STOCK SALES

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXIII, Issue 22319, 17 January 1936, Page 5

STOCK SALES

WESTFIELD QUOTATIONS COMPETITION FOR CATTLE SLIGHT ADVANCE IN VALUES A keen do ma ml for all classes of stock resulted in top values appreciating at the Westfield weekly stock sale yesterday. The sale was easily the best for many months, the hip; bench of buyers providing brisk competition for quality lines in both dairy and store sections. The beneficial effects of the recent rains and the consequent heavy pastures have constrained graziers and farmers to buy stock in unusual numbers for this period of the year. There was an average yarding of dairy cattle and the firm values were maintained throughout the sale. Re-cently-calved cows of all breeds were in demand and the top price was £'B for two Holstcins. Jerseys and Jerseycross realised up to £6 ss. The general level of values was on a par with recent firm rates, with a slight appreciation in certain lines. Store cattle met with a good sale and a yarding above the recent average was cleared at good values. Boner cattle sold freely, the top price being £7 6s for a fat bull. Several meaty cows, suitable for butchery trade, were sold at values exceeding £5 10s. The quotations were: Store Cattle.—Young cows. Rood condition, £2 10s to £1 ss; less condition, fair quality, 35s to £2 2s (id; others, to 32s fid; boner and aged cows, to £3; boner bulls, to £7 (is; breeding Jersey bulls, to £•1 15s; yearling Jersey heifers, good quality, to £2 12s (id; others, to 37s (kl. Dairy Cattle.—Jersey cows, good quality, close to profit, or iti milk, to £(> sa; more backward, to £5 10.-t; others, to £3 10s; Jersey-cross cows, good quality, close to profit, to £6; more buckwurd, to £4 las; others, to £3 10s; Jersey heifers, good quality, close t.O profit, to £5 15s; more backward, 1o £4 10s; others, to £3 10s; llolstein cows, recently calved, to £8; Shorthorn cows and heifers, good quality, close to profit, to £5 12s Cd; more backward, to £4 10a; others, to £'i; other cowa, to £3 10a. BRISK SALE AT PUKEKOHE [FKOM OUR OWN COUHESPONDEN'T] PUKEKOHE, Thursday The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company, Limited, report on their L'ukekohe slock sale as follows Cattle were penned in large numbers. There was a brisk sale a total clearance at very firm values. The dairy section was small and the demand was extra keen. Quotations:— Best dairy heifers, £5 10s to £6 2s lid; others, £4 to £5 ss; backward, £2 10s to £3 15s; cows, £3 10s to £5 103; heavy prime steers, £lO ]os to £ll 17s (id, for a pen of primo steers purchased by Needham and Sons, Patumahoe; medium prime steer's, £9 to £lO ss; heavy prime cows, £6 to £G 18s: medium, £5 5s to £5 15s; light, £3 15s to £5; ki'ilable, £3 to £3 10s; prime heifers, £5 to £5 13s; lighter, £3 10s to £4 15s; heavy aged cows, £2 10s to £3 10s; boner cows, £1 10s to £2 9s; light cows, £1 to £1 8s; store cows, £2 15s to £3 15s; heifers (in calf), £1 10s to £2 ss; bulls (potters). £2 10s to £7 ss. A very heavy yarding of l;i,t and store pigs came forward and competition for nil classes was good, with values better than those ruling at last sale. Choppers. £1 to £2 3s; heavy prime baconers, £2 12s to £2 17s; medium, £2 8s to £2 lis; light and unfinished, £2 3s to £2 7s; heavy porkers, £1 15s to £2 2s; medium. £1 10s to £1 14s; light, £1 7s to £1 9s; large stores, £1 5s to £1 12s; slips. IBs to £1 4s; best wenners, 15s to 18s; others, (is to 14s; sows due to farrow, £l 5s to £2 103; Tamworth boars. 1} guineas to 3 guineas.

