STOCK SALES

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXI, Issue 21925, 8 October 1934, Page 5

STOCK SALES

YARDING AT MORRINSVILLE KEEN DEMAND FOR PIGS The Farmers' Co-operative Auctioneering Company, Limited, held its Morrinsville stock s,'tlo on Friday, when a smaller yarding of sheep came forward, prices being firm at Frankton rates. An extra heavy yarding of cattle was penned, the majority being second quality fat cows and bouers. Price's were easier on fat cattle, but there was no alteration in the price of stores and boners. Over 4.10 yearling heifers were offered, lm.uy good quality heifdrs meeting \Vith good competition, and prices remaining firm. Sliesp.— Woolly fut ewes, 17s to 19s 3d; shorn fat ewes. 10* 5d to 19s 3d; fat HogKets, 18s to '22s. Cattle: Prime fat steers, £9 10s; lighter, £G Gs to £7 17a Gd; fat cows, heavy, £5 2a to £0; medium, £3 15s to £5; lighter, £2 -Is to £3 fs: forward-con-ditioned Jersey town. 3os to £-: good stores, 25s to 37s Gd; boners. 5s to 22a: two-year S.H. steers, £4 ss: forward-conditioned bullocks, £7 3m; choice yearling Jersey heifers, £3 3s to £;i 15s; medium quality Jersey heifers, 38s to £2 15s; poorer quality heifers. 15s to 325. A medium yarding of dairy cattle met with fair competition, values being on a par with Into quotations. Choice Jersey heifers, close to profit, £5 15s to £6 10s: Jersey heifers, close to profit, £5 5s to £5 10s; Jersey and Jersey-cross heifers, close to profit, £1 10s to £5; less forward. £3 15s to £4 ss; backward and poorer sorts, £2 to £3 10sj choice Jersey heifers, calved. £5 to £G 2s Gd_; Jersey and Jersey-cross heifers, calved, £3 ]os to £4 15s: other calved heifers. £2 5s to £3 ss; young Jersey and Jersey-cross cows, close to profit. £3 12s to £4 17s 6d: Jersey and Jersey-cross cows, poorer and backward, 35s to £3 10s. A heavy yarding of yearling Jersey heifers v?as penned, including choice lines on account of Messrs. G. Were, F. P. Frampton, J. K. Waston and F. Sing, of the Morrinsville district. A line of 2G very choice heifers on account of Mr. G. Were averaged £3 15s. The general tone of, the market was to sell, and practically the whole yarding changed hands at values on a par with recent rates. Eaclra. choice yearling Jersey heifers. £3 3s to £3 15s; choice yearlings, £2 15s to £3; good quality yearlings, £2 io £2 10s; Jersey und Jerseycross yearling heifers, smaller, 30:1 to 37s Gd; poorer sorts, 20s to 295. A record yarding of exceptionally good quality pigs, in both fat and store classes,was penned. The sale went with a swing and values in many cases were in excess of those ruling nt central yards. In spite of the large entry, competition at the close of the Bale remained quite as steady as in the earlier sections. The large yarding of stores also eold readily at late ruling rates. Prime heavy baconers. .-£3 ',lsa to £3 17s; heavy baconers, £3 9s to £3 15s; medium baconers, £3 3s to £3 8s; lighter baconers. £2 IGs to £3 2s: lighter and unfinished. £2 103 to £2 15s; heavy porkers. £2 4s to £2 8s; mecium. SBs to £2 3s ; light, 30s to 38s; storps, 24s to 28s; good slips, 20s to 2i:!s 6d; smaller slips. 17s Gd to 19s 6d; good weaners, 14s to 18s; smaller weaners, 6s to 10s. PRICES AT TURUA Alfred Buckland and Sons. Limited, held a slock sale at Turua on Friday. There was a good yarding of cattle of all classes, but the demand wan hardly eo keen as at recent sales in the district. The entry of dairy heifers was & mediocre lot and only wellprown good quality sorts were in reauest. Li»ht fat cows and heifers. £4 5s to £5 10s: oleter fat cows, £3 15s to £4; killable cows. £3 to £3 108; store cows,, £2 to £2 ss; boners. IGs to £1 7s Gd; yearling heifers, £1 10s to £1 IGs; best dairy heifers, at profit, £5 5s to £G 7s 6d; more backward, £4 to £4 10s : j inferior and small. £2 15s to £3 10s. Herd bulls sold readily at improved rates. Grade j two-year-olds, £5 to £6 10s; yearlings. £3 to £4. BULLS AT TE AWAMUTU The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company, Limited. _ held a bull sale at To Awamutu on Friday. A good yarding came forward, consisting mainly of , yearlings and two-year-old Jersey bulls. The yearling bulls were not in demand and were hard to dispose of, although one or two sold well. Two-year-old bulls were keenly sought after and in most cases reached the vendors' reserves. Best quality two-year-old Jersey bulls, £9 to £l3; medium, i £6 to £8 10s; others, £5 to £G; good. Shorthorn bulls, £7 las to £8; best yearling Jer- ! sey bulls, £5 to £5 10s: medium, £3 10s to £4 15s; others, £2 to £3 as. The Farmers' Co-operative Auctioneerine 1 Comprmy, Limited, held its annual bull sale :nt Te Awamutu on Friday, when a full yardinsr was penned. Competition for buns I of quality was good, but inferior sorts were i dull of sale. Pedigree Jersey bulls, twoi year-olds, Bgns