COUNTRY STOCK SALES

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXII, Issue 22139, 19 June 1935, Page 7

COUNTRY STOCK SALES

FRANKLIN QUOTATIONS LARGE YARDING OF SHEEP PIGS IN KEEN DEMAND * , [from our own correspondent] HAMILTON, Tuesday There was an extra large yarding of all classes of sheep at the 1" rankton saleyards to-day. Late quotations were maintained for prime wethers and ewes, but unfinished sheep were dull of sale. Exporters operated freely on a large entry of fat lambs, full schedule rates being realised. Breeding ewes wore yarded in good condition and met with keen competition, one line of 713 realising £1 5s lOd. A good yarding of all classes of cattle came forward. Ox beef was penned in average numbers, prices remaining firm at late rates, while cow and heifer beef showed a slightly easing tendency. Store cows realised late quotations. There was spirited competition for a pen of 13 Polled Angus vealers, which brought up to £4 5s each. A smaller yarding of fat pigs sold readily under good competition. Porkers, in particular, were firmer. Competition was keen for a short entry of stores and weaners and a sharp rise was recorded. The auctioneers report as follows: — G. W. Vercoe and Company, Limited.— Heavy fat heifers sold at £1 5s to £1 6s 6d; medium-weight, £1 3s to £1 is 9d; light, £1 2s to £1 2s 9d; heavy fat ewes, 18s to £1; medium, 16s to 17s; light, 14s to 15s 6d; heavy fat lambs, XI Is to £1 2s 9d; medium-weight, ISs to £1; light, 15s to 17s Gd; store lambs, 12s to 14s Gd; mediumweight fat bullocks, £8 to i'B 15s; light, £7 12s Gd to £7 15s; heavy fat cows, £5 to i £5 17s 6d; medium, £3 15s to £4 10s; light, j £2 10s to £3 12s Gd; heavy fat heifers, £4 \ 5s to £5 ss; medium-weight, £3 10s to £4 j 2b 6d; light. £2 10s to £3 sa; vealers, to j £2 lis; forward-conditioned Shorthorn and j Friesian cows, £1 15s to £2 ss; heavy boners, £1 6s to £1 12s; others, 15s to £1 I ■ls; potter bulls, to £3 17s Gd; yearling Jersey heifers, £1 to £1 10s; Jersey cows close to profit, £4 to £.'4 17s 6d; others, £2 10s to £3 ss; Jersey cowb in milk, £3 10s to £6 ss; medium-weight baconers, £2 18s to £3 Is; light, £2 12s to £2 17s; unfinished, £2 5s to £2 10s; heavy porkers. £1 18s to £2 8s; mediums, £1 lis to £1 17s; light, £1 7s to £1 13s; choppers, to £3 2s; good stores, £1 3s to £1 6s; others, 19a to £1 2s; slips, 13s to 17s; weaners, to lis 6d; bows in pig, to £3 10s. Dalg«ty and Company, Limited.—Fat sheep; Best fat -wethers sold at 24s to 255; medium and light-weight wethers, 22s 6d; prime heavy ewes, to 19s 3d; medium quality fat ewes, 15s to 17s. Fat lambs: Woolly lambs, 23s and 21s 9(1: medium and light, 16s Gd to 18s 9d; unfinished, lGs. Fat cattle: Heavy prime bullocks, £8 to £9 3s; light, £5 18s to £6 14s; first quality fat cows and heifers, £5 to £0 ss; second quality, £3 10s to £4 ss; inferior and Jersey sorts, 38s to 625; light runners, 25s to 425. Fat pigs: Good light-weight baconers, to £2 18s; heavy porkers, 31s to 365; light, 25s to 30s; choppers, 30s to 535. Store pigs: Good forward stores, 22s Gd; light, 15s to 19s; good weaners, lis Gd to 13s; small, Gs Gd to Bs. Store sheep: Full-mouthed ewes in lamb to Southdown rams, 225; cull ewes. 4s 5d to 10s 9d. Farmers' Co-operative Auctioneering Company, Limited.—Sheep: Medium fat wethers, 24s to 25s 3d; light. 22s 6d to 23s 9d: unfinished, 21a 6d to 22s 6d; prime fat ewes, 17s 9d to 18s; fat ewes, 16s to 17s 6d: unfinished. 14s to 15s 3d; heavy prime woolly lambs, 21s 3d to 23s 3d; prime woolly lambs, 16s Gd to 21s; lighter, 15s 6d to 17s Od; heavy shorn lambs, 17s 3d to 19s 6d; prime, 15s 6d to lGs 9d; lighter, 14s 3d to 15s: store lambs. 