STOCK SALES

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXV, Issue 23145, 17 September 1938, Page 13

STOCK SALES

MORRINSVILLE VALUES SHEEP AND CATTLE FIRM DAIRY LINES IN DEMAND • A full yarding of cattle camp, forward at the Morrinsville stork sale Yesterday. There was a small entry of unfinis'hed ox beef which met with only a fair demand. Cow beef was penned in good numbers, although no prime beef came forward. The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile -Agency Company, Limited, reports an average yarding of store and boner cows, which sold under good competition, values showing no appreciable alteration. Principal sales in the beef section were on account Messrs. McDonald Bros., fat cows, £9 5s to £lO 12s (id; on account Mr. F. P. Downey, Kiwitahi, fat heifers, to £0 10s; fat Jersey cows on account Messrs. F. J. and W. Henry. Te Puninga. up to £8 15s; fat cows from Mr. C. W. Hodgson, to £0 7s (id. Several pens of two-year-old steers were offered, but these did not attract much attention and did not reach vendors' reserves. However, they were disposed of by private treaty at late rates. Fully the advertised number of Jersey yearling heifers were offered, these meeting with a very keen inquiry, particularly for wellgrown fihoice heifers. Top price for the sale, £5 18s., was obtained for a pen of choice heifers from Mr. J. Davidson. Practically the entire offering was disposed of at values jn advance of recent quotations. Light fat I'riesian steers made up to £lO 10s; prime fat cows, £lO 5s to .£lO 12s Gd; heavy fat Jersey cows, £8 10s to £9 7s (id; medium, £7 17s lid to £8 7s Gd; light, £7 5s to £7 12s Od; second quality, £0 to £7 ss; runners. up to £5 18s; killable cows, £4 15s to £5 10s; heavy store cows, £4 to £4 12s Od; lighter, £3 7s Gd to £3 18s; heavy boners, £2 15s to £3 Gs; others, £1 15s to £2 ss; cull cows, £1 to £1 10s; two-year-old mixed-coloured steers, £6 10s; two-year-old Shorthorn steers, £7; empty two-year-old Jersey heifers, up to £4; aged store Jer.sev cows with calves at foot, £2 Is; choice quality well-grown yearling Jersey heifers, £■> 12s (id to £5 18s; good well-grown sorts, £'•> to £5 Ids; medium- quality, £4 12s Gd to ft I,s (id; smaller. £3 to £3 15s; small and inferior, £2 Gs to £2 18s. Dairy cattle: A small entry of dairy cattle came forward, no quality sorts being offered. The offering of medium quality dairy cows and heifers met with a good inquiry with values showing a hardening tendency. Medium quality Jersey heifers, close to profit, £8 12s Gd to £0 ss; slightly backward, £7 5s to £7 15s; poorer quality, close to profit, £7 to £7 15s; backward, £5 17s Gd to £G 12s Gd; medium quality young dairy cows, close to profit, -i~J? [ 'i? '- s Gd; more backward, i H , X 7 S , C( !; poorer quality, £G 15s Sn Lu 3 inferior and backward, £5 to £O. Sheep: Only a small entry of sheep was offered including a very light entry of fat ewes and. wethers. These met with only a fair inquiry «and did not reach vendors' reserves in most cases. Ewes' with ' lambs at foot were also in poor, demand and these tailed also to reach vendors' figures. Unfinished fat wethers. 23s to 24s Gd; fat ewes, up to 21s. Pigs: An'average yardin™of pigs came forward. Fat pigs met with a satisfactory sales, values being up to recent quotations. Store pigs also met with a good S r?i o c an s ?- rates. Light baconers, £3 8s; medium porkers. £2 -7s Gd to £2 1 ''s Gd; medium store pigs. 23s to 25s Gd'weaners, 10s to 13s.

