COUNTRY STOCK SALES

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXIV, Issue 22852, 6 October 1937, Page 9

COUNTRY STOCK SALES

FRANKTON QUOTATIONS PRICES GENERALLY EASIER STORES AND WEANERS SOUGHT [fhom OCR OWN correspondent! HAMILTON, Tuesday •At the weekly Frankton stock sale held to-day a large entry of sheep, consisting mostly of shorn wethers, with a good proportion of fat cues, came forward. Competition was fairly steady, and prices remained on a par with last week. Fat and store hoggets were ijcnned in larger numbers and sold under keen competition. Ox beef was penned in full numbers, the entry being chiefly light to medium-weight cattle. Competition was firm, but prices showed a slightly easing tendency on recent. sales. A full entry of cow and heifer beef sold under steady competition, with no appreciable variation in values. Store and boner cows sold at late schedule rates, while a large entry of Jersey yearling and two-ear-old heifers was not as keenly sought, and values were slightly easier. A few pens of good quality heifers and a medium entry of dairy cattle sold at prices in vendors' favour. Medium prime steers from the estate of (he late Mr. E. Allen, Cambridge, sold tp -CLO, medium Shorthorn steers from Mr. T. M. Hall, Ohaupo Poad, sold to .CM, while medium steers from Mr. H. J. Barker, hatawhata, sold from £l2 10s to £l3 12s (id. Light steers from Gleneoe Farm made 4:11 15s to £l2 10s, medium prime heifers from Mrs. E. Potts, Bruntwood, sold from £lO 2s to £ll, and heavy cows from Mr. F. J. Barrett, Koromatua, realised up to £ll 7s Gd.

A large yarding of fat pigs came forward. Although prices were a shade easier competition from a full bench of buyers was steady throughout. A good yarding of store and w-eaner pigs was in keen demand, selling lit values in advance of last week's prices. A smaller entry of breeding ewes was not sought after. Quotations:—

Farmers' Auctioneering Company, Limited. —Sheep: Prime woolly wethers, 4!ts (id; fresh-conditioned wethers, 31s 3d; fat Shorthorn wethers, 32s to 33s Gd; medium, 2Ss yd to 3<)s; fat woolly ewes, 33s 3d; medium shorn ewes, 21s 3d; killable ewes, 2bs to 30s; fat woolly hoggets, 30s to 32s 3d; whitefiiced woolly ewe hoggets, 35s to 435; woolly hoggets, 27s 3d to 2!»s; store hoggets, 23s 3d to 20s; shorn hoggets, to 24s (id. Cattle: Medium prime steers, £l4 to £ls; lighter, £l2 JOs to £1.3 12s Gd; light, £ll 7s Od to £l2 Is; medium prime heifers, £lO 2s to £11; heavy fat cows, £lO l()s to £ll 7s (id; medium, £8 17s Gd to £0 I'-'s (id; light, £0 12s Gd to £7 17s (id; fat Jersey cows, £0 Ss to £6 lfls; light, £5 3s to £0 2s; killable cows, £4 5s to £o; boner cows, heavy, £3 3s to £3 18s; lighter, £2 to £2 IDs; heavy runners, to £(j J7s; rough calves. 23s to 345; yearling Jersey-cross heifers, £1 6s to £4 Kis; smaller, £3 to £3 15s; two-year empty Jersey heifers, £3 15s to £1 9s; springing Jersey heifers, £ll 10s to £l2; aged Jersey cow:s, £5 10s to £7; cows in milk, £G to £G r»s. Pigs: Best baconers, £4 to £4 Gs; medium, £3 lis to £3 1 Os; light, £3 Ss to £3 12s; heavy porkers and buttermilk pigs, £2 12s to £3 0s; medium porkers, £2 (is to £2 lis; light, £2 to £2 ."is; unfinished, 30s to 395: large stores, 38s to £2 3s; slips, '27s Gd to 355; weaners, 15s to 255; breeding sows, £2 10s to £3.

