STOCK SALES

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXV, Issue 23061, 11 June 1938, Page 13

STOCK SALES

MOBRINSVILLE 'VALUES KEEN DEMAND' FOR CATTLE PIGS FIRM AT LATE RATES The Farmers' Co-operative Auctioneering Company, Limited, reports .. a small yarding of sheep at Morrinsville. Sheep sold at rates on a par with recent quotations. A full yarding of killablo and boner cows came forward, competition being keen, ■ with prices firm on late rates. Very little prime quality beef was yarded. Dairy cattle: A full ontry of dairy cattle , came forward, and again met with a keen demand from a full bench of buyers. The entry consisted chiefly of dairy heifers, mostly of medium quality.! Backward heifers showed an improvement in values, while heifers close to profit fully maintained late rates. Quality dairy cows, close to profit, were also; sought after. Pigs: A large: yarding of fat pigs, and a full entry of stores and weaners. In the fat section the entry comprised mostly .of porkers, for which bidding was steady, prices remaining firm at late rates. Stbre pigs 'were peniied in large numbers, and here again values remained equal to recent, sales., Quotations:—Sheep: Light fat wethers, 24s Gd; heavy fat lambs, 2tfs to 24s 9d; white-face ewe lambs, -18s; smaller store lambs, 10s. Cattle. Medium quality ox beef, £8 2s Od to £8 7s 6d; light to medium cow beef, £« 15s to £7 17s; heavy killable cows, £5 to £5 2s; medium, £4 10s to £4 15s; light, £4 to £4 7s <fd; heavy boner cows, £3 10s to £3 17s Od; medium, £2 19s to £3 6s; light, £2 Os to £2 12s Od; canner cows. 208 to 355; potter bulls, £2 IDs to £3 17s Gd; Red Polled heifer calves, £2 17s; small Jersey calves, £2 to £2 10s. Dairy cattle: Best dairy heifers close to profit, £9 to £lO 10s; Jersey and Jersey-cross heifers, £8 5s to £0 2s Gd; backward, £7 5s to £8 Os; backward Jersey, Friesian and Shorthorn-cross heifers, . £G 15s to £7 10£; small and inferior heifers. £5 15s to £G; heifers in milk, £0 10s to £8 ss; best Jersey dairy cows, £8 10s to £lO ss; backward dairy• cows, £0 5s to £8 ss: cows in milk," £8 to £lO 10s; inferior dairy cows, £4 5s to £G. Pigs: Choppers, £3 5s to £3 ,18s; light baconers, £3 os to £3 ,12,5; unfinished, £2 10s"to £3'3s; heavy porkers,' £2 10s to £2 14s; medium; £2 2s,to £2 Bsr light, 30s to £2; unfinished porkers,. 3Gs to 345; good Berkshire stores, 32s to 355; large stores, 26s* to :30s GU; medium, 21s to 255;: slips, XOs Od to, 20a; weaners,: 7s Gd.to lis 6<l; Tarn-worth sows close tb farrowing,' £-1 to' £4 12s Gd; others, £2 30s to £3 ss; Berkshire boars, 3%gns; others, £2 10s. Dalgety and Company. Limited, reports a good yarding of cattle, which were offered before a good be.nch of buyers. Competition on choice beef was very keen, while all other classes sold at ruling market rates. Choice young prime Polled Angus cows, £lO 12s; medium-weight prime Hereford heifers, £8 8s to £8 9s; fat Polled Angus cows, £8 to £8 Os; forward-conditioned Polled Angus cows,; £7 2s Gd, young fat Ayrshire heifers, £6 19s; light fit Hereford heifers, £6 10s to ; £6 15s; store, Polled Angus cows, £5 6s to £5 10s; fat Jersey cows, £4 10s to £5 10s; best boners,' £3 10s to £4 3is; others, £i 10s to £3 8s; small two-yea,r Jersey, heifers, £3 to £3 10s; fair yearling Shorthorn steers, £3 10s; ditto Shorthorn ; heifers, £2 iGs; potter bulls,., £4,17s Gd to £5; light porkers, 35s to 38s.