The Farmers Co-operative Auctioneering - Company, Limited, reports a good yarding i of fat sheep, which met with keen competi- , a large bench of buyers. The entry • comprised mostly hoggets, with the market f firm a , l Fra rates. A medium ' yarding of good quality ox and cow beef • came forward to an interested bench of J buyers, prices remaining fully on a par with , recent sales. A truck of extra prime Here- ] ford steers offered on account of Messrs. ilowie Brothers, of Morrinsville, realised £lO V» s " -jiJ l •.,? ne TJ ru ! ;k of similar cattle from Mr. W. W. Dickie, Walton, made .€l.l 19s. Une truck of light-weight prime steers from Thames \ alley, Limited, sold at £'l2 10ssimilar steers from Mr. H. G. "Watson Walton £l2 10s; from the Waihi Plains, two trucks of Ight steers realised £lO 17s (id In tlle cow and heifer Bection competition was also spirited, the chief sales being on account of Mr. W. McLean, Wallo_n, one truck of Hereford heifers at ill lis, and a pen of prime Polled Angus cows, ex Gisbome, at £l2; also a pen of Polled Angus heifers, which sold to £0 lis; prime Jersey heifers from Mr. R. G. Griff en, Tauwhare up to £8 10s. An extra heavy yarding of boner and store cows, the majority lacking in condition, were absorbed by exporters at fully equal to late schedule rates. Yearling and two-year Jersey heifers were penned in average numbers and created interest under keen competition, late market rates being fully maintained. Oddments in the store sections changed hands at late rates. A full yarding of dairy cows and heifers, the quality of which was only fair. Interest waned a little, but vendors met the market and prices were slightlv easier when compared with late rates. An increased yarding of baconers and porkers. Competition for all classes was not as keen as at recent sales and quotations were accordingly easier than those -ruling at other centres. A full entry of stores and weaners with bidding very keen, prices being in advance of last sale's quotations. Sheep: Prime wethers, 31s; medium fat wethers, 27s 6d to 28s (id; prime fat ewes, 23s 4d to 24s 6d; light fat ewes, 19s to 20s; prime fat hoggets, to 20s Gd; fat hoggets. 22s to 23s 9d; light fat hoggets, 19s to 20s Gd; white-faced store hoggets, lGs Odito 19s 6d; smaller, 14s (id. Cattle: Heavy prime ox beef, £l4 19s to £ls 10s; medium. £l2 10s to £l2 los; lighter, £lO 17s Gd to £ll 15s; prime heifers, up to £ll 17s; medium-weight Polled Angus heifers, to £9 lis;' medium Shorthorn heifers, to £9 16s; prime Jersey heifers, £7 1 Is to £8 10s; lighter, £G 2s Gd to £7 ss; prime heavy Polled Angus cows, to £ll 2s; heavy fat cows, £9 2s Gd to £lO 19s; medium, £7 to £S 2s 6d; light, £5 15s to £6 los; heavy Jersey beef cows, £G 15s to £7 12s Gd; medium and light cows, £5 15s to £6 4s; heavy boners and heavy second quality cows. £4 17s to £5; light boner cows, £3 12s Gd to £4 6s: light Jersey cows. £2 10s to £3 3s; cull cows, 30s to £2 2s; two-year empty Jersey heifers. £3 2s to £4 Is: yearling Jersey heifers, £5 Os to £5 12s 6d; others, £4 16s to £5 2s; smaller Jersey heifers, £3 to £4; yearling Jersey and Jersey-cross heifers, £2 15s to £3 12s Gd; Jersey bulls. £6 to £7 los. Dairy cattle: Choice Jersey heifers, close to profit, £l2 to £l3 10s; medium quality heifers, close to profit, £lO to £ll 10s; others, £8 15s to £9«»10s; Jersey heifers, later calvers. £6 10s to £8; smaller and poorer conditioned. £5 to £5 15s; best quality heifers, in milk, £lO 10s; others, £5 10s to £S; Jersey cows, close to nrofit. £ll to £l3: other cows, close to profit. £6 15s to £9 10s; cows, in milk, £7 to £lO 10s; cull cows, £3 to £5 ss. Pigs: Choppers, £2 14s to £3 ss; medium baconers, £3 8s (o £3 12s; light, £3 to £3 6s; buttermilk pigs and heavy porkers, £2 12s to £2 ISs; medium porkers,. £2 4s to £2 10s; light. 