STOCK VALUES

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXV, Issue 23226, 21 December 1938, Page 11

STOCK VALUES

FRANKTON QUOTATIONS'LARGE FAT SHEEP ENTRY PRIME BULLOCKS TO £l4/10/[krom otjb own correspondent] HAMILTON, Tuesday A large yarding of all classes of fat sheep came forward at the weekly Frankton stock sale to-day. Competition was steady from a full bench of , buyers, with values remaining on a par with last week. Light-weight two-tooth mutton sold freely, as did a large entry . of fat lambs, which realised values in j excess of export rates. - A full yarding of cattle, comprising' chiefly " boner cows, came forward. Tho offering of ox beef was small, but included a line of , ■ medium prime steers from Glencoe Farm. Second quality cows also met with a ready - sale, values in this section being steady. ' A full yarding of boner cows sold up to schedule rates, while real pens were again filled, although values showed a further easing tendency. A medium entry of pigs > ; came forward. Competition for all classes * 1 - - was keen, with valnes fully up to last week's quotations. A full yarding of store and weaner pigs sold on a par with late rates, !'■> although values eased slightly toward tho . • end of the sale. ■

The auctioneers report as follows: The Farmers' Co-operative Auctioneering . 4 Company, Limited. —Sheep: Heavy prime wethers, 18s Gd to 19s 9d; medium wethers, •* 17s 3d to 18s; two-tooth blackface wethers, , lCs Gd to 18s 3d; mixed sexed two-tootha, ; ~ 15s 3d to 17s; fat ewes, lis to 12s 9d; kill- r able ewes, 8s 6d to 10s; fit lambs, 10s 3d to 24s 6d; forward-conditioned two-tooth wethers, 14s 3d to 15s (id; cull ewes, 3s > Cd to Gs Gd; small store lambs, 3s to 4s " r 7d. Cattle: Medium prime steers, £l2 19s -'v to £l3; heavy second quality cown and heifers, £7 15s to £8 lis; fat Jersey cows and heifers, £7 0s to £7 10s; medium, £5 ' 12s Cd to £0 108; light, £4 15s to iBS (,bi 1 heavy boner cows, £3 17s to £4 12s; medium, £2 15s to £3 14s: light, £2 to p £2 128 Cd; heavy Jersey bulls, to £8 12s; best vealers, £2 5s to £2 15s; smaller, 30s iff to £2; rough calves, 15s to 28s; small, 7s to 12s. Piers: Choppers, to £2 16s; heavy baconers, £3 12s to £3 14sj medium, £3 v-.s. Ss to £3 lis; light, £3 3s to £3 Gs; butter- ( milk pigs. and heavy porkers, £2 14s to (■■■, £3 2s; medium, £2 Os to £2 12s; unfinished ■ porkers and large stores, 3Gs to £2; mediuflo "3 stores, 28s to 32s Cd; small stores and slips, 23s to 2Cs; best weaners, 17s Cd to 255; r others, lis to 15s; sow and litter, £8 2s * • Gd; sows to farrow, £2 7s Gd to £3. ■ G. W. Vercoe and Company, Limited.— Sheep: Heavy prime wethers, 20s to 20s '*"• Gd: medium prime, 19s to 19s 9d; weUfinished light-weights, 18s to 18s 6d; unfinished, up to 17s; heavy prime ewes, 13s. to 14s 3d: medium prime, 12s to 12s 9d:* . medium-weights, 10s to lis 6d; light and unfinished, to 9s; heavy fat hoggets, 18s V , to 19s; medium-weights, lCs to 17s 6d; .- store hoggets, to 15s 9d; one pen of exceptionally prime lambs, from Mr. P. Kivell, of Kaipaki, averaged 28s 9d; heavy prime lambs, 2Gs to 28 9d; prime mediumweights, 24s to 255-, prime li&ht-weights, 22s to 23s Cd; medium-weights, 19s to 21s; , - light and unfinished, 15s to 18s. Cattle: Prime light-weight runners, to £4 15s; others, to £4; heavy vealers, £3 to £3 15s; mediumweights, £2 to £2 128 6d; prime light- ■> weights, 25s to 355; small calves, to £l. A draft of prime medium-weight bullocks from Mr. T. M. Hall, of Hamilton, sold from ■ £l4 to £l4 10s; prime Polled Angus bul- - locks, from Mr. A. Ramsay, of Hillcrest. ... ■ sold to £l4; and Messrs. willoughby Brosof Tuhikaramea, received up to £l4 7s 6d for a consignment of well-finished cattle. Prime medium-weight bullocks, £l3 15s to £l4 10s; prime light-weight. £l2 10s to £l3 10s; medium-weight bullocks, £ll 15s to £l2 ss; light and unfinished, to.