COUNTRY STOCK SALES

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXII, Issue 22100, 4 May 1935, Page 9

COUNTRY STOCK SALES

RATES AT MORRINSVII.ILE GOOD ENTRIES YARDED , '[from our own corresponded] MORRINSVILLE, Friday The following are reports on th« Morrinsville Btock sale to-day:— Dalgety and Company, Limited.—A good emry of fat and store cattle, comprising mostly Jersey cows, beef and medium quality. Sheep and pigs were penned in i,verai?e numbers, practically a total clearance being effected at late mtes. Quqtations:— Sheep: Fat woolly lambs, 18s; shorn>fat lambs, 16s; store lambs, 13s. Cattle: Light fat Jersey cross steers, £5 8b; fat cows, J*r«e;r-crofs, £2-6s to fa 4s; fleshy Jersey cows, s!Bs to 85s; store cows, 30s to 38s; boner co ws, 22s to 265; light boners, 13s to 18s; bull. ,63 7s. Pigs: Light baconers and heavy porkers, X!! (is to £2 12s; medium porkers, 37s to £2 ss; light .porkers, 28s to 355; unfinished, £1 Is to '£l 6s; stores, 18s: slips, 14s 6d to 15s Gd: wer.neru, from 3s 6d. New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company, Limi'ed.—Little variation from the'previous week. The yarding was mostly plain fat cows and store and bonei' cows, as well as a few pens of I.C. heiferu and of yearling heifers. Comparatively good competition prevailed in the fat an! store section, where values were well maintained at this week's Frankton quotations. The I.C. heifers were of fairly good quality and created keen inquiry, prices beinjf very satisfactory. The yearling heifers were mediocre cattle and these also soil well. A few dairies and bulls made ruling -rates. The line of five and six-year, with a few younser ewes, was booked subsequent to the sale at a good price. Market rates did not vary for a few pigs. Quotations: Medium fat cows, £2 15s to £3 4e; killable. £2 7a Gd to £2 15s; fresh-condiitioned, £1 15s to £2 ss; good stores, £1 8s to £1 14s:. toners; 18s to 235; I.C. Jersey heifers, £2 to £'2 7s; yearling heifers, 16s to 235; bulls. £2 7s 6d to £i> 3s; five' and siz-year breeding ewes, 17a; light porkers, 25s to 30s; stosrei, 15s to 18s; slips, 5s to Bs. The Farmers' Co-operative Ancticneorincr Company, Limited.—<A heavy yardin? of a'.l classes of cattle. Fat cattle were keenly sought, prices being on a par with previous sales, while stores sold at late rates (iccording to condition. A choice pen of Polled Angus steers, offered on account of Messrsi. Howie Brothers, of Morrinsville, Elicited spirited bidding and realised £9, A number of Polled Angus yearling steers wiSie also yarded, for which there_ was a keen inquiry, the top price being £3 11: i for a pen offered on account bf Mr. Charles Sing. Sheep: A small yarding of fat she<p, with a mociium entry of store lambs. Very few fat lambs came forward. Pigs: _ A,<:ain ill large entry of fat pigs and a medium entry of stores. Owing to congestion at this works, sonifl buyers were unable to operiie, -and competition was not as keen as la;it week. Stores and weaners were keenly sought and a rise in values in this section h{.s to be recorded. Quotations: —Cattle: Medium prime Polled Angus steers, £9; prime flit cows, to £6; medium fat cows: and heifers, £3 10s to £-1 Is; lighter, £2 9s to £3 6s; killable ,cows, 31s to £2 6a; boners, ;at late rates, according to condition; extra heavy boner bulls. £0 2s Gd: heavy, £4 to £4 9s; lighter, to £2 17s; Polled Angus ctivs with calves, to £3 Gs; well-bred Polled Angus yearling steers, £3 lis; mixed sen. Polled Angus and Hereford calves, to 38s weaner Jersey heifers, to 31s; Jersey dairy cows. £3 5s to £4 2s Gd; Jersey heifers, ;'i:m with bull, £2 9s to £2 18s. Sheep: Forward empty ewes, 12s 6d to 13s; fat lambs, lGs Id to 17s; store lambs, 12s 5d to 13s Id: smaller, to 9s 7d. Pigs: Heavy baconers, £3 4s to £3 8s; medium, £2 17s to £3 lia; light, £2 10s to £2 17s; buttermilk pigs, £2 3s to £2 ]os; heavy porkers, 36s to £2 2s; medium. 