COUNTRY STOCK SALES

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXIII, Issue 22389, 8 April 1936, Page 9

COUNTRY STOCK SALES

FEANKTON QUOTATIONS FAT SHEEP IN DEMAND OVER-SUPPLY OF BEEF [FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT] HAMILTON, Tuesday There was a medium yarding of fat sheep at the Frankton saleyards today, well-finished wethers being in good supply. Competition was keen throughout, the market showing a slight advance upon recent improved rates.

A good demand existed for fat ewes, and quotations became firmer as the sale progressed. Fat lambs came forward in large numbers, exporters operating freely at schedule rales. Buyers were offered a full yarding of good-quality vealers and runners, price 3 being firm. There was an exceptionally heavy entry of cow and heifer beef, and values were easier. Secondquality and boner cows showed little variation. Fat pigs were again in full supply, together with a good entry of stores and weaners. Competition was keen and prices improved. Stores and weaners, although still at a low figure, showed an upward tendency. The auctioneers report as follows :

O. W. Vercoe and Company, Limited.— Sheep: Heavy prime wethers sold at from £1 9s 9d to £1 10s 3d; lighter, £1 7s 9d to £1 83 6d; light fat wethers, £1 4s fid to £1 6s 6d; heavy fat ewes, 19s to £1 0s 6d; lighter, 17s to 18s 6d; light, 15s to 16s 6d; heavy prime lambi), to £1 5s 6d; heavy, £1 3s to £1 3s 9d; medium-weight, £1 Is to £1 23 6d; light and unfinished, 18s to £1 0s 6d. Cattle: Good vealers, £2 5s to £3 lis; others, £1 5s to £2; light fat bullocks, £9 5s to £9 15s; others, to £9 2s 6d; heavy prime cows, £6 10s to £7 Is; lighter prime. £5 10s to £6 7s 6d; others, £4 10s to £5 7s Gd; light fat cows, £3 10s to £4 ss; heavy fat heifers, to £6 15s; prime lightweights, £6 to £6 9s: others, £4 to £5 ss; forward-conditioned Hereford bullocks. £8 to £8 10s; others. £7 to £7 17s Gd; forwardconditioned Shorthorn and Friesian cows, £3 5s to £4 ss; heavy boners, £2 10s to £3; others, £1 10s to £2 ss; potter bulls, to £5; Jersey and Jersey-cross cows, close to profit, to £G. Pigs: Hpavy baconers. '£3 to £3 ss; medium, £2 15s to £2 19s; light. £2 10s to £2 14s; heavy porkers, £2 to £2 8s; medium, £1 15s to £1 19s; light. £1 8s to £1 12s; stores. £1 to £1 4s; slips. 15s to 18s; weaners, 5a to 12s; choppers, to £2 7s; sows in pig, to £3 10s.

