COUNTRY STOCK SALES

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXIV, Issue 22647, 8 February 1937, Page 5

COUNTRY STOCK SALES

TE AWAMUTU OFFERING

STORE CATTLE IN DEMAND RECORD YARDING OF SHEEP The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company, Limited. Hamilton, reports that at its Te Awamutu stock sale on Thursday the proportion of quality beef cattle was smaller than usual, but a full entry of medium Jersey beef and of forward unfinished stores and boner cows was handled. A large number of bulls was entered. Kates for fat cattle did not alter from ruling levels and a good clearance was made. Business in the store section was brisk, exporters especially competing keenly for supplies. Reject bulls were eagerly sought, and prices consequently inclined to improve.

A draft of good Shorthorn bullocks from Messrs. Bourne Bros, realised £ll 15s to £l2; heavy Shorthorn bullocks, £ll. 10s to £l2; medium, up to £ll ss; medium-condi-tioned Shorthorn fat cows, £5 5s to £0 os; heavy Jersey beef cows, £4 15s to £5 15s; medium, £4 5s to £4 12s 6d; unfinished, £3 15s to £4 ss; forward stores, £3 5s to £3 12s Cd; medium, £2 15s to £3 2s (Jd; boners, up to £3 30s; heavy bulls, £6 ]os to £7 15s; others, £5 to £6 ss. Sheep: Record numbers, approximating 11,000 head, were offered. Of these about 2500 were store lambs, 1000 fat lambs, 250 fat grown sheep, 200 storo wethers and tho balance mostly sound-mouth breeding ewes. The attendance was a particularly large one. Reflecting the increased schedule, fat lambs met brisker competition, and a general advanco in prices resulted. In sympathy therewith store lambs were inclined to improve, and, with few exceptions, all these sold readily. Store wethers and young ewes met keen rivalry among buyers, with prices accordingly being most satisfactory. Less interest was displayed in aged ewes, but, notwithstanding this, the bulk of the entry found buyers at figures showing only a slight margin below reserves. We quote: Good fat wethers, 26s to 30s; medium, 25s to 265; medium aged fat ewes, 16s to 18s; inferior, up to ,lss; prime fat lambs, 27s (id to 30s; medium, 21s to 27s 6rl; unfinished, 22s (id to 23s 6d; fat two-tooth ewes, 25s to 28s 3d; forward quality wethers, 22s 6d to 255; other storo wethers, 20s to 21s; medium to good two-tooth ewes, £1 16s to £2; smaller, £1 10s to £1 16s; good ewo lambs, 26s to 295; others, 22s 6(1 to 255; blackface good store lambs, 16s to 10s; medium store lambs, 15s ito 17s 6(1; small, up to lis; soundmouth breeding ewes, 25s to 27s lOd; medium, 21s to 245; poorer, 16s to 20s; aged, up to 15s; five-year ewes, 28s 6d. Principal sales: 110 fat lambs, 25s !)d; 114 medium ewe lambs, 24s 7d; 100 ditto, 26s Id; 74 ditto. 23s lOd; 182 wether lambs. IDs Id; 120 store lambs, Ifis (id; ??? ditto, 18s; 115 ditto, 16s 6d; 132 ditto, lt)s; 139 wether lambs, 18s 2d; 140 small two-tooth ewes, 30s; 107 good, £2; 238 five-year ewes, 26s (id; 600 sound-mouth ewes, 23s (Jd to 24s 8d; 400 five-year ewes, 28s 6d; 287 ditto, 28s (id. Pigs: Owing to transport difficulties, due to most of tho lorries being engaged for sheep, the entry of pigs was somewhat smaller than at the previous sale. A good yarding, nevertheless, came forward. Fats maintained late rates and stores and weaners met with a good demand. All sold readily. We quote: Heavy baconers, £3 5s to £3 Us; medium, £2 15s to £3 4s; porkers, £2 5s to £2 12s Od; light porkers, £•1 17s (Jd to £2 4s; good store pigs, 2b>s (id to 335; medium, 24s to 27s lid; smaller, 22s to 21s; slips, 16s to 2Ls, weaaers, 12s to 15s.

MORRINSVILLE YARDING Dalgety and Company, Limited, reports that at its weekly Morrinsvillc stock sale a good yarding of cattle, a large yarding of fat and store sheep and a fair yarding of pigs were offered to a large attendanco of buyers. The advertised line of breeding ewes, ex the East Coast, was offered in good order and condition and met with keen competition. A good sale resulted at satisfactory prices. We quote:—Cattle: No heavy fat cows were yarded. Light and medium fat cows, £5 10s to £6 lis; light cows and heifers, £5 to £5 7s <kl; heavy boners, £4 to it 15s; others, £3 3s to £4, according to quality and weight; potter bulls, £3 19s to £7 13s. Sheep: Good fat ewes, 10s IKI to 18s; others, 15s to 16s; store lambs, ex north (good wether lambs), 15s Hkl to 10s tkl and 17s; medium, ,11s to 355; medium mixed sex lambs, 15s lOd, 308 ICXI, 17s 2d; others, 12s, 33s Gd and 345; breeding ewes, ex East Coast, twotooths, good, 30s Od to £2; maiden fourtooth ewes, 3Ss; four and six-tooth ewes, 375; four-tooth ewes, 375; light-conditioned four and five-year ewes, £1 Os Od; fonryear, 338 3d; local ewes, four-tooth, 30s; four and five-year, 2Ss to 20s; five and six-year, 20s to 225; cull ewes, 13s to 10s: ewe's, cx Xorth Auckland, four and fiveyear, 30s Od to 33s Od; others, 20s Od to 20s. Pigs: Prime heavy baconers, £3 10s to £3 lis; medium, £3 to £3 3s; lighter, £2 10s to £2 lite; heavy porkers/ £2 10s to £2 10s; medium, £2 2s to £2 8s; largo stores, 34s to 30s; good slips, 10s Gd to 225; good weaners, 15s Od to 10s.

