COUNTRY STOCK SALES

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXIV, Issue 22867, 23 October 1937, Page 7

COUNTRY STOCK SALES

MOMINSYILLE VALUES DEMAND FOR FAT SHEEP KEEN COMPETITION FOR PIGS A goou entry of fat sheep was penned at the Morrinsville sale held f by the Farmers' Co-operative Auctioneering Company, Limited. Competition i was steady, although prices realised 1 were .slightly lower. The advertised < entry of store lionets from Gisborne 1 was not keenly sought, and passings were not infrequent. The top line of '■ ewe hoggets realised .'37s ( Jd. 1 Cattle.—A large entry of all classes, with 1 beef in good numbers. The majority of the 1 yarding was of second quality, with prices a shade lower than those ruling at recent . sales. Heavy Jersey cows and boners also ! met with a steady demand and sold at fully , schedule rates. Xj change in quotations can be recorded for Jersey bullocks. A good entry : ■ of yearling heifer-i was penned, and, although Ji the market was weaker than at recent sales, I a total clearance was effected. A large yard- j ing of service bulls, with the inquiry keen, i and values fully sustained. Dairy cattle: A j full yarding of dairy cattle, comprising mostly heifers of medium quality, for which the j demand improved as the sale progressed. The ! advertised line of calved cows on account of j, Mr. James McDonald, Kiwitahi, created keen 1 interest and sold at fully late ratrs. Smaller , and backward heifers were not keenly sought, | but vendors met Ihe market, and a total j clearance was effected, although at figures ! slightly lower than recent sales. Pigs: A j full yarding of fat pigs, with competition keen, prices realised being on a par with ! late quotations. Choppers were also in de- ! mand and a good sale resulted. A full yard- i ing of stores and weaners, which met with i a ready sale. Breeding sows also sold well j at late rates. Quotations were:—Sheep: j Medium shorn forward condition wethers, 25s ! Gd; fat shorn ewes, l>-s shl to 20s; killable \ woolly ewes, 22s Gd to 25s Gd; store woolly I ewes, 10s Gd to 20s; fat woolly hoggets, j 20s; fat shorn hoggets, 24s (id to 2Gs; for- : ward condition shorn hoggets, 22s 3d to 21s; j woolly ewe hoggets, 35s to 37s Od. Cattle: ; Heavy Jersey bullocks, 114 7s (id; light,! £JI 7s Gd; prime fat heifers, £8 to .CIO; J medium-weight prime, cows, £7 15s to £0; j heavy fat Jersey cows, 4.7 12s 'id to £8 ! 10s; medium fat Jersey cows and heifers, j £5 12s Gd t'o £7 2s Gd; light, £ 1 I.ls to i £5 10s; heavy boner cows, £•:! Los to ±1 (is; j medium, 2s to £3 (is; Jersey cows with I calves, £(> to £0 17s Od; smaller, £4 4s | to £4 15s; good store cows, £5 1 ."is to £7 ss; empty Polled Angus cows, £G; Polled ' Angus cows and small calves, £G 15s; medium ! potter bulls, £5 5s to £7; light, £2 to £4 ' 15s; best Jersey yearling heifers, £4 10s to j £5 2s; medium, £1 Gs to £4 15s; smaller, £3 j 2s to £3 18s; two and three-year-old Jersey j bulls, to 10s to £ll ss; poorer conditioned ' and others, c<> 7s fid to £8 10« ; yearling 1 Jersey bulls, £5 Ids to £0 los ; smaller bulls, i £3 to £4 15s; three-year-old Polled Angus 1 bulls. £lo. Dairy cattle: Jersey springing heifers. £S 15s to CIO; Jersey-cross springing heifers, £7 15s to £0; smaller and backward, £5 5s to £(> 15s; best calved heifers. £0 to £lO 15s; other calved heifers, £7 to £8 ss; inferior, £5 5s to £0 ss; Jersey springing cows, £7 10s to £0; backward anil poorer quality, £5 5s to £0 10s; Jersey cows, in milk, to 15s to £l2; Jersev-cross cows, in milk, £7 10s to £8 Iss; others and poorer quality, £4 15s to £G 15s. Pigs: Choppers, £2 17s to £3 15s; best baconers, £4 to £1 Gs; medium, £3 10s to £3 10s; light, £3 los to £3 Ms; butter-milk pigs and heavy porkers, £3 «s to £3 Ss: medium. £2 10s to £2 l is; light, £2 Is to £2 Ss; unfinished porkers. :?!»s to £2 'Js; large stores, £2 to £2 ss; medium, 35s to 38s; best slips, 20s to iivis (id; others. 