RATES FOR STOCK

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXI, Issue 21924, 6 October 1934, Page 9

RATES FOR STOCK

SALE AT FEILDING GOOD DEMAND FOR CATTLE [BV TELEGRAPH —PRESS. ASSOCIATION ] FEILDING, Frida;,There was a heavy yarding aft the Feilding cattle fair to-dav v and the sale was very good throughout for all station cattle. Tarannki bought the whole of the female yarding. Prospects for chilled beef export apparently strengthened the market. The top price was £6 lis for lied Poll bullocks. The range of prices was as follows: Store Cattle.—Polled Angus Bullocks (G), £6 8s; three-year Polled Angus steers, very good, £0 12s; good condition, £5 lis to 19s: fair. £5 to £5 lis; yearlong Polled Angus Bteers, very good. £4 to £4: 4a; good, £3 lus to £3 lGs: fair. £2 13s to £3 9s; inferior, £1 12s Cd lip; two-year Foiled Angus steers, very good, £5; good, £3 18s to £4i 9il; fair, to £3 9s; Hereford bullocks, very good, £6 (Is to £0 15s Gd: good. £i> 12s to 43 19n; medium condition. £5 4s to £5 ils ; threeyear Hereford steers, good, £4 17s 6<l; fair. £3 18s; two-year Hereford steers, good, £4 12s? fair. £3 '2s: Shorthorn bullocks, £5 10s.; Jersey stecr3. £3; Bed Poll bullocks, £6 lis (splendid line): Hereford empty cowji, good, £3 7s to £3 14s; fair, £2 lis; trtvo-yea r Hert - ford heifers, good. £3 Is to £3 16il; fair, £2 193; empty Polled Angus cows, £2 10s to £3 18s; Polled Angus cows, £4 2s, £3 17s;, £3 10s: Polled Angus coivs and calves, £3; two-year Polled Angus heifers, good, £4 Cs to £4 10s; fair. £2 17s to £3; yearling Polled Angus heifers, good, £3 ss; others, £2 5s to £2 9s; empty two-yeir Polled Angus heifers, £4 12s; yearling Jersey heifers, good, £2 3s 6d to £2 ss; good, 33s to 3Cs; mixed yearlings, £2 Gs. Fat cattle: Prime heavy cows, £3 2s 6d to £8 12is 3d; very good, £7 2s Gd; light prime. £4 sfi 1o £5 12s 6d; good light cows, to £'3 17s fxl: prime heavy heifers. £7 15s; good light, £4 17s Gd; light dairy breeds, £2 17s. Gd 1;o £3 15s : Jersey cows. £2 15s to £2 IBs; prime heavy steers, £7 ss; good weigh!;, £4 10s. Fat sheep: Prime ewes, 23s to 245 ; gcod, 21s to 21s M ; light, 18s: nrirne black-faced. 20s 5d to 23it 2d; prin.e hoggets, 23s 3d to 24s Id; good. 21s Id to 213 M: prime wethers, 26ft to 27k. Store sheep: Ev.-e hoggets, 2Gs to 28s Sd: wether hoggets, 21s Id to 23s 3d.

TE AWAMUTU QUOTATIONS Dalgety and Company, Limited, report; having hi?ld the usual we;kly stock sale at. Te Awamutu on Thursday. Thcie wast a, good yarding cf all classes of stock and the: attendance of buyers was good. Sheep: Sheep sold at full late rates as follows): tat two-tooths!, 23s to 24 s j fat hoggets, 21s to 225; store hoggets, 19s 7d; fullmouth ewes, with lambs at foot, 2?is. Pat cattle: There was a good yarding. Prices were lower than last week, but sold under good competition at equal to last "West.iield rates. Fat medium-weight bullocks made £8 17s to £9 30s; fat cows and heifers, £5 10s to £8 Is; light :'at cows, £2 11a to £3 10s. Store cattle: A fairly large ya;rding came forward and a good clearance was effected at full late rates. A per. of tlaree-year-old Polled Angus-cross steers made £5 17s 6d; pen of three-yen,r Hereford steers, £5 16s: pen of Hereford steers, £5 lOis; crossbred steers, £4 12s; pen of two-year-old Polled Angus-cross heifers, £3; pen of Hereford two-year, heifers, pen of small Hereford steers and heifers, '£2 sil; store cows, 19s to 28s; boners, 10s to lfis; Shorthorn cows and calves, £3 !2s; two-ysar Jersey heifeis, 02s to 31s: yearling Jersey hc-ifers, £2 to £2 7s Gd; crossbred yearling heifers, small, 19s and 15s.' Dairy cattl a: Dairy cowfi, in profit, £5 5s to £7 10s; beef heiferß, £5 to £6 12s 6d; small, £3 5s to £4 ss. Fat pigs: There vrad a full yarding of fat pigs, which sold up to late rates. Vataes were:—Medium bacon era, £2 14s to £3; lii{ht ba.coners, £2 7a to £2 12s; heavy porkern, £2 3s to £5! 6s; medium, 3Ss to £2 2s; light, 32s to 365; small and unfinished, 24n to 28s; choppers, •27s to 375. Store pigs: A heavy yarding of store and weaner pigs caine forward and the whole yarding siold under spirited competition lit slightly in advance of late rates. Valuej were:—Large stores,_ 27s 6d to 355; medium, 22s fid to 255; slips, 18s to 225; best weaners, particularly well done, 20s to 22s 6d ; good weaners, 15s; to 17s 6d; others, 9s to 14s, according to quality; uows in pig, £2 10a to £3. CLEARING SALE AT TE HOE G. W. Vercoe and 'Company, Limited, Hamilton,, reports having held a clearing sale at Te Hoe on Thurisda:?, on account of Messrs. L. and D. Hill. The cows, which were mostly Shorthorns, came forward in fi,rs it-class condition. and an excellent; eale resulted. The whole her 3. including heifers and unsound cows, averaged just on £5. The Figs met with a keen 'demand and sold readily at latest ruling prices. Good quality Jersey-cross cows, in milk, made £5 10s to £7; others. £4 to £5 ss: Jersey-cross heifers, i:i milile, £3 10s to £4 35s- eood quality Friesian cows, in milk, to £7: cithers, £3 15s to £5 12s fid: Friesian heifers, in milk, to £4 ss; good quality Slhorthorn cows, in milk. £5 10si to £7 10a: others, £3 15s to in Ss; unsound Shorthorn cows, in milk. £2 17s fid to £3 12s fid; Jersey-cross cows, close to profit, £5 to £5 17s (id: more backward, £4 5s to £4 17s Gd : Shor:horn cows, close to profit, to £4 ss; Shorthorn heifers, in milk, to £5 15s: 'two-year-old grade Jersey bull. £6: yearling Jereev bull (grade), £5; good porkers,, £2 Is; slips, t.) 24s Gd• weaners, I:3s Gd.

