STOCK SALES

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXII, Issue 22172, 27 July 1935, Page 11

STOCK SALES

MOKRINSVILLE VALUES SHEEP IN SHORT SUPPLY FIRM DEMAND FOR BEEF The Farmers' Co-operative Auctioneering Company, Limited, Hamilton, held its weekly Morrinsville stock sale yesterday. A small entry olf ,sheep mot with firm competition and late rates were fully realised. Owing to the wet weather and floods in the North the advertised line of 1000 breeding ewes did not arrive in time for the sale, only three trucks being available. Cattle were yarded in average nmrtbdrs, but good quality cow and heifer beef was scarce aqd those yarded were in firm demand. Second quality sold at late rates. A good yarding of dairy cattle came forward, comprising mostly heifers offered on account of various local owners. The majority of heifers that were showing quality and close to profit were keenly sought, and late values were maintained. Only a small yarding of t'at pigs, but an extra large entry of stores and weaners, came • forward.. Fat pigs maintained recent quotations, while values for stores and weaners, owing no doubt to the extra large yarding, were inclined to easij slightly. Quotations:—Sheep: Light [at ewes, 16s Gd; heavy fat hoggets, 19s 5d to 21s; lighter, 18s 4d tt> ]9s 4d; five-year owes in lamb to Southdowi rams, 21s Id; mixed age owes, las to 20s; cull ewes, 5s to 9s. Cattle: Medium fat cowb and heifers, £4 10s to £5; lighter, £3 15s to £i ss; heavy second quality cows, £2 15n to £3 10b-, killable, 38s to £2 10s: forward Jersey cows, to 30s; boner cows, ICS to 20b; young Jersey cows and heifer 3, to 355;. small heifer calves, to 20s. Dairy cattle: Jersey and Jersey-crpss dairy cows, close to profit, £5 5s to £5 15s;' Jersey-cross heiferb, £4 10% to £5; August calvers, £4 'to £4 7s Gd; more backward, £2 17s (id t<> £3 15s; inferior sorts, 30s to £2; Friesinn cows, close to profit, £4 15s to £6; Jersey and Jersey-: cross cows, August calvers, £3 10s to £4 ss; later, £2 to £3 ss. Pigs: Heavy porkers, £2'2s to £2 lis; medium, 34s to £2; light.' 25s to 325; large stores, 24b to 27s 6d; medium, to 20s Gd'; slips, 35» to 19s; best weaners, 14s to .158; smaller, ils to 12s fid. . Dalgety and Company, Limited, Hamilton; reports that at its usual weekly stock sale at Morrinsville yesterday a small yarding of sheep met with a keen demand." The' advertised line of ewes, consisting of twotooth to five-year-old in-lamb to Southdown rams made 25s Bd. There was a good yarding of cattle. Fat Jersey cows made £3 3s to £3 9s; fleshy cows, to 35s':' light, to 275; culls, to 245; yearling heifers, 345; medium dairy heifers, close to profit, to £4; dairy cows, £8 to" £5. The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company, Limited, Hamilton, reports having had a medium yarding • of cattle, comprising average numbers of store and fat cows as well as a number of pens' of forward-conditioned Polled Angus cows and heifers. The market waß steady nnd prices were fully maintained, the store cows meeting with quite a good demand. Yearling heifers sold under the usual inquiry. Medium fat cows made £3 15s to £4 10s; Polled Angus cows and heifers, fat and forward quality, £4 ss; light fat cows, £3 to £3 10s; fresh-conditioned cows, £2 5s to £2 15s; stores, £1 2s to £1 18s; boners, to £1- 10?; yearling heifers, to £2 2g. Sow pigs, up to £3 ss. Medium fat lambs made 18s 2d. : DAIRY CATTLE AT OHINEWAI • The Farmers' Co-operative Auctioneering Company, Limited, Hamilton, held its ; Ohinewai dajry cattle sale on Thursday, when a full yarding came forward. The entry was mostly of a medium quality, with a few good quality sorts in demand. Best quality Jersey heifers, close to profit, realised £4 to £4 10s; Jersey and Jerseycross heifers, later calvers. £2 15s to £3 15s; poorer, -to £2 ss; best Jersey and Jerseycross cows,, close to profit, £3 15s to £4 10»; later cnlvori; £3 to £3 10s; aged and inferior, to.