COUNTRY STOCK SALES

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXV, Issue 23009, 9 April 1938, Page 11

COUNTRY STOCK SALES

MOItRINSVJLLE VALUES DECLINE IN FAT SHEEP BEEF PRICES MAINTAINED The Farmers' Co-operative Auctioneering Company, Limited, reports that a small entry of fat sheep at Morrinsville yesterday failed to create much interest and sold at lower rates, arid a small yarding of fat and store lambs was not so keenly sought after.

Cattle: A full yarding of all classes of fat and boner cattle came forward, tbe majority of the entry being second duality and boners, while a good entry of incalf heifers was also penned. Prices for all classes of beef and boners were equal to last woek, with potter bulls in keen demand. Dairy cattle: A small entry of springers, and a full yarding of dairy heifers, tbe yarding being of medium quality. All classes showed a slight decline in value. Pigs: An extra heavy yarding of fat pigs and a full entry of stores and weaners. Competition for baconers and porkers was keen, prices remaining firm at late rates. Stores and weaners sold at recent quotations. A record entry of choppers also maintained late values. Quotations: —Sheep: Fat black-face two-tooth ewes and wethers, 22s to 22s 9d; killablo lambs, J7s (id to 18s i)d; two-tooth owe lambs, 22s Od; store lambs, t)s !)d to 13s; cull lambs, 7s to Os; sound mouth ewes, r.w.r., lis: empty cull ewes, Os 3d to Bs. Cattle: Medium fat steers. £9 2s (id to £ll 10s; lighter, £7 to £8 Os; heavy fat cows. £0 2s (id to £8; medium, £5 7s to £5 19s; light fat cows,and heifers, £4 8s to £5 2s; heavy boners, £3 18s to £4 ss; lighter. £2 10s to £3 8s; cull cows, 25s to 30s; heavy potter bulls, £0 3s to £7 ss; medium, £4 15s to £5 KJs; heavy bulls, £2 10s to £3„lss; yearling heifers, £2 17s to £3 7s; smaller, 25s to £2 4s. Dairy cattle: Springing heifers, £(i to £7 15s; Jersoy dairy heifers, r.w.b., £7 10s to £8 10s; medium, £5 15s to £0 10s; mixed colours and smaller heifers. £4 5s to £5 10s. Pigs: Heavy choppers, £3 14s to' £4 (is; others, £2 12s to £3 10s; poorer conditioned, 30s to £2 10s; heavy prime baconers, £4 Is to £4 ss; heavy baconers, £3 15s to £4; medium, £3 Kfe to £3 l is; light. £3 3s to £3 8s; unfinished baconers and butter-milk pigs, £2 14s to £3 Is; heavy porkers. £2 8s to £2 12s; medium. £2 2s to £2 Os; light. 30s to £'J; unfinished. .'JOs to 345; large stores, 23s (id to 275; medium, 18s to 225; slips, 10s to 15s Od; weaners, 4s' Od to 8s Od. Dalgety and Company, Limited, reports,— Thero was a smaller yarding of cattle than usual, but competition was keen and late rates were maintained throughout. No heavy fat cows were yarded. Light fat Jersey cows and heifers, £4 17s Od to £5 10s; forward conditioned young cows, £4 7s Od to £4 15s; young Jersey cows and heifers, £3 Os to £3 17s Od; good boners, £3 16s to £4 • r, s; others, 31s to £3 15s, according to weight and condition; potter bulls, £4 10s to £0; 2Va-year Jersey steers, £4. Pigs: An average yarding of pigs came forward and prices were firm on recent quotations. Medium baconers, £3 3s to £3 9s; heavy porkers to light baconers, £2 10s to £2 15s; medium porkers, £2 3s to £2 10s; light, 30s to £2 3s; small, 28s to 365; unfinished. 20s to 20s; medium slips, 8s to 12s; medium weaners. Os to 8s; choppers, light, £2 10s.

