FAT STOCK SALES

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXIII, Issue 22372, 19 March 1936, Page 7

FAT STOCK SALES

TRICES AT WESTFIELD INCREASE IN YARDINGS EASING OF THE DEMAND lliere was a marked increases in yardings, particularly in the cattle section, at the fat stock sales at Westfield yesterday. However, although there was a general easing tendency in the demand prices remained practically the same as last week, when both cattle and sheep were in short supply. With colder weather yesterday's larger yardings may be maintained for several sales. In tho ox beef section the quality was well up to the general average and last week's prices were maintained. The entries of cows and heifers were for the most part of mixed quality and values were easier. The increase in the yarding of calves over last week's sale was considerable and in this section values were generally easier. Good quality calves, however, sold well, the rough sorts suffering most in the lower values. Although there was a large entry of sheep, wethers sold at late quotations and any decline in prices was most apparent among the ewes, which, in some cases, were easier by Is to 2s. Lambs Again sold freely at late rates. The pig pens were well filled and there was a strong demand for all prime baconers. Porkers sold freely at late rates, while good weaners showed a slight increase over last week's figures. Comparison of Quotations The following is a summary of the prices realised for fat stock for the last two weeks at the Westfield fat stock sales:—• This Week Last Week BEEF (per 1001b.) Extra choice ox 32/- 32/Choice and prime ox .'. .. 28/- to 31,'- 2S/- to 31/Choice and prime cow and heifer 27/- to 29/- 27/- to 31/Boner and rough - to 24/SHEEP (per liend)Prime wethers . 27/G to 30/6 25/- to 31/3 Unfin. wethers 17/G to 23/6 17/- to -24/L'rime ewea . . 20/- to 26/- 17/6 to 24/? Unfinished ewes 0/6 to 17/- 8/6 to 17/Piinie lambs . 22/- to 28/6 20/- to 28/Unfinished lambs 11/ Dto 17/6 11/6 to 19/G CALVES (per head)— . Runners . . 46/- to 110/- 45/- to 120/Vealers .. 35/- to 75/- 32/- to 80/PIGS (p'3r head) — Baconers . . 55/- to 67/- 51/- to 66/Porkers .. 32/- to 46/- 32/- to 46/Weaners . . 5/- to 13/- 4/- to 10/Slips . . . . 12/- to 18/- 12/- to 15/Lurge stores . . 18/- to 25/- 18/- to 25/Individual Consignments The top prices in the ox beef market, £ll I2s 6d to £l4 12s 6d, were realised for a consignment of prime steers from Mr. H. E. Reed, of Waerenga, while two trucks from Mr. J. L. Price, of Matamata, ranged from £lO 5s to £l2 2s 6d. Other good lines were those of Mr. J. E. Taylor, of Cambridge, which made from £9 15s to £ll os, and Mr. S. Aicken, of Paparimu, who sold a pen of three at £9 os. Twenty-four steers from Mr. N. Litchfield, of Patumahoe, sold from £8 17s 6d to £l2.

