COUNTRY STOCK SALES

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXIII, Issue 22356, 29 February 1936, Page 11

COUNTRY STOCK SALES

MORRINSVILLE VALUES DEMAND FOR SHEEP PORKERS AT EASIER RATES The Farmers' Co-operative Auctioneering Company, Limited, reports a good yarding of fat sheep at its weekly Morrinsville stock sale yesterday. All classes of fat sheep came forward, including several pens of wether mutton, which was in firm demand, while a better tone existed for fat ewes. Fat lambs sold at fully equal to schedule rates. Store lambs came forward in good numbers, and a keen demand existed, ewe lambs being particularly sought. There was again a full yarding of breeding ewes, including several lines from Gisborne and East Coast districts. Competition, although not as keen as last week, remained firm throughout the sale, and practically a total clearance resulted. Old ewes, especially, were in good demand. Cow and heifer bee! ivas yarded in average numbers, with a good proportion of finished quality. Competition was keen and quotations firm. line of ten licht prime beiters qffered on account of Mr. L. 11. Larner realised £7 each, while 12 from Mr. H. McDonald sold at £6 12s to £7 Bs. Second quality beef was yarded in average numbers, this also being in good demand. The exporters were again keenly interested in bqner cows and bulls. There was a mod-* ium yarding of fat pigs, and a full yarding of stores and weaners. Baconers were a&nu in keen demand, and last week's advanced rates were exceeded. In sympathy with the drop in schedule, porkers were inclined to ease. Large stores were also easier, and weaners hard to dispose of. Quotations: Fat sheep: Heavy fat wetherß. 24s to 25a; fat maiden ewes. 22s to 26s 9d; good fat ewes, Ifis to 17s Id: medium, 14s 1o 15s 3d; light, I'2b to 13s 3d; prime fat lambs, 23s 6d to 26s 6d; light, 21s to 22s 3d. Store sheep: Romney ewe lambs, 22s C«d to Sis 6d; forward-conditioned, ltla 3d to 17s 4d; good store lambs, lis 6d to 15a 8d; smaller, 12s to Ms 4d; cull lambs, 8s to 10s fid; good tuo-tooth ewes, 33s to 34s 9d; medium. 28a to 31s fid; smaller, 24s 3d to 2fis; medium four-tooth ewes. 25s 3d to 29s 3d ; six-tobth, 25,8 to 27s fid; four, six and four-year ewes, 24a 3d to 25a 9d: four-year ewes, 23s 3d to 25s 7d; four and five-year ewes, 25s 6d to 265; five-year ewes, 22s to 27s 8d; soundmouth eweß, 17s to 20s; failing-mouth ewes, 14s to lfis. Cattle: Prime medium fat cows and heifers. £'7 to £7 8s; smaller, £6 to £6 18s; light fat cows and heifers, £5 4s to £5 lis; killable cows, £3 17s to £4 Is; heavy boner cows, £'2 10s to £3 8s; light, 30s to £2 ss; heavy boner bulls, £6 to £6 10s; lighter, £3 to £5. Pigs: Best quality baconers. £2 17s to £3 3s; medium, £2 13s to £2 IBs; light, £2 9s to £2 12s; buttermilk pigs. £2 to £2 8s; large porkerp. 3Gs to 395; medium, 33s to 355; light. 29s to 325; best stores, 24s to 295: medium, 18b to 225; slips, T2s to 18s; weaners, 7s to 11$. Dalgety and Company, Limited, reports a medium yarding of all classes of stock. No prime beef was yarded. Heavy killable Jersey cow's made £3 14s to £3 17s 6d; lighter Jersey cows, £2 18s to £3 fis; fat Shorthorn cross cows, £3 13s to £4 Is; light fat Jersey cows, £2 9s to £2 13s; Jersey heifers, r.w. bull, up to £3 7s 6d; heavy potter bulls, £6 7s to £6 18s: lighter, £4 10s to £4 16s. There was a good average yarding of lam,bs and store ewes, lambs being mostly forward condition and store. Fat ewes. 15a 7d; lighter fat ewes, 13s 9d to 14s 6d; woolly white-face ewe lambs, £1 Is; woolly blackface, 13s 6d; good woolly wether lambs, 17s Id to 17s 9d: othere, 14s 8d to 15s lid; smaller woolly lambs, lis 6d to 12s; shorn wether lambs, up to 12s lid; a line of 135 four-tooth ewes, £1 