STOCK SALES

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXII, Issue 22117, 24 May 1935, Page 7

STOCK SALES

WESTFI ELD QUOTATIONS DEMAND STILL INDIFFERENT Average yardings of store and dairy cattle were forward at the Westfield weekly stock sale yesterday. There was a fair bench of buyers, but the demand generally was indifferent. In the store section values'" were on a par with recent rates and only boner bulls showed an upward tendency. Several fat bulls realised in the vicinity of £5. The quality offering in dairy cattle was not high and competition was only brisk when anything showing up well was offered. Buyers were not tempted in many instances and a fair number of lines was passed in. The best realisation was £5 10s for a fine type of Ayrshire cow. Jersey-crosses and Shorthorn cows and heifers sold fairly well, while a few heifers, close to profit, realised just over £5. The average prices were on a par with the reduced values of last week. The quotations were as follows: — Store Cattle.—Young cows, good condition, from £2 to £3 15s; good quality, leas condition, 30s to 37s 6d; others, to 2os; boner and aged cows, to 37s 6d: boner bulls, to £5; breeding Jersey bulla, to £3 15s; yearling Jersey heifers, good Quality, to £2: others, to 255.

Dairy Cattle.—Jersey cows, good Quality, close to profit and recently calved, to £5 5«; fair quality, more backward, £4 10s: more inferior, to £2 15s; Jersey tnd Jeiteycross heifers, good quality, close *o profit, to £5; more backward, to £3 13s; oiiifcrs. to £2; Shorthorn cows and heifers, close to profit, fair quality, to £-i ss; Ayrshire cows, good quality, close to profit, to £5 10a; other cows, to £3. DEMAND AT PUKEKOHE [fbom OCR OWN* cobhespoxdeitt] PUKEKOHE, Thursday There was an average yarding of cattle at the stock sal© held by the New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company, Limited, at Pukekohe to-day. There wa3 a total clearance at values well on a par with the last sale. Dairy cattle only showed an easing in values. Best dairy heifers realised from £5 IQe to £6 10s; medium. £4 to £5 sa; light prime eteers, to £6 5«; heavy prime cows, £4 10s to £5 7a 6d; medium. £3 10a to £4 7s 6d: light. £2 15b to £3 7s 6d; kill able cows, £2 to £2 12s 6d; boner cows, £1 8s to £1 18s; plain cows, £l to £1 6s: heifer*, r.w.b.. £1 10s to £2 10s; weaner heifers, 10s to £1 se; baLs. £1 Ss to £3 12s 6d. Pigs came forward m average numbers. Competition for fat pigs was steady throughout, with values on a par with those ruling elsewhere. The demand for stores and wesnera was good and values remained firm. Choppers brought from £1 Sa to £2 14s; heavy prime baconers. £3 3s to £3 10a; medium. £2 17s to £3 2s; right and unfinished, £2 12# to £2 16s; heavy porkers. £2 2s to £2 lis; medium, £1 12s to £2 Is: light. £1 2s to £1 lis; large stores, 18s to £1 Is; slips. 13* to 17s; best weaners, 9a to 12s; others, 3s to Ba.

