STOCK SALES

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXIV, Issue 22818, 27 August 1937, Page 9

STOCK SALES

WESTFIELD QUOTATIONS? VALUES REMAIN FIRM " j DEMAND FOR ALL CLASSES Tho firming in values. of fat stookf was reflected in the prices paid for storo cattle at tho Westfield weekly, stock sale yosterday. Tho demand for, bonor and killablo cattle was keon and high values resulted. Potter bulla realised up to £9 los and fat oows suitable for butchers' requirements sold for £9. Young cows also reached a high price level the best sorts bringing up to £7 ss. In the dairy section there was a comparative dearth of good quality cows, while the numbers offored were below recent average, llecentlycalved cows and stock close to profit met with a good salo and realised up to £lO 15s for Shorthorns. Jersey a and Jersey-cross cows and heifers of fair quality sold at prices ranging to £8 17s 6d. Tho quotations wore:— Store Cattle.—Young cows, good condition, to £7 Gs; less condition, to £4 17s (id; others, to £2 10s; boner and aged cows, to £1 17s lid; potter bulls, hoavy-weights, to £!) 15s; lighter-weights, to £6 10s; meaty, killablo cows, good condition, to £'.)■, year* ling Jersey heifers, good quality, to £4 17s (id; others, to £3; breeding bulls, to £o 10s. Dairy Cattle.—Jersey cows, good quality, in inilk and close lg profit, to £8 10sj springers, fairly close, to £G 10s; others, to £5; Jersey heifers, good quality springors, to £8 os; more backward, to £'<_> 10s; others, to £5; Jorsey-cross cows and heifers, good springers, to £8 17s lid; more backward, to £0 10s; others, to £5; Shorthorn cows and heifers, good quality springers and in milk, to £lO 15s; more backward springers, to £7;. others, to £5; Holstein cows and heifers, good quality, in milk and close to profit, to £8 10s; others, to £5; other cows, to £5. BRISK SALE AT PUKEKOHE ■; [WIOM OUlt OWN coukkhponuknt] PUKEKOHE, Thursday Spirited bidding prevailed throughout at the weekly stock sale at Pukekohe to-day, conducted by tho New Zealand Loan and. Mercantile Agency Company, Limited, and thero was a total clearanco in all sections, Values were very firm, with beef showing a further improvement on lato rates, Best dairy heifers made £lO to £l2; medium, £$ to £S) 10sj email, £0 to £7 10b; quality dairy cows, £(> 10s to £ll los; inferior and backward, £4 10s to £0 ss; yearling dairy heifers, £3 to £4 7s fld; service bulls,. £5 to £7; heavy prime fat cows, £ll to £IQ ss; medium, £8 10s to £lO 10s; light, £7 to £8; other killable cows, £5 10s to £0; heavy prime fat heifers. £lO to £ll 12s Gd; medium. £7 10» to £0 10s;. light, £5 10s to £7; small, £4 10s to £5 Ha; oxtra good cows with calves, £ll 12s (id to £l4 2s <>d a p<ur; young Jersey cows, £3 to £4; other store cows, good colours, £5 to £0 ss; boner pows, £2 io £4 15s; potter bulls, £4, 10s to £0 12s fid. In the pifj section, which did not to-day include any heavy baconers, medium baconeps realised £3 lis tp £3 16s; light, £3 5s to £3 10s! heavy porkerß, £2 15s to £3; medium,. £2 pa tQ £2 12s; light, £1 lSs to £2 2s; large stores, £1 10s to £1 18s; slips, £l. 5s to £1 15s; good weanera, 18s to £1 ss; others, 10s to 10s; choppers, £3 to £2 17s; sows, due to farrow, £2 to £4.