The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company, Limited, reports •' a ■ large yarding of .all classes ot cattle, which included the advertised line of yearling and in-calf heifers. The entry comprised a good proportion of fat cows, which changed hands at late market rates. Medium fat cows, to £6 10s; fat Jersey cows, to £5 10s; medium fat Jersey cows, £5; good boners, £3 5s to £4; others. 30s to ~£3. The advertised line of yearling heifers met 'a good' market, complete clearance being effected., Medium quality yearling heifers, to £4 Is; mixed colour yearling heifers, £3 to £3 Vs 6d; small yearling heifers, 30s to £2; yearling Friesian -heifers, to 3gns. A large entry of in-calf heifers, all small : and backward, elicited no competition whatsoever.

DEMAND AT. MATAMATA A small yarding of sheep and a medium yarding of cattle came forward to a good attendance of buyers at the Matamata sale conducted by Dalgety and' Company, Limited. Prices were on a; .par with recent rates.' Cattle: Light fat bullocks, £9 10s to £10;. fat ' heifers, s ' : £9;"he'avy fat cows, £G IQs' to £% lusrjt medium fat cows, £5: to £6 ss; light fat cows, £'4 to £5; boners, £2 to "£3 -15 siT "steers.' £7 to £7 14s-, stoatl" steers, £t#;jta £ti 16s; springing dairy heifers, £7 15s .to £9; secohd calvers, £9. Sheep: Fat and forward lambs, 1.75;: 3d; ewes;iilr lamb, 15s to, 18s. Pigs: .A Ismail yarding of fat pigs'- came forward, With a good Warding of store and weanor pigs.i All .classes of fat pigs sold freely at prices firm to advance on recent sales. Stores and Weaners were keenly sought after and here again prices were • firmer than recent: sales. Prime heavy baconers, £4 to £4i4s; heavy baconers,' £3 15s to £4; prime medium baconers, £3 10s to £3 15s; medium baconers,' £3 5s to £3 10s; prime light baconers, ,£3 to £3 ss; heavy porkers and light baconers, £2 15s to £3; prime heavy porkers, £2 1 usto £2 15s; heavy porkers, £2 os to £2, 10s; prime medium porkers, £2 to £2 ss; medium porkers, 35s to £*2; prime light porkers, 30s to 355; light porkers, 25s to 30s; good quality store pigs, 22s to 27s 6d; medium quality store pigs, 18s to 225; good quality, slips, 12s to 18s; best weaners, 14s to 18s; medium weaners. 12s to 16s.

TE KAUWHATA CLEARANCE G. -W. Vercoe and Company, Limited, reports having held a clearing sale on account of Mr. T. White at Te Ivauwhata. There was a large and representative bench of buyers, and the whole herd of 100 cows, which was submitted in first-class condition, realised a very satisfactory average of £lO 58. Good quality Jersey cows, early calvers, £l3 to £ls ss; good quality later calvers, £ll to £l2 15s; good quality Jersey-cross cows, early calvers. £ll to £l4; good quality later calvers. £9 10s to £lO 15s; backward and unsound cows, to £S 10s. COMPETITION AT FEILDING [BY TELEGRAPH —PRESS ASSOCIATION] FEILDINfj. Friday There was a quiet demand at firm prices at the Feilding sale. Fat sheep were slightly easier, owing to the lack of competition, but store sheep enjoyed a bright sale. Cattle were firm, with values unchanged. Fat sheep: Lambs, 16s 7d to 235; ewes, 15s 2d to 25s Od; wethers, 22s Od to 20s i)d; store sheep, 4s sd; yearling in-lamb ewes, 20s to 295; two-tooth in-lamb ewes, 32s Od to 40s Id; two and four-tooth wethers, 15s Od to 2ls Od; five and six-year owes, 10s to IDs lOd; ewe lambs, 17s 9d to 20s ,Od; wether lambs, 14s 7d to 20s Od; six-year wethers, 12s to 17s tod. Store cattle: Three-year Polled Angus steers, to £S 12s Od; three-year Hereford steers, to £$ 17s; '2O-nionths Polled Angus steers, £5; Hereford coft's, £4; Jersey hciiers, £2 10s to £4 15s; forward cows, £3 10s to £4 12s Od; weaner Jersey heifers, £L 10s to £3 10s. Fat cattle: Light prime ox, £9 15s to £lO 15s; others, £8 10s to £8 15s; cows, £5 10s to £8; heifers £5 to £S. Dairy cattle: Springing cows, £1 10s to £7 15s; springing heifers, £5 to £0 10s; heifers, in milk, £9.