36s to £2 2s; unfinished. 30s to 345; large stores, 27s Gd to 35s fid; medium stores, 22s to 255; best slips. 20s to 24s Gd; others, 15s 6d to IS's; best weaners, 20s 6d to 255; others. I ts to 18s; small and weedy, 7s Gd to 10s. Dalgety and Company, Limited, reports a full yarding of cattle. Beef remained at late market rates and sold under keen competition before a keen bench of buyers. Store 1 and boner cattle also remained at late rates. A good entry of yearling Jersey heifers came forward and met with keen competition. Light fat Polled Angus and Hereford bullocks, £l2 lis to £l3 12s' Gd; medium fat Shorthorn cows, £lO 2s Gd to £lO los; good heavy fat Jersey cows, £9 to £10; prime fat Jersey and Jersey-cross heifers, £8 os to £9 10s; lighter fat Jersey cows and heifers, £6 10s to £7 15s; forward conditioned young cows and hcUers, £4 17s 6d to £(>; heavy boners, £3 15s to £-1 Ss; medium, £2 10s to £3 12s; thinner cows, £1 to £2 ss; fair quality yearling Jersey, heifers, £5 3s to £5 8s; crossbred yearling Jersey heifers (small), £4 to £4 10s; others, £3 to £4. Dairy cattlo: A small entry, but competition was keen for any quality dairy cattle. Fair quality Jersey heifers, close to profit, £9 15s to £lO JOs; backward sorts, £7 to £8; average young cows, £7 10s to £9 15s; others, £5 to £6. Sheep: A small entrv, lato rates boing maintained. Light fat ewes, 17s Gd to £1; cull wethers, 15s; cull hoggets, 13s. Pigs: An average entry. No heavy fat pigs were yarded. Light porkers, £2 13s to £2 los; good stores, 3Ss to £2 4s; other stores, 25s to 335. DEMAND AT OTOROHANGA Abraham and Williams, Limited, reports a medium yarding of sheep and cattle at Otorohnnga. There was a full, penning of pins. The market for sheep, while not brisk, was fully up to rates ruling in outside districts. Fat and store cattle sold well, whilo dairy heifers advanced considerably in valuo. Pigs sold readily, prices being on a par with late rates at this centre. Very good wether hoggets' made 21s to '2ls .lOd; good. ISs to 19s; medium, 15s to 16s Od; small healthy sorts, 12s to 13s Od; medium fat Jersey cows and heifers, to £8; light, £0 10s 'to £5 15s; forward Jersey cows, £4 'lOs to £4 17s Gd; boners. £2 7s Gd to £3 17s <>i. thin cows, £1 5s to £1 10s; two-year em pi y heifers, £4; small yearling Jersey neiters, .Cut 7s tid. SprinßinfT heifers were keenly i-om-peted lor at advanced rates, fairly good heifers, close to profit, £9 to sorts, close up, .£8 to £S_ 10s; smaller and more backward, £7 to £< K»s. lii tj t,e '"h section, porkers made £2 Is to £- .s,v° d stores. £1 10s to £.l lis; ■-*!)} £1 7s (id; weaners, Us to !..»»; >° ( ' quality sows, close to farrowing, £o os to £0 13s. NORTH AUCKLAND VALUES [from OUft OWN cohkkspondent] WHANGAREI. Friday Walter Wakclin reports having hold a successful sale at Kamo, when a heavy entry was submitted to a large attendance of buyers. \ total clearance was effected at excellent prices The advertised line of 20 marked springing heifers sold on account of Mr. E. \V. Thomas, Otanga. realised from £S 12s Gd to £ll Gd, and averaged £lO 6s. The herd of cows in milk on account of Mr. W. A. Hoev made up to £9, while yearling heifers sold up to £5 ss. Pigs, which came forward in large numbers, showed an easing tendency. Fat Jersey cows, £5 4s to £8 Ps; store cows, £4 ss; cows and runners, £7 12s 6d; cows with small calves. £3 15s

