COUNTRY STOCK SALES

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXII, Issue 22250, 26 October 1935, Page 11

COUNTRY STOCK SALES

VALUES AT MORRINSVILLE J i HEAVY ENTRY RECEIVED ! ] EASIER MARKET FOR SHEEP | t A heavy on try o." nil classes of sheep J was reported by the Farmers' Co-opera- l tivu Auctioneering Company, Limited, " f at its weekly Jlori insville stock sale yes- • terdav. Competition was not keen, and prices eased on last sale's values. Ox beef was in small supply and competition good Cow and heifer beef comprised ( mostly medium sorts for which com- , petition was steady, values being 011 a par with last week's quotations. A pood entry of yearling heifers evoked only fair inquiry, prices in , most instances '< failing to come up to vendors' reserves. ; A small entry of sound Jersey yearling bulls were not keenly sought. Not many outstanding dairy cattle were penned and competition was not brisk. The majority of the yarding was cleared at rates slightly below those ruling last week. There was a good yarding of fat pigs and an extra heavy entry of stores and weaners. Competition for both baconers and porkers was keen and last week's improved prices for.baooners was exceeded. Valups-fffif'stores and weaners .did not"come up to last week's quotations, no doubt due to the very heavy entry, but practically a total clearance was effected under tlie hammer. Quotations.—Sheep: Prime shorn wethers. 2:is to 23s lOd; medium,' 21s Gd to 22s 9d; medium woolly ewes, 17s to lHs lid; light and killable, 11a to los Gd; heavy shorn. 15s Sd to IGa; medium, Kia fid to 14a 'id: heavy prime woolly hoggets, 21s Gd to 2Ga; ! medium, 21s to 22s 3d; light, 18s to 20s Gd: I prime shorn hoggets, 20s to 20s Gd. Cuttle: Prime Shorthorn cross steers, £l2 ss: medium tat cows and heifers, £5 Ms to £6 10s: lighter, £3 15s to £4 IGa: forward and killable, £2 18s to £3 83; forward conditioned cows, £2 Is to £2 las; heavy boners, £2 2s: lighter, 18a to 2Gs; yearling Jersey heifers. 37s fid to £2 lis; heavy potter bulls, £4 5s to £5 15s; lighter, £3 to £4. Dairy cattle: Jersey heifers at profit, £6 to £G 10s; later. £4 10s to £5 12s Gd; Jersey cross heifers at profit, .£5 7s Gd to £G; later, £3 12s Gd to £4 10s; Shorthorn heifers at profit. £4 7s Gd to £5 15s; Jersey and Jersey cross heifers in milk, £3 12s Gd to £4 ss;- Shorthorn cows, springing, £3 5s to £4 15s: Friesian cows, springing, £4 to £4 IBs; Jersey cow, springing, £3 10s to £5 ss. Pigs: Heavy prime baconers. £2 10s to £3 3s: medium, £2 lGs to £2 18s; light. £2 32s to £2 15si butter-milk pigs, £2 5s to £2 12s; heavy porkers, £2 2s to f'2 tis; medium. 36s to £2 Is; light and unfinished, 31s to i 355; large stores, 28s to 31s; medium. 24s 1 to 27s Gd; best slips, 20s to 245; poorer. 13s to 18s; best weaners, 17s to 20s; medium. 12a' 1.0 IGa; others, Gs to 10s. The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company, Limited, Hamilton, reI porta that fully the usual number of cattle whs yarded, but apart from two pens of heavy bullocks, the entry lacked good beef cattle. There were, however, a fair number of medium conditioned stock, which sold quite well, while the general standard of values for the large quantity of fresh conditioned store cows was slightly better as at other recent sales. Heavy fat bullocks. £ll lGs; medium, £lO ss; medium quality cows and heifers. £1 15s to £5 15s: light conditioned, £3 15s to £4 10s: killable, £2 16s to £3 10s; fresh-conditioned cows, £1 17s to £2 15s; medium stores. £1 8s to £1 lGs; boners, £1 Gs; heavy baconers, £2 15s to £3 2«; porkers, £1 lfis: medium store pigs, £1 Gd to £1 lis; slips, 14s to 18s; fat ewes. 17s to £1; pen o f fat and forward wethers. £1 2s. Dalgety and Company, Limited, reports a fair yarding of cattle, which sold at full late rates. Light fat heifers. £5 9s; forward conditioned light cows. £2 3s to £2 16s: boner cows, fair quality. 34s to £2; light. 