£2 10b.. i G. W. Vercoe and Ccmpany, Limited. Hamilton, reports that at u special dairy cattle sale, at Ohinewai on Thursday a large entry came forward. A ready demand existed throughout and practically a total clearance ■was effected at full late rates. Good quality jersey cows, (early calvers) made £4 to £4 10a; others, £3 to £3 15s; backward. £2 ]os to £3 10s; unsound cows, to £2 ss: good quality Shorthorn cows (early calvers). £4 to £4 12s Gd; others, £3 to £3 15s; good quality Jersey heifers .(early cnlvers), £4 \o £5 2s Gd; others, £3 to £3 15s; small and backward, £2 to £2 15s. RATES AT CLEARING SALES The Farmers' Co-operative Auctioneering Company, Limited, Hamilton, held a clearing sale at Tokoroa on Thursday on behalf of Mr. J. R. West, the catalogue comprising 25 pedigree Friesian cows and 30 grade cows. Competition was good, and a satisfactory snle resulted. The top price for pedigree cows was lllgns. Others sola up to lOJgns. Choice Frieeian-cross cows, close to profit, made £5 to £7; September calvers, £3 2s Gd to £4 17s Gd; Jersey-cross cows, £4 10a to £5 15s; Shorthorn-cross cows, £3 to £4 15s; Friesian cows, calved, £6 10s. The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company, Limited, Hamilton, held a clearing sale at Waharoa on Thursday on account of Mr. George Bnrford. In comparison with late clearing sale rates, prices were quite satisfactory. The herd was in fair order and there was a good bench of buyers. Good Jersey cows, July and early August calvers, made £5 15s to £7; medium quality, August calvers, £4 10s to £5 10s; more backward cows, £3 15s to £4 7a Gd; later and plainer, to £2 10s. Medium Tamworth sows sold up to £3 ss. TE AWAMUTU QUOTATIONS The Farmers' Co-operative Auctioneering Company, Limited, held its usual stock sale at Te Awamutu on Thursday, when a good yarding of store cows-came forward. For a number of good quality fat cows and heifers competition was keen, values showing a marked increase. An extra heavy yarding of both dairy cows and heifers came forward and. although prices were not high, practically a total clearance was effected. A, small entry of all classes of eheep sold at late rates. A smaller entry of pigs comprised mostly large stores, which sold wilder spirited competition at much higher rates. Quotations.—Cattle: Medium fat steers, £G lis to £7 10s; prime fat heifers, £6 3s; fat heifers. £3 12s to £4 8s; lighter, £1 12s to £2 3s; fat cows, £4 17s to £5 4s; lighter, £3 4s to £3 17s Gd: forward and killable heifers, £2 Gs to £2 17s Gd; forward cows, £1 12s to £2 2s; boners, to 345; rising twoyear Polled Angus steers, £3 18s; boner bulls, £2 5s to £3 10s. Dairy cattle: Choice Jersey heifers, £5 5s to ££ 7s Gd: Jersey heifers, £4 5s to £5; backward, £3 5s to £4: choice Jersey-cross heifers, £3 10s to £4 10s; smaller. £2 to £3: Jersey heifers, in milk, £2 to £3 2s 6d: Jersey cows, August calvers, £4 to £4 17s Gd: later, £2 10s to £3 ss; aged cows, to £2 15s; aged Shorthorn «iwa, £2 to £3 2» 6d. Sheep: Fat wethers, j 23s 9<l to 25s Gd; fat hoggets, 18s 7d to 19s 2d; a line of 200 sound-mouth ewes in lamb. 25s 2d. Pigs: Light fc.nconera. £2 12* to £2 15s; medium porkers, 38s to £2 2s; large stores, 3Gs to £2 Is Gd; others, 23s to 34b; slips, 17s to 21s; wenuere, 12s to Ms 'Gd. • : ~ f WAIHI CATTLE PRICES The Farmers' Co-operative Auctioneering Company. Limited, Hamilton, held its fortnightly sale at \Vaihi on Thursday, when a small yarding of. beef and store cattle was yarded.; Competition was keen and values were in advance of late rates. Values for a medium yarding of dairy cattle were not as keen as those of late sales, but a full clearance was effected. Heavy fat cow» made £4 to £4 19s; medium, £3 9s to £3 14s; light, £2 15s to £3 3s; killable cows, £2 2s to £2 12s Gd; fresh-conditioned cow»,' 30s "to £2: