COUNTRY STOCK SALES

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXII, Issue 22167, 22 July 1935, Page 5

COUNTRY STOCK SALES

NGARUAWAHIA DEMAND LATE RATES MAINTAINED r COMPETITION FOR STEERS r Tlie New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company, Limited, reports on its Ngaruawahia sale on Friday as follows: The yarding of fat and store cows was a large one, comprising principally the latter, and all met with a very good demand, rates being well maintained. Some yearling Shorthorn steers elicited keen competition, while the demand for a few medium yearling heifers and potter bulls was steady. Although thero was approximately 150 head of dairy cows, no outstanding cows were entered, and, in fact, the proportion of good Quality Jersey cows was very small. However, the large number of second-class quality cattle, especially those well forward, met with a keen reception and very satisfactory prices were obtained, there being very few reservations. Medium fat cows. £2 15s to £3 2s Gd; light tollable cows, £2 5s to £2 12s Gd; forward store cows. £1 15s to £2 2s Gd; boners, 18s to £1 10s: good quality yearling Shorthorn steers, £2 Is; medium yearling heifers, to £1 10s; potter bulls, £3 3s; good quality Jersey cows, close to profit, £4 15s to £5 15s; medium quality Jersey cows, £1 to £4 12s Gd; plain cow 3 and heifers, £3 5s to £4; backward and inferior cows, up to £3.

TE AWAMUTU RATES FIRM Dalgety and Company. Limited, reports having held its Te Awamutu sale on Thursday. A moderate yarding of sheep eold at late rates. Fat wethers, 25s 6d: heavy butchers' lambs, 24s 9d; freezing lambs, at ISs 3d to 20s; store ewes, 8s to lis; store lflmbs, lis lOd to 14s Gd; aged, ewes in lamb, 14s. There wns a large yarding of 98 fat cattle and 200 store cattle. The demand was hardly so keen, although full market values ruled. Fat bullocks, unfinished. £7; choice Hereford heifers, account estate G. 0. Bayley made up to £7 os; Shorthorn cows, account Mr. W. G. Kay, at £6; Polled Angus cows, on account of estate G. 0. Bayley. at £5 17s 6d; Jersey fat cows, £3 to £3 18s; forward cows, 34s to 425; boners. 25s to 335; light. 15s to 225; yearling Jersey heifers, small and low condition, 20s; cull ditto, 5s to 16s; boner bulls, 20s to GOs. There was a large yarding of dairy cattle, numbering 323 head. Two whole dairy herds were offered and sold at late rates. Best young cows made £3 10s to £5 10s; backward and low-conditioned cows, £2 to £3 ss; choice Jersey heifers, close to profit, at tip to £6; medium, heifers. £3 to £4 ss; others. £2 to £2 15s; cull dairy cows, 30s to £2 15s. Only a few fat pigs and a good yarding of stores came forward. Light porkers made 265; Tamworth sows in pig (low condition), £2 5s to £3 10s. A total clearance of stores was effected at prices in advance o: recent rates. Best stores. 24s to 28s; others. 2is Gd to 23s Gd; slips. lGs to 225; best weaners, 15s to 17s; others, 10s Gd to 14s Gd.

