COUNTRY STOCK SALES

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXV, Issue 23194, 14 November 1938, Page 5

COUNTRY STOCK SALES

MORBINSVILLE VALUES

LARGE ENTRY OF CATTLE

POTTER BULLS REALISE £7

The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company, Limited, reports the entry of cattle at Morrinsville was larger than usual in all classes, particularly in the yearling heifer section. A good yarding of fats and boners sold well; A pen of medium-weight bullocks on account Messrs. McDonald Bros., Kiwitahi, gold at £l2 2s 6d, and a pen of fat cows on behalf of the same vendor realised £9 7s.

In the heef section the yarding was also good and late rates were well maintained. A satisfactory yarding of yearling heifers came forward. The ad/ertised entry was considerably exceeded. Although a large bench of buyers was present, competition was not quite so keen as last week, and a fow pens failed to reach the vendors' reserves. However, it was managed to dispose of most of these privately after the sale, resulting in practically a total cleat ance. Good yearling heifers, to £5 15a; medium, £4 17s Gd to £5 10s; poorer, £4 10s to £4 17s Gd; light yearling Shorthorn heifers, £3 to £3 10s. A large entry of service and potter bulls came forwaid, also a good number of yearling bulls. Potter and two-year service bulls sold well. Medium-weight potter bulb?, £0 10s to £7; lighter, £5 17s 6d to £6 10s; poorer sorts, £5 to £5 15s ; two-year service bulls, £7; aged service bulls, £6 10s; yearling bulls, £4. to £5 10s. Tho in the dairy section was rather a disappointing one, but values were quito well maintained. Springing Jersey heifers, £7 7s Gd • v others, £5 to £7. The number of pigs offered for sale this week was about the usual, and, competition being keen, prices were well maintained in all classes:' Store pigs wero yarded in good numbers and bere again competition was exceptionally keen. Medium-weight baconers, £3 9s to £3 13s; choppers, £3 to £3 ISs; good stores, 27s Gd to 335; medium, 18s to 255; smaller. 15s to 17s Gd. ,

DEMAND AT KOPAKI Abraham and Williams, Limited, reports a medium yarding of cattle of mixed quality, which met with a fair demand and sold at late ruling rates at Kopaki. A Tat Jersey bullock made £9; cows and calves, £5 ss; store cows and heifers, fair Quality, £4 to £4 10s; rough two-year steers, £4 to £4 15s; rough yearling steers, £3 5s to £3 17s 6d; Jersey heifers, close to profit, £5 to £6 15s; later sorts, £4 10s to £5; yearling Jersey bulls, £2 10s to £4; two-year bulls, to £4 7s Gd; light potter bulls, £4 to £4 ss. OTOROHANGA YARDING Abra'ham and Williams. Limited, reports a medium yarding of cattle and pigs, which sold to a good attendance of buyers at fully up to late ruling rates at Otorohanga. Good quality forward conditioned young Jersey cows, £4 10s to £5 10s; good boners, £3 10a to £4 10s; lighter sorts, £2 10s to £3 7s; Jersey steers, £4 2s to £4 10s; yearling Jersey heifers, fair quality, £5 l!2s Gd to £5 17s; small hold-over sorts, £3 to £3 17s 6d; young servico bulls, £3 15s to £5 10s. In the 'dairy section there was a ready sale for the small yarding penned. Medium heifers, to £7; plain, £4 10s to £6; good dairy cows, close to profit and in milk, £8 to £lO 10s; plain and backward, £5 to £G 15s; rough sorts, £3 to £5.-Pigs met a fair market, good porkers making £2 13s to £2 IG9; lighter, £2 to £2 ss; good stores, £1 6s to £1 12s; slips, 18s to £1 2s; weaners, 10s to 18s. NGARUAWAHIA ENTRY Tho New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company, Limited, reports a satisfactory yarding of fat and store cattle at Ngaruawahia. Competition was quite keen and values fully equalled recent quotations. Practically a total clearance ■ was effected. Good fat cows and heifers, £5 15s to £6 4s; medium, £4 17s Gd to £f> 12s Gd; killable c- ws. £4 to £4 16(t; store cows, £2 "15s to £3 ss; boners, 15« to £2; smaller Polled Angus heifers, £2 10s to £3 ss; medium quality Jersey heiferß, £3 5s to £4 10s; 12 to 15-months Jersey-cross steers. 39s to £2 10s; light potter bulls, £4 lis to £5 12s. The entry of diairy cattle was disappointing, but values were well maintained. Medium dairy cows realised £5 5s to £5 10s; yearling heifers, £4 5s to £4 17s Gd; calved heifers, Jersey, to £7. COMPETITION AT JUDEA [by telegraph—own correspondent] TE PUKE, Saturday The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company, Limited, reports having held a successful fat and store pig sale at Judea. Heaf.y baconers, large stores and weaners sold well under keen competition. A satisfactory clearance was made in all lines. Heavy baconers, £3 Gs to £3 lis; medium baconers, £2 19is to £3 ss; light baconers, £2 14s to £2 18s; heavy porkers, £2 3s to £2 lis; medium porkers, £1 19s; large stores, £2 Is to £2 12s; weaners, to 18s.