TE KAUWHATA RATES FIRM G. W. Verpoa and > Company, Limited, report holding their fortnightly sale at Te IKauwhata, when a full entry of cattlo came forward. The demand throughout was fairly keen and a total clearance was effected at full late rates. Medium-weight fat cows sold from £9 to £lO Is; light fat cows, £G 15s to £9 10s; heavy fat Jersey cows, £7 to £8; light. £5 to ■£o 10s; forward conditioned Snorfiiorn and Friesian cows, £5 to £0 is; others, £4 to £4 15a; empty two-year Jersey heifers, to £4 ss; yearling Jersey-cross heifers, £3 to £3 10s; heavy boners, £3 to £3 lSs; light, £2 to £2 ifia; potter bulls, to £0 Os: fair quality jersey and Jersey-cross holfers, early calvers, £0 10s to £t 10a; more backward, to £6, Pius: A fairly large entry of fat and store pigs met with keen competition and chanced hands rcalily at latest ruling quotations. Heavy,baconera gold from £4 to iM 7s; medium-weights, £3 10s to £8 108| light. £3 to £3 Os; heavy porkers £2 las .to £2 19s; medium-weights, £2 10s to £2 14b; light, £2 2j to £2 Os: choppers, to £3; good stores, £3 to £2 7»; others, 35s to 80sr good slips, 28s to 345; others, 22a to 37«; best weaners, 18» to 255; others, 12s to 17s; Berkshire hoars, to £4; .Tainworth and Tamworth-cross sows, In pin, £4 2s Qd to £5 (ss, , ,

VALUES ADVANCE AT KOPU [BY TEfcEGRAPJJ—OWN CORRESPONDENT] . THAMES, Thursday ; Dalgety and Company, Limited, reports that at its usual fortnightly sale at Kopu a good yarding was offered and a keen demand was evident in all sections, especially for beef and store piers. Prices were in advanco of lato quotations. Dairy cows found a ready sale, while heifers close to profit «old at prices in advance of late sales. Quotations Best fat cows, £7 15s to £8 17s (3d; others, £0 15s to X 7 12s 6d; killable, £■l 15s to £0; good, stora cows, £2 15s to £3 15s; poor, £l-14s,to' £'2 Gs; cull and boner cows'. £1 4s to £1 10ss best springing heifers, £8 Gs-to £SISN; best springing cows, £8 to £9: others,£G 12s Od to £7 10s; backward springers, £5 to £0 7s 6d; calved heifers. £7;. .medium baconern, £3 2s to £3 ss; Unlit baconers, £2 32s to £3; medium porkers, £-j; light, £1 5s to £1 17s; small. £1 Os to £1 lis; store pigs, £1 10s; weaners, 19s 6d to £1 3s. 1 - TAUMARUNUI SPRING SALE [RY TELEGRAPH —OWN CORRESPONDENT] ' ' TATJMAKUNtJI, Thursday There was a large attendance of buyers at the special spring cattle sale at Taumarunui, with a keen domand for all classes of cattle and substantially increased prices for fats and stores. Dairy cattle of quality also met with a ready sale. About 600 cattle were yarded. Pat bullocks made £0 30s to. £9; fat steers, £5 9s to £0 7s; fat heifers, £6 7s 6d' to £7 2s Gd; store steers, £4 8s to £8; store. heifers, £3 to £5 12s 6d; store cows, £3 to £7 ss; dairy cows, £o 30s to £0; dairy heifers, springing, £3 7s Gd to £4 10s; Jersey bulls. £5 to £9 15s; yearling Black Polled bulls, £5 17s Gd; tamworth wcanor pigs, 235. Gd. ■ WAIPU VALUES [from our own correspondent! ! WHANGAREI.> Thursday Dalgety and Company, Limited, reports holding a sale at "Waipu ycstcrdhy, when an average yarding of dairy and store cattle came forward. Dairy cows, > close to profit, brought £(? 5s to .C 7 32s Gd; early calving Jersey heifers, £0 5s to £S 15s; backward Jersey cows, £4 10s to £5 ss; backward springing heifers, £3 10s to £4 12s Gd; medium-weight fat cows and heifers, CO to 1 £7; light-conditioned steers, £5 2s Gd to £5 I 30s; boner cows, £1 15s to £4 13s; good weanor pigs, to 225.

WAIMANA BULL OFFERING [by telegraph—own correspondent! WHAKATANE, Thursday ' The third annual sale of bulls on account of Alessra. T. W. Wartllaw and G-. Hewitt, of Waimana, was conducted at the former's farm by Wright. Stephenson and Company. Limited. The .wido interest in the stock was evident in the presence of buyers from , all parts of tho Bay of, Plenty and from the "Waikato, King Country and Ivorth Auckland. The sale comprised yearling bulls and beifers with tho exception of two -lots. The adverse weather prevented the cattle from showing to the best advantage, but satisfactory prices wero realised, the average for tho bulls being 3S guineas. The' highest bid of the day was .100 'guineas paid by Mr. G. Walker, of Katikati. for an outstanding year ling bull, Greonmeadows King Pen. Another high-class yearling realised 100 guineas, the purchaser being Mr. H. A. Laurman, of Otorohanga. Messrs. Ck.nnd E. Worthington. of Maungaturoto, paid 62'/ fl guineas and 50 guineas for two attractive yearlings, whilo Mr. A. W. T. Hyde, of Katikati, bought a son of Raeburn Bon Ami at 50 guineas. A lino of 1(J yearling Jersey heifers on Bccount of Mr. T. W. Wardlaw made an nveraga of seven guineas.

