COUNTRY STOCK SALES

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXIII, Issue 22403, 27 April 1936, Page 9

COUNTRY STOCK SALES

MORRINSVILLE VALUES STORE LAMBS IN DEMAND DAIRY CATTLE RATES RISE The Farmers' Co-operative Auctioneering Company, Limited, reports that at its stock sale held at Morrinsville on. Friday there was a medium yarding of ,sheep, including a fair number of fat sheep. "Competition was firm, and late rates were fully maintained. A good entry of store lambs sold under firmer competition, values generally showing an improvement on recent sales. The entry included a line of four and five-year-old ewes from North Auckland, -which came forward in good condition, and a total clearance at late market rates was effected.

In the cattle Beet ion there was only a small, vtrdino: of ox beef, with values remaining unchanged. There was a heavy yarding of cow and heifer beef, containing a good proportion of finished light-aualitv cattle. Competition was good, with prices unchanged. Again there was a heavy entry of second quality and boner cows, the values for which were slightly easier. A few pens of stoue cattle realised late Tat-es. In the dniry cattle section the ndvertiscd entry of Jersey heifers came forward, comprising mostly medium "quality cattle, there, being only a small proportion of choice heifers. was bri?k for' good quality heifers, while medium and inferior sorts, although not so keenly sought after, sold fully up to expectations. Prices generally showed a marked improvement on recent sales. There was an average yarding of all classes of pigs, with v itlues slightly easier. Quotations-Sheep: Prime fat two-tooth wethers sold to'29s 3d: medium fat wethers, to 25b 3d; fat ewes, to 17a Id; forward conditioned ewes, to 13s Gd: medium fat lambs, 19s 9d to 20s Id; lighter, 18s lid to 19s 3d: wpolly ewe lambs, to 16s Id; shorn, to 13s; woolly store lambs, 14s -7d to 15s;-smaller. 13? to 13s lOd; four ancj five-year ewes. 25s to 25s Gd;*agcd ewes, to 21s. Cattle: Light fat. steers. £'B to £8 15s: medium fat cows and heifers. £5 9s to £5 17s 6d; lighter. £4 10s to £5 ss; heavy second quality fat cows, £3 15s to £4 4e; heavy boner cows, £2 lGs to £3 7s; medium boners, £2 2s to £2 12s; lighter, 25s to 38s-. potter bulls, £2 to £5; grown Shorthorn steers, to £8; mixed colour three-year steers, £6 to £G 6s: twoyear steers, £4 to £4 9s. Dairy cattle: Choice Jersey heifers, close to profil;. £7 5s to £7 15s; medium Jersey heifers, £5 10s to £5 15s; smaller and fater calvers, £3 10s to £4 10s; Jersey dairy cows, £2 15s to £3 7s Gd. Pigs:- Heavy baconers, £3 to £3 4s; medium, £2 15s to £2 18s; light, £2 10s to £2 14s: heavy porkers. 37s to £2 2s: medium, 33s to 3Gs; light, 2Gs to 325: unfinished. 18s to 235; stores, 12s to lGs; slips, 5s to 10s; weaners, 3s to 7s. Dalget'y and Company, Limited, report that there ivas a good yarding of cattle, including some store lines of good quality, and store steers from the East Coast. Full , late rates were obtained for all fat and boner cattle, but the buyers' limits were under the vendors' reserves, and most of this class was passed in. Quotations: — Cattle: Heavy prime fat cows Bold to £7 7s Cd; medium quality fat cows, £4 to £5 ss; fleshy and light beef cows and heifers. £3 Is to £3 8s; others, £2 2s to £2 18s: potter bulls, £4 10s to £4 15s; Jersey heifers, r.w.b., £4 to £5 9s. Pigs: Buttermilk pigs made £2 2s Gd to £2 10s; heavy porkers. 38s to £2; prime porkers. 