STOCK SALES

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXV, Issue 22949, 29 January 1938, Page 11

STOCK SALES

MOREINSVILLE .VALUES STEADY MARKET FOR SHEEP EXPORT BUYERS ACTIVE The Farmers' Co-operative Auctioneering Company, Limited, reports that fat sheep were penned in fair numbers at the Morrinsville stock sale yesterday. Chiefly they comprised fat and killablo ewes, and competition was steady at export values. Fat lambs also met with a similar reception. ,

Store lambs were penned in medium numbers, and met with a keen demand at values above thoso ruling at recent sales. The advertised entry of two-tooth ewes attracted a good bench of buyers, and most lots changed hands at satisfactory prices. Ewes, ex North Auckland and East Coast, were fairly keenly competed for and sold at equal to last week's rates A good entry of beef, comprising mostly cow beef, for which competition was steady, realised' prices on a par with recent sales. Fat Jersey cows and boners wero penned in extra heavy numbers and competition from export buyers was keen, fully recent prices being maintained. Potter bulls were also yarded In largo numbers, and sold at firm rates. A full yarding of fat pigs came forward. Competition for baconers and heavy porkers was keen and prices remained firm on late rates, while light porkers showed an easing tendency. A medium entry of stores and weaner was penned. Competition was dull, but in most caSes vendors were prepared to meet the market. j

Quotations—Sheep: Fat wethers, 255; fat owes, 15s to 10s; killablo ewes, 139" to 14a Gd; canner ewes, Ss 2d to 10s; fat lambs, 21s 10(1 to 24s 4d; killablo lambs, 19s 3d to 21s; woOlly store lambs, 14s 7d to 10s Id; smaller, lis 3d to 13s sd; cull, 10s to 10s sd. A lino of 404 two-tooth ewes, ex Gisborne, sold at 33s Id; 105 at 32s Hd and 431 local two-tooths at 3ls Sd. Cull two-tooths realised from 23s (id to 20s; fiveyear ewes, ex\Uisborne, 23s (id to 'J4s 3d; full-mouth ewes, 225; four and five-year ewes, ex Taihape, 22s Od; mixed aged ewes, ex North Auckland, 22s Od to *J3s 4d; fullmouth ewes, 10s 8d; local ewes, 10s to l«s (id. Cattle: Killablo Jersey-cross steers, £9 to £10; fat Jersey heifers, £0 17s (id to £7; heavy second quality cows, £5 5s to £0 18s; medium fat Jersey cows, £5 to £5 15s; light, £4 10s to £5 ss; heavy boner cows, £4 to £4 l!)s; light, £3 to £3 18s; cull cows, £2 5s to £2 14s; Jersey cows and calves, £4 5s to £5 7b Od; heavy potter £0 17s Od to £lO 15s; medium, £0 10s to £8; light, £4 3s to £5 15s. Pigs: Heavy choppers, £3 10s to £4; others, £2 lis to £3 8s; prime baconers, £3 17s to £3 19s; heavy, £3 14s to £3 10s; medium, £3 9s to £3 13s; litfht, £3 3s to £3 8s; butter-milk pigs and heavy porkers, £2 14s to £3 2s; medium porkers, £2 6s to £2 12s; light, 38s to £2 4s; unfinished, 30s to 38s; good quality stores, 20s to 295; others, 22s to 255; slips, 14s to 19s; weaners, 12s Gd; smaller, Os 6d to 9s; young Devon boars, to £3 3s; sows, due to farrow, £2 to £2'los. The New Zealand Loin and Mercantile Agency Company, Limited, reports:—Cattle: A largo entry of fat and store cattle was offered, together with a larger < number of potter bulls. Fat cattle met a ready sale, the demnnd being very firm, and the price, if anything, inclining to a slight increase. Fat Shorthorn heifers realised £7; fat Jersey heifers, £0 to £0 10s; heavy fat Jersey cows, £0 to £0 8s; . medium, £5 10s to £(>; light, £4 10s to £5 5«; heavy boners, £4 5s "to £4 15s; medium, £3 18s to £4 3s; others, £2 to £3; heav.v Shorthorn potter bulls, £!) 5s to £9 14s; heavy Jersey ditto, to £9 ss; medium ditto, £7 to £8: light, £4 10s to £G. Sheep: The entry in this section was mado up of store lambs, and prices were on a par with Frankton. However, vendors are now meeting the lower rates ruling, and there was a resultant Rood clearance. Blackfaced store lambs made-from 14s 3d to 14s 9d; smaller, lis Od to 13s Od; whitefaced mixed sex lambs, 13s Od to 13s 9d. Pigs: A fair entry of baconers was offered, prices being firm. Light porkers were penned in larger numbers, and these also met with a satisfactory sale. Heavy baconers realised from £3 13s to £3 14s; light ditto, £3 to £3 Os; medium porkers, £2 Ss to £2 14s; light, £1 19s to £2 6s; choppers, heavy, up to £3 18s; others, £- 15s to £3 ss; slips, 17s to 18s. I

