COUNTRY STOCK SALES

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXII, Issue 22226, 28 September 1935, Page 11

COUNTRY STOCK SALES

VALUES AT MORRINSVILLE

FAT CATTLE KEENLY SOUGHT! r • ■ ADVANCED PRICES REALISED' ■ ' i The Farmers' Co-operative Auctioneering Company, Limited, reports that at its Morrinsville sale held yesterday a medium entry of fat sheep came forward, including a few pens of prime wethers, although there were no heavy fat ewes yarded. Competition was firm throughout and advanced prices were realised. Ox beef wan penned in usual numbers and consisted of a line of well-? finished cattle. Cow and heifer beef was yarded " in average numbers, with finished quality scarce. Competition was keen and prices firm throughout. Young empty cows were in firm demand. A good many pens of yearling Jersey heifers found a ready sale at high late rates. if , >•...... »' » , • A smaller yarding of dairy cattle met with a good reception and sold at improved rates. Most of the heifers penned were showing the effects of the long winter, and in many cases condition was not as good as could be expected.

A medium yarding of fat pigs came forward. No heavy baconers were penned, but lighter sorts sold under keen competition to buttermilk buyers, values being fully 5s a head more than last week's values. Porkers also sold under better competition. A full entry of stores and weaners sold at rates ruling last week and the whole yarding of 500 changed hands at satisfactory prices.

. Quotations —Sheep: Heavy .fat wethers. 28a 9d to 32s 3d; light. 26s Gd to 28s Gd; fat ewes, 20s to 22s Gd; light, 18s to 19s Gd; light fat' : hoggsts, 21s 7d to 22s 9d ; forward-conditioned hoggets, lls Gd to 20s 3d. Cattle: Prime .light fat steers, £9 14s to £l2 Is; heavy a'at cowb, £8 to £8 12s Gd; medium fat cows and heifers, £6 to £6 15s; prime fat hoggets. £6 5s to £6 19s; killable cows, £3 5s to £5 12s C.d; forwardconditioned cows, £2 10s to £3 ss; young fresh empty cows, 30s to £2 ss; boners, IGs to 28s; .choice yearling Jersey heifers, £3 to £3' ss; smaller Jersey heifers, £2 4fl to £2 14s; mixed condition h'oifers, 28s to 355; two-year heifers, £2 4s to £2 12s; twoyear Jersey-cross, 30s to 7158. Dairy cattle: Good Jttfssy iheifersi, dose to profit, £6 12s Gd to £7 15s; more backward, £s_ to £6; Jersey and .Tersey-croiss heifers. £5 15s to £G 17s Gd; Friesian-cross heifers, to £5 2s Gd; backward heifers, £3" 10s to £4 15s. Pigs: Choppers, 30s to 355; medium baconers, £2 12s to £2 15s; light, £2 6s to £2 lis; buttermilk pigs, £2 3s to £2 10s; heavy porkers, SGs to £2 4s: medium, 33s to 355; light, 295, to 325: unfinished, 24s to 30s; storea, 23s Gd to 255; smaller. 18s to 20s; I; slips, 12b to 16s; weaners. 7s to lis; 'sows due to farrow, 30s to £3. The New Zealand Loan and. Mercantile Agency Company. Limited, reports that there was no apparent alteration in both fat and store cow prices, a good-sized entry of both classes, with d shortage of good beef cows,-changing hands readily at full late market rates. Soime good Jersey dairy cows and' heifers met with a very brisk reception • and prices were, ■ if anything, slightly. above ruling rates. Approximately the advertised humber of 300 yearling heifers came. forward and included choice lines. Especially for good heifers waa keen competition forthcoming, and a very satisfactory- sale was recorded. Values were above current quotations by a good margin and the-heifers.;were distributed to all parts of the Waikato. Medium fat cows made £5 10s to £G 15s; light quality. £4 5s to £5 2s Gd; light butchers' cattle, £3 5s to £4; killable conditioned cows, £2 15s to £3 2s Gd; fresh-conditioned cows, £2 5s to £2 12s Gd; stores, £1 14s to £2 2s 6d; boners, 18s to £1 7s Gd; choice quality yearling Jersey heifers, £3 to £3 7s Gd; good conditioned and coloured yearling heifers. £2 8s to £2 17s Gd; plain yearling Jersey heifers, £1 2s to £2; empty two-year Jersey heifers, £1 19s to £2 ss; good dairy heifers, close to profit, £G 5s to £7; more backward heifers,' £3_ 2s Gd £4 17s Gd; dairy heifers in milk, good, £3 15s; medium store pigs, up to £l. Dalgety and Company, Limited, reports a medium yarding of fat and store cattle. Bidding was particularly 'keels 'Oft fat cattle and all stock yarded changed hands, vendors being very pleased with prices realised. Medium heavy fat cows made £7 7a to £8 7s Gd; medium fat ciows. £4 15s to £6 7s; light fat Cbws; £3 to £1 2s Gd; light fat hrifers, £3 2s Gd to £4 10a; others, £2 10s to £2 lEs; heavy boner cows, £2 2s to £2 'ss; others, 20s to 32s 6d; service bulls, £4; medium yearling Jersey heifers, £2 Qs to £2 8s; springing Holstein heifers, £5 10s to £6; ! springing Shorthorn heifers. £4 15s to £6. Ewes with lambs at foot}, all counted, 14s 2d. Very few pigs were yarded. Porkers made £2 ss; mednim 'stores, 21s 6d; choppers, £? 9s; weaners, 8a and lis Gd. :