to £5 10s; boner.cows. £1 10s to £3loß} Jersey bulls, £5 5s to £7 10s; yearling Polled Angus steers, to £4 15s; small mixed sex yearlings, to £3 12s 6d; good quality yearling Jersey heifers. £3 5s to £4 lOsj empty two-year Jersey heifers, £4 10s; colourcd two-year steers, £3 17s Gd; empty Shorthorn heifers, to £4 ss. Dairy cattle: Best Jersey cows, close to profit, £7 to £loj medium cows and heifers, £5 Is to £6 10s; backward and inferior cows and heifers. £3 10s to £4 10s; marked Jersey heifers, close to profit, .€8 12s Gd to £ll 16s; others close up, £6 to £8; small and backward, L.'l J "is to £5 10s: Shorthorn dairy heifers, £G to £7 10s; Shorthorn dairy cows. £5 Ills to £!); cows and heifers in milk, £3 12s (id to £ lii. Sheep; Forward wethers made to 20s i>d; hoggets, to tils (id. Pigs: Baconers, to £•■{ l.'is; porkers, £2 32s to £3 3s; large stores, £1 15s to £2 7s (id; medium, £1 5s to £ I lis; slips, 20s to 275; weaners. 1(53 to 2 1s 'id; pedigree. Tain worth boars, to Ggns; aged Berkshire boars, to £2 us; Tamwortti sows, to 4Visits; breeding sows, £3 to £5. Dalgety and Company. Limited, reports a, full yarding at Waipu, when a total clearance was effected with values fully up to late rates. Mixed sex hoggets made from 23s (id to 21s Id. Pigs: Slips, 32s to 34s (id. Cattle: Springing cows, £5 5s to £6 7s 6d; heifers, £0 2s (id to £8 10s; medium fat cows, £(> 15s to £7 ss; lighter sorts, £3 14s to £5 7s; light fat bullocks, £7 to £7 9s; yearling Shorthorn steers. £1 to £4 Gs; twoyear Shorthorn steers. £0 His to £0 19s; yearling Shorthorn heifers, £3 10's to £4; yearling Jersey heifers. £2 14s to £3 10s.

.North Auckland Farmers' Co-operative, Limited, reports a keen demand for dairy cattle, at Waipu. A good yarding of stock came forward, meeting with keen competition throughout, prices being well maintained at late rates. Jersey cows, made from £4 103 to £7 ss; Jersey heifers. £5 10s to £7 10s; Shorthorn cows. £4 15s to £6 2s Gd; threeyear steers, £8 4s to £8 7s Gd; two-year steers, £G I ts; cows and calves, £4 lGs to £8 7s; fat heifers, light, £G 15s; light fat cows, £4 to £G; yearling Jersey heifers, good quality, £3 15s to £4 Gs; medium, £3 to £3 12s; small heifers, £2 10s; Jersey bulls sold on account of Mr. W. Cato realised from £lO 10s to £ls 15s; on account of Mr, JR.. Riley, £lO 10s to £ls 15s; and on account of Messrs. McKay and mil. one bull reached £l2 12s. A pedigree yearling Shorthorn bull was sold on account of Mr. R.-McCauley for £lB 18s. Pigs sold under very keen comI»etition at good prices. Stores, £1 15s to £1 JOs; slips, to £1 Os; and weaned, :, l'ss to £l. PUKEKOHE BULL RATES [ntOM ottr'owx correspondent] PUKEKOHE. Friday More than 200 bulls were received at tha annual bull sale conducted by Alfred Buckland and Sons. Limited, at L-'ukckohe. There was a large attendance of buyers, representative of North Auckland. Franklin, the Waikato, and the Hauraki Plains. Bidding was ' keen throughout, and values in most cases were well above the vendors' expectations. Good two and three-year-old Jicrd bulls especially were in excellent demand. Practically a total clearance was effected. The top price for • Shoithorns was 2G guineas. This was paid for a nice quality yearling pedigree Milking Shorthorn bull which was offered on account of Mr. John McGowan, Waiuku. The buye/ was Mr. D. P. Clarke, Hikutaia. ■' • Two other Shorthorn yearlings from the sama vendor, which were bought by Mr. E. K. Wright, Patumaboe, and Mr. G. F. Glimmer, Runciman, realised 25 and 22% guineas respectively. A yearling Shorthorn offered on behalf of Messrs. Pegler and Son, Paerata,'. was