FAT STOCK SALES

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXIII, Issue 22401, 23 April 1936, Page 7

FAT STOCK SALES

PRICES AT WESTFIELD GOOD DEMAND FOR SHEEP PIG MARKET VERY FIRM Ox beef was in short supply at the weekly Westfield fat.- stock sale yesterday, there being less than 100 steers in a total yarding of 600 cattle. Although the quality was only fair bidding was brisk for good lines and last week's reduced rates were easily maintained. Cows and heifers, a high proportion of which were of dairy types, were dull of sale and, although quotations remained unaltered, the market was inclined to be easier. The calf yarding was a very full one and contained few of outstanding quality. Good runners and heavy vealers were in demand, but all inferior calves and those in tho late sale wero easier. An increased offering of sheep included a large number of. prime wethers. Competition was bright throughout and values were fully tip to those at last week's sale. Ewes were also in demand at late rates and a few maiden ewes made to 20s 6d. Lambs sold well, there being an improving tendency. Fat pigs wero again plentiful and a very healthy demand ruled, baconers being, very firm at from 5d to 5Ad per lb., while porkers, especially those in the mediumweights, reacted to a rise in schedule, selling freely at from 5 itl to per lb. The supply of store pigs was in excess of requirements with the falling off of dairy products and buyers were inactive. 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 BEEP (per 1001b) Extra choice ox 29/- 23/Choice and prime ox . . . . 25/- to 28/- 25/- to 28/Choico and prime cow and heifer 22/- to 26/- 22/- to 26/SHEEP (per head)— Prime wethers . 21/- to 31/- 23/ Cto 30/9 Unfin. wethers . 38/3 to 23/ C 18/G to 23/Prime ewes . . If*./- to 22/(5 !(>/- to 22/Unfin. ewes . . 5/- to 15/9 7/G to 15/9 Prime lambs . . 19/- to 27/- 19/- to 20/Unfin. lambs . . 13/- to 18/6 12/- to 18/6 CALVES (per head)— Runners .. 44/-to 106/- 40/-to 102/Vealers . . 30/- to 70/- 30/- to 73/PIGS (per head) — Baconers . . 'SO/- to 66/- 50/- to 65/Porkers . . 32/- to 47/- 30/- to 47/Weaners . . 3/- to 9/- 4/- to 10/Slips . . . . 8/- to 14/- 11/- to 17/Large stores . . 15/- to 20/- 18/- to 21/Individual Consignments The best price in the ox beef market was that paid for a truck of very prime steers from Messrs. Matthews Bros., of Te Puke, for which from £lO 5s to £l2 7s 6d was realised. A- line of nine from Mr. J. Walters, of Waiuku, sold to £lO, and a truck from Messrs. Dingle and Sons, of Waiotira, made to £9 17s 6d. For a good lino sold on behalf of Messrs* Judd Bros., of Maungaturoto, prices ranged to £8 15s and the offering of Mr. L. W. Keals, of Onewhero, sold to £8 ss. There were few other quotable lots, tho best of tho remainder coming from Mr. J. Johnstone, of Manurewa, and Mr. T. Andrews, of Tangowahine, for which £7 17s 6d and £7 7s 6d were paid, respectively.

In the cow and heifer beef market the good price of £8 10s was secured for the best of a large line from Mr. N. K. Taylor, of Taupiri. Up to £7 17s (3d was paid for the heifers of Mr. J. A. Hill, of Ohinewni. and well-fin-ished cattlo from Mr. W. Massey, of Mangcre, sold to £7 12s 6d. For a line of 20 cows and heifers from Mr. V. H. Nolan, of Cambridge, up to £7 10s was realised and the offering of Mr. T. Andrew, of Te Kopu, sold to £7 7s tJd. From Ngatuku, Limited, of Putaruru, came three trucks selling to £7 5s and n small line from Mr. S. W. Black, of Whangamarino, made to £6 17s Cd. Tip to £(3 12s (3d was obtained for the cattlo of Mr. W. E. Clark, of Hamilton, and prices ransred to £6 5s for the offerings of Mr. W. H. Holland, of Wai pi pi, and Mr. H. Windsor, of Matangi. Other cood lines, which made to £G, came from Messrs. Dingle and Sons, of Waiotira. Mr. H. Bagnall. of Hunua, and the Estate of C. Hill. Ohinewai.