PRICES AT MATAMATA [raoir otra <yvrsr corkesponoknt] MATAMATA, Thursday Dalgety and Company, Limited, held a stock sale at Matamata, yesterday, when a good yarding of all classes of stock cam? forward. There was a good attendance of buyers. A good sale of sheep and cattle resulted, sheep selling at late while cattle showed a marked improvement on the last Frankton sale. There was a medium yarding of fat pigs and a full entry of stores and weaners, which met with keen demand and sold at well up to market rates. There were only a few pens of heavy baconers, and they sold under spirited competition. The balance of the fat pigs comprised unfinished baconers and heavy porkers. Light porkers sold at full market rates. Qutations:—Cattle: Light fat Jersey and Shorthorn steers. £5 7s 6d; good fat Jersey heifers, £3 19s to £4 4s; medium fat Jersey cows and heifers, .£2 to £2 15a; light fat Jersey heifers. £1 9s to 355; fat Holstein cows, £4 to £4 4s; light fat Hereford cows and heifers, £3 7s to £3 16s; heavy fleshy cows, 38s to £2 43; lighter fleshy cows, 26s to 3ts; boners, 16s to 235: medium quality Jersey and Jersey-cross Hereford calves., £1 3s; small Jersey heifer calves, 15s; potter bulls, £2 lis to £3 7s. Pigs: Prime baconers, £3 3s to £3 9s; medium baconers, £2 I2s to £2.185; light baconers, £2 Ss to £2 10s; light and unfinished. 38s to £2 4s; heavy porkers. 34s to 365; medium porkers. 2Ps to 325; light- porkers. 223 to 28s; small and unfinished. ISs to 21s: medium stores, 14s to 13s; small stores, 12s to 16s: slips, 10s to 13s; wean era. 10s to 12s; small weaners. 6s to 9s. Sheep: Medium store lambs, lis 6d to 12s 9d; fair store lambs, 10s; small and inferior, 5s Rd to 6s ild; fairmouthed ewes, run with Southdown rams, 15s lOd.

PRICES AT TE PUKE The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company, Limited, reports that ,<at the Te Puke sale this week there was a fall yarding of cattle and pigs. Good fat cows realised £3 12s to £4; medium. £3 7s: others, £2 3s to £2 17s 6d; fat heifers, £3 13s; store cows, £1 5s to £1 19s; boners, to 225; dairy heifers, £3 5s to £4 ITs fid: backward dairy cows, £2 12s 6d; mixed coloured cows with runners, £2 12s 6d. Baconers made £2 IGs to £3; 6tore pigs. 17s to 235; slips. 14s to 17s; weaners, 5s to lis. OTOROHANGA YARDING The Farmers' Co-operative Auctioneering Company, Limited, report having held a stock sale at Otorohanga on Wednesday, when a good all-round yarding came forward. A few pens of breeding ewes were offered and were in good demand. No alteration took place in quotations for fat sheep. There was a good yarding of cattle, comprising fresh-conditioned boner cows, and these sold at unchanged rates. A few light fat cows and heifers sold under gjood competition. There was only a small entry of pigs, comprising mostly porkers, stores and weaners. Prices were unchanged. Quotations: Fat wethers, 18s fid to 20s; fat ewes. 14s 6d to lfis; S.M. breeding ewes, r.w. S.D. rams, 20s: store ewes, 10s: light fat cows and heifers, £3 5s to £3 17s; heavy fat second-quality cows. £2 8s to £2 lfis; killable cows. 38s to £2 ss: fresh-condi-tioned Jersey cows. 25s to 335; boner cows, lis to 235; potter bulls, 30s to £3 17s 6d; porkers. 24a to 30s: stores. 16s to 21s; slips, lis to 13s 6d; weaners, €s to 9s.

PEDIGREE JERSEY SALE © . STOCK FROM DANNEVIRKE [from ottr own correspondent] HAMILTON. Thursday A sale of pedigree Jersey cattle was conducted at Claudelands to-day by Wright, Stephenson and Company, Limited, on behalf of Mr. H. H. Phillips, of Te Rehunga, Hawke's Bay. The female stock sold well at satisfactory prices, but bulls were in little demand, the majority being passed in. The best price paid was 25 guineas for the cow, Jersey Meadows Moird. Other cows sold from 10} to 20 guineas and one bull sold at 13 guineas.

PRICES OF METALS TIN AND COPPER FIRMER (Received May '23. 7.45 p.m.) LONDON. May 22 Following are to-day's quotations on the London metal market compared

LAND COMPANY DIVIDEND QUESTION LONDON. May 22 The New Zealand and Australian Land Company has deferred consideration of an ordinary dividend until the accounts for the year are completed. An interim ordinary dividend of 2 per cent and a final distribution of 2 per cent were paid last year. Prior to 1934 there had been no ordinary dividend since 2 per cent was paid in 1931. '

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