bought for 23 guineas by Messrs. Martin Brothers, Woodcocks. A line of yearling Shorthorns from Mr. P. Dunn, Ararimu, made from 16% to 18 guineas. The range of values for Shorthorns was as follows:—Best yearling pedigree bulls,' IGVS to 28 guineas; other yearling pedigree bulls, 8 to 14 guineas; good grade herd bulls, 10 to f ' 15 guineas; grade yearling bulls, 9 to 12 guineas. A large entry of Jersey bulls was also offered. The top price, 21 guineas, was paid for a pedigree yearling which was offered on account of Mrs. M. M. Johnson, Mauku. The buyer was Mr. Ivor Barriball. Pukekohe. A two-year-old pedigree bull offered on account of Mr. T. Brownlee, Pukekohe, also realised 21 guineas. The buyer was Mr. J. P. Clark, Waiau Pa. A two-year-old from Mr. W. A. Grant. Bombay, was bought for 20% guineas'by Mr. W. J. Kane, Onewhero, while a rising two-year-old. offered on account of Mr. R. D. Kerr, Onewhero, was boutrht for 20 guineas by Mr. W. Douglas, •> Waiuku. The range for Jerseys was as follows:—Best two-year-old pedigree bulls, 16 to 21 guineas-, best yearling pedigree bulls, 1G to 21 guineas; other yearlings,s-'O to 15 guineas; best grade herd .bulls,?;ll' to 15 guineas; other grade herd bulls,' 8 to 10 guineas; grade yearling guineas; small and poorly-conditioned bulls. I 3 to 5 .guineas. PAPAKURA DAIRY ENTRY ft. The New Zealand Loan and Agency Company, Limited, reports strong' competition for good dairy cattle at Papakura. Best dairy heifers made £ll to £l4 10s; good, £S 10s to £lO 10s; backward and smaller, £5 to £S; dairy cows, £7 to £8; later calvers, £4 to £0 15s; stores, fat heifers, to £G. Boners sold at full ruling rates. * - - T TE AWAMUTU YARDING The Farmers l Co-operative Auctioneering ' ! Company, Limited, reports a. good yarding of fat sheep, comprising chiefly of prime " hoggets, at Te Awamutu. Although compefi- a tion was not as brisk as at previous sales, a total clearance- was effected at satisfactory prices. A good entry pf beef and store * cattle, with a lighter yarding of dairy cows ~ and heifers. All classes sold freely at current rates. A good entry of ox beef, with butchers operating freely and Frankton rates being fully maintained. A satisfactory offering of cow and heifer beef also met with a good reception and advanced prices were paid in this section. A medium yarding of fat pigs, and a full entry of stores and r weaners. Bidding was brisk throughout, a .. full bench of buyers operating. Baconers and porkers sold at recent quotations, while store and weancr quotations showed a slight advance. Sheep; Prime fat hoggets, 235. 9d to 28s {id : lighter, ISs Gd to 19s: prime fat- wethers, 27s to 30s; store lambs, 13s Gd to 15s 3d. Cattle: Heavy fat bullocks, to £l6; medium-weight, £l3 12s to £l3 15s; light, £ll 3s to £ll 7s: fat Hereford heifers'. £9 4s to £l2 10s; lighter, to £8 12s (id; heavy fat cows, £9 4s to £lO 12s; lisrhter, £7 10s to £S 15s; boner cows. £3 12s to £4 17s; killable cows, £5 to £6 15s; store cows, 30s to £3 ss; two-year emptv Jersey heifers ar.d. cows, £4 to i-t 12s; 'low-conditioned Jersey cows and heifers, £2 15s to £3 lis. Pigs: Medium to heavy baconers, £3 7s to £3 16s; light, £2 103 to £3 2s; heavy porkers, £2 9s. to £2 los; choppers, £2 10s to £3 3s; medium Porkers, £■"> to £2 ss; large stores, 35s to 395; medium, 29s to 335; best weaners, 22s to • 245; medium, 17s to 19s 6d; small and weedv, 7s to 12s Gd; sows close, to farrowing, £3 10s to £4 15s; others, £2 17s 6d to £3 ss: sows and litters, £5 ss. Dairy cattle: A smaller offering, comprising chiefly of second quality heifers. Competition remained