PRICES AT ' OTOROHANGA The Farmers' Co operative Auctioneering Company, Limited, held a sale at Otorohanga on Wednesday. . when an average yarding'of'cattle came forward! Beef was qcarce and prices remained firm, while boners, showed no alteration.. A few pens of yearling Jersey heifers met with, a good .demand at-improved rates. Dtury cattle came forward in good numbers and competition whs fair. A full yairding of all classes of pigs was Fat pigs aiid porkers sold at equal to late rates, and stores and weaners showed no alteration. There were only a few pena of hoggets,, which realised late rates. Cat lie: Killable. cows, £3 4s to ; £4 10s; fresh conditioned cdvrs, £2 5s to £2 'l7s; .store cows, 30s to 395; boners, 14s; to 2Gs; young empty cows and heifers, 22s 6d to 32s • fid; good quality Jersey yearling iheifers, £2 to £2 4a; smaller, 20s to 265. Dairy cattle; Medium quality springing heifers. £4 to £4 l!2s fid; more backwnrd, £2 .to £3 ss; sound dairy' cows, £2 10s to £3 10s. Pigs: Hcrtvy-baconers,-£2 13s to £2 15s; lighter. £2 7s to £2 lis; porkers, 30s to -365; Rtorea, 20s to 245; verniers, lis to 14s Gd.

t HIKUTALA COMPETITION /The Farmers' Co-operative Auctioneering Company, Limited, reports at the Hikutaia stock sale a short yardintr of beef was penned. Competition was very keen, values hardening on last sale's quotations. A medium entry of dairy cattle enme forward and met with spirited bidding, especially choice calved heifers, values being well in advance of last sale's values. A medium entry of pigs sold at values on a par with recent sales. Cattle: Choice medium fat heifers, £fi to £fi 10s: heavy fat cows, £5 12s to £5 19s; light. £4 17s to £5 10s; killable cows £3 1o £3 17s Gd: forward condition cows, £2 5s to £2 18s 6d; heavy boilers. 35s to £2 4s: others, 9s to 335,; 2vear Jersey bulls, £3 12s; 1-year Jersey bulls. £2 5s to £2 15s; 1-year Jersey-cross bulls, 17s fid to £2 10s; 1-yctar Jerscy-cros., heifers. £2; 1-vear mixed condition steeid, 30s Dairy cattle- Choice Jersey heifers, calved, £fi to £7: choice Jersey and Jerseycross heifera, calved. £5 12s fid to £6: Jersey and Jersey-cross heifers, calved, £4 15s to £5 10s; poor conditioned. £3' 4s to £4 10s; choice Jersey heifers, close to profit, £5 12s Gd to £6: Jersey and Jersey-cross heifers, close to profit, £5 to £5 10s; more backward, £4 10s to £4 17s: smaller. £3 15b to £4 ss. Pics: Good stores, 255; slips. 12s to 14s; weaners, 8s to 10s.

beef short at ncongotaha The Farmers' Co-operative Auctioneering Company, Limited, reports having held its N"-onsotnha stock side yesterday,' when the advertised yarding came forward. Beef was scarce and values firm. Store cattle, whidh comprised mostly cows, found a good sole. Young cattle were not so keenly sought. Boner cows showed no alteration. Dairy oattle were in full supply, with a few good qualitv sorts, these selling well, while inferior'lots were not wanted. A full yarding of pigs showed no alteration. Cattle: Medium fat' cows, £6 10s to £7 (is: killable, £3 5s to £4 17s (>d; forward conditioned. £2 10s to £3; stores, 35a to £2 ,ss;- forward conditioned Jersey cows, 25s to 325; boner cows, Vss to 225: bulls. 30s to £3 17s 6d; yearling Frisian heifer?. 30s to ,355; yearling Jersey heifers, 30t to 395. Dairy cattle; Best spring heifers, £4 10s to £5 2» 6d; medium. £3 15s to £4 ss; inferior »orts, £1 10s to £2 10s; dairy cows, £3 to £4; others, 30s to £2 10s. Pigs; Stores, 21s to 235; slips, His to 18a; weaners, 13s to 15s Gd; best, 10s to lis Gd; breeding sows, 25s to £2 2s Gd. YARDING AT WAIHOU

