STOCK SALES

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXV, Issue 23019, 22 April 1938, Page 15

STOCK SALES

WESTFIELD QUOTATIONS SPRINGERS IN DEMAND STORE VALUES FIRMER Forward springers were penned in small numbers at the Westfield stock sale yesterday in an average yarding of dairy cattle. There was a large bench of buyers, including many town supply farmers. The demand for cows in milk and springers close to profit was firm and prices hardened slightly on Inst week's rates. The best realisation was £lO 5s for Jersey cows and other breeds sold freely between £8 and £lO. Backward springers received little attention and many were passed in. In the store section the values improved a shade, the demand for boner cattle being sustained. Medium-weight and well finished potter bulls found a ready market. Tlie quotations wero: — Storo Cattlo. —Young cows, good condition, to £0 2s (id; less condition, to £4 ss; others, to £3; boner and aged cows, to £4 15s; potter bulls, medium weights, to £7- 17s Gd; lighter weights, to £5 ss; meaty tillable cows, to £0 7s Gd; yearling Jersey licifers, good quality, to £4 15s; others, to £2 15s; breeding bulls, to £0 10s. Dairy Cattlo. —Jersey cows, good springers, forward condition, to £lO ss; moro backward, to £7 17s Gd; others, to £5; Jersey heifers, good springers, to £8 15s; moro backward, to £0 15s; others, to £5 ss; Jersoy-cfoss cows and heifers, good springers, to £8 17s Od; more backward, to £G 15s; others, to £5 6s; Shorthorn cows and heifers, good springers, to £8 15s; more backward, to £6 15s; others, to £5 ss; other cows, to £5 ss. PUKEKOHE VALUES [from our own correspondent] PUKEKOHE, Thursday A heavy yarding of cattle was received at the weekly stock sale at Pukekoho conducted by the New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company, Limited. Dairy stock did not form a big proportion, but wero keenly sought. Beef was in keen demand, and sold at rates that roso above those ruling at Westfield. Values for boner and store cattle wero well maintained at lato rates. There was a good yarding of pigs, with fats selling at improved prices and stores on a par with late rates. Best dairy cows made £7 10s to £10; others, £5 10s to £7 ss; best dairy heifers, £8 to £9 :LOs; others, £6 lOsato £7 15s; heavy prime fat cows, £8 10s to £0 12s Gd; medium, £7 10s to £8 7s Gd; light, £6 to £7 7s (id; other killable cows, £4 10s to £5 15s; best boner cows, £3 10s to £•! ss; others, 15s to £3 ss; three and a-half-year-old Shorthorn, Polled Angus and Herefordcross steers from Mr. N. Mitchell, Pukekawa, £7 12s Gd to £8; two and a-half-year steers, £5 5s to £G 10s; 18-month Shorthorn steers, to £4 13s; weaner Jersey heifers. £2 5s to £3; potter bulls, £3 to £8 7s Gd. In the pig section, choppers realised £3 15s to £-1 ss; heavy baconers, £4 to £4 Gs; medium, £3 12s to £3 18s; light. £3 5s to £3 lis; heavy porkers, £2 los to £3 ?s; medium, £2 5s to £2 10s; light, £1 15s to £2 4s; large stores, £1 5s to £1 30s; slips, 15s to £1 2s; weaners, 5s to 14s; sows due to farrow, £2 10s to £4 ss. I

VALUES AT CAMBRIDGE A sale was held by the Farmers' Cooperative Auctioneering Company, Limited, at Cambridge on Wednesday, but, owing to the alteration in the usual date, only a small entry of all classes came forward. Prices:— Cattle: Fat Jersey cows made from £-1 38s to £5 JOs; fresh conditioned cows, £4 5s to £4 15s; heavy boner cows, £3 10s to £4; others, 30s to £3 ss; potter bulls* £4 5s to £7; Shorthorn heifers, running with hull, to £5 7s (id; dairy cows, £4 to £(1. Pigs: Light porkers brought from £1 lis to £1 14s; good stores, 27s to 20s; slips, Os to 14s; weaners, 7s to Ss 6d. YARDING AT TE PUKE The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company, Limited, reports that at its fortnightly stock 6ale held at To Puke on Tuesday there was an average yarding of fat and store pigs. Porkers were slightly easier, but baconers sold well at late rates. Owing to the fact that expert buyers were not operating freely, values for fat cows and boners receded somewhat, and in most cases failed to reach vendors' reserves. The line of Polled Angus steers came forward in good order, but the demand was weak and the lot were passed in under the hammer. The following is a range of prices:—Heavy fat cows, £4 ISs to £5 13s; light, £3 12s to £4 lis; boners, £2 3s to £3 12s; small in-calf Jersey and Jfersey-cross hoifers, £4 5s to £5. Heavy baconers, £3 15s to £4 2s; medium, £3 to £3 10s; light, £2 12s Gd to £2 ISs; heavy porkers, £1 ISs to £2 4s; light, £1 5s to £1 13s; weaners, 5s to Gs; slips, lis Od to 15s Gd; stores, 17s to 21s Gd. MATAMATA PRICES FIRM The Farmers' Co-operative Auctioneering Company, Limited, reports having held a sale at Matamata on Wednesday, when a full yarding of cattle came forward. A smaller offering of cow beef included only a small proportion of quality cattle, the entry comprising chiefly boner cows. Competition was firm for all classes, and a total clearance resulted at satisfactory rates. A smaller offering of potter bulls sold fully up to schedule rates. There was a small yarding of sheep, which sold at late rates. A full yarding of pigs came forward. The majority comprised porkers, thera being few top-weight baconers yarded. Competition for fats, baconers in particular, was steady and values were right up to those ruling at late sales. Porkers, however, wore not so keenly sought after, and showed a slightly easing tendency. Stores and weaners were dull of salo. Prices:— Cattle: Light to medium Shorthorn heifers made to £8 10s; fat cows and heifers, £6 1.5s to £7 12s Gd; fat Jersey cows, £5 15s to £0 10s; lighter, £4 5s to £5 lis; heavy boners, £4 4s to £5; medium, £3 3s to £4 1s; lighter, £'2 5s to £3 Is; heavy potter Jorscy bulls, to £0 15s; medium, £0 30s to £7 10s; light, £3 to £5 17s Gd; Jersey heifer calves, to £3 3s; forward conditioned Fricsian cows, £4 15s to £5 7s. Sheep; Fat two-tooth sheep, 21s Gd; fat lambs, .235. Pigs: Heavy baconers brought £3 10s to £4 ssj medium, £3 13s to £3 18s; light, £3 Gs to £3 12s; unfinished baconers and buttermilk pigs. £2 18s to £3 4s; heavy porkers, £2 7s to £2 1 *.s; medium, £2 to £2 Gs; light, 34s to 30s; unfinished, 28s to 335; choppers, £2 3s to £3 7s; 'arge stores, 22s to 255; smallor, 17s to 21s; large slips, 10s to 10s; weaners, 2s Gd to Gs.