12s; other fpnr-tooth ewes, £1 8s 9d to £1 9s 3d: four and fiveyear ewes. £1 4s; failing-mouth ewes. 18s 10d tn £1 Is Id: one-shear Southdown rams. 4g;is to ogns Heavy baconers. £2 18s to £3 Is; lighter. £2 lis to £2 14s; buttermilk pigs. £2 to £2 Is; heavy porkers. £i 14s to £1 16s: medium, £1 8s to £1 10s; lighter. *■l 3s to £1 ss. YARDING AT KOPU [from our owx correspondent] THAMES, Friday A good average yarding of allsjclassca of - stock came forward to Dalgety and Company's usual fortnightly stock 6ale, which : was held at Kopu on T'tesday. Prices for beef wero inclined to be easier, while store ! cattle commanded keen attention at cur- ! rent rates. Potter bulls, especially, were tne I subject of keen competition. Prices for sheep showed no alteration on those ruling at the previous salt. A keen demand was evinced for fat pigs, and prices for both porkers and baconers showed an advance. Sture pigs were firm at current rates. Best fot cows and hejfers made-£4 15s to £5 8s; medium prime cows and heifers, £4 to £4 12s Gd; light fat cows and heifers, £3 5s to I £3 Hs Gd; kijlabie, £2 10s to £3 2s 6d: Jersey veulers, £1 12s. Dairy cattle; Best j springing cowa, to £5; springing heifers, £3 10s to £4 10s. Store cattle: Heavy freshconditioned cows, £2 to £2 7s 6d; store cows. £1 10s to £2; boners, £1 to £1 9s; heavy potter bulls, £5 10s to £6 17s; others, £2 14s to £4 17s 6d: 20-months Jersey heifers, running with bulls, £3 6s to £3 19s; yearling Jersey heifers, £1 15s to £2 14s; weaner Jersey heifers, £1 15s: yearling Jersey steers. £1 13s, Sheep; Sound-mouthed to failing-mouthed breeding ewes, 14s to 17s; fat wethers. 223. Pigs: Medium-weight baconers, £2 fis to £2 14s: light. £2 3s to £2 7s; heavy porkers, £1 16s to £2 2s: medium, £1 12s to £1 15s: light and unfinished, £1 8s to £1 lis; stores £1 to £1 7s: slins, 14s to lf!s; weaners, 7s to 13s: sows due to farrow, £2 to £3 Is; sows, empty, lfis. WAIPU CATTLE SALES [BY TELEGRAPH* —OWX CORRESPONDENT] ■WHANGAREL Friday The North Auckland Farmers' Co-opera-tive. Limited, report holding a' special cattle sale at Waiou on Wednesday, when a particularly good yarding came forward ; and a total clearance ■was effected. Buyers ■ were present from- as far south as the Waikato and competition was keen right • throughout. Values: Light prime fat bnl- ! locks, £8 to £8 18s; forward-conditioned : bullocks. £7 4s to £7 12s; 3i-year-old Shorthorn steers, £6 10s to £6 15s; SJ-year-i old Shorthorn steers, -C5 15s to £6 ss; 1 18-months-old Bborthorn eteers, £4 15s to £5 2s: medium-weight fat cows, £5 6s to ; £6; light, £4 10s to £5 ss; young store ' cows, £3 10s to £4 sa: store cows, £2 10s to £3 7s Gd: two-year-old Shorthorn heifers, ' £3 15s to £4 Is; 90-months-old Jersey | heifers, £3 15s to £4; weaner Shorthorn : steers, good quality, £2 15s to £3 ss; 1 inferior, £1 15s to £2 10s; weaner Short- ' horn heifers, good, £1 15s to £2 6s; in- ; ferior, £1 fis to £1 14s; weaner Jersey , heifers, good, £2 5* to £2 Uiu inferior, i 22s to 2Ss; cows and calves. £3 10s to !-£4 18« Dalgety and Company. Limited, report ! on their special cattle and calf sale at Waipu yesterday, when there was an exceptionally heavy yaraing of good quality bullocks Bnd steers, also a large yarding of well-bTed extra good Shorthorn steers and heifer calves, representing the snnnal drafts from the surrounding breeders. There was a large attendance of buyers from northern and southern areas and a very brisk sale resulted under keen competition. at value* in advance of recent sales. A total clearance was effected -under the hammer at very satisfactory prices Values: Heavy fat. bullQcks, to £10: light fat Shorthorn bullocks, £6 to £8 8s; light fat Jersey cowa. £3 to £3 10a; freahcondition 3j-year-old