COUNTRY STOCK SALES

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXII, Issue 22247, 23 October 1935, Page 9

COUNTRY STOCK SALES

FRANKTON QUOTATIONS BEEF SLIGHTLY EASIER GOOD DEMAND FOR BACONERS [FROJI OUR OWX CORRESPONDENT] HAMILTON, Tuesday The fat sheep pens were again well filled at the Frankton saleyards to-day. Competition was hardly as keen as at late sales, with the result that prices were inclined to be easier. An average yarding of hoggets sold at about equal to late rates. There was only a medium yarding Of ox beef, with a good entry of cow and heifer beef. Values were inclined to <ase slightly, although competition remained lairly steady. Two heavy prime fat bullocks sold on account of Mr. D. E. Finlayson, of Tuhikaramea, realised £ls 10s and .£l6 ss. An extra heavy yarding of fat piss was penned, the market remaining very firm throughout. Values were particularly good for all good quality baconera. Light sort# also showed an improvement. A lull yarding of stores and weaners met with a steady demand throughout. The auctioneers report as follows: Farmers' Co-operative Auctioneering Company, Limited:—Sheep: Fat woolly wethers sold at 25s to 26s 9d; fat shorn wethers, 23s 3d; extra prime woolly ewes, to 23s lid: prime woolly ewes, 19s to 20s 6d; killablo, 14s to 15s 9d; prime shorn ewes, 17a to 18s 3d; woolly wether hoggets, 22s Cd to 24s Gd; woolly ewe hoggets. 27s 9d to 28s 6d; shorn ewe hoggets, 26a 6d; shorn wether hoggets, 20s 3d to 21s; spring lambs. 22s to 21s 6d. Cattle: Heavy prime steers. £lo 10s to £l6 ss; prime fat steers." £l2 4s to £l2 19s; lishter. £8 12s to £ll 9s; heavy fat cows and heifers, £9 2s 6d to r £lO ss: lighter, £7 2s 6d to £7 17s fed; light fat cows, £5 7s 6d to £6. 10s; . killable. £3 lis to £4 7s 6d; fresh conditioned, £2 5» to £2 15s: heavy boners, 35s to £2: lighter. 23s to 285,; potter bulls, £3 to £4 17s. Pies: Heavy baconers, £2 19s to £3 3s; medium. £2 15s to £2 ISs; light, £2 10s to £2 14s: « heavy porkers, £2 3s to £2 9s; medium. £1 18s to £2 2s; light, £1 lis to £1 17s; good stores, 29s to 33s 6d; smaller. 26s to 2Ss: good slips, 20s to 265; weaners, 10s _to 18s. G. W. Vercoe and Company, Limited.— Heavy fat shorn wethers sold at £1 4s to £1 5s 3d; Tighter. £1 3s to £1 3s 9d: light, £1 Is 6d to £1 2s 9d; heavy fat woolly wethers, to £1 8s; prime maiden woolly ewes, to £1 7s 6d; heavy fat woolly ewes, to £1 2s 6d; heavy fat shorn ewes, ISs to £1: lighter. 16s to 17s 6d; heavy fat woolly hoggets, £1 5s to £1 7s; lighter, £1 3s to £1 4s 6d; light. £1 2s to £1 2s 6d; heavy fat shorn hoggets, £1 Is to £1 3s 6d; spring lambSj £1 2s 6d to £1 ss. Cattle: prime light fat bullocks, £l2 15a to £l3 7s 6d; light fat bullocks, £ll 5s to £l2 10s: unfinished, £lO 5s to £11; heavy prime fat cows, £9 5s to £lO 16s; heavy, £7 10s to £9; medium-weights, £6 to £7 ss; light. £4 10s to £5 15s; prime light-weight Polled Angus heifers, £7 7s 6d to £8 ss; lighter. £5 to £G 10s; runners, to £3 10s; yealers. £1 10s to £2 16s; heavy baconers, £3 to £3 3s; lighter, £2 16s to £2 19s; heavy Porkers. £2 Ss to £2 12s; medium. £2 to £2 6s: light. £1 12s to £1 18s: choppers, to £2 15s; large stores, £1 8s to £1 12s; medium. £1 4s to £1 7s; slips. £1 to £1 3s; best weaners, 16s to 19&; others, to 12s; sows in pig, to £2 ss. _. . , Dalgety and Company, Limited.