DETAILS OF SALES AUCTIONEERS' REPORTS DALGETY AND COMPANY Dnlgety and Company, Limited, reports on the sale ns follows: Beef.—Wc yarded 177 head of beef, com piising nine steers and 168 cows nnd heifers, neraiust 211 liead .ast week. The quality was again first-class nnd selling under a good demand we have to report a sale on a par with last week's. Exlra choice ox sold to 29s per 1001b: choice and prime, 25s to 28s; secondary and plain. 20s to 21s; prime young cow and heifer beef. 22s to 20s; ordinary cow beef, 14s to 21s. Heavy prime steers. £lO to £lO 7s fid: lighter prime, £0 5s to £0 17s Gd: liirht prime, £8 to £0; small and unfinished'. £5 to £7 10s. Extra heavy prime younc cows nnd heifers ill to £7 17s fid. for co'fi's from Mr. ,T. A. Hill. Hoe-o-Tainui; heavy prime, £5 15s to £(> 15s; lighter prime. £4 5s to £5 His; other kiliable cows, £2 to £4. Sheep,—Sheep were penned in about average numbers, for which the demand was good and late rates were fuljy maintained for wethers, while for ewes values were firmer. Heavy prime wethers, 2(is 9d to 27s ,'!d; medium prime, 25s fid to 2fis Cd: light and unfinished, 23s to 255: heavy prime ewes, '2ls to 22s lid: lighter prime, 19s to 20s fid: oilier ewes. 17s to 18s fid. Lambs.-A small entry of lambs sold under good competition at full late rates. Heavy prime lamb. 22s to 23s fid; medium prime, 20s to 21s fid; light prime. 18s to 19s fid: plain nnd unfinished, 15s to 17s fid. Calves.- A heavy yarding of calves came forward. Good quality vealers realised late rates, but plainer sorls nnd late sale calves eased in value. Kunners, £2 10s to £4; heavy vealers, £3 lo £3 8s; medium, £2 12s to £2 17s; light, £1 19s to £2 7s; smaller. £1 8s to £1 18s: rough calves. 12s to £1 2s; bobby cnlves, 3s to 10s. Pigs.—A full yarding of pics was penned. Porkers sold under keen demand at values n little firmer than Inst week's rales, while values for baconers were very firm. Medium choppers to £2: heavy baconers. £2 19s to £3 4s; medium, £2 14s to £2 18s; light, £2 10a lo £2 12s; heavy porkers, £2 2s to £2 9s; medium, £1 18s to £2 Is; light. £1 12s to £1 17s; small and unfinished, £1 5s to £1 10s. LOAN AND MERCANTILE The New Zealand Loan and Mercnntile Agency Compnuy. Limited, reportß on the sale as follows: Beef, —We had a small entry of ox beef nnd a large entry of cows and heifers. All classes sold under steady competition at late rates. .Exttn choice ox sold lo £1 9s per 100lb; choice and prime, £1 5s to £1 8s; ordinary nnd plain. £1 2s to £1 4s: prime younp cow nnd heifer beef, £1 3s to £1 6s; ordinary cow beef, 18s to £1 2s. No extra henvy prime steers were penned; heavy prime £0 10s to £10; lighter prime, £8 17s fid to £9 7s fid; light prime, £7 15s to £8 15s: unfinished nnd small, £5 to £7 10s. Extra heavy prime young cows and heifers, £6 7s fid to £8 10s; heavy prime, £5 10s to £G 6s; lighter. £4 5s to £5 ss; light cows, £3 7s fid to £4 2s fid; other cows, £2 to £3 ss. Prime cows and heifers from Mr N. K. Taylor. Taupiri, realised up to £8 10s. Sheep.—We had an average vnrding of sheep, which sold readily at late rates. Extra heavy prime wethers, £1 10s to £1 lis; heavy prime, £1 8s fid lo £1 9s 9d, medium prime, £1 7b to £1 8s 3d: light prime, £1 4s to £1 6s 9d; small nnd unfin ished, £1 to £1 3s 9d; prime maiden ewes. £1 2s to £1 fis fid: heavy prime., £3 0s 9d to £1 Is fid; medium prime, 18s 9d lo £1 0s fid; light prime, lfis to 18s fid. inferiorly fatted, 5s upwards. Lambs.—An average yarding of lambs also sold readily at late rates. Extra heavy prime lambs, £1 5s to £1 7s; heavy prime, £1 3s fid to £1 4s 9d; medium prime, £) Os to £1 3s 3d; light prime, 19s to £1 Is 9d ; unfinished . 13s upwards.

