STOCK SALES

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXIV, Issue 22657, 19 February 1937, Page 7

STOCK SALES

WESTFIELI) QUOTATIONS VALUES VERY FIRM £ll 5/- PAID FOR HEIFERS The seasonal demand for coWs and heifers to augment dairy herds associated with town supply was evidenced in the keen competition for quality stock and the firm values at the Westfield weekly stock sale yesterday. The yarding of dairy cattle was one of the largest for some time and most of the stock was of good type and in forward condition. The demand slackened somewhat toward the end of the day, when several cows were passed in on failing; to make reserve values. This was mainly due to the supply being heavy. The best price paid was £ll 5s for Shorthorn heifers of choice quality. Good quality cattle sold freely at prices ranging from £7 to £9 10s, the bidding at times being animated. The yarding of stores was slightly below recent average, but prices generally were well maintained. Boner cattle were not so numerous and the top price was £7 os for boner bulls. The quotations were: — Store Cattle.—Young cows, good condition, from £3 7s (id to £4 16s; loss condition, to £3 ss; others, to £2; boner and aged cows., to £4; boner bulls, to £7 ss; breeding bulls, to £5 ss; meaty, killable cows, to £5 10s; yearling Jersey heifers, good quality, to £4 17s Od; others, to £2 15s. Dairy Cattle.—Jersey cows, good quality, ' close to profit, to £'.); more backward, to i £7; others, to £4; Jersey heifers, good quality, : close to profit, to £8; more backward, i.o i £0 10s; others, to £4; Jersey-cross cows and heifers, good quality, to £8,10s; more backward, to CO; others, to £4; .Shorthorn heifers, choice quality, close to profit, to £ll ss; more backward, to £7 15s; others, to £5; Shorthorn cows, good quality, to £0; more backward, to £7; others, to £5; others, cows, to £4 10s. HASTINGS MARKET STORE SHEEP EASIER IHV TELEGRAPH—PRESS ASSOCIATION] HASTINGS, Thursday After maintaining a high level for a year, i values for store sheep were easier up to 2s a head at Stortford Lodge. In a yarding I of 14,500 one-half were breeding ewes, the ' remainder being lambs. The selling was ; dragging. High westerly winds contributed to the easier market. Nevertheless, the values realised still made good selling. Top lines of lambs sold to 225; good medium quality, to 18s (id; poorly grown backward tail-end lines, hard to quit, to 13s. Ewes chiefly consisted of aged and poor mouthed lines, a large proportion being fattening propositions. Many buyers showed a preference to hold off for Friday's ewe fair, when there will be an offering of 40,000. Fat sheop met an unchanged market except for a slight easing for medium ewes. Ox beef predominated in the fat cattle section, being chiefly medium sorts. Values were slightly easier than the late high levels of prices. Female cattle, chiefly plain finished, made to £9. STORE SHEEP AT FRANKTON The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company. Limited, Hamilton, reports as follows on the Frankton store sheep sale:—Store lambs formed the majority of the offering. They were in very keen request. Eager competition was accorded all classes, and the whole entry changed hands freely. Rates were fully equal to or better than those of last week. Young ewes commanded a good inquiry, and sold very satisfactorily on tho basis of late quotations, while need breeding ewes. a$ elsewhere, were more difficult to trade. _ Fat lambs made 23s to 20s (id; good store 'wether lambs, 18s to 20s (id; medium store lambs, 10s to 17s (3d; smaller. 14s to 10s; inferior, to 13s; good two-tooth breeding ewes. £1 18s to £2 2s 3d; others, £1 lis to £1 l-ls; aged breeding ewes, 16s to 10s; small-mouth breeding ewes, 19s to 23s 6d; inferior aged ewes, to 15s. COMPETITION AT WELLSFORD [from our own correspondent] WELLSFORD, Thursday

