COUNTRY STOCK SALES

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXII, Issue 22211, 11 September 1935, Page 9

COUNTRY STOCK SALES

FRANKTON QUOTATIONS .SHEEP VALUES EASIER PRIME QUALITY BEEF FIRM [from oun own correspondent] HAMILTON, Tuesday At the Frankton saleyards to-day the yarding of fat sheep was fully up to that of last week, with wethers not quite so plentiful. Values all round were hardly up to the previous quotations. A heavy yarding of ewes found competition keen only on prime lots, while hoggets sold well at advanced rates. There was a heavy yarding of ox beef, and the entry comprised mostly finished cattle. Prime quality remained very firm, with second quality slightly easier. Cow and heifer beef also was penned in fuller numbers, the market in this section showing an easing tendency toward the close of the sale, this applying also to second quality cattle. Boners showed no alteration in values. Fat pigs were penned in larger than | usual numbers, with values all round showing a slight decline. Stores were also duller of sale, although in most cases vendors were prepared to meet the easing market. The auctioneers' report as follows:Farmers' Co-operative Auctioneering Company, Limited.—Prime woolly wethers sold at 26s to 28s 6d; medium, 24s to 25s Cd; prime shorn wethers, 22s Gd to 235; prime maiden ewes, 23s to 265; prime fat ewes, 194 to 21s: medium, 16s 9d to 18s; pr;me hoggets, 23s Gd to 25s Gd; forward conditioned woolly hogget's, 21s 6d to 22s 9d; smaller, 18s 6d to 20s. Catt-le: Prime medium fat steers, £lO 14s to £ll Gs; lighter, £8 18s to £lO 2s; killable, £6 5s to £7 3s; prime medium fat cows and heifers, £6 17s Gd to £7 7s Gd; medium fat cows and heifers, £6 to £6 12s; heavy Becond quality cows, £4 10s to £5 10s; lighter fat cows and heifers. £3 10s to £4 ss; forward conditioned cows, £2 5s to £3 3s; heavy boners, 25s to 335; lighter, 14s to 21s; runners, 38s to £2 4s: vealers, 25s to 365; smaller. 8b to 14s Pigs: Medium baconers, £2 lis to £2 16s; light, £2 5s to £2 10s; heavy porkers, 37r to £2 3s; medium, 33s to 365; light, 28a to 325; Btore, 19s to 245; slips, lis to 16s; weaners, 8s to 12s; smaller, 5s to 7s Gd. G. W. Vercoc and Company, Limited.— Heavy fat wethers sold at up to £1 9s; medium weights, £1 7s 3d to £1 8s 3d; light, £1 os 6d to £1 6s 9d; fat ewes, 19s to £1 2s; heavy fat hoggets, £1 2s 6d to £1 4s Gd: medium weights, £1 Is to £1 2s 3d; light, 18s tn 19s 6d; runners, to £4 16s; vealers, to £2; heavy fat bullocks, £l2 17s 6d to £l3 10s; medium weights, £ll to £ll ss; light, £lO to £lO 7s 6d; small, to £8 12s Gd; heavy prime cows, £8 to £9 3s; heavy, £7 to £7 10s; medium weights, £6 to £6 12s 6d: light, £4 103 to £5 10s; small, £3 5s to £4 2s Gd; heavy prime heifers, to £9 2s Gd; heavy, £7 to £7 10s; medium weights, £4 15s to £5 10s; light, £2 10s to £4 ; forward conditioned Shorthorn cows, £2 to £2 12s; heavy boners, £1 7s to £1 15s; otherß, 18s to £1 6s; medium baconers, £2 15s to £2 18s; light. £2 10s to £2 14s; heavy porkers, £2 to £2 8s; medium, £1 15s to £1 19s; lighter, £1 5s to £1 12s; good stores, £1 2s to £1 4s Gd; others, 18s to £1; slips, 15s to 17s Gd; good weaners, 12s to 14s; others, 5s to 10s; sows in pig, to £2 14s. Dalgety and Company, Limited.—Fat Sheep: Heav fat woolly wethers, up to 28s 9d; medium weight woolly wethers sold at 26s to 27s 3d; light and unfinished, 23s to 255; medium weight shorn wethers, 21s 3d to 22s 6d; heavy woolly fat ewes, 21s to 225; others, 18s to 19s Gd; unfinished woolly ewfs, 15s. Fat lambs: Heavy fat hoggets, 21s to 235; medium quality, 19s to 20s Gd; new season's lambs, 20s. Fat cattle: Medium weight choice ox beef, to £l2 7b Gd; light bullocks. £9 16s to £ll 6s; light Polled Angus heifers, £5 9s to £5 14s; heavy Shorthorn cows, £7 19s; light Jersey cows. £." 9s to £4 lis: heavy runners, £3 4b to £3 Bs. Pigs: Best, baconers, £2 14s to £2 17s; medium baconers, £2 9s to £2 13s; light and heavy porkers, £2 la to £2 8s: medium. 37s to 393; light, 2Gs to 31s; choppers, £2 to £2 ss; best stores, 235; others, 17s to 225; slips, 14s to 16s 6d; good weaners, 12s Gd; small weaners, to lis Gd New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company, Limited.—-Cattle: Good quality Hereford cows sold at £5 lis to £6 12s; medium quality fat cows and heifers, £4 Ins to £5 10s; light beef quality, £3 5s to £4 ss; forward killable cows, £2 5s to £3; stores, £1 14b to £2. Sheep!' Heavy quality wethers £1 fis to £1 8s Gd; medium fat wethers, £! 4s 6d to £1 6s; light, £1 2s to £1 3s Gd; heavy fat ewes, 18s to £1 Is; medium quality ewes, 16s to 18s; shorn quality wethers. £1 Is 6d; good quality hoggets, £1 1» to £1 3s 8d; others.' to £l. Pigs: Medium baconers, £2 8s to £2 12s: heavy baconer3. £2 13s to £2 lGs; heavy porkers, £1 19s to £2 ss; porkers, £1 10s to £1 14s; light porkers, £1 6s to £1 9s; large store pigs, 18s to £1 2s; medium store pigs, lis to 17s Gd; weaners. lis to Ms; small, to 10s.