Pigs.—Pigs wero again penned in average numbers. Competition was keen, with values showing improved rates for porkers. Baconers were very firm on last week's quotations. Choppers sold from £1 10s to £3 7s 6d; heavy and medium baconers, £2 16s to i' 3 6s; light baconers and heavy porkers, £'2 9? to £2 15s; medium porkers and light porkers, £1 12s to £2 ss; small and unfinished porkers, £1 5s to £1 10». Store pigs sold at late rates. Large stores. 15s to £1; slips, 8s to 14s; weaners, 3a to 9s. Calves.—There was a heavy yarding of calves. Good quality calves sold up to late rates, while late sale and plain sorts were easier. Runners, £2 5s to £5 6s, for an extra good runner from Mr. H. H. Clark. Cambridge; heavy vealers, £3 6s to £4 Is; medium, £2 14s to £3 4s; light. £2 to £2 12s; smaller, £1 10s to £1 18s; small and fresh dropped. 7s to £1 8s; rough calves, 10s to £l. ALFRED BUCKLAND AND SONS Alfred Buekland and Sons, Limited, reports on the sale as follows: Beef.—We yarded fat cattle to the number of 215 head, as against 282 head lust week, comprising 50 steers and 165 cows and heifers. Our small yarding of ox beef was of medium quality. Bidding was fairly brisk and last week's prices were easily maintained. Cows and heifers were again dull of sale and values wero on a par with last week. Extra choice ox sold 1o £1 9s per 1001b; choice and prime, £1 5s to £1 7s; secondary and plain, £1 2s to £1 4s; prime young cow and heifer beef, £1 4s to £1 6s; ordinary cow beef, 13s to £l. Extra heavy prime steers ranged in price from £ll to £l2 7s fid; heavy prime, £lO to £lO 10s: lighter prime. £9 5a to £9 15s; light prime, £8 to £9: small and unfinished, £4 10s to £6 10s. Extra heavy prime young cows and heifers, £6 to £7; heavy prime, £-4 15s to £5 10s; lighter prime, £3 10s to £4; other killable cows, £2 7s fid to £3 ss. Sheep.—The sheep pens were moderately filled with a nice class of mutton. All classes sold freely at lute rates. (742 sheep were sold.) Extra heavy prime wethers, £1 8s to £1 10s; heavy prime, £1 5s fid to £1 7s; medium to heavy prime, £1 3s to £1 4s fid; light to medium prime, £1 Is fid to £1 2s 6d: unfinisned, 18s 3d to £l. Extra heavy prime young ewes, £1 Is to £1 2s fid; heavy prime, 19s 6d to £1 0s fid; lighter prime, 17s Od • to 18s fid; other killable ewes, 153 to 16s fid- other twos, 5s to 12s fid. , Lambs.—We yarded fat lambs to the ■ number of 439. Bidding was spirited and values Bhowed a Blight improvement on ! recent sales. Extra heavy prime lambs. £1 j 5s to £1 7s; heavy prime, £1 2s fid to j CI 4s; lighter prime, £1 Is to £1 2s; j light prime, 18s fid to £1 0s fid; small and plain, 12s fid to lfis. Calves.—We had un increased yarding of j calves. All prime ouality vealers sold readily , at late rates. Other sorts eased slightly. ! especially in the latter stages of the sale. Runners made £2 2s to £5; heavy prime vealers, £3 2s to £3 8s; medium, £2 12s to £2 18s; light. £2 to £2 8s; small, £1 fid to £1 17s; unfinished and bucket-fed, 12b to £1 4s; bobby and rough calves, j 3s to 9s. (280 calves were sold.) Pigs,—Pigs were penned in average numbers. Bidding was keen for all classes