PUKEKOHE YARDING [from our own correspondent] PUKEKOHE, Friday I A heavy yarding of cattle was received at the weekly stock sale conducted by the New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company. Limited. There was a total clearance, except for a few pens of yearling heifers, which were dull of sale. Beef values were inclined to be a little easier than-at the beginning of the new year, but values of cattle generally were on a par with late rates. A good yarding of pigs was received .and almost a complete clearance was made at values on a par with ruling rates. Best dairy heifers made £8 to £8 13s; medium, £G 10s to £7 10s; small and backward, £5 to £G ss; dairy cows, £5 to £7 16s; heavy prime fat cows, £8 10s to £9; medium, £7 to £8 ss; light, £6 to £6 158; other killable cows, including - heavy Jersey cows, £o to £5 15s; best boner cows, £4 to £4 los; lighter, £3 to £3 15s; inferior, £2 to £2 15s; wenncr Jersey heifer calves, to £3 ss; a largo penning of potter bulls, £4 10s to £ll. Pigs: Choppers, £3 10s to £o; heavv baconers, £3 15s to £3 19s; medium, £3 10s to £3 13s;. light, £3 2s to £3 Ss; heavy porkers, £2 12s to £2 IGs; medium, £2 5s to £2 9s; light, £1 15s to £2; large stores, £1 5s to £1 13s; slips, ISs to £1 2s; weaners, 8s to 15s. FRANKTON STORE SHEEf [from our own correspondent] HAMILTON, Friday r G. W. Vercoe and Company, Limited, reports having held the x weekly store sheep sale at Praukton, when the advertised entry came forward. Lambs met with a good demand and prices, if anything, improved a shado on those of the previous week. The class of ewes yarded* was exceptionally poor and this stock was not wanted. The following were the principal sales: —91 storo conditioned, woolly Romney wether lambs, IGs; 10-1 ditto, 13s -Id; 53 Southdown lambs, 14s -7d; 03 forward conditioned shorn Romney wether lambs. ISs 8d; 22.ditto, 15s lOd; 75 shorn Romney wether lambs, 15s Id; 50 ditto, 14s 7d; 00 ditto, 14r; 51 Southdown woolly lambs, IGs sd; 28 ditto, 13s 4d; 21 ditto, 12s; 35 forward conditioned shorn Romney wether lambs, 17s 3d; 5G 6tore conditioned shorn Romney 'wether lambs, 13s _7d; 85 ditto, lis Gd. Cull lambs sold from 8s to'lOs 0(1; fat lambs to 225: small twotootlt owes, to 236 Gd; full-mouth ewes (inferior), to 12s; Culls,, Gs to 8s 3d. NGONGOTAHA QUOTATIONS The Farmers' Co-operative Auctioneering Company, Limited, reports having held its stock sale at Ngongotaha, when a small yarding of cattle came forward, quotations remaining unaltered. A ✓ full entry of shew was penned, the entry' comprising chiefly ' of breeding ewes and a moderate yarding of lambs. Young ewes created interest, but older sheep wer not so keenly sought. Lambs wcro inclined to bo dull of sale. Quotations: — Cattle: Light fat cows, £4 10s to £5 15s; boner cows,. £2 Gs to £3; service bulls. £3 5s to £4; cows and runners, to £5 10s; yearling Jersey-cross heifers, to £3 lis, Sheep: Medium mixed sex lambs, lis to 12s; medium two-tooth ewes, 27s Gd to 325; five and six-year ewes, 17s 3d to ISs 6d; soundmouth ewes, 15s to IGs 3d; aged, 9s to 12s; small two-tooth wethers, 21s; fat wethers, .to 2Ss; fat ewes, to 19s. TUAKAU SHEEP YARDINGS [from our own correspondent] v , . ~.J . ••» PUIvEKOHE, Friday Two-tooth Romney ewes brought up to £1 10s at tho sheep fair held at Tuakau by Dalgety and Company, Limited. This price was paid for a very nice line from Mr. B. M. Walter, Onewhcro. The yarding comprised about 10,000 sheep, of which about 8000 were ewes. Tlie entries, comprised annual drafts from stations in t',he surrounding district. and a feature was tho good quality of tho offering. There was a representative bench of buyers and choice straight lines brought particularly keen bidding. Other sales of two-tooth ewes were:—On account of V. Dwen, £1 IGs lid; K. O. Orr, £1 14s 10d; J. H. Dyer. £1 14s Id; T. Hoult. £1 13s 4d; L. R. Lowry, £1 12s lOd; Clunos Estate, £1 12s 4d; .J. Paulsen, £l .lls 2d. Other prices in tho ewe section were:—On account of J. H. Dyer, four-tooth, £1 Os 3d; E. Gilmour, four-year and fivc-yeaj, £1 5s Id; S. P. Gird wood, four-year, £1 Ss'lOd; L M. Dixon, four-year and five-year, £1 7s Id; J. McDonald, five-year. £1 10s Id; L. R. Lowry, five-year, £1 Ss lid; A. J. Paulsen, five-year, £1 8s; A. Cameron, five-year. £1 7s 4d; W. J. and M. Brien, five-year, £1 7s Id; A. H. Gaskcll, five-year. £1 «s So; H F. Leigh, five-year, £1 3s; B. M. Walter, mixed age, £1 7s Id; K. Oeorgetti, mixed age, £1 Gs Gd; Clune Estate, aged, £1 3s 9d; other r.ged'ewes," 15s to £1; culls, _s Ojl to 12s fid. Tho offering of lambs, although small, sold to good competition at an advance on late rates. Prices ranged from_ 13s to 158 3d. Southdown rains sold to fcgns, and Romney rams to Ogns. MATAMATA YARDINGS [from our own correspondent] ' , . • HAMILTON, Friday Tho usual fortnightly stock sale at Mataniata was held by tho Farmers' Co-operative Auctioneering Company, Limited, when there was a large yarding of all classes of cattle, entries meeting with spirited competition from a representative bench of buyers. In the beef seel ion a flcn of prime, medium-weight Shorthorn steers realised £lO Sis. while cow and heifer beef remained firm at late rates. Store and boner cows were penned -in y large num. bers and sold at ruling schedule rates. A good yarding of potter bulls met with brisk competition, a total clearance being effected. Bidding for a medium yarding of store steers was keen. An extra large yarding of fat and store sheep met with keen competition from a large bench of buyers. The majority of the

