STOCK SALES

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXIII, Issue 22351, 24 February 1936, Page 5

STOCK SALES

KING COUNTRY VALUES READY DEMAND EXISTS TOTAL CLEARANCES MADE [by TELEGRAPH —OWN CORRESPONDENT] TE KUITI, Saturday Abraham and Williams, Limited, Te Kuiti, reports having held sales at Piopio on Thursday and at Te Kuiti on Friday. At Pioplo there was a small yarding of sheep, consisting of wethers and store lambs. There was ready demand for all lines offered and a total clearance was made. A few odd lines of cattle were penned and these sold at recent ruling rates. At Te Kuiti sheep came forward in excess of the advertised numbers, a good entry of wethers, ewes and lambs being yarded. There was a good attendance of local and outside buyers and practically everything was cleared at auction. The market for ewes and wethers was firmer, while lambs sold at recent ruling tates Quotations: —Good fat lambs, to 23s 6d; light, 18s 3d to 20s Gd; light fat wethers, to 24s 3d; fat ewes, lis to 14s 8d; good two-tooth wethers, 23s Id; smaller sorts, 21s to 22s Gd; fair quality four and fiveyear ewes, 21s to 235; plain sorts, 18s to 20s; rough sorts, 12s 6d ta 16s; good ew» lambs, 21s 3d; good wether lambs, 16s to i 17s Gd; store lambs, 14s to 15s Gd; smaller sortß, lis to 12s 6d; Romney rams, one shear, medium quality, 3igns to 4Jgns; twoshear Romney rams, fair quality, 2Jgns to 3Jgns; Southdown rams, 2gns to 2tggs. A small yarding of rough quality cattln sold at recent ruling rates. i Dalgety and Company, Limited, report! I that at Te Kuiti a large yarding of both ! sheep and cattle was offered to an attend- ' ance o£ local buyers. Prices for good quality ! ewes were quite firm on recent sales, but ! aged and cull ewes were again easier of ! sale. Fat and store wethers were penned ! in good numbers and these met with, a ready ; market at prices aSove recent quotations. ; Lambs were not keenly competed for find j values showed a drop of Is to Is 6d a j head. Cattle remained firm at late rates. Quotations:—Fat four-tooth wethers, 245; ! fat two-tooth wethers, 23s 6d; good store I two-tooth wethers, 20s 9d to 21s 4d; good | ewes, 13s 6d to 14s 6d; light-weight fat I lambs, 19s to 20s; good four and five-year | breeding ewes, 23s 6d to 255; medium, 18s |to 21b 6d; good sound-mouth ewes, 16s 6d , Jto 19s; aged ewes, lis to 14s; good store I black-face lambs, 13s Gd to 15s: medium, lis to 12s 6d; smaller, 7s to 9s; medium white-face ewe lamb 3, 17s to 18s Gd; medium white-face wether lambs, 12s 6d to 14s; smaller. 8s to lis; small two-tooth ewes, 22s to 245; one-shear Romney rams, 4gns to. sgns; one-shear Southdown rams, 3gns to sgns; one-shear Southd(*vn rams, 3gns to 4gns; full-mouth Southdown rams, l}gns to 3gns; light fat cows, £3 10s to £4 10s; boner ccws, £1 E-s to £1 15s; three-year Polled Angus steers. £7 to £7 16s; medium 18-month Polled Angus steers, £5 12s; rough four-year bullocks, £5 15s; potter bulls, £2 10s to £G 2s Cd. At Piopio a small yarding of sheep and cattle came forwarl. Sheep met with keen competition and sold well to late rates. Quotations:—Forward-conditioned two-tooth wethers, 21s 3d; fat and forward wethers, 21s lOd to 22s 3d; forward-conditioned blackface lambs, 10s lid; good-conditioned lambs, lGs Id to 16s 3d; medium. 14s 2d; small, ]2s 3d; culls. 9s 6d; medium ewe lambs, 19= 3d: smaller sorts, 17s sd; strong woolled two-tooth ewes, 325; two-tooth Southdown rams. 3gns to 4gns; six-tooth, 3gns; aged, len to 2gns; two-tooth Romney rams, 4gns; light fa{ cows. £3 10s to £3 15s; tillable condition, £2 10s to £3; forward condition. 353. CLEARING SALE AT GORDONTON The Fanners' Co-operative Auctioneering Company, Limited, reports having held a clearing sale at Gordonton on account ef i Dr. H. E. Annett, when a large attendance of buyers was present. The whole herd, consisting of mixed coloured cattle, sold under keen competition, and a good sale resulted at values in advance of expectai tions. Realisations were:—Best Jersey and 1 Jersey-cross cows in milk, £5 15e to £6 ss; j Jersey and Jersey-cross covs in'milk, £5 to I £5 ]os; Fricsian cows in milk, £4 to £5: j Shorthorn cows in milk. £4 to £'?; Jersey ] and Jersey-cross springers, £5 to £5 10s; in , I milk and poor conditioned, £3 10s to £4 10s; | Shorthorn and Friesian cows in milk and ! poor conditioned, £3 to £4; unsound cows, £2 : | to £3; pedigree Shorthorn bull. Grasslands' | Dick, lOigns; grade Jersey bull, £4; aged hay | mare, £39; all work aged bay mare, £4O; i all work light aged bay gelding, chains, £8 'i 103; bay mare hack, £6 10s; Tamworth «ow» 1 | and litters, £5 3s 6d to £7; Tamworth sows due to farrow, £4 17s 5d to £5; maiden Tamworth sows, due to farrow, £2 12s 6d; maiden Tamworth boar, £4 to £4 13s. _ Implements: Top-dresser, £l7; spring tip carl, £7; Wallace stacker, £l4; hay Take. £4 10e; McCormick mower, £22 10s; Cambridge roller, £9 15s; disc harrows, £8; Whakatan® harrows, £3. OTOROHANGA RAM FAIR The Farmers' Co-operative Auctioneering Company, Limited, reports having held its Otorohanga ram fair on Friday, when an average yarding was penned, the bulk of the entry comprising Southdowns. A eteady sale resulted, practically a total clearance being effected. Best Southdown rams realised 4gns to sgns; others, from 3}gns to 2 Signs; Romney rams, 3gns; English Leices--8 ter rams, "Signs. , f 3 TE PUKE REALISATIONS [BY TELEGRAPH OWN CORRESPONDENT] TE PUKE, Saturday e The Farmers' Co-operative Auctioneering Company, Limited, held its annual ewe fair r at Te Puke in conjunction with its regular f fortnightly sale. There was a good attendance of buyers, from surrounding districts. A full yarding of all classes of eneep came £ forward, including Tokomaru Bay and Hick's Bay ewes on consignment from breeders. - Moderate entries of cattle and pigs were offered, and in both sections late rates were * maintained. A good line of 640 five-year II ewes from Tolaga Bay realised 255, and a line of two-tooth to five-year ewes 255. Although two-tooth ewes were penned in y small numbers, tjie prices offered were considerably below the actual value, and the ! ) ewes were passed in. Fat wethers, 23s to 23s a 6d; fat ewes, 16s 3d to 20s 9d; large-framed fiv-year ewes, ex Tolaga Bay, 255; four-tooth * to five-year ewes, ex Hick's Bay, 255; maiden t four-tooth ewes, 255; local sound-mouth , ewes, 16s to 17s; poorer quality, 10s to 14s; J culls, 5s to 8s; fat lambs, 19s 3d to 21s 9d;' lighter, 17s to 18s; store Southdown-cross lambs, 12s Gd to lGs; smaller sorts, 10s to t 12s; culls, 5s to Ss; two-shear Southdown * rams, 4Jgns to Signs; six-tooth to soundmouth Southdown rams, 2jgns to 3Jgns; k Romney rams, ljgna to 2igns; cull rams, 1 20s to 30s.

