COUNTRY STOCK SALES

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXIII, Issue 22525, 16 September 1936, Page 9

COUNTRY STOCK SALES

FRANKTON QUOTATIONS PRIME WETHERS IN DEMAND COMPETITION FOR BACONERS [from our, OWN correspondent] HAMILTON, Tuesday There was a large entry of both fat wethers and nwes at the Frankton saleyards to-day; Competition for prime wethers was keen, with prices unaltered, but I ill other lot? sold at lower prices. Fat hoggets were also penned in larger numbers, with competition keen at late jrulini; values. An exceptionally heavy yarding of good quality ox beef came forward, competition being keen throughout, itnd late rates were maintained. There was a heavy entry of cow and heifer bosf, with a full complement of finished tattle. Competition was again good, dthough heavy cattle were slightly easier, but prime sorts.,maintained late iirm rates. Runners and vealers again came forward in full numbers, comprising mostly small calves. Competition tor good quality was keen, with prices iirm. Buyers were offered a medium yarding of fat pigs and a full, entry of stores. Competition for baconers was keen, and last week's prices were slightly exceeded. Porkers and large stores maintained late rates, with weaners easiur. A line of 20 baconers averaged £0 12s 6d. The auctioneers report as fo lows:— *

Farmers' Cooperative Auctioneering Company, Limited —Sheep: Heavy prime wethers sold at 39s Gil to 425; medium, 37s 9d to 38s 9d; light, 31s Gd to 35s t)d; prime shorn wethers, to 3-ls Gd; prime woolly ewes. 31s to 32s 3d; mo Hum, 20s 3d to 30s 9d-, light, 2">s to 28s Go' ; medium shorn ewes, 24s 6d;

