FAT STOCK SALES

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXIII, Issue 22406, 30 April 1936, Page 7

FAT STOCK SALES

PRICES AT WESTFIELD FIRM TONE GENERAL GOOD DEMAND FOR PIGS There was a bright tone in practically all sections at the weekly Westfield fat stock sale yesterday. Yardings of cattle and sheep were still on the small side, due mainly to the fact that pastures are holding out well. With tluj high cost of replacements graziers are retaining stock, making for smaller offerings than are usual at this time of the year. The total offering of cattle was about GOO, with fewer cows and heifers than at recent sales. Ox beef, the quality of which was patchy, sold well up to current rates, with extra choice lines at 2'Js per 1001b. The cow beef was, on the whole, of improved quality, there being fewer dairy sorts. Bidding was steady throughout with a slight all-round advance in values, especially for lighter weights. The only easier tone in the market was in the case of light ox beef. Good Sheep Sought Few good quality calves came forward, the bulk of a large yarding being either small vealers and bobbies or heavier runners, good vealers being scarce. Values advanced in the earlier part of the sale, and later were fully firm 011 those of a week ago. Competition was keen for all good sheep, the yarding of which was fully up to the average. Prime wethers and ewes were firm at late rates and unfinished sorts were in demand. The offering of lambs was characteristic of the end of the season, outside buyers having thoroughly combed the flocks. Bidding was bright, and price levels remained unaltered. The recent large pig yardings continued, but buyers were active, creating a very firm market for baconers,. Porkers also showed a slight impov.!ment but stores continued very dull of sale. Prices per lb. for fat pigs were quoted unchanged at from oid to SUI for baconers. and from oid to sid for porkers. 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 29/- 29/Choice and prime ox . . . . 25/- to 23/- 25/- to 28/Choice and primp cow and heifer . . 221- to 2G/- 22/- to 26/SHEEP (per head) Prime wethers . . 24/- to 31/- 21/- to 31/Unfin. wethers . . IS/G to 23/G 18/3 to 23/G Prime ewes . . 10/- to 22/6 10/- to 22/G Unfinished ewes 5/- to 15/6 5/- to 15/9 Prime lambs . . 18,'G to 27/6 19/- to 27/Unfiniahed lambs 10/- to 18/- 13/- to IS/G CALVES (per head) Runners . . . . 45/- to 110/- 44/- to 10G/Vealers . . . . 40/- to 72/- 30/- to 70/-

PIGS (pc-r head) Baconers . . 50/- to 06/- 50/- to 06/Porkera .. . . 32/- to 47/- 32/- to 47/Weaners . . . . 2/6 to 8/- 3/- to 9/Slips . . . 9/- to 15/- 8/- to 14/Large stores .. 16/- to 20/- 15/- to 20/ - Individual Consignments Top price in the ox beef market was realised for a truck of very prime steers from Mr. H. E. Reed, of Waerenga, which sold to £l3 12s 6d, and averaged £ll 7s lOd. Another good line was that of Mr. F. A. Urquhart, of Taraka, for which prices ranged to £l2, and up to £ll 10s was secured for the offering of Messrs. Matthews Brothers, of Te Puke. Three trucks from Ohuka Station sold at up to £lO 12s 6d, and the best of the steers of Mr. W. T. Cox, of Pokeno, realised £lO. For tho cattle of Mr. A. Orr, of Hoteo, up to £9 17s 6d was paid and a small line from Mr. G. Vosper. of Cambridge, made to £9 10s. Tho best of the remainder wero a consignment of 24 from Mr. W. Whalen, of Ararimu, prices ranging to £8 17s 6d. In the cow beef market the best price was that obtained for a truck of good heifers from Mr. G. Vosper, of Cambridge, which sold to £0 ss. A large line from Mr. H. Itobinson, of Putaruru, made to £9, and up to £8 12s 6d was paid for the offering of Sir. W. Jmms, of Okaihau. Heifers from Mr. H. E. Reed, of Waerenga, sold to £8 os, and a line from Sir. J. A. Hill, of Ohinewai, made up to £B. From tho Matarawa Land Company, Putaruru, came two trucks for which up to £7 7s 6d was paid, and a small line from Mr. F. Freeguard, of Waerenga, was disposed of up to £7 ss. Other quotable lines wore those of Mr. H. Windsor, of Matangi, and Mr. W. T. Cox, of Pokeno, with top prices of £6 12s 6d and £6 ss, respectively.