HEAVY YARDINGS AT OPOTIKI [from our own correspondent] _ OPOTIKI. Saturday Dalgety and Compaay, Limited, report* having held a sale at (Jpotiki on Thursday, when the largest offering of cattle penned for many years was yarded. Competition was keen and sustained throughout, and practically the entire yarding changed hands at prices in excess of vendors' reserves. Well-bred station cattle in particular were the subject of exceptionally keen competition, and a satisfactory sale resulted. Over an average yarding of sheep w'ks penned, and iu this section also a total clearance was made. A good offeiiug of pigs sold at current rates. Following is a summary of the prices:—Cattle.—Three and a-half-year Polled .Angus and Hereford steers, £7 4s £7 14s; 21-year Polled Angus and Hereford steers, £5 Is, £5 15s, £6 10s; Hereford cows with calves at foot,- £4 17» 6d; Hereford cows, £4 lis; Hereford heifers, £4 12s; yearling Hereford heifers, £3 to £3 15s; fat cows, £i 15s to £5 7s Gd; killable cows, £2 17s 6d to £3 15s; store cows, £1 to £1 15s;}heavy bulls, £4 10s to £5 10s; other bulls, £2 to £4 ss. Sheep.—Four and six-tooth wethers, 22s 6d tci 23s sd; twotooth wethers, small, 14s "6fU failing mouth ' ewes, lis Gd to 19s 3d; cull lambs, 9s to lis; Southdown ranis, to 2Jgns. Pigs.—' Weaners, 4s to 10s; slips, 8s to 12s; stores, to £1 12s. The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company, Limited had a record yarding of cattle, the accommodation being insufficient to meet the demand. Competition was keen and sustained throughout the sale, and there was a total clearance. Fat cattle showed an increass on late,rates, top price in this class being £8 17s 'for a well-finished maiden heifer on account of Mr. A. Pierrepoint, Toatoa. Yotmg station cattle sold well. The yarding of sheep arTd pigs met with keen competition. Prices realised werePigs.—'Weaners, 5s to 9s; slips. 13s to 20s; small porkfrs, 26s to 34». Sheep.—Mixed sex lambs, 17s 2d; four-tooth wethers. 20s Id. Cattle.—Fat cows, prime sorts, made up to £5 10a; heifers, to £8 17s; killable cows, £2 to £3 10s; boners, 20a to 355; fat bullocks, ex Looney Brothers, to £S 19s- a choice two-year steer on account of Mr. J. T. Clark made £6 ss: others, to £6. Station Cattle.—Yearling Shorthorn steers. £2 5s to £3 10s; Herefords. two-year steers, to £5 15s; three-year to £7 12s; four-year bullocks.Jp » »»■ Hereford cows, ta £i. There *** « »; entry of bulls. Light gs» to £2 IQ*- & .. J| «