KING COUNTRY VALUES

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXV, Issue 23186, 4 November 1938, Page 7

KING COUNTRY VALUES

OFFERING AT TAUMARUNUI STEERS REALISE TO £O/5/SHORN FAT WETHERS TO 23/[BY TELEGRAPH —OWN COBBESI'ONDENT] . TAUMARUNUI, Thursday Dalgety and Company, Limited, reports an exceptionally heavy offering of mixed cattle, which filled the yards at the Taumarunui spring cattle fair. In spite of tho fact that quality was very mixed and the majority of the cattle still showing the effects of the winter, competition was keen for all classes and a satisfactory sale resulted.

Fat cows made £4 10s to £8 15s; store cows, £2 10s to £3 178 6d: boners, £2 to £G; grown steers, £3 7s j threo-year steers, £5 17s 6d to £8 10s; two-year steers, £4 5s to £8; yearling steers, £3 to £6; yearling heifers, £2 10s to £3; ran cows, £2: dairy cows and heifers, £2 10s to £5: bulls, £5 10s to £lO 10s; pigs, weaners, 208; stores, £1 17s (id; shorn wethers, 108 Id. Abraham and Williams, Limited, reports the entry comprised 781 head of cattlo, with very few pens of good quality cattle. A large attendance of local ana outside buyers was present. A satisfactory sale resulted at prices which more than compared with those ruling in other centres. Also offered were 440 sheep and 93 pigs. Light fat cows made £6 5s to £7; two-year Polled Angus steers, £6 15s to £7 10s; three-year Polled Angus steers, £B, 7s to £9 ss; small two-year steers, £5 5s to £6; threo-year Jersoy steers, £4 5s to £5 10s; yearling Polled Angus steers, £4 to £5 3s; yearling Hereford heifers, £5 3s; yearling Polled Angus heifers, £3 5s to £4; yearling Jersey heifers, £4 to £5 2s 6d; small. £2 to £3 15s; Polled Angus cows and calves, £5 10s to £6 ss; mixed coloured cows and calves, £3 5s to £4 ss; fresh-conditioned cows, £3 10s to £4 15s; store and boner cows, £1 to £3; yearling Friesian-cross heifers, £4. Sheep: Shorn fat ewes, 16s; shorn fat wethers, 235; small shorn ewo hoggets, 225; shorn four-tooth wethers, 19s Id; woolly wether hoggets, 20s; woolly black-face hoggets, 17s to 19s 4d. Pigs: Weaners, 16s 6d to 255; small, 6s 6d to 12s 6d; porkers, £2 to £2 2s; bulls. £5 to £l2 15s. PAPAKURA OFFERING The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company, Limited, reports a full yarding at the sale at Fapakura. Competition was steady throughout and recent values wero well sustained. Heavy fat cows made from £8 10s to £9 2s 6d; good, £7 to £8 Cs; lighter sorts, £5 to £6 15s; meaty cows, £3 10s to £4 15s; boners. £1 to £3 ss; bulls, £2s 2s 6d to £l2; 18-months steers, to £4 17s 6d; quality dairy heifers, close to profit and in milk, to £9 10s; best dairy cows, in milk and at profit, to £7 7s 6d; yearling Jersey heifers, to £5 4s j yearling Shorthorns, to £4; yearling Friesians. to £3 2s 6d. CATTLE PRICES DECLINE £fbom oub own cobbespondent] DARGAVILLE, Thursday

With tho exception of beef, prices for all classes of cattle were decidedly easier at the New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company, Limited's, sale at Mangawhare. Lines of steers wero again disappointing with regard to value, due no doubt to the prolonged dry weather, but with rates prevailing in otheir centres. One and twoyear steers, especially plain lots, were dull of sale, but well fattened cows and heifers sold under keen competition. Small and backward heifers were dull of sale. Coloured fat steers sold from £9 10s to £10; choice prime heifers, £ll 10s; lighter, £9 to £9 10s; heavy prime Shorthorn and Hereford cows, £9 15s to £lO 7u 6d; medium, £8 15s to £9 7s; lighter, £7 to £7 15s; fat coloured cows, £6 5s to £6 18s; others, £5 to £5 15s; forward conditioned three-year and fouryear Shorthorn steers, £8 15s; two-year Shorthorn steers, £4 10s to £5; a line of wellbred 15 months Hereford steers realised £5 7s 6d; other yearling Hereford steers, £4; yearling Polled Animus heifeirs, average quality, £3 to £3 ss; yearling Jersey heifers, £3 15s; others, £3 to £3 7s; small and inferior, £2 to £2 8s; yearling Ayrshire heifers, £4; heavy boner cows, £3 10s to £4; lighter, £2 15s to £3; small and lighter conditioned, £1 15s to £2 2s; aged and low conditioned, 15s upward; dairy cows just calved, £6 to £6 7s 6d; Jersey and Jersey-cross heifers, close to profit, £5 to £6 10s; others, £5 to £5 10s.

