STOCK SALES

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXII, Issue 22094, 27 April 1935, Page 7

STOCK SALES

WESTFI ELD QUOTATIONS YARDINGS BELOW AVERAGE Small yardings of store and dairy cattle were offered at the Westfield weekly stock sale yesterdav. The numbers forward were far below average, while the quality was also indifferent, there •being few animals of special quality. The top prices receded considerably from the linn values of recent weeks, but general values were maintained. The best realisation was just over £5 for Shorthorn heifers of fair quality. Other heifers of the same breed and Jersey heifers sold fairly well at values somewhat lower. The store cattle section was very small and there was little activity in the boner classes. The ruling prices were:—

Store Cattle.—Young cows, good condition, from £2 to £3 15s; good quality, less condi-tion.-30s to 37s Gd; others, to 259; boner and aged cows, to 37s Gd; boner bulls, to £5 10s: breeding Jersey bulls, to £3 15s: yearling Jersey heifers, good quality, to £2; others, to 255. Dairy Cattle.—Jersey cows, good quality, close to profit, from £4 to £5: more backward, £2 5s to £3 10s; more interior, to £2; Jersey and Jersey-cross heifers, good quality, close to profit, £4 to £5 2s Gd; more backward, £2 15s to £3 las; others, to £2 of; Shorthorn cows and heifers, close to profit, good quality, up to £5 ss; more backward, to £3 15s; others, to £2 ss, other cows, to £3 ss. PRICES FIRM FOR PICS G. W. Vercoe and Company, Limited, report having held their fortnightly qtock sale at Te Kauwhata on Wednesday. Competition for fat pigs was keen throughout and prices remained firm at late rates. Quotations:—Heavy baconers, £3 53 to £3 9s; medium, £2 18b to £3 -Is; light, £2 14b to £2 17s; unfinished, £2 10s to £2 13s; heavy porkers, £2 to £2 9s; medium, 3Gs to 395; light 29s to 355; unfinished, 24s to 28s: choppers to £2 15s. A full entry of store pigs met with a fair demand at late rates. Good stores made 15s to 19s; slips, 10s to 14s; weaners, 4s to 9s; sows, in pig, to £2 10s • Tamworth boars, to 3Jgns. CLEARANCE AT PUKEKOHE [from our own correspondent] PUKEKOHE, Friday A good clearance was made at the stock sale held by the New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company, Limited, at Pukekohe to-daj. Cattle were penned in average and values were hardly up to the company's last sale at Pukekohe. Best dairy heifer? sold from £5 to £6 10s; others, £3 10s to £4 15s; backward, £2 to £3 ss; heavy prime cows, £4 to £4 17s 6d; medium £3 to £3 15s; light, £2 10s to £2 17s 6d killable cows, £1 10b to £2 sb; prime heifera, *£2 15s to £3 7s 6d; boner cows. 18s to £1 6s; bulls, £1 10s to £3 17a Gd, which shows an easing in values Jerse> heifer weaners brought from 10s to £1 Is A good yardipg_ of all classes of pigs came forward for this time of the year and competition was good throughout, with value- well up to late quotations. Choppers realised from £1 5s to £2 8s; heavy prime baconers, £3 7s to £3 12s; medium, £2 19s to £3 6s; light and unfinished, £2 12s to £2 18s; heavy porkers, £2 to £2 lis; medium. £1 lis to £1 19s; light, £1 4s to £1 10s; large stores. 17s to £1 3b; slips. 12s to 16s; best weaners, 8s to lis; others. 5s to 7s sows due to farrow, £3 5s to £4 15s; pedigree Tamworth slips. Signs. « " " SMALLER YARDING AT WAIHOU The Farmers' Co-operative Auctioneering Company, Limited, reports having held its Waihou stock sale on Wednesday, when ft slightly smaller yard ; <ig than usual was penned. The cattle yarding consisted mostly of meaty and forward-ccnditioned cows, with a fair average of medium to light fat cows, all of which were quitted at late market rates. No sheep were penned. Quotations: — Medium fat cows. £3 2« to £3 lis: light fat cows. £2 9s to AT; forward-conditioned cows, 3Ga to £2 3«: f-eeh-conditioned store cows, 22s 6d to 30s- boner cows, 15s to 19s: Jersey and Jersey-cross heifer calves. 12s to 19s; heavy notter bulls, to £4 10e: medium potter bulk. £2 18s to £3 lis-, light, 37s 5d to £2. There was only a small entry of pigs. Owing to the holidays some of the exporters were unable to operate, and prices were inclined to ease. Stores and weaners were yarded in average numbers, but bidding was not brisk. Medium baconers. £2 12s to £2 18s; light. £2 5s to £2 10s; heavy porkers, 35s to £2 2s: medium, 28s to 335; light. 23s to 27b; unfinished. 18s to 225; stores, 10s to 15«; | weaners. 3s to Bs. COMPETITION AT CAMBRIDGE The Farmers' Co-operative Auctioneering Company. Limited, reports having held its Cambridge sale on Wednesday, when a light yarding of fat and boner cows came forward. Competition was fair, late values being maintained throughout. A medium yarding of pig 3 met with good competition and sold on a par with la.te rates. Prime medium fat 'heifera made £3 15s to £4; prime light fat heifers. £3 to £3 ss; heavy fat cows, £3 10s to i 3 19s; medium. £2 15s to £3 ss; light. £2 8s to £2 13s; boner cows. 169 to 2Gs ; medium porkers, 33s to 355; light, 23s to 27s- good etores, 16s to 18s Gd: slips, 10e 6d to 15s; good weanere. 8s to 10s; others. 5s 6d to 7s 6d.