to 12gns; poorer sorts, sgns jto 6Jgns; yearlings, good. Ggns to 9gns; I yearlings, smaller sorts, 2}gns to ! grade Jersey bulls, two-year-olds, £G 10s | to £8 10s; yearlings, poorer conditioned, £4 I to £5 ss; aged and inferior sorts, 30s to i £2 sb. '» TE KUITI CATTLE FAIR [by telegraph:—own correspondent] TE KUITI, Saturday Dalgety and Company. Limited, held its I spring cattle fair at Te Kuiti on Friday, j when the advertised number of cattle was I penned. The quality of the cattle was firstclass, many lines of good Polled Angus and Hereford bullocks being offered. Very few' outside buyers were present, the oulkoi the yarding being purchased. locally. .Bullocks, wero sold at lower prices, out the demand for good quality young cattle was keen, und these sold at late rates, rat Polled Angus heifers. £5 lasi light fat steers. £7 15s; light fat cows, £3 to £4 10s; forward four-year Polled Angus bullocks. £5 ISs to £G 2s Gd: three and four-year store Polled Angus and Hereford bullocks. £5 7s Gd to £5 15s; three and four-year Shorthorn bullocks, store condition, £4 18s to £5 9s; two-year Polled Angus steers. £3 18s to £4 Is: good yearling Polled Angus steers. £3 to £3 7s ■ Hereford yearling steers, £3 Gs; yearling Polled Angus and Hereford heifers, £2 to £2 10s; Polled Angus breeding cows, running with Polled Angus and Hereford bulls, £4 9s; empty Polled Ansius and Hereford cows. £3 8s; boner cows, £1 to £1 ss: two-year Hereford bull. 14gns. , ~ Abraham and Williams. Limited, neld a stock sale at Te Kuiti on Friday. A total of SSG head of cattle, mainly yearlings and two-year-olds, was yarded. A good clearance was made. Two-year-old Polled Angus eteers. £4 to £4 10s; two-year-old Hereford steers. £3 14s to £4 7s Gd: Shorthorn and Herefordcrocs. £3 to £3 17s Gd: mixed-coloured. 30s to £2 18s- yearling Polled Angus eteers, £2 17s Gd to £3 12s; Here-ford yearling steers. £3 to £3 ss; yearling Shorthorn steers. £2 5s to £3 2s Gd: yearling Polled Angus heifers, £2 to £2 10s: fresh-conditioned Polled Angus cows. £3 2s: store cows. 19s to £1 Gs; empty heifers, 27a to £2. v A small yarding of sheep met with a good inquiry. Ewe hoggets. 25s Gd: wether hoggets. 20s Gd; medium-sized hoggets. 18s Gd. BULLS AT OTOROHANGA " The New Zealand .Loan and Mercantile Agency Company, Limited, held a bull sale at Otorohanga last week. A good enry of pedigree and grade bulls came forward and a satisfactory sale resulted. Prices were generally up to vendors' reserves, tine being especially so in the case of older bulls. Yearlings were not as keenly sought after. Tim following were some of the individual prices realised:—On account of Mr. Allan Bell, two-year Jersey oull, to Mr. H. HodRon 2l"ns- on account of the same vendor, yearling Jersey bull, to Mr. E. W. Tozer. 15"ns: on account of Mr. J. Dempsey. two- ' year Jersey bull, to Air. A. C. Jordan. MSgns; on account of Mr. H. A. Lurman. yearling Jersey bull, to Mr. Cr. Hill, 13£gns. PIOPIO REALISATIONS [by telegram—own correspondent] TE KUITI. Saturday Dalgety and Conapauy. Limited, held its usual tri-weekly stock salo at Ilopio this week, when a small yarding of both sheep and ca.ttle carao forward. Biddinfl' for sheep was keen and prices wero fully up to late rates. Cattle were not yarded in largo numbers There was the usual demand for fat cattle, while dairy cattle, being of better quality than at previous sales, attracted more attention. Medium-sizj?d hoggets 19s; ewe hoggets, 25s 4d: four and _ six-tooth wethers. 235: fat Polled Angus heifers, £G; fat Jersey cows, £3 ss; empty Jersey cows and heifers. 24s to 2Ss: good yearling Jersey heifers. £2 4s; Jersey heifers, closo to profit, £3 to £3 ss; best Jersey heifers, close to profit, £4 10s to £5: good second calvers, £4 Abraham and Williiims, limited, hold a stock salfi at Piopio on Thursday. There was a medium entry of cattle, which sold at late rates. Fat cows. £3 to £4 IDs; store cows, £1 3s to £1 15s; yenrlmq- Polled Aurub heifers, £2 7s Gd: two-year-old Polled Angus heifers, £3: yearling steers, £!l 17s to £3 3s; small mixed coloured yearling steers. £1 14s; yearling Jersey heifers. 30s to £2 Gs; dairy cows, £'i WHAKATANE BULL VALUES [from our own correspondent] WHAKATANE, Saturday Dalgety and Company, Limited, held its annual pedigree and grade bull sale at Whakatane last week, when a good yarding was submitted. There was fair competition for bulls with good butter-fat backing, but for others and grades demand was on.sier. Pedigree two-year .i.srsey bulls, 10 guineas to 13 guineas; pedigree four-year Jersey bulls, S guineas to 10 guineas; sound three nnd four-.vea:r grade bulls, £4 to £5; one good grade Shorthorn bull, £9; two-year grado Jersey bulls, £3 to £5; smaller and lower-conditioned, £2 to £3; ten yearling grade Jersoy bulls, £3 10s to £4 15s; smaller and lower conditioned, 23s Gd to £2 lOg.