The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company, Limited.—Cattle: Medium fat rough-quality ox beef sold at up to £8 os; light, £6 to £7 4a; heavy fat HoUtein cows. £4 10a to £5 18s; heavy fat Jersey cows, £3 10s to £4; medium fat Jersey cows, £3 to £3 7s 6d; forward, £2 12s 6d to A3; medium store cows, £2 5s to £2 10sheavy boners, £1 18s to £2 4s; others, to ±1 16s: heavy vealers. £1 10s to £1 18s2^"^ Shr j D: He! *vy fat wethers! 41 Gs 3d to £1 (S 3d; medium fat wethers, £1 5s to £1 Gs; lisht, £1 3s Gd to £1 4s w. vy J e^ eSI 1 , 55 ,. t0 193 : medium fat ewes, 16s to 17s Gd; light quality, 14s to 15s; heavy prime lambs. £1 4s to £1 5s 3d; medium-conditioned fat lambs. £1 2s 6d to £1 3s 9d; light. £1 to £1 Is 3d. Pigs: Heavy baconers, £3 to £3 Gs; medium. £2 14s to £2 18s; light, £2 8s to £2 12s; heavy porkers £2 is to £2 6s; medium. £1 14s Pigs, £1 3s to £1 7s; good, 20s to 22s Gdsmaller stores. 15s to 18s; slips, 12s to 14s; weaners, 6s 6d to 10s. Dalgety and Company. Limited.—Fat sheep: Prime heavy wethers sold at 27s 6d to 295; medium-weight wethers. 26s to 275; light, 24s 3d to 25s Gd; fat maiden ewes. 23s 9d; heavy fat ewes. 17s 9d to 19s-medium-quality and light ewes, 15s to lGs 6d. Fat lombs: Heavy lambs. 2Gs to 26s 7d; medium-weight, 21s to 23s 6d; light and unfinished. 17s to 18s Gd. Fat cattle: Light bullocks. £8 12s 6d to £9 15s; primequality cows and heifers, £5 7s to £6 16s-medium-quality fat cows, £3 5s to £4 16s! runners, £2 9s to £3. Store cattle: Twoyear Shorthorn steers. £5 7s Gd;- inferior Jersey heifer calves, 335; boner cows. 30s to 535; potter bulls. 30s to £4 4s. Pigs: Prime heavy baconers. £3 3s to £3 ss; prime, £3 to £3 3s; heavy, £2 16s to £3: medium, £2 10s to £2 16s; buttermilk pigs, £2 6a to £2 12s; light baconers and heavy porkers, 3Ss to £2 ss; prime porkers. 34s to 365; medium. 30s to 335; ligjit. 24s to 28s; choppers. 30s to £2; good store pigs. 20s to 235; small, 16s to 18s; good slips, 14s to 16s; slips, 10s to 12s 6d; good weaners, 6s to 8s; others, 3s to ss. The Farmers' Co-operative Auctioneering Company, Limited.—Sheep: Heavy fat wethers, 28s 3d to 29s 3d; medium. 2Gs 9d to 27s Gd: prime two-tooth ewes. 21s Gd to 22s 9d; heavy fat ewes, 19s to 20s; medium, 17s to 18s 6d; killable, 15s to 16s 9d; heavy prime lambs. 24s 3d_ to 255; medium, 22s 3d to 23s 9d; light fat lambs, 19s 3d to 21s; heavy shorn lambs. 21s to 225; medium, 18s 6d to 19s 9d. Cattle: Prime medium runners. £3 10s to £4 Is; smaller, £2 10s to £3 3s; heavy prime vealers, £2 lis to £3 Is; lighter, 25s to 3Ss; rough vealers, lis to 16s; medium fat cows and heifers, £5 5s to £5 18s; lighter. £4 5s to £4 18s; killable cows, £3 10s to £4 Is; heavy boner cows, £"2 15s xo Jt*3 3s. medium, £2 to £2 lis; lighter, 25s to 365; potter bulls, £3 to £3 15s. Store cattle: Three-year Polled Angus steers, £7 2a. three-year Hereford steers, £7 13s; 21-year Polled Angus and -Hereford steers, £5 12s to £5 19s; 21-year Shorthorn steer 3. £5 Bs. 18-months Hereford steers, £4 17s to £5 9s; 18-months Shorthorn steers, £4 19s; yearling Polled Angus steers, £4 10s; 18-months empty Shorthorn and Hereford heifers, £3 6s to £4 10s; yearling Polled Angus heifers, £2 15s. Pigs: Best baconers, £3 Is to £H 6s; medium, 16s to £2 19s; light. £2 12s to £2 15s; buttermilk pigs, £2 2s to £') lQs; heavy porkers, 37s to £2 2s; medium, 33s to 363; light. 28s to 325; good store pigs, 24s 6d to 275; medium. ISs to 20a 6d; slips, 13s to 15s; good weaners. 8s to 10s; others, 4s to 6s.

RATES AT CAMBRIDGE .Reporting on its stock sale held at Cambridge on Monday, the New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company, Limited, states that in the cattle section heavy beef cows were in short supply. Medium fat Jerseys, stores and boners, however, were entered in heavy numbers. There was less interest in gooci to heavy fat cows than at recent sales. The difference from former levels was only slight, and very little remained unsold. Boners maintained current rates, while a number of pens of mostly medium Jersey heifers, in calf, sold quito readily. There was no change for a few potter bulls. Quotations:—Medium fat Jersey cows, £4 2a Gd to £4 12s Gd; light conditioned, £3 5s to £4; forward killable conditioned, £2 10s to £3 2s'Gd; heavy store cows, £'2 2s Gd to £2 10s; heavy boners, £1 lis to £2 3s; rough, to £1 8s; good Quality Jersey heifers, in calf. £3 15s to £5 4s; medium. £2 15s to £3 10s; medium bulls. £3 5s to £4 15s. In the sheep section there was a moderate entry consisting of fat lambs. Prices were well up to Frankton quotations, and almost a complete clearance was effected. Quotations: —Heavy fat lambs, £1 2s 6d to £1 ss; medium, 19s 6d to £1 Is; forward woolly lambs, 16s to 18s Gd; good store lambs, 13s to 15s. Medium baconers and porkers comprised a fair share of the yarding of pigs. These drew steady competition and sold without fluctuations in values from ruling- rates. Stores and weaners, although entered in comparatively heavy numbers, showed a slight improvement on the low values ruling at other centres. Quotations:— Medium baconers, £2 9s to £2 14s; heavy porkers. £1 19s to £2 ss; medium, £1 15s to £1 17s Gd; light. £1 lis to £1 14s; wellgrown store pigs, iGs to 21s; medium. 14s to IGs; slips, lis to 13s; ls.rge weaners, 9s to lis; others, 59 to Bs.

