COUNTRY STOCK SALES

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXV, Issue 23170, 17 October 1938, Page 7

COUNTRY STOCK SALES

MORRINSVILLE VALUES SMALLER CATTLE ENTRY BULLOCKS REALISE £l3/6/The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company, Limited, reports the entry of cattle at Morrinsville was rather smaller than usual, and comprised mainly fat and store .cattle. These met with fair demand and prices were about on a par with last week's rates. A few pens of yearling; Jersey heifers were offered, but buyers did not show very much interest in these and values declined. The entry of dairy cattle was somewhat smaller than bad been anticipated, and the competition elicited was not very keen. Owing to the continuation of the present dry weather the sale was rather a disappointing: one, compared with the usual entry. Prime fat cows, £6 17s Od to £7 2s Od; lighter, £6 to £0 15s; heavy boners, £4 to £5 2s Od; medium, £3 2s 6d to £3 15s; lighter, 15s ,to £2 10s; yearling; .Jersey heifers, £3 to £4; Jersey yearling bulls, £6 to £7 28 Od; others, to £4 10s. Dalgety and Company, Limited, reports a good yarding of fat cattle, which sold under keen competition at prices comparable with late market rates. Two trucks of prims light-weight Polled Angus and Polled Anguscross bullocks, on account of Mr. L. H. Lamer, averaged £l3 2s 6d, the top truck realising £l3 6s. A truck of extra prime Polled Angus heifers, on account of. Mr. £. W. R. Leslie, averaged £ll 13s, the prices ranging from £ll. §s to £ll 18s. The balance *»f the other fat cattle comprised mostly of the usual Jersey and Jerseycross cows. Fat Holstein cows made £8 to £8 10s; Hereford. £7 to £7 10s; Jersey, medium, £5 15s to £6 8s; light fat cows and heifers. .£1 15s to £5 7s 6d; forward conditioned cows, £3 18s to £4 14s; boner cows remained at late market rates, prices ranging from4C3 5s to £4 2s for heavy sorts and from 30s to £3 for thinner, lighter and less conditioned' cows. Fair, quality yearling Jersey and Jersey-cross heifers, £3 18s to £4 2s; empty two-year-old * heifers, £2 6s to £3; service bullst £5 to £7 10s. Dairy cattle: A smaller yarding was entered, mostly of inferior quality. Prices were short of late rates, owing to the dry weather. Jersey heifers, in milk, £7 6s to £7 15s; Jersey cows, in milk, £6 10s to' £8 ss. A small yarding of pigs came forward, prices remaining at late market rates. No heavy pigs were yarded. Light to medium baconers, £3 7s to £3 9s; heavy choppers, £4 2s; unfinished porkers, 32s to 38s; good stores, 27s to 30s; slips, 18s to 235.

LARGE KAMO ENTRY [fbom our own 4, correspondent] WHANGAFfeI. Saturday . "Walter Wakelin reports that large entries of all classes of cattle and pigs were submilted to an exceptionally large attendance of buyers at Kamo. This was the first sale of bulls at Kamo this season and, althdugh prices were not hight, a steady market prevailed and practically a total clearance resulted. Top price for pedigre* Jersey bulls went to Mr. 8. S..Pardon, of Tauraroa, for a two-year-old that ictcncu 20gns. Good grade Jersey balls, two and three-yearmolds, sold exceptionally well, prices ranging from £7 10s to £l3. Shorthorn bulls < were not keenly sought and passings were' frequent. Top price was obtained by Mr. S. Forsyth, of Tanekaha, at 15gns. Dairy cattle met with a spirited demaitd from a large . bench of buyers, best cows selling to £9. Beef and store cattle sold readily, while a full yarding of pigs made fully late rates. Catlle: Best dairy cows and heifers, close to profit, £6 10s to £9; medium cows and heifers, £4 10s to £6 10s; Shorthorn dairy cows and heifers, £5 10s to £7 15s; cows and heifers, in milk. £3 10s to £7 10s; fat cows, £7 to £0; light fat cows and heifers, £5 to £6; runners," £2 10s tO'£4; three-year-old steers, £7 to £7 2s (id; two* year-old steers, to £6; yearling steers, £2 10s to £4 ss; two-year-old empty Jersey heifers, £3 to £1 ss; yearling Shorthorn steers and heifers, mixed, £2 16s; boner cows, £1 10s to £3 ss; potter cows, 10s to 255; bulls, pedigree Jerseys, two-year-olds, lOgns to 20gns; yearlings, 6gns to 14gns; aged pedigree Jerseys, to 15£ivs; two to three-year-old grade Jerseys, £7 to £l3; aged grade Jerseys, £4 10s to £9; pedigree Shorthorn bulls, Bgus to 15gns; grade Shorthorns. £5 to £ll 10s; Ayrshire balls, Bgns to OVagns; Bed Polled bulls, to £ls; Hereford bulls, to 14gns. Sheep; Shorn tat wethers, 23s Gd; ewes and lambs, 20s; woolly wether , hoggets, 17s Gd; fat ewes, 2ls. Pigs: Heavy baconers, £3 lis to £3 17s; medium, £2 10* to £3 9s; light, £2 10s to £3 ss; jbeavy porkers, £2 12s to £2 17s; medium, £2 to £2 ss; light, £1 15s U> £1 17s 6d; choppers, £2 to £2 ss; unfinished porkers and SM4II stores, 33s to 365; sltos, 21s t<s 265; best weaners, 17s to 228; other small weaners, 13s 6d to 15s Gd; breeding sows, £3 17s 6d to £4 ios. ■ ■ EWE HOGGETS MAKE 24/- i Abraham and; Williams, limited, reports a small yarding of jsheep, and a fair yarding of cattle, at Te Kniti. There was a fair attendance of buyers and prices were on a par with late ruling rates. Small ewe hoggets. 245; small wether hoggets, 16s; fair quality yearling Hereford steers, £5; rough jearling and two-year-old steers, £1 12s 6d; Jersey two .vear-old steers. £3 ss; boner cows, £3 17s 6d; light sorts, £2 6s to £2 12s; springing heifers, fair sorts, £6 10s to £S; plain sorts, £4 10s to £li 10s; rought two-year-old Jersey bulls, £4 10s to £5 10s; yearlings, fairly good sorts. £3 17s 6d. / » ; NGARUAWAHIA OFFERING New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company, Limited, reports an average yarding of fat and store cows at wahia. The entry met with good competition and a total clearance was effected at values well up to recent quotations. A good yarding of dairy cows and heifers, which consisted mainly of medium quality .cattle, sold well. In this section practically all were disposed of at more than satisfactory figures. Too many dairy bulls were yarded for tho number of clients requiring them, and consequently passings were frequent., However, the sales that were made were satisfactory, tat cows and heifers. £0 to £7; medium cowi and heifers, £o 5s to £5 Jlßa< killable cows, £4 10s to £5 2s Gd-; heavy stores, £3 5s to £4 7s Od; stores, £2 to £3 2s Gd: boners, 15s to £1 sa* two-year dairy bulls, £lO 10s to £l3 v ss; dairy cows and heifers at « profit, £7 15s to £8 ss; dairy cows ani heifers, springing, £6 15s to £S; more backward sorts. £5 to' £6 ss.