There was good competition for all classes of cattle and .young pigs at, the sale held at Wellsford by the North Auckland Farmers' Co-operative, Limited. There wa« a large attendance of buyers from Auckland, practically the whole yarding being sold under the hammer. Large numbers of killable Jersey cows were offered ancP'brought up to £4 15s for heavy wellfinished cows. Boner bulls and cows were taken for exporters at current rates, the best price beine £7 Gs for a very heavy aged Jersey bull. The few young Shorthorn hulls offered were taken for breeders, £5 Is being paid for a nice type of 18-months-old animal. Shorthorn steer and heifer calves sold to a keen demand, £3 15s being paid for the best steers, whilo a nice line of lied Poll wcaner steers brought £3 13s. Any calves good enough for vealers sold well for the Auckland butchers, £3 15s being paid for well-fed Shorthorn heifer calves. Store cows and heifers were in demand by local • graziers, a line of good Shorthorn heifers in calf to Hereford bull fetching £5 Is while big Shorthorn cows with good calves brought up to £0 4s the pair. There was a large offering of wcaner pigs, the best bringing 13s Gd, with poor ones selling from 8s Gd, while a line of medium porkers realised £2 2s. Values were:—Young dairy cows, due early, £5 10s; Shorthorn dairy cow with calf, £5 ss; light fat Shorthorn cows, £4 5s to £4 16s; killable Shorthorn cows, £3 10s to £3 ISs; fat Shorthorn heifers, £5 4s; heavy fat Jersey cows, £4 10s to £4 15s; fat Jersey cows, £3 17s to £4 ss; killable Jersey cows, £2 10s to £3 10s; killable Friesian cows, £3 10s to £4 ss; good boner cows, £2 r>s to £2 12s; light boner cows, £1 15s to £2 2s; cull cows, 22s to 30s; heavy Jersey bulls, to £7 (is; medium Jersey bulls, £4 19s; light Jersey bulls, £2 15s to £3 los; Friesian and Ked Poll bulls, £5 to £5 10s; young Shorthorn bulls for breeding, £4 to £5 Is; empty store Jersey cows, £2 7s (id; Shorthorn heifers in calf to Shorthorn bull, £3 10s; Jersey cows with big calves, ±'4 the pair; Shorthorn cows with big calves, £5 3s to £0 4s the pair; empty store Shorthorn cows. £3 2s to £3 lis; Holstein cows in calf to Shorthorn bull. £3 19s; good Shorthorn heifers in caU to Hereford bull. £5 Is; small Shorthorn heifors, running with bull, £3 2S; Jersey heifer calves, 30s; Shorthorn steer calves, £2 7s to £3 15s; Shorthorn heifer calves, £1 ISs; good Shorthorn vealers, £2 12s to £3 15s; Red Poll steer calves. £3 13s; 18-month Shorthorn steers, £4 lis; poor neaner calves, 30s; 18-month Hereford cross steers, £4 10s; Jersey-cross heifer calves, 31s; best woancr-pigs, 12s to 13s (id; good woaners, 10s to lis (id; poor weancrs 8s lid; medium porkers, £2 2s. MATAMATA SALE [from our own correspondent] MATAMATA, Thursday The Farmers' Co-operative Auctioneering Company, Limited, report having 'held its fortnightly sale at Matamata yesterday, when a full yarding of all classes of cattle came forward. Cow and heifer beef was in average supply, the entry being chiefly medium quality fat cows. Competition was firm and values' were on a par with Frankton quotations. There was a heavy yarding of boner cows for which values were slightly easier, ■ but potter bulls evoked brisk inquiry and good values resulted. Sheep: A full yarding of sheep consisted chiefly of store lambs, j Competition was firm for all classes and late quotations were fully maintained. Pigs: There was an extra full yarding of all classes (if pigs. Baconers were firm at Frankton rates, and porkers were slightly better than j quotations from central yards. Stores were freelv competed for, but weaners were' not sought after, yet vendors mot the market and a complete clearance was made. Quotations: —Sneep: Heavy prime fat lambs, 2<is Id to 27s 'id; medium, 23s Id to 23s (id; light, 21s to 225; fat ewes, 10s to 10s (id; woolly store lambs, 16s to IGs 3d; others, Os to 13s 7d; shorn store lambs, to 15s 3d; six-year ewes, 21s; sound mouth ewes, 17s to 18s; cull ewes, 10s (id to 11s Sd. Cattlo: Fat cows and heifers, £6 10s to £7 2s; lighter, C 4 IGs to £6; forward and killable cows, £3 15s to £4 10s; fat Jersey cows, £4 10s to £5 Os; heavy boners, £3 5s to £3 14s; medium, £2 12s (id to £3 Is; light, £2 to £2 10s; heavy potter bulls, £S 2s (id to £.lO 15s; medium, £6 to £7 10s; lighter, £4 10s to £5 15s; forward conditioned Friesian and Shorthorn cows. £3 10s to £4 2s (id; store conditioned Friesian, £2 7s (id to £3 2s (id. Pigs: Heavy baconers, £3 8s to £3 lis; medium baconers, £3 2s to £3 7s; light baconers, £2 17s to £3 Is; buttermilk pigs, £2 8s to £2 IGs; heavy porkers, £2 3s to £2 8s; medium, 38s to £2 2s; light, 32s to 375; large stores, 27s to 31s; smaller, 20s to 255; slips, 12s to 17s .(3d; host weaners, 10s to 13s Gd; choppers, £2 3s to £2 IGs; lighter, £1 Os to £1 18s. PIG RATES AT PAEROA [by telegraph OWN correspondent] PAEROA, Thursday There was a full yarding at the pig sale at I'aeroa conducted by the New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company, Limited. Prices >vtre slightly easier than at iast rale. A total clearance was made and over 1000 pigs changed hands. Heavy prime baconers made £3 5s to £3 10s; medium, C2 lfis to £3 3s: light, £2 (is to £2 11s; heavy porkers, £t IGs to £2 4s; medium, £1 12s to £1 I ts: light, £1 4s to £1 10s; choppers, 22s to 28s; slips, 15s to 21s; weaners 5s to 14s; sows, in pig, to £3 2s Gd; empty, £3 to £3 2b 6d,