STOCK SALES

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXV, Issue 22948, 28 January 1938, Page 5

STOCK SALES

WESTFIELD QUOTATIONS BONER CATTLE IN DEMAND FIRMING IN VALUES A further firming in values for all lines resulted from a. sustained demand at the West field stock sale yesterday, when the yardings "ere v.-oil above average. Ju the store section there was a large offering of potior hulls, the number penned being the largest at the yards for many months. Competition was particularly keen lor the heavy-weight lines, which sold at prices ranging to £lO 10s. Other lines in the store section also realised good prices. Dairy cows and heifers of good quality and close to profit stimulated the bidding, which at times became lively and spirited. Top values appreciated about £l, and the general level of prices also showed a firming tendency. Jersey cows sold up to £lO 15s anil heifers of the same breed realised up to £9 10s. Jersey-cross and Shorthorn found a ready market and realised between £8 and £!) I.ls for quality springers. The quotations were: —

Store Cattle.—Young cows, good roiulition, to £.7; less condition, to L'j 7s (id; others, to £2 17s (id; honer and aged cows, to it 12s (id; potter hulls, hcavy-wcifthis, to L'iO 1 Os; medium-weights, to £7 los; lighterweights, to £3 10s; meaty kiliahlo cows, to £(i 17s (id; yearling Jersey heifers, good Quality, to £4 7s (id; others, to L'l ss; breeding bulls, to £(i. Dairy Cattle. —Jeracy cows.- fine quality springers, to £lO 10s; more backward, to £7 .">s; others, to £3 sa; Jersey heifers, good springers, to £!) 10s; more backward, to £7; others, to £.">; Jersey-cross cows and heifers, good quality springers, to £•■) 1,35; mere backward, to £7 3s; others, to £3 as; Shorthorn cows and heifers, good si lingers, to £!) 13s; more backward, to £7 7s od; others, to C 3 3.»> Holstein cows and heifers, good springers, to £M 10s; more backward; to £0 17s (3d; otners, to £5; ether cc-ws, to £5 ss.

OTOROHANGA VALUES FIRM

A full entry of cuttle and sheep came for-! ward at the Otorohanga sale held by tho i Farmers' Co-operative Auctioneering Com- ■ puny. Limited. Them was a good bench of ■ buyers and prices realised wero equul to local ; ruling rates. Pins were yarded in small mini- ; hers and sold at lain market rates. Quota-: tions were:—Cattle: Light fat Jersey cows : and. heifers, ,Cfl L2s to X'ti 10s; young fresh j conditioned cows, &-1 15s to £fl flu; heavy , honer cows, I' 3 lfls to. £4! 10s; lighter, £'-V j fls to £'3 1 vis; medium-weight potter bulls, ; CI 10s to i!(t 10s; lierhter, i' 3 !)s to ill. Sheep: Pat wethers. 22s Od to 27s 3d; fat cull ewes, Lfls to His 3d; woolly ewe lambs, Mis ,'ld to 1!)s; woolly wether lambs, Ms to lfls (Id; shorn wether lambs, 13b to 13s 7d; shorn wether lambs, small, 12s 3d to 13s; small cull lambs, 10s 7d. Pigs: Medium porkers, 3fss to C2. TlMt Now Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company, Limited, reports:—An average yarding of cattle was offered, the market being firm, with prices on a par with recent quotations. Unfinished bullocks made (.'7 lfls to i'B; fat Jersey cows, .tfl 10s to e«; lighter, €-1 18s to .Cfl 7s fid; fat Jersey heifers £fl to £fl lfls; forward conditioned Jersey cows, €3 lfls to .£•! 10s; honer cows, i.is to C 3 10s; others, 30s to ,f!2 10s: medium-weight. potter Jersey bulls, £>i to ,C 7 10s; small, f 1 fls to .t'fl 10s; dairy cows in milk, up to (Mi 10s. Sheep: A good entry of store lambs was offered, the sale for which was slow, with prices slightly lower than lust, week. Fat sheep were offered in small numbers only before a small bench of buyers and the prices were also down. A few pens of ewes were offered, which wero sold under fair competition. Four ar.d five-year-old ewes made 18s; good white-face ewe lambs. 10s Id; smaller, 1 Is; forward conditioned blackface wether lambs. His fid; cood store wether lambs, lls .to lis (id; small, 10s fi(l to 12s (id; medium-weight prime fat wethers, 2fls Bd.

TAUMARUNUI VALUES [BY TKLHGItAPH OWX CORRK.SI'OXDKNT]

TAOtARUXUI, Thursday

There was a good attendance of buyers at tho local stock sale, and a local and outside entry of over 1000 sheep, with fair entries of cattle, and a good entry of pigs. Abraham and Williams, Limited, report: .Ml lines sold except one pen, and, although bidding was inclined to be slow, prices were on a par with outside centres. Fat ewes made lis Oft to 17s Id; four-tooth wethers, 23s to 23s t'j; two-touth wethers, 21s; aged ewes, 13s fld to 17s; two-tooth o'-ns, 2fls to 30s; ewe lambs, Ims to 21s fid; small, its to His; wether lambs, lls to His 2d; medium and small, lis to Lis 3d; small mixed sex lambs, lis to 13s 8(1. Only 2K head of cattle were penned. C'ons and calves brought i-t, and bulls. £'J. 'i'here was an offering of 31 pigs, which sold at lute rates.* Weaners made lfls fid to 17s; slips, 20s to 2lis; porkers, 27s to 33h (ifl.

