STOCK SALES

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXV, Issue 23048, 27 May 1938, Page 7

STOCK SALES

WESTFEELD QUOTATIONS VALUES VERY FIRM GOOD DEMAND FOR COWS Tho firm dairy values of the past few weeks were well maintained at the Westfield weekly stock sale yesterday,: when top values improved by 10s a head. Tho yarding was one of the largest for some time and there was also a good bench of buyers, including farmers from the Waikato. The number of outstanding quality cows andheifers was not so large proportionately a3 in recent weeks. The best realisations were £l3 for Holstein and Jersey-cross cows, while Jerseys and Shorthorns of good quality made up to £ll. In the store section the demand was a shade duller than usual, but there was no material weakening in values. Boner cattle were a few shillings easier, and potter bulls of top grade were fewer in number. The quotations were:— Store Cattle.—Young cows, good condition, to £G 2s 6d; less condition, to £4 2s 6d: others, to £2 17s 6d; boner and agod cows, to £4 ss; potter bulls, medium weights, to £7 12s 6d; lighter weights, to £5 10s; meaty killable cows, to £6 ss; yearling Jersey heifers, good quality, to £4 15s; others to £2 17s 6d; breeding bulls, to £6 10s. Dairy Cattle. —Jersey cows, good quality springers, to £11; more backward, to £8 10s; others, to £5 15s; Jersey heifers, good springers, to £lO 10s; more backward, to £7 10s; others, to £5 ss; Jersey-cross cows and heifers, good springers, to £l3; more backward, to £9; others, to £3 15s; Holstein cows and heifers, good springers, to £l3; more backward, to £8 10s; others, to £5 10s; Shorthorn cows and heifers, good quality springers, to £11; moro backward, to £8 12s Gd; others, to £5 10s; other cowb, to £5 10s.

LARGE ENTRY AT MATAMATA Dalgety and Company, Limited, reports a large entry of both sheep and cattle at Matamata. The advertised lino of sheep did not meet with keen competition and were passed at a figure considerably below the. vendors' reserve. All classes of cattle sold at fall late market rates. Medium fat- Polled Angus heifers, £8 14s; good young Jersey and Jersey-cross cows, £6 178 6d to £8; light fat Jersey cows and heifers, £5 10s to £6 12a Gdj forward-conditioned young Jersey and Jerseycross cows, £4 12a 6d to £5 ?s 6dj best boners, £3 12s to £4 7s i others, £1 to £3 Ba. according to weight and condition; empty two-year Jersey heifers, £4 to £4 30s: Jersey and Jersey-cross calves, very fair quality, £3 15s to £4; potter bulls, £4 to £7 18s. Dairy cows: Competition was fairly keen on good Jersey heifers close to profit, while more backward sorts were not so keenly sought. Best Hereford, close to profit, £9 to £10; medium, £7 10s to £8 15s; quality backward heifers, £7 to £8 ss; smaller, £5 10s to £6 15s; fair quality young Jersey cows. £7 10s to £8 15s; other young cows, £6 to £7 Gs; older cows, £4 to £5 10s. Pigs: There was a good medium yarding of pork and bacon pigs and a light yarding of store pigs. Values were slightly easier on recent Frankton rates. Heavy baconers, £3 18s to £4 ss; medium. £3 8s to £3 17s; light. £2 18s to £3 ss, heavy porkers, £2 12s to £2 17s; medium, £2 5s to £2 lis; light, £1 15s to £2 2s; small and unfinished, 27s to 325; large store, 23s to 255; medium, 17s fid to £1 09 6d: slips, 12s 6d to 15s; weaners, 5s to 8s 6d; sows to farrow, £3 to £3 ss; medium choppers, £2 10s. MOEREWA PRICES IMPROVE [from our own correspondent] WHANGAREI, Thursday There was a good yarding at Moerewa at a sale conducted by Dalgety and Company, Limited. A big bench of buyers created keen competition, prices showing an advance on late rates. Backward wether hoggets made 13s; light springing cows. £1 10s to £2 ss; medium, £2 10s to £5 ss; forward, £5 10s to £7 2s 6d; springing Shorthorn heifers, £4 lGs'to £5 7s: empty Shorthorn heifers, £3 3s to £4 15s; Shorthorn heifer calves. £2 4s to £2 12s; 18-month Shorthorn steers, backward, £3 to £4; better quality, £5 9s to £6; fat cows, £4 7s to £7 9s; boner cows, £1 10s to £2 10s; boner bulls, £4 10s to £5 10s. . ■

COROMANDEL YARDINGS [by TELEGRAPH OWN correspondent] THAMES, Thursday Dalgety and Company, Limited, reports on its Coromandel sale as follows:—A medium yarding of both sheep and cattle came forward and sole readily, prices being firm, an improvement on previous sales. Fat heifers. £7; best fat cows, £6 5s to £6 15s; other fat cows. £4 15s to £5 15s; killable cows, £3 10s to £4 ss; store cows, £1 9s to £2 9s; springing heifers, £5 10s to £6 17s Gd; springing cows, £5 15s to £6 15s; backward springers, £4 10s to £5 ss; steer calves. £2 10s; - bull calves, £1 lis to £2 lis; aged ewes, 7s Gd; store lambs. 10s; forward conditioned wethers, 30s; medium fat .wethers, £1 10s. Dalgety and Gompany, Limited, reports a very small yarding at Colville, prices being on a par with late rates. Fat cows. £4 10s to £5 10s; store cows, £2 2s 6d to £4 3s; yearling Jersey steers, £2 to £3 10s; Jersey heifer calves, £1 10s to £2 10s; springing cows. £5 to £5 15s.

