COUNTRY STOCK SALES

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXIII, Issue 22350, 22 February 1936, Page 9

COUNTRY STOCK SALES

MORRINSVILLE VALUES FAT SHEEP SELL WELL AGED EWES SHOW ADVANCE A medium entry of fat sheep, comprising chiefly fat wethers and ewes, was yarded by the Farmers' Co-opera-tive Auctioneering Company, Limited, at its weekly sale at Morrinsville yesterday. Competition was keen throughout, and last week's advanced rates were fully maintained. A small yarding of fat lambs sold at schedule rates. A medium yarding of store lambs came forward, including several pens of lambs off high country on the East Coast. Competition was good throughout and advanced rates were realised. There was again a large entry of fat ewes, including the advertised line of Gisborne sheep. Although the attendance was not so large as at previous sales, buyers were present in good numbers and a satisfactory sale resulted. A noticeable feature was the advance recorded in aged ewes; in fact, the whole yarding of store sheep changed hands at quite satisfactory values. In the fat cattle section there was a smaller entry of beef, with an average yarding of boner cattle. Two pens of prime ox* beel offered on account of Messrs. Howie E|ros., of Alorriusville, were keenly sought, making up to ±'lo 128 lid. Cow and heiler beef iold well up to last week's rates. Second quality cattle showed no appreciable variation in values. A small yarding of boner cows and bulk sold on a par with last week's rates, i'he advertised entry of atore cattle came forward in excellent order and attracted a very large and representative bench of buyers from all parts of the Waikato and Auckland districts. Competition, especially for grown cattle, was keen throughout, and a total clearance waa made at advanced riding rates. The entry comprised a good proportion of female cattle, for which, competition was better than any previous sale this season. There was a full yarding of fat pigs with competition keen for all baconers. Porkers fold at prices slightly in advance of last sale's quotations. A smaller entry of * stores, and weaners sold steadily at values considerably firmer. Quotations: — Fat Sheep.—Fat wethers made up to 35s 9d; medium fat ewes, 15a 6d to 16a 6d; lighter, 14s to 15s; heavy fat lambs, 22s to 235; lighter, up to 206 9d. Store sheep: Ewe lambs, up to 24a 9d; mixed sex store lambs, 14s to 15s 3d; woolly atore lambs, lGs 7d to 17s 6d; shorn wether lambs, 14a 8d to 16s 8d; smaller woolly lambs, 13a to 15s; cull lambs, Ss 6d; two-tooth ewes, 30s lOd to 345; four and six-tooth ewes, from East Coast, 27s 6d to 3ts 3d; smaller, 25s Id to 2Gs; four-year-old ewes, 28s Id; five-year-old ewes, 223 3d to 22s 9d; four and tive-year-old ewes, good line, ex North Auckland, 27s to 27s 2d; six-year ewes, 19s 6d to 21s 6d; sound-mouth ewes, 15s to 189; old ewes, 12s to 14s; one-shear Southdown rams, sig-ns to 6gns; older rams, ligns to 3gns. Fat Cattle.—Fat steers, £lO 2s 6d to £lO 12s 6d; fat cows, £5 8s to £6 Bei prime fat heifers, £5 15s to £5 18s; light fat cows. £4 15s to £4 19s; forward and killable cows, £3 to £3 17s; heavy boners, £2 2s to £3 4s; light, 3ls to £2; potter bulls, £3-2s to £4 Is. Store cattle: Young forward conditioned Polled Angus steers, £9 6s to £9 12s; grown Polled Angus and Hereford steers, £8 18s to £9 Is; forward conditioned. 3i-year Polled Angus steers, £S 12s to £8 17s; 3}-year Hereford steers, £8 7s to £8 18s; grown forward three to 3|-year Shorthorn steers, £8 lis to £8 19s; forward conditioned three to 3i-year Shorthorn steers. £7 15s to £3 3s; 3s-year medium conditioned steers, £7 Us to £3 2s; 3}-year Polled Angus steers, £7 9s to £7 1S»; well-bred two-year Polled Angus steers, £7 3s to £7 Us; good quality Polled Angus steers. £6 5s to £6 lGe; well-bred two-year Hereford steers, £fi Us to £6 17s; smaller, £5 -5s to £5 18s; very forward Polled Angus and Shorthorn croBS heifers, £5 15s to £5 18s; forward con ditioned Polled Angus and Hereford heifers. £5 10s to £5 16s; lighter conditioned, £4 10s to £5 4s; very forward conditioned Hereford • cows, £4 10s to £4 19s; lighter conditioned £3 5s to £4 2s 6d; well-bred Shorthorn cow* with calves, £2 13s to £3 14s (all counted)- ■ lighter conditioned cows, 31s to £2 ss. Pigs.—Heavy prime baconers, £2 19s to £3 3s; medium. £2 15s to £2 18s; light, £2 10s 1 to £2 14s; heavy porkera, £2 2s to £2 i Gs; medium. 37s to £2; light, 32s to 365; stores. 26s to 31s; medium stores, 20s to 255, slips, 13s to 18s; good weaners, 12s 6d to , 16s; smaller, 6s fid to 10s. . Dalgety and Company, Limited, report 1 on their .sale at Morrinsville as follows: , A large entry of sheep ctfme forward and sold at priceß fully up to late rates. The ' advertised entry of- ewes, ex East Coast. were cleared at prices fully up to those ' expected. Good two-tooth ewes, £1 9s to • £1 9s 3d; smaller and inferior, £1 4«; I good two-tooth to four-year-old ewes, £1 4s 4d to £1 5s 8d: four-year-old ewes, £1 .. 4a 9d; five-year-old ewes. £1 4s to £1 ss; mixed age ewes, fairly low condition, 17s ' fid; - shorn store Romney lambs, 13s to 15s Id; woolly lambs, to 15s lid; late shorn . lambs. 12s to 12s lid; cull lambs, 8s to 10s 9d. Medium fat cows, £3 10s to £3 ; 16s; light, £2 to £3 9s; unfinished, f £2 5s to £2 12s; boner quality, 16s to £2; heavy bulls £5 16a to £6 7s-. medium. £4 to £5 13s: heavy baconers, up to £2 18s to £3 23; medium, to £2 15s; porkers, small. £1 Gs: good stores, 225. The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company, Limited, report on their Morrinsville sale as follows:—There was very little change from the usual to report as regards cattle. Fat Jersey cows were in moderate supply and moat were medium class. The demand -was quite keen and a ready clearance was effected at values , equal to late quotations. A number of potter bulls met with a keen sale. The entry of sheep consisted entirely of failing- • mouth breeding ewes, which, were slacker than at the previous sjiles, and passings ' were frequent. , Pips were in small snpi ply, and in this section Frankton valuations i ruled. Quotations: Heavy fat Jersey cows. £3 15s to £4 14s; medium fat cows. £3 , Ss to £3 12s 6d; light, £2 15s to £3 2» 6d; fresh-conditioned cows, £2 4s to £2 13s; heavy boners, £1 14s to £2 3s; rough, j to £3 12s; heavy bulls, £4 15s to £6 16»: • light, to £3 15s: medium porkers, £1 16s to £1 9s; light, £1 12s to £1 14s; stow pigs, £1 2s to £1 6s; slips. 16a to 19s; 1 weaners, to 13s; failing-mouth ewes, 15s to 17s 6d.