G. W. Vcrcoe and Company, Limited.— Sheep: Heavy prime wethers, -12s to 455; lighter prime, 38s to 41s; light fat wethers, 3r>s to 37s (id; well-finished shorn wethers, 33s to 345; others, 30s to 325; heavy prime ewes, 31s to 3(is Cd; lighter. 32s to 33s (id; light and unfinished, 2(>s to '2os; shorn ewes, 24s to 2Ss; heavy fat hoggets, 35s to 37s (id; lighter, 28s to 325; shorn hoggets, 24s to 2S)s Od; spring lambs, to 2Ss. ('attic: Runners, £4 to £5 ss; heavy vealers, £3 to £3 15s; medium, £2 to £2 ISs; small calves, 15s to 355: heavy fat bullocks, £I(J to £l7; medium-weights, £ls to £ls 17s yd; prime light-weights, £l4 to 14 15s; others, to £l3; 11 Hereford bullocks, ex Messrs. "Willoughby Bros., of Tuhikaramea, to £l7; eight Polled Angus and Hereford bullocks, ex Taylor Bros., of Taupiri, to £lO 10k; nine Hereford bullocks, ex Mr. J. Hannon, of Cambridge, to £ls 10s; lightweight Friesian bullocks, ex Whewell Bros., to £l3; heavy prime cows. £ll to £l2 12s (id; lighter prime, to £lO 15s; heavy fat cows, £!» to £lO ss; medium-weights, £8 to £8 15s; light, £7 to £7 17s (id; prime light-weight heifers, fit Ids to £lO ss; others, to £S IOh; heavy fat Jersey cows, £8 to £!); medium-weights, £0 10s to £7 10s; light, £5 to £(i ss; forward-conditioned Shorthorn and Friesian cows, £5 10s to £(> 10s; others, £4 15s to £5 ss; empty two-year Jersey heifers. £4 to £4 15s; yearling Jersey heifers, £1 to £5 ss; young Jersey cows, £3 to £3 12s (>d; heavy boners, £3 5s to £4; others, 30s to £2 15s; potter bulls, heavy, to £10; others, to £5 ss. Pigs: Heavy baconers, £4 to £4 (is; mediumweights, £3 lis to £3 18s; light, £3 5s to £3 12s; heavy porkers, £2 15s to £3 3s: medium-weights, £2 10s to £2 14s; light, £2 to £2 Ss; choppers, to £3 10s; good stores. 38s to £2 4s; others, 34s to 375; -sood slips, 2Ss to 335; others, 23s to 275; best weaners, 20s to 21s; others, 13s to 18s; sows in pig, to £4 10s.

