COUNTRY STOCK SALES

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXV, Issue 23208, 30 November 1938, Page 9

COUNTRY STOCK SALES

FRANKTON QUOTATIONS HEAVY YARDINGS OF SHEEP SPRING LAMBS IN DEMAND ' [from our own correspondent] 1 HAMILTON, Tuesday Heavy vardings of fat sheep came forward at the weekly stock .sale held at Franktou to-day, but competition throughout was dull and prices for bo # th ewes and wethers showed a slight drop on last week's figures. The demand for fat hoggets was steady and prices remained at the same level. There was a fairly keen demand for spring lambs and values showed little alteration. Cow and heifer beef met with a steady demand, but a large entry of ox beef did not meet with the inquiry anticipated, and prices eased considerably. Large yardings of calves were penned and sold at rates slightly below those of the previous week. Late rates were maintained for a large entry of fat pigs, which sold steadily. A 'full olTeriug of storo and weaner pigs met with erratic bidding, although in most cases late rates were maintained. Good conditioned stores were more in demand than poorer quality sorts. The auctioneers quote:— The Farmers' Co-operative Auctioneering Company, Limited.—Sheep: Fat wsthfcrs, ISs (id to 20s fid; light fat wethers, 17s 3d to lhs; young fat ewes; 13S 9d to 15s 3d; fat ewes, 12s 3d to 1,1s: tillable ewes, 9s to lis (?d; cull ewes, 5s to Ss; store twotooth 'wethers, lbs to l«s 6d; fat woolly hoggets, L7s to 1 us; fat shorn hoggets, lis 9d to 10s 3d; small "shorn hoggets, 7s to 12s. ' Cattle; Light prime steers, £ll to £ll 16s; medium fat Shorthorn cows, £B.Bs to .CS 17s; light fat Poiied Angus cows and heifers, £7 13s to £8 13s; heavy fat Jersey cows, £0 5s to £7 ISs; medium fat Jersey heifers, £5 2s (Jd to £0; light, £-1 AOs to £5 ss; medium-weight vcalcrs, £2 17s to £3 7s; smaller and lighter, 10s to 30s; heavy boners, £3 15s to £k ss; medium, 25s to £3 10s; canners, 30s to £2; potters, £7 to £8 17s; dairy cows, £0 15s to £S; empty Polled Angus and Hereford heifers, £■! 19s. Pigs: Prime heavy baconcrs, £3 10s to £3 13s, heavy baconcrs. £3 7s to £3 9s; medium, £3 Is to £3 ss; heavy porkers and buttermilk pigs, £2 Its to £2 ISs; medium porkers, £2 8s to £2 li-'S; light, 38s to £2 -Is; large stores, 35s to 37s 6d; medium, 29s to 335; small, 22s to 25s Gd; best weancrs, 17s Gd to 21s; others, 8s to 12s 6d.

