COUNTRY STOCK SALES

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXV, Issue 23160, 5 October 1938, Page 11

COUNTRY STOCK SALES

fRANKTON QUOTATIONS PRIME FAT OX TO £ls/2/6 STORE PIGS IN KEEN DEMAND ; [FEOM OUH OWN CORBESroXDEXI] HAMILTON, Tuesday An average yarding of fat ox was submitted for sale at the Frankton I yards to-day. The demand, however, j was not as keen as it was last week, ! aiid values showed an easing tendency. | The offering of fat cows and heifers was of average size, and in this department also the demand was weaker than it was a week ago. Store and boner cows were penned in large numbers, and met with a steady sale. The yarding of sheep was comparatively small, although fat sheep were well represented. Prime and finished fat sheep sold well, but medium and unfinished were in weak demand. Store hoggets were sufficient in numbers to meet;tho market, and met with a fair inquiry. A largo yarding of pigs came forward and finished baconers and. porkers sold ion a par with recent quotations. Store pigs were keenly sought, and the average yarding tvas disposed of at prices showing ,-a decided advance on last week's sale. The auctioneers quote: — New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency -Company, Limited.—Cattle: Prima fat ox, £l4 10s to £ls 26 Gd; fat ox, £ll.l <s Od to £l2. IWe; medium fat ox; £lO 15s l»» £ll 13s; light and unfinished, £lO to £3O 12s Od; prime lat cows and heifers, £lO to, £ll 10s; fat cows and heifers, £8 10s 'to £0 15s; medium, £6 15 to £8; tillage, £s's» to £0 10s; heavy store cow*, £4 to £5; medium, £2 15s to •£?•. 17s 6d; boners, 158 to £1 10s. Sheep: Prime heavy shorn wethers, 27s 3d to 27s Ud; medium, 25g Od .to 20s 3d; fat woolly wethers, 2<s (id to 28s 3d; lighter, . 23s «d to 25s Od; . fat-woolly ewes, 23s 24* Od; lighter, 20s to 21s Od: Others, lt»s to 18s 6d; fat hoggets, 20s Od to 21s Od; store woolly whiteface wether, hoggets, up to 19s 9d; shorn white-face wether -., hoggets, lbs to 18s Od. Pigs: Heavy baconers, £3 lis to £3 14s; medium, £3 (is to £3 10s; light, £3 Is, to £3 ss; heavy porkers and buttermilk pigs. £2 12s to £3; medium, porkers, £2 5s .o £2 10s; light, £1 18s to £2 4s; heavy Choppers, £3 to £3 lis; medium. £2 W? io £2 18si large .stores/ 37s to 40s; medium, 33s to 30s; light. 28s to 325; slips, 22s to 20s Od; best weaners, 10s to 21s od; smaller. 10s to 15s. ; -

The Farmers' Co-operative., Auctioneering Company, Limited—lndividual beef consignments included medium prime, steers from Mr T. M. Hall, Hamilton, wh-.ch sold from £l4 lis to £l4 i7s (M. while a .consignment of prime steers from Mr. .H. Hay, Karapiro, sold from £l2 10s • }o£H. lighter j>rime steers from 1 Mr. a ii?' whata, realised from £l2 I,os to and those, from Farm, averaged y£l2 7s. Od, with prime etett# from M r , K. J. Barker, Tuhikaramea, to £ll.los. Sheep:- Heavy woolly wethers, 2/S' 9d to 20s 3d; medium woolly wetHers, to^-5?- 6d, fat shorn wethers, 23s 6d to 2-»s; unfinished, 20s 3d to 218. 0d: young, wMl!y. enes, -38 3d to 2Gs; fat wdolljr ewes, 22s to i-s ya> fat shorn ewes, ICS lid to . 