COUNTRY STOCK SALES

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXIII, Issue 22353, 26 February 1936, Page 9

COUNTRY STOCK SALES

FRANKTON QUOTATIONS BONER COWS IN DEMAND BACON MARKET AGAIN FIRM [from oub own correspondent] HAMILTON, Tuesday The entry of both fat ewes and wethers at the Frankton saleyards today was larger than last week. Steady competition was maintained and prices were unaltered. Fat ewes were freely sought by exporters, while a good entry of fat lambs sold at firm schedule rates. Ox beef was yarded in smaller numbers, values showing no alteration. Cow and heifer beef came forward in average numbel's, with good quality in firm demand. Second quality sorts showed little variation. Boner cows were penned in full numbers, quotations again being very firm. No alteration was recorded for potter bulls. Vealers and runners were again in full supply, the market being slightly easier. A full yarding of fat pigs was offered to buyers, with bacon again firm at last week's rates. Butter-milk pigs showed an easing tendency, while medium and light pork maintained last week's quotations. A large entry of stores and weaners met witli a dull sale. The auctioneers report as follows: i armers' Co-operative Auctioneering Company, Limited.—Sheep: Heavy fat wethers sold at 24s to 265; unfinished, 21s to 23s iid; two-tooth ewes, to 29a 3d; heavy fa* ewes, 16s 6d to 17s 3d; medium, -15s to 15s 6d; light, 14s to 14s 9d; heavy woolly prime liimbs, 23s 9d to 24s 6d; fat woolly prime lambs, 22s to 235; medium, 20s 3d to 21a; Heavy shorn lambs, 20s to 21s; medium, 18s 6d to 19s 6d. Cattle: tillable steers, £6 16s to £7; medium fat cows and heifers, £5 12s to £6: lighter, £4 5s to £5 ss; killable cows, £3 10s to £5 3s; heavy boners, £2 12s to £3 6s; lighter, 2fis to £2 8s; potter bulls, £6 to £7 os; lighter, £3 to l}-year Hereford-cross steers, £5 Ss; medium-conditioned steers, £2 Is to £3 os; tresh conditioned cows and heifers, £3 5a to £4 4s; good runners, £2 19s to £3 4s; rough, £2 2s to £2 10s; good calves.. 35a to £2 6s; smaller, 20s to 31s; rough, 8n to 14s. Pigs: Heavy baconers, £2 19s to £3 3s; medium, £2 la to £2 -16s; light, £2 10# ' to £2 13s; heavy porkers and butter-milk pig 3, £2 to £2 Ss; medium porkers, 35s to 38s; light, 28s to 345; stores, 22s to 275; slips, 14s to 20s; weaners, 93 to 12s 6d; small and weedy, 4s to Bs. ' G. "\V. Vercne and Company, Limited.— Heavy fat wethers sold at up to £1 6s; medium-weights, £1 5s to £1 5s 6d; light, £1 3s 6d to £1 4s 6d; heavy fat ewes, 16s to 17s; lighter, 14s to 15s 6d; heavy fat lambs, to £1 3s 6d; lighter, 18s to £1 Is; medium-weight fat bullocks, £lo' Ss to £lO 17s 6d; light fat bullocks, £8 5s to £9 10s; heavy fat cows, £6 to £7 2s; prime lighter weights, £5 5s to. £5 15s; mediumweights, £4 5s to £5 2s 6d; light, £3 15* to £4 2s 6d; prime light fat heifers, £5 10s to £6 12s 6d; prime Jersey heifers. £1 15s to £5 14s; others, £3 15s to £4 10s; forward conditioned Shorthorn and Frieeian cows, £4 to £4 15s; heavy boners, £2 15s to £3 12s 6d; others, £1 15s to £2 10s; heavy potter bulls, £5 5s to £6 16s; others, £3 12s 6d to £4 15s; Jersey heifers in milk, £3 15s to £5. Pigs: Prime heavy baconers, £2 18s to £3 3s; medium, £2 13s to £2 17s; light, £1 to £2 12s; heavy porkers, £2 4s to £2 93; medium, £1 18s to £2 2s;light, £1 10s to £1 15s; choppers, to £2 10a; good stores. £1 to £1 6s; slips, 14s to 18i; weaners, 7s to 12s. Xew Zealand Loan, and Mercantile Agency Company, Limited.