STOCK SALES

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXI, Issue 21954, 10 November 1934, Page 9

STOCK SALES

TE AWAMUTU QUOTATIONS CATTLE AND PIGS SELL WELL The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company, Limited, Hamilton, reports that at the firm's Te Awamutu stock sale on Thursday the yarding of cattle was a heavy one, comprising several pens of good quality bullocks, a large entry of fat cows and heifers—a good portion of which were well fattened —a heavy offering of culls, several pens of store steers and of yearling heifers, as well as a number of dairy cows and potter bulls. All sections of the cattle market met with good competition, and, while a total clearance was effected for fat stock, a substantial improvement was registered for cull cows, the store steers also meeting with a good sale. Yearling Jersey heifers were, as usual, dull of sale. Good quality heavy bullocks made £8 8s to £9 2s; medium quality, £7 10s to £8 ss: prime heavy fat cows, £6 10s to £8; good quality, £5 6s to £6 6s; medium, £4 10s to £5; light, £3 10b to £4 10s; killable, £2 15s to £8 7s 6d; forward, £2 5s to £2 12s 6d; good stores, £1 8s to £1 16s; inferior, 18s to £1 ss; small two to three-year Btore steers, £4 2s to £4 17s; inferior, £3 10s to £4j poor yearling Jersey heifers, £1 12s to £2; medium dairy cowb and heifers, id to £4 15s* herd bulls, £5 5s to £6 10s. The entry of sheep, consisting mostly of hoggets and a few pens of ewes and wethers, met a good market, and all were sold, with late values being fully maintained. Medium fat wethers made £1 2s to £1 3s 6d; others, to £1 la: prime fat shorn ewes. 19s to £1 2s 6d; medium, 16s to 18s 6d; fat hoggets, to £1 3s 9d. Fairly good competition prevailed for a medium yarding of fat pigs. a total clearance being effected at ruling rates. Particularly brisk, bidding ruled in the store and weaner section, notwithstanding tnat large supplies were offering, and all were sold at prices very pleasing to vendors. Medium fat baconers brought £3 to £8 7s 6d: light baconers and heavy porkers, £2 5e to £2 15s; medium porkers, £1 18s to £2 3s: smaller, £1 14s to £1 17s; large stores, £1 Us to £1 16s; slips, £1 to £1 7e: weaners, 15s to 19s; inferior, to 14s. CATTLE AT WAINGARO G- W. Vercoe and Company, Limited, Hamilton, reports having held a, *tock sale at "Waingaro on Thursday, when the advertised entry came forward. The demand throughout was keen, and, witn the exception of a few bulls, the whole yarding changed hands at rates slightly in advance of those which have been ruling at other sales. A line of 132 Red Polled yearling steers from Mesars. Wilson Bros., of Waimai, averaged £3 3s 9d. Two-year mixed coloured steers made £3 to £3 10s; wellgrown yearling Red Polled steers, £3 5s to £3 Us; smaller, £2 12s to £3 Is; yearling Polled Angus steers, £3 to £3 ss; yearling Polled Angus heifers, £2 to £2 4s; yearling Hereford steers, £3 to £3 7s; empty two-year Shorthorn heifers, to forward conditioned cows, 32s to £2 ss; twoyear Polled Angus bulls, 15igns; aged Polled Angus bulls, to 14gns; small Ked Polled bulls, to 7igna. _ The Farmers' Co-operative Auctioneering Company, Limited, reports having held its "Waingaro sale on Thursday, when the advertised yarding of cattle came! forward, consisting mainly of young g<wd quality steers.. Competition from a good bench of outside buyers was keen, and a total clearance was effected at firm late rates. Shorthorn steers, four-year, made £4 10s to £o ss; 2J and three-year Polled Angus steers, £4 6s to £4 16s; 2} and three-year Hereford steers. £4 to £4 12s; yearling Polled Angus steers, £2 17s to £3 Is; small yearling Hereford steers, £2 6s to £2 12s; yearling Hereford heifers, 34s to £2; twoyear empty Hereford and Polled Angus heifers, £2 12s to £3 Is. Dalgety and Company, Limited, reports that at its "VVaingaro stock sale on Thursday there was only a moderate yarding of cattle and a small entry of sheep. There was a full attendance of buyers and full market rates were obtained. Four-year store bullocks sold up to £5 6s: three-year-old store Shorthorn steers, £4 la; three-year-old Polled Angus steers, £5 -Is; fat heifers, £5 7s; Polled Angus heifers in calf, £4; crossbred two-year heifers, empty, £2 ss; springing heifers. 