entry comprised breeding ewes and storo lambs, all of which were sold at satisfactory prices, l'hcro was a very large yarding of fat and a medium entry of store and weaner pigs. Bidding for baconers and porkers was steady throughout, prices being on a par with recent quotations. Stores and weaners showed an easing tendency. Quotations:— Cattle: Prime medium-weight Shorthorn steers, £3O Os; heavy fat cows. £0 15s to £7 10s; lighter Jersey cows and heifers, £<3 to £0 .15s; light fat cows ana heifers, £5r>s to £0 ss; good coloured store cows, £4 15s to £5 10s; heavy boner cows, £3 15s to £4 ss; medium, £2 15s to £3 ss; light boners, 30s to £2; 2 1 / a -.vear Hereford and Shorthorn steers, £8 Is; 2Va-year Polled Angus steers, £5 10s; 18-months Polled Angus steers, £4 9s; heavy potter bulls. £lO to £ll 7s; medium, £6 los to £8 10s; fighter £5 30s to £G ss. Sheep: Fat twotooth wethers, 23s to 24s Od: lighter, ;2ls (id to 22s 9d; fat ewes, 15s to 10s; prime fat lambs, 23s to 23s sd; lighter, 20s to 23s (id; white-face ewe lambs, 19s 6d;, good wether store lambs, 14s to 15s; smaller wether lambs, 12s to 13s 3d; cull lambs. 8s fid to Os 3d; full-mouthed breeding ewes, 20s to 21s; sound-mouthed ewes, 15s to 17s 3d- cull ewes, 12s; full-mouthed Sonthdown rams. 2gns to 3gns. Pigs: Choppers, £2 5s to £3 lis; heavy prime baconers, £3 17s to £3 30s; heavy baconers, £3 14s to £3 3(is; medium, £3 30s to £3 12s; light, 03' 3s to £3 8s; buttermilk pigs and heavy porkers, £2 15s to £3 2s; medium porkers, £2 lo .€2 12s; light, £2 2s to £2 6s; unfinished porkers, 30s to £2; largo stores, 2.9 (id to 30s; medium, 22s Od to 255; slips. 30s to 20s; best weaners, Os to 32s Od; others, os to Bs.