3'2s to 355; light, 26s to 31a; unfinished, 22s to 255; large stores, 15s to 20s; medium, lis to 15s; slips, 10s to 12s; weilieru, 5s to 8s Gd. > STORE CATTLE CLEARANCE The Farmers' Co-operative Auctioneering Company. Limited, reports having held its store cattle sale at Frankton, at which the advertised lots attracted a large, number of outside buyers. Competition vas good throughout, and a total i clearance resulted at late firm rates. Quotations:--Forward conditioned Hereford cross steers, £6 2s; f:rown low conditioned Shorthorn md Hareford steers, £5 to £5 ss:; three-year Hereford steers, £5 to £5 ss; s!}. to 3J-y<ar mixed condition steers, £1 lis to £4 3.95; two to 2|-year mix6d condition steers. £4 6s to £4 10s; li" to two-year Polled Angus and Hereford steers, £3 16s to £4 1» :; li-year Polled Angus and Hereford steeis, £2 16s to £3 ss; 15-months Polled Angus steers,. £2 123; 18-months mixed condition stf.ee)*, £2 8s to £2 12b; fresh condition cov'n, 29s to 375. .«► VALUES AT MATAMATA [from our own correspondent] MATAMATA Friday The Farmers' Auctioneering Company. Limited, held its fortnightly stock sale at Matams.ta on Wednesday, when there was a full yarding of all classes of cattle, the quality being on a pur with thti previous sale. Fat cows and heifers sold firirily. while second quality rates remained mchanxed. There was a very hea,vy yarding of all classes of pigs, well over 1000 beinjf yarded. The entry of baconers waß exceptionally heavy for the period of the year and competition was at its peak. Porkem were on a par with last sale, while a full yarding of stores changed hands at quite satisfactory figures. The tt>p price for baconerii was £3 Us, while a line of 32 medium-weight baconers sold on account of Mr. flf Bitipdle, Hinuera, averaged £3 3s 6d. A smull yarding of sheep sold well. Cattle: Fat cows and heifers, £4 6s to £5; lighter, £3 6ti to £4 Is; light fat Jersey cows, £2 7s to £1 forward and killable cows, 32s to £2; pother bulls, heavy, £4 14s to £4 Ids; medium, £3 9s to £3 14s; Jersey weaner heifers, £1 4b. Pigs: Heavy baioners, £3 7s to £3 lis; medium, £3 to £3 ss; light. £2 10s to £2 Ifct: buttermilk pigs, 39s to £2 6.3: heavy porkers, 34s to 3Ss; medium, 30s to 83s; light,' 25» to 295; -. small and unfinished, ' 17|t to '23s; medium Btores, 12s to 15s 6cl; slips, 8i to. 103 6d; weaners, 3s to ss; chopp srs, 33s to £2 ss. Sheep: Fat ewes, up lb IS*; fat wethers, £1 4s to £1 17s; fat lambs, up to 16s; store lambs, 5s to 9s. % VALUES AT OPOTIKI [by telegraph—own correspondent! OPOTIKI, Friday Dalgety and Company, Limited, report having held a stock nala at t'ii> Opotiki ynrds yesterday when a medium yarding of pigs and sheep and an averafci» yarding of cattle were penned. Competition for sheep was animated and cattle also sold at full late rates, a good clearance being made. Quotations.—Fat ewee. and: wethers, 20s Cd: empty ewes, ISs 6d; smalt two-tooth wethers, las; mixed aged ewes to B.D. rams, 13s; small mixed sex two-tooths, 14s 6d; mixed sex lambs, medium, lis; heavy fat cows, £3 Is; heavy fat Jersey cows, £2 to £2 6s; light fat Jersey heiftirs. £1 10s to £1 14s; light fat Jersey cows, £1 6s to £.l 16s; Holstein and S.H. l.iullcoka, £3 5s to £4 9s; boner cows, 15s to £1 ss; rough and aged, to 12s 6d: potter bulls, £2 10s to £2 15s. Pigs: Slips, 12s 6(it to 13s. The Loan and Mercantile Agency Company, Limited, report:—There va.s & good entry of cattle, mainly cows, an<l a small yarding of sheep and pigs* Cattle met with with poor compaction. Prices were:—Fat cows. 38s to £2 ss; good forward cows, 25s to 28s; boners, 8s to 16s; empty heifers, good condition, to £2 6s: othiirs, 25s to 355; yearling steers, to £2 Is two-year steers, to £3; three-year steers, good condition, to £4 lis; weaner pigs, 10s; good stores, 30s to 355; bulls, heavy-weights, to £3; smaller, 25s to 35:4; store lambs, 9s 6d. BRISK BIDDING AT WAIHI The Farmers' Co-operative Auctioneering Company. Limited, held its monthly stock snle at Waihi on Thursday. Beef was varded in good numbers, competition being "keen and values remaining firm at late rates. A medium yarding of dairy cattle came forward and here again lidding was brisk, values hardening on late quotations. Prime heavy fat cows, £5 Ho £f> 16s; heavy fat cows, £3 15s to £4 l'te; m«dium fat cows and heifers. £3 to £3: 10s; light, £2 2s to £2 . IBs: -killable cows, 85s. to £2 Is: forward-conditioned cows, !lOs to 345; boner cows, lis to 255; Jersey h?ifer calves, iris to 19s: mixed condition heifer calves, 8s to 16s; Frienian steer calves. 