STOCK SALES

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXIII, Issue 22344, 15 February 1936, Page 11

STOCK SALES

MORRINSVILLE VALUES STORE SHEEP NUMEROUS PRICES REMAIN STEADY A good entry of all classes of fat sheep was yarded by the Farmers' Auctioneering Company, Limited, at its weekly stock sale at Morrinsville yesterday. Fat wethers showed no variation and a good entry of ewes showed an improved demand. Fat lambs were also sought, exporters operating freel.y at firm schedule rates. An exceptionally largo yarding of all classes of store sheep came forward, including a good entry of store lambs. Consignments from North Auckland realised satisfactory prices, but generally store lambs were slightly easier. A lai'ge entry of breeding ewes attracted fair competition, but prices generally were easier than last week's sale. There was, however, a fair demand for any young breeding ewes, but aged ewes wero not sought.

Some of the main lines of breeding ewes realised the following prices >-108 six-tooth to four-year breeding ewes, 33s 2d; 146 fourtooth, 32s 8d; 150 five-year, 27s Id; 00 mixed age ewes, 27s 3d; 350 five-year, 275; 207 five-year, 20s 3d; 470 five-year, 20s; also a lino of 603 two-tooth wethers realised 225; 253 two-tooth wethers, 19s 3d; GlO medium shorn lambs, 14s 9d; 149, 14s lOd; 110 blackface forward lambs, 15s 7d; 302 ewe lambs, 19n lOd; 151 shorn wether lamb.s, 15s. ■Fat beef was yarded in full numbers, the majority being a well-finished lot. Competition was keen and i rices very firm. Four prim© quality cows from Messrs Thomas Bros, sold up lo £7 10s. 10 prime heifers on account of Mr. L. H. Lamer up to £7; and 30 prime Jersey heifers from Mr. Peter McNaughton sold from £4 18s to £6 7s. Second : quality cow beef was also in fair demand, while boner cows and potter bulls wero yarded in full numbers with exporters operating freely. There was a medium yarding of fat pigs and a full yarding of stores and weaners. Baconers were again in keen demand and last week's advanced rttes were exceeded. In sympathy with the drop in schedule, porkers were inclined to ease. Large stores were also easier, while weaners were hard to dispose of.

Fat sheep: Light fat wethers, 21s to 22s | Cd; lighter fat ewes, 16s 6d to 18s Id; j lighter, 14s to -15s Gd; prime fat lambs, j 24s 6d to 25s 3d; medium lambs, 21s to 22s ! 9d; lighter, 18s 9d to 20s 2d. Store eheep: i Shorn ewe lambs, 19s 2d to 19s lOd; forward conditioned black-face lambs, 15s 7d to 17s; shorn wether lambs, lis to 15s; smaller mixed sex lambs, lis lOd to 13s: cull lambs 8s to 10s 4d; four-tooth breeding ewes, ex East Coast, 32s to 32s 8d; six-tooth and four-year 30s to 33s 3d; fiveyear, 2Gs 3d to 27s Id; lighter-conditioned, five-year, 22s 6d to 24a 4d; sound mouth breeding ewes, 19s lOd to 21s 9d; two-tooth ewes, 32s to 345; other two-tooth ewes, 24s to 29s 9d; two-tooth wethers, 225; smaller, 19s 3d. Local ewes: Six-tooths, up to 30s Id; mixed age, 26s to 275; aged local ewes, ICg to 18s Cd; cull ewes, 10s to 14s 6d; Cattle: Prime cows and heifers, £7 to £7 10s; medium, Gs to £'6 14s; lighter, £4 5s to £5 ss; tillable, £3 10s to £4 2s; heavy boner cows, £2 12s to £3 ss; lighter, 28s to £2 6s; heavy potter bulls, £6 to £8 12s; lighter, £3 to £4 10s; good heifer calves, £2 Is; dairy heifers, £2 17s Gd to £6. Pig 3: Best baconers, £2 17s to £3 2s; medium, £2 13s to £2 16s; light, £2 9s to £2 12s; buttermilk pigs, £2 to £2 8s; large porkers, 36s to 395; medium, 33s to 355; light, 29s to 325; best quality Ltores, 24s to 295; lighter, 18s to 225; slips, 12s to 18s; weaners, 7g to 1,1 s. TE AWAMUTU VALUES The Farmers' Co-operative Auctioneering Company, Limited, reports having held its usual stock sale on Thursday with an exceptionally heavy yarding of sheep, with a good proportion of fats, for which competition on all classes was brisk. Cattle