WAIHI COMPETITION A full yarding of all classes of ..stock camo forward at the Waihi stock sale of the Farmers' Co-operative Auctioneering Company, Limited. An average entry of cow beef sold under steady competition, values remaining firm on Frankton quotauons A good entry of boner cows and potter bulls sold in advance of schedule rates. A heavy yarding of fat pigs was offered to a fnii bench of buyers. Competition was keen throughout and a total clearance was effected at full late Waikato values. Quotations Cattie: Heavy fat cows, £0 5s to £0 13s, fat Jersey cows, £5 and heifers, £4 to £4 16s; heavy boner., £3 10s to £4 7s; lighter, £2 ss.to £3 (is, heavy potter Jersey bulls. £8 to £8 I<s Od; medium, £0 17s (id to £7 30s; I lighter. £4 37s (id to £0 ss; three-Sear Shortlnrn to £8 30s, Pigs: Best baconiy-s. £3j 14 s to £3 18s; medium, £3 8s to £3 13s; light, £3 to £3 7s; heavy porkers. £2 12s to_£3 8s; medium, £2 Cs to £2 10s; light, £- to £2 4s; unfinished, 35s to 3!)s. . VALUES AT TE PUKE [by telegraph—own correspondent] TE" PURE, Friday At the fortnightly stock snlfl held at Te Puke by the New Zealand, Loan and Mercantile Agency Company, Limited, .there w a large yarding of fat and store pigs. Prices for the latter, especially heavy . baconers,. showed a marked increase on previous sales, the top price of £3 19s being the best for some considerable time. Beef cattle sold well at late rates, while store cattle maintained their current values. Prices realised were as follows:— Pigs: Heavy baconers £3 losi to £3 395; medium, £3 9s to £3 lis; light, £2 15s to £3 4s; heavy porkers, £2 to £2 10s; medium, £1 14s to £2: large stores, £l. 3(is; light to medium, 14s to £1 is. Cattle: Fat cows, £0 Is to £0 15s; niediujn, £4 l is. to £5 31s; light, £3 16s to £4 10s; £2 2s to £1 ss; boners, £2 to £3; Jerhejcross heifers, £3 15s to £4 4s; heavy Potter bulls, £9 2s Od to £9 10s; others., £j 2s Od to £7 ss.

GOOD YARDING AT KOPU^ [by TELEGRAPH OWN .correspondent] THAMES, Friday Dalgetv and Company. Limited, reports having held its usual fortnightly sale at Kopu where a (rood average yarding came forward. Competition for fat cattle was steady, being on a par with late Quotations, while all store cattle were in keen demand, "I'"' - ally potter bulls. These brought prices considerably in advance of late rates. £ jaWier small yarding of pigs found a steady sale at prices fully equal to late rates.Quotations: —Killable bullocks, £? 7s Od;bestfAt cows £5 14s to £<> lis; lighter, £4 lbs to £5 8s; killable, £3 10s to £4 l_s; store cows £2 to £3 ss; cull, £1 2s <>d to £1 30s;'heavy potter bulls, £8 to £11: F Ho £1 to £7 10s; light baconers, £2 Ss to £- 10s; medium porkers, £1 18s ' to^? n J V l £1 12s to £1 17s; small, £1 'S to £1 11?, store pigs. 18s to £1 Gs; slips, 103 to £1; weaners, Ss Gd to 15s. ram' fair prices decline [BY TELEGRAPH —PRESS ASSOCIATION] HASTINGS, Friday The annual ram fair. ■ which opened at Hastings yesterday, met with but bright selling, yalues.being from 3gns to 4gns down on those realised at last year s fair. The offering consisted 0f.3000 Romneys and included entries from various well-known breeders in the Wairarapa, Manaw-atu and Feilding districts: Some entries bred in the South Island were also on offer. Except for a small percentage the. pen showing ing and quality of the offering J*'® s disaP; pointing, being much below the Standard at last season's fair. Breed, character and tjpe were not at all well featured. The highestprice of the sale was I3gns. * e MATAWHERO VALUES [BY TELEGRAPH—OWN CORRESPONDENT] GISBORNE. Friday Although the offering, of stock at Matawhero to-day was smaller than usual, the auction was attended by a gathering and good competition ruled throughout. Values were unchanged in the fat cattle and fat sheep sections, while lambs advanced in the store section. Values were maintained for an average-sized yarding of fat cattle. Station cows ranged from £5 6a to £7 \ 7s Jersey cows made to £1,175, with fairly good from £3 upward; heifers>-to £6 for Hereford, and vealers 27s 6d to 445. Only 50 fat sheep were yarded and for Jhese values were firm, ewes selling from 15s to 16s, with second grade ,to 13s l id. Lambs showed an improvement in values lh the store sheep section and for . other classes prices - were firm. Best ewe lambs made IDs Id to 20s 3d; wether lambs. 17 § 4d for a first-class pen, and 15s to l«s for good fattening; ewes, lis Od "to 13s 7d for forward and 7s to 7s fid for poor sorts; wethers, 23s 4d for a small pen, most being prime, and 17s 2d to 19s 2d for medium; Southdown lambs, forward, 14s 4d to 15s Od. There were only a few hundred store sheep offered.