In the cow and heifer beef market, Rood lots from Mr. J. Taylor, of Cambridge, and Mr. ,T. A. Hill, of Ohinewai, ranged up to £7 17s 6d, but the top price in this section was obtained by Mr. J. Boyd, of Paparoa, with a pen of 10, which ranged up to £'B ss. Other attractive lines included a truck from Mr. J. Hannon, of Cambridge, ■which sold up to £7 7s 6d, a pen from Mr. H. Jones, of Cambridge, which went to £7 12s 6d, and Mr. J. A. Hill's entry of IS from Ohinewai, which were sold for prices ranging up to £7 17s 6d. From Ngatuku, Limited, Putaruru. came a line which realised up to £7 10s, and from Mr. I{. Harkness, of Karaka, a truck made up to £6 17s 6d. Other quotable lines were those of Mr. A. Orr, of Hoteo, and Stonex Brothers, of Newton, which ranged up to £6 ss. DETAILS OF SALES AUCTIONEERS' REPORTS DALGETY AND COMPANY Drilgety and Company, Limited, reports on the sale as follows: Beef.—We yarded 181 head of beef, comprising 41 steers and 140 cows and heifers, against 12Q head last week. The quality was again first-class and sold under a ready demand. Values ruled at late rates. Extra choice ox sold to 32s per 1001b: choice and prime, 2Sa to 31s; secondary and plnin. 22s to 275; prime young cow and heifer beef. 25s to '29s; ordinary cow beef, 17s to 245. Extra heavy prime steers ranged in price from £l2 2s 6d to £l3 2s Gd; heavy prime, £ll to £ll 17s 6d; lighter prime, £lO to £lO 15s : light prime, £8 10s to £9 12s fid: email and unfinished, £7 to £B. Extra heavy prime young cows nnd heifers, £7 to £8 ss; heavy prime, £5 15s to £G 15s; lighter prime. £5 to £5 12s 6d; other killable cows, £3 to £4 15s. Sheep.—Sheep were penned in bigger numbers than last week and sold under a ready deWhnd at values on a par with late rates for wethers, while ewes, which were yarded in increased numbers, did not reach last week's level. Extra heavy prime wethers, 27s fid to 28s; heavy prime, 26s to 27s 3d; medium prime, 24s to 25s fid; light and unfinished, 22s to 23s fid; heavy prime ewes, 20s to 21s 9d; lighter prime, 17s Gd to 193 Gd; other ewes, 15s to 17s. Lambs.—An average yarding of lambs sold freely at late rates. Heavy prime lambs, 22s to 23s Gd; medium prime, 20s to 21s Gd; light prime, 18s to 19s Cd; small and plain, 14s to 17s 6d. Calvts.—A very heavy yarding; of calves was penned. Competition was fairly steady, but values eased on last week's quotations. Kunners, £3 to £5 10s; heavy vealers, £3 5s to £3 13s; medium, £2 ISs to £3 4s; light. £2 6s to £2 13s; smaller, £1 lis to £2 2s: rough calves, 12s to £1 ss; bobby, 4s to 10s. Pigs.—Pigs were yarded in full numCompetition was steady and last week's values were maintained. Heavy baconers, £2 19s to £3 4s; medium, £2 15s to £2 18s; light, £2 lis to £2 13s; heavy porkers, £2 '2s to £2 Gs; medium, £1 17s to £2; light, £1 12s to £1 15s; small and unfinished. £1 4s to £1 9s.

LOAN AND MERCANTILE Tho New Zealand Loan and Mercantile ■Agency Company, Limited, reports on the aule as follows: Beef,—Wo yarded beef in large numbers. The demand was not so keen, and, although quotations remain the same, there was an easing tendency for all classes. Extra choice ox sold to £1 12s per 1001b; choice and prime, £1 8s to £1 lis; ordinary and plain, £1 2s to £1 7s; prime young cow and heifer beef, £1 7s to £1 lis; ordinary cow beef, £1 to £1 Gs. Extra heavy prime steers ranged in price from £l2 15s to £l3 ss; heavy prime, £ll 15s to £l2 10s; lighter prime, £lO to £ll 10s; light prime, £9 to £9 17s 6d; unfinished and small, £6 to £8 15s. Extra heavy prime young cows and heifers, £7 to £7 15s; heavy prime, £6 to £6 17s Gd; lighter, £5 to £5 17s Gd; light cows, £t to £4 17s Gd; other cows, £2 to £3 17s Gd. Sheep.—We had a larger entry of sheep, prime wethers selling at about late quotations, while fat ewes were easier by Is to 2s. Heavy prime wethers, £1 7s 9d to £1 8s 9d; medium prime, £1 Gs Gd to £1 7s Gd; light prime, £1 4s Gd to £1 Gs 3d; small and unfinished, £1 to £1 4s; prime maiden awes, £1 to £1 2s; heavy prime. 19s to £1 la 9d; medium prime, 17s Gd to 18s 9d; light prime, lGs to 17s 3d; inferiorly fatted, 8s upwards; store ewes, 14s to £1 0s 9d. Lambs.—An avernge entry of fat lambs gold readily at late®rates. Heavy prime, £1 4s 6d to £1 5s 6d; medium prime, £1 3s to £1 4s 3d; light prime, £1 to £1 2s 9d; small, 18s to 19s 9d. Store lambs also met a ready market, selling at from 12s to 18s 9d. Pigs.—Pigs were penned in average numbers. Competition was steady throughout, with values firm on last week's quotations. Choppers sold from £1 10s to £3 15s; heavy and medium baconers. £2 15s to £3 ss; light baconers and heavy porkers, £2 4s to £2 14s; medium porkers and light porkers, £1 13s to £2 2s; small and • unfinished, £1 6s to £1 10s. Large stores, £1 to £1 4s; ilips, 10a to 19b; weaiiers, 7« to 12s.