and pigs showed little alteration. Prime fat lambs, 23s 6d to 24s 8d; medium, 21s to 22s | lOd: lighter, 18s to 19s 6d; good fat wethers, 24s 5d to 25s 7d; lighter, 19s Cd to 22s | lid; heavy fat ewes. 14s 6d to 16s; lighter, | 12s to 13s 6d; killable, 10s to lis 3d; forward condition rape lambs, 15s 8d to 16j 3d: store lambs, 13s to 14s 7d; smaller, lis to 12s 3d; cull lambs, 6s"to 10s Id; soundmouth breeding ewes, 20s to 235; failingmouth ewes, 16s to 18s 6d; brokenrmoutli, 12s to lis 8d; aged and inferior, 8s to 9s 9d. Good fat cows and heifers, £G to £6 12s; medium, £4 15s to £5 lis; lighter, 8 £4 10s; killable cows, £3 5s to £3 lis; heavy boners, £2 10s to £3 Is; lighter, 28s to £2 4s; heavy potter bulls, £5 to £6 7s Gd; lighter. £2 10s to £4 ss. Heavy baconers, £2 15s to £2 17s; medium. £2 lis to £2 14s; light, £2 7s to £2 9s; heavy porkers, £2 to £2 ss; light. 33s to 365; large stores, 27s to 30s; medium, 22s to 255: slips, 18s to 20s, best weaners,. 13s to 15s; smaller, 8s to 10s MATAMATA VALUES Dalgety and Company. Limited, reports having held its usual fortnightly sale at Matamata on Wednesday, when there was a medium yarding of sheep ard cattle. Prices for sheep and cattle were on a par with late Frankton rates. Prime shorn fat wethers, to 25s Gd; woolly fat ewes. 17s; shorn fat ewes. 14s 5d to 15s; woolly fat lambs. 235; medium-weight, 20s 2d to 20s Bd. woolly store lambs, to 15s 8d; smaller, 13s 9d to 13s lOd. Medium fat Jersey and Jerseycross cows, £3 17s to £3 10s; lighter, £2 ISa to £3 7s; medium fat Jersey heifers, £3 to £3 7s 6d; Jersey store cows, £2 lis to £2 16s; steers, £2 to £2 8s; Shorthorn steers, £6 10s; boner cows, £1 to 345; potter bulls (heavy), £6 to £6 7s; medium potter bulls, £5 10s to £5 19s; others, £4 to £4 13s. There was a full entry of both fat and store pigs, and a total clearance was effected at prices well up to Frankton ruling rates. The top price of £3 Is for baconers was realised on several occasions. Heavy baconers, £2 17s to £3 Is; medium. £2 12s to £2 lGs; light. £2 8s to £2 lis; heavy porkers, £2 Is to £2 7s; medium, 36s to £2; light and unfinished. 30s to 335; choppers, 25s to £2 4s: best stores, 24s 6d to 28s 6d; slips, IGa to 22s 6d; best weaners, 16s 6d; others, 10s to 14s Gd. LARGE ENTRY AT OPARAU The Farmers' Co-operative Auctioneering Company, Limited, reports having held its annual sheep fair at Oparau, when the advertised entry of 7500 sheep was exceeded. The entry comprised annual drafts of Hnuturu, Oparau and Ivawhia districts. A largo attendance of buyers was present from the Waikato. Competition was very spirited and a most successful fair resulted, a total clearance being effected. Lambs were in particularly keen demand. Good ewe lambs made 2ls 3d to 235: smaller. lGs to 18s 6d; good rape lambs, lGs 4d to 18s 4d; shorn wether lambs, 14s to 15s lOd: smaller, lis to 138 Id; cull lambs, 8s to 10s 2d: twotooth jrtore wethers, 219 to 22s lOd; smaller, 18s to 20s 4d: medium two-tooth ewes, 30s to 32s Gd; smaller, 25s to 2Ss Gd; fourtooth breeding ewes, 30s to 325; young mixed age breeding ewes, 26s to 28s 6d; four and five-year breeding ewes, 2Gs Gd to 28s; five-year, 22s 6d to 24s Gd; soundmouth, 19s Gd to 21s lOd; small-framed fiveyeur breeding ewes. 16s to 18s Cd: brokenmouth ewes, 14s to 15s 3d: cull ewes, 8s to 12s; Romney rams, 4 to Gi guineas; aged. 11 to 3 guineas; Southdown rams, 3 to 41 guineas; liyeland rams, 1 to 31 guineas. OTOROHANGA DEMAND The New Zealand Loan rind Mercantile Agency Company, Limited, reports that at its Otorohanga stock sale on Wednesday thero was little difference in cattle. The yarding was quite a heavy one, a scattering only of good Jersey beef being included. Most again were either light fat Jerseys or store conditioned cows. The demand was steady and a good clearance at values equal to quotations of other centres