2'is to 2Ss; large weaners, '_"_»s to 255; smaller, 10s to 18,s ; breeding sows, to farrow, C 3 5s to £4 15s; Tamworth sows, with young, £3 15s; Tamwortli boars, £2 15s. Jhe New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company-, Limited, reports:—Market rates were mostly stable. The supply of heavy beef was comparatively small* but several pens at the commencement were j filled with medium-weight to good quality I fat cows and heifers. The greater part of I the entry comprised unfinished Jerseys, store ; and boner cows. In addition to these a few . bulls and second-class dairy cows, anil several pens of yearling heifers, were included. The enquiry both in the fat and store section was steady and there was no variation from current price levels, everything entered being freely sold under good competition. The yearling heifers made quite satisfactory prices, on late rates, while the demand for bulls was fair. The entry of fat and store pigs, which was rather smaller than last week's, sold well. Hoggets comprised the sheep entry, and these too were sought up to prevailing values. Medium fat Shorthorn . cows brought £6 15s to £7 17s; good quality Jersey cows and heifers, £0 5s to £G , 1 Os; medium, £5 12s Gd to £fi 4s; forward fat cows. £5 to £5 10s; good store cows. ! £3 15s to £4 7s (id; heavy boners, £3 2s | Gd tr £3 12s Gd: others, up to £2 15s; young bulls, £S to £10; yearling Jersey heifers, £4 10s to £ t 10s; plain dairy cattle, £0 5s to £7 10s; medium baconers. £3 5s to £3 10s; heavy porkers, £2 7s Gd to £2 ISs; medium store pigs, 27's Gd to 345; slips, 22s to 20s; weaners, 18s to 21s: bosrgets. 22s Od to 255. Dalgety and Company, Limited, reports: A good yarding of caltle came forward. Competition was good before a large bench of buyers, and practically the whole yardincr cbansed hands at late market rates. A truck of to prime Hereford and Polled Angus heifers, on account of Mr. E. W. R. Leslie, made up to £ll 12s od, and averacrd £ll (is 3d. Fat Shorthorn and Jerseycross heifers, £7 to £7 Os; light fat Jersey cows and heifers, £0 to £0 15s; forwardi conditioned cows, £4 17s Gd to £5 15s; ! boner cows, £2 to £4 15s. according to ; weight and condition; young Shorthorn and i nolstein cows. £4 10s to €5 10s; medium ; quality Jersey heifers, £4; smaller and inI ferior, £1 12s Gd to £3 2s Gd; potter bulls, j £3 to £."> 10s; dairy heifers, fair quality. I £S 12s (id. Pigs: A medium yarding of fat i and store pigs came forward, and prices ! remained firm on late rates. Stores and i weaners were probably better than !at other sales this week. Prime . heavy baconers brought £4 to £4 4s; heavv j baconers, £3 15s to £1; medium, £3 ids ; to £3,155; medium baconers, £3 Gs to C 3 ! I Os; light. £3 to £3 Gs; medium porkers. ! £2 Os to £2 12s; light, £2 to £2 Gs; choppers. heavy. £3 to £3 IMs; medium, £2 12s to £3; good weaners. 