33s to 309: light porkers, 28s to 323; small porkers, 22s to 2(js; best stores, 15s to 17s; smaller stores. Us to 12s Gd. Prime baconers, £3 Is to £3 4s; medium baconcrs ; £2 15s to £3 19s: light baconers, £2 9s to £2 12s. PRICES "AT PUKEKOHE [from our own correspondent] • PUKEKOHE, Sunday • The, New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company, Limited, reports having had a very heavy yarding of cattle at its fortnightly sale at Pukekohe. With a keen sale, all classes showed an improvement in values. The demand for dairy cattle •was especially keen and there was a total clearance. Quotations:—Best dairy heifers, £G 5s to £7 10s; medium, £5 to £6; small and backward. £3 10s to £4 15s; dairy cows, £5 to £8; heavy prime cows, £6 5s to £7 7a Qd; medium,. £5 5s to £6;-light, £3 15s to £5; prime heifers, £5 to £6 15s; lighter, £3 to £4 15s; tillable cows, £2 10s to £3 7s 6d; heavy Jersey cows, £2 15b to £3 10»; boner cows. £1 15b to £2 8s; inferior cows, £1 to £1 13s;-heifers, in calf, £3 to £3 15?: smaller, £2 7s 6d to £2 17s Gd; boner bulls, £2 10s to £6 2s Gd. A large yarding of.fat pigs and a rather smaller yarding of stores and weaners came forward. The fat pens were filled with a good proportion of good quality baconers and competition was keen, with values very firm at late quotations. Stores and weaners were in slightly better demand and practically a total clearance was effected. Prices were:—Choppers, £1 10s to £3 Is; heavy prime baconers, £3 to £3 ss; medium, £2 15s to £2 19s; light and unfinished, £2 8s to £2 14s; heavy porkers, £2 to £2 7s; medium, £1 14s to £1 19s; light, £1 4s to £1 138; large stores, 18s to £1 ss; slips, 19s to 17s; best weaners, 8» to 12s; other weaners, 3s to 7s. CLEARING SALE The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company, Limited. Hamilton reports that , at a clearing sale held at Morrinsville on account of Mr. B. P. Smith there was a representative gathering of buyers. The herd, as adyertised, waß only a small one, and comprised mostly medi-ocre-class cows, with a fair proportion of dairy types among them. Interest in the better quality cows was keen, but all sorts changed hands at very tatisfaotory prices. The vendor sold everything offered. Quotations: Good quality dairy Jersey heifers, due early, £4 15s to £0; medium, £3 15s to £4 10s: good dairy cows, £5 15s to £Q 10s,- medium, £4 10s to £5 10a; inferior, £3 10s te £4 10s; bows with litters, £2 15s to £4 ss. VALUES AT PIRONGIA The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company, Limited, Hamilton: reports on its Pirongia stock sale as follows:—The yards were filled to capacity. Heavy 'fat cows met with a ready market at prices ruling at other centres. The large quantity of forward-conditioned Jersey cows were in demand throughout. A number of bulls sold well while . a few in-calf dairy heifers made' prices up to the best obtained recently. Quotations: —Heavy fat Jersey cows, £4 5s to £5; good, quality fat ■ Jersey cows, £3 10s to £4 2s 6d; lighter, £2 17s Gd-to £3 7s 6d; fresh-conditioned Jersey cows, £2 5s to £2 15s; heavy boner quality, £1 15s to £2 2s 6d; others, to £1 ]2s 6$J: weighty bulls, to £4 7s 6d: -dairy heifers, £4 5s to £5 ss; weaner heifers, £2 Bs. STORE SHEEP SALE Dalgety and Company. Limited! reports having held a store sheep sale at Frankton last week. There was a fair yarding and a good attendance of buyers. Competition was good, and a total clearance was effected. The entry totalled 1192 sheep and lambs. Forty-four Southdown-cross lambs made lGs Gd to lGs lid; 129, 14s 10d; 25 cull, 10s 8d; 51 woolly white-faced ewe lambs, 24s Id; 89 small ewe lambs, 20s 4d; 24. shorn ewe lnmbs, 20a 9d; cull, 13s 6d; 73 store wethers, 22s Cd; 46 mixed aged ewes, 25s Gd; 192 mixed age ewes, running with Southdown rams, 23s 6d; 67, 23s 7d; 70, 21s sd; 59 full-mouth ewea, tunning with Southdown rams, 18s 9d; 62 full-mouth ewes, running with Southdown rams, 17s; 22 cull mixed age ewes, 17s 9d; 18, 14s 3d; 22, 12s 6d. DEMAND IN THE NORTH [by telegraph—own correspondent] KiAITAIA. Sunday The North Auckland Farmers' Co-opera-tive. Limited, reports holding stock sales at Mangamuka, Kaitaia and Broadwood. There was a full, yarding at each centre with competition good and all lot 9 changed hands