boner cows, 13s to 28s; Friesian' cows, July calvers, £4 to £4 ss; Jersey cows, July calvers. £4 to £4 7b Gd: Jersey and Jersey-cross cows, August calvers, £3 10s to £4; Ayrshire cows, August calvers, £3 5s to £4; Jersey and Jersey-cross cows, later cnlvers,- £2 to £3; Jersey heifers. July calvers, £4 to £4 10s; Jersey and Jer-sey-cross heifws. August calvers, £3 to £4; lator calvers, £2 2s Gd to £2 las; Friesian heifers, July calvers, £3 10s to £4 10s; later calvers, £2 5s to £3 ss. COMPETITION AT KAMO [FROM Ol T It OWN correspondent] WHANOAREI, Friday The North Auckland farmers' Co-opera-tive, Limited, held its U3Ual stock safe at Kamo yesterday..On account of the inclement weather the yfirding was not as heavy as usual, but th'ero was nil extra heavy yarding of dairy stock and more than the average yarding of boef. Forward dniry stock was in fairly 'keen demand. Some particularly fine cow and heifer beef sold at slightly in advance of late rates. Medium fat bullocks sold at £7 to £7 10s; light, £G to £6 Gs; small, £4 10s to £5 7s: extra prime heavy' cows, £5 to £5 17s; medium, i'l os to £4 "19s; light fat cows, £3 to £4 Is; forwardcondition cows, to £2 18,5; boner cows, to 31s: boner bulls, £2 10s to £2 lGs; Black Poll breeding cows. £3; heavy vcalers, £2 os to £'2 10s; light, 26s to 37a Gd; best dairy cows, £3 5s to £4 12s Gd; medium, £2 10s to £3 2s 6d; backward arid inferior, 20s to £2 ss; best dairy heifers, J'4 to £4 12s Gd; > medium, £3 2s Gd to £3 17s 6d. Light fat wethers sold at 24*. i

, r Dalgety and Company, Limited, reports that at the firm's usual stock sale at Kamo yesterday fully this advertised number of cattle and pigs came forward. Beef of specially good quality was yarded in large numbers. Pigs cam* forward in more than avernge numbers. Owing to the inclement ' weather there was only an average attendance of buyers. Competition for beef was keen at full late rates. Store cattle sold under steady competition, but dairy cows and heifers were rather dull of sale. Pigs sold under keen competition at advanced rates. Quotations.-—Cattle: Light fat heifers. £3 5s to £3 10s; fat cows, £4 to £5 15s; runners, 30s; lighter fat cowb, £2 15s to £3 12s; rough and unfinished, 35s .to £2 5s ;• cows and calves, £2 10s to" £3: store cows, 30s to £2; boner cows, to 20s; forward dairy cows, £3 2s Gd to £3 10s; backward and inferior, to £2; dairy heifers; £2 10s to £3 2s Gd; backward and medium, to 355. * Pigs: Stores, 17s to 20s; slips, 15a to 18s 6d: weaners, 14s to 15s; small, 8s Gd to 10s 3d. COMPETITION AT TE KUITI [by TELEGRAPH —OWN correspondent] TE KUITI, Friday Dalgety nnd Company, Limited, held its usual fortnightly sale at Te Kuiti to-day. Competition for all classes of stock, except dairy cattle, was exceptionally keen. A good entry of store wethers and wether hoggets met with a particularly ready sale and prices showed a slight advance on recent rates. Store two-tooth wethers,, small, 18s 6d to' 19s Id; medium ewe hoggets, 18s:" aged breeding ewes, 15s to 17b Id; light fat Jersey cows, £3 Is to £4; Polled Angus breeding cows, £3 Gs; mixed li-year-old empty heifers, £2 Is; 2i-year-old Hereford heifers, running with Polled Angus bulls, £3 Is; mixed coloured 2J-year-old steers, £3 14s; 1 i-year-old Polled Angus steers, low condition, £3 lis; mixed sex Polled Angus calves, £1 14s; good Jersey dairy cows, £2 10s to £3 ss; others, £l' to £2;-well-grown Jersey heifers, £2 10s to £3; medium, £2 to £2 7s 6d. At the sale held by Abraham and 'Williams, Linyted, a small jrarding of sheep and cattle came forward. Sheep met with a ready sale at late rates, with a rather stronger market for hoggets. The yarding of cattle consisted for the most part of dairy cows and heifers, for which there was little inquiry. Fat lambs, to'2os; goodframed sound-mouth ewes, in lamb, 22s 6d to 235; rough ewes, 12s 6d to 14s; small ewe hoggets, 16s