STOCK SALES

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXV, Issue 23036, 13 May 1938, Page 5

STOCK SALES

WESTFIELD QUOTATIONS Migh dairy values BEST LEVEL FOR MONTHS Dairy values at tho Westfield weekly stock sale yesterday reached tho highest levels that have been recorded for over 18 months. Not only was the top price substantially higher than recent figures, but the realisations for most lines were considerably firmer. The best realisation was £ls 10s'for a fine type of Jersey-cross cow close to profit. Jerseys made up to £l2 and heifers of the same breed £lO. Shorthorn cows and heifers brought, up to £ll ss. The yarding was average, and bidding was keen from the outset, tlio presence of several buyers from tho country and farmers on milk supply resulting in brisk competition. In tho store section there was also a firm demand and values showed a slightly firmer tendency. Tho quotations were: —

Store Cattlo.—Young cows, good condition, to JE2O sh; less condition, to £4 2s Od; others, to £3; boner and aged cows, to £4 7s Od; potter bulls, heavy weights, to £9 15s; medium weights, to £7 los; lighter weights, to £5 10s; meaty killablo cows, to £0; yearling Jersey heifers, good quality, to £4 15s; others, to £2 15s; breeding bulls, to £0 12s Od. Dairy Cattle.—Jersey cows, choice quality, cloao to profit, to £l2; more backward, to £8 10s; others, to £0; Jersey heifers, good quality springers, to £10; more backward, to £7 103; others, to £5 10s; Jorsey-cross cows, choice quality springers, to £ls 10s; more backward, to £10; others, to £0; Shorthorn cows and heifers, good quality springers, to £ll ss; more backward, to £8 ss; others, to £5 12s Od; other cows, to £O. PRICES FIRM AT HIKUTAIA The Farmers' Co-operative Auctioneering Company, Limited, reports that an exceptionally heavy yarding of cattle caine forward at its Hikntaia sale. Beef: Tho entry comprised an average yarding of medium fat cows, for which competition was brisk and late rates maintained. A heavy yarding of boner cows sold fully up to schedule rates. Quotations wore:—Medium to heavy second quality cows, £0 10s to £7 10s; fat Jersey cows, £4 18s Od to £0; lighter, £4 2s Od to £4 18s; heavy boner cows, £4 to £4 lis; medium, £3 to £3 17s Od; light. £2 to £2 10s; medium potter bulls, £4 17s Od to £0; small Jersey heifers, r.w.b., £3 15s to £5. OTOROHANGA YARDING A small yarding of cattle came forward at the Otorohanga sale held by the Farmers' Co-operative Auctioneering Company, Limited. Quotations remained on a par with late quotations. Light fat Jersey cows macio '£4 5s to £5 10s; heavy boner cows, £3 to £3 10s; others, 35s to £2 15s; dairy cows, 4J5. FRANKTON VALUES FIRM The Farmers' Co-operative Auctioneering Company, Limited, reports that at its special cattlo sale at Frankton tho entry comprised good quality cattle, which came forward in fresh condition. A representative bench of buyers was present, and a keen sale rcsultca at most satisfactory prices. Two and a-half year-old Polled Angus steers made £9 to £9 Os; S'/i-year-old Hereford steers, to £9; 3Mryear-old mixed coloured steers, £7 3s to £8 12s; 2%-year-old Polled Angus steers, £7 8s to £7 19s; IS-months-old Polled Angus steers, £0 2s to £0 14s; 2%-year-old Short-horn-cross steers, £6 8s to £0 15s_; Polled ! Angrus steer calves, to £4 'Bs; mixed sex Hereford calves, £3 Os to £3 18s. PUKEKOHE MARKET [from oun own correspondent! PUKEKOHE. Thursday An excellent yarding of all classes of dairy cows and heifers met with a keen demand at tho stock sale at Pukekohe to-day conducted by Alfred Buckland and Sons. Limited. Fairly high values ruled, even backward (June and July calvers) were keenly sought. Best dairy cows, close to profit, realised from £lO to £l2 10s; good quality dairy cows and heifers, £8 to £9 15s: later calvers, £5 10s to £7 10s; aged, inferior and unsound. £4 10s to £5 ss; choice Jersey heifers brought £0 10s to £lO 15s; other good Jersey heifers, £8 to £.9 ss; smalt and backward heifers, £5 5s to £7 10s. Good beef met with a ready demand. Heavy prime cows and heifers, £9 15s to £11.; medium cows and heifers, £8 15s to £9 10s; lighter, £7 5s to £8 7s Od; light cows and heifers. £5 "s Od to £0 .15s; other killable cows. £4 10s to £4 17s* Od; heavy boner cows made from £3 15s to £4 7s Od; others, £'- to £3 ss; fresh-conditioned store cows, £4 10s to £5 7s Gd: other stores. £2 15s to £4. Cows and calves brought £1 10s to £0 12s Od a pair. Medium-weight fat steers realised from £7 17s Od to £9 10s. Best Jersey heifer calves. £2 10s to £3 3s; other Jersey heifers, £1 2s Gd to £1 8s; Shorthorn steer calves, £3; potter bulls, £4 to £i 13? Od. Both fat and store pigs were penned in larger numbers than at recent sales. Fat pigs were in keen demand, and stores also met with a good inquiry, while values were equal to "Westfield yesterday. Choppers realised from £2 Is Jo £3 18s; heavy prime baconers, £4- to £4 Os; lighter prime baconers, £3 8s to £3 10s; heavy porkers, £2 10s to .€3 23; medium porkers, £2 8s to £2 12s; light porkers, £2 to £2 0s; small and unfinished, £1 Os to £1 10s; medium stores, £1 3s to £1 ss: slins, 10s to £1 Is; extra good weaners, to 18s; good weaners. 10s to 13s; sma'l and weedy. Is to Bs. Sows due to farrow brought £2 5s to £4 ss; pedigree Berkshire sows, 4gns to G%gns; service boars, inferior, 2 1 / a gns to 3gns. HAMILTON CATTLE OFFERING A special cattle sale was held at Hamilton by Dalgety and Company, Limited, which reports that, owing no doubt to the great amount of feed in the 'NVaikato, and also the great lotses in sheep experienced locally, quite a number of cattle advertised did not come forward, owners requiring same on. their own farms. A good entry met with quite a good Bale, however, the entry from Ngatuka, Limited of 220 Polled Angus and Hereford steers averaging £9 14s. Bidding was keen all through the sale, it being noticed that rougher sorts sold particularly well. All good sorts of Polled Angus and Hereford cows running with bull also sold well. The entry came forward in good condition and a B °.°'L resulted. Good quality and conditioned Polled Angus steers. 3Va-yonr-olds. made .£lO to £lO 10s; otherß, £9 2s Od to £!> 18s; Hereford, £lO 2s Od to £lO 13s; others, £9 9s to £» 15s- lighter conditioned, £8 8s to ah ins- threc-vear-old Shorthorn steers, £b os to £8 15s;' 2%-year-old Polled Angus steers off hill country, £8 2s Od to £8 Os; 2%-year-old Polled Angus steers. £< os to £< JJS, small €0 7s to £7 <s od; small Hereford steers, £0 to £0 4s; sood cflndkion 18;nionthsoid Polled Angus steers, AO .l-<s to £7 ~s.oil, others £5 lis to £0 12s; 2'A-year-old mixed coloured steers. £0 to £0 4s; IS-mon hs-ojd. ji< t/\ £5 *j'2s Gd; 1.8-months-old grown and conditioned Holstein steers, £0 nthors £1 to £4 15s; small coloured steers £2 2s to £3 ss; empty heifer's. Polled Angus and Hereford, £4 los to C 5 17s Od; Hereford cows, running with bull £0 to £0 ss; Polled Angus cows running with bull, £0 10s to £0 15s; others, f l 7s Od to £4 10s; Polled Angus cows nnd calves £5 10s to £0 7s Od; empty vouiitf coloured cows, £3 to £'3 Is; Shorthorn heifers, running with bull, to £7 ss; others. £0 7s Od.

