WAIKATO STOCK

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXV, Issue 23018, 21 April 1938, Page 9

WAIKATO STOCK

FKANKTON QUOTATIONS CONFIDENCE LACKING SMALL YARDING OFFERED [from oub own correspondent] HAMILTON, "Wednesday The Easter holidays and tlie outbreak of facial eczema in sheep had a serious effect on the yardings and prices at the Frankton stock sale to-day. A. full yarding of fat sheep came forward, but included only a small number of prime quality pens. Competition for finished slieep was equal to last week, but unfinished sorts were dull of sale. Lack of confidence was evident, and butchers operated on a hand to moirth basis. Fat lambs sold at recent rates, while store lambs, of which there was only a small entry, were not sought after. There was only a small entry of fat cattle, and competition was not as good as it was last week. Prices were easier. There was an improved demand for fat > pigs, with competition keener and. prices on a par with those of a fortnight ago. Prices for store and weaner pigs showed an improvement. The auctioneers report:— The Farmers' Co-operative Auctioneering. Company, Limited.—Sheep: Fat wethers,. 27s " 9d; unfinished. 21s 9d; small black-face wethers, ISs to 2ls; fat ewes, ISs 9d to 20s; kill- ■ able ewes, 10s to 10s 9d; fat lambs, 18s to 225; store black-face wether lambs, 10s; shorn lambs, 8s to lis; cull lambs, 3s to Gs Pigs: Best baconers, £4 2s to £4 Gs; heavy, £3 " ' 18s to £4; medium. £3 12s to £3 17s; light T and unfinished baconers, £2 15s. to £3 10s; -* heavy porkers, £2 4s to £2 10s; medium, 38s . to £2 2s; light, 32s to 3Gs; unfinished, 253 to 31 s; good stores, 25s to 275; smaller, 20s to 235; slips, 12s to 16s; best weaners, 7s 6d to 10s; others, 3s 6d to 5s Jjd. G. W. Vercoo and Company, Limited.— ? Sheep: Heavy fat wethers, 27s Gd to 28s Gd,* prime medium weights, 26s Gd to 275; others, 25s to 265; light weights, 23s to 24s 9d; unfinished, 17s to 225; heavy prime ewes 17g '*■ to £1; medinm weights, 15s to 16s Gd; light, lis to 14s; unfinished, 7s to 10s Gd;.heavy fat lambs, 24s to 25s Gd; prime medium weights, 23s to 23s yd; others, 21s to 22s Gd; >. A, 18s to 20s; unfinished, 15s to 17s. Cattle: A draft of well-finished bullocks ex Mr. J. Hannon, of Cambridge, to £l3 ssheavy fat bullocks, £l3 to £l3 ss; prime light weights, £ll to £ll 12s Gd; light, £lO to lOgns; small and unfinished, £9 10s to £9 los. Competition for cow beef was poor, and prices showed a decline of 10s to 15s a head on last week's sale. Prime medium-weight cows. £7 15s to £8 Is; heavy fat cows, £7 to £7 14s; well-finished medinm weights, £G OS to £6 15s; others, £5 10s to £6; light and unfinished, £4 10s to £5 ss; heavy fat Jersey cows, £5 15s to £6 55,• mediam weights, to £5 10s; light, to £4 15s; small Jersey heifer calves, £2 to £2 lis; 18-months in-calf Jersey heifers, £6 to £G 17s 6d: poorer quality, £5 5s to £5 15s; heavy boners, £3 10s to £4; lighter, £2 to £3 ss. Pigs: Prime heavy baconers, £4 2s to £4 Gs; heavy K3 15s to £4 is; medium weights, £3 10s to £3 14 s ; light, £3 3s to £3 9s; heavy porkers, £2 14s to £3; medinm weights, £2 5s to ■' 'tebt, 38s to £2 4s; unfinished, to 345; choppers, to £3 15s; good store pigs, 22s to 275; others, 17s to 21s; slips, 10s to 14s; weaners, 3s to 9s. Dalgety and Company, Limited.—Sheep: - Fat wethers, medinm to heavy prime, 28s to 27s 3d; fat wethers, 23s 6d to 255; fat ewes, 16s 6d to 18s 3d; medinm, 13s to 15s: fat *" lambs, 18s to 21s. Cattle: Medium-weight fat bulb-ks, £ll 2s 6d to £ll ss; lighter. £lO 7s Gd to £11; prime he&vy heifers, £9 to £9 ss; medium, £8 to £8 12s 6d; fat cows, £6 os Gd to £6 15s; medinm, £5 lOii to £6; unfinished, £4 7s Gd to £4 15s; prime tight V „ e ? U Pigs: Prime top-weight baconers, £4 Gs; prime heavy, £4 to £4 ss; heavy, £3 4s to £4; prime medium, £3 8s to £3 15s: medium. £3 2s to £3 Ss; prime light, £2 16s <° £3 2s; light, £2 10s to £2 16s; prime heavy porkers, £2 5s to £2 10s; heavy pork- - ers £2 to £2 ss; prime medium, 35s to £2: medium, 30s to 355; prime light porkers. 25s nc i ' tr . ' 20s *° 255; choppers. £2 to £3; large store pigs, 20s to 255; medium; ISs °. f ma ". 14s to 18s; best slips, 10s to 14s; Rest v.-eaners, Cs to 10s.