Shorthorn bullocks, £7 la to £7 7s: 21-year-old dehorned Hereford steers. fresh condition, £6 15s; 21-year-old Shorthorn steers, forward condition, £6 to £6 lis; others. £5 12a to £6; 18-manths-old Hereford steers, £5 to £5 7s: good quality 18-months-old Shorthorn steers, £4 6a to £4 lis: small. £3 15s to £4 Is; rough grown bullocks. £5 12s Gd to £5 17s C»d; coloured 3i-yeaT-old steers, store condition, £4; 21-year-old Shorthorn heifers, running with Shorthorn bull, £4 8s to £4 9s; well-bred 18-months-old Jersey heifer, running with bull, £4; wellgrown pood Quality and conditioned Shorthorn steer calves, £2 18a to £3 12s; others, £3 12s to £2 15s; smaller, £1 19s to £2 ss; mixed 6teer calves, £1 2s to £1 15*: good quality and conditioned Shorthorn heifer calves, £2 Is to £2 sb; smaller. £1 10s to £1 18a; good quality Jersey heifer calves, £2 8s; email weaner pigs. 7s 6d to 8s 6d. HEAVY KAMO YARDING [from oue own correspondent] WHANGAREI, Friday The North Auckland Farmers' Co-opera-tive, Limited, reports a very heavy yarding of catfle at Ivamo yesterday. The entry of cow beef was the largest seen at this centre for years. The attendance was large, but competition for cow fceef was slightly easier. There was a small supply of ox beef, for which there was a keen demand. Boners again sold exceptionally well at prices above par. Light fat bullocks, £8 10s to £S 14s; heavy fat cows, £0 to £5 15s; light, £4 to £4 17s (id; fat Jersey cowa, £3 15« to £4 12s Gd; fresh-conditioned store cows, £3 10s to £4 Is: store cows, £2 15s to £3 7s 8d; boner oows, £1 8s to £2 2s; potter cows, 16s to 255; boner bulls, heavy. £5 10s to £7 Is; medium. £4 5s to £5 7s Cd; light, £2 15s to £4; three-year coloured steers, £5 to £5 7s Gd; 21-year Hereford steers, £5 10b to £5 16s; two-year Shorthorn steers, £5 5s to £6: 20-n;onths Shorthorn steers, £4 15s to £5 4s; Hereford, £4 18s; coloured, £2 to £2 12s; weaner Polled Angus steers, £2 18s; heifers, £2 2h; yearling Shorthorn heifers, £1 10s to £2 ssj in-calf Jersey 1 heifers, £1 18s to £2 10s; yearling Jersey

heifera, £2 15a to £3 17a 6d: 20-nsontli»-old Friesian heifers, £1 15s; best dairy cows, £i 2s 6d to £i 10s; backward and inferior, £3 10a to £4 sa; forward condition wethers, 19s ld - _. . _ Dalgety and Company, Limited, reports a good yarding of all classes of stock. Competition was good and prices were fully up to late rates. Good fat Shorthorn cows, £4 ns to £4 15s; medium quality cows, £3 30s to £4 2s fid; second quality cows, £2 35s to £3 Ts 6d; fleshy Shorthorn cows, £2 to £2 15s; cows and calves, £3 15s to £4 Vs; t cows with small calves, £2 7s to £2 355; boner cows, heavy, £1 12s to £1 18s; light and aged, £1 2s to £1 9s; potter bulls, medium, to £5 30s; lighter. £3 30s to £4 15s; three-year Shorthorn steers, in frefh 9 condition, £0 2a. two-year Shorthorn steers, i £4 32s 6d to £4 17s; Shorthorn steer calves, medium, £3 17s 6d; small Jersey heifer C calves, 16s; dairy coys, sound, close up, to s £4 30s; unsound cows, to £2 7s 6d; fat ewes, 14s 5<L STORE SHEEP SALE ( [from oub own correspondext] HAMILTON. Friday | Dalgety and Company, Limited, report as follows on their store sheep sale at j Frankton saleyards on Wednesday There £ was only a medium yarding and a good 1 attendance of buyers. Competition was good < and practically \ total clearance was < effected. Principal sales wereThirtyrfour ' woolly lambs, 35s 6d; 65 small lambs, lis J 9d; 23 small woolly lambs, lis; 25 shorn J Romney ewe lambs, 22a 4d; 88, ditto, 21a 8d; 23 ewe lamos, JBs 3d; 50 Down-cross J ewe lambs, 17s 2d; 100 shorn wether, lambs, - 15s Cd; 57 email, ditto. 12s 3d; 21 email - woolly lambs, 14s; 15 small ewe lambs, 13s 3d; 80 woolly lambs, 14s; 61 small, ditto, 10s 3d; 100 Down-cross shorn lambs. 