216 6d; wether hoggets, 19s 3d to medio woolly hoggets, to 10s 3d; store h<«gets. Ms 3d to 14s 3d; cull ewes, 2s (id ta-Is. Cattle. Medium prime steers. £l4 to £l4 l<s «a. lighten . £l.l JUs to ..£l3 1-is; heavy fat cows, £0 10s to ,£lO ,128 .- s 10s to ,£0 12s Od; inedium iicifcrs lO l ; s (id to £10; lighter, t. l<s to £!), heavy fat Jersey cows, £B,,<s (Id to £0 los, » ium, £7 to £8 Is; lighter. £o to-to- to 10s; heavy boner c°w», £3 178 (id to £4 10s , , medium £- 17s (>d to £3 14s; lignt, ito £2 12s Od; young sound empty cows, £3 r )8 to £4; medium yearling Jersey hener*. £4 8s to £4 12s; 'smaller, £3 5 s to £3 1-S Od; two-year empty Jersey..heifers, £3 io 17s; medium porkers, £2 3s to £- Blig . 38s to £2 2s; unfinished, jps to S.s, large stores 35s (5d to 38s; medium. 20s to 3>. , S. 258 to 27s 6d : b«t weaners, 21* to 24s 6d; medium, 13s to 19s. G W. Vercoe ; and Company, Limited. Sheep: Prime medium-weight woolly wethwrs, ">7s to "8s (id; light prime, 2js to -to «d> unfinished, pis'to 245; prime .shorn *««»«. :*>&. to 26s 3d; medium weights, _3s to 24s (id- light, 20s. to 22s (3d; prime maiden ewes, 22sito 235, Od; heavy {at 18s to- 218 f' medium weights, lbs to i<s uu, light, up to IGs; medium weights, shorn ewes, 15s to 10s 3d; light,; 12s to 13s. heavy fat hoggets, 22s to 23s 3d; m^ iur " weights. ; hoggeU, 17s A small line of ewes and -jßtnbs. realised 10s 6d, all counted- Cattle: Prlnie mediumweight runners, to £0; prime light weights, £4 15s to Os; bcavTr-voalersrf? h#*o £4- 10s; medium weights, £2 lus to £3, /s (id; small calves, to £2 10s; heavy, prime bullocks, £ls 10S to £l6 15s; prime medium weights, £l3 15s to £ls ss; prime light weights, £l2 10s to £l3 10s; others, to £l2; Jersey bullocks, to £10; 3s; heavy Jat cows £1) 15s to £lO ss; medium weights, £8 10s to £9 10sj light, to £B,3s; prune light-weight heifers, -£9 to £9 8s; small, to £8 10s; heavy prime Jersey cows, £9 to £9 10s; medium weights, £7 15s to £S 10s; light, to £7 5s - f forward conditioned Shorthorn and Friesian cows, £5 to £5 14s; others, to £4 12s 6d; yearling Jersey heifers, £4 to £4 15s; small, crossbred heifers, v io £3 SS; empty tfco-year-old Jersey heifers, £?10s to £4 2s 6d; heavy boners, £4 to £4 \ 10s; medium weights, £3 to £3 15s; light, lip to £2 15s. Pigs.-. Heavy baconers, £3 12# to °£3 15s; medium, £3 5s to £3 10s; light, £2 18s to £3 4s; .heavy porkers, £2 12% to £2 17s; medium, £2 6s. to £2 10s;' light, 38s to £2.'sft; '--.large stores, ,£2 to £2 6s; smaller, 36s to *39s;;. good slips, • 32s to 355; smaller, 25s to 30s; .best weaners, 20s to 245;. medium, 16s to 18s; inferior, up xo ,12s. : . • ' . • I " Dalgety an<r Company, Limited. —Sheep*. Heavy fat wethers, wool!