-Fat Sheep: Prime shorn wethers sold at, 238 6d to 255; unfinished wethers, 20s t_- 225, young shorn ewes, to 20s; aged fat ewes, 15s 6d to 17s 3d; unfinished shorn ewes, 13s to 14s 6d. Fat lambs:. Heavy spring lambs, to 25s 6d; medium weight, 235; small, 19s; fat woolly hoggets, 23s to 2os 6d; shorn hoggets, 19s lo 10s 9d. Fat cattle: Light bullocks, £lO 17s 6d; light cows and heifers, £7 5s to £8 12s 6d; medium quality cows, £4 15s to £5 ss; light and inferior cows, £3 2s 6d to £3 17s 6d; light runners. 275; small calves. 4s; heavy boner cows, £2 3s to £2 18s; small and thm, 12s to 265. Pigs: Best baconers, to £3 3s; heavy baconers, £2 17s to £3 3s; medium, £2 12s • to £2 16s; light baconers and butter-milk pigs, £2 5s to £2 lis; heavy porkers. 39s to £2 4s; medium porkers. 33s to 3Ss; light and unfinished, 27s to 325; choppers. 25s to £2 ss; best stores, 345; good stores, 29s to 335; other stores, 26s to 28s; slips. 18s to 25s 6d: good weaners, 19s 6d; others, 10s 6d to 16s 6d; sows in pig, £2 to £2 10s. New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency, Company. Limited. —Sheep: Medium shorn fat wethers sold at £1 3s 6d to £1 4s 3d; light, £1 28 to £1 3s; unfinished,- to £1 Is; prime fat ewes.Jißs 6d to £1; medium. 16s 3d to 17s 6d; good wether hoggets, £1 2s 9d to £1 3s; ewe hoggets, to £1 9s Bd. Cattle: Small prime Polled Angus heifers, £7 to £9 2s 6d; small prime Jersey heifers, £4 17s 6d to £6; heavy unfinished cows, £4 17s to £5 19s; medium duality cows. t £3 10s to £4 10s; killable, £2 10s to £3 7s' 6d: good store cows, £1 12s 6d to £2 ss; others, £1 2s 6d to £1 10s; boners. 15s to £1 2s. Pigs: Heavy baconers, £2 9s to £3 3s; medium, £2 14s to £2 18s; light, £2 18s to £2 13s; heavy porkers, £2 2» to £2 7s; medium porkers, £1 15s to £2; light, £1 7s to £1 13s; good stores, £1 8s 6d to £1 15s; others, £1 to £1 7s; slips, _ 15s to £1; weaners, 2s 6d to 10s. VALUES AT TE KAUWHATA v [from oub own correspondent] . HAMILTON, Tuesday G. W. Vercoe and Company, Limited, report having held their stock sale at Te , Kauwhata 'yesterday, when a heavy yarding of fat pigs came forward. The demand througho.it was very keen and a'total clearance was effected at rates in. advance of those of the previous sale. Heavy baconers sold from £2 19s to £3 8s; medium weights, £2 14s to £2 18s; light, £2 lis to £2 13s; heavy porkers. £2 8s to £2 10s; medium weights, 39s to £2 6s; light, 35s to 3Ss: choppers, to £2 10s. Store pigs were penned in large numbers and as in the case of fat pigs; a ready sale' resulted at rates in advance of those of "the previous week. Good stores sold from 29s to 335; others, 25s to 28s; slips, 21s to 245; best weaners, 17s to 20s 6d; others, 14s to 16s; SOWS in pig. to £2 12s. A good entry of cattle sold at late rates. Heavy fat Jersey cows sold from £5 to £6; lighter, £4 to £4 15s; light, £2 15s to £3 10s; forward conditioned Friesian and Shorthorn cows, £2 10s to £3 Ss; low-conditioned young Shorthorn cows, to £2 Ss; Jersey and Jersey-cross in-calf heifers. £3 15s to £2 17s; heavy boners, 323 to 