. Calves.—There was nn extra heavy yarding of calves, Values generally were easier, but good quality calves sold well, rough sorts suffering most on the lower values. Runners, £2 10s to £6; heavy vealers, £3 9s to £3 19s; medium, £2 16s to £3 7s; light, £2 4a to £2 14s: smaller, £1 10s to £2 2s; small and fresh dropped, 6s to £1 8s; rough calves, 12s to £l. ALFRED BUCKLAND AND SONS Alfred Buckland ttnd Sons, Limited, reports on the sale as follows: Beet.—We penned fat cattle to the number of 415 head, as against 249 head last week, comprising 127 steers and 28$ cows and heifers. Our yarding of ox beef was the largest we have had for several months. Although our quotations are tho same as last week we have to report a slight easing on recent sales, The cows and heifers penned were of mixed quality. Bidding was not bo brisk as last week, with the result that prices eased slightly on recent sales. Extra choice ox 6old to £1 12s per 1001b.; choice and prime, £1 8s to X'l 10s; secondary and plain, £1 5s to £1 7s: prime young cow and heifer beef, £1 7s to £1 9s; ordinary cow beef, 16s to £1 3s. Extra heavy prime steers ranged in price from £l3 to £l4 12s Gd; seven steers from Mr. H. E. Reed, Waerenga, averaged £l3 2a 6d; heavy prime, £ll to £l2; lighter prime, £lO to £lO 12s Gd; light prime, £8 IJr to £0 10s; small and unfinished, £5 to £7 10s. Extra heavy prime young cows and heifers. £7 10s to £8 15s; heavy prime, £5 10s to £6 10s; lighter prime. £4 10s to £5 ss; other killable cows, £3 to £4. Sheflp.—Sheep were yarded to the number of 890. Competition was again very keen for both wethers and ewes, and last week's advanced prices were easily sustained. Extra heavy prime wethers, £1 7s Gd to £1 10s Gd; heavy prime, £1 5s to £1 7s; medium to heavy prime, £1 3s to £1 4s; light to medium prime, £1 Is to £1 2s Gd; unfin-1 lßhed, 17s Gd to £l. Extra heavy prime young ewes, £1 2s to £1 Gs; heavy prime, 18s to £1; lighter prime, lGs to 17s Gd; otner killable ewes, 14s to 15s: other ewes, 38 to lis Gd. Lambs.—Lambs were penned to the number of G32. The Quality was first class and late rates were easily maintained. Extra heavy prime lambs, £1 Ga to £1 8s 6d • heavy prime. £1 3s 6d to £1 ss ; lighter prime. £1 is 6d to £1 2s 9d; light prime, 19s to £1 Is; small and plain, lis 3d to c? 3 ~ K]v T o ne r> crl of choice lambs from Mr. t. A. Harcombe, Kohekohe, made £1 10s 6d. Calves. We had an extra large yarding of calves _ and prices consequentlv eased considerably. Runners made from" £2 Gs to £5 Bs, for two exceptionally choice heifersheavy vealers, £3 5s to £3 lis; medium', £•2 15s to £3 3s; light, £2 6s to £2 13s' small, £1 12s to £2 2s; unfinished and bucket-fed, 14s to £1 8s; bobby calves, 4s to 10s (301 calves were sold). Pigs.—The pig pens were again well filled. There was a strung demand for all prime baconers, while porkers sold freely at fully late rates. Choppers made £1 10s to £2 lis; heavy primci baconers. £3 to £3 7s; medium, £2 15s to £2 19s; light, £2 12s to £C 14s: heavy porkers, £2 2s to £2 7s; medium, £1 18s to £2; light, £1 13s to £1 IGs; small and unfinished, £1 4s to £1 10s. Prices for stores and weanere were very firm. Advertised service Berkshire boars, 4gns to Signs.; young pedigree • Berkshire sows. 23gns.; young pedigree Tamworth sows. 2}gns; good slips. 