firm, and late rates were fully maintained. Good quality forward Jersey hoifers, £ll OS to £l2 15s; later calvers., £S 53 to £lO 15s; poorer and backward, £4 5s to £7 15s; good duality forward Jersey , cows. £lO to £l2 os: others. £6 to £9 15s. KEEN WAIHOU DEMAND The Farmers' Co-operative Auctioneering Company, Limited, reports sheep were penned in average numbers at Waihou. Fat sheep t sold at late rates, but competition for hoggets was slack. Jersey cow and. heifer beef was penned in good numbers, with competition keen, prices being in advance of late ruling rates. Store and boner cows also sold in advance of schedule. Empty two-year Jersey heifers and yearling Jersey heifers met wi'th a keen demand. A medium yarding of fat pigs, and a good entry of stores and weaners. Butter-milk pigs and porkers were keenly sought, values being slightly in advance of recent quotations, but in the baconet section values* showed an casing tendency. In the storo pens the yarding consisted mostlv of Weaners, for which the demand was 'limited, and passings were frequent. Sheep: Fat wethers. 29s Gd; fat ewes. 223 9d. Cattle: Light steers, £9; fat second quality cows. £9 12s 6d to £9 17s Gd; primo Jersey heifers, £S 17s Gd to £lO 1.8; " heavy Jersey cows, £S Is to £9 2s: medium, £7 to £S; medium Jersey heifers, £6 los to £8 Is; lighter Jersey cows. £5 5s to t'G 10s; killable cows, £4 10s to £5; boner , cows, £3 5s to £4 ss; cull cows, 10s to £2; empty two-year hoifers, £3 11s to £4; i Vearling Jersey heifers, £1 ISs. Dairy rattle': A light entry of dairy .cows and heifers wa3 \ penned, competition for good quality cows and heifers being- very keen, with values on a par wit.i recent quotations. Jersey and 1 Jersey-cross heifers, early calvers, £ll 5s i to £l2; later calvers, £8 10s ttirf£lo; small and backward, £4 10s to £6 10s; good quality calved heifers, £ll to £l2; others, £8 to £9 ss; cows in milk, to _£12 los; springing cows, £7 5s to £9 ss. Figs: Medium choppers, to £2 Gs; light, to Ais; i medium baconers, £3 10s to £3 l'_s; light, £■3 5s to £3 8s; butter-milk pigs and heavy : porkers, to £2 15s; light porkers. £2 2s, 'o £2 Gs; unfinished, 35s to £2; large sto.es, 1 "'Sb to 33s- best- weaners. IGs to 18s; | 7s to lis FEILDING QUOTATIONS • [by TELEGRAPH —rRESS association] ; FEILDING. Friday * ' I \ light vanling of all classes of stock at the Feildin'g sale to-day met with, a steady demand, with prices fully firm Prime ox beef showed a small advance, but for "4.he rest prices were unchanged. Ewes, prim & ma d o "•>S Gd to 255; others. 15s to 20s; wethers, / "Ts id to 27s 3d; hoggets, pnmt, 23s to •~7s- lighter, 18s (id to 23s 9d. Store sheep: Wetlu-r hoggets, 17s 7d to 20s lOd; ewe, ._ "7s sid to 32s 7d; ewes and lambs, 13s 7d To lis. Storo cat do: Yearling heifers, £3 15s to £G 2s; forward cows, £3 5s to £5 lis; r ; two-vear steers, £7 to £S 15s. Fat catties Polled Angus cows, £S 10s to £10; heifers, , £5 5s to CO 7s Gd; Red Poll cows, £lO 10s; Red Poll bullocks, £l4 19s; Polled Angus, r £ll IGs to £l3 Is; runners, £4 15s; vealers, ,'j £2 17s. Dairy cattle Springing heifers, £9 10s to £l3 sa; cows. £S 10s to £ll 15s; v ' heifers, in milk, £7. 10s to £9. i ~ r ' TANGOWAHINE PIG ENTRY J [by telegraph—OWN correspondent] DARGAYILLK, Friday Walter Wakelin reports an entry of 120 " pigs at Tangowahine. There was a fair, de- ; mand from a medium bench of buyers. Light -| I baconers sold to £3 2s; heavy porkers, to £- , ISs; light porkers. £2 5s 6d to £2 lis; * ? stores, £1 5s to £1 16s 6d; slips, £1 .to £1 Ss; weaners, 18s Gd to £1 -s; ' litters, £4 10s to £7; choppers, to £2 JS.