£lo 12s 6d; heavy fat cows, £8 to £8 17s 6d; wellfinished medium-weig its, £7 5s to £7 15s; ■ 2 others, £0 10s to £7; light and unfinished. « up to £G ss; prime light-weight heifere, £7 10s to £8 158; others, to £7 ss; heavy fat Jersey cows, £7 10s to £8; medium-weights, £G to £G 15s; light, up to £5 15s; for-ward-conditoneid Shorthorn and Friesian cows, to £4 15s; others, to £4 4s; twoyear Jersey heifers, to £4 ss; 18-months Jersey heifers, to £3 18s; small, crossbred ■_ steers (yearling), to £3 12s 6d; heavy boneru, , £4 to £4 15s; medium-weights. £3 to £3 18s; light, to £2 15s. Pigs: Eleven prime baconers from Mr. R. Till, of Whatawhata, averaged £3 15s; heavy prime baconers, £3 . 12s to £3 15s; heavy, £3 9s to £3 lis; medium-weights, £3 5s to £3 8s; light, £3 to £3 4s; heavy porkers, £2 14s to £2 19s ;y -v medium-weights, £2 8s to £2 12s; light, '- A £2 to £2 Gs; choppers, up to £5 2s; -pood ..., stores, £2 to £2 7s; others, 34s to 395; oest slips, 2Ss to 335; others, 24s to 275; best " L weaners, 18s to 235; medinm, 14s to 17s; inferior, to 12s. f - Wright, Stephenson and Company, Limi- : ted. —Sheep: Heavy prime wethers, 18s 9d to 19s 3d; medium, 18s to 18s 6d; light, 15s to 17s 6d; heavy fat ewes, op to 13s; medium, lis Gd to 12s 3d. Cattle: Vealers. up to £2 ss; runners, £4 to £4 18s; calves, r ' 12s Gd to 158; heavy prime bullocks, up to £ll 15s; prime, .£ll to £ll ss; lighter sorts, £7 to £7 los; steers, £4 10s to £5 19s; fat cows, £6 7s 6d to £7 10s; in-calf ,r£ cows, £5 to £6; boner cows,. £2 15s to . £3 6d. Dalgety and Company, Limited.—Sheep: Good shorn Romney wether lambs, up to lis 9d; medium Southdown lambs, 10s 9a; heavy ffat wethers, 18s 6d to 20s; lighter, 17s to 18s 3d; prime fat ewes, 12s to 14s 3d; primes ' lighter, 9s to 10s 9d; heavy fat. lambs, £1 7s to £1 9s 3d; medium, £1 Is to £1 3.8 6d; lighter, 18s to 19s Cd. Store sheep: Two- , _ tooth wethers, 13s 6d to 15s 3d. Cattle: Light fat Polled Angus bullocks, £11; Holstein, £11; medinm fat Polled Angus heifers, £9 to £9 lis; fat Polled Angus and Here- q ford cows, £7 15s to £8 8s; fat Jersey cows, £6 5s to £7 2s Cd; vealers, 2.5s to £2 2s; forward-conditioned cows, £4 15s to £5 2s Gd; potter bulls, £6 to £7 ss; other boners, £2 to £3 10s; boners, heavy, £3 15s to £4 7s. Pigs: Prime heavy baconers, £3 lis to £3 13s; heavy, £3 Ss to' £3 10s; prime medium, £3 5s to £3 7s; medium, £3 5s to £3 6s; prime light, £3 2s to £3 ' ss; light, £3 to £3 2s; heayv butter-milk pigs. £2 15s to £3; prime heavy porkers to light butter-milk pigs, £2 12s to £2 15s; heavy porkers, £2 8s to £2 lis; prime ... medium, £2 5s to £2 8s; medium, £2 2s to £2 4s; prime light porkers, £1 18s to v« £2 Is; unfinished, £1 12s to £1 18s; best « large stores, £1 18s to £2 ss; rtedium, £1 '■<*■ 128 to £1 18s; small, £1 8s to £1 12s; bert T. slips, £1 5s to £1 10s; medium, £1 to £1 4s Cd; best weaners, £1 to £1 4s 6d; """ others, 15s to £l. *7 TAUPIRI REALISATIONS The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile -r 1 Agency Company, Limited, reports the entry of fat pigs at Taupiri was a very large one and competition .was keen, resulting in a total clearance being effected. Late rates ' were well maintained. In the store section t the entry was & medium one. Here also ' bidding was brisk and pries well up to recent rates. The auctioneers disposed