STOCK SALES

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXIV, Issue 22627, 15 January 1937, Page 7

STOCK SALES

PUKEKOIIE QUOTATIONS RATES WELL MAINTAINED GOOD DEMAND BY BUYERS [from our own correspondent] P U K E K 011F,, Thursday A good average yarding of cattle was submitted at the weekly stork sale at Ptikekoho to-dav, conducted by the Now Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company, Limited. There was a good demand and late rates were well maintained. There was a large yarding of fat and store pigs, and competition was steady throughout. Values ; for baconers remained firm on late rates, j but porkers were slightly easier in price. \\ hile large stores met with a ready sale, slips and weaners were ; harder to quit, being rather in excess of requirements. Values were: Dairy Cattle.—Heifers, £5 to £0 10s; cows, including the. advertised line of 22 ! in milk from Mr. S. R. McQuoid, Pukekohe ; Last, £5 to £7 l(is. Beef and Store Cattle. - Heavy prime steers, lo £ll 15s; heavy prime cows, £7 10s tn £H 12s; medium, £(> ;!o £7 ss; light, £1 10s to £5 15s; other killable cows, £3 10s to £4 ss; forward-coneition cows, £2 os to £3 ss; boner cows, £1 10s to £2 2s fid; Jersey heifers, r.w.b., £3 10s to £4 15s; bulls, £.'! to £(> l'Js (id. Pigs.—Choppers, £1 ios to £.•}; heavy prime baconers. £3 fis to £3 13s; medium, £3 to £3 ss; light, £2 Ms to £2 10s; heavy porkers, £2 2s to £2 13s; medium, £.l 15s to £2 Is; light, £1 fits to £1 Ms; large stores, .c I Is to £1 1.",5; slips, Kis to £1; best weaners, 10s to 15s; smaller, 5s to Os; sows due to fairow, £2 5s to £3 ss. MATAMATA QUOTATIONS Dalgety and Company, tamiled, reports having held its usual fortnightly sale at Matamala on Wednesday, when a good yarding of sheep, comprising mostly lambs, came forward and sold under k pen competition. There was a medium yarding of fat cattle, comprising mostly Jersey cows, and here again tlie bidding was good, and one whole yarding changed hands under the hammer. Prices were:— Sheep.—Fat woolly hoggets, 35s (id to 3fis fid; fat shorn wethers, 27s to 27s fid; fat shorn ewes, 17s to 18s; two-tooth wethers, 21s fid to 25s fid; maiden four-tooth ewes. 33s (id: fullmouth ewes, 20s to 23s 3d; fat lambs. 23s ild to 24s (Id; medium fat lambs, 21s to 22s (id; good store lambs, 17s 2d to 17s 8d; small store lambs, lis (id to Kis; good ewe lambs, 23s (id to 23s Od; small store lambs, 12s (Id to 14s; cull lambs, 7s tid to Os Cattle: Young fat Jersey cows, £5 2s (id to £0 12s; fat Shorthorn cows, £5 (is to £5 15s; medium fat cows, £4 to £4 12s (id; light fat cows, £3 5s to i 3 Los; boner cows, £2 to £2 10s; potter bulls, medium weight. £4 10s to £4 lfis; light, £2 10." to £3 (is. There was a very heavy yarding o:t fat pigs, and a medium yarding of stores. Fat pigs, in spite of the, labour dispute at the freezing works, maintained yesterday's Frankton quotations. The lamentable feature of the yarding to-day was the number of prime quality baconers yarded. Porkers and buttermilk pigs eased slightly on late quotations. Sitore and weaners were dull of demand, but soM well up to late rates. The top price of £3 Ms for baconers was realised on several pens. Prime quality top-weight baconers brought £3 13s to £3 14s; prime heavy batonerfC £3 10s to £3 13s; heavy baconers, £3 5s to £3' 10s; medium baconers. £3 to £3 ss; light baconers, £2 15s to £3; heavy buttermilk pigs, £2 lis to £2 17s; buttermilk pigs. £2 10s to £2 14s; heavy porkers, £2 os to £2 10s; n edium porkers, £2 to £2 ss; light porkers. 37s to £2; small porkers, OtOs to 355; best stores, 28s to 325; medium stores. 25s to 28s, small, 20 s to 255; best slips, l(is to 20s; best weaners, 14s to 18s; others, 12s to His; sows, to farrow, £2 to £3; sows with litters, £5 to £5 ss; ordinary Tamworth boars, 20s to 255. I VALUES AT PiRONGIA The Xew Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company, Limited, of Hamilton, reports that its Pirongia stock sale on Wednesday was, generally speaking, a keen sale with values firm at late rates. There were few heavy-quality beef cattle entered, but medium class were in large supply Forward quality Jersey cows, storen and boners accounted for the majority ot the good entry. Both beef and store cow values reflected ! :he slight hardening tendency discernable at other recent sales. Prices were:—Medium to good quality Shorthorn cotvs, £5 to £G 2s fid; medium-conditioned, to £5; good fat Jersey cows, £4 to £5 10s;>unfinished quality fat cows £3 5s to £4; heavy store Jersey cows, £2 lis to £3; hea\y boners, £1 18s to £2 7s fid. The market for a number of potter bulls was steady at other sales quotations. Medium-weight bulls made £4 15s to £5 lfis 6d; light, to £4 10s.