—Light fat bullocks sold at £8 10s to £9 3s; good quality young fat cows, £4 19s to £3 17s; medium fat cows. £3 17s to £4 10s; light and unfinished fat cows, £2 5s to £3 12s 6d; good store cows, £2 23 6d to £2 12s 6d; boners. £1 14s to £2 2s; inferior, to £1 10s; heavy vealers, £1 12s to £1 17s; medium bulls, £i 10s to £5 7s 6d: small yearling Jersey heifers, £2 ss. Sheep: Medium fat wethers. £1 3s 6d to £1 4s 6d; light, £1 2s <o £1 3s 3d; heavy ewes. 16s to 17s;"medium, 14s 6d to 15s 6d; inferior, 12s to 13s 6d; light fat lambs, 19s to £1 2s 3d. Pigs: Heavy baconers, £2 18s to £3 3s; medium, £2 10s to £2 17s: light. £2 6s to £2 9s; heavy porkers. £2 to £2 ss: medium, £1 lfis to £1 19s; light, £1 10s to £1 16s: well-grown store pigs, £1 Is to £1 6s; medium, 16s to £1; slips, 13s to 15s 7d; weaners, 9s 6d to 12s Gd. Dalgety and Company, Limited.—Fat sheep: Extra choice fat wethers sold at 26s to 26s 9d; ordinary, 24"s 3d to 25s 3d: •unfinished and light. 21s 6d .to 235; prime quality ewes. 16s to 18s: medium, 14s 64 to 15s fid. Fat lambs: Prime woolly lambs, 21s to 23s 9d; shorn down cross lambs, 21s; shorn forward conditioned lambs. 17s; light fat lambs. 19a to 20s 9d. Fat cattle: Light fat bullocks, £9 14s to £9 17s; Jersey bullocks, £8 10s; light fat, cows, £5 lis to £6 2s; inferior fat cows. £3 5s to £4 2s; heavy boners, £3 2s to £3 16s. Pigs: Best baconers, £2 19s to £3 3s; medium. £2 12s to £2 ISs: light. £2 78 to £2 lis; heavy porkers. 89i to £2 6s; medium. 34s to 38s; light *nd unfinished, 29s to 335; choppers. 28s to 395; best stores, £1 8s; others, £1 to £1 7s; slips, 14s to 19s; weaners, 5s to Bs. TE KAUWHATA CLEARANCE G-. "W. Vercoe and Company, Limited, held its fortnightly sale at Te Kauwhata on Monday, when a large yarding of cattle came forward. Competition on all classes was keen throughout, and a total clearance was effected at full late rates. A draft of 16 light to medium-weight fat bullocks from Mr. W. J. Mills, of Rangiriri, sold to £lO Bs. Medium fat bullocks, to £lO Ss; light, £9 10s to £9 16s; heavy fat coxa, £6 to £6 10s; medium weights, £5 to £5 15s; light. £4 to £4 12s 6d; heavy fat' Jerseycross heifers, £5 10s to £6 4s; lighter, £4 to £5 ss; 15-months low-conditioned Shorthorn steers, £4 to £1 las; yearling steers, to £3 ss; Shofthorn-cross cows, with calves, to £4: forward-conditioned Shorthorn and Friesian cows, £4 to £4 lis; empty two-year-old Jersey heifers, to £2 15s; heavy boners, £3 to £3 ISs; lighter, 383 to £2 15s; potter bulls, heavy. £5 10s to £7 6s; others, £3 to ±'4 10s; in-calf Jersey and Jerseycross heifers, £4 to £5. The yarding of fat pigs was a large one, and prices throughout remained very firm. Heavy baconers sold from £2 19s to £3 2s; medium weights. £2 15s to £2 18s; light, £2 10s to £2 14s; heavy porkers, £2 5s to £2 9s; medium weights, 3Ss to £2 4s; light, 33s to 375; heavy choppers, £2 to £2 12s; others, 30s to 38s. Store pigs were penned in large numbers, and prices