HAUTAPU CLEARANCE The Farmers' Co-operative Auctioneering Company, Limited; held a clearance sale at Hautapu on account of Mr. J. Russell. Although the herd was a comparatively small one, there was a good attendance of buyers and quito a satisfactory sale resulted. Jersey cows, in forward condition, £lO 15s to £l2 10s; backward, £7 to £10; Shorthorn-cross cows, August calvers, £8 .los to £ll 10s; unsound cows, £3 to £s;' aged geldings, farm work. £2l to £22; Tamworth sows, to farrow. £4 to £5 ss; good quality weaners, 13s iid. , ' 1

PATETONGA JERSEYS The Farmers' Co-operative Auctioneering: Company. Limited, reports: having held a clearance salo at Patetonga on account of Mr. W. G. Bowers. The herd, which wa,s a first-class ono. the stock being in excellent condition, met with spirited competition, a very satisfactory clearance resulting. Forward young Jersey cows. £lO to £lO 15s; older Jersey cows, £9 to' £lO ss; later calvers. £7 10s to £0; forward Jersey heifers. £0 lOs to £l2 15s. ; ; . ROTO-O.RANGI disposal Newton King, Limited, reports holding a very ' successful clearingsale on behalf of the estate of the late Mr, J. Northcott, Roto-o-rangi, Cambridge. The herd of (>!2 Jersey cows met with' strong competition ■ from first to last from a large bench of. buyers, the very satisfactory average of £lO 10s resulting, top price being £lO 10s. The heifers, though small, were keenly sought, up to £7 12s 6d. Some splendid sows were offered. prices ranging from £5 to. £7. WAIHOU quotations The Farmers' Co-operative Auctioneering Company, Limited, reports a full yarding of cattle at Waihou. Beef: No prime cow and heifer beef was penned, the entry comprising a number of heavy second quality cows. was steady throughout, with values remaining firm. A full yafdiwr of boner cows met with a ready sale, with values in excess of schedule rates. 'A number or yearling Jersey heifers was also penned, and evoked brisk inquiry, values showing an sssr& " bU *,

came forward in good order. Fl.Kf : entry of-all classes, with competition, steady*. prices remaining firm at late rates, vjuoia? tions:—Cattle:. Heavy second quality cows; £0 2s Od to £G IGs; heavy fat Jersey cows# £5 10s to £G 12s (id; lighter fat Jersey, cows and hoifers, £1 10s to £5 1-8 Gu; heavy boner cows. £ I 2s fid to £4 3 to; medium, £3 5s to £3 IBs: light, £2 4s to £3; medium potter bulls, to £5 Gs; well-grown • Jersey yearling heifers, £4 lis to- £4-17S J smaller, £3 to £3 7s; good coloured Btor® cows, £3 15s to £4 12s Gd. Pigs: Medium baconers, £3 15s lo £3 lus; unfinished, £2 Ms to £2 19s; heavy porkers, £2 9s to £2 13s; medium, £2 2s to £2 7s; light, 36a to £2; unfinished, 30s to 345; large stores, ?5s to 2Ss: slips, Iss to 20s. Dairy caittlet Best Jersey and Jersey-cross cows, close to profit, £lO to £lO 15s; other early calvers,£8 5s to €9 15s r Jersey and Jersey-cross cows, more backward, £6 15s to £7 Iss: aged cows. £4 10s (o £6 ss< Jersey and Jersey" , cross heifers, July calvers, £9 lils to £lO 15s; August calvers, £8 to £9; backward heifers, £6 10s to £7 30s; small and interior, £1 15s to £5 10s. - r OHINEWAI REALISATION The Farmers' Co-operative Auctioneerinsc Company, Limited, reports a good entry" of ox beef, for which competition was keen at rates in advance of recent quotations at Ohinewai. A draft of 21 light and medium prime steers offered on account of- Mr. J. T. Holland, of Huntly, sold from £ll os to £i'_» and averaged £l2 Is. Cow and heifer beef of good quality was in short supply and for these a good demand existed. Fat Jersey and boner cows were penned in large numbers and met witli a poor demand, prices in this section show» ; - ing a marked drop. In the store cattle section a line of 38 forward-conditioned 3Va-year Polled Angus and Hereford steers on account of Mr. R. A. Dickenson, of Matahura, came forward. Although bidding for these was not, brisk a satisfactory sale resulted at prices ranging from £8 15s to £9 19s. The lino averaged £9 Os. The demand for Polled Angus . weaner steers and heifers was not extra keen, but those sold realised satisfactory prices. Medium prime steers, £l2 2s to £l3 9s; light, £ll 5s to £l2; heavy fat cows. £8 17s Od to £9 10s; medium prime heifers, £0 2s Gd to £7 10s; light, £5 to £0 7s Gd;. killable cows, £4 5s to £4 15s; heavy' boner COWS, £2 15s to £3 395; light, £1 to £2; forward-conditioned Polled Angus and Hereford 3'/j-year steers, £9 14s to £9 19s; store Hereford steers, £8 30s to,£B 17s; 2/V.vear mixed coloured steers. £fi to £G Is; 18 months mixed coloured steers, £3 12s to £4 ss; Polled Angus steer calves, £4 32s to £5; Polled Angus heifer calves. £3 7s Gd . to £4. . - ••: f •