HUNTLY CLEARING SALE The Farmers' Co-operative Auctioneering Company, Limited, held a clearing Tiale on account of Mr. A. J. Wilson at Waikokowai. Muntly, on Wednesday. The cows came forward in good condition and sold readily to a large bench of buyers. The sound cows averaged £5, v;hile the whole herd realised the satisfactory average of £4 Gs Gd. Good Jersey and Jersey-cross cows made £5 10» to £fi 15s; Shorthorn cows, £5 15s to £6 10s; Friesian cows, £5 to £5 10s; other JerMy cows, £4 to £5; unsound cows, £1 to £3 10s; Jersey and Jersey-cross heifers, running with bull. £2 123 6d to £3 18» • Jersey bull. 71 guineas. STORE SHEEP AT FRANKTON Dalgety and Company, Limited, reports that at its weekly store sheep sale at Frankton on . Wednesday there was a fair yarding and a large attendance of buyers. Spirited competition ruled. Fat shorn Romney lambs made ISs 8d: well-grown shorn Romneycross wether lambs, to 17s; small, 12s 4d; Down-cross shorn lambs, to 16s 10d; for-ward-conditioned lambs, to 18s 9d; shorn wether lambs. 15s 7d: woolly Down-cross lambs, to lfis; woolly lambs, 17s 4d; cull lambs, 10s 9d to 12s 6d. YARDINGS AT MATAMATA Dalgety and Company, Limited, reports that at its usual fortnightly sale at Matamata on Wednesday there was an extra large yarding of fat and store pigs, which necessitated re-yarding. Prime quality baconers made £2 14s to £2 lfis; medium. £2 10s to £2 13s; light. £2 7s to £2 lis; heavy porkers, £2 2s to £2 fis; medium, 37s to £2 Is; light and unfinished. 30s to 3fis; choppers, £1 to £2 Is: good framed stores, 345; others, 2fis to 325; slips, £1 to 255; lust wcaners, 18s; others, lis to lfis. There was a fair yarding of cattle, no good quality beef being penned. Prices were fully up to late rates, and practically n total clearance was effected. Medium quality heavy fat cows sold at £4 109 to £5; medium weight fat Jersey cows, £3 10s to £4 7s fid: Jersey heifers, £3 15s to £4 2s fid; light and unfinished cows. £2 10s to £3 ss; fair quality store cows, £2 5s to £2 7s fid; light and cull cows. 25s to 325. fid; cows with calves at foot, 30s to 37s Gd, all counted; three-year Shorthorn-cross steers, light condition, £6 lfis; small Hereford yearling steers, £3 17s fid: heavy fat bulls, £6 10s to £7 ss; medium weight bulls. £5 10s to £6: light bulls, £3 10s to £4 12s fid. There was a good yarding of good quality store lambs, which sold readily Good shorn Romney lambs made 17s lOd; medium sized black faced store lambs, 15s to lfis 6d; small, 10s Gd to 14s 9d; woolly small lambs, 8s 7d to 10s.

PRICES OF METALS MARKET RATHER EASIER (Received January IG. 7.35 p.m.) LONDON, January 15 Following are to-day's quotations on the London metal market, compared with those of January 14:— Jan. 15 Jnn.M. Per tan Per ton £sd £ 8 d Copper, stan., spot.. 34 11 3 34 14 4} Copper, stan., 3 mo 9. 34 19 4J 35 3 1} Copper, electrolytic . . 38 10 0 38 15 0 to to 39 0 0 39 5 0 Copper, elect., wire bars 39 0 0 39 5 (1 Lend, soft, spot . . 14 13 9 15 1 3 Lead, soft, forward . . 14 lf> 3 15 2 6 Spelter, spot . . ..1463 14 7 6 Spelter, forward 14 11 3 14 12 G Tin, stnn., spot . . 212 17 G 213 5 0 Tin, stan., 3 mos. .. 203 11 3 203 7 6 GOLD AND SILVER QUOTATIONS IN LONDON (Received January 16, 7.35 p.m.) LONDON. Jan. 15 Fine' gold is quoted to-day at £7 0 9iTl an oz,, compared with £7 0s Od yesterdn v. Silver is quoted at 20 l-16d an oz. spot compared with 20Jd yesterday. The quotation for silver at per fine oz. is 21Jd, compared with 22£ d yesterday. PEDIGREE PIGS SHIPMENT TO AUSTRALIA A shipment ©f two pedigree Canadian Tamworth sows and one pedigree Canadian Tamworth boar from Mr. S. Austin Carr's pedigree farm at Morrinsville, was made by the Waitaki, which left Auckland yesterday, to the Wide Bay stud piggery, Queensland. There is a demand in Australia now for New Zealand pigs, although there are practically no restrictions on the importation of pigs from England to Australia.