25s to 31s; two-year-old empty Jersey heifers, £2 Is to £2 10s; yearling heifers. 31s to £2 8s; dairy heifers, close to profit. £5 ss. £5 10s, £5 123 Gd. £G. £0 ss; potter bulls, £5 7s Gd. £5 ss. £4 158: small, £1 to 30s. There was a good yarding of fat and store pigs and advanced prices were obtained under keen competition. Baconers, to £3 2s: lighter. £2 14s to £2 17s; heavy porkers, 38s to 475; light, 31s to 345; weaners. 15s to 18s. HORSES AT CL4UDELANDS G. \V. Vercoe and Company, Limited, reports having held its monthly horse sale at Claudelands on Thursday, when the advertised yarding came forward. There was a good attendance of buyers, and the demand was keen for all classes of farm horses. Ihe principal sales were as follows: —On account of Mr. J. Gee, an aged mare. to ilr. L. Einpen, Ohinewai, £SO; a draught gelding, to Mr. O. G. Reston. Ohinewai, £35. On account of Mr. S. M. Dillon, sixyear gelding, £47 10s, to Mr. Wheki, of Matangi. Mr. W. F. Saunders was the vendor of three draught geldings at £'|4, £3l 10s and £29. the purchasers being Mr. W. It. F. Elven, Turua, Mr. T. Harper, Matangi, and Mr. A. G. Gallichan, Frankton, respectively. On account of a client, an aged gelding was sold at £3O to Messrs. Hyde Bros., of Waitoa. YARDING AT HIKUTAIA The Farmers' Co-operative Auctioneering Company, Limited, reports that at its fortnightly sale at Hikutaia 011 Wednesday, a full yarding of nil classes of cattle came forward. Dairy cattle, comprising mostly heifers, came forward in average numbers. The demand for quality cattle close to profit wa3 good, while poor-conditioned and late calvers were not so keenly sought. A heavy yarding of store cattle, with a fair proportion of cow and heifer beef was also entered. Competition for quality beef was keen, while medium quality also sold firmly. A good yaiding of pigs evoked fair inquiry, values showing an improvement since the previous report. Cattle: Unfinished Shorthorn-cross steers, £8; fat cows and heifers, £5 lGs to £G 15s: lighter. £4 to £5 2s; killable cows. £2 15s to £3 108; fresh conditioned cows, 35s to £3 10s; heavy boners, 2Ss to 3Gs; lighter. 18s to 2Gs: potter bulls, £2 10s to £3 ss. Dairy cattle: Jersey-cross heifers, close to profit. £5 12s lid to £G 10s; others. £4 to £4 17s Gd; smaller and poorer conditioned. £2 10s to £3 12s 6d. Jersey-cross dairy cows at profit, £4 to £4 10s. Pigs: Small stores, 5s to 265; slips, 21s to 22s 6d; good weaners, 15a to 19s; others, 12s to 14s; smaller, 7s Gd to 8s Gd.

HEAVY WAIHOU OFFERING The Farmers' Co-operative Auctioneering Company. Limited, reports having held its fortnightly sale at Waihou on Thursday, when ft heavy yarding of all classes of cattle came forward. Cow and heifer beef, comprising mostly medium quality, came forward in average numbers, values remaining firm for all classes. Prices were fully on a par with those ruling at other centres. A small entry of Jersey yearling heifers wero not keenly sought, prices in most cases failing to reach the vendors' reserves. An average yarding of fat pigs, with medium sorts and porkers, sold under good competition nt ruling rates. Heavy baconers eased slightly. A large yarding of stores and weaners of extra good quality sold readily at advanced prices. Cattle: Fat cows and hcifeis, £5. las to £G 10s; li"hter, £4 2s to £5 7s; forward and killable cows, £3 2s to £3 19s; fresh-condi-tioned cows. £2 le to £2 lGs; heavy boners, £1 12s to £2; lighter, 18s to 295: heavy potter bulls, £5 2s to £6; lighter, £3 to £4 12s Gd; sound Jersey yearling bulls. £3 3s to £4 4b; Jersey yearling heifers, 37s Gd to £2 15s. Sheep: Fat woolly ewes, 235; medium fat shorn ewes. IGa 9d to 18s; fat woolly hoggets, 23s 3d_ to 245. Pigs: Baconers, £2 14s to A'2 17s; light, £2 10s to £2 13s; heavy porkers, £2 3s to £2 9s; medium, 37s to £2 Is; light. 32s to 3Gs; stores. 27s to 31s; good quality slips, 25s to 30s; smaller, 17s to 235; best quality weaners, 19s to 22a 3d smaller, 9b Gd to lGs.