14s to 18s; best weaners, 8s to 13s. Baconers averaged 5d to sjd, and porkers, sid to sfd (a total of 630 pigs was told.) • ADDINGTON MARKET HEAVY STORE SHEEP ENTRY BACONER PIGS DEARER [BT TELEGRAPH—PRESS ASSOCIATION*] CHRISTCHFRCH, Wednesday Entries in the 6tore trheep section at the Addington market to-day were the heaviest for a number of years, approximating 30,000 ewes and 9000 lambs. With fat sheep and fat lambs included, the total penning of sheep was approximately 46,500 head. Store Lambs.—About 9000 were yarded, mostly back-country and unattractive. There was an easing of Is 6d for carry-over sorts, but very ordinary ewes sold extremely well, with no easing. Store Ewes.—The big entry included many old ewes, which came back in value, but best station lines were only slightly easier than at the fairs. Four-year ewes made to 27s Gd, and two-tooth to 31s. The best of the five-year ewes also sold well. Fat Lambs.—Two thousand six hundred were penned, and a good sale resulted at export rates of from 85d to 8!d for firsts.

Fat Sheep.—Five thousand two hundred were penned. Exporters bought freely, and there was . a good sale, though values were easier by 6d to Is a head. Best wethers made from 27s to 32»; prime mediumweights, 23s to 2ljs; best ewes. 22s to 2Ss; prime medium-weights, ISs to 21s. Fat Cattle.—Four hundred and thirty-five were penned, the bulk being ordinary 6orts. Good steers made from £ll to £l3; and prime medium-weight, £8 15s to £lO 10s: good heifers, from £7 10s to £9 12s 6d; and beat cows, from £7 to £8 10s. Values per 1001b were from 26s to 29s for best beef and from 23s to 25s- for ordinary. Fat Pigs.—There was a heavier entry of porkers and an easier market, baconers Belling slightly better as the result of a smaller entry and the competition of exporters. Baconers made from 5d to 5Jd per lb, and porkers from 5Jd to 6d. LARGE YARDING AT WELLSFORD [from our own correspondent] WELLSFORD, Wednesday There was an exceptionally large yarding of cattle at the sale held at Wellsford on Tuesday by the North Auckland Farmers' Co-operative, Limited. There was a good attendance of buyers and competition was good for all lines except weaner pigs, which realised only from 5s to 7s for good ones. There wa3 a large offering of boner bulls and cows. Fat and killable cows were in demand, and good quality steers met with keen V competition. . Values were:—Heavy Shorthorn bulls. £7 16s to £8 2s; medium, £4 5s to £6 10s; smaller, £3 2s 6d to £3 17s 6d; heavy Jersey bulla, £6 5s to £7 8s; medium, £4 5s to £5 15s; light, £1 10s to £2; heavy Hereford bull, £7 3s; young Shorthorn breeding bulls, £3 5s to £4 7s 6d; heavy fat Shorthorn cows, £6 2b 6d to £7; fat, £4 15s to £5 10s; killable. £3 10s to £4 ss; fat Jersey cows, £4 to £4 10s; tillable, £3 8s to £3 18s; other killable cows. £3 16s to £1 2s; fat Shorthorn heifers, to £5 6s; heavy boner cows, £2 10s to £3; light, £1 15s to £2 6s; cull cows, 10s to 255; fat Jersey steers, £7 2s 6d; (rood forward three-year Shorthorn steers, £7 4s; good three-ye.ir