choice Romney ewe hoggets, 455; good wooily wether hoggcti, 27s fid to 295; store, 25s to 265; small fall black-face hoggets, 22s 9d to 248 Od. Cattlu: Good vealers, £2 16s to, £3 ss; smaller, !lOs to £2 «s; calves, 16s to 21s; prime fat bullocks, £l4 to £l4 12s 6d; medium-weigh!; £l2 10s to : £l3 7s Gd: lighter, £9 l'is to £ll 8s; prime cows and heifers, £lO i». Jill; medium, £8 Bs to £9 13s; lighter, i!G 15s to £7 17s; heavy Jersey heifers, £•> 10s to £0 16s; killable Jersey cows, £3 15s to £5 ss; forward-condi-tioned, £3 is to £3 lis; heavy bonor cows, £2 10s to £!! 18s; lighter, 20s to £3- 6s; forward-conditioned young cows and heifers, £3 18s to £4, 16s; 2-yoar heifers, £3 10s to £4 6s; good i[uality yearling Jersey heifers, £1 to £4 It'll; smaller, £2 10s to £3 6s. Pigs: Prime wconera. £3 10s to £3 14s; medium, £3 f:s to £3 8s; light, £2 12s to £3; heavy poikers, £2 2s to £2 8s; medium, 36s to £2; li fht, 31s to 355; stores, 33s to 395; medium, 28s to 31s; slips, 18s to 255; weaners, 12s (Id to 18s Gd; sow with litter of ten. £9; sown to farrow. £3 10s to £4 ss. Dalgety i.nd Company, Limited.—Jat sheep: Prime wethers sold at up to 41s 6d; ■ medium and light wethers, 31s Gd to 3Gs Gd; heavy fat enes. 28s lid to 335; mediumweight ewes, 283 to !X)h; light shorn wethers, 29s Gd. Fat limbs: Good woolly wether hog- . gets, 25s to U7s 3d; Southdown-cross hoggets, 23s to 24s 6d. Fat cattle: Medium and lightweights, £lO 5s to £ll 12s; prime young cows and heifers, £0 19s to £8 lis; light cows, Jersey, £4 15s to £5 8s; vealers, 20s"; runners, £3 IBs to £4 7s. 6tore cattle: Yearling and 2-yet r Shorthorn steers, £6 Is; Here-ford-cross yes. rling steers. £4 2s Gd; yearling Polled Angus! steers, £5; good quality Jersey yearling heifnrs. £4 15s; empty 2-year Shorthorn hellers, £4 2s. Pigs: Medium heavy baconors, £3 3s to £3 9s; medium baconers, £2 15s to £3 2s; light, £2 8s to £2 148; j: buttermilk piifs, £2 Is to £2 6s: heavy porkers, 38s to £!l 4s; medium, 33s to 375; light, 28s to 345; large store pigs, 28s to 335; medium, 24s to 28s; small, 18s to 225: best weaners, 20s to 225; medium, 16s to 19s; email, 8s to :i4s. ~ .. J . ■ , G. W. Venoe and Company, Limited.—" Heavy fat u ethers sold at 39s to 41s 6d; medium-weights, 3Gs to 38s; light, 33s to 35s Gd, heavy fi,t wethers (shorn), 28s to 295 ; 3d; heavy ft,i ewes, 30s to 325; light, 27s to 29s lid; unlit ished, 25s to 2Gs 6d; heavy fat hoggets, 2Ss to 325: medium-weights. 26s to 27s Gd; lighl fat hogs.ets, 24s to 255. Cattle,; Good runneri, to £G; heavy vealers, £2 10< to £3 10s; others. 20s to £2 ss; mediumweight fat !)ullocks, £3 to £l3 12s Gd; prime light-i eights, £l2 to £l2 15s: nnfin> ished. to £IL 2s 6d; heavy fat cows, £0 t« £lO 10s; midium-weifchts, £7 10s to £8 15s light fat con s, £5 15s to £7; heavy fat heif - ers, to £lO 10s; medium-weights, £8 to £9 'light fat heifers, to I*7 ss; heavy fat Jersey ccws, £7 to £8 12s tid; medium-weights, £N 10s to £6 l)s; light fat cows, £3 15s to £<t 10s; forwii rd-conditioned Shorthorn ami Friesian cons, £4 15s to £5 ss; others. £\\ 15s to £4 10s; empty 2-year Jersey heifeni £3 10s to |!4 ss; yearling crossbred heiferi, £3 to £3 lis 6d; young Jersey cows, £2 ICs to £3 10s; heavy boners. £2 5b to £2 15a; light, £1 :10s to £2 2s 6d. Pigs: Primi heavy bacon !rs, £3 12s to £3 15s; medium, £3 5s to £tji 9s; light. £2 17s to £3; heavy porkers, £2 5s to £2 9s; medium, 35s to £!l 2s; light, &l Bto £2; cood stores, 34s to 395; others, 28s lo 325; slips. 21s to 255; be«i weaners, 15n to 19s; others, 10s to 14s; sowji with litters, Ito £7 f<6. i

VALUES AT RANGIRIRI The Farmers' Co-operative Auctioneering Company, limited, reports having held iti monthly JRanjiriri stock sale yesterday, when fully the acirertised number of cattle came forward. Thii entry consisted mainly of linei of store stosrs, the majority being year, lings and tuo-year-olds. There was a very large attend ince, and competition, especially for grown cattle, was keen throughout and fully lati rates maintained. Young cattle, however, weri not so ieenly sought, although practically til e whole yarding changed hand* at salisfactoly prices. One pen of well-bred Polled Anguij yearling steers, offered on account of Messrs. Murray and Maloney, oj Glen Murray, sold for £7 15s, while s pen of Hereford , yearlings from the same vendors realised £7 Ss. Dairy cattle sold at late rates. Prime fat steers brought £lO Cs; fresh-condition Polled Angus four-yeai steers, £0 lite; fresh-condltioh grown Snorthorn 6teers, £9 Is; store-condition two-yeai Polled Anguii steers, £7 3s to £7 ss; stor» condition three-year Shorthorn steers," £7 10j to £7 ISs; store-condition two-year Short horn steers, E6 to £7; store-condition three year Jersey, Shorthorn and Hereford steers, £5 4s to £i< 13s; choice Polled Angus yearling Polled Angus and Hereford steers, £", 8s to £7 lGi; store Hereford yearling steers £5 2s to j!5 168; store yearling Polled Angus steem £6 7s to £6 ISs;' medium prime fat cofts, £7 5s to £8; lighter, £€ 2s Gd to £€; : 14s; good store-condition cows £5 to £5 :(Bs; light fat Jersey cows an<! heifers, £4,; 10s to £4 17s; light primi vcalers, 35s ,to £3; killable cows, £3 ISli to £4 12s; imedium prime heifers, £5 llu to £0 8s; timer cows, 30s to £2 8s; cown and calves, £4 10s to £5 ss; empty two year Shorthcrn heifers, £4 7s (id to £4 lis; empty t ro-year Jersey heifers, £3 7s 5d to £3 12s;. yearling" Jersey-cross heifers, £5 4s to £3 J 3s; smaller yearling Hereford and Jersey-ciDss heifers, £2 2s to £3 13g| three-year Sli jrthorn boll, £l2; Jersey bulls, £3 to £6 II is.