Th<3 Farmers' Co-operative Auctioneering Company, Limited,, reports having held its Waihou stock sale on Thursday, when a good entry of store cattle came forward. The entry includod a fair proportion of cow and heifer beef, for which competition • was again keen, late values being fully, maintained for air classes. Boner cows sold according to condition at schedule rates.' A small entry of Jersey-cross yearling heifers were also offered, and realised satisfactory prices. An average yarding of sheep consisted mostly of medium fat ewes. Competition was good, values being fully on a par with lute quotationii. A small yarding of dairy cattle came forward, comprising mostly heifers. Competition for heifers showing puality was keen and a good sale resulted, while smaller and backward sorts, although not keenly sought, sold fully.up to their value. There was a larger yarding of "'"•T 'I. .. . .ji

fat pigs than last sale, and a full yarding of stores and weaners. Competition on medium and heavy porkers was keen and a good sale for this class resulted. Baconers remained on. a par with recent quotations. Very little interest was taken in the sato of stores, and a dull sale, no doubt due to the shortage of milk, resulted. Cattle: Heavy fat cows, £7 4s to £7 10s; jnediom, £5 to £6 10s; light, £3 10s to £4 ss; light fat heifers, £4 "to £4 4s: forward and killable cows, £2 10s to £-'! 6s; forward condition cows, 35s to £2 Gs; heavy boners, 2Ss to 325; light, 18s to 265; Jersey-cross yearling heifers, £2 2s to £2 30s; steers, £2 6s. Sheep: Fat ewes, medium, 19s 6d to 21s 3d; fat hoggets, 22s Gd to 255; smaller, 17s 9d. Dairy cattle: Choice Jersey arid Jerßey-crosa heifers. £6 to £7 10»; medium, close to profit, £5 to £5 10s; smaller and backward Jersey heifers, £3 10s to £4; Jersey heifers in milk, £1 16s to £5 10s. Pigs: Heavy baconers, £2 12s to £2 15s; medium, £2 6s to £2 10s; heavy porkers, 38s to £2 4s; medium, 33s to 365; light, 28s to 81s; store pigs. 16s to 18s; good weaners, 8s to 12s: others, to' Gs TE AWAMUTU BULL FAIR The Farmers' Co-operative Auctioneering Company, Limited, held its annual Te Awamutu Jersey bull fair under tibie auspices o£ the Te Awamutu Jersey Club on Wednesday, when a good entry of bulls was submitted to a large attendance of buyers. Competition generally was not as keen as anticipated, although quality bulls in good condition evoked keen inquiry. Poorer conditioned kinds wore not in demand. Following were the realisations: —Best two year olds, 15Jgns to 18igns; others, Bgns to lUgns; three-year-olds, lOgns to 11 gns; best yearlings, lOJgns to 13gns; others, 7gns to 9gns.

VALUES AT TE AWAMUTU The Farmers' Co-operative Auctioneering Company, Limited, reports that at its To Awamutu stock sale on Thursday an average yarding of all classes was penned. No choice quality beef cattle were in evidence, mostly plain and unfinished sorts coming forward, although competition remained brisk. An average yarding of sheep evoked spirited inquiry. A medium yarding of mostly inferior quality dairy heifers came forward. For all good quality lots there was steady competition, but. rougher and backward kinds were not wanted. A good yarding of both fat and store pigs sold under keen competition at values well up to Frankton rates. Cattle; Plain and unfinished steers, £6 to £7 6s; medium fat cows, ,£7 to £8; light fat cows. £5 to £6 8s; plain and unfinished, £3 17s 6d to £4 14s; forward conditioned cows. £3 10s to -£3 14s; forward conditioned store cdws. £2 2s to £2 15s; others. 32s to 395; boner cows, 16s to 1 255; well-grown Jersey and Jersey-cross yearling heifers, £2 to £2 10s; smaller sorts, 25a to 31s. Sheep: Heavy hoggets, 24b to 26s lOd; medium, 21s 7d to 22s 3d; lighter, 18s to 19s 9d; medium fat ewes. 19s Gd to 21s. Two extra prime heavy fat hoggets realised 37s 3d, and two extra prime fat wethers, 33s Gd. Dairy cattle: Best Jersey heifers, close to profit. £5 10s to £7; backward, £4 to £5 ss; inferior and small, £3 to £3 15s; Jersey-crosß heifers, early calvers, £3 5s to £4; backward, £2 10s to £3. Pigs: Choppers, 30s to 375: heavy baconers, £2 15s to £2 IGs; medium, £2 8a to £2 12s: light, . £2-4s to £2 7s; heavy porkers, 36s to £2 2s; medium, 33s to 355; light. 27s to 325; large stores, 25s to 30s; smaller, 20s Gd to 245; slips, 14s to 18s; good weaners, lis to 15s; smaller, Gs Gd to 9s 6d. , ..