of ; fats, baconers realising fully last week s quotations, while prices for Porkers lmproved Blightly. Choppers made £1 12s ; to £3 fis; heavy prime baconers. £3 to £3 fis; medium, £2 14s to £2 18s; light, ; £2 10s to £2 12s; heavy porkers, £2 2s to £2 7s; medium. £1 lfis to £'2; light, £1 12s to £1 Ms; unfinished and small, lbs to £1 9b. The market was over-supplied with stores and these were very hard to quit, i Best-framed stores, 14s to 18s; slips, 7 s to 10s; weaners. 3s to 6s. Baconers sold at an average of s}d to sld per lb and porkers Bid to sid. (A total of fio9 pigs was sold.) ADDINGTON MARKET good sale for sheep . FAT CATTLE RATES EASIER [BY TELEGRAPH —PRESS ASSOCIATION] CHIUSTCHURCH. Wednesday Heavy entries were the rule at the Addington market to-day and for all sections of sheep there was a good snle. Fat cattle were easier, the entry being an overflow one. Store lnmbs and forward wethers for fattening sold briskly, from 19s to 20s 7d. Ewe lambs sold to 25s for good sorts and to 30s for an exceptional pen of Corriedules. Store Sheep.—Mostly old ewes. Forward sound-mouthed sorts sold from 20s to 225; failing-mouthed, lis to 17b; two-tooth, to 29s 3d; forward wethers to 22s Bd. An entry of 5500 in the section was sold under strong competition. Fat Lambs.—The export Bchedule has advanced a farthing during the week and this was reflected in tho market. There was keen buying by exporters. Fat Sheep.—Altogether 5100 were penned and there was an improved sale by up to one shilling a head. Freezing buyers paid in excess of 5d per lb for light prime wethers. Best sorts ranged between 26s and 30s and best ewes from 22s to 265. Fat Cattle.—A total of 595 were penned, the quality being fair to good. The entry constituted an oversupply and values for all but a small proportion of handyweight bodies sold up to 20s a head lower. Best beef made from 27s to 29s per 1001b.; good. 24s to 265; rough down to 17s fid. Fat Pigs.—Both baconers and porkers were a shade easier. Baconers made 45s fid to £3 7s fid. The average price per lb was 4!d to s}d. Porkers made 30s to £2 Is 6d. The average price per lb was s}d. CATTLE PRICES AT WAIPU [from our own* correspondent] WHANG Alt EI, Wednesday The North Auckland Farmers' Co-opera-tive, Limited, reports a large yarding of cattle at \\ aipu yesterday. The yarding comprised mostly boner stock. Prices were on a par with late rates, dairy cows and heifers being much better sought after than recently. There was a large attendance of buyers from as far south as Taranaki and the Waikato. Values:—Good dairy cows sold at £4 10a to £5 12s Ud; medium dairy cows, £3 los to £4 7s fid; backward and inferior cows, £2 10s to £3 12s fid; good dairy heifers, £1 15s to £5 2s Gd; medium dairy heifers, £3 10s to £4 12s 6d; small and inferior heifers. £1 10s to £3; heavy fat cows, £4 10s to £1 17s Gd: light fat cows, £3 12s 6d to £4 7s fid; good boner cows, £1 10s to £2 12s; potter cows, 17s to 21s; heavy boner bulls, £1 to £4 12s; medium. £3 to £3 17s fid; light. £1 5s to £2 15s; three-year-old coloured steers, £4 10s to £5 fis; two-year-old Shorthorn steers, £1 10s to £4 lis; weaner