STORTFORD LODGE VALUES [BY TELEGRAPH —PRESS ASSOCIATION*] HASTINGS, Thursday

The sharp rise in vali.es last was responsible for a large .varding of IS,OOO store lambs at the Stortford Lodge sale. The market was steady for quality top lines, prices showing little variation from last week, but second-quality and cull lots were definitely easier by Is a head. Competition was bright, but a little hesitancy was shown in bidding for the first few pens. All values were in vendors' lavour. Exceptional quality Romney wether lambs made '2ls 2d, and excellent quality Down-cross lambs brought 22s 8(1. Second quality lots made to ISs, and culls 12s to 1-ls (id. Fat sheep values rose Is a head above rates ruling before the holidays. There was an unusually small yarding of fat cattle. Values for female sorts increased by up to 20s a head. Good steers for fattening made £9 Gs.

NORTH AUCKLAND AUCTIONS [by telegraph —OWN* correspondent] WHANG AREI, Thursday

The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company, Limited, reports holding sales at Maungakaramea and Waiotira. At Maungakaramea on Monday there was keen competition and a total clearance was effected, best dairv cows, close to profit, making from £.| -j s (id to £4 17s eel; heavy fat cows, dairy sorts, £5 '2s (id to £o 17s Gd; licbter sorts, to £i 12s; forward cows. £2 17s to £3; boner cows. £2 5s to £2 7s fid; cows and calves, Hereford-cross, £6; 18-months-old Jersey-cross heifers, r.'v.b., £2 10s to £2 12s (id; Jersey Heifer calves, to £2 is; boner bulls, heavy, £5 to £0 15s; lighter, £ll 10s to £1 12s (id. At "Waiotira yesterday the varding was up to the ordinary standard, and competition was equal to late sales, a total clearance being effected. Quotations:—Best dairy heifers, £1 to £5 7s fid; more backward sorts, £.l 10s to £3 l;>s: medium fat steers, to £0 10s; fat cows and heifers, £5 to £fi 10s; lighter, £-» 17s (id to £5; two-year-old Hereford steers. £5 4s to £(> 7s; others, i'l 2s (id to £4 17s; cows and calves, Jerseys, to £4 ss; boner cows, £1 10s to £.2.