375; others, 15s to 265; yearling Jersey bulls, to £5; potter bulls, to £4 7s; backward Jersey nnd Jersey-cross in-caf heifers. £3 15s to £4 10s; Shorthorn-cross cows (early calvers). £4 to £5. COMPETITION AT OPARAU [FROM OCR OWN CORRESPONDENT] HAMILTON.; Tuesday The Farmers' Co-operative Auctioneering Company. Limited, report on the Oparau stock sale as follows Sheep: A good entry of store hoggets came forward and commanded spirited bidding at rate* equal to those ruling in the Waikato. A line of [ full-mouth ewes with 100 per cent lambs at foot sold well, and realised 16s lid, all counted. Cattle: A full yarding of approximately 800 head of all classes came forward. Competition was keen throughout nnd all cattle sold well. Quotations:— Sheep: Woolly wether hoggets. 20a 3d to 23s 3d; woolly mi\ed sex hoggets, 21s 4d to 22s 9d: cull hoggets. 16s 6d to ISs; woolly ewe hoggets, 25s to 2Ss; smaller. 23s 9d; failing-mouthed ewes, with 100 per cent lambs at foot, 16s lid all counted. Cattle: Forward conditoned three-year Polled Angus steers, £7 12s to £7 18s; store Polled Angus steers, £6 ISs to £7 4s; three and four-year Hereford steers. £7 4s to £7 8s; store three and four-year Shorthorn steers, £5 12s to £6 8s; grown Shorthorn steers, to £7 17s; two-year Polled Angus steers, £5 2s to £5 7s; two-year Shorthorn steers, £4 to £4 12s; yearling Polled Angus steers, best, to £4 15s; smaller, £3 15s to £4 Ss; yearling Shorthorn steers, £3 3s to £3 lis; Polled Ansus cows, running with bull, £4 lis to £5 ss; poorerconditioned, £3 16s to £4 2s; Polled Angus cows and calves, £3 15s to £4 12s 6u; empty cows, forward-conditioned, £3 15s to £4 10s; stores, £2 12s 6d to £3 7s fid; empty two-year Jersey heiferß, £2 5s to £3 3s; empty yearling Jersey heifers. £2 2s to £2 12s; smaller, 35s to £2; Polled Angus service bulls. £5 10s to £10; Hereford service bulls, £4 10s to £5 12s 6d; two-year Jersey, service bulls, £2 15s to £4 4e; yearling. £2 to £3 4s; potter bulls, 35s to £5 7s fid. CLEARING SALE AT TATUANUI [from our own correspondent] HAMILTON, Tuesday The Farmers' Co-operative Auctioneering Company, Limited, report having held a clearing sale yesterday on account of Mr. J. Clements, of Tatuanui. The herd, which consisted mainly of cows in milk, came forward in good condition and created spirited competition from a good bench of buyers, a record sale resulting. Choice Jersey cows made up to £l2, while 70 cows averaged £8 Ss and 20 heifers t £s 10s. Realisations were:—ln milk: Choici; Jersey cows, £9 15s to £l2; Jersey cows, £8 10s to £9 10s; Jersey aj)d Jersey-cross tows, £7 5s to £8 ss; choice Friesian cows, £S 10s to £lO 10s; Friesian cows, £7 5s to £8 ss; Jersey and Jersiey-croes cows, poorerconditioned, £6 to £7: Jersey and Jerseycross cows, three-quarter and others, £4 5s to £5 15s; choice Jersey heifers, £5 10s to £6; Jersey and Jersey.cross heifers. £4 35s to £5 ss. Springerii: Jersey cows, £6 35s to £7 10s; three-year good Jersey bulls, ' £9 10s. Piss: Medium porkers, 35s to 395: good stores, 2Cb 6d; slips 19a; weaners. 10s to 20s; Tamwoifth sows, close to profit, £2 12s to £3 4s; more backward. to, ■< t .& £2 ss; Tamwortn sow and eight young. £3 13i. f ' V