225: potter hulls, 5:5b« to £3 ss; forward-conditioned ltimbn,, _ 12s to 14s: weaner pigs, Gs to lis. Ay'Hhire cows, •June cnlvors, £5 to £6 7si fid; Ayrshire heifers, in milk, £4 to £5; Jrrsey cows, close to profit, £4 15s to £5 15s; Jersey and Jersey-cross cows, close to profit, £3 to £4; later calvers. £2 2s Gd tf £2 17s fid: Jersey and, Jersey-cross heifers, June calvers, £3' 15s'to £!i .7s Gd; later calvers, £3 to £3 10s; cows in milk, £3 10s to £4. PRICES AT FEILDING [BY TELEGRAPH —PRES3 ASSOCIATION] FEILDING-, Friday There was a large yarding o: sheeu and cattle at the Feilding stock sale to-day. Fat sheep were dull of sale, btiji there was a good sale of store sheep. especially lambs. The heavy yarding of store cattle wan dull of sale at auction, but a good clcuranci' was made privately. . Fat Sheep.—Extra prime ewe* ; 20s Gd to 21s 4d; prime, 15s to 16s fid; fair,. 13s 3d to 14s Id; light, from 10s; very prune lambs, singles, 22s -Id to 23s 3d:; pens, prime, 20s to 23s 3d; very good, 17s Td to 19s; good, 16s to 17s; light:, from 153 Od; inferior, 13s; prime two-tcoths, ',2 os 8d to 22s 10d; good, lfls to 19s; prime heavy 'wethers, 20s lOd to 245; good, :.f!s 4d to 19s lOd; b.f.'s, ,20a to 22s 6d.

Store Sheep.-'-Breeding ewes. r.w. South-' ? down rams, two-ilooths, good line, 28s 9d to 30s 4d; others, 22s to 28s 9d; four and sixtooths gnd four-year. 18s lOd; four-year, 20a Id; four and five-year, 2ls Od; five-yeur. good, 193 4d to 21 a 3d; pool!; 15s; , aged, 10s Id to 16s 9d; mixed sex lambs, 10s Id to 16s 6d; black-faopi lambs, 12s 10a to 15s; wether lambs, good, 143 (3d to IjSsj, other lines, to 1.4s 3d; w.if. wether lamb*.' to 14s Id; ewii lambs, 16:3 4d to 18s wethers, ,16s 6(1 to 20s sd. Store Cattle.---P.A. bulls, £3 2s Gd to Mi P.A. steers, £4, 10s; ditto, 2J-yeav, £3 His; - P.A. cows, 20s to 40s; P.A. weaner steers, £3 Is; R.P. tows, 355; Shorthorn steers, £2 2s *6d; Hohitein heifers, 325; cows, 28s; empty P.A. heifers, 395; weaners, 345; Jersey bulls, 258 to £4; weaner heifers, mostly dairy Jersey, lis to 265; store cows, 10s to 40s; Jersey cows, £2 lis:; heiferß, r.w.b., 37s to £3., •, .. , : Fat Cattle.—Heifers, £2 7s 6d to £3 ss; Hereford cows, £3 10si to £3 15s; steers. £2 12s Gd to i£!s ss; Shorthorn heifsrs. i-A 15s- PA. cross 'bullocks, £5 10s; Shorthorn buliocks, £6 Ka; runners. £2 ss; veal<u«, 32s 6d. , Dairy Cattle.—Springing cows, to £4. M Gd; Ayrshire cows, £3 f'S; cows in. miilc, 32s 6d. . ' YARDING AT TE AWAMU7U Tho Farmer?:' Co-operative Auctioneering Company, Limited, hold a stock sale at To Awamutu on Thursday. A small entry of fat sheep chme forward. Competition v.-as not keen, and prices showed „no alteration. Ox and cow be-if was yarded in hea.vy numbers and sold well. Second quality cows were also penned in large numbers, a wetter demand and advanced prices prevailin" Boner cows and bulls sold at schedule rates. A small entry of dairy cattle was quitted at ruling values. One of' the largest yardings of pigs penned at Te Awami/tu for some time came forward, values for all classes remaining firm at rates on a par with those ruling at other centres. Noheavy baconerii were yarded. Prices were:—■ Sheep.—Medium fat cows, 15a to 15s bd; store ewes, 10s to lis 3d; cull ewes, 5s to 8s Cd; storo lambs, 12s to 13s id; cim .vrlambs, 4* Gd t,o 7s 9d. Cattle: Medium fat steers. £7 3s to £7 7s Gd; forward-condi-tioned grown steers, £5 6s to £6; heavy Shorthorn cowl, £i 16s to £5 2s; medium fat heifers. £2 10s to £3 :14s; young prime Jersey heifers, £3 16s to £4 Is; heavy Jersey cows. £2 18a to £3 7s 6d; medium lat Jersey heifers. £2 5s to £2 10s; fonvardconditioned Jersey heifers, 30b to £2 Is. boner cows. My to 28s; heavy bulls, £3 I.os td £4 ss; light, £1 to £2 15s; cows with calves at foot. £2 Ms to £4 15s; Jersey-cross heifers, running with, bull, fid to £2 ~s, j Jersey-cross hfiier calves, 15s to 21s; Jersey cows, springing:. £3 15s to £4; Jersey cows, in milk, £2 15s to £3 10a; Je^rsey > heifers, in milk, £3 to £4 SsPigßiMedium baconers, £2 1S» tc. £3 Is; light. £2 8s to £2 16s; heavy porkers, 37s to £2 4s; medium, 31s to 355; liirbt. 