Hereford steers. £6 ss; good two-year Hereford steers, £5 10s; 18-jnonth Shorthorn-Hereford cross steers, £5 ss; good yearling Shorthorn steers, £4 4s; best Short--liorn steer calves, £3 to £3 3s; good. £2 15s; good two-year Shorthorn steers, £4 9s: small yearling calves. £3 9s; best yearling Shorthorn heifers. £2 15s; good, £2 10s; small yearling Jersey heifers. £1 12s; cood run calves for vealers, to £2 Qs: large Short horn-Hereford cross steer calves, £3 3s; good Shorthorn heifers, in calf to Shorthorn bull. £4 10s; Shorthorn cows with big calves. £6 2s 6d the pair; Shorthorn cows with small calves, £3 7s fid to £4 10s the pair: Friesinn cows with pood calves. £4 10s the pair; Shorthorn store cows, £2 10s to £3 15s; Shorthorn cows, in calf to Hereford bull, £4 6s: Jersey heifer with young: calf, £i 10s: Shorthorn dairy cow with young calf, £4 10s; springing Jersey heifers, £3 2s 6d; wenner pigs. 5s to 7s; slips, 30« to lis; pedigree Tamworth young boar, 3Jgns.

VALUES AT FRANKTON New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company, Limited, report as follows on their weekly Frankton stock sale held on Tuesday:—Sheep: In all sections a full entry came forward, Fat ewes, however, were again slightly in the majority, but. notwithstanding this, were more keenly Fought after than the wethers. Second-class fat wethers particularly declined a fraction, but good sheep made late rates. Lambs sold freely at schedule values. Quotations:—Heavy fat wethers, £1 as fid to ill Cs Gd: medium fat wethers, £1 4s to £1 5s Gd; light. £1 2s to £1 3e : heavy prime ewes, ISs to 19s 9d; medium fat ewes, 16s Gd to 17s 9d: light, 14s to 15s Gd: good fat shorn lambs, £1 2s to £i 3s 3d; medium fat woolly lambs, £1 Is 9d to £1 2s 6d: light fat lambs, 19s to £1 Is. Cattle: At the commencement of a very heavy yarding several outstanding pens were entered. The bulk of the yarding was plain to store condition Jersey cows. Top quality beef cows and heifers sold well, but the over-supply of second quality had a elightlv detrimental effect on prices. A few vealerß sold well, while reject cows were a fraction _ easier. Quotations:—On account Mr. N. K. Taylor, Gordonton, three heavy prime Polled Angus heifers, at £8 17 Gd each, to Shattocks, Limited: Mr. F. Woodhall was the buyer of another Account same vendor at £7 18s; Mr. Guy Wellington, Ta Awamutu, sold heavy Holstein cows up to £7; extra prime Polled Angus heifers, £7 oa to £S 17s Gd; haevy Shorthorn beef cows, £5 12s Gd to £7; heavy Jersey fat cows, £4 l'2s Gd to £5 ss; medium, £3 12s Gd to £4 Ss; unfinished, £3 7s Gd to £3 12s 6d; fresh young cows, £2 12s Gd to £3 2s Gd: heavy boners, £1 16s to £2 fis; others, 335; prime runners, £3 10s to £4 Is; heavy vealers, £2 Pigs: All sections of the market were well filled. Both porkers and baconers maintained current rates, while the slacker demand evident at other centres reflected in a slow sale. Quotations: Heavy baconers, A"> 19s to £3 4s; medium. £2 13s to £2 18s- light, £2 8s to £2 12s; heavy porkers, £2 2s to £2 6s; medium. £1 18b to £2; light. £1 10s to £1 18s; large store pigs. £1 to £1 ss; medium, lis to ISs; slips, 10s to 13s; weaners, 7a 6d to 10a.