THE MARKET BASKET DROP IN SPRING LAMB FRUIT GENERALLY DEARER Prices for new season's spring lamb have decreased Id per lb. all round on last week's values. On account of a drop in export prices, values for mutton have also been lowered Id per lb., these latter ratesi to take effect from next Monday. Gooseberries, at Is 2d per lb., and strawberries, at 2s to 3s • a chip, are in the shops and are reported to be of good quality. A number of fruit prices have shown a rise, most notable being those for apples., oranges, bananas and local grapefruit. Hothouse tomatoes! are down considerably in price. Cauliflowers, lettuce, potatoes and spinach show a decrease in value, while green peas also are down Id. per lb. Broad beans are now in the shops, being priced at 4d per lb. Prices are:— FRUIT Apples, Delicious, 5d and fid; Sturmer, Id and sd; Ronvs Beauty, sd; oranges, Australian Valencias, six and eight a Is; Island oranges, 2s Cd and 3s; lemons, <sd to Is a dozen; bananas, 5d and (Id; grapefruit, Sunkist, 6d; local, 2s 6d to 3s a dozen; pineapples, Queensland, Is to Is fid; tomatoes, hothouse. Is 9d to 2s 6d; Island,, Is 3d to Is fid; Winter Cole pears, 6d; "Winter Nelis, 6d; cookers, 4d; Island tomatoes, Is 3d to Is fid Dcr lb; pawpaws, Is fid each; Californian grapes, Is fid to Is 8d; watermelons, 4d per lb; gooseberries, Is 2d per lb; strawberries. 2s to 3s a chip. VEGETABLES Kumaras, 2d per lb; onions, 3d and 4d per lb; rhubarb, 4d to Old a bunch; radish, spring onions, 2d; cabbages, 8d to Is; cauliflowers, Sd to Is 3d; lettuce, 2d and 3d; second grade, Id; silverbeet. 3d per bunch; pumpkins, id per lb; potatoes, filb to 81b a Is; new potatoes, No. 1, 3d and 4d; No. 2, 2d; carrots, 3d per lb; parsnips, 4d per lb; beet, 3d a bunch; spinach, 3d a bunch; leeks, 2d each; hothouse beans, 2s; green peas, Sd; asparagus, 8d to Is 3d; hothouse cucumbers, Is to Is fid each; broad beans. 4d. FISH Schnapper and terekihi, whole, fid per lb; fillets, 10d; smoked, lOd; skinned fillets, with wings, lid; without wings, Is; steaks, Sd; terekihi, kippered fillets, Is 3d; trevalli, whole, 7d; each; smoked. Sd; smoked Allots, 4d and sd; John Dory fillets. Is 2d; mullet, whole, Kaipara. 5d each; Auckland, 7d per lb; smoked, Kaipara, Od each; Auckland, lOd per lb; flounder,. Is p«ir lb; lemon fish, 5d per lb; silver strip, fid per lb; hapuku steaks, Is 3d per lb; smoked, Is 3d; moki steak 9. Sd per lb; smoked, 9d per lb; klngfish steaks, Sd per lb; smoked, 9d; salmon, Is 3d per lb; smokod. Is 4(1 per lb; cod, Iresh, 9d per lb; smoked, Is fid; gurnard, whole, 2d; fillets, IVad each; ismoked, sd; barracouta, wholo, sd; fillets, Od per lb; smoked, 8d; cream fish, fid per lb; smoked, 8d; kippers, Scotch, 119 l%d each; i'rostflsh,' 6d per lb; hake, whole, fid per lb; smoked, 8d; kippers, Scotch. Is per pair; crayfish, 9d and lOd per lib; rabbits, is <iach; whitebait. 8d a glass. MEAT

Beef.—Rump steak, is 4d; undercut, is 6d; beef steak, 9d: sirloin, lOd; prime ribs, 8d; prime ribß (boned and rolled), lOd; wing ribs (three chine bones), 9d; topsido (41b and over),; 8d; bolars, Bds chuck rib, 6d; rolled back rib. 9d; corned round, Od: corned brisket [boned), 7d; brisket and flat rib, sd; thin flank, 4a; gravy beef or shin beef, 7d; minced beef, 7a; tripe, 7d; dripping, (3d; suet., 4d; sausages, (id; sausage meat, sd; whole shins or legs, 3d: half-shins or legs (thick und), 3%d; ualf-sihlns or legs (knuckle end), 3d: ox kidneys, }s; ox tongues, lOd; ox tails. 7d; whole loins, 9d; wholo rumps, lOd. Mutton. —Sides, 8d; wholo leirs, lUd; cut logs, lOVzd; leg, shank end. Glib or under, lid: forequartcirs, 7d; shoulder, 8d; shank end of forequa.rters, 7%d; neck, best end, 8d; nocks, scraß end, 7d; loin, 9/ad; middle loin chops, 3s id; log chops. In; rib chops, lid; neck chops, best end, Od; stewing chops, 7d; flaps. 4d; cutlets, trimmed, Is 3d; sheep's fry, Od; kidneys, 3d; tongues, 3d; sheep's head, dressed, Od: sheeps brains, 3d New Season Larab.—Forequarters Is 2d lb; hindqunrters. Is -Id; sides. Is 3d; logs, Is fid; loins. Is 3d; chops. Is fid. Veal—Fillets, is; loins, lid; shoulder. Sd; cutlets and veal steak, Is 2d; chops. Is Id: forequnrtors. 7d; rolled veal, lOd; veal rump steak Is 4d. , . _ _ ' 1 . ... Pork, —Log, Is; loin, Is; foreloin, with blado, lOd; pork chops, Is Id; corned hand, 10d; corned belly, Is; pork sausages, 9d. BACON AND HAM Bacon. —Best rashers, Is 7d per lb; shoulder rashers, Is 4(1 to Is fid j>er lb; rib rashers, is 7d; by piece, shoulder, cut, 10d l o Is 2d., Hams: Rashers, Is 7d; pieces, Is Gci; whole hams, Is Id; half-hams, la fid BUTTER AND CHEESE Butter. —Factory, first grade, Is 4%d per lb; second grade, Is 4d,; farm butter, is 20 per lb. Cheese: Mild. Is 2d; tasty. 1s 9d- - > . EGGS.; ■ , , -■ Hen, A grade, Is Cd a dozen; B grade, 18 4d; C grade. Is 3d; duck. A grade, Is fid; B grade. Is 3d,