In-calf dairy heifers were in demand and realised £3 to £5, according to quality. Steers brought up to £7 10s. and prime cows to £5. Heavy plain cows, £2 15b to £4: unfinished. £1 10s to £2 10s; boner cows, £1 to £1 13s; 2}-year steers, £4 12s Gd to £5 8s; weaner Jersey heifers, 15s to £1 7s lid: weaners, to £2: boner bulk, heavy, to £4; lighter. £1 15a to £2 10s. PRICES AT -TE AWAMUTU The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company. Limited, reports that its stock sale at Te Awamutu was held on Thursday. In the cattle section there were fewer bee! cows entered than usual. Prime quality, however, was well represented, but the greater part of the entry consisted of medium-conditioned Jersey cows. The store and boner cattle pens were also well filled. The demand for fat cattle was strong, and practically a complete clearance was made on a par with recent values. Stores ancj boners, toe. were up to the prices ruling at other centres. Prices for potter buIH did not vary, while dairy cows, which were in short supply, sold exceedingly well. A number ol heifers, in calf, mostly of medium quality, made satisfactory prices, considering the quality. Weaner heifers brought prices in exctss of expectations. The entry of weanar heifers was heavy, but mostly of plain condition. There was brisk bidding for a small number of Polled Angus 18-months steers. Quotations;— Heavy Shorthorn cows made from £5 10s to £6 10s; medium fat Shorthorn cows; £5 to £5 12s Gd; heavy Jersey cows, £3 17s 6d to £4

10s; medium Jersey fat cows, £3 5s to. £3 15s; fresh young store cows, £2 5s to £2 15s; medium, £1 19s to £2 4s; heavy boners, £1 13s to £l y ißs; others, to £1 lis; best Jorsey heifers, "in calf, £4 15s to £5 10s; medium. £4 5s to £4 10s; good yearling heifers, £2 15s to £3 ss; others, £2 to £2 12s Gd; best dairy cowb, in milk, £5 15s to £0 10s; medium, £4 10s to £5 10a; medium 12 to 18-months Polled Angus steers, to -£4 18s. The ruling market conditions for all classes of sheep varied very little. There were good yardings of heavy fat ewes and wethers, which sold under a 1 steady demand at late rates. The fat lambs, which comprised most of the entry, were mostly unfinished, but values -were high. Storo lambs were in smaller supply than at the previous sale, and met with a firm sale. A number of breeding ewes, mcistly from five-year to older sheep, were well. ». sought after. Quotations: —Heavy fat .' wethers sold at £1 2s 6d to £1 ss; medium, j£l Is to £1 23 Gd; light, to £1 Is; heaver ewes, 17s Gd to 19s; medium, 16s to lYs 6d; inferior, 13s to 15s; heavy lambs, £1 2s to v.£1 3s 2d; medium, £1 to £1 Is 6d; light, » - 19s to £1 Is; forward fat lambs, 17s 6d to x 19s; good store lambs, 15s to 16s 6d; medium, '.t 14s to 15s; inferior, to. 14s; live-year breeding ewes, £1 2s to £1 3s 9d; sound-mouth 5 breeding ewes, 18s to £1 Is. In the pig sec- - tion again the accommodation for porkers and baconers was taxed, and, with a good bench of buyers competing, a very good 'h sale resulted. Prices were up to last week's ~,v Frankton realisations. Store and weaner pigs were slack in demand and difficulty w was experienced in transacting business in •>. this class. Quotations Heavy baconers, £3 '* 2s to £3 ss; medium, £2 14s to £3; light, £2 8s to £2 12s Gd; heavy porkers, £2 3s to £2 Gs; medium, £1 15s to £2; ligrht porkers, £1 103 to £1 14a; best store pigs, 13s to lGs 6d; medium, lis to 13s; slips, 9s to lis; weaners, 5s to 8s 6d. BIDDING AT MATAMATA •£ Dalgety and Company. Limited, .report* having held its usual fortnightly sale at Matamata last week, when there was a full yarding of fat pigs, including a gcod peiceniage of prime baconers. There was only a small yarding of store and weaner " 2 pigs. Baconers sold under keen, compoti-.,. .. tion, £3 5s being realised for several pens of choice pigs. Store and weaner "pigs showed a slight