PRICES AT OPOTIKI [by telegraph—own correspondent] OPOTIKI, Friday Dalgety and Company, Limited, reports having held its: usual monthly stock sale at the Opotiki yards yesterday, when a small entry of cattle and sheep came forward. There was a gocd. entry of young piigs. Competition was good for the few pens of killable cattle offered, but for poorer quality and boner lines bidding wasi dull. Quotations:—Fat hoggeta, 21b fid. Cattle: Heavy fat Jersey bullocks, to £6; light fat Jersey heifers, £2 6s; killable cows, £1 jlOa to £1 17s 6d; rough and boner cows, to S!2s 6d: medium yearling Jersey heifers, to '2os; springing eound dairy cows. £1 10s to £2 10s; springing Jersey heifers, £3 2s 6d to £4; smaller, £1 10s to £2j»l2« 6d. Pista: Weanere, best, to 20s; ordinary, 14s 6d to 17s; small, 10s to 12s «,6cl. A draft of good pedigree yearling Jersey bullß 'on account of Mr. J. G-. Murray, Opctiki, attracted keen bidding and sold up 1o 12}gns. Other pedigree yearling Jerseys sold from 6gns. to Bgns; grade two-year-olds, £3 to £5; grade yearlings, £1 10s to £3. "lie New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company, Limited, reports having a full yarding of cattle md pigs, no sheep being offered. Store pigs sold exceptionally well, but cattle showed no improvement in value. A number of good Jersey bulls sold well. Prices were:—Pigs: Weaners, to 13a Sd; slips, to £1; stores, to 28s 6d, Cattle l Fai' cows, to £2 ss; forward cows, to 30s; cul'is, to 15s; yearling J;rsey heifers, good quality, to £2; others, 15s to 30s; yearling Jersey bulls, to 7igns; two-year Jersey bulls, to 9igns; others, 11 to 3gna; empty heifers, 21s to 30s. SHEEP AT GISBORNE [by telegraph—own correspondent] GISBORNE, Fri.dny There were only smalll yardings of sheep at the Matawhero stock sale to-day aiid a small, poor quality entry of fat cattle. The entry of fat slieep totalled 344 and the market was somewhat easieir. Ewe 3 mad<i 16s to l!)s; shorn ewes, 16s; isecond grade owes, 13s to 14s 9d. For storo sheep there was a brisk sale. Ewes with lambs, fairly good lots, brought up to 26s Id; good ewe hoggets. 22s 7d; wether hoggets, 19a 8d; dry six-tooth ewes, fat and forward, 20s 4d; for four and five-year, in fairly good order, 18s 4d; old ewes. 13s. COMPANY AFFAIRS SOUTHERN REGISTRATIONS The following public company has been registered in Hokitika: — Barrytown Gold Dredging, Limited, Grevmouth. Capital, £123,750, in 125,000 ordinary shareu of £1 and 75,000 deferred shares ol: Is. Subscribers: Sydney: F. G. Flatten, E. H. Pratt en, H. G. Pratten, V. Mostyn, K. Morrow, M. Dunne, F. I. A'bbott, one share each. The following private companies have been registered in Southern centres: —• Wright (Maurice M.) and Company, Limited, Christchurch. Capital, £OOOO, in shares of £1 each. Subscribers: Christchurch: M. M. Wright. 4600; A. A. S. Dryburgh 975, M. T. k. Wright 425. To acquires and take over as a •going concern tho business of M. F. Wright as builder and contractor. Nealo and Haddow, Limited, Nelson. Capital, £14,000, in shares of £1 each. Subscribers: Nelson: T. Neale, 13.849, I. C. Nealo 151. Grain produce, wood and coal merchants and incidental. * ______ INCREASE OF CAPITAL Dominion Compressed Yeast _ Company, Limited, Christchurch. Capital increased by addition of 33,450 ordinary shares of £1 each beyond the registered capital of £116,,550.