COUNTRY STOCK SALES

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXV, Issue 23134, 5 September 1938, Page 5

COUNTRY STOCK SALES

TE AWAMUTU QUOTATIONS HEAVY OX BEEF YARDING DEMAND FOR DAIRY CATTLE The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company, Limited, reports a very heavy vnrdinp of ox beef at To Awamiitu, the offering including some very well finished soils. The entry met a good market and was sold under keen competition, Krankton values being easily maintained.

Primp fat ox made In £ls Ids. Cow berf were primed in large numbers, the quality being good. The demand was steady throughout, prices being on a par with Frankton quotations. Principal sales in the href section were:—On account of Messrs. W. J. and H. 11. Thompson, a pen of ox beef. £l2 to £ls ids; two pens, on account of Mr. W. 13. Walker, Waikeria, £l2 Is to £ls IDs; a pen of fat ox from Allan Storey, oil 1 ."is to £I2 ids; medium fat ox from Mr. Sid. Smith, Palcrangi, £lO :is to £l2 15s; prime fat heiters from Mr. W. B. "Walker, Waikeria, to £l3 Ids; prime fat cows from the same vendor, £ll 17s fid; Mr. P. Hoban olilained up to CO 17s Od for fat ec.ws; wellfinished cow beef from Mr. .7. If. Flay, To Awamulu, lo £ll Mis. a pen of well-finished fat Shorthorn cows, from Messrs. Kirkhain Brothers, Te Mawnsi, to a* 12. There was a full yarding of store and boner rattle, Jersey cows meeting with a good inquiry, ••villi practically a total clearance at rates firm on lato quotations. Several pen.? of Jersey stores and heifers changed hands at from £3 10s to £1 Is. Two-year-old Polled Angus heifers were also in keen demand, the quality ol the offering, however, was only fair and no high prices were obtained A large entry yearling Jersey heifers for the most part did not reach vendors' reserves, although competition was good for heifers showing quality, these making lo £."> 6s. Heavy prime o.v, £ls to £ls 103, medium prime o\, £ll 5s to £1 1 17s Od; fat ox, medium weights, CI'J to £l3; light, £lO 3s lo £} I 17s (id; heavy prime fat heifers. £l2 15s to £l3 10,s; medium prime heifers, £ll 17s (id to £ IIds; heavy prime fat rows, £ll' to CI2 15s; medium, £ll to £ll 15s; heavy fat cows. £lO lo i'.'.O 12s (id; niediiini, A'N J"s lo L!l Ids; light, CO Ids to £7 ss; fat Jersey cows, £(i 10s lo £7; killable cows, '.l 17.s (id to ,C 5 Ids; heavy slorr. cows, £1 5s l(i £1 l'J.s 'ill; good young slore cows and heifers, Cii 15s lo II Is: mrdiuni. £3 ss to C"i lis; heavy I.oners, £2 12s lid to ss; others, £l Ids to <_•_> ;',s; cull rows, 15s lo £ I r»s; two-year-old slore Polled Angus heifers. CO lo £'. 7s; good qualilv yearling heifers, £5 to £5 Ss; mciliuin quality. LI 7s (id to £1 15s; small mixed coloured, £3 Ids to £3 17s (id; mixed coloured yearling sleers, small, ;'.s to £3 ids. An average yarding of dairy cattle was offered, the market showing a notieeille improvement. Bidding was spirited throughout, with a very small percentage being passed in. Choice iu-ialf heifers made to CI'J Ids; good quality in-calf heifers, close jo profit, t iti ids to cil ss; medium qtialilv heifers, close lo profit, CS 15s to £SJ 12s 'id'; more backward, 07 5s lo £7 17s Od; good quality dairy cows, close to profit, £!) to £1(1 ss; medium quality, £s r>s to £s backward. £7 Ids lo £8; inferior, £5 Ids to t(i ss. A medium yarding of fat sheep tame forward the demand for vhich was good, wilh filnes firm on Frank ton rates. Storr sheep showed -in improvement in demand, this being reflected in the prices - . Heavy prime fat wethers, 31s f)d to 3'_'s (id; mediuii. prime fat wethers. 3ds (id to 31s 3d; heavy fat wethers, 2!is to 30s (id; light fat wethers, 'J(is to "J7s (id; medium priine fat ewes. 20s to 'JIs (id; heavy prime fat hog>ie s, '_'. is 3d to 2<s; ineiJinils prime hoggets -is to -J ls od, fat hoggets, 22s iid to LMs !)d; lighter, 'Jls to '.'ls Od; good store while-face ether hoggets, lo 22s Od; black-fat wether hoggets, up to 20s. Fat pigs were penned in average numbers. The market was quieter than previous sales, with values showing a decline of from 2s to Is a head. Vendors, however, lor the most part met the market and a good clearance was effected. Store pigs were also yarded in average numbers, these also meeting .villi a quietrr market, with a consequent easing of prices. Midium haconers. £3 ids to to I.jS; light, £3 3s to £3 .'-s; hcavv porkers and buttermilk pigs, £2 l is to £3; medium porkers, £'2 7s to £2 12s; light, £1 l.«s to £2 ss; large store pigs, :;3s to 3<i«medium, 2Ss to 325; light, '_'ls to 275; slips, JMs to 235; best weaners. 15s to I Ss; smaller' *->s to 12s (id.