WAIHOU COMPETITION The Farmers' Co-operative Auctioneering Company, Limited, reports having held its fortnightly stock sale at Waihou on Thursday, when a good yarding of all classes of cattle, with a fair proportion of fat and forward cows, came forward. Competition was keen for quality fat cattle, which showed a marked improvement, while medium quality also sold at advanced rates. Works cattle sold at late rates, according to condition. A good yarding of dairy cattle, comprising mostly heifers, came forward in good condition. Competition was dull, however, in comparison with recent sales, although practically a total clearance was effected. Two herds on account of Mr N. J. Ray and Mr. J. M. McQuarter were offered and evoked a fair inquiry. There was a small yarding of fat pigs and an average entry of stores. Values for all classes remained at about the same as previous sales. Store cattle: Prime fat Shorthorn cows, £6, fat cows and heifers, £3 15s to £4 9s; lighter, £2 15s to £3 10s; forward and killable cows, £1 16s to £2 12s; heavy boners, 28s to 345; lighter, 18s to 255; Jersey weaner heifers, 26s to 345; heavy bulls, to £3 19s. Dairies: Best quality Jersey and Jersey-cross cows, close up, £6 to £8 ss; later calvers, £4 to £5 15s; backward sorts, £2 15s to £3 15s; backward and poor conditioned, 25s to £2: Jersey and Jersey-cross heifers, showing well forward, £5 to £6 10s; later calvers, £4 to £4 15s; backward sorts, small, *2 to £3 7s 6d. Pigs: Light baconers. £2 12s to £2 16s; porkers. 31s to £2 4s; stores, 21s to 265; slips, 12s to 18s 6d; ■weaners, 8s 6d to 12s 6d.

HIKUTAIA VALUES The Farmers' Co-operative Auctioneering Company, Limited, reports having held its fortnightly Hikutaia stock sale on Wednesday, when a medium yarding of dairy cattle came forward. Competition was good, values being on a par with recent sales. A small yarding of beef and boner cows came forward, late values b«ing maintained. Young Jersey cows, close to profit, £5 to £5 15s • Jersey and Jersey-cross heifers, close to profit, £4 5s to £5 10s; more backward, £4 to £4 10s; later calvers, £3 5s to £4: backward, £2 to £3; Jersey and Jersey-cross dairy cows, August calvers, £3 15s to £4 10s; later calvers, £3 to £3 10s; backward. 37s fid' to £2 15s; light fat heifers, £2 8s to £2 18s; cows, £2 5s to £2 9s; killable cows, 39s to £2 ss; fresh conditioned cows, 30s to 3Ss; boner cows, 12s to 2Ss.

TAPU PRICES FIRM The Farmers' Co-operative Auctioneering Company, Limited, reports having held its Tapu sale on Thursday, when a small yarding of beef and stores came forward. Competition was fair and late values were main tained. A good yarding of dairy cattle came forward, these meeting with brisk competition, values remaining firm at late rates Medium fat steers, £7 Gs to £7 10s; light, £5 2s 5d to £6 16s; medium fat cows. £3 to £3 ss; boner cows, 12s to 255; potter bulb, £2 12s to £3 Is; Jersey cows, July .calvers, £5 15s to £6 5s 6d; Jersey and Jersey-cross cows, July calvers, £4 15s to £o 10s; August calvers, £4 to £4 10s; more • backward, £3 10s to £4; later calvers. £2 15s to £3 ss; choice Jersey heifers, July calvers, £5 10s to £6 ss; Jersey and Jersey-cross heifers. July calvers, £4 15s to £5 ss; August calvers, £4 to £4 12s 6d; later calvers, £3 t;> £3 17s 6d; poor and backward, 309 to £2 17s 6d. WELLSFORD DAIRY CATTLE . [from our own correspondent] WELLSFORD, Saturday The North Auckland Farmers' Co-opera-tive. Limited, held a clearing sale yesterday on the farm of Mr. D. Pearce, of Wellsford. There was a good attendance of buyeis, and there was a good demand for young cows and heifers of .good dairy type". The cattle came forward in good condition and realised up to £' 2s Gd, with an average of over £4 for the whole herd, including a few poor cows. Best young Jersey cows, early calvers, made £6 10s to £7 2s 6d; young Jersey cows, just calved. £4 to £5 15s; older Jersey cows, early cnlvers or in mi Ik. £3 5s to £5 ss; late calvers. £3 2s 6d to £4 10s; springing Jersey heifers, £2 15s to £2 17s 6d; yearling Jersey hsifer3. £1 Is; Berkshire eow, in pig, £2 3s; large store pigs, 245.