CLAUDELANDS RAM FAIR Dalgety and Company, Limited, report having held their annual ram fair of Southdowns and Leicesters on Thursday and Friday at the Claudelands Showgrounds. There was a large entry of Southdown rams and a fair attendance. The demand was hardly up to general expectations, although some good sales were effected. The following were our principal sales: —Account Mr. C. Hawken, Mokoia, one-shear stud Southdown rains, 3S gns, 21gns and 20gns; account Messrs. Ellis Bros., one-shear stud Southdown ram, 22gns; ono two-shear stud Southdown ram, 22gns; flock rams, account Mr. €. J. Hawken, choice shearling Southdown rams, Ogns to llVsgns; account Mr. Wilfield Harbutt, Cambridge, a nice draft of good quality one-shear rams, which were keenly competed for, and two pens of six, sold at llgns; account Mr. Thos. Robinson, Roto-o-rangi, choice draft well-grown rams made to 7%gns: account Goulter and Wilson, choice quality Southdown rams, to Sgns average; account Mr. P. C. Hoban, good quality Southdown, 7gns; account Mr. G. Hanaley, Wanganui, a nice consignment, average of over Ggns; account Mr. A. W. Rutherfurd, a draft of nice quality rams, Ggns; account Mr. T. H. Henderson, one-shear, Sgns; account Mr. J. Anderson, one-shear, Tgns; account Mr. \\. Hunter, Palmerston North, one-shear, Ogns; account Mr. H. S. Day, one-shear, sgns; account Mr. C. J. Wharton, one-shear, sgns; account Whewell Bros., one-shear, 4gns; account Mr. W. S. German, one-shear, 6%gns to T'/agns; account Ruakura, mixed age rams, SVagns; account Mr. R. T. Findlay, oneshear English Leicester rams, Ogns to 7/agns.

WHAKATANE SHEEP FAIR [by tklkgraph—OWN correspondent] WHAKATANE, Saturday Messrs. Dalgety and Company, Limited, report having held a successful sheep fair at Whakatane, when the full advertised varding came forward and met with a ready sale at full market rates. Buyers were present from the "Waikato, South Auckland and Bay of Plenty districts. Lambs were penned in large numbers and these were readily sought after by local dairy farmers. The following is a range of prices:—On account Sladden Bros., IS woolly lambs realised 30s 3d; wether lambs from the same vendor, 2tis 4d; two-tooth ewes, 29s 6d to £2; four and six-tooth ewes, 2Ss Wd to 375; four and five-year ewes, 21s lOd to 2()s; fiveyear ewes, 23s Gd to 20s Ud; six-year ewes, 18s 6d to 22s 3d; aged owes, 10s Id to His Gd; four and six-tooth wethers, 26s to 275; two-tooth wethers, 20s JOd to 2-ls; good woolly owe lambs, to 30s 3d; shorn woolly ewe lambs, 21s ltd to 22s Id; wether lambs, ISs 7d to 25s 2d; medium mixed sex lambs, 1-ls 7d to 17s 7d; small lambs, 12s 7d to 14s; cull lambs, 7s 7d to 10s; two-tooth Southdown rams, 2%gns to ogns; four-tooth Romney rams, 2%gns to 3Vagns. The New Zealand Loan uud Mercantile Agency Company, Limited, report as follows on their Whakatane sheep fair, held to-day:—There was a representative bench of buvers from Auckland to the Waikato and Bay of Plenty districts. Competition was keen throughout the sale, especially for lambs and young ewes showing quality. Practically the whole yarding was sold under the hammer. Prices in most cases were distinctly in favour of vendors. The following is a rango of prices realised: —On account of Thompson and Ernest, 10-1 two-tooth ewes, .t'2; on account of R. Thompson, 324 twotooth ewes, 30s; other two-tooth ewes, 345; four and five-year ewes, 30s to 33s Gd; two, four and six-tooth ewes, 32s Id to 34s Od; sound-mouth ewes, 21s to 2fls; two-tooth wethers, 22s to 25s ad; two and four-tooth wethers, up to 2Gs; aged ewes, 15s Id to 21s; mixed sex woolly lamlvs, up to 23s l)d; shorn wether lambs, 14s lOd to 17s 3d; shorn ewe Romney lambs, up to 22s 7d; woolly Romney wet nor lambs, to 22s Id; cull lambs, 10s to 12s Gd; Southdown rams, 2%gns to 3gns; aged Romney rams, lMsgns to 2Vigns.

TAUMARUNUI EWE FAIR Abraham and Williams. Limited, report:— At tho Taumarunui Ewe Fair our entry comprised 15,140 ewes of all ages. With few exceptions tho sheep came forward in very good order and condition. Buyers were present from a very wide rango of outside districts, over '2OO railway trucks being required. Competition throughout was good, only two small pens going out unsold. Top price for two-tooth ewes was obtained bv Mr. D. F. MoLeod with £2 ."is, and Mr. A Eoscoo Smith secured top price for fourvear ewes at :l(sa. Many other lines were in hie vicinity of this price. Top price for sixvoar ewes was obtained by Mr. H. L. Forlorn; with 33s Od. Tho range of prices was:— Two-tooth ewes, best, 05s to 455; medium, 308 to :s-ls Hd; small, -His to Otis; four-tooth ewes 32s (id to UOS; six-tooth ewes, 31s to 37s 3d; five-year owes, '_'4s to 33s f)d; sixvear ewes, 'JIs to 20ss four and five-year ewes best, 28s to 335; others, 24s to 27s 6d; low 'conditioned aud failing mouth, lis to 21s Od.