Shorthorn steers, good quality, £2 10s to £2 12s; weanei Shorthorn heifers, £l los to £2 12s; mixed sex Shorthorn calves, good Quality, to £2 12s; weaner Jersey heifers, to 255; cows and calves, good quality, £4 to £4 15s; inferior quality, £1 5s to £2 10s. Dalgely and Company, Limited, reports a particularly large yarding at Waipu yesterday, prices being on a par with late rates. Dairy cows showed an appreciable increase. Buyers were present frcjni as far south as Taupiri. Values Close to profit, best quality springing Jersey cows, £5 5s to £6; medium quality, £4 5s to £4 15s; late culvers. Jersey springers, £3 10s to £1 2s fid; in-calf Jersey heifers, £4 2s fid to £4 10s; fat cows, £4 to £4 ss; medium conditioned cows, £2 17s 6d to £3 3s; good conditioned boner cows. £1 10s to £2 10s; lighter sorts, 15s to 27s fid; light potter bulls, £2 5s to £2 10s; medium, £4 10s to £5. OX BEEF RATES EASIER [BY TELEGRAPH —PRESS ASSOCIATION] HASTINGS, Wednesday Ox beef rates at Stortford Lodge yesterday eased from 7s fid to 15s. The yarding of 330 fat cattle included a greatly increased entry of prime bullocks, useful weights making from £lO 13s to £ll 10s. Medium bullocks requiring more finish made from £8 10s to £9 ss. A splendid draft of Whanawhana Hereford cows and heifers of extra prime quality and well selected made to £8 12s fid, and others, medium to light prime, to £7. Small prime heifers realised the snme amount. Plain, unfinished cows sliowed little change, ranging from £4 to £!> 10s. Store cattle found a rather healthier market for useful well-bred sorts. Forward bullocks requiring little finish at heavy weights made to £9 ss; extra-forward threeyear steers made £8 2s fid; useful 30-niontha steers £fi 10s to £7 Bs. Store sheep met with a brisk market for good entries. Wai whare wethers, extra forward, making to 2fis 2d; others, to 24s fid. Woolly wether lambs were in demand, making to 21s 9d. Breeding ewes found a good inquiry, Lincolneross making to 2fis; English Leicestercross, to 245; and high country two-tooth ewes, to 24s JOd. The values of fat sheep showed little change, prime two-tooth wethers making to 2Ss fid; prime quality ewes. 20s to 21s; medium, to 18s Gd; plain and light-finished, lfis to 17s; and prime heavy unshorn lambs, to 24s fid. COMPETITION AT TE TEK.O [BY. TELEGRAPH —OWN CORRESPONDENT] WHAKATANE. Wednesday The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company, Limited, reports that there was a full yarding of cattle at the. Te Teko stock sale this week, including about 80 springing Jersey and Jersey-cross heifers. These met with spirited competition from a full bench of buyers, who displayed much more eagerness to buy this class of stock than at previous sales. Prices were'well up to vendors' reserves, and in some cases passed them. Practically the whole yarding was disposed of under the hammer. Quotations:—Best in-calf Jersey and .lersey-cross heifers, £6 10s to £7 17s fid; smaller. £5 2s fid to £6 ss; fat Holstein and Shorthorn cows, £4 to £5 9s; fat Jersey cows, £2 18s to £3 15s; cows with runners at foot, £3 18s to £7; boner cows, £2 7b to £2 15s; boner bulls, £2 10s to £3.