*, 27s 6d to 28s i>d; lighter, 2(is Od to 26s Od;/ medium, 25s to 25s Od; heavy shorn wethers, 25s to 26s 3d; -medium, 24s to 24s Od; light, 22s 6d to 23s 9d; ; heavy fat ewes, woolly, 21s 6d to 22s 3d; medium, 18s to 19s 3d; fat ] ewes,* shorn, 14s to 15s 3d; tap.hoggets, 22s to 22s 3d; store hoggets, Komney cross, 18s to 10s <3d; store" hoggets, Southdown . crossr 14s 6d to 16s 3d; store four antr six-tooth wethers, shorn,,'2os ,-tol2os Qir «towstwo| tooth wethers, shorn, 16s 6d to 17s. Catties Medittm-welgbt- bullocks,. £l2 10s to £18,58;: ligbt, £lO-Iss to. £ll 10s; Polled Angus heifers, £lO 6s; heavy fat Jersey cows, £S.tQ £8 12s Od; light, £6 108 to £7 ss; "store,,CoWs",' ; . £4 5s to £5 Ts 6d; boner cows, heavy, £3 15s to £4 2s 6d; boner, cows, £2 5s to-£3 2s 6d; vmedium yearling Jersey - Heifers, £3 15s to £4' ss;. small vealera, £1 il6s to £1 19s. Pigs: Prjme top-weight bacpners, £3 14s to £3 lQsj' prime heavy baconers,' £3 12s to £3 14s; heavy baconers, £3- 10s to £3 l-2sv prime medium baconers, £3 8s to £3 10s; medium. £»' 4a to £3 8s; prime, light baconers, £3; Us to £3 4s; light baconers, £2 18s to :£3 18} heavy buttermilk"pigs, £2lss to £3; medium, £2 lis; to £2 15s; 'heavy porkers, l prime, £2 10s to £2 14s; heavy porkers, £2 68 to £2 10s; medium porkers, prime, £2 2s s to £2 v 6s; medium pork«rs, £2 to £2 2s; light porkers, prime, 37s to £2; light porkers, 33s to 375; large store pigs, 38s to £2 3s; medium store pigs, 33s to 38s; small store pigs,. 30s to 335; choice conditioned slips, 28s to. 31s; medium slips, 23s to 2Ss; best weaners, 2-ls to 28s; medium, 22s to 245; small, 15s to 20s; sows, with litters. £3 10s to £8 ss; sows to farrow, £3 10s to £4 17s Gd; service boars, £3 to £4 10s.

SHORTHORN STEERS £ll/5/Alfred Buckland and Sons, held the annual spring' cattle, fair at Runciman yesterday, when nearly 1000 cattle canio forward. The entry was chiefly store steers and heifers. With a Rood demand from a large attendance of buyers from tho King Country, "SVaikftto, North Auckland and all'surrounding districts, values were on a par "with recent sales. The top price of the sale;was obtained for a pcu of prime three-year-old Shorthorn steers, which made up to £ll sa. Good quality steers made £9 Os to £9 t'is: others. £8 to £8 17s (Id; best two-year-old Shorthorn steers, £7 (5s to £7 17s (id; smaller, £(» 5s to £0 lis; 18-month-old, £5 5s to £5 17s; best yearlings. £4 10s to £5 Is; smaller. £3 lUs to £3.188: mixed colours, £'2 15s to £tt ss; good quality empty Shorthorn and •Hereford heifers. £0 to £7; forward-condition Shorthorn cows and heifers, f(J -Is to £0 Its; good-conditioned three-year-old ! Polled Angus and Hereford steers, £9 2s lo £9 10s; good coloured young storo cows. £5 to £5 ICS; aged, .£3 10s to £-i 10S; cows, with calf at foot, £0 lis to £0 17s <ld the pair; medium fat cows and heifers, £7 10s to £8 10s; others, £5 Ills to £0 10s; good quality yearling Jersey heifers, £1 7s to £o; smaller. £3 10s to £1 ss; others, £"2 (>s to £3 ofi; heifer: calves, £l to £l lflpj. heavy boners. 