DISPOSAL AT KATIKATI [by TELEGRAPH —OWN " correspondent]

TE PUKE, Satnrday There was a good yarding of cattle, practically all of wnich was disposed of under spirited competition, at the Katikati stock sale. Best cows gold at prices up to £lO 10s, other dairy cows and heifers, £3 10s to £4 15s; medium fat cows, £6 2s 6d to £7 7s; light, £5 to £5 19s; good conditioned cows, £4 4s to £4 14s; fresh conditioned cows, £8 to £3 15s; boners. £1 18s to £1 19s; Hereford heifers, with calves, £5 15s to £6; twoyear Jersey empty heifers, £5; Jersey-cross heifers, £3 12s; two-year Jersey bulls, £6 to £9 ss: yearling Jersey, £4 5s to £4 lOs; heavy potter bulls,.to £7; fat "ewes and hoggets. 15s 6d. Pigs: Slips, 265; weaners, 16s.

SERVICE BULLS TO £lO/1.5/[from our own correspondent] PAPAKTJBA. Saturday ' Rates at the Papakura dairy sale were on a par with recent sales. A fair yarding was offered to a representative attendance of buyers. Quality dairy cows at proiit made from £9 to £lO ss; kisser quality, £7 to £8 10s; backward and inferior, £4 10s to £6 15s; good dairy heifers in milk and close to profit, £6 10s to £9 ISiS 2 smaller and backward sorts, £4 to £5 15s; fat cows, to £5; service bulls, to £lO 15s; young bulls. £S to £8; boners, at usual rates; weaner pigs, 19s to £1 Is . ARIA SHEEP VALUES [by telegraph—own correspondent] TE KUITI, Saturday Newton King reports holding the monthly Aria sale, when some 1300 mixed sex hoggets and 70 head of cattle were offered to a representaive bench of buyers. A lino of well-bred shorn ewe hoggets, the property of Mr. G. Webster, realised ' 27s 6d, more medium sheep bringing from ISs 6d to 21s. Carlyon Bros, topped the sale in the shorn wether hogget section at 18s, more medium sheep bringing from 14s 9d to 16s 6d. Medium woolly hoggets realised 10s 2d. In the cattle section a line of 56 yearling Polled Angus steers realised £4 178. FAIR WAIPU YARDING [from our own correspondent! WHANGAREI, Saturday > Dalgety and Company. Limited, reports that, although tho advertised number of cattle did not come forward at the Waipu sale, there was a fair yarding, and everything sold, under the hammer at satisfactory prices. Medium fat Shorthorn heifers, £6 to £6 10s; forward Shorthorn bullocks, £6 15s to £7; yearling to 18-nionth Shorthorn steers, £4 15s; cows, with calves at foot, £2 7s to £3 15s; boner bulls, light, £2 15s to £3 12s; pedigree Jersey bulls, Ogns to lOgns; pedigree Shorthorn bulls, 4gns to Bgns;_ the advertised shorn wethers were passed in at lbs.

SHEEP FOR KING COUNTRY [from OUR OWN correspondent] WHANGrAREI, Saturday Tho first shipments of sheep to the south this season took place, this w ? ek i h wb ®ijJ?rtf ftety and Company, Limited, to the order of tho Small Farms ißoard, sent 50 trucks oi wethers to the King Country The sheep were drawn from a largo area, the majontj coming from tho Kalkohe and Broad-wood districts, while the balance was procured, from Kirikopuni and Whangarei.

STORE PIG RATES FIRMER [BY TELEGRAPH —OWN CORRESPONDENT]

TE PUKE, Saturday Tho Farmers' Co-operative Auctioneering Company, Limited, reports that at the forl~ nightly stock sale at Te Puke an average varding of cattle camo forward, prices being on a par with recont salos. The advertised line of yearling Jersey hoifers from Gisborne sold to £4 15s. A good yarding of pigs met with keen competition. Prices for store pigs showed an advance on recent quotations SDringing Jersey heifers made from £/> 10s to £7 15s; small, £3 10s to £4 10s; light fat cows, £5 7s to £7; fresh conditioned cowii, £3 10s to £4; bdr.ers, £2 to £3 8s; service bulls, £5. 5s to £7 ss; yoarling Jersey hoiferti, £3 17s 6d to £4 15s; small and mixed coloured, £3 ss; two-year Jersey heifers, £4 10s. Pigs: Baconers, £3 8s to £3 12s; liphter, £3 3s to £3 6s; large butter-milk, £'2 lis to £2 17s; smaller, £2 3s to £2 10s; best stores, 38s to £2; smaller, 81s to 345; weaners, 20s to 245; others. 13s to 15s; small, 7s to 10s 6d.