FULL WAIHOU YARDING the Farmers' Co-operative Auctioneering Company, Limited, reports a full yarding of 'attic at \\ aihou. Beef: A good penning of notli cows and tieifers, compirsing a fair proportion of finished cattle, for which competition was particularly keen. Values compared favourably with l-rankton realisations. A line of prime Shorthorn and Shorthorncross cows and heifers from Mr. J. Parker, Tc Aroha, sold from £8 _I7 S ud to £ 12. Boner cows realised fully up to schedule rates. A number of empty two-year slip heifers and sound cows elicited brisk inquiry from both local and outside buvers. a irood sale resulting, a full jarding of dairy cows and heifers. Animals close to profit were keenly competed for, while the more backward sorts were not wanted. Heifers in milk sold ut satisfactory rates. The cow entry comprised some good quality lots, which "sold at late rates. A medium entry of fat sheep sold well at late Frankton rates. A medium yarding of all classes of pigs came forward, but competition was not as keen as at previous sales, values consequently being slightly easier on all classes. Cattle: .Medium prime Shorthorn cows and heifers, £lO 10s to £l-2; lighter prime cows and heifers, £8 to £i) 17s (id; heavy fat Jersey cows, £8 to £8 17s (id; medium, £0 10s to £7 15s; lighter fat Jersey cows and heifers, 15s to £(>; heavy boner cows, £1 to"£-l His; medium. £.'{ to £3 15s; light, £•_' 5s to £'2 His; cull cows, JOs to 2.35; best two-year Jersey slip heifers and sound young Jersey cows, £3 l.">s to £1 JOs; others, poorer conditioned, £2 15s to £3 IOs; sound two-year Jersey bull, £S. Dairy cattle: Jersey heifers, close to profit, £ll 15s to £l2 IOs; others. £1) OS to £10; more backwaid, £5 7s (id to £8; heifers in milk, £!( to £l2 10s; others. £3 5s to £(> 15s; springing cows, £0 15s to £lO 10s; cow,s in milk, £lO 15s to £ll ss; poorer conditioned cows in milk, £5 to £7 His. Pigs: Choppers, 3ls to £2 8s; light baroners, £3 2s lo £3 7s; heavy porkers, £2 lis to £2 His; medium,' £2 Is to £2 8s; light. 3Ss to £2 2s; large stores, 30s to 3:55; medium, 21s lid to 27s (id; slips, 18s lo 225; best weaners, 12s (id to 17s (id; others, 5s to 10s; sows close to farrowing. £2 10s to £3 1 Os; others, :'»;!s to 38s. Sheep: Prime two-tooth wethers, black-face, 23s Od; fat hoggets, 23s to 25s (id.

COMPETITION AT TE KUITI [by telegraph—own cokrespondent] TE KUITI, Saturday

Dalgety and Company, Limited, reports a small yarding of .sheep and cattle were offered to an attendance of local buyers at Te Kuiti. All classes of stock were keenly competed for with the exception of a pen of fat and forward four-tooth wethers. Bidding was animated and prices showed a satisfactory rise on late rates, fat and forward four-tooth wethers made - Jls lid; medium ewe hoggets, •_>'_'s i)d; well-grown wether hoggets, 10s JUI; small wether lambs, I'-'s !»d; cull mixed sex hoggets, lis Id; store condition two-year Shorthorn and Shorthorn-cross steers, £■,"> Is to JJ'i 7s; store condition yearling Shorthorn and Shorthorncross steers, il Os; Jersey yearling steers, fJt I,s to £:i Ss; good yearling Jersey heifers, .€t (is; two-year Friesian heifers, running with Polled Angus and Hereford bulls, late calvers, ft .Is; best dairy cows in milk, .1:8 l.">s; to calve. i'S; late calvers, £5 10s to £'<>; good heifers in milk, L'S ."is; September calvers, £7; medium and late calvers, i t 17s (>d to £'<>.