21s Gd to 23s Gd; good slips, 22s Gd to 255; medium stores, j 30s to 30s. MATAWHERO VALUES [by telegraph—OWN correspondent] GISBORXE, Friday The special yarding of. stock at Matawhero was rather smaller than those of recent sales at the Matawhero yards. The market was eiiser for dairy types in the beef section, while late rates in sheet) sections were generally maintained. The top price of the season to date for ewes and lambs, los, was obtained for a line offered by Mr. J. Spratt. In the fat rattle section dairy tvpes showed an eas : ng in values, £5 and £5 2s Gd being the best values for Jersevs. A single quality bullock made £l3 2s Gd, and others which could stand finishing brought £8 17s (id to £lO 10s. (lood framed Jersey heifers brought £5. with others CIS 'Js Gd upward. Late rates for fat sheep were maintained, although they were below those ruling a few | weeks ago. Choice ewes on account of the Onou Station made 34s 4d. with other ewes 31s lo 3 Is. The moderate-sized entry was of 'good quality. Woolly wethers made 31s Gd j and second grade ewes 22s to 2(is lod for woolly and 22s od for shorn. Values in the store sheep section were on a par with recent rates. Kwcs and lambs made 20s Od to 30s Id, and shorn two-tooths made 20s 3d to 21s 3d for wethers. Woolly wether hoggels wli'ch were full of condition made 20s 2d lo 20s lod. and shorn wethers brought 22s 8d to 23s Od, with big woollv I wethers at 32s (id. Shorn dry ewes brought 7s 5d for aged and poor, and 17s 7d to 10s j Id for those in fairly good order and with good teeth. LARGE BEEF ENTRY AT WAIHOU The Farmers' Co-operative Auctioneering Company, Limited, reports having held its fortnightly Waihou sale, a good entry of sheep coming forward, and selling at late rates. A laiere entry of beef comprised mostly second quality '-ows. which sold under steady competition at slightly reduced rates. A large yarding of killable Jersey and boner cows showed no alteration on recent firm rates. A good entry of yearling Jersey heifers met with a good demand, and most were sold at satisfactory prices. Service and potter bulls were also yarded in larger numbers, and sold at late rates, A full yarding of fat pigs, and a medium entry of stores and weaners, with competition for fats very keen, and priors realised were in advance of late quotations. Store and weaner pigs were keenly sought after, a good sale resulting. Quotations:— Sheep: Fat woolly hoggets, 32s to .'U5s 3d; forward-conditioned woolly hoggels, 20s to 20s (id; shorn fat hoggets, 20s 7d to 275; shorn ewes, medium, 10s Od to 22s (id; light shorn wethers, 2.85. Cattle: Medium prime eows. £8 to £0; prime Jersey heifers, £S 10s to £8 12s (id; medium, £5 1 Is to £6 17s; light. £4 12s (id to £5 8s; fat second quality cows. £5 12s (id to £0 15s; lighter, £5 2s to £5 10s; fat Jersey cows, £4 10s to £4 ISs, heavy boners, £3 10s to £4 (is; light. 35s to £3 2s; empty two-year-old Jersey heifers. £3 17s to £4 Gs; quality yearling Jersey heifers, £5 Is to £5 ss; well-grown Jersey-cross l.eifers, yearling, £4 10s to £1 15s; smaller, £3 15s to £1 2s; two-year-old. Jersey bulls, sound, £7 10s to £11; yearling Jersey bulls, 05 to £11; potter hulls, £4 10s to £(>. PigsBest baconers, C 4 to £1 ss; medium, £3 l(is to £3 10s; light, £3 12s to £3 15s; buttermilk pigs and heavy porkers, £2 18s to £3 10s; medium, £2 12s to £2 IGs; light. £2 Gs to £2 10s; unfinished porkers and large stores, £2 to £2 ss; choppers, 31s to £3 Ss; medium stores, 35s to :17s; best slips, 2Us to 3'js; best weaners, 22s to 2Gs.