STOCK SALES

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXI, Issue 21937, 22 October 1934, Page 5

STOCK SALES

MORRINSVILLE QUOTATIONS GOOD DEMAND FOR SHEEP The Farmers' Co-operative Auctioneering Company, Limited, Hamilton, reports having' held its usual stock sale at Morrinsville on Friday, when a full yarding of beef, consisting mostly of cow beef, was penned. Ox beef was in good demand at late unchanged rates. Cow and heifer beef, which was mainly of second quality, found a poorer demand, but 110 alteration was recorded in values for prime quality. Fat sheep were penned in good numbers, and a good demand existed for all classes. The advertised lino of breeding ewes with lambs attracted a largo attendance, and bidding was very brisk, the lino averaging 28s 2d. The advertised lines of east coast store cattle also commanded attention from outside buyers. Steera found a 'ready sale, whilo female cattle were not in the same demand. - Quotations wore:—Sheep: Medium fat woolly wethers, 23s Cd to 25s Gd; heavy fat woolly hoggets, 23s to 255; lighter, 20s to 225; fat woolly owes, 18s 2d to 19s; heavy fat shorn ewes, XGa 2d to 17s 8d; store shorn hoggeta. 17s lid to 19b 3d; full-mouth breeding ewes, with lambs, 20s 6d to 295. Cattle: Medium fat steers, £8 to £8 10s; lighter, £5 10s to £7 ICa; medium fat cows and heifers, £4 15a to £5; heavy fat second quality cows, £2 15a to £4 ss; lighter fat cows and heifers, £3 5s to £3 18s; killable cows, £2 8s to £2 15s; boner cows, to 30s; freßh-cohditioncd grown Hereford steers, £5 17a Cd to £l> 8s; grown Polled Angrus steers. £5 19s to £6 ss; 3i-year Hereford steers, £5 2s to £5 11a; 2 to 2ji-year Polled Angus steers, £4 9s to £4 14s; two-year Polled Angus steers, poorer sorts, £3 9s to £3 lis; aged Hereford breeding cows, run with bull, £2 to £2 6s; store Polled Angus and Hereford cows, 80s to 38s; good quality Jersey one-year heifers, £2 15s to £3 Is; good quality Jersey and Jersey-cross heifers, £2 5a to £2 10s; smaller Jersey heifers, 30s to £3 5»; inferior sorts, to 20s; one-year grade Jersey bulls, £3 10s to £5 ss; smaller grade Jersey bulls, 30s to £2 10s; older service bulls, £2 to £4; boner bulls, to 255. Dairy cattle: Choice Jersey heifers, close to profit, £4 5s to £4 12s Gd; choice Jersey heifers, £3 10s to £4; backward heifers. £3 to £3 ss; calved Jersey cows, £2 5s to £5 10s; inferior sorts, to £2. Pigs: The yarding of fat pigs was again an exceptionally large one, and included many good quality lines. A full yarding of stores met a ready sale at values right up to late ruling rates. Prime heavy baconers, £3 10s to £3 13s; heavy, £3 3s to £3 9s; medium, £2 18s to £3 2s; light, £2 10s to £'2 17s; heavy porkers, £2 5s to £2. 9s; medium, £2 2s to £2 4s; light, £1 _ 16a to £2 3s; stores, £1 5s to £1 lis Cd; slips, 20s to 235; weaners, to 19s. PIGS AT TE KAUWHATA G. W. Vercoe and Company, Limited, Hamilton, reports having held its fortnightly stock sale at Te Kauwhata on Friday, when an average yarding of fat and storo pigs came forward. The demand throughout was keen and the whole yarding changed hands at very satisfactory quotations. Good quality baconera made £3 3s to £3 10s; medium weightß, £2 17s to £3 2s; light, £2 12a to £2 16s; heavy porkers, £2 9s to £2 lis; medium weights, £2 3s to £2 8b; light, 383 to £2 2s; heavy choppers. £2 5s to £2 10a; othera, 25s to 355. Store pigs met with a particularly keen demand, and prices obtained were considerably in advance of those of the previous sale. Fair quality Btores made 32s to 3Cs; others, 29s to 31s; slips, 27s to 32a; best weaners, 25s to 28a; others, 19a to 22a; smaller, 17a Gd to 18s 6d.