RANGIRIRI ENTRY The Farmers' Co-operative Auctioneering Company, Limited, reports a Rood entry of all classes of stock at Rangiriri. Competition for beef was steady at recent values. Fat Jersey and boner cows were not keenly sought, and sold at lower rates. A good yarding of store steers and cows failed to command competition, aud most lots offered failed to sell. Quotations: Medium prime steers, £lO lis to £ll 2s; killable, £9 12s Od to £9 158; fat COWS, £5 12s fid to £0 12s Gd; fat. heifers, £5 5s to £5 10s; killable cows, £3 15s to £4 10s: boner cows, £2 7s to £3 10s; three-year Shorthorn steers, to £7 ss; springing heifers. £5 10s to £7 7s Gd; potter bulls, heavy, £7 to XS: light, £4 10s to £4 12s 6d. WAIHI HEIFER FAIR The Farmers' Cooperative Auctioneering Company, Limited, reports having: held its usual Waihi stock sale and a special heifer fair, when a medium yarding of beef and boner cows sold on a par with Fra'nkton quotations. A few potter bulls realised late rates. Dairy heifers: Fully the advertised ] entry of dairy heifers came forward before a good attendance of buyers. The quality of the yarding was not up to expectations, there being only a small proportion of wellgrown cattle, for which competition was steady. Small and poorer conditioned cattle were not keenly sought after, and values in most cases failed to reach vendors' reserves. Pigs: A good yarding of fats, including a large proportion of baconers. Competition was keen and practically all were sold. A small yarding of stores and weaners was dull of sale. Quotations: —Cattle: Medium fat Jersey cows and heifers, £5 to £6 10s; heavy fat Friesian cows, £6 to £0 108; killable Jersey cows, £4 5s to £4 15s; heavy boner cows, £3 5s to £3 15s; medium, £2 10s to £3; light, 25s to £2; potter bulls, £6 to £7 10s; light, £4 5s to £5 7s Gd; small Jersey heifer calves, £2 13s. Dairy heifers; Best Jersey and Jer-sey-cross heifers, £7 10s to £8 10s; smaller, £0 5s to £7; inferior and poorer conditioned, £4 5s to £5 15s. Friesian heifers, £6 10s to £7 7s (id; smaller, £5 10s to £G 2s Gd; Shorthorn heifers, £7 10s to £8; smaller and poorer conditioned, £4 7s 6d to £5 ss. Pigs: Prime heavy baconers, £4 to £4 7b; medium, £3 10s to £3 17s; light, £2 15s to £3 ss; Heavy porkers, £2 8s to £2 14s; light, 38s to £2 ss; good store pigs, 2Gs to 30s; small, 18s to 218; weaners, 8s to 10s. TE PUKE REPORT [by telegraph—OWN correspondent] TE PUKE, Friday Tho New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company, Limited, reports a decrease in the cattle yarding at Te Pnke. There was a good yarding of rat and store pigs, which sold well at late rates. Prices, realised were as follows: —Pigs: Heavy baconers, £3 16s to £3 18s; medium, £3 10s to £3 12s; light, £2 15s to £3 2s Gd; heavy porkers, £2 8s to £2 12s; medium, £2 to £2 12s; light, £1 10s to £1 16s; stores, 14s to 16s; choppers, to £1 10s. Cattle: Dairy cows in milk, £6 15s to £7; dairy heifers, £7 5s to £7 10s; assorted store cattle, £3 15s to £4 10s.

CATTLE DEARER AT FEILDING [by TELEGRAPH —PRESS ASSOCIATION] FEILDING, Friday Cattle prices showed a considerable recovery at Feilding to-day, values for better sorts being easily 20s a head moro. Sheep, on the other hand, although greatly improved in quality, did not reach the prices expected. Fat cattle and sheep were steady. Fat sheep: Ewes, prime, 21s Id to 25s fid; others, 13s 7d to 17s lOd; wethers, extra prime, 31s 9d; others, 20s fid to 25s Gd. Store sheep: Black face lambs, 13s 6d to 35s 0d; white face lambs, 12s lOd to 17s 30d; ewo lambs, 20s 6d to 21s sd; two-tooth ewes, 32s Gd; four and six-tooth ewes, 2f>s 30d; mixed ago ewes, 20s; ( five-year ewes. 235. Store cattle: Three-year Polled Angus steers. £8 15s to £0 7s fid; two-year Polled Angus steers, £7 Is; two-months Polled Angus steers, £6 158; 20-months Polled Angus heifers, £6 15s; Herefords, £6 lfls; weaner Polled Angus heifers, £3 15s; ii'/ayear Shorthorn heifers, £6; 20-months, Shorthorn heifers, £4 Is. Fat cattle: Cows, £5 10s to £8; heifers, £5 5s to £7 10s; runners, £3 10s fid to £4 ss; ex dairy cows, £4 10s to £6 10s. Dairy cattle: Springing cows, £8 5s to £9; heifers, £4 10s to £B. PUKEKOHE HORSE SALE [from our own correspondent] PUKEKOHE, Friday A good yarding of all classes of horses was received at the horse fair held at Pukekohc to-day by Alfred Buckland and Sons. Limited. The demand was not quite so keon as at rocent sales, but, nevertheless, practically the whole of tho entry changed hands. Young reliable medium to three quarter draughts made £-15 to £52 10s; aged medium to three-quarter draughts, £B2 to £3B; young lignt draughts. £3O to_ £43 10s; ordinary farm horses. £l6 to £2o 10s; light harness horses, £l2 to £ls; hacks, £3 to £7 ss; the advertised grey hunter. Sentinel, £3B; unbroken medium draughts, 18. months (o three years old, £l4 to £26.