PUKEKOHE HORSE SALE [from our own correspondent] PUKEKOHE, Friday Horse 9 of Quality were still in demand at the hone sale held by Alfred Buckland and Sons, 'Limited, at Pukekohe to-day. The yarding was less than average. Aged medium to three-quarter made £3O 10s to £4l 10b; lighter draiighta, £22 to £29 108: light farm horses, £ls to £2l 10b : light harness horses, £lO to £IG ss; hacks, £5 to £9 10s; school ponies, £5 5s to £7 10s: a very nice two-year-old medium draught filly, £4O; light farm mare with foal at foot, £27 10a. TE AWAMUTU QUOTATIONS [by telegraph—OWN correspondent] TE AWAMUTU, Friday The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company, Limited, Hamilton, report on their Te Awamutu sale held on Thursday as follows:—On the whole the yarding of cattle was slightly smaller than customary. The usual bench of buyers were competing for the fat cattle and prices remained stable at other centres' recent quotations. There was no variation in prices for store cows and potter bulls. Quotations: Heavy fat Jersey cows, £5 5s to £5 19s; good quality, £4 7s 6d to £5: medium conditioned, ,€3 5s to £4 2s 6d: plain, £2 los to £3 2s 6d: fresh-conditioned. £2 5s to £2 12s 6d; average, boners. £1 14a to £2 2s 6d; rough, to £1 13s; plain-grown store steers, £4 6s to £6 le; pen of 13 choice in-calf heifers, £5 Is; 18 ditto. £4 lCs; others, to £4 10s: heavy bulls. £5 to £7 2s fid; others. £2 10s to £5. The entry of sheep was 7500 head. Several pens of grown fat sheep sold quite well on the basis of late rates, while the numerous pens of fat lambs met a ready market under good exporters' competition. Store lambs drew animated bidding. Approximately 75 rams,' mostly Southdownß, sold well when the duality was attractive. Quotations: Heavy woolly hoggets, £1 6s to £1 12s; heavy two-tooth wethers. £1 4s 6d to £1 fis 3d: medium fat wethers. £1 2s to £1 4s; light, to £1 Is; medium fat ewes. 14s to 15a 4d; light. 13s to 14s; extra heavy fat lambs. £1 5s to £1 79 9d; prime fat lambs. £1 3s to £1 ss; good quality. 19s 6d to £1 2s Gd: well-grown store mixed sex lamhg. 16s 9d to 17s 4d: medium-conditioned 14s fid to 16s: light, to 14s ; t medium ewe lambs. Ifis to 18s 6d; medinm-sized two tooth breeding ewes. £1 7s to £1 10s: good mixed aged breeding ewes, £1 2s to £1 3s 7d: 200 medium six-year breeding ewes, 18s fid; plain sound-mouth ewes, 18s to £1 2s fid; failing-mouth. 15s to 17s 6d: best Southdown rams made £5 5s to £6 6a: inferior. to 4}gna. _ . ~ The yarding of Pigs was one of the heaviest we have handled here. There wa* a hardening tendency in values, with, • „ complete clearance Quotations: Prime bacohers. £3 2s to £3 3s i heavy £2 14» to £3 8s: medium, £2 to lU 128: Tight baconers and heavy porkers, £j, 3* to £2 6j>: medium porkers. £1 14s to £2 2s: amair to £1 13s; well-grown store pigs. « 5s to £1 10s Gd; medium. £1 S». to £l. 9i._ 'areBlips, 19s to £1 1b: medium. 16* to IS* weaners. lis to 15a. «