STOCK SALES

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXI, Issue 21948, 3 November 1934, Page 9

STOCK SALES

TE AWAMUTU QUOTATIONS GOOD DEMAND FOR PIGS The Farmers' Co-operative Auctioneering Company, Limited, Hamilton, reports that at its Te Awamutu sale on Thursday a full entry of all classes of stock was yarded. Beef met a steady demand and values remained firm. Store and boner cattle solicited little competition. An average yarding of dairying cattle was penned, including the advertised herd on account of Mr. C. .J. Matson, of Oparau. These came forward in fair condition and were disposed of at satisfactory figures. Good heifers sold on a par with recent sales, but more backward and inferior sorts were hard to quit. An extra heavy yarding of all classes of pigs were penned. Light baconers and porkers were penned in heavy numbers and met with brisk competition from a good bench of buyers, selling at values well up to late quotations. Store and weaner pigs sold at late rates. Quotations: Cattle: Medium fat steers, £7 to_£7 10s; medium fat cows and heifers, £3 13s to £4 17s; lighter. £2 12s to £3 10s; tillable cows, £2 to I'2 10s; forward cows, 37s Od to £2 ss; boner cows, to 225; best yearling Jersey heifers, 36s to X2 7s; poorer, to 345. Shorn; Fat shorn wether hoggets. 2!s 6d to 23s 6(1; shorn fat ewes, lis to 16s 6d; shorn ewe hoggets. 21s sd: shorn wether hoggets, lss fid to i9s 9d. Dairy cattle: Choico Jersey heifers, close to profit, £4 to £5; Jersey heifers, more backward, £2 10s to £3 ss; inferior. 30s to £2; sound young dairy cows, close to profit, £4 to £6 ss; more backward, £2 10s to £3 10s; aged and inferior, to £2 ss. Pigs; Light baconers, £2 17s to _£3 8s; heavy prime porkers, £2 Ps to £2 l.:s; medium, £2 2s to £2 7s; light, 3Pa to £2; unfinished, 80s to 375; large stores, 28s to fSls- smaller Q"s to 265; good slips. 10s to 22s;' good weaners, 14s to IBs 6d; others. 10s to !3s; Tamworth sows, due to farrow. £2 2s 6d to £3 7s Od. GENERAL FALL IN VALUES POVERTY BAY OFFERING [BY TELEGRAPH —OWN CORRESPONDENT] GISBORNE, Friday At the Matawhero stock Bale held by tho Poverty Bay Stockbrokers' Association today there was a general falling in values. The entry in the beef section totalled 50. almost all being Jersey cattle. The market was lifeless, there being often only one bidder, and a good part of the entry was passed in. Good Polled Angus heifers wore passed in at £3 10s. Vv ell-finished Jersey cows realised from 32s 6d to 37s Gd, but light cows in some cases failed to make £l. The best cow price was £2 15s, for a good Polled Blue cow. The fall in prices in the fat sheep market averaged not less than 4s a head, and the position was made worse by a large entry of 563, chiefly of good quality ewes. Woolly ewes, extra made 16s 6d for one pen, 15s 4d being the next highest price. Other woolly ewes made lis 10c! to 14s 9d; shorn ewes, which recently were worth 15s to 16s, made 9s to 12s; woolly wethers, IPs 2d; second grade ewes, 10.s for woolly and 7s to 9s for shorn. In the store sheep section there was a moderate entry and fairly good competition for most lines, with value's somewhat easier. Ewes and lambs, all fairly good, 17s 6d: good-condition ewes and good Southdown lambs, IPs 6d; 70 fairly good ewes and 70 Southdown lambs, 235; 46 of each, all good, 26s 3d; shorn two-tooth wethers, good condition, 16s 10d; shorn twotooth wethers, solid condition, 17s Id; shorn Southdown, good size and condition. 16s; shorn two-tooths, in good order, 15s lOd; shorn empty ewes, good condition. 8s: mixed sheep, shorn Southdown, good size and fresh condition, 15s 3d; woolly hoggets, good size and condition, 183: shorn two-tooth ewes, in good order, 16s lid; shorn two-tooth ewes, good finish and condition, 19s 8d; good shorn four, six and eight-tooth ewes, 16s 9d; shorn two-tooth ewes, fresh condition, Bs. TE KUITI CATTLE PRICES [by telegraph—OWN correspondent] TE KUITI, Friday Dalgety and Company, Limited, reports that at the firm's usual fortnightly stock sale at Te Kuiti to-day a good yarding of cattle met with fair competition from local buyers, prices being iirm on recent quotations. A good