10s 9d to 13s Gd: five-year-old breeding ewes. 20s Gd to 20s 7d: ewes, 15g 3d to 17s Gd; cull ewes. 12s to 14s Gd: empty cull ewes, 5s to Ss 7d. Cattle • 1 rime fat bullocks. £8 15s to £9 Gs; medium. £, to £8 4s; prime fat heifers, £1 14s to ss; fat cows and heifers, £5 10s to £5 14s; lighter and medium quality, £3 to £3 19s; killable cows. 35s to £2 10s; heavy prime vealers. £4 to £4 ss; light. £2 11b to £3 2s Pi rr s" Baconers, £2 15s to £3 3s; heavy porkers. 39s to £2 7s; medium, 33s to 35?; lipht. 26s to 31s; large stores. 22s fid to 255; smaller. 18s 6d to 225; slips. 14s 6d to 18s: weaners. Ss 6d to 12s 6d: light choppers. 253 to £2 ss; sow with Utter, £5 3a: sows due to farrow, £2 10s to £3 2s 6d. The New Zealand Lonn and Mercantile Asencv Company. Limited.—Cattle: Medium quality bullocks. £6 10s to £7 3s; lghter, £6 to £6 7s 6d; good fat cows and heifers, £4 2s Gd to £4 lis; medium, £3 10s_ to £4; | light quality cows, £2 10s to £3 ss; fori ward-conditioned stores, £1 14s to £2 ».s. plain stores. £1 3s to £1 10s; others ISs 1 to £1 2s. Sheep; Good quality fat wethers, j £1 4 S to £1 5s 6d; medium, £1 2s 6d to £1 3» fid; light, to £1 2s; heavy fat ewes, 16s to 18b 6d; medium, 14s to 15s 6d; others up to 13s; medium quality ambs, 19s 6d I to £1 0a 9d; poorer fat lambs, 15s Gd to 18s Gd. Pigs; Medium baconers. £2 15i to £3 93' light. £2 12s to £2 15s; henvy porkers, £1 5s to £2 lis; medium, £1 12s to £2 2s; light, £1 7s to £1 12s: lame store pigs. 19s to £1 Is 6d; medium, 16s 6d to 18s Gd; slips, lis to 16s; weaners, 4b to 9s. PIGS AT TE KAUWHATA G \V. Vercoe and Company, Limited, reports having held its fortnightly sale at Te Kauwhata on Monday, when a small yarding of fat pisa came forward. The demand throughout was keen price* remained very firm at late rates. Heavy baconers made £3 to £3 8s; lijtht baconers, £2 lis to £2 198; heavy porkers, £2 to £2 10s; medium, 34s to 395; light, 28s to 335: unfinished, 25s to 275: good stores, 20s to 235; others, 17s to 19s; slips, 14s to 16s; weaners, 6s Jo 13s 6d; sow* in pig, to £5. SPECIAL TE ANGA OFFERING The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company, Limited, Hamilton, reports having held a special stock sale nt, Te Anga yards on Monday, when about 350 head of cattle of all descriptions came forward. In the fat pens were, apart from a number of fat cows and a few pens of medium-class bullocks, a line of 39 good quality eteera on account of Mr. TJ. Phillips. These, as did ail the fat cattle offered, met with a keen response from the purchasers and sold from £5 17s 6d to £7_ss according to quality. The store section comprised a number of small pens of store heifers and steers, including a line of 34 18-months Polled Angus heifers on account of Mr. H. Shaw, which were in forward condition and realised £2 15s; 23 Polled Angus steer calves on account of Mr. S. N. Vicary, which made tho satisfactory price of £2 ss; while a pen of smaller cattle on account of the same vendor made £1 7s 6d. Generally a flood sale resulted. Quotations:- Thirty-two good quality fat bullocks. £5 17« 6d to £7 ss; forward conditioned bullocks, on account of Miln Bros., £4 17s to £6 Is; good fat cows. £3 15s to £4 10s; medium. £2 15s to £3 10s; plain, £2 4s to £2 12a; good store cows, £1 3s to £1 16s; plain, £1 2s. A pen of 18-months Hereford store steers, £3 6s; 34 18-months Polled Angus heifers, £2 15s: good Polled Angus steer calves, £1 15s to £2 ss; smaller inferior, £1 5s to £1 10s; pen of Hereford calves, £1 Its: medium-class dairy cows. £3 5s to £4; plain, I*2 10s to £3 2a 6d. DISPERSAL OF HERDS The Farmers' Co-operative Auctioneering Company, Limited, reports upon recent clearing sales as follows: — One of tho most successful clearing sales of the season was held on account of Mr. 11. W. Scales, of Shaftesbury. The cows came forward in pleasing condition and as the records showed practically nil with butter-fat