YARDING AT CAMBRIDGE The' Farm era' Co-operative Auctioneering Company,- L mitcd, reports having held iti Cambridge liiock sale on Monday, when a good yardins: of all classes of cattle came forward. Thu entry included two pens of Shorthorn and Hereford steers, offered on account of Slessrs. Kirkby Bros., of Maunga- v tautari, and a pen of Polled Jlngus steers on account at Mr Seymour Brunskill, of Whitehall. Competition was firm, with valuer is on a par with late quotations. Cow and heifer ■:-£$ beef was in average supply and in this section competition was again brisk, values ■;:£ being equal with those ruling in other centres. Bom r cown met with a ready sale, . there being no appreciable variation in values. A gojd yarding of dairy cattle met with keen lidding from a full bench of. ivff buyers, values remaining firm at late rates. Choice sorts were particularly sought. There was a niedi im yarding of pigs, including a small entr;r of fat pigs and a good num- a bcr of stores and weaners. Competition came. freely from i fnll bench of buyers, prices being on a pjr with recent quotations. Light fat Hereford and Shorthorn steers made £li to £l2; light fat Polled Angus steers, to £ll 8s; fat cows, £9 to £0 13s; lighter fat cows and heifers, £5 to £7 10s: forward and killable :ows, £3 15s to £4 16s; heavy boners, £2 is to £2 19s; lighter, 32s to £2; young nound empty cows, £2 17s 6d to £3 9s; yearling Shorthorn heifers, to £3 15s; yearling Jersey heifers, £2 16s to £3 ss; two year empty heifers, £3 Is Ao £3 4s. Choir b Jersey heifers, close to profit, realised £l< to £11; Jersey and Jerseycross heiferoi close to profit, £8 to £9; more backward, £G 15s to £7 15s; smaller and backwaH, £5 10s to £6 10s; inferior, sorts, £3 10) to £5 ss; Jersey and Jerseycross cows, inose to profit, £7 to £8 15s; later calverf. £3 5s to £6 15s. Medium porkers brought £2 to £2 9s; light, 35s to 395; good stores, 29s to 335; others, 25s to 28s fid; slips, 21s to 24s 6d; weaners, 15s to 20s.

STORE CATTLE AT PAPAROA [from cur own correspondent] WHANGAREI. Tuesday Tho North Auckland Farmers' Co-operative, Limited, repr rts having held a successful sale of store cat? le at Pa-paroa yesterday. Theni was an entr;i of 380 head. Competition wan very keen and the prices were up to the besii recent sales Four-year-old Shorthorn bulj locks, fair tondition, made £7 15s to £SI 10s; three-ye ir-old Hereford bullocks. £6 iwi to £8; two- rear-old Shorthorn bullocks. ££i 10s to £6 10s; two-year-old Hereford owi locks. £5 10: to £6 15s; Shorthorn und Hereford yearling steers, £4 15s to £5 Hereford cows, li forward condition. £5. £6 ss; Jeri »y heifers t yeftrlin«, ; rough store steers, two and i as to * oa.