year-old Shorthorn bulls, Bgns to 22}gns (paid by Mr. L, W. McWatt, of Maramarua); other Shorthorns, 3}gns to 6igns; aged bull#, ign to ljgns. TE AWAMUTU QUOTATIONS The Farmers' Co-operative Auctioneering Company, Limited, reports having held its Te Awamutu stock sale on Thursday, when a good yarding of sheep was penned. Prices for fat ewee wore slightly easier, and for fat wethers and hoggets remained firm. Fat cattle were penned in heavy numbers, many good quality beasts being offered. All classes of fats showed a decided increase, while there was no alteration in the price of store cows. Store steers met with keen competition, and a total clearance was effected. A heavy yarding of pigs of all classes came forward. Baconer* and porkers met with fair competition from a medium bench of buyers. A full yarding of store and weaner pigs met with brisk bidding, and sold well up to lata quotations. Values were:—Sheep: Prime fat wethers, heavy, 29s to 30s lid; lighter, 26s to 27s 9d; fat ewes. 18c 3d to 19s 6d; fat prime hoggets, 20s 8d to 21s 9d; lighter, 19s to 21s. Cattle: Prime heavy fat steers, £l3 6s to £l4 7s 6<L medium, £ll 6s to £l2; prime light steers, £8 15s to £10; prime heavy fat cows, £9 15s to £lO ss: medium, £5 5a to £7 Is; prime fat heavy heifers, £7 2s 6d to £7 ss: medium, £4 10s to £6 4s; lighter fat cows, £3 12s 6d to £4 17s 6d; killable cows, £2 5s to £3 ss; heavy stores, £1 10s to £2: boners, 8s to 255; fresh-conditioned steers. £5 lis to £6; store Shorthorn and Hereford steers, £4 lis to £4 17s Bd: good yearling Jersey heifers, £2 to £2 4s; medium quality heifers. 30s to 375; inferior sorts, 8s to 04s. Pigs: Medium baconers, £3 to £3 10s; lis"'£2 10s to £2 18s; heavy porkers. £2 to _ £2 6d; medium, 36s to 38s; light, 33s to 355; good stores. 28s to 325: slips. 20s to 245: weaners. 13s to 17s 6d; other weaners, 6s to 10s. TE PUKE AND KATIKATI [by telegraph—OWN correspondent] TE PUKE, Friday The Farmers' Co-operative Auctioneering Company. Limited, reports having held successful stock sales at Te Puk® and at Katikati. Prices at Te Puke were:—Large store pigs, 25s to 30s 6d; smaller, 18s to 245; weaners, 12s 6d to 18s 6d; sows, in pig, 32s 6d to £4 10s; fat ewes, 25s 6d; springing Jersey heifers. £2 to £5 2s 6d; Shorthorn springing heifers, £4 to £4 17s 6d; Holstein springing heifers, £3 10s to £4 10s; fat cows, £3 10s to £5; fat and forward cows. 30s to £2 2s fid; boner cows, 7s 6d to 20s. At Katikati prices were:—Store cows, 30s to £2 17s; boner cows, 10s to 235; springing Shorthorn heifers, £3 5s to £5: springing Jersey heifers, £2 10s to £4 10s; yearling Jersey bulls, 3gns to Bgns; boner bulls, £3 2s 6d to £3 17s 6d; yearling Jersey heifers, £2 to £2 17s. PEDIGREE BULLS SALE AT CLAUDELANDS GOOD PRICES REALISED [from our own correspondent] HAMILTON, Friday The Waikato Combined Breeders and Auctioneers' Association's 19th annual bull sale, which commenced on Tuesday, was concluded at Claudelands today. About 400 bulls were sold altogether, and the average price received was very satisfactory. The offering today comprised yearling and two-year-old Jerseys and animals with a good butter-fat backing were keenly sought after. "f The best price to-day was 3ogns., paid hv Mr. J. Gaddes, Morrinsville, for a two-vear-old, Ebors Egyptian, offered on account of Mr. R. jT Wilson, Putaruru. The yearling, Princeps of Bulls, offered on account of Dr. F. J. Watson, Bulls, was purchased by Mr. F. C. Richmond, Hinuera, for 26gns. Mr. G. A. Douglas, Kaipaki, paid 25gns. for Pat of Bulls, also offered on account of Dr. Watson.

The sale was conducted by the Farmers' Co-operative Auctioneering Company, Limited; the New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company, Limited; G. W. Vercoe and Company, Limited; Dalgety and Company, Limited. RODNEY JERSEY CLUB The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company, Limited, Auckland, in conjunction with the North Auckland Farmers' Co-operative, Limited, report having held the annual registered pedigree Jersey bull sale, on behalf of the Rodney Jersey Breeders' Club at Kaipara Flats on ThursThere was a ready demand for all classes of bulls, the top price of 23 guineas being obtained for a, five-year-old bull, Meridale Oxford Nobility, Bold on behalf of Mr. "W. 'f Wedding. Kaipara Flats, and purchased by Mr. W. Gubb. Port Albert. A yearling bull. Tauwhare Kipling, sold on behalf of and bred by Messrs. C. (r. and F. C, Aicken, Hdensvllle, realised 18 guineas, being purchased by Mr. P. Treadwell, Port Albert. Mr. II A. Becroft's yearling bull Kauri Rule, was sold to Mr, E. B. "Wenzlick. Matakana, for 19 guineas. Yearling bulls realised from 3 guineas to 18 guinea*, and two-year-old bull# and upwards made from 4 guineas to 23 guineas. . Values were fully on & par with prices realised at recent southern sales. WHEAT, FLOUR AND PULSE LONDON, Sept. 20 Wheat. —Cargoes are 3d to Is lower. Parcels are in small request and slightly lower. Futures: London, September, 21s 4d a quarter; December, 23s Id: February, 24s lid; April, 24s 6d. Liverpool : October, 5s 4£d a cental; December, 5s 8jkl; March, 5s ll|d; May, 6s Oid. Spot trade quiet, with an easier tendency. Australian, ex ship, 29s 6d to 30s 6d. Flour: Quiet. Australian, ex store, 21b to 21s 9d. Oats. About 3d lower. Peas and beans unchanged. Raw sugar, beetroot basis, October delivery, 4s 3jd a cwt.