DETAILS OF SALES AUCTIONEERS' REPORTS LOAN AND MERCANTILE The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company, Limited, reports on tho sale as follows: Beef.—Wo had an averago entry of beef. There was a steady demand, with values firm at lato rates. Extra choice ox sold to £1 9s per 100lb; choice and prime, £1 6s to £1 8s; ordinary and plain, £1 2s to £1 ss; prime young cow and heifer beef, £1 4s to £1 Gs: ordinary cow beef, 18s to £1 3s. Extra heavy prime steers ranged in price from £ll 10s to £l2; heavy prime, £lO 5s to £ll 7s Gd; lighter prime, £9 to £lO 2s (id; light prime, £8 to £8 17s Gd; unfinished and small, £5 to £7 10s. Extra heavy prime young cows and heifers, £7 to £8 5b ; heavy prime, £6 to £6 15b; lighter, £1 15s to £5 15s; light cows, £3 10s to £1 10s; other cows, £2 to £3 ss. Sheep.—We yarded sheep in large numbers. Competition was steady throughout, with values on a par with last week's sale. No extra heavy prime wethers were penned. Heavy prime, £1 7s Gd to £1 8s Gd; medium prime, £1 Gs to £1 7s 3d; light prime, £1 4s to £1 5s 9d; small and unfinished, £1 to £1 3s Gd. Prime maiden ewes, £1 to £1 2s 6d; heavy prime, ISs Gd to 19s Gd; medium prime. 17s 3d to ISs 3d; light prime, 16s to 17s; interiorly fatted, 10s to 15s Gd. Lambs.—Lambs also sold readily at late quotations. Extra heavy prime lambs, £1 5s to £1 7s Gd; heavy prime, £1 3s 9d to £1 4s Dd; medium prime, £1 Is Gd to £1 3s Gd ; light prime. 18s (id to £1 Is; unfinished, best, 15s Gd to 18s; others, 12s to Us Gd. Pigß.—An average yarding of pigs met with a keen demand, values showing a slight increase on last week's rates. Choppers sold from £1 10s to £3 ss; heavy and medium baconers, £3 to £3 7s; light baconers and heavy porkers, £2 10s to £2 18b; medium porkers and light porkers, £1 15s to £2 8s; small and unfinished porkers, £1 5s to £1 13s. Store pigs sold at late rates. Large stores, 16s to £1 Is; slips, 93 to 15s; weaners, 2s Gd to 10s. Calves.—There was an averago yarding of calves. Little quality was penned, and vnlucs were firmer on last week's quotations. Runners, £2 10s to £4 16s;' heavy vealers, £3 8s to £3 18s; medium, £2 10*s to £3 Gs; light, £2 to £2 8s; smaller, £1 10s to £1 ISs; small and freshed dropped, 5s to £1 8s; rough calves, 10s to £1 2s,

ALFRED BUCKLAND AND SONS Alfred Buckland and Sons. Limited, reports on the sale as follows: Beef.—We penned fat cattle to the number of 224 head as against 215 head last week, comprising 60 steers and 161 cows and heifers. Bidding for ox beef was steady and lato values wero easily sustained. Cows and heifers were yarded in less than average numbers and sold under a keen demand at values slightly in advance of last week. Extra choice ox sold to £1 9s per 1001b.: choice and prime. £1 5s to £1 7s; secondary and plain, £1 2s to £1 4s; primo young cow and heifer beef, £1 4s to £1 Gs; ordinary cow beef, 13s to £l, Extra heavy prime steers ranged in price from £ll 10s to £l3 2s Gd; 7 steers from Mr. H. E. Reed, Waerenga, averaged £ll 7s lOd; heavy prime, £lO to £lO 15s; lighter prime, £9 5s to £9 15s; light prime. £8 to £9; small and unfinished, £4 10s to £6 10s. Extra heavy prime young cows nnd heifers, £7 to £9 ss; heavy prime. £5 to £6; lighter prime. £4 to £4 15s; other kiHable cows, £2 15s to £3 10s. Sheop.—Our total yarding of slvecp numbered 80!). Competition was again good for all classes and values were firm at late quotations. Extra heavy prime wethers, £1 8a to £1 lis; heavy prime, £1 6s to £1 7s;