NGARUAWAHIA HORSE FAIR Tho New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company,- Limited, Hamilton, reports on its jSgaruawahia horse fair:—The entry was fairly large and representative of all classes. Bidding,: however, was rather disappointing on the whole, a good proportion of tho offering not reaching vendors reserves. Ihoro was a large gathering of buyers present. Quite a number sold and the money paid for theso > would bo about equal value to tlioso obtained at other horse fairs during the past few weeks. Medium farm draughts made from £27 to £33 10s; mote aged and lighter-weight farm horses £lO to £2O; aged and inferior class draughts, £l3 to, £l7 10s; good hacks, £S to £lO 10s; others, up to £7 10s; light unbroken horses, £lO to £l4. NORTHERN WAIROA HORSES [uv TELEGRAPH —OWN CORRESPONDENT | D ARC A V,ILL®, Thursday Tho first horse sale to be conducted in the Northern Wairoa district for many years drew a fair entry of all classes of horses, and a largo attendance of buyors maintained prices offered at other sales. The Loan and

Mercantile Agency Company, Limited, reports that there was' Rood demand for any medium drafts and reliable farm sorts, but that unbroken horses in a numbor of cases did not reach vendors' reserves. AH sales were to local- buyers and prices realised were:— 'Light to medium drafts, unbroken, £25 to £3O; lighter and clean legged, £lO to £ls 10s; medium drafts, broken to all work, £35 to £4O; part'worn, £22 10a to £27 10s; aged, £ls to £l9' lOsj hack and harness sorts, £lO 10s to £ls 10s,' hacks. £S to £l2 10s; ponies, £-1 10s to £S. •Tho North Auckland Farmers' Co-operative. Limited, reports pri6es asf follows:—One good farm gelding, - £3O 10s; one six-year-old 'medium draft, £37 10s; one good farm mare. £35; two:year-old' unbroken colts, up to £3O; handy farm horses, £23 to £27 10s; lighter sorts, £l7 10s to £2l;, light.farm h_orses, £ll to £ls; good,hacks. £0 to £11; other hacks, £5 to'"£8"lOS.-

TWO-DAY HORSE FAIR GOOD PRICES AT" PUKEKOHE [FBOJI OUK OWN COUTIESrONDKNTI PUKEKOHE, Thursday A two-day horselfalr at Pukekohe opened to-day. The auctioneers are. Alfred Buckland and Sons, Limited. The offering comprises some 300 horses, of whiclj , 100 unbroken draughts and 00 hacks and hunters were offered to-day. The attendance of buyers was the largest seen.at pukekohe for some years and included farmers from North Auckland and tho Waikato. Bidding was good for ail quality sorts and prices were fully equal to thoso in other centres. Only in odd instances did the bidding fail to reach the vendor s reserve. A registered Clydesdale stallion, broken to lead, from Mr. C. P. Ludwig, Ohinewai, was bought by Mr. T. V° olle - v > Wellsford, for £(10, while Mr£ H. Swinbourn, Mauku, paid £ls for an exceptionally choice three-year-old bay ffeldin«r, broken to lead. In other unbroken liorses three-year-old medium to heavy draughts made £!SB to £44, with fillies at £3O to £l!7v younger medium draught fillies, £'2L to £'JB 10s; two-year-old heavy draught geldings, £HL to £37 10s; medium, £2l to £29; yearling* draught colts anil nllies, £lO 10s to £'J3. A five-year-old grey gelding hack was bought by Mr, A. D. Bell. Clevcdon, for £'J3. Other extra good backs and hunters made £lO ,0 , £ -0; £°£ d, £io to £ls 10s; poorer, £'J to £8; Shetland ponies, £1 to £0 10s,