MATAMATA QUOTATIONS There was a medium yarding of cattle, mostly fat and boner cows, at tho Matamata sale hold by Dalgety and Company, Limited. v n shecu were penned and prices for cattlo were nrmor than late with keen bidding on good quality | * «nlrl ut) to £8 1 OS. l?at cows and nun,™ realised up to CO 10s. Stores were pcrmetl in fair numbers and heavy boners reached f.i ios Heavy fat cows made £ t oß_ to .C 8 ins; medium fat cows and l»eifcrs CO 1->S Oil; heavy boners, iM iiwii<or sorts »£" to L'H Its; cull dairy cows, from €'i IDs' to Ct 10s; potter bulls. £3i,a In £7 :is. Pigs: There was a stood :sardinj, of fat, pins, comprising for the most part porkers with a few pens of very pood b.-u----oners There was a very heavy yarding of store pi !*s every pen lieing Riled. Ihe aiher(ised line of breeding sows on account of Messrs. Dunion and Sheridan cams forward and a total clearance was effected at satisfactory prices. The highest price .paid for Inconers was .CI 03. Prime top-weight bacer" made CI 7s to £'i Os; prime heavy "coners CM 2s to .CM 7s: heavy baconers, ( 0 £.) 2s; prime medium baconors, s;s ios to. .€8 IBs: medium baconers, .€3 5s io C'H 10s: prime lights, .C!i to C' 3 os; light tmconers. €2 15s to .€»; prime heavy porkers, C" ios to C2 15s: heavy, €2 5s to £2 10s; medium. C2 to £2 ss; medium, 35s to C2; prime light porkers. 80s to 355; light. 25s to 30s; choppers, ,C2 10s to ,€3 <B. All classes of fat pigs sold freely. Ptoro pigs, ■rood Quality. 20s to 255; medium, 15s to 20s; small, 10s to 15s; good silos. 8s to 12s: good weaners. 7s to 10s. On account of Messrs. Duniop ami Sheridan, the advertised line of sows realised from .€4 to C 5 15s.

BRITISH WHOLESALE PRICES (Received May 12, 5.5 p.m.) British Wireless RUGBY, May .11 The Board of Trade's index of wholesale prices shows that the'general level in April averaged 1 per cent lower than March and 5| per cent lower than a year ago.