PRICES AT P.ANGIRIRI The Farmers' Co-operative Auctioneering Company, Limited, reports having held its Rnngiriri stock sale on Wednesday, when a medium varding of cattle came forward. Competition was steady and values oil a par with recent quotations. I'rires were: —Heavy fat cows, £0 3s to £7; medium, £5 5s to £(i• light fat heifers, £.i to £5 18s; runners, £2 18s to £5 ss; killabte cows, £3 10s to £4 ss; boners, £2 Ills to £3 ss; medium Jersey heifers, running with bull, £.'? 5s to £-1; potter bull?, £4 lis to £(i ss. FRANKTON STORE SHEEP Dalgety and Company, Limited, reports that at its usual weekly store sheep sale at Frankton saleyards on Wednesday there was a large yarding of store lambs and a eood attendance of buyers. Competition was keen and a total clearance was effected at satisfactory prices. Forward woolly lambs made 19s' 'ld to 20s Id; shorn well-grown Jiomney-cross wether lambs, IDs (id; medium down-cross lambs, 15s to 18s; forward downcross la nibs, to 20s (Id; small and cull lambs, 7s to !)s Gd; aged store ewes, 15s. TAUMARUNUI YARDING [BY TELEGRAPH —OWN CORRESPONDENT] TAUMARCNUI, Thursday Thrre was a eood attendance at the Taumarunui stock sale and lair entries of sheep and pigs and a moderate entry of cattle There was a cood demand for sheep and cattle. Pigs sold well, but at slightly lower rates. Fat wethers made 21s Gd; ewes nnd lambs, alt counted. 21s 8d; old ewes, 15s (id tn '_>■'>?; wethers, 235; wether lambs, lis 2d tn 17s 7d; mixed sex lambs, lis 7d tn 20s fill; black-faced lambs, 10s (id to It's Id ; Southdown rams, 20s (id; fat cows, £1 Is; fat steers. £fi 18s; store steers, t'3 18s; store cows, £2 5s to £3 lis; cows and calves, £5 to £5 2s Gd: bulls. £3 to £5 10s; weaner pigs, 10s to lGs; slips, 12s to 18s; small stores, 13s (id to !7s; large stores, 17s Gd to Is; sows in pig, 30s to £2 ss.

OTOROHANGA QUOTATIONS Tho New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Aarency Company. Limited, of Hamilton, reports that nothing of r.nusual consequence transpired in the cattle department at, its Otorohaniru stock sale on Wednesday. A full yardinpr largely lacked heavy quality cows, beins: comprised mainly of medium Jersey beef, forward, stores, ami boners. Bulls, too. were plenitful, and a small number of ISmoiilhs heifers and a line of last season's rahes were also sold. Mates showed little alteration, and all sold readily on a firm market, with a consistently strong demand.

The heifers commanded good competition. Prices were:—Medium to good Jersey beef (ows, £4 5s to £5 6s: light quality fat Jersey cows, £3 5s to £4; forward stores. £2 J2s (id to £3 '2s (>d; heavy boners, £2 4s to £•2 10s; rough, to £'2 'is (id; 18-months medium quality Jersey heifers, £4; heifer calves, 22 at £2 7s (id; potter bulls, £5 to to ss; others, to £4 10s. Sheep: A remarkably good sale was effected. The entry numbered in the vicinity of 1600. Store lambs accounted for Hie hulk of Ibis number, but a good proportion were fat lambs, while fat and store wethers, and fat owes were all well represented. There was a large attendance of buyers, and practically the entire yarding changed hands at rates showing a very appreciable margin over those of the opening sheep sale at this centre last year. Prices were; —Extra heavy fat lambs, £1 8g to £1 10s; medium fat lambs, £1 5s to £1 7s fid; light shorn fat lambs, f I 2s (id to £1 4s (id; medium fat wethers. .21 (is to £1 8s; light. £1 Is to £1 5s (i(l; medium fat ev.es, 17s fid to 18s sd; unfinished, lfis; forward mixed sex shorn store lambs. 18s to l!>s sd; medium-condi-tioned Southdown woolly lambs, 17s lid: medium shorn wether lambs, 17s fid to 18s (id; good store quality mixed sex shorn lambs, His to 17s (id; small store lambs, 14s to 15s <id; very inferior, to Lis (id; medium ewe lambs, £1 4s to £t (is fid. A full entry of piprs consisted mainly of stores and weaners. They were accorded a poorer reception than at the previous sale, although most owners sold and, if quotations were lower, the difference was only slight. Values were; Light porkers, £1 10s to £2 4s; good store nigs, £ I 5s vo £1 8s; buttermilk pigs. £1 lis to £1 His; medium store pigs, £1 23 Ml w £1 ss; slips, 17s (id to £1; weaners, to 10s.