RANGIRIRI VALUES STEADY Thn Farmer*' Co-operative Auctioneering Company, Limited, reports on its sale at ,' ; Rangiriri. A full entry of all classes came forward. Competition for beef was keen and - recent values were maintained. Boners sold at ■--- schedule rutes. A good entry of store cattle ■ comprised mostly females, and these sold-i----under steady demand at satisfactory prices, Quotations: —Cattle: Medium prime cows, £8 —' 17s fid to £V 10s; heavy hecoiid quality, cows, £7 <;s to £7 10«; medium, £.5 125.t0 £'6 18s; light, £5 Is to £5 JOs; boners, £2 to £3 15s; - cows and calves, £5 12s to £0.10s; Hereford and Hereford-cross heifers, running with Polled Angus and Hereford bulls. iU 108; store Heroford cows, £5 12s Od; store Polled Angus cows, running with Polled Angus bulls, ■* £6; emptv 18-months Polled Angus heifers, ,- c , £5 ss; empty 18-month Hereford heifers. £5; . empty 18-months Shorthorn-cross heifers, £4 12s (id to £5; small Polled Angus and Hereford calvss, £3 13s; yearling Polled Angus steers. £5 10s; yoarling Shorthorn steers, £5; small yearling Shorthorn-cross steers, £3 10s; Jersey heifers, yearling, £3 4s to £3 lis. Dairy cattle: A medium entry these selling at recent market rates. Small Jersey heifors, springing, made £7 10s to £S 15s; later, £0 12s (id to £7; small and backward, £4 5s to £5 15s; aged Jersey cows. springing, £0 10s to £7, .i,.. OTOROHANGA BIDDING BRISK The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency, Company. Limited, Hamilton, reports as follows on its Otorolianga sale; — -•> Cattle: Apart from the special entry, as advertised, of 40 heavy fat Polled Angus and Hereford bullocks, on account Mr. It. Green, the yarding was about normal. The fat bullocks commanded very eager competition and realisations were .right up to the best of recent quotations. Ordinary Jersey cow beef and unfinished cows and boners made prevailing rates under good bidding. A few yearling heifers were booked at very satis- ~ factory prices. Quotations; On account of Mr. E. Green, Otorohanga, 41 fat Polled Angus and Hereford bullocks made from £l2 17s 6d to £l4 13s; for one prime Polled. Angus bullock, on account of Mr. H. Kothery, £lO 17s 6d was paid by Mr. H. Max- =>i well. Ordinary fat Jersey cows mado £5 5s - to £0 Os; medium, £4 7s 6d to £4 17s fld; - unfinished Jersey beef oows, £4 Us 6d to •- £4 12s (id; heavy boners, £3 5» to £3 10s; „- others, up to £3 2s (id; yearling Jersey heifers, medium, £3 17s Gd. Sheep: yarded about 3000 of the specially advertised rhoggets. The majority of these were wether hoggets, but a good proportion were ewe hoggets. The sheep . were of good class and attracted a. large and .representative Bather-. ing of buyers from a wide area. A re-.i-markably good sale ensued and throughout the inquiry was animated. Practically evprything offered changed hands and prices were . very pleasing to sellers. The top prieo for"" ewe hoggets was paid to Messrs. J: M. and R. G. Matthews, who sold a line at £2 Os 3d. A draft from Mr. B. Guy. made just ""J under that figure. Mr. T. J. McDowell, Mr; n , W. Cohe, Mr. C. Irvine, Mr. N. S. Sircombe, Mr. C. Merrin and Messrs. Lisiington also sold large lines of ewe hoggets. Mr. W... .. Cohe was paid 27s Id for store wether hog- ri gets, while Mr. C. Merrin was paid 27s for Is, a large pen. Mr.' G. Disber was paid 20s for - store wother hoggets, while Mr. B. Guy sold a line at 29s Id. The company sold SO ,** ewe lambs at £2 Os 3d; 209 ewo hoggets, 355; 120 at 335; 2QO at 27s lOd; 60 at 31s Idi 270 at 34s 6d; and various smaller pens up to these prices. Wether hoggets, 210.- " r > made 28s 3d; 75 made 27s Id; 190, 275; 93, 25s Id; and numerous smaller lots from 2is . r:v to 20s, Pigs: The inquiry was brisk and the »«-. supply about' average. Prices maintained Frankton quotations and all entered sold'V! freely. Light pork6rs made J;2 4s to £2 14s; good store pigs, 33s to 3Ss 6d; medium. 26« v " to 32s tid; slips,. 22s to .295;.g00d weanerg, .""J 10s to 21s; others up to 16s.