Id; small wether hoggets, lis 3d; cull lambs, 9s; good-framed store cows, £2 2s Gd to £2 7s 6d; rough-class dairy heifers, to £1 ss; cows, to £1 10s. SHEEP AT GISBORNE [by TELEGRAPH —OWN correspondent] GISBORNE, Friday Although yardings of sheep at the Matawhero saleyarda to-day. were small there was a sood sale with brisk bidding and values generally remained at recent rates." With cows beginning to come into profit the demand for pigs showed some improvement. There was a fairly large yarding of pigs , and a good sale resulted.. Fat ewes made lis lid to 13s 9d, and second grade 9s 9d. For an entry of IGSO' store sheep there was a brisk sale. Breeding ewes made 17s Gd to 21s 2d; good forward empty ewes, to 8b 7d; others, to 7s 4d; 'wethers, to 19s; an outstanding pen of hoggets, 17b ld t MARKETS FOR FRUIT .'?fTHE NEED FOR EXTENSION INQUIRIES FROM THE-EAST.'" [by telegraph—press association] WELLINGTON,. > Friday The necessity for the extension of markets for the fruit growing industry was emphasised at. the New Zealand Fruit Export Control Board's conference to-day, wlien a remit was under consideration providing that the Government bo upged' to assist the board in reopening markets in Germany and France for New Zealand fruit. Mr. J. L. Brown/ of Nelson, in supporting the remit, said the difficulty lay in the fact that there was no re<ciprocal trade. New Zealand bought little from Germany ajid less from France. The remit was carried. Another remit Was carried, asking that'an endeavour be made to secure a guarantee on experimental fruit and fruit shipped to new markets sufficient to cover the cost of production. Mr. R. Paynter, the chairman, stated that recently the board had an inquiry from Calcutta for 2000 cases of apples, and another inquiry had been received j from Hongkong for apples, the price i being very satisfactory, namely 16s a i case. Unfortunately, the board had no i stocks to supply these and it might be that in futu£#she board would have to hold stocks in order to fill orders of this nature, It was essential if possible, to develop new markets and be able to meet the demand when it arose, particularly in view of the possibility of the contraction of the United Kingdom market. KAURI GUM EXPORTS INCREASE DURING JUNE HIGHER AVERAGE VALUE . A total of 260 tons of kauri gum was exported from Auckland in June, compared wifk 238 tons in the previous month, an increase of 22 ton#. Gum exported last month was valued at £9020, an average of over £34 a ton. The value of the export in May was ; £5935, an average of nearly £25 a ton. A 'city dealer stated yesterday that the increase in ,tho average value per ton was not caused through any price increase in overseas markets but was due merely to the smaller quantity of lower grade gums exported in June. The value of United States imports had increased from £1026 in May to £4501 in June, but the dealer explained that June was the principal buying month in America and that imports probably would go back to normal next month. " The general outlook for the industry is as gloomy as at the beginning of the year," he stated. " Synthetic gums .are rapidly replacing the New*. Zealand product in the linoleum andother trades. There is little, if any, difference in either price or quality between the two products' but the chemical gums are extensively advertised throughout Europe, America and the East. " Kauri gum is beginning to be forgotten by overseas manufacturers, and there is a feeling in the-trade that the New Zealand Government should organise a campaign for the boosting of kauri -gum sales in th'B world markets," he said. \ The following table shows the export figures for June:— Country Tonß Value United States .. .. 102 £4,501 # United Kingdom .. .. 131 3,876 Australia .. .... 11- ... 187 France .. .. .. 8 151 Japan 5 145 Canada .. .. . .1 130 Germany .. .. .. 3 30 Totals 260 £9,020