WAIKATO VALUES

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXV, Issue 23023, 28 April 1938, Page 9

WAIKATO VALUES

SMALLER YAKDINGS DAIRY HEIFERS IN DEMAND STORE CATTLE EASIER Yardings in the Waikato have noti been as large as those offered prior to the Easter vacation. Dairy heifers still attract considerable attention and a special heifer sale of upward of 250 heifers held at Morrjnsville last- week proved quite a successful fixture. Practically a total clearance was effected at; very satisfactory rates. At the same centre 011 Friday last,, an entry, of only medium quality dairy cattle, sold at prices in advance" of expectations.; If present prices are any indication, values for dairy cattle should be high when the dairying season opens. At cattle fairs held in the northern King Country prices, except for forward condition steers, were belo.w: vendors' expectations.- Breeding cows were offered in fair .numbers but as these were mainly aged and of inferior quality prices were low. Steer calves which usually sell well at these centres were in some cases as much as £1 a head lower than those ruling for similar cattle at the same fixtures last year.Beef ami mutton are still coming forward in only moderate .numbers with practically no alteration in values. Very few store sheep are being offered and these are very difficult to dispose ci even fit exceptionally low rates. Conditions in the various sections are a« ! follows , BEEF Entries of beef at all centres h&Vp been light. At the Central Yards on Tuesday ox beef was offered in slizhtly larger nuWJbers than the previous week. For good 'quality competition was steady and late quotations were maintained. Cow and heifer beef was offered in small numbers with practically no alteration in value. Extra choice Ox ii quoted at 3<>s to 38s per 1001b; prune ox, ;Jls to 355; plain and unfinished. 24b to 28s; choice voung cow and heifer,. 30s to 35st prime cows, 25s to 21W; second quality cows, ISs to 225. *" ■ MUTTON With only medium entries coming forward it is difficult to give any good reason why . this section has not shown' more improvement. While yrime fat wethers and ewes are. if anything, a shade firmer, prices have not shown the rise which is usnal with the shorter supplies. Extra prime wethers are worth 28s (id to 30s; fat wethers, 20s to 28S; unfinished, 23s to 21s (id; extra prime young ewes, 18s Od to 22s 3d; fat ewes, 15s to 10s (id; fat lambs, 17s (jd to 2is. DAIRY HEIFERS The following is the range of prices fof dairy heifers sold in pen lotsi—Extra choice, good conditioned, two-year Jersey heifers, £7 ids to £8 10s; good quality two-year Jersey heifers, £G 15s to £7 ss; three-year Jersey and Jersey-cross heifers. £6 to £6 12s (3dj poor and backward. '£4 to £5. PIGS Both at Morrinsville on Friday and Frankton on Tuesday, large yardings Of pigs wer« penned. With the cooler nights and the milk going off very quickly large numbers of unfinished sorts are coming on to the markets and bacon buyers are having some difficulty in filling their requirements. Pork buyers, however, are procuring ample supplies, and the large entries are being absorbed at full schedule rates. Best baconers are realising £1 2s to £ l Os; good quality baconers, £3 18s to £4 Is; medium, £3 12s to £3 17s; lisrht and unfinished, £2 15s to £3 10st heavy porkers, £2 os to £2 '10s; medium. 3»s to £2 -is; light, 32s to 38s; unfinished. 25s to 30s. ' KAMO QUOTATIONS ..v [from our own correspondent] WHANG aSEI. Wednesday The North Auckland Farmers* Co-opera-tive, Limited, reports holding its usual sal* at Kamo. There was a fair yarding with % moderate attendance of buyers and practicallv everything sold under the hammer a* satisfactory prices. Dairy cows made from £5 105 to £7 2s (3d; dairy heifers., £4 If* to £5 12s Od; fat bullocks, £lO 15s; fat Cows, medium, £5 10s . to £6 Cs; light, £4 15s to £5 7s 6d; boner cows, light. £4 lSa to £5 7s fid; canner cows. £1 13s to £2 2s 3d; cows and calves, £4 10s to £5 s»j three-year Shorthorn steers, £0 17s 6d; two- 1 year Shorthorn steers, £5 12s to £6 2«x boner bulls, £5 5s to £0 Gs; .two-tooth wethers, lUs od; aged ewes. tSs 6d to 21a. Dalgety and Company, Limited, report*:.— There was only a small yarding, farmer« not being able to - transport their stock to the sale. The stock offered met with a. fair demand, late values being maintained; Dairy cows, close to profit,. £0 10s tO "£~! heifers, £5 10s; later calvers, £4 to £4 15s; fat cows, £5 10s to £6 10s; lighter sorts. £4 to £4 15s; boner cows, £1 10s to £2 ss» boner bulls, £4 10s to £5 13<; stOM wethers. IUS to 21S 6d. TAUPIRI PIG PRICES [from our own correspondent] TAUPIRI, "Wednesday The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company, Limited, reports on its stock said held at Taupiri as follows; Pigs: The yarding comprised mostly porkers, for which there was a ready sale at ruling prices. Well-finished baconers were in keen demand and realised very satisfactory prices. Prime heavy baconers made £4 2$ to £4 ss; hcavv. £3 15s to £4; medium, £3 9s to £3 Us; light, £3 2s to £3 Ss; heavy porkers, £2 12s to £3; medium, £2 2s to £2 10s; light, 35s to £2; unfinished. to li4s. There was a medium yarding of stores, which sold freely, while weaners met with a slightly better sale. Best stores brought 18s to 245; smaller, 14s to 17s 6d; slips, Os Cd to 13s; good weaners, Os to Ss (id; others, to ss; sows to farrow, to £-1 Gs. A small yarding of fat and store cattle elicited keen competition. Values throughout were ui) to recent quotations. Heavy fat cows made £5 to .£»> la; fat, £4 to £5; store cows, £2 15s to £3 10s; boners, £1 10s to £2; potter bulls, £5 10i to £5 15s; yearling Jersey heifers, up to £3 sss in calf Jersey heifers, to £5. . ' OFF DAY AT STORTFORD LODGE [UY TELEGRAPH —PRESS ASSOCIATION] HASTINGS, Wednesday No increase in prices was registered at the Stortiord Lodge sale to-day, in spite of an almost rerord short market because of the recent floods. There, was only a small attendance of buyers. Only 300 store sheep were petmed and there were no quotable prices. A small entry of fat sheep met with a dragging sale with prices easier. Many of the 110 head of fat cattle were passed in and cow and heifer beet made from 27s to, -Ss per 1001b. 11l contrast to yardings of 600 to 1000 store cattle in recent weeks only a few small pens came forward and there were no quotabld lines.

THE PIG INDUSTRY

AUCKLAND DISTRICT COUNCIL } [from OUK OWN correspondent] I'UKEKOHE. Wednesday The first annual meeting of th« Auckland District Pig Council was held in Pukckohe yesterday. Delegates were present from pig clubs throughout the area from Kumou to Morrinsville. The following were elected th«i management committee for the ensuing year: —Messrs. R. C. Clark, chairman, A. Best, H. C. Hawke, \V. 0. Lane, and A. J. Rayftes. An address on the activities of tha National Pig Industry Council wa» given by Mr. M. J. Scott, superintendent of the pig industry'. It was decided to forward a remit to the national council urging that arrangements be made for the killing sheets to be sent to the farmers in all cases of fat pigs being sold on the hoof. It was also agreed to ask the council to endeavour to obtain through, the Department of .Industries and Commerce and the Weat Committee wholesale prices for farmers for pollard and other wea 1 pig foods.