10s to iM ssj lighter, £1 10s to £2 10s, Shorthorn servico bulls, G 4 / a gns lo S/gns; yearling Jersey service bulls, 3gns to 4gns. OPOTIKI VALUATIONS [uv TEtKCiR.VrH —-OWN cqkhksfondext] I --. - ' OPOTIKI. Tuesday Dalgety and Company, . Limited reports. having held its animal spring cattle fair at Opotiki, where an entry of 000 station cattle was penned. There was a good representative attendance, with outside buyers; present from tho King Country and,the Waikato. A small entry of beef sold under keen competition. Grown cattle formed a small of tho vardinK and sold under keen competition at ruling rates. All classes of young cattle wore lacking condition, owing to the prolonged winter, bu(j a Hue Showing quality was subject to keen competition, and liere- again realised values generally .ruling. # AVitli tlie exception of two lines, the whole entty was disposed of under, the hammer. . The principal sale wa« & line of 01 three-year-old

polled Angus steers, which realised, an ,aver» age of £8 *3l 3d.. Quotations were:-;-Medium-weight fat, co>vs,. ; £9 to £9 .lOs,-;.: light,.£S\ ,10s to £6 ss: litrht fat heifers,. £5 to £6; 'three-year-old Polled An sub steers," £8 4s to '£B os: three-year-old Shorthorn fiteers, ■£& to £0 10s; two-year-old Polled^'Ansteers, £0 15s to £7; two-year-old Hereford >steers, ■ £.3 to £U ss: yearling - Polled Ailgus; Steers, £4 to £4 12s 6d; yearling' Hereford steers, £3 10s to: £4 ss; .tnree-year-old Hereford heifers, £5 to £5 4s; two-year-old Hereford heifers, £4 to £1 JOs; yearling Hereford heifers, £3. to £3 10S; Hereford run cows, medium, £4. to £o; cows and calves, ,£4 10s to £4 r l6s: store cows, £8 to £3 10s: boner •cows-, £2 to £'2 15s; yearling Jersey heifers, £i to £1 J2s; Hereford balls, £-1 10s to £7.

WAIHOU BULL SALE PEDIGREE JERSEYS TO 25CNS. 1 The Farmers' Co-operative "Auctioneering 'Company, Limited, reports 1 a large entry of -both two-year and yebrling grade bull.; at the annual' Waihou bull, .sale/"'Prices 'were well up to expectations. .Three-,year-old and aged bulls also met with a keen demand. A Rood entry of pedigree. Jersey bulls did not meet with as keen a "demand as at recent sales. Grade bulls: Aged Jersey bulls, £lO to £l3 10s; poorer conditioned, £7 to £9 10s; best four-year Jer.sey bulls, £l4 to £2l 10s; threeyear Jersey'bulls, £lO 10s to £K>; best"twoyear Jersey bulls, £l<s -to £22; two-year Jer-sey-cross bulls, £lO to £l4 10s; .poorer conditioned, £8 to £9 1 OS; best yearling Jersey bulls, £l2 to £l7 IDs; yearling Jersey and 1 Jersey-cross bulls, £8 to £lO 10s; poorer conditioned. £5 to £7 os. Tediprce bulls: Two- : year bull oil account' Mr. C.--Hazelton. 24erns. to Mr. W. F. Osborne; Mr. P. Strange, twoyear bull, 18%gns, to ChudleiKh Estate; Mr. R. H. Davenport, two-year bull.- lSgns. to Mr. H. Day; Messrs. J. and F. O'Grady, two-, ■year bull,- 17gns, to Mr. A. Davey; Mr: V. Luxton, two-year bull, 23gne, to Chudleigh Estate, and two-year bull, 23!4?n5, to Mr. A. ft E. Johnson; Mr. C. Hazelton,- yearling bull,® . ll!4gns, to Mr. S. E. Whitehead; Mr. -11. Korh, yearling bull. 2.si?ns, to Mr. P. J. Botham; Mr. "T. "M. Qualtrough, four-year hull, lOgns, to Mr. W. Steiner.. •, HAMILTON; EAST DAIRY STOCK The Farmers' Co-operative Auctioneering Company, Limited," -teports a medium yarding. of daiy.cows and- heifers at the Hamilton East dairy sale. The Quality of theentry was fair, with prices on a par with IBimA those ruling at other Waikato centres. Springfine Jersey heiffrs brought C 8 to £ll 10s; others,". £5 ,10s to £7: heifers in milk, £7 . ios to £l2; other heifers in. milk,. £5 15s v to £0 10s; springing ,cows, ,to .