HIDES AND SKINS WELLINGTON PRICES BETTER A (food demand with better price# was forthcoming at the Wellington sale of hides end skins on Friday. , 1 Fallowing is the range .of prices:— Hides.—Ox. :«lh to 441b, IVA to 5%d; 451b to 521b, 4 3 , 4 dto 5%d; 531b to .SOlb. 4 T /,d to OVid; tiolb to 601b. fljid to JgWi 701b and over, 5%d to fi'J. Cow, 331b to 3ftlb. 4%d to 5 3 , id; tOlb to 4Mb, 4 7 /»dI to s'id; 491b and over, 2%d to 5%d. Kip, 251bA0 321b, to fid; 171b to 241b. 5d to Yearling, 11 lb to-161b, 6Vad B%d. Calf. l»lb to 10lb. V'/.d to 8%d;.6)t to 81b, 3%d to 10} id; lib to 51b. Id to lOVjd Sheepskins.—Dry, halfbred, 8d to $/»d; nn< crossbred, T'/id to Od; medium crossbred. 6'Ac to B%d; coarse crossbred, G%d to SV,d; half wools. 5%d to Bs/4d!jß s /4d!j quarter-wools. od to SV,d . Salted Skins.—-Three-tjuarter-wools, to 5i 3d; full-wools, to 5s lid; lambs, 2s (3d t< 3s Od,. •

AUSTRALIAN WOOD PIPE % V.. The Australian Wood Pipe Company, Limited, reports a net loss of £3554 for the vear ended/June 30,' compared with a loss of £1146 in the previous vear. The loss reduces the profit and loss account to £7824. The directors state that the company tvas unable to complete the contract with the State Rivers and Water Supply Commission for 12 ftiiles of 21in. and 14in. diameter pipes, but the balance of about five nnles of pipes will be supplied this vear. They add that the plant to manufacture asbestos cement sheets and roofing aiid other asbestos Cement products has been working one. shift daily since August. They expect that 1 this department will be' successful. # . COTTON, RUBBER, COPRA, ETC. •' / ' V '. (Received October 10, 5.5 p.m.) ' LONDON. Oct. 15 (Quotations on October 8 in parentheses.) Cotton. —Spot, 5.24 d (5.00 d) a lb.; November delivery, 4.01 d (4.73 d). Rubber.—Pura, 8d (Bd> a lb.; plantation and smoked, 8 17-32 d (Bjd). Jute.—October-November shipments, £l9 lis 3d (£l9 7s 6d) a ton.. Copra.—October-November shipments. Soutn Sea. sun-dried, £9. 5s to London and Rotterdam (£9 2s 6d) a ton; South Sea, smolted. £9 5s to Marseilles and Genoa (£9 2s 6d); plantation, Rabaiil. hot-air dried, £lO 5s to London and Rotterdam (£l,O 2s 6d). linseed 0i1.—£24 10s. (£24 10s) a ton. : . ■' . Turpentine.—-32s 9d (325). a cwx.