QUOTATIONS FROM KOPU [BY TELEGRAPH —OWN CORRESPONDENT] THAMES. Thursday Dalgety and Company, Limited, reports having held its first sale of the year at kopu on Tuesday, when an average yarding ol , cattle was offered. There was a good sale, the result of steady competition, with prices 1 in advance of late quotations, A small entry of dairy heifers sold well for this time of the year. A good entry of pigs met with keen competition, prices being on a par with late rates Quotations: Best fat cows. £•> 12s fid to £0 15s; others, £4 10s to £o ss; killalilc fat cows. £3 5s to £4 ss; heavy store cows, £2 10s to £2 10s: others. 4.1 J (is to £2 2s; boner cows, l»s to £1 «s; potter bulls, to £5 12s (id; 18-months Hoi-stcin-cross steers. £4; heavy baconers, to £3 7s; light, £2 lis to £•:{; heavy porkers, £2 His to £2 12s; medium porkers, £2 5s to £2 bs; light porkers, £1 14s to £2 Is; iarge store piffs. t\ 8s to £1 Ms; slips. Iss (id to CI ss; weaners. Os fid to Kis Oil; spring heifers, to £5 ss; calved heifers, to KING COUNTRY RATES The Farmers' Co-operative Auctioneering Company, Limited, reports having held it« usual stock sale at Otorohanga on Wednesday, when a full yarding of sheet), comprising mostly lambs, found a ready sale. A full yarding of cattle, mostly fresh-condi-tioned and boners, met with a good reception, values being firru on central rates. Potter bulls showed no alteration. Pigs cam a forward in smaller numbers, the market showing little variation, and prices remained firm. Quotations: —Shfep: Good ewe lambs. 2Ks: fat lambs, 22s to 21s (id; good Komney lambs, 18s 3d to 10s fid; call lambs, 12s » to 14s. Cattle: Light fat cows and heifers, £5 5s to £0; killable, £4 5s to £-1 17s; heavy boner cows, £3 12s to £4 Is; lighter, 30s to £2 lis; heavy potter bulls, £<i to £(> 10s; lighter, £2 15s to £4 15s. Pigs: Light baconers, £2 18s to £3 3s; porkers, £2 Is to 12 JOS; lighter, 33s to 30s-, stores, 2(Js to 325; slips, 20s to 225; weaners, lis to ICs. RATES FOR LAMBS The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company, Limited, of Hamilton, reports that at its weekly Hamilton store sheep sales on Wednesday there was a large entry of principally wether lambs. Interest was keen throughout. Prices were substantially better than this time last year, and a feature of the market was the eager demand for medium to inferior store lambs. Prices were: Forward to killable quality shorn w.f. wether lambs, 19s to £1 Os 2d; well-grown forward store lambs, 37s to 10s 4d; medium store wether lambs, shorn. 15s to 17s; inferior and small store lambs, to 14s.

KAMO PIG SALE [BY TELEGRAPH OWN CORRESPONDENT] WHANGAREI, Thursday The North Auckland Farmers' Co-operative, Limited, had a large entry of pigs at its pig sale at Ivamo on Tuesday. Competition was animated, porkers selling particularly well, and a total clearance being effected under the hammer. Values were: Heavy fat baconers, £3 10s fid to £3 13s: medium baconers. £.3 5s to £3 10s; lighter baconers, £3 to £3 4s (id; heavy porkers, £2 15s to £2 10s (id; medium porkers, £2 10s to £2 13s (id; light, £2 to £2 8s; large stores. £1 12s to £1 18s; lighter, 28s to 30s: slips, 20s to 255; weaners, 12s to 17s; smaller sorts, 5s to 10s; choppers. £1 10« to £2 ss.