was effected. A number of potter bulls were slightly easier. Good quality fat Jersey cows made £3 los to £4 ss; medium conditioned fat cows, £3 7s Cd to £3 14s; killable, £2 17s Gd to £3 ss; fresh conditioned, £2 5s to £2 15s; heavy boners, £1 14s to £2 4s; inferior, 325; heavy potter bulls, £5 to £6: others, to £4 15s. A large entry of sheep comprised principally lambs and local breeding ewes. Fat lambs sold particularly well, while grown fat sheep realised current values. The demand for store lambs was only fair, while as there were no outstanding ewes offered values consequently were lower for theße. Extra prime fat lambs, £1 10b; heavy fat lambs, £1 2s to £1 Gs; pen of light fat wethers, £1 2s fid; good fat hoggets. £1 3s to £1 ss; medium fat owes, 13s Gd to 15s Gd; pen of four-tooth to fiveyear (mostly latter) ewes, £1 ss; medium pound mouth ewes. 19s to £1 2s: others, to 18s; good ewe lambs, forward, ]Gs to 18s; forward quality well-grown mixed sex store lambs, 16s Cd to 18s Id; medium conditioned mixed sex store lambs, 14s Gd to 16s; inferior. Its. Recent Frankton values ruled in the pig section, where nearly all of a fairly iieavy yarding wore store n,nd weaner pigs. A good clearance resulted. Medium porkers. £1 19s to £2 3s; light, £1 16s to £1 19s; well-grown stores. £1 2s to £1 sa; medium, £1 to £1 Is: slips. 17s to 19s Gd; large weaners. 13s: small, to 12s. » The Farmers' Co-operative A uc " ,o^J£ r Com.,any. Limited, reports having heldl its lisunl stock sale at Otorohanga on nesday, when a good yarding canio forward. Good beef was. scarce, the majority of the entry comprising fresh-conditioned and boner Jersey cows, these sellmf at late j

firm rates. Store lambs were slightly easier. Fat sheep were in good demand. Killable steers, £7 7s 6d; medium fat cowa and heifers, £5 to £6; lighter, £3 18s to £4 ss; killable cows. £3 to £3 12a; heavy • * boner, £2 8s to £2 lGs; lighter,. 25s to £1 2s; heavy potter bulls, £5 6s to £6 15s; lighter, £3 to £4 10s; Jersey heifer calves. . 3F.s to £2 Is; smaller, 25s to 30s. Fat wethers, 23s to 23s 4d; light fat lambs. 21s to '22s; killable, 19s 6d to 20s 4d: medium ewe lambs, 18s; forward-conditioned lambs, 15s 9d to lGs sd; medium. 14s lOd to IBs sd; store lambs, 12s 3d to 13s 9d; cull lambs, 8s to 10s 6d; aged ewes, 14s to 15s 3d. Porkers, BSs to £2 2s: stores, 24s to 30s; slips, lis to 18s; weanerg, 8s to lis. FULL WELLSFORD YARDING [from our own correspondent] WELLSFORD. Friday ; There was a largo yarding of. about 3000 sheep at tho fair held at Wellsford on •! Wednesday by Alfred Buckland and Sons, Limited. There was a large attendance of - buyers from all parts of the Lower North vys' and competition was good for good duality ewes., wethers, ramt, and store lambs. Prices were on a par with values at recent sales in tho North, but several large lines of four and five-year ewes were passed in. The advertised Southdown rams from Messrs. G. and it. Coates, of Matakohe, and Mr. Coulter, of To Arai; and -Eomney rams from "~ Mr. It. D. Greenwood, of Pakiri, met a - good demand, realising from 4Jgns to Sens. A largo number of small lines were taken ' '• by dairy farmers as there is an abundance r of feed in the Lower North. Values:—For- . . ward two-tooth wethers, 20s 3d to 21s; forward four-tooth wethers, 21s 3d to 21s 6d; fat four-tooth wethers, 2.'is 3d; forward four and six-tooth wethers, 225; good two-tooth wethers, 19s 9d; fat two-tooth wethers, 225; poor mixed aged wethers, 12s; 50 two-tooth Komney ewes from L Dudding, 29s Gd; mixed four and six-tooth ewes from Mrs. Macky, 21s Gd; 109 mixed four and sixtooth ewes from Mrs. Macky, 21s; 61 four ancL. five-year ewes from Mrs. Macky, 18» .