over 3001b. fat, good competition was forthcoming from n largo bench of keen buyers. Tho 45 dry eow* averaged £7. the top price of £ll 5s 1. ,tfig P fll d by Mr. J. N. Thirlwnll, of Hamilton, while nine other cows reached figures over £B. Quotations; fixtrn choice Jersey cows, £8 to £ll ss; highgrade Jersey and Joi sey-cross cows, July nnd August calvers, £6 to £7 15s; later calvers. £4 to £5 10s: Jersey cows in milk. £4 to £7; Jersey heifers, £3 15s to £4 15s. Two pediirreo Jersey bull* were sold at 14Jgns each. > On account of Mr. W. M, Wntkins, of Tinui, approximately 60 Jersey dairy cows were offered before a fair attendance of buyers. The cattle were in fair condition, but competition was not very keen. F.arly calvers sold from £4 to £4 15s, while later calvers realised £3 to £4 15s. Included in the offering wero n large number of in-calf heifers, for which there was better competition, the early calvers showing quality made from £4 10s to £5 10s. while later calvers sold from £3 5s to £4 ss. Inferior nnd poorer sorts were dull of sale. Bidding was firm for a three-year-old filly, (broken to chains), which sold well nt £25. On account of Mr. J. H. Weston, Tniipin, the herd waif only a small one and were of a mixed ..Mass, Competition was Rood throughout, ftWd satisfactory price« resulted. Implements nnd horses sold at late rates. Realisations were:—Best Jersey and Jerseycross dairy cows, early culvers, £4 10s to £5; Jersey and Jersey-cross cows, later cnlvers, £3 15s to £4 ss; Friesian cows, July and August cnlvers. £3 10s to £4 ss; Friesian and Shorthorn cows, later calvers, £2 106 to £3; dairy cows, more backward, 35s to £3 5«; springing heif*rs, £3 15* to £4; heiier calveri, 17» to 221 6d; bulli,

22a 6d to £3; light farm horse, £l6 15s. Top-dresser, £2-2; hay rake, £l2; dray, £ll sa; mower, £7 103. At Hangawera f?ond, Morrinsville. on account of Messrs. T. and E. Harrison, the herd comprised 80 Jersey and Jorsry-cross cows and were mostly second and thiru calvers. They came forward in Rood condition I,(fore a Rood attendance of buyers, th<> good average of £5 3s Gd being realised. Quotations: —Jersey and Jersey-cross cows, second and third calvers, showing well up. £5 5s to £7 ss; slightly more backward, £3 15s to £1 15s; later calvers, £2 10s to £3 10s. DISPOSAL OF FRIESIANS [by telegraph —OWN* correspondent! TE PUKE, Tuesday A sale of pedigree Friesians on account of Mr B. G. Pinker was held on the vendor's farm. Te Puke, recently. A larce bench of buyers representative of the Bay of Plenty was present. The stock came forward in excellent condition and satisfactory prices were realised. A two-year-old heifer, Oakfield'a Mercina Molly, sold to Mr. J. G. Murray, of Otakiri. for 12gns. and a ten-year-old cow sold to Mrs. M. Webber, of Te Puke, for llgns. Several other cows brought double figures. About 90 per cent of the catalogue of 101 animals was cleared. The sale was conducted bv Wright, Stephenson and Company, Limited. TAUMARUNUI OFFERING [by telegraph—own correspondent] TAUMARUNUI, Tuesday There was a moderate attendance at a stock sale held at Taumarunui to-day. Sheep and cattle were in fair demand. Pigs sold at improved rates. Fat ewes. 16s 3d; fat wethers. 21s 6d to 225; fat and forward wethers, 19s 4d; ewes in lamb, to 18s; wether hoggets, Ifis 3d; small hoggets. 6s to Ss; fat bullocks, £5 10s to £6 10s; fat cows, 31s to £3; run cows, 2os to 335; dairy cows, in calf, 26s to £3; heifers, in calf, 32s to £2; boner cows. 245; small store pigs, lis 6d to 13s 6d; good stores, 21s. QUOTATIONS FOR WHEAT LONDON AND LIVERPOOL LONDON, June 17 Wheat: —Cargoes are steady. Parcels are firm. Futures: —London: .Tune, 23s 3d a quarter; September, 22s 4d; Liverpool: July, os 2Jd a cental; October, 5s 3d; December, 5s March, 5s 3»d.