MEDIUM MATAMATA ENTRY [from our own correspondent]

MATAMATA, Thursday

A medium entry of all classes of stock cnine forward at Dalgety and Company s usual ' fortnightly stock sale at Matamata on Wednesday. In the pig section very few baconers and porkers were yarded owing to the holiday intervening. Cattle: Light fat cows, £2 28 to £2 lis; killable, £L 13s to £2 Is; boners, £1 to £1 12s; light potter bulls, £2 5s to £2 15s; smaller bulls, £1 2s 6d to £1 10s; 10 medium Quality ,Jerse.v heifers, running with bull. £3 10s. Pics: Medium baconers, £2 13a to £2 15s; light, and heavy porkers, £2 2s to £2 lis; medium, 37s to £2 Is; light, 30s to 86s; unfinished, £1 Is to 28s; stores, 13s to lGs; slips, 10s to 12a; weaners, 5s to Cs; sows and litters, £2 10s. Sheep: 105 forwardcondition woolly lambs, 13s; 79 forwardcondition Southdown-cross, 12s; 20 small. 8s 4d. VALUES AT MATAWHERO [by telegraph—own correspondent] GISBORNE. Friday At tho Mntawhero sale to-day the beef entry consisted mostly of partly-finished Jerseys, which made up to £1 7s. Prime heavy Jersey cows made £2 13s; medium Hereford cows, £2 14s; station cows, in good forward condition, £2 4s. There was an entry of 163 fat sheep, which were in short supply. Ewes ranged from 14s to 14s Cd: wethers, 17s 6d to 19s 6d; lambs. 13s Id. There was only a small yarding of store sheep. The tone throughout was slack and a general tendency was for prices to be easier. Breeding ewes made to 20s Id for two-tooths; 18s 2d for two-tooths and five-year mixed; 18s for four, six and eight-tooths: and 14s to 16s for fair to good mouths. A line of 700 wethers, fat, although not a prime attractive lot, made 18s 4d. Otiher good two-tooths made 17s 4d to 17s 9d, while good lines of lambs ranged from 12s 6d to 13s. PRICES AT FEILDING [BY TELEGBAPH —PRESS ASSOCIATION] FEILDING, Friday At the Feilding stock sale to-dfty there was a good sale for fat lambs, wethers, store and fat cattle. Fat Sheep.—Ewes made 12s 6d to 15s 6d; wethers, 18s to 245; lambs, IGb 6d to 26a; black faces, 22s 0d to 23a. Store Sheep.—Wether lambs made lis to lGs id; black-faced lambs, 128 lOd to 16s 7d; ewe lambs 13s 3d to 15s Cd; mixed lambs. 9r 4d to 14s 6d; two-tooth to five-year ewes. r.w. Southdown rams, 18s sd; two-tooth wethers, 17s 9d. Store Cattle.—Cows made 15s to 41s; bullocks, £5 to £6 4s; 2}-year Hereford steers, £4 12s Gd; Polled Angus steers, £3 9s to £3 13s; Shorthorn steers, £2 10s; 15-months Polled Angus heifers, 365; 20-months, ditto, £2 Gs; steers. £3 7s Gd to £4 Is; weaner heifers, lGs to 29s- rows and calves, £2 la; heifers r.w.b., £2 2s Gd; Polled Angus empty heifers, £2 10s. Fat Cattle.—Cows made £2 to £5 13s for well-finished Shorthorn beastß; bullocks, £7 4s to £9 18s- vealers, 325. Dairy Stock.—Springing cows made £4; springing heifers. £1 IBs to £3 ss; cows, in milk, £1 15s. OTOROHANGA VALUES The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company. Limited, Hamilton, reports on its fortnightly Otorohanga. stock sale held on Wednesday as followa: —The entry of cattle comprised a majority of plain', fut and store cows with small numbers of good beef' Quality. There was a little improvement in tho competition for good quality cowo. tho remainder meeting with the usual inquire Potter bulls also realised ruling market rates. Pigs were in shorter supply tluin at the previous sale nnd were again mostly stores and weaners; a fractional advance in prices resulted. A few sheep mad* imual prices. Extrd primp, fat Shorthorn ciws. £4 15s to £5 14s: prime quality cows and heifers, £3 10s to £4 10s; medium. £2 18s to £3 7s 6d: killable cows, £2 2s to £2 l?s; fresh-conditioned cows, 31s to £?: good stores, 22s to 295. boners, up to 20s; potter bulls, up to £3 12s 6d; pen of Full-mouth ewes, 12s: lambs, up to 17s; medium porkers, £2 to £2 7s; light. £1 53 to £1 12s 6d; medium store pigs, 143 to 18s; slips, 8s to 10s 6d; weaners, up to 6« 6d.