COUNTRY STOCK SALES

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXI, Issue 21951, 7 November 1934, Page 9

COUNTRY STOCK SALES

FRANKTON QUOTATIONS BEEF VALUES IMPROVE [from OUJt OWN" C'OHIIKST'ONDKNt] HAMILTON, Tuesday A heavy yarding of fat sheep came forward at the Krankton saleyards today, the majority being wethers. Competition for wethers was easier, with prices slightly lower. A medium entry of ewes sold well at prices equal to those at last sale. Spring lambs sold at a little better than schedule rates. A smaller yarding than usual of ox beef came forward, including a big proportion of good quality cattle. All classes showed a decided improvement in values. The smaller yarding also applied to the cow and heifer section, with the result that values also showed an improvement. Store cattle sold equal to late rates. There was a heavy yarding of fat pigs, with prices still firm at last week's rates, while a medium entry of stores sold under keen competition at late advanced figures. The auctioneers report as follows: — Farmers' Co-operative Auctioneering Company, Limited.—Sheep: Heavy shorn wethers sold at 24s (id to 25s 3d; medium, 23s to 2*l s; light, 21s to 22s 3d: heavy prime ewes. lGs !)d to J7s Cd; medium, IGs to Ills (id; light, iris Cd to 15s; shorn hoggets, 20s (3d to 22s 3d ; heavy spring lambs, 23s 3d to 25b .'id: medium, 21b to 235. Cattle: Prime medium fat steers, I'D 2s 6d to £0 IDs; medium fat steers, i'B 5s to .£8 Ifis; lighter, £6 10s to £7 10s; medium fat cows and heifers, £5 Is to £5 15s; lighter. £3 10s to £1 12s; killable cows. £2 8s to £3 Is; fresh conditioned, 33s to £2 2s; store cows, 25s to 30s; honer3, to 21s; good vealers, 28s to 355; smaller, to 15s. Pigs; Heavy baconers, £3 Ss to £3 12s; medium, £3 Is to £3 6s; light, £2 lf>s to £3; heavy porkers, £2 8s to £2 12s; medium, £2 Is to £2 (is; light. :7lis to £2 2s; medium choppers, 3Us to £2 18s; large stores. 33a to 375; smaller. 28s fo 3Js; slips, 2!h to 255; weaners. 13s Gd to 20s (id.

Dnlgety ;ind Company, Limited.—Fat sheep: Good prime shorn wethers sold at 23s Gd to 25s 3d ; 1 iprlit fn t wethers, 02s Gd to 23s 3d; shorn fat ewes, 13s 9d to IPs 9d; young ewes, shorn, 19s 3d; light shorn hoggets, 17s *.) dto 20s 3d; heavy spring lambs. 23s to 20s; light lambs, 18s 6d to •21s. Store sheep: Full-mouth shorn ewes with lambs at foot, 245; a pen of 50 cull two-tooth wethers, shorn, 17s 9d. Fat cattle; Fat bullocks, £9 to £lO Is; light fat steers, £7 8s; heavy young cows and heifers, £4 ]os to £7 Is; light fat cows, £3 4s to £3 19s; inferior fat cows and heifers, 38s to 535; vealers, 275. Pigs: Heavy baconert, £3 5s to £3 13s; medium, £2 16g to £3 4s; light, £2 8s to £2 15s; heavy porkers, £'2 2s to £2 9s; medium, 38s to £2 2s; light and unfinished, 34s to 395; choppers, 27s Gd to £2 1.25; large stores. 28s to 33s 6d; best slips, 27s and 28s; others, 20s to 20s Gd; best weaners, 19s Gd: others. 14« to 18s; sows to farrow, £1 18s to £2 13s; Tamworth boars, £2 Gs to £2 10s.