DEMAND AT TE AWAMUTU Tho New Zealand .Loan and Mercantile Agency Company, Limited, reports on its tri-weokly Te Awnmutu sale on Thursday as follows; Fat and store cattle were yarded in very heavy numbers. Several pens of bullocks were included, a part of the entry £>f which was comprised of a nice heavy lino of VM Shorthorn bullocks from tho New Zealand Government Waikeria Borstal Institution, which averaged £l2 18s. In the cow and heifer section some choice animals were yarded, but the. 'majority were medium to Kood quality fat cowa. Conditions were not quite so buoyant as at our previous sale, but a firm demand existed at Franktou values. For store and boner cows, although entered in very large quantities the inquiry wns keen nnd fresh-conditionod cows improved approximately 5s u head. Good supplies of yearling Jersey heifers met with a lively reception and prices were fully up to the usual standard, practically the entire entry selling. A pen of tmall yearling Hereford heifers realised prices well above expectations. Many bulls were entered, young ones commanding a pood sale, while others made prices on a par with late rates. Good heavy bullocks made £l2 to £13 1 prime heavy cows, £S IPs to £0 17s tkl; prime fat, 17 5s to X'S 10-=<; heavy fat heifers, £8 las to A'!) 10s; pood heavy heifers, £7 5s to £8 ss: medium fat cows and heifers, £5 !2h (!d to £7; lighter, £4 10s to £5 10b; killable. £0 15a to £3 1-ls; pen of 17 freshconditioned Jersey cows, £'2 10s; freshconditioned cows, £1 15s to £2 10s: plain Btores, 8b to XI 14b; boners, £1 5»; pen

of small yearling Herejjofil heifers, £3 9s; inferior pen, at £2 16s;'Well-grown yearling Jersey heifers, £3, 2s 6d to £3 13s; good, £2 12s Gd to £3; medium, £2 to £2 10s. dairy cattle. Best quality jersey cows and heifers, £6 15s to £8; good, £5 as to £6 10s; plainer, £4 to £5. Sheep: Heavy woolly ewes, £1 Is to £1 3s; medium, 18s to 19s; poorer fut ewes, lGs to 17s Gd; heavy shorn wethers, £1 2s to £1 4s; light, £1 Is; heavy woolly hoggets, £1 4s to £1 7s; medium, 19s U. £1 3s-. Pigs: Supplies of fat pigs were heavy and there was little discernible variation in prices in this section from those at Frankton last Tuesday. All sold readily. Heavy 1 baconers, £2 lis to £3; medium, £2 5s to £2 12s; light, and porkers, £1 16s to £2; well-grown stores, £1 9s to £1 lGs; medium, £1 4s to £1 7s Cxi; smaller, £1 Is lo £1 4s; good slips, lGs to 19s; medium, 14s to lGs; weaners, lis to 14s; small, to lis. FRANKTON STORE CATTLE The Farmers' Co-operative Auctioneering Company. Limited, reports 011 the special store cattle fair held in the Frankton saleyards on Wednesday, as follows The advertised entry came forward, and competition was keen for grown steers, two-year and yearling steers met with a weaker demand than has been the case at other sales. This was also the same with heifers of this age. The advertised beef breed bulls met with a fair demand, and most were sold at satisfactory prices. Quotations: —Fresh con. dit ion grown Shorthorn steers, £9 Is; grown steers, £7 15s; four-year Hereford steers. £7 lis; three-year Hereford store steers. £5 78 to £0 4s; good two-year Polled Angus steers, £5 Is: good two-year Shorthorn and Hereford steers, £4 18s to £5 3a; store two-yenc Shorthorn steers, £3 lfis to £4 10s; small yearling Polled Angus-Hereford steers, £2 13s to £3 Is; empty Hereford cows. £4 15s; empty four-year Polled Angufl heifers. £5 15s; empty two-year Angus heifers, £3 2s io £3 12s-, . yearling, £2 IBs; Shorthorn cows with calves. £0 7s; best yearling Jersey heifers, £2 15s to £3 3s; Jersey-cross heifers, £2 4s to £2 10s; two-year Polled Angus and Hereford bulls, to 20gns; two-year Shorthorn bulls. 