FULL YARDING AT TE TEKO [by telegraph—OWN correspondent] WHAKATANE, Tuesday There was a full yarding of cattle at To Trko yesterday, and they met with a ready sale, most of the yarding being disposed of under the hammer. The following were the prices ruling:—Fat cows, £3 13s to £4 9s; fat and forward Jersey cows, £2 5s to £3 ss; boner cows, POs to £2: boner bulls. £2 10s to £6 ss; springing' Jersey heifers. £a 2s 6d to £5 10s; springing heifers, inferior quality, £2 10s to £3 15s: fat eweo to 17a 6d. PUTARURU REALISATIONS [erom our own correspondent] PUTARURU, Tuesday There was an excellent attendance at the monthly stock sale conducted by the farmers Co-operative Auctioneering Company, Limited, at Putaruru yesterday, and bidding in most cases wan 6trong. A full entry of < store and weaner pigs met a slightly improved market, realising prices 2s to 3s above those at late sales, while an average yarding of fat pigs made prices on a. par with those ruling in other centres. Cattle came forward* in excellent numbers, with a good supply of fat cows and heifers. The market was firm, with no alteration on late prices, while an entry of boner cows and potter bulls sold nt schedule rates. A few p«is of store cattle found a ready demand. The sheep entry was only a small one, and prices remained unchanged. Prices:—Pigs: Medium baconers, £2 lGs to £3; light baconers, £2 9s to £2 14s: buttermilk pigs, £2 to £2 ss; heavy porkers, £1 15s to £2: medium porkers, £1 lis to £1 14s; light porkers, £1 5a to £1 10s; Btores, 17s to 225: slips, 10s to 15s; weaners, 5s to &s 6d; Tamworth boars, £3 3s to £4 14s 6d; choppers, £1 5s to £2. Cattle:

Medium fat cows and heifers, £4 15b to £5 4s; light fat cows and heifers. £3 17a Gd to £4 8s; killable cows and heifes, £3 to £3 12k ; medium boner cows, £2 8s to £2 16s; lighter boner cows, £1 to £2 4s; potter bulls. £4 to £5 5*.; lighter rotter bulls, £2 to £8 ss; forward-conditioned Polled Angus bulla, £4 5s to £4 8fl; forwardconditioned Hereford Idulls. £3 14s to £:t 19s; fresh-conditioned Polled Angus and Hereford bulls, £2 15s to £3 3s; li-year Hereford heifers, £2 10a to £2 15s : _li-year Polled Angus steers, poor condition, £3 8s to £2 14s; one-year Polled Angus heifers, poor condition. £1 10s to £1 18«; good Jersey heifer calves, £2 17s; smaller calve 9, £1 5s to £l. 13s. Shrep: Prime fat lambs, £1 5s 9d; killable ewea, 15s; cull lambs, 7b to 10s.

PUKEKOHE QUOTATIONS [from our own correspondent] PUKEKOHE, Tuesday The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company. Limited, held its fortnightly stock sale at Pukekohe to-day instead of on Thursday. There was a largo yarding of cattle. The .demand was not eo keen as at the company's last sale, but values were about on a par with last Quotations. Best dairy heifers, £6 to £7 2s fid; medium, £5 to £5 15s; small and backward, £3 10s to £4 15s; dairy cows, £3 to £5 15s; medium prime steers, £9 to £9 15s; heavy piime cows, £5 5s to £6 7s Gd: medium, £4 5i to £5; light, £3 5s to £4; heavy killable cows, £2 10s to £3" 3s; boner cows, £1 15s to £2 8s; less conditioned cows, £1 to XI 10s; bulls, £2 10s to £4 15s. The advertised marked cows on account of Mr. K. A. Wright, Buckland, made from 2jgns to 4gns; grade heifer calves, £1 10s to £2 4s, heifers, b.r.w.b., £2 10s to £3 10s. Rather less than the average yarding of fat pigs time forward, and competition was steady with values well up to recent quotations. \ "ood yarding of stores and weaners met, a rather dull sale, and weaners were not wanted. Choppers, 15s to £2 7s; heavyprime baconers. £2 19s to £3 ds; medium, £2 14s to £2 18s; light and unfinished, £2 8s to £2 13s; heavy porkers, £1 19s to £2 7s; me<lium, £1 Us to £1 16s; light,'£l 6s to £1 10s; large stores, 17s to £1 ss; slips. 12s to 16s; best weaners, 7s to lis; others, 3s to 63. TAUMARUNUI YARDING [by telegraph —own correspondent] TAUMARUNUI. Tuesday There was a fair attendance at the Taumarunui stock sale, a moderate entry of sheep and small entries of cattle and pigs. Sheep sold well at late rates, but cattle and pigs were dull 01 sale, rat wethers made 255; two-tooth wethers, }9s to 225; ewes in lamb, 23s Id to 23s sd; wether lambs, 10s 2d to 17s 9d; ewe lamb_s, 14s Id to 20s; mixed lambs, 12s 8d to 15s 6d; black-faced lambs. 9s to 14s 6d: aged rams, 10a 6d; fat cows, 27s 6d to £3 lis; bullocks. £5; steers, to £2 7s Gd; dairy heifers, £5 ss; dairy cows. £3 10s; porkers, 19s Cd; stores, 3s to 13s; weaners, 2a to 8«.