improvement on previous ....,, quotations. Prime heavy baconers made £3 5s to £3 10s; prime baconers; £2 18s to"-* £3 3b; medium, £2 12a to £2 17s: light ... baconers and buttermilk pigs, £2 5s to £2 12s; heavy porkers to light baconers, 38s to s £2 4s; prime heavy porkers, 36s to 38s; , v prime porkers, 30s to 345;. medium, 26s to * 30s; light, 22s to 255; choppers, 32s to 38s; good quality store pigs, 16s to 19s; best slips, 12s to 158. Sheep: There was a small yarding of eheej), which sold at satisfactory prices. Fat wethers made 23s 6d; fat lambs, 21s 6d to 30s; others, 19s 7d to 235; cull lambs, 7b. Cattle: There was a good i; yarding of all classes of cattle, and a total -.■» clearance was effected. Bidding was keen., v . for good quality beef, and there was spirited bidding for one advertised line of East tL Coast cattle, the pick of which Bold at jf satisfactory prices. Good fat heifers made'.. £5 14s to £5 18s; be«i fat cows, *4 2s. to IS £5 10s; others, £3 4s to £3 18s; boner cows, 30s to 38s; East Coast 2J to 3J-year P.A. * steers, £7 lis to £7 14s; East Coast 18-month to 2J-year P.A. steers, £5 14b to £6 14s; empty P.A. heifers and Shorthorn heifers, cross, up to £4 15s; in-calf cows, r.w. P. A. bulls. £3 ss; cows with calves, £2 to £3 10s; potter bulls. £3 10s to £5 ss. Dairy cattle: Springing Holstein heifers, £5 to £5 15s; ether heifers (in-calf), £4 10b to £5 10s; more backward sorts, £3 15s to £4 ss; springing cows. £4 10s to £5 15s. LARGE YARDING OF CATTLE The Farmers' Co-operative Auctioneering Company, Limited, reports that at its stock sale at Otorohanga last week there was a good yarding of sheep. There were practically no fat sheep. Store sheep, consisting£ mostly of ewe lambs, found a ready sale.. In the cattle section, there was an tionally heavy yarding, mostly of- cows -3 from dairy herds, which were in good. demand at values in excess of quotations at - the main centres. A few fat cows and heifers £ held at firm rates. A fair number of dairy cattle was also penned, these meeting "with a ready sale. There was a' small yarding \j of pigs, with values showing no alteration,. * Prices:—sheep, good ewe' lambs sold at 21s to 22s 2d: aged breeding ewes; r.w.,:.. 20s to 21s; mixed sex store lambß, 12s .to * 14s. Cattle: Medium fat cows and heifers, £4 16s to £5 ss; light. £4 to £4 10s; heavy v . fat Jersey cows, £3 9s to £3 16s; heavy . boner cows, £2 10s to £3 ss; lighter, 20s ;* to 245; potter bulls. £2 to £4 10s. Dairy cattle: In-calf Friesian heifers, £4 10s to _ £5; sound young dairy cows, springing, 3 £3 to £4 ss. Pigs: Stores, 22s to p 14s to 15s; good weaners, 10s to 12s-6d. TE KAUWHATA PRICES G. "W. Vercoe and Company, Limited, r»- '■> ports having held it 3 fortnightly stock sale jf at Te Kauwhata last week, when a full , entry of cattle came forward. Competition throughout was keen, and practically a total clearance was effected flit full late rates. Quotations: —Cattle: Heavy fat cows t -> sold from £4 15s to £5 ss; others, £4 to : £4 12s Gd; light, £3 to £3 15s; forward-con- 7 ditioned 4-year-old bullocks, £6 to £7 17s 6d; '' 2i-year-old Friesian bullocks, to £6i for- = ward-conditioned Shorthlorn cows, £3 15s to y £4 ss; others, £3 to £3 12s 6d; heavy boners. £2 10s to £3 ss; others, 30s to £2 ss; Jersey and Jersey-cross heifers, early calvers. £4 - to £5 10s; Jersey and Jersey-cross cows. O early calvers, to £6. Fat pigs came forward :i hi large numbers, and prices remained very k firm. Prices: Heavy baconers sold from £3. to £3 4s, medium-weights, £2 16s to £2 19s; , light, £2 10s to £2 16s; heavy porkerr. £2 > to" £2 7s; medium-weights, 3os to 39s ; light, x 28s to 345, choppers, to £2 ss. A large entry .. of store pigs met with a- dull- market, and. , prices were low. Large stores sold at 17s to 19s; others, 14b to 16s; slips, 93 to 13s; weaners, 4s to 8s; sows in pig, to £2 10s.