MEDIUM ENTRY AT CAMBRIDGE [by telegraph—own* correspondent! CAMBRIDGE, Tuesday Dalgety and Company, Limited, report having held their stock sale at Cambridge yesterday. when a medium entry of all classes of cattle came fortoard. Any goodconditioned cows sold well at fully up to late market rate 3. Dairy heifers showing quality and close to profit met with good competition, and practically a total clearance was effected. Cattle,—Fat heavy Jersey cows, £6 lis; medium qunlity Holstein cows, £5 12s '6d; good young Jersey cows, £5 to £6 ss": lighter fat cows and heifers £3 10s to £4 10s; killable cows, £2 to £2 17s 6d; store young Jersey cows, 27s to 38s; boners, £1 to 275. The advertised line of cattle on account of Mr. Seymour Brunskill sold under keen competition. Two-yenr Polled Angus and Polled Angus-cross steers, £5 9s; yearling Polled Angus steers, £4 7s; two-year Shorthorn and Red Poll steers, £5 3s; yearling Shorthorn nnd Red Poll steers, £3 10s. Dairies.—Good quality Jersey heifers, close to profit, £5 5s to £6; good quality calved Jersey heifers, £5 to 15s'; more backward quality Jersey heifers. £i to £5; medium quality Jeisey and Jersey-cross heifers. £3 to £4; others nnd backward sorts, 30s to £2 ss; good Holstein-cross cows, £5; Jersey cows, close to profit, £3 7s fid to £4 ss. Pigs.—An overfull entry of pigs came forward, comprising mostly weaners and stores. Choppers, £2 4s to £2 12s; light baconers, £2 9s; medium porkers, £1 14s to £2; light and unfinished, £1 6s to 30s fid; best stores, 2fis; other stores, 19s to £1 2s fid; slips, 13s to lfis fid; best weaners, 19s; good weaners, 12s to 15s 6d;'small weaners, 5s fid to 10s fid: sows to fnrrow, £3 2s Gd to £3 12s fid. j

KIWI CLUB, TE KUITI [by telegrap^ —OWN correspondent] TE KUITI, Tuesday The election of officers at the annual meeting of the Kiwi Cricket Club resulted:— Patron, Mr. J. Pitcon; president, Mr. H. Dinsdale; vice-presidents, Messrs. D. Bashford, G. Upton, E. Tapp, S. Johnson, E. Peterson, W. Haines, Humberstone and Portman; secretary, Mr. R. Blnck; delegates to, association, Messrs. G, Banfield and R. Black.

CATTLE VALUES AT TE TEKO [by telegraph—OWN correspondent] WHAKATANE. Tuesday The New Zealand .Loan and Mercantile Agency Company. Limited, reports on the sale held at Te Teko yesterday as follows: There was a large yarding of fat, store and dairy cattle, which were in keen demand. The p/tces were considerably advanced on recent sales. Dairy heifers were not in demand, and competition was not keen, the prices being a marked decline on previous sales. Light fat Jersey heifers made £3 lis to £1 9s; store cows and heifers. 30s to £2 10s; boner cows, 17s to 28s; grade two-year-old Jersey bulls, up to £2; Shorthorn dairy cows, £3 15s to £4 17s 6d; Holstein and Holstein cross. £3 to £3 10s; Jersey dairy cross, £3 5s to £5 7o fid; springing two-year-old Jersey close to profit. £4 15s to £5 2s fid; Jersey and Jersey cross springing heifers, £4 to £4' ss; small and backward sorts, £2 to £2 15s.

WHAKATANE PRICES [by telegraph—OWN correspondent] WHAKATANE, Tuesday Dalgety and Company. Limited, report having held their fortnightly stock sale at Whakatane. when a small y&rding came forward for disposal. Prices realised were on a par with recent rates and a good sale was effected. Quotations:—Choice Jersey heifers, close to profit, £5 5s to £6 2s fid; medium Jersey heifers, £4 7s fid to £5 2s fid: backward heifers, £3 to £4 3s; sound dairy cows, £4 7s fid to £5 ss. A small line of well-grown fat wether hoggets realised 22s lOd. The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company. Limited, reports having offered a good yarding of atock at the Whakatane sgjeyards to-day. Bidding was keen from a full bench of buyers, and all lines were disposed of at 'satisfactory prices. Following is a range of the prices realised:— Fat two-year-old steers, to £7; fat Jersey cows and heifers, £b to £5 10s; lighter Jersey cows, £3 to £4 10s; springing Jersey and Jersey cross heifers, £4 to £5 12s 6d; snlall and backward heifers, £2 15i to £3 10«.