10'gns to liens; yearling Polled Angus bulls. 9Jgnß to 12gns; yearling Shorthorn bulls, sgns to Ggns. , . G. W. Vercoe and Company, Limited, reports that the advertised entry came forward. There was a representative bench oJ buyers and keen competition ruled throughout. With the exception of a few odd pens of store cows a total clearance was effected. The principal sales were as,follows: —Shorthorn and Polled Angus stivers, ex Air. I'. C. Johnstone. Waitetuna, sold from £6 10s to 17 3s; Shorthorn steers, ex Mr. BallyburtonJohii3tone. of Whatawhata. sold from £7 to £7 14s; three-vear-old Polled Angus steers, ex Mr. G. A. Johnston, of Whatawhata; sold lor £6 4s: four-year-old Polled Angus steers, ex Gisborne, £9; four-year-old Hereford steers, ex Gisborne. £8; small two-year-old Polled Angus steers, ex Gisborne. £5 JOs: 18-months Shorthorn steers. £4 lGs: other good quality three-year-old steers, £7 to £8 Gs- forward conditioned Shorthorn and Friesian cows, £2 10s to £2 15s; others, 35s to £2 ss; yearling Jersey heifers, £3 to £3 ss: poor quality. 35s to £2 10s. Dalgety and Company. Limited, report# a very iarge yarding, exceeding 2000 head. Competition was very keen on all ot good quality Polled Angus and Hereford cattle, and the prices realised were the highest recorded this season. The demand for yearling Jersey heifers was weak and most lines were passed. We yarded 961 and all the station cattle sold under the hammer. Shorthorn bullocks sold to £8; three-year-old stcrs. to £7 4s: two-year-old steers. f4 12s to £5 lis: others, to £5 18s; lolled Angus steers, £4 18s to £7 Gs: three-year-old steers. £8 7s Gd; 24-year-old steers, to £7 10s; yearling steers, £3 is to £4; small steers, to £5 lis; rough, to £5 Gs; dehorned three-year-old steers, to £4 14s: empty two-vear-old Shorthorn heifers. £4 to £4 14s; yearling Shorthorn heifers. £2 12s Gd to .£3 19s; empty two-year-old Polled An ens heifers, £3 lfis to £4 7b; yearling Polled Angus heifers. £3 3s to £3 13s; forwardconditioned empty Polled Angus heifers, to £5- Polled Angus and Hereford cows, to £4 10s: store cows, to £3 2s; Polled Angus bulls. lOgns to llgns: boner bulls, £3 los to £5 15s. KEEN COMPETITION AT KAMO [from our own correspondent] WHANGAREI, Friday | The North Auckland Farmers' Co-opera-I tive, Limited, reports a large yarding of i 615 cattle of all classes at Kamo yesterday. ! Competition was keen, all lots changing | hands under the hammer. As the result. of improving pastures, store cattle were ! keenly sought after by graziers and realised a slight advance on late rates. Quotations: > Fat ox, £9 Is to £lO 10s; lighter, £8 15s I to £9: fat cows, to £8; lighter, £6 los to : ! £7 10s; fresh and forward cows, £2 15a . to £3; store and boner cows, good quality, » ' to £2 2s; boner bulls, good' quality.- to £4 ; 10s: herd bulls. Shorthorn, to £6 6s; Jer- : seys. to £5 10s; three-year-old Shorthorn steers, forward conditioned, to £0 2s; two- ' rear-old, to £5 5s; 'yearling Shorthorn steers. !£2 ;.ssj yearling Jersey liefer?. £2 15s; ' I wearer Shorthorn calves, to 19s; dairy cows, ! clos= to profit, lo £G; backward, £3 5s to ' !