of the whole offering at very satisfactory prices >, Heavy baconers made £3 lis to £3 15s; lighter, £3 6s to £3 10s; heavy porkers, S £2 15s to £3 58; lighter, £1 15s to £2 13s; ! good store pigs, 25s to 29s 6d; slips, 10s \ to 245; best weaners, 15s to 18s 6d; smaller, , ' 10s to 14s. Cattle: An average entry of , fat cows came forward and sold at rates * . on a par with other recent sales. Good fat * Jersey cows made £5 36s to' £6 Is; lighter, £5 10s to £5 15s; boners, £4 to £4 15s; light boners and canners, £2 15s to £3 15s: potter bulls, £6 15s to £9 7s 6d. b CAMBRIDGE YARDING A small yarding of sheep met with good 1 competition at a stock sale at Cambridge , conducted by Dalgety and Company, Limited. The sheep were mostly two-tooth wethers and - these sold under the hammer at from 14s to 17s. Pat lambs made from 17s Gd to 21s. * There was keen competition for cows. Fat Polled Angus heifers made from ■ £8 6s to 7 £9 10s, fat Polled Angus cows, £7 10s to £S 2s Gd. Boner cattle, which were yarded in medium numbers, sold at slightly 3 better than late rates. Heavy boners made l £4 f>s to £4 18s; medium, £3 5s to £3 17s Gd; lighter, 30s to 50s; potter bulls, £4 to £6 17s Cd; dairy cows, in profit, £7 1 10s to £8; springing calves. £7 10s to £9. i A pen of particularly good quality milking ... Shorthorn heifers on account of Mr. J. T. " Hicks, of Maungatautari. sold at £8 2s, 6d •* 3 to £9. A medium yarding of fat and store a I pigs came forward, prices realised being on a , par with recent quotations. No heavy baconers ~ l were included in the offering. Light baconers. J £3 Is to £3 ss; heavy porkers, £2 13s; medium, £2 3s to £2 13s; light porkers, r 7 £1 15s to £1 18s; good stores, 26s to 31s; 3 slips, 18s to 225; weaners. 17s. A good lino - ] of Tamworth sows, running with boar, were ; not in demand, the majority not reaching the 5 vendor's reserve. Those sold realised £3 ss. ■ OHINEWAI QUOTATIONS i « Tho Farmers' Co-operative Auctioneering f Company, Limited, reports having held the ) monthly Ohinewai stock sale, when a medium entry of all classes was penned. Comiietition * for bcof, store cattle, potter bulls and boner ■ cows was on a par with late rates, and prices remained firm. Light fat steers, £ll 3s; ! light fat Polled Angus cows, £7 to £/ los: light fat Jersey cows, £2 15s to £5 10s; • three-year Shorthorn steers. £0 10s to £<; yearling Polled Angus steers, to £4 10s; year- , ling mixed coloured steers. £3 10s to £4; ' boner cows, £2 Os to £4 Ss; potter bulls. : £5 19s to £9 19s. . . Dalgety aud Company, Limited, reports a smaller yarding of cattle than usual. Fat and * boner cattle values remained at late rates. : but the demand for store steers was medium. Shorthorn cows, £7 Gs to £8 2s; light fat Holstein cows, £C 10s to €0 Its; light fat Jersey cows, £5 Is to £5 7s Gd; heavy ■"? boners, £3 10s to £4 4s: others, 305.t0 £3 ss; A potter bulls. £C 5s to £7; 2%-year Shorthorncross steers, £6 ss; small crossbred steers. * 35s to £2 10s; Jersey-cross heifer calves, 30s. • - - OHIWA CLEARANCE Dalgety and Company, iLiraited, reports having held a clearing saltf of the stock of Mr F. Humphreys on his farm at Ohiwa. A satisfactory salo resulted, the milking cows boing keenly sought, while yearling >7 heifers, well-grown and in very good convJ ,4, tion, were quoted for the low sum of £■» !'«• Tho top price paid for a good son ol mu*- * } cow was £8 ss. Several others made oj« 0 f eI f™ while the bulk of the good th>> = £5. A Jersey bull sold forv,£8* or £i " year's heifer calves A we ff t .Pv ot ht&Tf for a line of 12- A avt. draught eeldinsr w P 6as<Kl m