Abraham and Williams, Limited, reports a small entry of sheep and cattle was ottered to a pood attendance of buyers. Sheep sold at late rates, while, considering the quality offering, the market for cattle was good. Dairy cattle yarded were not of Rood quality and sold at advanced values. Hough quality ewes, His; medium quality springing Jersey heifers, i'fS 5s to XT Ids: later sorts. I'ft to i's Iss; cows, in milk. £'o ss; fair yearling Jersey heifers, X'o l">s; small, ft l*>s to £2 l.'is: boner cows, to £:\ l - _'s (id; rough yearling Jersey bulls. £2 l'_'s Oil to !•_' I os.

PAPAKURA DAIRY ENTRY The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company, Limited, reports a good demand for dairy cattlo at Papakura. More than the advertised numbers came forward, including several pens of yearling Jersey heifers, which met with spirited competition from a good bench of buyers, and realised from C: 1 ins to .L't i)s. Best dairy cows and heifers made from IN to £lO r_'s (id; medium. (.'(> to t'7 1 ss; poor cows and inferior heifers, CI to |ss.

W A INC. ARO OFFERING The New 'Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company, Limited, reports the yards were filled lo capacity at Waingaro. The offering comprised principally yearling and two-year-old steers and heifers. A small yarding of fat cattle met with good competition, values being very little lower than Frank ton quotations. A small yarding of store and boner Jersey cows met with good competition and were sold at satisfactory prices. The sale of yearling and two-year-old cattle commenced very quietly, but the market improved slightly Inter in the sale, values generally being lower than recent quotations for other sales. A fair percentage of the better quality cattle were sold, but Hinall and inferior sorts were exceedingly difficult to quit. SeVeral pens of Shorthorn and Polled Angus breeding cows did not attract much attention, most of theso being passed in. with a fair discrepancy between buyer and seller. Store three-year-old Hereford steers made A' 7 Os to £7 12s: medium quality store three-year Polled Angus steers, £7 os to £7 Ss: two-year-old Hereford steers, up to £0 18s; medium ouaiit.v mixed coloured steers, two-year-old, up to 15

lis; yearling Shorthorn heifers, £2 6s; weaner Jersey steers, small, 28s; yearling Jersey steers, 27s to £'2 Is; fat Hereforrl heifers, £7 8s to £7 I Is; medium fat Polled Angus rows, t'7 3s; store Jersey rows. £3 to £'3 8s; boners, £2 5s to £2 10s; vealers, up to 17s; heavy potter bulls, up to £7. G. W. Vercoe and Company, Limited, reports the advertised entry came forward. A large proportion consisted of yearling steers and heifers, and these were showing the effects of a hard winter, being backward in condition. Nevertheless, a very satisfactory clearance resulted. Grown cattle wera. penned in small numbers and did not sell as was anticipated. The following were the principal sales:—On account of Messrs. T- C. and K. W. Wilson, of Waimai 1!) yearling Red Polled steers, £5 8s; 1U yearling Red I'oiled steers, £."> ss; 31 yearling Red Polled steers, £1 Mis; on account of Air. J. Mahood, of Te Akau, 2<i yearling Polled Antrjjs steers, £5 Is; on account of Mr. H. I'pton, Hi yearling foiled Angus steers, £5, •is; 30 yearling Polled Angus heifers. £3 17s 'id; on account of Mr. T. Morton, of Te Akau. '_'(i yearling Poller! Angus steers, £ I l is; on account of Mr. S. F. Philburn, of Te Akau. 21 yearling Polled Angus steers, £ 1 Is; oilier small lines of yearling Polled Angus steers, £3 Ids to t l 12s (id; yearling-Short-horn steers, £3 lis to £1 ids; small yearling Polled Angus heifers, £2 15s to £3 8s; three-year-old Shorthorn steers, to £7 His; two-year-old Polled Angus sleers, £<> 10s to £7 7s; two-year-old Shorthorn steers. £5 5s to £<i ss; two-year-old crossbred steers £-1 to £.l 2s; two-year-old Polled Angus-cross incalf heifers, £5 Os; empty two-year Polled Angus heifers, to £5 ss; empty Polled Angus ami Polled Angus-cross cows, £1 to £1 18s; heavy fat cows L' 7 1 ">s to £8 iis; others, to £'i lus; small in-calf Jersey-cross heifers, £5 I -"is to £li Us, heavy boners. C I to £1 17s; others, up to £3 1.1s; potter bulls, £<> to £<; I Os.