■ £. Gd; good full-mouth ewes. 14s to poor, .. T 1 12s to 13s Gd; 97 mix«d two, four and sixj tooth ewes, from G. B. White, lGs 6d; ..j. j aged ewes, 9s to lis; cull ewes, Gs to 8s: . . | fat ewes, 13s Cd to 17s; best woolly ewe '"f i lambs, to 18s; poorer, to 15s 9d; best woolly V | wether lambs, 14s 3d to 14s Cd; mixed woolly ■ r ! lambs, 13s Gd; good shorn wether lambs, 14s 3d; poorer, 13s; Bhorn mixed lambs, ' T best, lis to Us 9d; poorer,' 9s 3d; cull | lambs, 8s; fat lambs, 20s 9d; killable, 16s | 9d; Southdown two-tooth rams from G. arid " IL Coates, sgns.; Southdown rams from Mr. . ; I Coulter. 4gns to 4}gns; other Southdown " ! rams, lsgns to 3}gns; Romney rams, from 1 11. D. Greenwood, s}gns to Sgns; other , , Komney rams, lgn to 2gns; cull rams, 5s to 12s. NORTHERN SHEEP FAIRS [by telegraph—OWN correspondent] KAITAIA, Friday The North Auckland Farmers' Co-opera- - tive. Limited. Ivaitaia. held sheep fairs this ■week, when tliey yarded upward of 5000 jit Herekino on Wednesday, GOOO at Victoria Valley on Tuesday, and 1000 at Mangamuku . Bridge on Monday. Outside buyers were in - attendance and with # competition keen almost a total clearance was effected. Over •.* 80 per cent of the offerings was bought . for southern districts. Fat wethers made up to 21s Id; four-tooth, to 19s; two-tooth, 17a to 18s 3d; best ewes, four to six-tooth, > made 27s to 30s; good four, six and fresh full-mouthed, £1 Is 6d to £1 4s; two-tooth ewes, to £1 5s Id; four and five-year ewes, 183 to £1 Is Gd; five-year-olds, lGs to 17a '• * Gd; aged ewes, lis to 15s Gd; culled sorts, 7s Gd to 10s: best fat and forward lambs, . _ up to 17s Gd; good lambs, 12s to 14s; . fair sorts, 9s to Us; cuJJs, Gs 6d to 8s 6d; Southdown and Romney" rams, to 41gns. SHEEP VALUES AT PAKOTAI [from our own correspondent] . '. WHANGAREI, Friday Dalgety and Company. Limited, offered . a good yarding of sheep at the sheep fair at ■- Pakotai on Thursday. There was an abpence of outside were slightly easier and a total clearance was effected. Two-tooth ewes, to 30s-. two-tooth wethers. 18s; mixed age ewe 3. 17s 9d to 20s Gd; fullmouth ewes. 14s 9d to 16s 3d; aged and ~ failing-mouth ewes. 8s 3d to 12s Gd; woolly wether lambs, 12s 2d; small shorn wether lambs, 8s 6d to 9s Gd; cull lambs. 6s to 7s 6d; mixed a£e rams, lgn to ljgna. RATES AT KAMO [from our own correspondent] WHANGAREI. Friday Dalgety and Company, Limited, reports. . a small yarding of cattle at Kamo yester- ; day, but competition was good, and prices were fully up to late rates. Fresh-condi- f.. tioned cows made £2 to £2 12s 6d; boner - * cows, 27s to 365; potter bulls, heavy, to £5 10s; lighter, £3 to £4; extra well done Shorthorn steer calves, to £3 12s 6d;_ good Shorthorn steer £2 10s; mixed-coloured " ? two-year-old steers, £3 16s. Dairy cattle; Backward heifers, to £2 10s; Bound dairy cows, backward, £2 ss. <' The North Auckland Farmers' - - tive, Limited, reports a large yarding of all classes of cattle. All lots changed hands .. under the hammer at prices' on a par with late rates. Dairy cows, close to profit, made to £4 15s; other backward heifers, £1 17s vj ; Gd to £2 17s Gd; fat ox, to £9 3s; lighter .... sorts, £7 155.t0 £8 10s; fat cows, to £G 3s; lighter cows, £4 10s to £5; small and unfinished, £2 15s to £3 10s; yearling Short- " horn steers, goocL quality and condition, f* to £3 12s Gd; other mixed eteers, £3 las. to £4 12s 6d; boner bulls, heavy, to £5 10s; lighter sorts, £2 15s to £3 15s; boner cows. - meaty, £1 15s to £2 ss; lighter, £1 2s 6d i to £1 10s; good store lambs, 9s to 12s 6d; fat ewes, 15s to 16s 6d. RAM FAIR AT TE PUKE [by telegraph—own correspondent] TE PUKE, 1 Friday The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile I Agency, Limited, report a large yarding of* , rams at their Te Jpuke xam fair. The yard- > i ing comprised mainly Southdowns and Romneys, including a fine line from the Wai nganui district. The majority of the South- , downs brought from signs to Ggns, while i Romneys realised 4Jgnß tr> Signs. ) —————