number of young cattle came forward. Quotations: Light fat cows, £3 to £4 ss; fresh conditioned cows, £1 10s to £2 3s; boner cows, £1 7s; three and four-year Polled Angus bullocks, store condition, £5 7s; fouryear Shorthorn bullocks, to £5 Is; threej year Shorthorn steers, £4 ss; two and threei year Shorthorn steers, £3 5s to £3 17s; three- | year Hereford steers, £4; two-year Hereford steers, £3 to £3 18s; yearling Polled Angus J steers, £3 6s; mixed yearling and two-year j Shorthorn steers, low condition, £2 13s; i extra good yearling Jersey heifers, to £3 ss; ! medium, £2 to £2 -Is; small, to 30s; yearling Jersey bulls, £2 5s to £3 ss. YARDINGS AT OPOTIKI [by telegraph —owx correspondent] OPOTIKI, Friday Dalgety and Company, Limited, held its usual monthly stock sale at Opotiki on Thursday, when there was a small yarding of cattle and sheep and a good yarding of pigs. The cattle were mostly of indifferent quality, values being at equal to late rates. Medium fat Polled Angus cowe, £3 10s; light fat Jersey cows, £2 to £2 10s- fresh young cows, £1 5s to £1 15s; rough and bon-n- cows, 30s to £1 ss; yearling Jersey heifers, to 30s; smaller, to 20s; good service Jersey bulls, £3 to £3 10s; grade yearling to IS-month-old Jersey bulls, £4 10s to £4 17s 6d; others, 10s to £2; fat woolly hoggets, 21s 3d; broken-mouthed ewes and lambs, 13s. A good yarding of store and breeding pigs drew very keen competition. Well-bred maiden sows, close to farrowing, £3 3s to £3 lis; other sows, in pig, £2 2s_ to £2 lis; stor-> pigs, to £1 13s; weaner pigs, 16s 6d At the sale conducted by the Loan and Mercantile Agency Company, Limited, there was a small and inferior yarding of cattle, which sold at late rates. Sheep and pigs W"re keenly competed for and snowed an advance on late rates. Weaner pigs. 15s 6d to 17s 6d; good stores, 25s to 30s: sows first litter, to 2!gns; ewes, with lambs, all counted, 245; ewes and lamb 3, 15s 3d; horses, medium draughts, £l6; hacks, to £3; fat Jersey cows, 35s to £2 ss; springing heifers, to £4: empty heifers, 28s to £2 2s; boner cows, 5s to 10s. CONVERSION OF LOANS HARBOUR BOARD COMMENDED The scheme of the Auckland Harbour Board for the conversion of New Zealand securities amounting to £1 ,455,800 was commended on the Auckland Stock Exchange by the chairman, Mr. G. C. Creagh, yesterday. Referring particularly to the fact that no provision was made for redemption at dates earlier than the maturity dates in the existing debentures, Mr. Creagh said this action of the board would meet with the widespread approval of debenture-holders and he felt the Stock Exchange could congratulate the board upon its policy in that respect. CANTERBURY MARKETS EXTREMELY QUIET WEEK [BY TELEGRAPH —PRESS ASSOCIATION] CHRISTCHURCH, Friday This week has been extremely quiet in the produce markets. A few parcels of potatoes are going north to Wellington and other ports, but it is not expected that many more will be wanted in Auckland, New season's potatoes are now coming into fairly general use. Values nominally for whites are £2 5s to £2 7s Gd a ton, f.0.b., sacks included, and for Dakotas £2 10s to £2 12s Gd. Fowl wheat is worth 3s 8d a bushel, f.0.b., sacks extra, for prompt delivery, the tendency having been easier. In view of the small area forecast for next year's wheat crop the movement of the market is unexpected. Oats and small seeds show no change in price and the demand for them is practically lifelcs?. The intervention of the holiday next week will confine business to very small compass. STATISTICS OF TIN LONDON, Nov. 1 The statistical position of tin at the close of October compares with the two previous periods as follows: — Aug. Sept. Oct. Tons Tons Tons World visible supplies 15,385 15,247 16,235 Straits carry-over .. 2,442 1,742 2,437 Supplies . . . . 6.683 6,521 6.789 Deliveries 7,227 6,659 6.801