COMPETITION AT OPARAU The Farmers' Co-operative Auctioneering Company, Limited, report having held their Oparau sale on Thursday, when although a good entry of stock came forward, good quality cattle wc-rc scarce. Competition was keen for good run cattle, but other sortß were difficult to quit. Good-conditioned Shorthorn bullocks sold at from £5 2s to £5 15s; 3} to 4-year Polled Angus steers, £4 12s to £5 3s; to 4-year Hereford steers, £4; 2-year Polled Angus steers, £3 2s to £3 19s; 2-year Hereford steers, £2 17s 6d to £3 15s; 2-year Shorthorn and Shorthorn-cross steers, £2 9s to £3 6s; 2-year Hereford heifers, £2 7a; poorer quality and condition 2-yeor steers, £2 to £2 10s; yearling Polled Angus steers, £3 3s; yearling Friesian steers, 37s Cd. A lino of owe hoggets realised 24s 6d. NORTH AUCKLAND YARDINGS [By TELEGRAPH OWJT CORRESPONDENT] KAITAIA, Saturday The North Auckland Farmers' Co-opera-tive, Limited, report holding the monthly stock sales at Herekino on Monday, Kaitaia on Tuesday, and Broadwood on Wednesday. Large yardings were recorded at each sale, the largest that have been seen during the past year. Outside buyers were in attendance, and the majority of the cattle sold went South. The prices realised showed an advance on late rates. Fat bullocks made £5 to £6 7s 6d; prime fat cows, £5 5a to <6 4s; fat cows and heifers, £3 5s to £4 15s; light, £2 2s 6d to £3 2s Gd; unfinished, £1 to £1 10s; store cows, 10s to £1; grown steers, £3 18s to £4 12s; three-year, £3 to £3 14s; two-year, £2 10s to £3; yearlings, £1 15s to £2; yearling Jersey heifers, £1 2s 6d to £1 10s; dairy cows and heifers, forward, £3 10s to £4 12s Gd; backward, £2 to £3 ss; inferior, £1 to £1 15s; Jersey bulls, £3 to £5 sb. TE KUITI PRICES FIRM [by telegraph—OWN correspondent] •TE KUITI, Saturday Dalgety and Company, Limited, held its usual fortnightly stoclj sale at Te Kuiti yesterday. There was an average yarding of cattle, and price remained firm at late rates. Light fat cows, £2 5s to £3 10s; fresh-conditioned cows, £1 5s to £1 15s; boner cows, 15s to 22s 6d; medium yearling Jersey heifers, £1 17s to £2; Ismail, £1 to £1 7s 6d; medium dairy cows, £2 to £3 6s; medium dairy heifers, £2 to £3 15a; small and backward, £1 5s to £1 15s; yearling Jersey bulls, £2 to £3 17s 6d. LARGE OHAEAWAI YARDING [from our own correspondent] WHANGAREI, Saturday The North Auckland Farmers' Co-opera-tive, Limited, held a successful sale at Ohaeawai oft Thursday. There was a heavy yarding. Buyers came from as far south as Te Kuiti. Dairy cattle were not easy to quit, and beef showed a decline on last month'® rates. Best dairy cows, £3 to £3 12s Gd; medium, £2 5s to £2 17a Gd; backward and aged cows, 15s to 37s 6d; best dairy heifers, £4 to £5 2s Gd; medium, £2 10s to £3 15s; email and backward, 25s to £2 7s 6d; medium-weight prime bullocks, £G 4s to £G 13s; light and fat bullocks, £4 14s to £5 laj one heavy fat cow, £3 2s Gd; light fatr cows, £3 5s to £4; fresh and forward cowe, £2 to £2 15s; store cows, 30s' to 3fis; yearling Devon steers, £2 ss; two-year-old Shorthorn steers, £2 17s Gd; yearling grade Jorsey bulls, 35s to £3 2s Gd; yearling pedigree Jersey bulls, 3jgns to 3Jgns; short ewe hoggets, 19s; shorn wether hoggets, 16s 6d to 19s; weaner pigs, 15s to 22s 9d; light store pigs, 22s to 24s Cd; heavy stores, 2Gs. VALUES AT GISBORNE [by telegraph—OWN correspondent] GISBORNE, Saturday The market for fat sheep was easier at the Matawhero stock sale yesterday compared with rates Inst week, but values for store sheep were maintained. Some exceptionally good ouality was included in the fat cattle section. A line of 21 Hereford cows comprised the outstanding entry in this section and sold from £5 to £5 10s. There was nn entry of 264 fat ewes, generally of good quality. One pen made 19s; another, 18s; others. 15s to 17s 8d; prime heavy wethers, 234; second grade ewes, lis Gd to 13s fid. The store sheep entry totalled 1374. Ewes with lambs, good lots, sold from 24s 4d to %s Gd; others, 20a 3d find 21s 9d; attractive ewe hoggets. 225; good hoggets, 17a 8d to 21s- forward dry ewes, to 13s Gd; light, lis; shorn four-tooth wethers, 17s 6d; good woolly wethers, 20s 5d and 21s Gd. DEMAND FOR HORSES PRICES AT CAMBRIDGE The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company. Limited. Hamilton, reports that at the firm's Cambridge horse sale on Friday the entry constated of <0 light, medium and heavy draughts ana oU hacks. Competition for good farm horses and three-quarter draughts was good, and in most cases the vendors' reserves were exceeded. Light draughts wore not in keen demand, although several good values wore obtained. The majority of xhe hacks offered were only inferior horses, and did not coma up to vendors' reserves. Several good ftacKS which were offered elicited keen competition, and good values were obtained. Hie top price of tho day was £sl, P&'d for a three-quarter draught gelding sold on account of Mr. 11. S. Duncan to Mr. S. J. Suisted. Quotations:— Heavy draughts. £35 to £3B; three-quarter draughts, £45 to £ol; medium draughts, £3O to £4O; half draughts, £25 to £35; good hacks, £lO to £l6; others, £5 to £B.