Wright, Stephenson and Company. Limited, reports a good yarding of cattle. A lino of 38 months Polled Angus heifers realised £4 30s; smaller sorts. £3 32s Od to £4 Os; yearling heifers, 375; yearling steers, £3; cull cows, 15s to £3; a line of dairy cows, £5 30s; others, £3 15s to £5 ss; fat heifera. £5 7s Od.

Dalgety and Company, Limited, reports a large yarding of cattle and a good bench of buyers, with a good sale resulting Cattle: Good quality Polled Angus and Poller! Angus-cross weaner steers, £5. to £5 i?g; smaller ditto, £4 to £4 10s; small steer calves, £3 Os to £3 14s; good Polled Angus weaner heifers, £4; small- Polled Angus weaners, £2 15s .to £3 ss; others, £2 to £2 10s; small mixed sex calves, £2 Is; fat bullocks. £l2 9s. £l2 12s and £l2; fat cows, ordinary quality, £0 to £7 10s: lighter fat cows, £4 lis to £5 4s; good quality Hereford and Polled Angus three-year steers,- £8 15s to £8 17s; medium quality Hereford and Polled Angus three-year steers. £7 to £7 -19s; heavy - boner cows. £3 lOsj light boner cows,'£2 to £3 2s; potter bulls, £3 to £5.

KAMO RATES HIGHER [FROM OUR OWN correspondent]

WHANGAREI. Friday

Walter "Wakelin reports that there waa.! a large entry of dairy stock, with a fait • entry of store and beef cattle, at the weekly i Kamo sale. A medium entry of pigs was re- ! - ceived, and the sale was 1 a good one, prices being an improvement oa late sales.. Dairy » " stock sold very well, as did several pens !. ' of store steers. Several pens of hoggets came ' - forward and sold readily to a full bench of buyers. Fat cows made from £4 10s 10 £7; cows and calves, £5 13s; store cows, £3 los; boner cows, £1 5s to £3 ss; boner 1 bulls, £3 10s to £6; three-year Shorthorn steers, £8 3s: 18-months, coloured steers, M £4 2s to £4 10s; yearling Shorthorn steers, £3 9s; Jersey heifer calves, £3 Ss; best ,j dairy cows, close to profit, £0 to £0; medium i quality, £4 5s to £5 10s; best Jersey '■} heifers, £7. to £8; . medium quality, £5 to , - £0; choice Shorthorn dairy heifers, £7 16s; j yearling Shorthorn heifers. £3 158." Pigs:... Baconers, £3 6s to £3 15s; heavy porkers, .; £2 10s to £3; medium, £2 4s to £2 8s; j stores, £1 3s to £1 13s; slips, 16s to 225;weaners, 5s to 16s: choppers, £1 10s to ; £3; breeding sows, £5 2s tid. Sheep: Aged breeding ewes, 10s; mixed sex hoggets, 153 2d to 18s 3d. . Dalgety and Company, Limited, rejrorts holding the weekly stock sale at: Kamo. Competition was very brisk, especially, forfat cattle, which sold at an advance' •on late rates; other stock "sold well at late rates. Medium fat cows made from £5 10a to £6 7s 6d; lighter, £4 5s to £4 16S{ f .. Hereford steer calves, £2 15s to £3;: mixedsex calves, £1 10s to £2; a pen of choice , Shorthorn steer calves, £4 10s;, 18-month to two-year Polled Angus steers, £5 10s to £6, according to quality; a small entry of • fat lambs made 15s. - The North Auckland Farmers Co-opera* tive, Limited, reports a fair average yarding with a good attendance of buyers. Competition was fairly brisk throughout the sale, with the" exception of spriiigers,' which wer'» cheaper than last week. Best- dairy cows - made from £7 to £7 12s 6d; medium, £(5 to £0 15s; backward and inferior, £4 15s to £5 l~s 6d; best dairy heifers; £7 to £7 10s; medium, £6 to £6 10s; small ami inferior, £4 10s to £5 12s 6d; light fat bullocks. £lO 5s to £lO 15s; medium fat . cows, £7 to £7 7s; light, l £5 .15s to £0 17s fid; good boner cows, £3 to £3 BSJ'::° medium, £2, 10s to £2 3Ss; light, 30s to 37s fid; cows and calves, £4 10s to £o ss; young breeding ewes in lamb to Romney and Southdown rams. 34s 6d; aged breeding ewes, 14s to 24s lid. ®