New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company, Limited.—Cattle: Medium quality fat bullocks sold at £8 10s to £9 ss; light, £7 to £8 ss; heavy to medium quality fat cows. £5 5s to £G ss; medium, £4 10s to £5 ss; light, £4 to £4 10s; killable, £2 15s to £3 15s: good store cows, £1 15a to £2 7s Gd: inferior, to £1 Bs. Sheep: Mediumweight shorn wethers, £1 Is to £1 3s Gd; light, to £1; medium quality fat ewes. IG9 Gd to 17s 9d; light. 15s to 16s 6d; medium hoggets, to £1 Is 3d; medium quality spring lambs. £1 to £1 2s; lighter, 16s Gd to 19s Gd. Pigs: Extra heavy baconers. £3 10s to £3 13s; heavy baconcrs, £3 3s to £3 8s; light baconers and heavy porkers, £2 8s to £2 16s; medium porkers, £2 to £2 ss; others, £1 15s to £1 18s; stores, £1 10s to £1 15s; slips. £1 to £1 ss; weaners, 14s to 17s; choppers. £1 154 to £2 15s. G. W. Vercoe and Company, Limited.— Sheep: Medium-weight shorn wethers sold at 23s to 23s 9d; lighter, 22s to 22s Gd; unfinished, 19s 9d to 21s Gd: heavy maiden shorn ewes, 20s to 225; heavy fat ewes, 15s to 17s Gd ; spring lambs. 20s to 235. Cattle: Heavy fat bullocks, £9 5s to £10: medium weights, £8 5s to £9 2s Gd; light. £7 5s to £3; prime heavy fat cows, £7 to'£B ss; heavy, £0 to £6 15s; medium-weights, £4 15s to £5 10s; heavy fat heifers, £6 to £7 12s; lighter. £5 to £5 15s; light, £3 10s to £4 10s; vealers, to £2 10s. Pigs: Prime baconers, £3 9s to £3 12s; heavy, £3 3a to £3 8s: medium-weights, £2 17s to £3 2s; licrht, £2 lis to £2 15s; heavy porkers. £2 Gs to £2 10s; medinm-weiglits, £2 3s to £2 ss: light. 33s to £2 2s; heavy rhopners, £2 5s to £2 14s; others. £1 10s to lprcre stores, 28s to 345: others, 25s l a 275; slips. IG<? to-' 245: best weaners." 18s to 225: good, 14s to 17s; small, 10s to 12s Cd; sows, in pig, to £3 5s

GOOD DEMAND FOR PICS G. W. Vercoe and Company, Limited. Hamilton, report having held its fortnightly stock sals at Te Kauwhata on Monday, when a large yarding of fat pigs came forward. The majority of these consisted of bacon piftF, for which latest rates were fully maintained. Heavy porkers also sold at late quotations, while lighter weights improved. Heavy haconers sold from £3 5s to £3 lis; medium weights, £2 17s to £3 3s: light. £2 12s to £2 365; heavy porkers, £2 8s to £2 lis; medium weights, £2 4s to £2 7s; light. 35s to £2 2s; heavy choppers, £2 5s to £2 12s: others. £1 to 355. A full entry of store pigs sold readily at latest quotations. Large stores made 32s to 30s; others, 23s to 31s: slips, 22s to 275; best v.eaners, 17s to 21s; others, lis to 16a; sows, in pig, to £3 7s Gd. VALUES AT TAUMARUNUI [by telegraph —own correspondent] TAUMARUNUI, Tuesday The Taumarunui stock sal© to-day attracted a good attendance and there was keen competition in every section. An entry of 300 pigs found ready buyers. \\ eaners made from 6s to 21s; stores, 18s Gd to 25s 6d; porkers, 23s to 26s Gd; sows, ill pig. £2 15s to £3 10s. There was an entry of 1 100 sheep. Fat ewes made 21s to 22s 3d: two and four-tooth woolly wethers. 22 s 9d; wether hoggets (shorn), 20s; two-tooth ewes (shorn) 24s Id: two-tooth wethers 20s 9d; mixed woolly hoggets, 21s lOclI: woolly wether hoggets. 21s Gd; woolly ewe hocgets 23s Id; ewes, with lambs. 29s to 33s 7d. The cattle entry totalled 2GS. Fat heifers made £2 to £4 Is; fat cows. £2 10s to £4 ss; fat steers, £4 2s fid to £5 17s 6d; working bullocks, £6 2s Gd to £9 2s 6d; store bullocks. £2 to £3 10s; store cattle, to £3 7s 6d; empty cows, to 37s Gd: empty heifers, to 28sj bulls, to £5 7s Gd; dairy cows, £2 to £3 12s 6d.