WHAKATANE DAIRY HERD [by telegraph OWN correspondent] WHAKATANE. Saturday The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company, Limited, and Dalgety and Company, Limited, in conjunction, report on a special salo of dairy heifers at Whakatanc salcyards to-day on behalf of Mr. W. A. Smith as follows:—There was a small attendance of buyers and ft greater ntimber of the heifers were small and backward, although the whole offering was sold at satisfactory prices. Following is the range:— quality Jersey heifers, close to profit. £4 to £6 ss; smaller Jersey heifers, close to profit, £3 to £4; late calvers, £1 10s to £2 17s fid; Holstein heifers, close to profit, £3 to £4; Ayrshire-cross heifers, £2 15s to £3 12s 6d. NORTH AUCKLAND OFFERINGS [from our own correspondent] WHANGAREI, Saturday The North Auckland Farmers' Co-opera-tive, Limited, held its monthly slock sale ut Oliaeawai on Thursday and at Kaikohe yesterday. At Ohaeawai there was ft large yarding. Dairy cattle sold slightly in advance of late rates, while beef cattle prices were on a par with late rates. Best dairy heifers. £4 to £4 17s 6d; medium. £2 10s to £3 15s; small and inferior, 28s to £2 "a Gd; best dairy cows, £3 10s to £5 2s Gd; medium, £2 10s to £3 7s 6d; unsound and inferior, 20s to £2 ss; prime light fat bullocks, £G '2s to £G 7s; coloured fat bullocks. £i 10s to £5 ss; prime fat heifers, £4 4s to £4 7s; heavy fat cows. £3 15s to £4 2s; medium, £3 to £3 14a; light, £2 to £2 18s; heavy fat Jersey cows. £2 15s to £3 8s: light, 35s to £2 12s 6d; fresh-conditioned Shorthorn cows, 35s to £2 4s; two-year-old Hereford heifers, running with Hereford bulls. £3 2s; yearling Jersey heifers. 20s to 275; boner bulls, £3 to £3 10s; weaner pigs, 13s to 14s Gd; slips, 18s to 225. There was only a small yarding at Kaikohe and competition was keen Best dairy cows, £3 10s to £3 15s; best dairy heifers, £3 12s Gd to £4 2s Gd; medium dairy cows, £2 10s to £2 17s Gd; medium dairy heifers, £2 10s , to £3 ss; backward and inferior cows and heifers, 20s to £2 2s; light fat bullocks. £4 5s to £5 ss; fftt cowi, £8 12s 6d to £S J