£lO 156 i cows in milk, £7 5s 4b £l3 17s 6d. . ... STEERS £l3/14/- AT CAMBRIDGE The Farmers' Co-operative Auctioneering * Company, Limited, reports a heavy offering of all classes of cattle at Cambridge. Competition for all classsa was firm, njtti values remaining on a par with Frankton quotations. . The advertised • two-year Polled Angus-cross 6teers sold at £7 10s. Only a small entry of ,dairy cows and heifers came forward, and competition was not as keen as late sales-. A fair yarding of both fat and store pigs. ■ prices generally being slightly below vendors' expectations, with the., exception of ft few extra good qnality lots. Cattle: Medium prime steers, to £l'3 14s;"light, to £lO 12s; tollable, to £0 12s Od;. heavy, setohd .quality cows. £8 5s to £0 2s Od; medium, £6 5s to £7 15s;'lighter fat cows and heifers, £4 15r to £5- 17s od; heavy, boner-cows, £4 to £4 16i; lighter, £2 155.t0 £3158; cull cows. 10s to 22s 6d; two-year Polled Angus-cross steers, to £7i 10s; two-year Shorthorn steers, to £6; medium yearling Jersey heifers,'£4'4s to £4 Os; smaller. £3 Is to £3.lfis; two-year Jersey heifers, empty, £2 Jfis to £3 Is; sound 'young empty Jersey cows and slip heifers,. £3 Ss to £3 15s; good Quality Jersey heifers, close to profit, £'J to £lO ss; good quality Shorthorn heifers, calved, to £lO ss; mora backward heifers, £0 15s to £8 15s: choice dairy cows,- close to profit. £0 to £l2; inferior, £0 10s to £8 10s. Pigs: Baconers,- £3 5s to £3 13s; buttermilk pigs, £2 6s to £2 l Is; medium-porkers, £2 2s-to £2 ss;> light and unfinished, 3Hs to £2 Is; choppers, £2 2s; large stores, 30s to 38s; slips, 22s to 255; best weaners, 275; others, 12s to 20s. PUTARURU VALUES Dalgety and Company. Limited, reports ft large yarding ,of all cattle at I Putaruru. Prices for fat cattle were on a par with recent values. Bidding on ether classes was a shade easier. There was a good yarding v. of Jersev bulls, bidding being keen. Fat ewes made 17s Od, and fat hoggets IDs 3d. Heavy cattle were yarded ,in fair, numbers, good quality heifers meeting with spirited competition, the highest price being £l2. Cattle: Fat bullocks, medium. £10;. fat cows, £8 111 1 " ■ 4o £0 4s; lighter cows.: £6 15s. to £7 12s; jifiavv buner*. £4 5s to £4 18s; rneaiDin boners, £3 to £3 17s fid; lighter toners. -£1 10s to £2 10s; yearling Jersey hoifers, good quality, £5.155; medium, £3 15s to £4; twoyear jersey bulls, £0 10s to £ll 10s; yearling bulls, £4 to £5 ss; springing heifers, good quality, £0 to £10; radeium iieifers. £8 10s to £7 15s; dairy Cows, £5 1.0s; to £B. Pigs: Light baconers; £3 3s to £3 9s; medium porkers. £2 6s to £2 lis,; good-con. ditioned medium porkers,. £2 £2 6s; prime light porkers, £1 15s to £pj>light. £1 - ' 10s to £1 15s; large stores, :£1 l8f<»o 17s; medium, £1 8s to } is^ B,T i a 2s to £1 Bs,- best" Slips, £1 to £1 •'«: weaners, ISs to £1 "2s, medium.-15s to lSs;, small, 12s to 15s; maiden sows tq fanw. gooc, quality, £3 10s to £3 15s; small sows, tc , farrow. £3 ss; sows with Utters, 10s t< £4 15s; choppers, medium, £2 Ss to £2 1-S