£4 15s; dairy heifers in milk, to £3 15s; \ ! Jersey heifers, close to profit, to £5 Ip. 1 Pedigree Jersey cows, in milk, on account : ! of Mr. R. G. Hosking. of Wl.angarei, real- " i ised from 71 to Bgns„ being solcj to Mr. C. ! Edge, of Kiripaka. Sheep: Fat hoggets, to 203. Pigs: Slips, to ISs; good weaners, to ' 17s fid; smaller, 12s. Gd to 15s. f Dalgety and Company, Limited, reports 5 a full yardinc ot hll clases of stock. Keen competition prevailed at full late rates. A. 1 fine two-year-old Polled Angus bull 'realised | 20gns., being sold on account of Mr. C. - H. Finlavson. of Purua, to Mr. J. E. , McLean, of Waikaraka. Good quality springing Shorthorn heiters. £5 to £5 ss; medium, £3 10s to £4 10s; springing Jersey heifers and cows, good quality, £5 5s to £5 10s; medium, £3 2s Gd to £4 10s; fot cows. £4 4s to £5 10s; fat and. f jiward store cows. £2 15= to £3 19s; runners, £2 - 10s to £3 ss; boner cows. 25s to 295: cows '- and calves, £2 7s Gd to £2 15s; grade Jer--1 sey bulls. £2 2a to £3 ss; yearling Short- - horn steers, £4 5s to £4 10s; yearling Short. - horn heifers, 35s to £2; fat and forward 1 ewes and wethers. 20s to 21s: mixed sex t hoggets, 18s lid to 21s. 3 r

~ VALUtS A i MATAWHERO j [by telegraph —OWN correspondent] 5 GISBORNE, Friday ' The (at and store sheep markets were ® firm on last week at to-day's Matawhero sale, at which there was another small ' varding. The demand for pigs was again 1 I slack, and a further decline in values J I occurred. The yarding totalled about 130 I head, but quality generally wps hardly up ' | to that of Inst week. Shorn .wethers sold to 1 j 20s. with a pen of wethers and woolly ewes 9 ! passed at 23s C.d Woolly hoggets went to : i 19* Id, and woolly ewes ,to 19s Sd. with • shorn ewes to 15s" A very small entry of • store sheep failed to attract the large attendance of buyers, but the demand on most lines was equal to that of last week. Woolly ewes and lambs sold to 26s fid. while shorn ewes brought to 22s Cd. Woolly hoggets brought to 21s lOd for ewes and to 21a Gd for wethers. FEILDING CATTLE FAIR [BY TELEGRAPH —rRESS association] FEILDING, Friday At the Feilding supplementary cattle fair young run cattle sold at advanced prices, I but two-year animals were not so keenly ! sought. There was a very good sale of fat j cattle, but the dairy cattle market wag j easier. Fat sheep were down 2s a head. For j store sheep the market was firm. Quota- ! tions:—Fat sheep: Prime fat hoggets, to 26s 9(1; good sorts, to 235; medium. 20s; prime heavy wethers, 245; medium, to 21s 9d; prime ewes, woolled, to 225; prime maiden ewes. 2l!s; shorn ewes, to 18s lOd; light, from 13a Gd; black-faced, to 20s Gd. Store Sheep: Ewe hoggets, very good quality, 32s 4d to. 34s 2d; ot her good pens. 27s lid to 29s 9d; inferior, from 19s lod ; wether hoggets, good lines, to 23s lOd; others, 18s 9d to 23s Gd; ewes with lambs, sood, to 34b 2d; othe.'S, 27s 9d to 325. Dairy cattle: Springing heifers, close to profit, £5 7s Gd to £6 10s; others, from £2 10s upward; springing cows, close to profit, £5 10s to £6 10s; late calvers, £3 to £4; cows, in milk, £3 12s. Store cattle: Shorthorn bullocks, £5 4s to £7 17s; steers, two-year, £4 18s to £7 10s; two-year heifers, £4 4s: three-year steers, £4 ISs to £7 10s; cows, £4; Polled Angus cattle, three-year steers, £6 ss. two-year, £5 4s to £6 as; yearling, £4 to £4 lGs; Hereford-Polled Angus cross steers. £4 17s to £5 13s;'threeyear heifers, tiOs; two-year, to £5 ss; cowb, . £4 9s to £7 15a; Holstein yearling steers, £2 12s Gd; two-year, £4 17s; cows. £3 12s Gd; 3 Jersey yearling heifers, 38s to £2 15s: Ayr--3 shire heifers, to 48s; forward Jersey cows, f to £2 las; boner cows, to 3Ss; three-year J Shorthorn steers. £4 18s to £7 10s. Fat j cattle; Prime Jersey cows, £5. 2a Gd to 3 £7 10s; specially prime, £8 ss; Shorthorn 3 cows, to £7 ss; Hereford cows, £G lis to , £7 13s; Polled Angus cows, prime, £7 12s , to £8 10s: light, £5 lGs to £G 14s; Polled , Angus heifers, {'7 19s to £8 17s: Jersey bullocks. £7. Holstein bullocks. £ll 15s; • cows. £7 17s Gd to £8 12s Gd: Polled Angus 5 bullocks, £9 to £ll 10s.