Dalgety and Company, Limited, reports:— I'hree-year Polled Angus steers, store condition, £7 Itis to £8 17s; two and three-year Hereford steers, £(> '.is to £6 I .Is; two-year Polled Angus steers. fc(j Is to £6 lis (id; yearling Pollrd Angus. £.l .Is to £.l 8s; yearling Polled Angus, small. £1 5s to £1 17s (id; steers, small, £3 10s to £3 17s (id; tVo-,\ear Polled Angus heifers, empty, £-1 10s to £.l 2s (id; fat Polled Angus cows. C 9 to £lO 2s Od; cull cows, £2 5s to £3 10s; potter bulls, £4 JOs to £6 15s; Polled Angus service bulls, £B'ss to £0; heifers, £3 15s to £-1 2s; Hereford steers, £1 os to £1 17s 6d.

MORRINSVILLE RATES Dalgety and Company, Limited, reports a good yarding of fat cattle, which sold under keen competition at Morrinsville. Values were well up to late rates. Boner and store cattle also remained at late market rates. Medium-weight fat Polled Angus bullocks on account Xgatuku, Limited, £l3 17s Ud to £11; medium fat Shorthorn cows, £!J 2s (id to £!) 17s; good Jersey and Jersey-cross fat cows, ts r.s to t-K 17s (id; light fat Jersey heifers, good, C 7 15s to £8 12s (id; ordinary fat Jersey cows, £(> Mis to £.; for-ward-conditioned Holstcin-cro>s cows. £.l Jss to £(i 15s; forward conditioned young Jersey cows, £.l 5s to £5 15s; heavy boners, £3 15s to £1 (is; others, 3'is to £3 12s, according to weight and condition; empty two-year-old Jersey heifers, £3 15s to £1 ss; good Jersey and Jersey-cross yearling heifers, £5 2s; small yearling Jersey heifers. £3 l is; others, .'ids to i.'i u's (id. Dairy cattle: A good yarding of dairy cattle came forward and sold under keen competition. The advertised herd of cows on account of Mr. Hally averaged £!> Us; good quality Jersey cows, close to profit, £ll Ids to £l2; good Jersey cows, in milk, £!> 15s to £lO ss; Shorthorn cows, in milk, is Mis to £!) ills; fair quality Jersey heifers, in milk, £S to £'9; fair 'quality Jersey heifers, close to profit, £8 to £!> Ids; smaller, £t; to £7; other cows, £4 to lij. Pigs: A small yarding of fat pigs came forward, prices being a little easier than last week due to the drop in schedule price. Xo heavy fat pigs were yarded. Medium baconers. £3 7s to £3 Ids; light. £3 3s to £3 ss; porkejs, £2 to £2 V2s; good slore pigs. 31s 'id To 375; sows, £3 10s to £ 1.

NGARUAWAHIA YARDING The Farmers' Co-operative Auctioneering Company, Limited, reports a (rood yarding of fat cattle and yearlings, together with a large entry of dairy cattle, including the advertised herd, at Xgaruawahia. Prices for fat and well-conditioned cattle wore good. while dairy cattle sold well up to late rates, although the demand eased toward the latter part of the sale. Cattle; Lisrht Jersey steers, !:1 ins to medium Jersey-cross cows, £6 us to £7 ids; boners, £'J Ms to £3 13s; Jersey yearlings, £2 Ins to £.\ Dairy cattle; Forward-conditioned Jersey cows, £9 to £11; forward Shorthorn cons, t'B 10s to £11; £7 10s to is ."is; Jersey heifers. £S to £O.