The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company, Limited. —Cattle: Two exceptionally choice .runners, sold on behalf ot Mr. A. Jt. Clark, realised .17 10s ain'l £G 3 ss. Good fat bullocks, £lO 10s to £ll 12s (id; good (at cows and heifers, £7 'Jos to £!); fat cows and heifers', £6 to £7 112s fid; killable cows and heifers, £4 10s to £3 15s; stores (heavy), £3 13s to £4 6s; stores, i"2 ss. to £3 ICfl; boners, 15s to £l, Cs; runners, £0 15s to £7 10s; vealers, £3 10s to £5 fts; calves, £l to £2 ss. Sheep: Best fat wethers, 10s to 20s Gd: lighter wethers, 17s <kl to 18s Gd; fat ewes, good, 13s to lis 9d; others, Ss to lis Od, fat hoggets, ids tc 18s Od; store hoggets, best, 'shorn, lis to 10s; store hoggets, best, woolly, 16s to IDs; spring lambs, 18s Cd tc 24s Gd. G. "\V- Vercoo and Company, Limited. — Sheep: Heavy primo shorn wethers, from IBs to 20s Gd; light weights, 17s to 18s Gd; unfinished, to 16s; heavy fat woolly ewes, lis to ICS Gd; lighter, 10a to 12s Od; heavy fat shorn ewes, 13s to lis; medium weights, lis to 12s Gd; unfinished, to 10s; heavy fat woolly hoggets, 18s to 20s 3d; lighter, to 17s; heavy fat shorn, hoggets, lGs to 17s; lighter, lis to 15s Gd; good quality lambs from Mr. A. -T. Edwards, of Ohaupo, to 20s; lighter weights, from Mr. "V\ T . Coombridge, of Rotoluna, to 225; heavy prime lambs, 25s to 265; prime medium weights, 23s to 21.«; prime light weights.' 21s to 22s Gd; lighi weights, 10s to 20s Gd; small and unfinished, 17s to 18s Gd. Cattle: Heavy prime runners up to C 7; well-finished light weights, CI to £1 17s Gd; heavy vealers, £2 !5s to £3 10s; medium weights. £2 to £2 12s Gd; prime light weights, 30s to 38s; small calves, up to 255; a draft of good quality bullocks from Messrs.. Wiiloughby Brothers, of Tuhikaramea, to £l3 Cs; Mr. T. M. Hall, of Hamilton, received an average of £l3 for h pen of heavy Shorthorn bullocks; well-finished bullocks, from Mr. John Scott, of Newstead, from £l.l 10s to £l2 2s Gd; Friesian bullocks, from Mr. F. R. Seddon, of Hamilton, avcrazed £ll 15s; hettvy fat bullocks. £l2 Ids to £l3 ss; medium weights. £ll 10s to £l2 is Gd; prime light weights, £lO 133 to £ll ss; others, to £lO 10s; small Jersey-cross steers, to £8 10s; a draft of prime cows and heifers from Messrs. Taylor Brothers, of Taupiri, sold to £l2 «>s; extra primo heifers, to £l2 ss; prime light weights, £0 to £9 9s; small, £7 5s to £8 7s Gd; heavy fat cows, £S 10s to £f> 10s; medium weights, A 7 10s to £8 7s Gd; light, £6 15s to £7 ss; heavy fat Jersey tows, £7 to £7 15s; medium weights, £6 to £6 12s 6d; light, up to £5 15s; store conditioned two-year-old Polled Angus steers, to £8 4s; forward conditioned two-year-old Jersev steers, to £5 10s; 18months Polled Angus steers, to £5 19s; two-year-old mixedcoloured steers, to £5 ss; small yearling Polled Angus heifers, £2 10s; yearling Jersey and Jersey-cross heifers, £3 10s to £4; others, to £2 l-os; forward conditioned Shorthorn and Friesian cows, £4 to £4 15s; others, to £3 15s; heavy boners, £4 to £4- ins; medium weights, £3 to £3 15s; light, up to ,U2 15sr potter bulls, to £9 10s Pigs: Heavy baconere, £3 10s to £3 13s; medium weights, £3 Gs to £3 Os; light, £3 to £3 sa; heavy porkers, £2 12s to £2 ISs; medium weights, £2 5s to C2 10s; light, 3Ss to £2 Is; choppers, £3 ss; large stores, from 33s to 30s; others, 30s to 32s Gd; best slips, 27s to 295; smaller, 20s to 20s; best wcaners, 18s to 225; smaller, lis to 17s; sows, in pig, to £3 10s.