Dalgety and Company, Limited.—Sheep: Heavy woolly wethers, 30s (id to £2 Is; medium, 37s fid to 3Ss 3d; heavy shorn wethers, 32s 3d to 33s 9d; medium, 30s (>d to 31s 9d; heavy fat woolly ewes, 33s 3d to 35s (id; medium, 2-1s (id to 2Us; heavy fat hoggets, woolly, 33s fid to 33s 9d; medium, 29s fid to 32s fid; heavy fat spring lambs, 32s to 355; medium, 27s to 295; light, 25s to 20s. Cattle: Heavy fat bullocks, £ls 5s to £ls 10s; medium, £l4 to £l4 IOs; medium fat rows. £S 2s to £9 15s; light. £7 to £7 17s fid; medium fat heifers, £G to £7 10s. Medium fat runners, £ t to £1 2s; vealers, £2 to £2 15s; heavy cows £5 to £<s Os; boner cows, £3 5s to £1 ss; others, £2 10s to £3; weaner Jersey heifers, £1 5s to £4 12s (id; others, £3 10s to £3 15s. Jersey springing heifers, £lO 108 to £l2 10s; more backward sorts, £7 10s to £8 15s; Jersey cows, £7 17s to £9 10s. Pigs: Prime quality baconers, £1 to £ 1 fis; heavy, £3 15s to £4; medium, £3 10s to £3 15s; light, £3 to £3 10s; heavy porkers, £2 10s to £2 15s; medium, £2 3s to £2 10s; light, 38s to £2 2s; small, 32s to 38s; heavy choppers, £3 to £3 ss; medium choppers, £2 10s to £3; light, 35s to £2 ss; best weaners, 22s to «(is; large store pigs, 32s to 38s; medium weaners 20s to 225; medium store pigs, 2fis to 325; small, 20s to 20s; small weaners, 14s to 20S; good slips, 2fis to 325; medium, 20s to 205.; small, lfis to 20s. Loan a lid Mercantile Agency Company, Limited. —Cattle: Unfinished Shorthorn bullocks, £l3 2s fid to Cl 4 ss; medium quality Short horn-crosr. bullocks, £l2 2s (id to £l3; lighter conditioned, £lO 10s to £ll 10s; good conditioned Polled Angus rows, £lO 7s (id to £ll ss; medium fat Jersey and bhort-horn-cross rows, £8 10s to £9 2s; lighter conditioned, £7 to £8 ss; medium to unfinished Jersev beef cows, £0 Ids to £7 2s (id; forward, £5 to £0 ss; good stores, £3 2s fid to £4 10s; heavy boners, £2 10s to £3 2s Od; inferior, to £3 7s (id; good runners, £4 to £5 10s; well-grown vealers, £2 to £2 1(is; small, to £1 18s; yearling heifers, medium, £1 10s to £1 lfis. Sheep: Light woolly wethers £1 11s to i' 1 17s; good woolly ewes, £1 l"(i (id to £1 17s 3d; medium two tooth woollv wethers, 335; fat wether hoggets, 28s Od to 38s 9d; medium, 25s to 27s fid. Pigs: Heavy baconers, £1 to £4 ss; medium, £3 12s to £3 19s; light, £3 5s to £3 10s; heavy porkers, L % 2 iss (o £3 8s; medium, £2 9s to £2 15s; light, £2 2s to £2 8s; choppers, to £3 3s; laree stores, £1 15s to £2; medium, t'l 12s to £1 l is; light, £ 1 to £1 10s; slips, £1 Is to £1 (is; best wraners, 20s to 235; smaller, 15s to 18s; others, to 12s. PAPAKURA CATTLE VALUES The New Zealand J.oan and Mercantile Airencv Company, Limited, reports a very successful cattle sale at Papnkura yesterday. Competition was keen throughout the sale and for both beef and dairy ratt'e prices ruled high. Dairy cows and heifers in milk and at profit made up to £l2 10s for best; good quality. £8 to £11; fat cows and heifers. to £9 10s; cows with calf at foot, to £(i Ids; store cows, £1 to £5 10s; three-year-old Fries : nn steers, to £8 Ids: nine to 18 months' old Shorthorn steers, £3 to £5; yearling Jersey heifers, to £1 10s; yearling Shorthorn heifers, to £1 ss; service bulls, £1 is to £lO 10s; potter bulls, to £lO Ids, according to weight. Boner cattle were in demand at full ruling rates. VALUES AT CAMBRIDGE A full yarding of all classes of cattle came forward at the Cambridge sale held by (he Farmers' Co-operative Auctioneering Company, Limited. A good offering of cow and heife' beef sold under keen competition, and values remained fully on a par with those ruling at other centres. Boner cows sold under steady competition at fully schedule rates. A good yarding of Jersey yearling heifers el'cited particularly keen competition and values were considerably in advance of recent quotations. Dairy cattle: A small yarding Good quality lots sold at late rates, while backward and inferior sorts were dull of sale. Sheep: An average yarding with competition firmer and values realised fully on a par with Frankton realisations. Pigs: A small penning of fats and a good entry of stores and weaners. All classes were in good demand and a total clearance was effected at fully equal to late rates. Quotatrolls:—Cattle: Medium fat rows, £9 10s to C' 9 15s; fat Jersey cows, £7 15s to £& 10s; iighter £0 2s to £7 (is; killable cows, £4 5s to £5 10s; heavy boners. £3 2s to £3 Ills; lighter, £2 to £2 ISs; well-grown yearling Jersey heifers, £5 12s Od to £fi ss; medium, til 12s to £4 17s Od; smaller, £3 to £1; yearling Friesian heifers to £5. Dairy cattle: Good Jersey heifers, close to profit £9 5s to £10; medium, £7 10s to £8 10s; Jersey and Jersey-cross cows, close to profit. £<i to £8 10s. Sheep: Medium fat owes to 31s; fat hoggets, 31s f)d to M"s 3d; lighter. 28s to 3()s 9d: ewes and lambs, all counted, 19s 7d. Pigs: Light baconers. to £3 lis; choppers. 3ds to £•_' Jos; heavy porker?, 1-s to £-j ids; medium porkers, £2 fis to £2 10s; light, £2 to £2 ss; sows and litters, £4 7s fid to" £(i 15s; sows, to farrow, £3 to £o 12s 6d; large stores, 31s Od to 395.