MATAWHERO IMPROVEMENTS [nv TKIjKGRAPH—OWN COR RESPONDENT] GISBORXE, Saturday

Values in the fat sheep market at today's Matawhero stock sale were firmer on rates ruling at two weeks ago. There was also an improvement ill the store sheep section. Most of the fat cattle were of unfinished Quality and competition was easy. A few finished quality beasts were in demand. Station cows were passed in at £4 12s and £."> ins. Cows made to iG. For a good-sized yarding of fat sheep values were firmer. An extra good pen of maiden ewes made 23s 7d and another pen to '_>ls lod. Other values ranged from Ms to ls.s -Id. Southdown lambs sold up to 17s 3d. The main part of the store sheep yarding comprised hoggets, with many good pens. There was some competition from outside and values showed an advan re. A few pens made from 19s to '2os, with good average lots at I">s upwards. Ewe hoggets brought from 20s to 23s (3d. Ewes with lambs were not first-class and realised from ISs 3d to 21s. Store wethers ranged from 10s (id to '_'2s (id. OPOTIK.I PENNING [by TELEGRAPH OWN correspondent] OPOTIKI, Saturday Dalgety and Company, Limited, reports a good yarding of all classes of stock at Opotiki. A line of especially good cattle were penned, and also several lines of sheep from the Waioeka district came to hand and sold at satisfactory prices. A large attendance of buyers kept the sale buoyant throughout and all lots offered were sold. A line of 50 wether hoggets on account of Mr. A. J McC'allion made 22s -Id; forward to fat wethers. 2Ss; fat ewes. 235; mixed sex hoggets, to 17s Od; a small line of aged ewes in lamb, Ms; a line of fat cows, £!) los; others. £7 10s to £8 7s (id; lighter cows. £4 10s to £G; good store cows, £3 to £3 10s; others. £2 I">s to £3; boners, 2">s to £2. Dairy cows; Exceptionally good three-year-old heifers, £9 7s 6d; others, £0 (is to £7 10s.

TANGO WAHINE OFFERING [by telegraph—own correspondent]

DARGAVILI/E, Saturday

Walter Wakrlin reports an entry of 150 store pigs at Tangowahine. Competition was easier and prices were lower than at the last sale. Medium baconers sold to £3; porkers, £2 to £2 10s; large stores, £1 15s to £2; medium stores, £1 Ss to £1

]ss; slips, £1 3s to £1 10s; weancrs, £1 to £1 os.

BOBBY CALF POOL PAYMENT TO SUPPLIERS [bt telegraph —OWN correspondent] HUNTLY, Saturday A payment of lid per lb. for all cnlvcs received to the end of August will be made during the next few days to the suppliers of the Hmitly West hobby calf pool. The total amount to be paid is £(3.^2. There, are 135 suppliers to the pool. The average weight of the calves received, which totalled 202G to the end of August, is 6111b. and the price averaged 6s S}d per calf.

COTTON, RUBBER, COPRA, ETC.

(Received September t. 5.5 p.m.) LONDON, Sept. 3 (Quotations on August 27 in parentheses.)

Cotton. —Spot, 4.Sod (4.74r1> a lb.; October del ivory, 4.66 d (4.50 d September) .

H uhber.—i,'ara. 7 Jrl a lb.; plantation and smoked, 7 10-16 d (B£d). Jute. —October-November shipments, £l9 8s 9d (£l9 os September-Octobor) a ton.

Copra. September - October shipments, South Sea. sun-dried. £9 10s, to London and Rotterdam (£9 10s), a ton; South Sea, smoked, £9 10s to Marseilles and Genoa (£'9 IOs); plantation. Rabaul, hot-air dried, £lO 10s to London and Rotterdam (£lO 12s 6d ). Linseed Oil. —£24 (£2i os) a ton. Turpentine.—31s 6d (325) a cwt.

WHEAT AT LIVERPOOL (Received September t. •*>■':> p.m.) LONDON, Sept, 3 Wheat.— Liverpool futures: October, ■ls 11 Jd a cental; December, 4s 9|d; March, 4s 7 id. egg prices unchanged The Auckland Egg Marketing Committee announces that wholesale egg prices aro unchanged. Quotations: lion: First, grade,"is 4\d a dozen; I> grade. Is 3UI; duck, first grade, is 4}cl a dozen; B grade. Is 3Jd Country storekeepers' minimum buying prices for first, grade eggs are:—Hen, Is a dozonj duck, Is.