RUAWAI DAIRY SALE - [bv telegraph—own correspondent] , ' ' DARGAVIIi/E; Thursday The North >Auckland Farmers' Co-operative, Limited, reports having held .a clearing sale at ißuawai before a large at--* tendance .of buyers. The whole. herd came" forward in excellent condition, showing plenty* of quality. Prices:—Cows, in milk, £7 10s " to £lO ss; choice Jersey cows, close to profit,.. £l2 5s to £l3; more backward, £ll 53 - to £ll 15s; later calvers, £9 15s to £10;* more backward sorts, £7 to £7' 10s; unsound cows and late calvers, £6 to £6 15*.; The whole herd of 100 cows averaged £8 * 4s, ... , J ... . . * : STORTFORD LODGE , VALUES ; ; [by telegraph—press association] • HASTINGS, Thursday Sound markets ruled'' for'.' all sections at Stortford Lodge yesterday, except for hoggets,, which .were. down. 2s a head. The outstanding feature in n moderate yarding of fat cattle was a splendid draft' of heifers • and cows, ..on account of ~ Faritu station, railed from AVaikokopu, since the opening of the east coast railway. The stock arrived in excellent order'and sold readily, heifers making to £l2 and very heavy cows :to £l2 ss, The market was bright for prime quality, but unfinished entries were more difficult to trade. A small supply of ox beef sold well, to £34 12s Gd. The first yarding of store cattle , made for some time was offered, outside .competition giving the market a good tone. Yearling steers brought £5 19s, two-year steers £S ss, and good three-year steers £9 9s. The upward trend in values for hoggets was checked, being easier all round, except for an outstanding entry of cwo hoggets, shorn as lambs, which brought 33s 4d. Best fat and forward woolly wether hoggets made 26s id, medium lines ranged from 21s to 23s Gd, and the first ewes with lambs at foot offered for the season realised 17s, all counted. A slight easing tendency was shown itr the'values H for l'at sheep,, whifh generally not as heavy as last week's offering. A 'total clear- " anco was made at very satisfactory rates for £ prune quality. . "

HEAVY YARQIJNG AT PAEROA [bv telegraph— own correspondent"] -■ PAEROa, Thursday The highest prices for some years, on a par with outside sales, were a featuro of the aNew Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company s fortnightly 'cattle sale at Paeroa, There wero very heavy yardings of all classes of cattle, and almost a complete clearance was made. Extra choice dairy heifers, close to profit, made from £l2 to £10; other dairy, cows and heifers, close to profit, iS to £11; backward, .£0 to £7 30s; dairy cows, close to proGt, £lO to £l2; others, £0 to £S 10s; choice prime fat cows and heifers, £9 to £lO 10s; fat cows and heifers, £1 io £S ss; lighter, £3 -< 10s to £6 12s (id; young store cows, £3 to £4; potter bulls, according to weight, £3 to £3; extra choice yearling Jersey heifers. £4 lis; small store hoggets, 17s Od; fat hoggets, 25s Od to 29s (3d. OPOTIKI PIG SALE [BV TELEGRAPH —OWN CORRESPONDENT! OPOTIKI, Thursday The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company, Limited, reports on its Odotiki pig sale as follows:—There was a good entry of weaner and light store pigs, but baconers and good porkers were scarco. Competition was good for all classes, though prices wero not up to late rates on good store pigs and slips. Realisations were:— '« Baconers, good sorts, to £3 Ss; lighter, to £3 -Is; porkers, £2 to £2 Ss; good stores to 38s; smallor, 26s to 3Gs; . slips, 2ls to 20s; woll-done weaners, 15s Gd to £1; smaller sorts, 10s to 14s Od. Dalgety and Company. Limited.—Pigs were penned in small numbers, and tho de- ■ innnd for good stores was maintained at Into rates. Very few fat pigs were offered, tlla numbers being insufficient to interest exporters, but values did not show any marked decline. Quotations: Medium baconers, to £3 10s; lighter, £3 5s to £3 7s; porkers, to £2 7s; lighter, £1 17s to £1 10S; stores, to 3is; weaners, lis to 225.