COLVILLE AND COROMANDEL /,* [by telegraph—own correspondent] - THAMES. Friday Dalgety and Company, Limited, . reports having conducted stock sales at Colville and' Coromandel this Week. Over the advertised ' number of cattle came forward. Competition A was keen and practically a total clearance was effected at both centres. Well-condi-tinned good quality dairy cattle close to profit were especially in demand and a consignment sold on account of Mr. H. Howell, •- of Coromandel. averaged £6 10s. Store cattle and sheep realised ruling rates. Quotations — Store cattle: Three and four-year Shorthorn steers. £4 15s to £5 10s; two-year Polled Angus. £4 10b to £5: two-year Shorthorn. £2 17s to £4 : yearling Polled Angus, £3 ss: yearling Shorthorn, £1 15s to £2 12s fid; Hereford ; and Shorthorn run cows, with calves at foot,'to £4 6s; run cows to aalve. to £3; runners, to £2 7s; Shorthorn bullß, £4 to £6; grown Jersey bulls, £1 10s to £4 7s- ,; £ fid: young Jersey bulls. £1 10s to £3: yearling Jersey heifers, £1 4s to £1 7s killable cows, £3 to £3 7s;\ fresh-conditioned " cows, £l~los to £2 ss; store 'cows, £1 to £1 7s Gd; bonr-rs and culls. 10s to £l. Dairy t, cattle; Best springing cows and heifers, £5 - to £6 12s; other good cows and heifers, £3 ' ]os to £4 15s; later calvesj £2 10s to £3 ss; backward and inferior, £1 to £2 ss; calved « cow 3, to £3 15s. Sheep: Mived aged ewes, j | with lambs at foot, 275; fat ewes, 21s; I wethers, 21s 9d. "*

DEMAND AT PAKOTAI [FROM Oint OWN CORRESPONDENT] 1 WHANGABEI. Friday The North Auckland Fawner®' Co-opera- T tive, Limited, reports holding a stock sale on % Wednesday at Pakotai, when- a small yarding 'was offered. The extremely bad weather affected the attendance. A nice line of Here- -» ford steers on account of Mr. L. N. Roberts, rn of Pa"kotai, made from £4 10a to £5 7s; Hereford heifers, £1 10s to £2 10s; aged Hereford cows, 23s to 30s; yearling Jersey , m steers, £1; yearling Shorthorn steers, £2; boner cows, 133 to 255. No nice quality springers were yarded. Inferior Jersey cows »„• made from'£l 10s to £2

Dalgety and Company, Limited, reports that a email yarding sold at full late rates. Two to three-year-old store conditioned Here-ford-cross steers made £4; -yearling Shorthorn steers, to, £2; Shorthorn dairy cows : close ( to profit. £3 10s to £3 15b ; back- * ward, £2 12s 6d; springing' Shorthorn dairy 1 heifers, £3 7s 6d. •"£