MATIERE OFFERING [bt telegraph OWN correspondent] TAUMAETJNUI, Thursday Dalgety and Company. Limited, reports a yarding: of approximately 2500 t sheep and a good offering of cattle at Matiefe. There was a representative attendance of buyers v f.Tom Morrinsville, Cambridge, Te Awamntu, Stratford and Te Kuiti. Competition was keen, all good lines of sheep, young ewes and ewe hogrgets in particular, being the subject of animated competition, and values were in excess of any realised locally so far this season. A good yarding of wethers realised very satisfactory prices. • The cattle offered were only of medium quality and changed hands at current rates. Quotations:—Sheep: Two-tooth ewes, r.w. Romney rams. 40s; four and six-tooth ewes, ditto, 36s 6d; four and five-year ewes, ditto, 33s 6d; sound-mouthed ewes, r.w. with Southdown rams, 26s 3d to 29s 3d; sound-mouthed ewes, r.w. Romney rams, 17s Id to 21s; failing and brokenmouthed ewes, 13s 9d to 20s; good ewe hoggets, 26s Sd to 29s 6d; medium, 21s 6d to 22s 6d; best wethor hoggets, 16s 3d to 17s 3d; others, 14s to 15s 7d; small mixed sexed hoggets, 10s 3d to 15s; Southdown-cross. 10s to 14s; good four-tooth wethers, 26s 3d to 26s 6d; two and four-tooth, 24s lOd to 255; two-tooth, 21s 6d to 24s 7d. Cattle: Three and a-half-year Shorthorn steers, £8 15s to £8 16s; small 2%-year steers, £6 ss; fat, cows, ex dairy, medium, £3 6s to £6 4s; light, £4 6s to £5; store and boner cows, £2 to .03 14s; cows with calves, £5 10s; small mixed-sex calves, £2 14s; small steers, to £2 ss; heifers, £1 7s to £1 lis; bulls, £5 to £lO, according to weight and quality. SOUND SALE AT HASTINGS [BY TELEGRAPH —PRESS ASSOCIATION] HASTINGS, Thursday One of the soundest sales for some weeks was held at Stortford Lodge yesterday. Both fat cattle and ewes were easier, but tho recovery of the store sheep market after more than a month of lifeless bidding more than offset these tendencies. There was a comparatively large entry of 6000 store sheep of better than average quality, and a good clearance was effected. For the first time for fivo or six weeks thero were no lines of sheep affected with facial eczema. Quotations were:—Best woolly cwo hoggets, to 26s 6d; medium ewo hoggets, from ISs to 21s Cd; best woolly wether hoggets, to 19s 9d; medium Southdown hoggets, to 14s 6d; inlamb five-year ewes, to 27s 6d; same, lacking condition, 8s 7d to 21s 6d; old ewes, down to lis 7d; best store wethers, to 24s 9d; good forward two-tooth wethers, 23s 3d to 245. A larger entry than usual in the fat ewe section resulted in a fall of 2s a head. The top price was 26,s Gd for an exceptional line, but few lines made over 20s Best wethers made up to 2Ss; prime, 24s to 25s 3d; light. Southdown, to 22s 3d. Lambs sold at little above the export schedule. Fat cattle dropped £1 in value in an entry almost double the normal size. It was a dragging sale. Best ox beef made from 32s to 335; heifer and cow beef, from 2Ss to 295. Weaners made up the bulk of tho store cattle entry. Weaner steers mado to £o Is, and heifer weaners to £3 :L2s-

RUAKAKA CLEARANCE [from OUR OWN correspondent] WHANGAREI. Thursday The clearing sale conducted by Walter "Wakelin on account Of Di H. McCathie at Ruakaka proved an outstanding success and was one of the best sales held in the district for some time. The herd of 75 cows, which came forward in excellent condition, met with a groat demand from a large attendance of buyers, a good portion of the rattle going to the Waikato and the King Country. All the sound cows realised from £8 to £ll 5s and made the excellent average of a shade over £9 per head. Several unsound cows made up io £6. Red Poll hulls made from (P/gns to lOgns; a pedigree Shorthorn bull, BVagns; two-year-old empty Shorthorn heifers, £4; Shorthorn heifer calves, £2 4s; three-year-old fat steers, £lO 10s.