24s to 2!)s; unfinished, iiito 225; slips, good, 13s to 14b; others, 8s to lis; weaners, 4s to 7s 6d; small ana weedy, 2s to 4it. YARDING AT TE KUITI [BY TELEGRWH —OWN iCOBS.ESPONDEU'r] TE KTJITI, Eridiiy Dalgety and Company, Limited, report having held u stock 68,1et, &t T© K.uiti today, when a flmall of sSieep ma cattle came forward. Lamb prices were below vendors' reserves, while rougher aorta of cattle met with a belter demand than of late. Quotations: —Medium fat lambs, 15s 4d to lGs; forward condition lambs, 12s Gd to 14s; forward wethers, 17s 6d; medtura fat Jersey covrs, £2 19s; forward Jersey cows, 34s to 355; boner cows, 17a to S!0s; li-year P.A. steers, £,3 10s; rough. 31-:jear S.H. steers, £3 2s fid; rough 2}-year I:I.EL and .Friesian fiteers, £2; li-year Friesian steeds, 265; lji-year P.A. heiters, empty, £2 Is; li-year P.A. bull, 4gns. i ASSURANCE BUSINESS s GRATIFYING INCREASE MUTUAL PROVIDENT SOCIEIT An extromely satisfactory position was reported by Sir William Hunt, delegate from the New 2!ealand branch of tbe Australian Mutual Provident Society, in a speech at the 86th annual > meeting of "the society in Sydney yesterday. "For tho third successive yeaf the ordinary .department business written in New Zealand has shown a substantial increase, the total of £2,899,561 being * over £500,000 in excess of the previous year," be isaid. "Coxtpled with this lias been the greater success of our efforts, J for the conservation of the existing business, mirrendersj lapses, and! I;he cashing of bonuses all having shown substantial decreases. The resultant- increase in, business in" force has boen most gratifying. According to the latest Government returns the society holds over 41 pi:-r cent Of the life assurance business of the Dominion,| in spite of the fact, that there are 14 offices operatwhile of the total , assets of £39,816,501) invested by life offices jn the country, the society's funds account for £17,409,849. _ The increased new business in the industrial department i } is a clear indication,of the fejth plsjced in the society by those of):small incomes." ; i . ' , J'V The future for mortgage investments could be faced with equanimity, he said. Jt, had been necessary recent years to extend consideration to intimbers of mortgagors to tide them orer particularly difficult periods, and though the integrity of the funds: had necessarily been the prime consideration in such circumstances, yet, by rendering material assistance in some cases, and exercising reasonable for-? bearance in others, the society's goodwill in tho Dominion bad bfierii enhanced to a remarkable extent. The direct -outcome had been an increased inquiry for loans on broad acre i linearities. . "Speaking of the Dominion generally, the past year has been one of ac-liK've-ment," Sir William continued. Mary producers as a whole have been able to improve and consolidate their positions, retail business has recorded a more buoyant tone,, and unemployment figures have been materially reduced, resulting in a welcome deoreasa in taxation. Although fwe can as yet record only partial recovery, tb« outlook is not without promise. There is talk of levies or quotas for meat and dairy produce, and the future of wool seems to some extent, at least,! to be wrapped up with the question of reciprocal trade agreements with European countries." - i WHEAT, FLOUR AND PULSE LONDON, May* 3 Wheat.—-Cargoes are inactive and easier. Parcels are in small request. Futures.--London; June, 23s 9d n, quarter; September, 24s 3d. Liverpool: May, 5s 3jd a cental; July. 5s 6|d; October, 5s Bfd; December, 5s 91d. Spot trade sl&w. Autjtralian ex ship, 29s 3d. Flour, firm. Australian ex store, 21s 6d to 225. Oats, pens and beans, quietly steady. Raw sugar, beetroot basis, June delivery, 5s 3d a cwt.