I RATES FOR FARM- HORSES [bt telegraph—own correspondent] , ...... . ... TAIJMARUNUI, Tuesday . t - Abraham and William?, Limited. report* a horse sale at Taumarunui, where 49 hors« ■were offered. The demand was above expect* • tlons'. Top price wasobtained three; year*p!d; gelding: offered on beha.x, of fni Wackrow Estate, which made £sor lQp. A rising Seven-year stallion made £45. a rm ing four-year medium draught best farm horses, £22 to £37.; lighter sorta £l2 to £2O 15si hack*. £3 to £9 HIDES AND SKINS, ; KEEN : COMPETITION Both : tanners and exporters vcom'peteit SSkSJ ttMEE .f'S 'ffi'-iTiS :■ was about unchanged. *•' • ■ >n\% ; Prices'-for besL grade* .were •/, »:*, •■ . Hides.—Ox (abattoirs), heavy 6d to &Ai, per lb.; medium. HV»A to' >6%d;-.ox {country butchers), heavy. 5Ad to (all weights), . ZY,d to 4%d;; yearlings (abat 'toirsV, heavy. &/*d to ffltf: light to medmru, 7y 4 d; second grrade, .W«d -to> 6dl; SgW-y a « cut, 4Vid to sd; calfskins, 31b. to 51b., 8d ti BVid; (jib. to Sib. BVid to 9d-, seconds and cut, 7d to '7-Vsd; slippy. 6d to 6%dv - • Salted Sheepskins.—Half to .frill wool, large, 5s 3d to 6s 3d each; medium, 4s 7t to ss; three-quarter to full wool,; light and small, 2s (>d to 3s Sd; bare, of wool, 9d-to Is. Dry Sheepskips.—Three-quarter to ful wool, medium to fine crossbred, to S« per lb.; damaged and faulty. 6d to 7/Ai half wool, medium to fine" crossbf fed, 7d to. <%di damaged and faulty, f%d ;to 6%djhare to quarter-wool, sound, 3/id to 4%d; damaged and faulty, l'id to 3/id.: -V : .- v - Tallow, good quality,' 13s ,6d~per cwt.i second grade, lOlto 12s; third; 9s to 10s 6d, DUNEDIN VALUES UNCHANGED [BV ; TELEGRAPH—CnVX CORRESPONDENT;) • s ' ; 'DUNEDIN,. Tuesday : ' Catalogues offered at to-day's sheepskin salt]; totalled about 15,000 skins. Competition wa: i brisk on all.sound-pelted skins and good fault;) iiclts, although price limits . were strict!:! adhered to. Short-woolled dead and seedy sorfc). were not so well sought, the lack of competi-\ tion from Central -'Europe for these' grade:, being noticeable. The sale may be quoted oil a par with the last .sale held in Dunedin, witli the exception of short-woolled faulty grades]' and seedy, which were about YA to 1(1 cheaper. _ -<£ "• ' • ' The following is the official price range:—. Halfbred full-woolled, to three-quart or woolled, to B%d; half-woolled, to 7*/; d quartcr-woollcd, to SKdt fine crossbred full woolled, to 8d; three-quarter-woolled, to ,v,d) quarter-woollcd, .io 4%d> crossbred full' woolled,' to ' 3 /A\ three-quarter-woolled; to <¥Ai half-woolled,' to 7d-, qnarter-woolled. to 4'/.d| halfbred hoggets. to 7%d;: crossbred hojccots to ~V~d; halfbred lambs, to 6%d; cros»bre#r lambs, to Merinos, to-S>yi; first pelta to 3d; second pelts, to 2%d.