« YARDINGS AT KAMO .. [from our own correspondent] WHANGAREI, Friday

Dalgety and Company, Limited, reports a full yarding of all classes of stock at it* ;•> Kama Bale yesterday. Competition was good , * and the attendance of buyers large, E'eef sold . at an advance on rate rates. Values: Heavy fat Shorthorn cows, £7 1b to £7'l4s: lighter, £5 Is to £6 10s; second quality fat cows,,.--; £3 5s to £4 10s; light fat Jersey cows, £2 10s to £3 ss: fleshy cows, £2 5s to £2 13a. '** Fat sheep: Shorn wethers, 22s lid to 23s 2d, the latter price being paid for a pen ■ of nice Quality wethers on account of Mr. T. J. Griffin, of Kamo; fat maiden ewes, shorn, 22s sd. Boner cows, 20s to 30s: potter , bulls, heavy, £2 to £2 15s: lighter, 29s to 38s: Shorthorn and Polled Angus run cows, \- £3 10s; 3-year-old Hereford steers, £5 8s; ,*t fleshy Jersey bullocks, £4 5s to £4 Ifis: mixed yearling steers, £2 15s to £2 16s: empty yearling Jersey and Jersey-cross heifers, £1 4s to £1 Us; 2-year-old empty ~), heifers, .to £2 ,4s. Quality dairy cows sold £ under better competition. Well forward, vi . good quality Shorthorn heifers made £5 5s to £5 7s fid: further backward, £3 12s fid to rc £4 10s; medium Jersey heifers, £3 to £3 10s: further backward, £2 to £2 15s; small and low conditioned, 21s to £1 15s. Weaner pigs, . 14s; good stores, 22s fid. _ The North Auckland Farmers' Co ; opera- .0. five Limited, reports n good yarding at Kamo. Competition was keen for all classes. and berf sold remarkably, wall, showing an advance on last sale. Darry cattle also advanced. Medium fat .bullocks made £9 10s.'' to £9 19s; light fat bullocks. £7 i2s to £9: heavy fat cows. £7 10s to £8 12s; mednim weight fat cows, £6 to £7 7s fid;' light fat cows, £4 10s to £5 17s; fat Jersey cows, £4' 15s to £5 7s 6d; prime lightweight heifers, £4 10s to £6 2s: empty Hereford run cows, £3 17s; 2-year-old Hereford heifers, empty, £8: 4-year-old black polled bullocks. £5 15s to £6 Is: 4-year-okl stores. £5 10s to £5 15s; 3-year-old store steers. £5 5s to £5 7s:, 0-vear-old Shorthorns. £4 to £4 7s: yearling Shorlhorns. £2 15s to £3 2s; yearling Shorthorn heifers. -£1 15s to £1 17s; boner, cpws, 18s to 295; boner bulls, £3 to £4 Is: ewes and lambs. 27s fid: large store pigs. 23s to 25s 6d; wepners. Us to 14s.

DEMAND FOR BEEF CATTLE RECORD FEILDING RATES X [BY TELEGRAPH —PRESS ASSOCIATION] • " ' ! • FEILDING, Friday Record prices for fat cattle ruled at. the Feilding fat stock sale to-day. Ox beef sold to 30s and cow, beef to almost the same per 1001b. Dairy cattle were 30s a head higher on previous levels. There was a dull ' sale for store sheep nnd a firm sale for fat sheep; "Prime heavy hoggets, woolly, made 28s;, prime lighter, to 25s 4d; prime shorn, average. 21s to 22s Gd; inferior lines, 16s lOd; prime heavy wool led ewes, 235; prime lighter, to 20s 3d: shorn, 16s to 115s; light, from lis Gd; blackfaces, 10s 4d; prime heavy wethers, to 27s CM; light, to 23s 9d; inferior. 17s 6d. Sto::e sheep: Ewe hoggets, good quality. 26s ,o 295; fair, 21s Gd to 23s Sd; wether hoggets, good skins, to 22s 9d; average, about 18s 8d; poorer, from 15s. Dairy cattle: Springing heifers, very good line, £6 2s i.d to £8 12s 6d; good condition. £5 5s to ib 10s; late calvers, from £3 5s to £5 js; springing cows, forward condition, £5 5s to £6 'ss; others, £3 Me-to £5: heifers, in milk, good. £6 12s Gd tc £8; others, £2 15s to £3 10s; cows, in milk, good quality, to £4,105: others, from £2 10s. Fat cattle; Prime very heavy Polled Angus -Shortnorn . bullocks. £lO 2s and £1? 2« 6d; very heavy prime Shorthorn-cro«s cows, ±i£. , • prime Polled' Angus cows, £7 4s 6d to .£» . 17s Gd: light. £5 15s; Hereford cows, prime, £6 10s. to £7 3s; Polled Angus heifers, prime," Heavy, £8 2s Gd: others,_ C o< '" . weights-. £7 8s to £7 IGb; Shorthorn £5 5s to £7 ss; mixed steers, £6 10s: daisy breed cows, to £5 I7s Gd. Store. cattle.- • u Polled Angus cows. £4 6s; Polled, Angus. Hereford cross steers. £fi.«s; Holstein cows, £2 ss: heifers, £2 10s; Polled Angus yearling steers, £3 10a; yearling Jersey JjeifeM. A: *<. forward condition, £2 4s to £3. ss: of" heifers, 22s Gd to £2 3sj, forvarf «•***£?,- to £2 6s; boners, 20s to 38s.