medhim to heavy prime, £1 3s 6d to £1 sp; light to medium prime, £1 2s to £1 8s; unfinished, 18s 6d to £1 is. Extra heavy prime young ewes, £1 la. to £1 2s Gd; lieavy prime, 19s Gd to £1 0s 6d; lighter prime, 17s Cd to ISs Gd; other killable ewes, 15s to lGs; other ewes, as to 12s. Lambs.—Lambs were penned to the number of 279. Values for prime sorts still remain firm nt late rates. Extra heavy prime lambs, £1 5s to £1 7s; heavy prime, £1 3s to £1 4s; lighter prime. £1 Is to £1 2s 6d; light prime, ISs Gd to £1; small and plain, 10b to 15s. Calves,—Calves were again in full supply and we report an improved demand for all butcher's sorts, with values above those ruling last week. Runners made £2 5s to £5 10s; heavy vealers, £3 Gs to £3 12s; medium, £2 15s to £3; light, £2 2s to £2 10s; small, £1 9s to £1 18s; unfinished and bucket-fed, lis to £1 4s; bobby and roughcalves, 4s to l()s (206 calves were sold). Pigs.—The pig pens were also well filled. Bidding was brisk for a.l well finished pigs, and prices were fully equal to recent rates. Those showing lack of finish were harder to sell. Choppers mado #1 12s to £3; heavy prime baconers, £3 to £3 Gs; medium, £2 15s to £2 18s; light, £2 10s to £2 12s; heavy porkers, £2 2s to £2 7s; medium, £1 10s to £2; light, £1 12s to £1 14a; small and unfinished. 17a to £1 9s; values for stores remain low; best framed, 14s to 18s: slips, 7s to 10s; weaners, 3a to Gs. Baconers sold at an average of s}d to old per lb and porkers 5Jd to 5Jd per lb. (A total of 63-1 pigs was sold.) DALGETY AND COMPANY Dulgety and Company, Limited, reports on the sale as follows: Beaf.—Our offering of beef numbered 18G head, comprising 20 steers and IGG cows and heifers, against 177 head last week. The quality was fully up to the average and, selling under a good demand, we have to report a steady sale for ox beef, while for good young cows and heifers values wero improved. Extra choice ox sold to 29s per 1001b; choice and prime, 25s to 28s; just killable, 20s to 21s; prime young cow and heifer beef, 22s to 20s; just killable, 14s to 21s. Heavy prime steers, £lO to £lO 12s Gd; lighter prime, £9 5s to £9 17s Gd; light prime, £8 to £9; email and unfinished, £5 10s to £7. Extra heavy prime young cows? and heifers, £7 10s to £9 for heifers sold on account of Mr. Robinson, Putaruru: heavy prime. £6 to £7 ss: lighter prime, £4 10s to £5 10s; other killable cows, £2 to £4. Sheep.—Sheep came forward in well up to average numbers and sold under. steady competition at rates fully on n par with last week. Extra heavy prime wethers. 28s to 31s; heavy prime, 20s Gd to 27s fid; medium prime, 2os 1o 265; light and unfinished, 21s to 24s 6d; heavy prime ewes, 19s to 21s Gd ; liphter prime, 17s to 18s Gd: other ewes, 12s to lGs. Lambs. —An average yarding of lambs sold freely-at well up to last week's quotations. Heavy prime lamb, 23s to 24s 3d; medium prime, 21s to 22a fid; light prime, 19s to 20s Gd; small and plain, 15s to 17s Gd. Calves.—Calves were yarded in well up to average numbers. Good quality vealers sold readily at values very firm to slightly better than late rates, while values for other classes were on a par with last week's quotations. Medium runners, £2 10s to £4, heavy vealers, £3 2s to £3 10s; medium, £2 14s to £2 19s: light, £2 2s to £2 10s; smaller, £1 8s to £1 19s; rough calves, 12s to £1 4s; bobby calves, 3s to 9s. Pigs.—Fat pigs were penned in average numbers. Baconers sold steadily at values a shade better than last week. The demand for porkers was steady and values firmed a little on last week's quotations. Heavy baconers. £3 Is to £3 6s; medium, £2 15s to £2 19s; light, £2 lis to £2 13s; heavy porkers, £2 2s to £2 9s; medium, £1 17s to £2 Is; light, £1 13s to £1 15s; small and unfinished, £1 3s to £1 lis.