PAPAROA SHEEP FAIR [from OUR OWN' correspondent] WHANGAREI, Friday There was an exceptionally large yarding at the Paparoa sheep fair conducted by the North Auckland Farmers' Co-operative. Competition was good and everything changed hands under the hammer. Quotations: —Twotooth wethers, 10s 3d to 21s; four-tooths wethers, 21s to 21s 4d; two-tooth ewes, good quality, 31s to 32s Gd; small two-tooth ewes, '2ss to 28s Gd; four and six-tooth ewes, 23s to 255; four-year-old ewes, 25s to 25s -Id; five-year-old ewes, 18s to 20s sd; aged ewes with sound mouths, 14s. to IGs Od; failing mouths, 9s to 12s; cull ewes, 5s 6d to Ss od; good owe lambs, 22s to 23s 4d; medium. . 15s to 18s 3d; small. 10s to 12s-3d; good wether lambs, 13s Od to 14s 6d; medium wether lambs, lis Id to 12s 3d; small, ss. to Os Gd; one-shear Romney rams, 3%gns to 7gns; one-shear Southdown rams, 4gns to Ggns; aged Romney rams, good quality, 35s to £2 10s potter rams, 5s to 17s. UNSTEADINESS AT FEILDING [BY TELEGRAPH —PRESS ASSOCIATION] FEILDING, Friday An unsteady tone was evident at the store lamb market at Feilding to-day, when about 10.000 head were yarded. The sale generally, however, was quite satisfactory with a good clearance effected. The cattle market was very quiet, the demand being at a minimum at present. The range of prices was as follows: —Fat sheep: Lambs, 17s 2d to 245; wethers, 23s Od lo 26s 2d;', black-face two-tooths, 22s Id to 26s Od; ewes, 14s Od to 18s'«d. Store sheep: Wether lambs, 13s 8d to 17s 7d; blackface ditto, 14s to I.Bs Id; two-tooth ewes, 25s 8d to 20s; two-tooth wethers. 15s to 20s; breeding ewes, 17s to 18s. Store cattle: Weaner heifers, .i'2 2s to £2 lis; heifers, running with bull; £3 to £4 ss; 15-months steers, £4 10s; three-year Hereford steers, £7 2s; two year ditto, £5 3s to £5 lis; Red Toll-Hereford heifers, £t> 7s Gil; forward cows, £3 10s to £4 Is. Fat cattle: Ex dairy cows, heavy, £6 10s to £8 12s Gd; light, £4 4s to £G ss; ex dairy heifers, £5 to £5 los; runners. £t 17s Gd; Jersey steers, £6 12s Gd. Dairy cattle: Springing cows, £4 10s to £7 10s; springing heifers, £0 17s Gd to £7 lOi; cows in milk. £4 10s to £7. NORTHERN SHEEP PRICES [by telegraph:—own correspondent] DARGAVILLE, Friday Tho North Auckland Farmers' Co-operative, ... Limited, reports that at its . annual sheep sale at Arapohue a foil yarding was offered to a representative attendance of district ■, huyers. Prices were on a par with recent fixtures, vendors in the majority of cases .the market. Best four and five-year-old -ewfS.i made 18s to 20s; medium-aged to. IGs; failing mouthed ewes, 10s to 12s Gil; culled owes, 6s to 10s; store black-face lambs, 11s to 14s; small, Ss to 10s; Romney ewe lambs, to 19s 3d; medium, 13s to 15s; Romney wether lambs, lis to 13s; cull lambs, 6s to 8s; best two-tooth I ewes, 30s to 325; medium, 20s fld to 20s; fat wethers, to 255; two-tooth wethers, 20s to. 23s Gd; Southdown rams, 2gns to 4gnsj Romney rams, 2gns to 4gns.