15s 3d; ; 24 woolly ewe lambs. 19s; 41 woolly wether j lamb*. lSa; IS small lambs. 15s; 20 ewe lambs. JBs ftd; 10 cull lambs, 14s; li2 sltom ; wether lambs, 15s 6d; 19 Down-cross larnbs, 16s 9d; 48 shorn wether lambs. AGs Lid: 27 small, ditto, lis; 24 two-tooth ewes, 31s , 3d; 59 four and five-year ewes, 225; 57 ewes. 6s 3d; 33 ditto. 9s; 21 ditto, L!fl. ] GOOD PRICES AT WAIHOU [bv telegraph—-own correspondent] HAMILTON. Thursday The Farmers' Co-operative Auctioneering Company. Limited, report having held their Waihou stock sale yesterday, when a medium : entry of fat and store sheep came forward and sold at late quotations. The cattle pens were well filled with fat and store cows ■ and potter bulls. Competition was keen throughout and prices were on a par with la'.e rates. There was a full yarding of both fat and store pigs. For the small proportion of bacon yarded, prices were on a par with late rates, while, as at other centres, porkers were much easier. Stores and weaners were also inclined to recede ie value. • Quotations;— Sheep: Prime ewes, 16s; small two-tooth wethers, 18s 9d; heavy prime lambc, 21s lid; forward-conditioned wooily lambs, 18s Cd; shorn store lambs, 15s 9i to 36a 3d; cull larnbs, 12s 3d to 13* 2d; ewe lambs, medium. 37s Cd. Cattle: Heavy fat lambs. £5 35s to £6 Gs; medium prime ; cews, £4 35s to £5 7s 6d; light, £3 17s 6d to £4 30s; prime heifers, £4 13s to £5 16s; light, £4 2s to £i 10s; heavy boner cows, : £2 15s to £3 las. Jersey cows with calves, j £3 2s Cd to £3 10s; heavy potter bulla, £5 ! 30s to £7 4s; light. #3 5s to £4 15s; one-year j service bulls, 35s to £2 15s. Pigs: Best ! baconers, £2 18a to £3 2s; medium, £2 Us to £2 17s; light. £2 10s to £2 13s; milk pigs, £2 to £2 6s; medium porkers, 33s to 36?; light, 28s to large stores, j 20s to 2Rs: medium, 16s to 19s; slips, 10s to las; weaners. 5s to 13s. PRICES AT FEILDING j [BY TELEGRAPH —PRESS ASSOCIATION] i FEILDING, Friday Prices for fat lambs advanced to Is 64 , above the export schedule at the Feilding i stock sale to-day. Fat ewes aiao advanced. , There was a heavy yarding of breeding ewes, ] which sold at previous rates for similar ■ quality, but the cattle section was quiet. ■ Fat sheep: Prime heavy ewes, to 21g; prime special woollies, 23s 6d; good, to 19g; prime . heavy wethers, to £6s 6d; good, to 25b; black- } faced two-tooth special 2Sn 6d; ; good, to 265; primp lambß, to 235; good, ; 23s 6d; two-tooth breeding ewes, to 39s 3d; < four-tooth, to 39s 6d; four-year, to 2as 6d; five-year, to 26s 4d; black-faced lpmbs, to , 19s 9d; wether lambs, to 19s 2d. Cattle: Store cows, forward condition, to £3 12s (id; boners. • to 40s; Holstein sveers, to £6 ss; Shorthorn cows, £5 ss; Shorthorn bullocks. £3 lis: weaner heifers, to 565; yearling heifers, to j 455; bull, to £4 15s. Fat cattle: Prime Jersey cows, to £5 10s; Holstein cows. £4 Us; Jersey prime heifers, to £5; Polled Angus cows, £5 as; Polled Angus heifers, £6 15s; runners. £4 10s; dairy springing heifer*, to £5 ss; springing cows. £4 13s 6d. MATAWHERO REALISATIONS [bt telegraph—OWN correspondent] GISBORNE. Friday There was a larsre yarding of sheep at t Malawhero to-day. The sale attracted a good : attendance and generally satisfactory prices were realised. There was an entry of 30 fat cattle, all Jersey sorts Good Jersey oows sold from £2 18s to £3 15s: vealerß, £1 4s to £2 Is; heifers, to £4 lis. For an entry ! of 135 fat sheep late rates were maintained. "Wethers ranged from £1 2s Gd to £1 3s 4d: ewes. 13s 5d to 14s 9d; a few odd lambs, . 19s 9d to £1 3s 9d; second grade ewes, 12s. There was a good yarding in the store sheep section. Two->tooth ewes, £1 to £1 6s Id; older sorts, 15s 2d to 19s 8d: lambs, lis 6d to 17« Id; wethera. 18a Id to 19a 4<L