STUD HEREFORD CATTLE Dalgety and Company, Limited, reports that on Tuesday, at Tuakau, it held a 6ale of 51 registered horned Hereford cows, on account of Mr. OJaf McCutchan, Glenmurray. The cows offered were -well-coloured cnttle, in good condition, and were in-calf to the two registered Polled Hereford bulls Gem I. and Gem 11., purchased at Mr. F. E. Humphrey's sale of Wilencote stud hulls in 1932, and also the imported Polled Hereford bull Beau Perfection 127 th. There was a representative bench of buyers from all parts of the Auckland Province, and the offering was disposed of under the hammer at very satisfactory prices. Top prices were a 9 follows Seven-year cow. Mangatea Polly TT., JBJcns; six-year cow, Mangatea .Tess 111., 18gns; five-year cow, Mangatea Fairy, Inlgns: six-year cow, Mangatea Lily 111., 14$ gns; eight-year cow, Mangatea Jess 1.. ISSgns: seven-year cow, Mangatea Jo3s 11., 14Jgns; nine-year cow, Mangatea Kose 111., 14}gns: risins 10-year cow. Mangatea Lioness. 15gns; 10-year cow, Mangatea Floss 1., 14jgns; seven year cow, Mangatea Topsy 11., 15igns; six-year cow, Mangatea Judy 111., 17gns; six-year cow, Mo.ngatea Ann 11.. logns; nine-year cow, Mangatea Beauty 1., 15igns. One Polled Hereford bull calf by Gem IV. realised 13gns. RANGIRIRI CATTLE RATES The Farmers' Co-operative Auctioneering Company, Limited. reportß having held its stock sale at Kangiriri yesterday, when a heavy yarding of cattle, consisting mainlv of the advertised store cattle, came forward. Of these the good-quality cattle were disposed of readily nt satisfactory prices, but poorer sortß were not so keenly sought after. A medium entry of holier cows and potter hulls showed 110 appreciable difference in values from recent sales. Quotations: — Medium prime cows made from £4 10s to £5 10s; light fat cows. £3 12s to £4 ss; heavy second-quality cows, £2 lGs to £3 ss; heavy boner cows, £2 Gs to £2 12s; good store cows, £2 17s Gd to £3 10s; light boner cow's. 32s to £2 2s; cows and calves. £3 23 Gd to £3 18s; potter bulls, heavy, £4 5s to £5 10s: light, £2 10b to £3 10s; threeyear Hereford-cross steers, £6 9s to £G 12s 6d; two-year Shorthorn steers. £5 Gs to £5 9s; 18-months Shorthorn and Hereford-cross steers, £3 18s to £4 10s; Polled Angus and Hereford steer calves, £3 to £3 ss; Polled Angus and Hereford cows and heifers, running with Polled Angus bull, to £4 17s Gd; Shorthorn heifers, r.w.b. (good lino) to £5; Jersey heifers, r.w.b. (backward), £1 to £4 10s; empty, £2 3s 6d to £2 lis.