TAUMARUNUI OFFERING Abraham and Williams, Limited, report# an offering of 253 dairy cows and springing: heifers at Taumarujiui. There was pood attendance of buyers from both tM Waikato and Taranaki and keen competition for all good sorts at prices fully on to expectation. Later calvers sold at fair prices and practically the - whole entry changed hands. Dairy cows, early calvers, £8 to £10; July-August calvers, £7 to £9! late calvers, £1 to £6 10s; low-conditioned. £•2 15s to £4 ss; Jersey springing: heifers. £6 to £7 10s; Shorthorn springing heifers. £1 (o £7 15s; small springing heifers, £4 to £4 15s. . v, ' TIRAU VALUES FIRM The Farmers' Co-operative Auctioneering Company. Limited, reports a small yarding of killable and boner cows came forward at Tirau, prices being firm on late rates. Medium killable cows, £5 2s to £6 13s; lisrht, £4 Os to £4 16s; heavy boner cows. £3 19s to £1 3s; medium, £3 5s to £3 16s; light, £l2 17s to 13; poor-conditioned cowi. £2 9s to £2 14s.

WALTON CLEARANCE The Farmers' Co-operative Auctioneering Company, Limited, reports having held a clearing sale at Campbell's Road, Walton, oa account of Mr. M. B. Gordon. The herd came forward in fair order, and good quality, cows sold readily. A comprehensive range of. . implements and sundries sold under good com- / petition. Sound Jersey cows, July calvers. V £lO to £ll 10s; August calvers, £8 to £9 Ids; backward cows, £0 10s to £7 10s: unsound cows. £2 10s to £5; springing heifers, £7 10s to £9; good quality Jersey heifer calves, £1 12s; mixed colours. £2 17s Od; two-vear Jersey bulls, £7 to £l2; aged Jersey bulls, £0 to £8 10s; sows with small litters. £2 5s to £4;. sows to farrow. £2 to £3 ss; good store pigs, 31s to 395; small, 10s; three-year gelding, unbroken. £2B; aged gelding, all work, £l9. OTOROHANGA ENTRY The Farmers' Co-operative Auctioneering Company, Limited, reports a rather larger than usual entry of all classes of cattle at Otorohanga. Practically a total clearance was effected. Forward-conditioned Polled Angus bullocks £9 18s; Shorthorn-cross bullocks. £9 6s to £9 10si light fat cows, £4 2s to £4 10s; heavy boner cows, £3 12s to £4 Is; lighter, 34s to £2 17s; potter bulls, to £4. , White-face ewe lambs, T 22s to 265; whiteface wether lambs. 17s to 19s 6d; small mixed sex lambs. 12s 9d. EDGECUMBE YARDING [BY TELEGRAPH —OWN CORRESPONDENT} WHAKATANE, Friday The Banners' Co-operative Auctioneering Company, Limited, reports that store and slips were in good demand and sold at increased prices at the fortnightly sale at Edgecumbe. Prices ranged as follows:—Light baconers, £3 12s to £3 18s; medium baconers. £3 4s to £3 10s; heavy porkers, £2 lis to £2 16a; light porker® £2 2s to £2 9s; medium porkers. 35s to £2; stores, 27s to 345; slips, good, 19s to 22s Od; slips, medium. 15s to 18s 6d: weaners. 8s Od to J4s.

TANGO WAHINE YARDING [BY TELEGRAPH— —OWX COBRK:3PO>"DEJS"X3 DARGAVILLI'. Friday > Walter Wakelin reports a yarding of»£ proximately 100 fat and store pigs atJTangowahine. There was a lar *e A"®s^total weaners. 8s to 16s. mm^mmmmm^^SSSSSSSSSSSS: ■ ~ ... . . .