PUTARURU QUOTATIONS [from our own correspondent] PUTARURU, Tuesday . A medium yarding ot cattle came forward at the monthly stock sale held at Putaniru yesterday by Dalgety and Company. Limited. It comprised mostly forward-conditioned and boner cattle. Bidding was keen throughout tho salo and prices were well up to recent quotations A full yarding of all classes of pigs was penned and a successful sale resulted. All classes sold under keen competition and prices advanced, particularly on store and weaner pigs. Quotations were:—Cattle: Medium fat Jersey bows £5 15s to £0 12s Oil; forward-conditioned cows, £5 5s to £5 112s (>di heavy boners, £4 12s Cd to £4 18s; medium lioners, £2 3s to £4; light boners. £ I 15s to £'2 Is; potter bulls, £5 10s to £(> JOs; good quality yearling Jersey heifers, .to Is. Pigs; Medium bacouers, £3 4s to C;t (is; light bneoners, £'3 to £3 4s; prime heavy porkers, £2 10s to £2 14s; heavy porkers, £2 8s to £'2 10s; prime medium porkers, £2 2s to £2 Ss; medium porkers, £2 to £2 2s; prime light porkers. £1 18s to £2; light porkers, £t Ids to £1 1 Ss; best store pigs, .CI 10s to £2; medium stores, £1 12s to £ I 16s; small stores, £1 8s (o ,C 1 128; brst slips, £1 10s to £1 14s; medium slips, £1 Us to .VI 1 0s; small slips, £ L t<» £1 Gs. KAMO HORSE FAIR [FROM OUR OWN CORRKSI'ONDFNT] WIIANGARFJ, Tuesday The North Auckland Farmers' Co-operative, Limited, reports holding a horse fair at Kamo, there being a large yarding. Horses showing quality sold well, but inferior sorts were hard to quit. The top price was £lO 10s, for a chestnut gelding sold on behalf of Mr. A. R. Saunders, of Mount Roskill, lo Mr. Walter Morgan. Puliipuhi. Two bay grldinas were sold tor the same vendor to Mr. W. Vickers, Ilcrekino, for £33 and ill 10s; and two mares sold for Messrs. Wilson Brothers, Kaiwaka, for £36 and C 37 10s. Prices were:—Heavy draughts. £33 to £lil IOs; medium, £2* to £35; light harness horses, £l2 to £22 10s; aged draughts, £l6 to £26 10s; hacks, better quality, £8 to £l4 10s; others, £4 to £7 15s; ponies and weeds, 30s to £3 15s; unbroken draught fillies, £ls to £25; unbroken light harness horses, €l2 to £l4 10s; unbroken hacks. £2 to £7. • , ( PIGS AT OPOTIKI [BY TKMOGIUrn—OWN COIIRKSrONDKNT] OPOTIKI, Tuesday Dalgety and Company, Limited, report as follows on the fortnightly pig sale held in the Opotikt saleyurds yesterday:—A very Inrge yarding came to hand and all lines were sold under the hammer at prices moro than comparable with (he schedule. Store pigs wero very keenly sought after and vendors were more than satisfied with the prices paid. Baconers made to £3 8s; others, £3 is to £3 ss; lighter, £2 lis to £3; porkers, heavy and prime, to £2 lis; others, £2 Is to £2 Osj light. £1 15s to £2 3s; large stores, lo i'2 2s: others. £1 !■>? to £2; slips, 28s lo 32s (id; weiincrs, especially good line from Mr. E. Thompson, of Waioeka. made 20s; others, 23s to 28s; .small, to 225; maiden sow wilh litter of 11. £•'• The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company, Limited, reportss—-\\c had a full yarding in all classes and there was keen competition throughout., Baconers and porkers showed a decline on late rates, but all other classes were very firm. Good slips and weaners .showed an advance on (lie previous sale. Heavy prime baconers made £3 5s to £3 7s; heavy. £3, to £3 Is; medium, £2 15s to £2 IDs; light and unfinished, £2 8s to £2 12s; heavy porkerft. £2 6s to £'J IOs; liirhter 25s to £2 : ls; good store pigs, £2 Js to £*J Ss; smaller sorts. p2s to 3Ss; good slips, 27s to 32s .(id; smaller sorts, 24s to ; quality weaners, 30» to 25* ud; (.mailer torts 17» 6d to 20s; choppers, £2 '2t to £3.'