WELLSFORD SHEEP FAIR [from our own correspondent] WELLSFORD, Tuesday There was a good yarding of about 2500 ewes, wethers and lambs at the special sheep fair held at Wellsford yesterday by tho North Auckland Farmers' Co-operative. Limited. There was a good attendance of buyers, including a number from outside districts. A number of lines did not reach the vendors' reserves nt auction, although a proportion of these were sold privately after the sale. Values;— 44 heavy fat wethers made 26s 2d: 36 fat four and six-tooth wethers, 23s id ; 70 killable two-tooth wethers, °2s Gd; 46 forward two and four-tooth wethers. 20s 9d: best three and four.yenr ewes, running with Southdown rams, 30s; good four-year ewes, running with Southdown rams. 28s Id; good mixed three and four-year ewes, running with Southdown roms 21b: 208 full-mouth ewes?, running with ram, 20s 9d to 21s; 100 good five-year ewes, running with Southdown rams. 20s 6d to 21s. 35 fat woolly lambs, 17s 4d: forward mixed lambs, 14s Id to 15s; good mixed lnmbs. lis to 13s lOd; late mixed lambs, 9s Sd to lis; cull ewes, to 7s; odd small lots of ewes. 12s to 13s 9d.

TAUMARUNUI VALUES [by telegraph —own correspondent] TAUMARUNUI, Wednesday There were moderate entries and a fair attendance of buyers at the Taumarimui stock sale yesterday. Sheep sold well at late rates, but the cattle sale dragged. Values were Sheep: Wethers, two-tooth, 22s 3d; four-tooth, 22s 3d: six-tooth, 225: aged, 13s; need ewes. 12s 5d to 15s Gd; wether lambs, lis Id to IBs lOcl; ewe lambs, to l"s; mixed sex lambs. 10s Id to lGs; black-faced lambs, 11s Id. Cattle: Fat cows, £2 4s to £2 10s; store cows, in calf. 26s to £2: 18-months steer'. £2 to £2 7s; wenncr steers, 15s; weaner heifers. 22s Gd to 325; bull calvea* 10s to £2,

PIG SALE AT KAMO [from our own correspondent] WHANGAREI. "Wednesday The North Auckland Farmers' Co-onera-tive, Limited, report a large yarding of fat piss at Jutmo. Prices were in advance of late rates, and all lots changed hands under the hammer. Values:—Fat baconers. £3 to £3 sa; medium, £2 10s to £2 15s; light. £2 (Is to £2 8s; heavy porkers. £2 to £2 2s; medium. £1 17s Gd to £1 19s; light, £1 4s to £1 10s; slips, 16s to 18s; weaners. 6s to 12s Od. YARDINGS AT WAIOTIRA [I'ROM our own correspondent] WHANGAREI, Wednesday The North Auckland Farmers' Co-opera-tive. Limited, report a medium yarding of all classes of cattle at Waiotira, and all lots changed hands at satisfactory prices. Quotations Light fat cows, £3 to £3 ss; forward conditioned cows, £2 to £2 15s: good boner cows, £1 17s Gd to £1 19s; lighter sorts, £1 8s to £1 15s; 2J-year-old Shorthorn steers, good quality, to £5 3s; boner bulls, £2 15s to £3 15s: lighter sorts. £1 10s to £2; dairy cows, July calvers, £4 15s to £5 ss: backward sorts. £2 15s to £3 sa. Dalgejy and Company. Limited, report a small yarding in comparison with recent sales at Waiotira. Prices were on a par with recent ruling rates. Values:—Dairy cattle: Good quality Jersey cows in milk. £4 15s to £5; good quality springing Jersey cows, £4 10s .to £5: late culvers. £2 las <o £3 12s Gd; forward condition store cows, £2 5s to £2 10s; medium quality, £1 17s Gd to £2; boner cows. 15s to 255; potter bulls, light. 27s Gd to £2: medium-weight. £2 5s to £3 10s; heavy. £4 to £4 15s.