Wright Stephenson and Company, Limited, tat wethers. 23s to 255; medium, to Q3s: fat ewes, to 17s 3d. _ New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agencv £io p ?j? y v ll Llmit^ d n; c l tt i e: Pat blocks, fio to £11; unfinished, to £9; fat Jersey cow? a pl *?'- £5 K 's H £6 158 ! Pliable cows £4 to £5 os; good store cows, £3 15s *1 it jV S- hers - £ ~ 10s t0 £3 ss; boners, 4 1 loS: runners, £3 to £4: vealers 5i ~ a* * 2 n? s- Shee P ; Prime fat wethers! ° £1 ,s 6d to £1 10s 3d; fat, £1 4s to £1 . , V s , 6 4 d ; medium, £1 to £1 3s; fat ewes. 14s to l,s 6d; medium, lis to 13g; fat lambs, log to 18s. Pigs: Heavy baconers, £4 * ° £ 4 4s; medium, £3 10s to £3 18s: light £3 to £3 Ss; heavy porkers, £2 12s' to £2 - 18s; medium £2 2s to £2 10s; light porkers. .. £1 los to £2; unfinished, £1 8s to £1 14s: best stores, 23s to 275; medium, 20s to 22s 6d; light, 16s to 18s; slips, 10s to 16s; hest weaners, <8 6d to 9s; others, to 6s.

EASING AT HASTINGS T SHEEP WITH FACIAL ECZEMA [BT TELEGRAPH —PRESS ASSOCIATION] HASTINGS, Wednesday With the exception of fat cattle there was a short yarding in all sections at Stortford Lodge to-day. However, there was a general easing in values, the fear of facial excema greatly affecting the sale of sheep. Better class fat cattle dropped 10s to 15s a head and second quality pens were down fully £l. Quotations:—Prime bnliocks, to £l3; best cows, to £10; medium cows and heifers, £7 15s to £8 ss; light, £6 5s to £7 10fl- —" Jersey cows, to £5 10s. Only 150 stow cattle were forward and these sold very firmly, young 20-months-old steers making up to £8 19s. Store sheep sold draggingly and prices were down is to is 6d a head. The 'A. presence of numbers of pens of lambs showing obvious first signs of facial excema ahelped to create an apprehensive tone, v Best VI, wethers made to 24s Id, and one-year ewes to 20s 6d. The bulk of the ewe entry was of the store kind, making prices from Ss to -,. 12s 6d. Lambs sales were hard to make. Best wether lambs made to 17s 6d, while ' > good quality lines in forward condition made - * Gd. Unmistakeable signs of facial excema were also in evidence in the fat sheep section and ewes eased 6d to 9d a head. Wethers and lambs remained at * late rates.

CLEVEDON YARDING Alfred Buckland and Sons, Limited, reports a full yarding of cattle and sheen at the bimonthly sale at Clevedon. Competition w "as,keen throughout from a pood attendance or the public. Pr.'ces realised were as follows:—Springing i'ows and heifers and :.n milk, £5 to £6; others, £3 2s (id vo £-1 10s; prime heavy steers, £l2 los to £l3 2s Gd; lighter, to £7 15s;:- fat cows, £7 7s 6d to £S 108; lighter, £5 2s Gd to £6 ss; meaty cows, £4 7s Gd to £5; heavy boners, £3 to £3 15s; lighter. £2 to £2 3 0s; cows, with calf at foot, £4 to £5 8s; grade Jersey heifer calves, £2 6s to £2 12s; Priesian and Shorthorn steer calves, to £3 7s. The advertised ewes realised up to £.l ss; others, 12s to 15s; wethers, to £1 Os Gd; store lambs, Ss to 10s 6d. MORRINSVILLE HEIFER FAIR Tho New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company, Limited, reports that over the advertised number of heifers came forward at the Morrinsville special heifer fair, ! altogether about 350 being yarded. Tho quality was quite average, with several good lines among them. Good quality heifers were in demand and sold well. Inferior were not much sought, although the vendors met the market. Mr. A. J. Freegard's consignment made £S 10s to £9 ss, and a consignment on acconnt of the estate of W. J. Collins, made £7 to £8 ss. Good quality heifers. £8 10s to £9 ss; medium, £7 to £7 15s; others, £t> to £7; in-calf cows, £6 to £7 12s 6d KOPU OFFERING [by telegraph—OWN correspondent] THAMES, Wednesday Dalgety and Company, Limited, reports having held its usual fortnightly sal#?* at Kopu, when a small yardine of cattle was offered. Competition was not keen and prices were easier. Pigs were yarded in average numbers. Competition was steady, except for weaners, these showing a decided easing in values. Best fat cows made £G 2s Gd to £7; others, £4 15s to £3 17s Gd; killable, £3 15s to £4 10s; stores, £1 ISs to £2 12s; bull and boner cows, £4 17s to £G; light porkers, £1 lGs to £1 19s; small, £1 8s to £1 13s; store pigs, 18s to £1 ss; slips. 12s Gd to 15s; weaners, 5s to 12s Gd.

KAMO QUOTATIONS | FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT] WHANG-ARFiI, Wednesday J'he North Auckland Farmers' Co-operativa, Limited, reports holding its weekly stock sale at Kamo. There was only a small yardinsr that met with fair competition. Light fat bullocks made from £8 5s to £11; fat cows.- rt £4 15s to £6 2s 6d; boner cows, light, £2 68; medium, £2 12s 6d to £2 15s; heavy, • to £3 lis; boner bulls, heavy, £5 lQsjwJ £6 2a 6d; backward dairy cowa«s£4GLOrtaK£o«