15s; coloured grown eteerd, £3 15s- to--£4 ss; fresh-conditioned Shorthorn cows, 35s to £2 2s; boner cows, 18s to 245; grade Jersey bulls. £3 to £3 10s; full-mouth ewes, running with Southdown rams, 16s 6d to 20s 2d. * At Dalgety and Company's monthly sale at Ohaeawai on Thursday there was a large yarding ot all classes of cuttle, which met with keen competition at fully late rates, with the exception of beef cattle, which sold at slightly below recent rates. Pics also were in average numberis and were keenly sought at slightly above late rates. Fat bullocks, £6 to £7; light. £5 10s to £6; unfinished, £o to £5 10s; fflt COWfl, £3 £3 12s Gd; medium quality, £2 10s to four-year-old steers, £3 15s to £4 10s; three-year-olds, £3 to £1; two-year-olds. £2 15s to £3; cows and calves, £2 10s to £3; Hereford run heifers, £3 to £3 2s; store cows, 25s to 335; boner cows, 15s to 255; two-year-old Jersey heifers, 20s to 30s; yearlings, 15s to 20s; yearling Hereford heifers, 30s to 355; yearling Shorthorn heifers, 17s 6d to 255; bulls, £3 to £3 ss; forward dairy cows, £3 10s to £4; backward and! medium. £2 10s to £3; forward Jersey heifers, £3 7s Gd to £4 15s; forward medium heifers, £3 to £3 10s; backward and small, £2 to £2 15s; weaner pigs, 15s to 173; slips, 18s to 20s. At Knikohe there was a small yarding of all classes of cattle, and an average yarding of sheep. Light fat cows, £2 10s to £3; four-year-old steers. £4; store cows, 25s to 30s; boner cows, 15s to 20s; run cows, £2 10s to £3; dairy cows, £3 5s to £4 ss; others. £2 10s to £3; forward Jersey heifers. £3 10s to £4 ss; backward. £2 10s to £2 12s Gd; aged and inferior sheep, running with Southdown rams, lis to 15s. DEMAND AT FEILDING [by telegraph—own* correspondent] FEILDING, Saturday There was a splendid sale of store ewe hoggets at Feilding yesterday. Fat cattle also sold well, fat sheep generally were easier. There was a fairly good demand for breeding ewes. Fat 6heep: Hoggets, prime, 20s lOd; good, ISs 3d to 19s fid; fair. 16s 9d to 18s ; inferior, from 16s. Fat ewes: Prime maiden ewes, 19s Gd to 20s 10d.; prime ewes, 18s 3d to 19s 3d; good weights. 17s to 18s; light unfinished. 16s lo 16s Od: prime wethers, 23s 3d to 245; good* B 20s lOd. to 22s 9d; fair, ISs to 19s 6d. Fat, blackfaces; good. 23s 3d to 23s 7d; light. Stores; Breeding ewes, four, five-year, 21«||jt lOd to 22s 9d; poor condition, 13s lOd; sixfooth to five years, 27s 5d to 275. 8d; aged. 12s to 18s; ewe hoggets, very good. 27s Id to 2Ss 7d; good. 23s 54 to 26s Gd; average, to 22s 4d; slightly inferior. '2os •Id; wether hoggeis good, 16s to 17s; fair, from 12s 6d; blackface hoggets, gobd. 17a to ISs 4d; fair, 16s 2d to 16s sd; others, from 10s; wethers, 16s Bd. Dairy springing cows. 40s to £5 Is. according to calving dates; springing heifers, 35s to £3 6s; second calvers, £2 2s 6d. Fat cattle: Jersey cr a-s, prime quality, £4 5s to £5; good. 60s to £3 17s Gd; light, from £2 10s; Jersey heifers, prime. £3 2s Gd to £5; Polled Angus heifers, £3 15s; Polled Angus-cross bullocks. £7; Jersey bullocks. £5 15s to £6; bulls. £3 15s: runners, £2 14s; vealers. 25s n to 345. Stores: Weaner heifers. 12j 6d; yearfmg heifers. 17s to 31s; boner cows. £2 5s to £2 10s; empty heifers, 24s 6d to SSs: store cows.

25s to 375. EXPORT OF PORK THE LONDON MARKET NEW AGREEMENT REVIEWED [from our own* correspondent] HAMILTON, Sunday Discussing the agreement recently arrived at in London regarding the marketing of meat from the Dominion, Mr. W. A. Phillips, chairman of directors of the New Zealand Co operative Pig Marketing Association, Limited, said yesterday that, while no official advice had been received of the margin fixed for exports of pork during the next six months, there was reason to assume that an allocation would be made which would at least meet the requirements of local producers for next season. It was gratifying, said Mr. Phillips, ; to know that "Britain's proposal to im«t|r pose tariffs had now been definitely ~ abandoned until the expiry of her Ottawa agreement with the Argentine in November, 1936. The decision to regulate imports in six-monthly periods was also very acceptable. It would greatly facilitate export operations and make for smoother working, including, more normal trade relations than were experienced during the. season iusfc closed. Baconer exports had been fixed some months ago at 12,500 tons, and on present indications this would amply cover shipments prior to December 31. In view of the fact that Britain had at present a domestic shortage of approximately 180,000 baconer pigs, and had declared her intention of admitting a greater quantity of foreign bacon for the remainder of the current year and for next year as well, it was reasonable to suppose that New Zealand exporters would experience little difficulty in obtaining an increased share of the market. Britain's decision to admit a greater quantity of foreign bacon was subject to mutual agreement with exporting countries to accept an import levy, which would be used for assisting home production. The effect of this policy would be to maintain a moderate price level for bacon to the mutual benefit of British and Dominion producers.