265; shorn mixed aged ewes, 17s. PRICES AT PIOPIO [by telegraph—own correspondent] TE KUITI, Friday Abraham and Williams. Limited, reports that at the firm's usual tri-weekly stock sale at Piopio yesterday there was a email yarding of sheep and a fairly, .full^ yarding of cattle. Sheep were again in Keen domand and sold at advanced rates. Quotations Full-mouth ewes, with 100 per .cent of white-face lambs, to 36s 7d; light fat cows, £2 15s to £3: three-year eteers. to £4 7s 6d; forward cows, £1 His to £2 12s: j rough cows and calves, to £2 8s; yearling eteers, medium quality, £2 19s: email yearling Jersey heifere, £1 5s to £1 15s; Polled Angus bulls, 15gns: Hereford bulls, to lOgns: Jersey bulls, to £3 3s: Shorthorn bulls, to £4 108. .. a , Dalgety and Company. Limited, reports having had a email yarding of sheep and a medium yarding of cattle. Keen competition and spirited bidding ruled for sheep, while rates for cattle were easier than at recent Mies. Quotations Light fat ewes, 14s; woolly wether hoggets, 20s 3d to 21s lid; shorn wether hoggets, to 2ls 6d; shorn ewe hoggets, 16s 7d; heavy fat cows, £5; medium Jersey and Shorthorn cowa. £2 10s to £3: lighter. 35s_to £2 ss: rough three and four-year Shorthorn and Hereford steers, £3 to £3 9s; two-year. £2 19s: 18-months Polled Angus steers, £3 7s. good yearling Jersey heifers, £3 ss; smaller sorts, 23s to 30s: dairy cows, close to or oh t. £2 7s 6d to £3 15s: two-year Jersey heuers. £2 5s to £2 10s. YARDING AT MATAWHERO [by tei/egraph —OWN correspondent] GISBORNE. Friday There was only a small sale at the Matawhero yards to-day, entries in all sections, particularly the sheep, being poor. Two outstanding pens of Hereford and Polled Angus cows were offered in the fat cattle section, and these made £4 7s 6d and £4 10s The rest of the entry of 28 was uninteresting and sold at very easy figures. Only 99 fat sheep were yarded. Prices advanced on last week. Shorn ewes made 12s to 12s lOd; woolly ewes, 15s lOd; and second-grade shorn ewes, 10s. The entry of store sheep totalled 44, which sold as follows :—Eight dry ewes, medium condition, fair mouths, woolly. 7s 4d; four good woolly wethers, 18s 2d; eight good woolly ewe hoggets, 19s Id; 18 woolly ewe wethers, 18s 6d; ewes with lambs, average, 23s 9d. The pig entry was just over 100. Following the drop in export values, the sale showed a noticeable decline. FEILDING CATTLE FAIR [BY TELEGRAPH —PRESS ASSOCIATION] FEILDING, Friday At the supplementary cattle fair to-day over 2000 head were yarded and practically every pen was sold. Prices advanced 5s to 6s 6d a head on the rates of a fortnight ago. Both Herefords and Polled Angus cattle were in good demand, and there was a fair sale for fat cattle. Firm prices ruled for fat Bheep. Quotations.—Store cattle: Hereford yearling steers (very good line). £3 15s: others, £2 19s; two-year steers. £2 lis: a mixed line of Hereford and Polled Angus, £4 8s: threeyear, £4 14s to £5 3s; bullocks, £4 5s to £5 19s: ynarling heifers. 36s to 50s; twoyear, £3 9s to £3 18s; three-year, £4 7s; Polled Angus steers, good yearlings. £!) 14s to £4; other lines, £2 9s to £2 13s: twoyear, £4 8s to £4 15s: two and three-yearj £4 15s; very good three-year steers, £5 lis to £5 13s; others, £4 14s to £4 15s; bullocks, £5, 6s to £5 19s; yearling heifers, £2 6s to £3: good two-year heifers, £3 5s to £3 14s; others, £2 8s to. £2 18s: good threeyear heifers, £4 7s to £4 15s: others, £3 12s to £3 15s: cows, £2 10s: Holstein bullocks, £4 17s: Shorthorn steers, two-year, £4 10s; three-year, £4 12s: dairy springing heifers, £2 5s to £4 ss: springing cows. £2 3s to £5 ss: heifers in milk. £2 12s 6d: yearling Jersey heifers, 35s to 50s. Fat Cattle.—Prime heavy .heifers, d&iry breeds, £5 2s 6d to £6 2s 6d: light prime. £3 10s to £4 15s: prime heavy cows, £4 f 2s fid to £5 ss: light prima. £2 to £4: prime light bullocks. £6 10s to £7 12s 6d. Fat Sheep,—Prime wethers, 21s 5d to 22s 3d; prime woolly ewes, to 24s 3d; shorn prime, 16s 6d to 19s 6d: maiden ewes', in wool, 29s 3d: lambs, 22s 6d to 24s 9d: twotooths, 20s to 22s 8d: prime woolly hoggets, 24s to 265: shorn. 19s to 225: black-faced hoggets. 20s fid. Store sheep:_ Weth.er hoggets, 21s 2d to 23s 7d: ewes with lambs, 22s 8d: two-tooth ewes. 19s lid to 23s 2d: fourtooth ewes. 22s 2d: two-tooth wethers, 19s.