were easier. Largo stores sold from 26s to 295; others, 23s to 255; slips, 16s to 225; good weaners, 12s to 15s; others, 8s to lis; sows in pig, to £3 ss; Tamworth boars, to £2 10s. VALUES AT CAMBRIDGE The Jsew Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company. Limited, reports at its Cambridge stock sale on Monday that Jersey beef cows comprised the greater portion of a heavy entry of cattle. The balance \ was a few heavy fat cows and a number of pens of potter bulls and a few pens of in-calf heifers. There was no marked alteration from rec-;nt Frankton quotations, a steady sale being maintained throughout and a good clearance resulting. The potter bulls also met a firm market. Heavy Jersey cows, £4 5s to £4 16s; medium quality fat cows, £3 12s Cd to £4 2s 6d; light, £2 17s Cd to £3 10s; fresh-conditioned cows, £2 5s to £2 13s; heavy boners, £1 15s to £2 2s Cd; inferior, to £1 13s: heavy bulls. £5 to £G Is; others, £4 15s. The yarding of sheep was n large one, containing about equal numbers of fat and store lambs and breeding ewes. Also a number of mostly Southdown rams was entered. Lambs were in quite strong demand, while a good sale at former levels was effected for all the ewes entered. Light fat lambs, 17s 6d to 18s 9d: forward store lambs, 14s 6d to 16s 6d; medium class store lambs, 13s (id to 14s 6d; inferior, to 13s; good two-tooth breeding ewes, £1 lis; good four and six-tooth breeding ewes, £1 5s 4d; pen of 215 medium four and five-year, breeding ewes, £1 Is 4d; 307 sound-mouth - breeding ewes. 18s 6d; good flock Southdown rams. sJcns to 6gns. Porkers and baconers were in fairly small suprly, but store and weaner pigs were entejed in full numbers. The former sold at late rates, 1 while stores met with quite a keen market. Light baconers and heavy porkers, £2 7s 6d to £2 17s fid: medium porkers, £1 19s to £2 ss; light, £1 13s . to £1 17s 6di wellgrown store pigs, £1 4s to £1 6s; medium. £1 Is to £1 3s 6d; grown slips., 17s to fl Is; medium. 13s to 16s; large weaners, lis to 13s; small, to 10s. HUKERENUI YARDING [from our own correspondent] V7HAXGAREI, Tuesday The 'North Auckland Farmers' Co-opera-tive, Limited, reports a very full yarding of cattle at Hukerenui yesterday. There was a large attendance of outside buyers and competition was very keen for * all classes of catte, with the exception of backward dairy cows and heifers, which were hnrd to quit. Fat Jersey bullocks made £7 10s to £7 12s; fat cows, £4 15s to £5 2s: medium fat cows, £4 to £4 14s; freshconditioned cows, £'2- 10s to £3 ss; boner cows, £1 10s to £2 2s; potter cows, 21s to 28s: thin old cows, 14s to 17s; best dairy heifers, £3 15s to £4 7s '6d; medium dairy heifers, £2 17s Cd to £3 12s 6d: small and backward dairy heifers, £1 17s lid to £2 10s; cows and calves, best quality, £3 15s to £4; medium quality, £3 to £3 12s Cd; small and inferior cows and calves. 23s to £2 ss; boner bulls, heavy, £3 15s to £4 ss; medium. £2 16s to £3 10s; 18 to 20-months-old Shorthorn steers, £3 10s to £4 2s Gd; yearling Shorthorn steers, small, £2 15s to £3 ss: yearling coloured steers. £1 15s to £2 7s 6d; good store >■; lambs. 12s to 14s; aged ewes, 8s to> 13r A weaner pigß» 12s 6d to 16s; sups* 17* 6« AH to 19s.