Dulgety anil Company, Limited, reports.— Values of pigs were firm at Into rates. Prides realised for store lambs, which comprised the bulk of the sheep offering, showed an advance oil those of a week ago. Cattle were penned in small numbers anil were not in request, while there was a dull sale of piers. Best suckers made 13s fid to l is; others, lis to 13s; woaners, extra Rood, 235; other Rood weaners, 17s fid to 18s (id; medium, los fid to lfis (>d; slips, Kis to ISs Od; porkers. 345. Sheep: Best white-faced shorn ewe lambs, to 'JIs Od', for a pen of extra good sheep sold on account of4Mr. J. Goodman, of Owhango; other ewe lambs, Kis (id to lite; medium shorn wether lambs, to 15s Od; small and weedy, 8s 0(1 to lis fid; small Southdown cross lambs, l.'is 3d to lis Oil; small twotooth owes, 225; cull ewes, Ss'fid to 12s Od. \ SMALL HASTINGS OFFERING [BY TELEGRAPH —PRESS ASSOCIATION]. HASTINGS, Thursday Owing to flood' conditions, verj' little stock was yarded at the Stortford Lodge sale. Fat cattle made the principal section. Ox beef was nnuhanaod, heavy bullocks making to £ 13; ss, while heifers and cows showins butc.imr's quality improved by 20s a iioad. Other cows,, .many of which were aged, showed no change'from last week. The store cattle section was confined to very forward rising: four-year-old steers, which brought to 110 2s lid, after bright competition. Quality was not featured in the store sheep pons, til : only good offering being mixed aged wethers, which brought 22s lOd. Some lines of fattening ewes were slow to trade at I Is. Inferior Down cross lambs made 10s 7d. and medium grown white-faced woolly wether iambs brought 15s Sd. Only a few pens of fat ewes wero offered, making to 20s 2d. KAIKOHE SHEEP FAIR The North Auckland Farmers' Co-operative, Limited, reports that at the first sheep fair to ho held in the Kaikohe district there was an excellent yarding, with competition brisk throughout. Prices obtained were better than those ruling at recent? fairs. No outside buyers were present, the sheep being bought for the North. Light fat wethers made from 23s to 21s 2s; good two-tooth wethers, 20s fid to 225; small two-tooth wethers, ISs (id to 20s; good two-tooth ewes, 31s to 335; medium two-tooth ewes, from 2(is fid to 30s; small two-tooth owes, 21s to 25s Od; four-year-old ewes, 22s to 21s 3d; five-year-old ewes, I!>s to 21s; six and seven-year-old ewes, 12s to lis lid; aged and cull ewes, 7s to lis (id; good store lambs, l.'is to lis 3d; medium store lambs, lis to 12s; small store lambs, 7s lo Ss Od; ewe lambs, good quality, Os lid to 21s; medium ewe lambs, 15s (id to Kis Od; smaller ewe lambs, lis to 12h Od; one-shear Romney rams, (5 to 7 1 / ;: (jns; oneshear Southdown rams. 10s (id to i' 3 3s; aged rams, all breeds, 5s to Kis. Dulgety and Company, Limited, reports.— There was a full yarding and the majority changed hands under the hammer. The tone was better than at previous fairs this season. prices realised exceeding expectation, showing an advance on those ruling last week. Two-tooth wethers made from 10s to 225; two-tooth ewes, fronr 2Ss to 335; smaller, from 22s to 2<is; four-year-old, 22s (id; good five-year-old. ISs to 2ls; older, 10s to Ms; good ewe lambs made to 10s lid; others, from lls to 17s; good wether lambs, to lis; medium sorts, Os to lis; culls, from (is to Ss. KEEN COMPETITION AT WAIPU [from, our own corrkspondknt] AY MANGA RE I, Thursday

An excellent yardins and a, i;ood attendance of local buyers wore features of the sheep fair held at AVaipu by the North Aiu-kland Farmers' Co-operative, Limited. Com petition was keen, the prices oHained exceeding those of any other sale so far. Two-tooth wethers, good quality and condition. made His 3d to '23s <>d; t-uvtooth owes, to Mis; four and five-year-old ewes, on account ot Mr. D. R. McKay, to 2:is; five-year-old' owes, 17s ud to 20s Id; apfld ewes with sood mouths, l:2s to 16b; rid and ci lied ewes, 7s 9d to Its; (food store limbs, l.'ls to lis 4d; medium store lambs, 10s 0d to 12s ltd; small stor? lambs, 7s 3d to 10s. One-shear Romncy rams, locally b.-ed. brought 5% to 7Va guineas One-shear Southdown rams, to 4% guineas; ased cams, :<* to 12s. Dalgety and Company, Limited, re.crts.~--There was a full yurdinjr. with a gt od bench of buyers. Ewes predominated in the yarding, although uuite a number of lambs came forward. Prices were on a par with those nilini? at other fairs in the Actth this week, Two-tooth wethers r.ade from it* to 2ls; five-year-old ewes, from 12s to 1-js; vounzcr 1 ~>S to 10s *Jd; woolly ewe lan.'bs, Ss to lis ~>d; woolly wether lambs, <;s Jto !ii Id; mixed sex, woolly lamßiS, 's to / s sd; used Southdown rams, 8s to los; used Romncy rams, 80s to 3(55. A small j aiding of one-iihear Romney rams made from b /3 to 7 guineas.