COUNTRY STOCK SALES

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXVI, Issue 23266, 8 February 1939, Page 9

COUNTRY STOCK SALES

FKANKTON QUOTATIONS HEAVY ENTRY OF SHEEP OX BEEF PRICES IMPROVE [from our own correspondent] HAMILTON, Tuesday An extra heavy entry of fat sheep was offered at the weekly stock sale held at Frank ton- to-day, competition throughout being only fair. Prices generally showed a decline. There was a large offering of fat lambs, the majority consisting of unfinished sorts. Prices i'or these showed an easing tendency.

Fat cattle were yarded in smaller numbers than for some time past, the ox beef entry meeting with a very keen demand, values showing an improvement. Cow and heifer beef also created a keen demand, prices advancing slightly on last week's quotations. Store cattle were penned in large numbers, values remaining on a level.with late rates. The yarding of pigs was good, and prices realised were firm at last week's levels, Store and weaner pigs were not in demand and values dropped slightly. Auctioneers quote: —

Farmers' Co-operative Auctioneering Company, Limited.—Sheep: Prime fat wethers, Ihs (id to -Oh (Jd: medium, 17s 3d to 18s; two-tooth black face wethers, to IDs 3d; lighter, His nd to 17s yd: mixed sex. twotooths, 15s 3d to His 3d; fat ewes, hs (id to lis (id; lighter, Ss to Us; unfinished, to 7s; fat woolly lambs, IDs (id to 22s 3d; light, 17k ;sd to lss (id; unfinished lambs. Vis to 15s ltd. Cattle: ivillable Jersey steers, to £8 1 Os; medium second quality cows, £H 10s to £7 1 Os; medium prime Jersey cows. £5 7s (id to £<> is; light prime heifers. £1 15s to £5 Is; killable cows, £-1 10s to £5 ss; medium runners, til 12s (Id to £5 7s; good vealers, £•_' 5s to £3; rough calves. 7s to 15s; heavy boner cows, £3 10s to £1 ss; lighter,' £•_' 5s to £3 7s; heavy potter bulls, £N '_>s (id to t'il os; lighter, £5 13s to £(i 15s; Shorthorn steer calves, £2 "is to £'J 1 Os; Jersey heifers, £3 to £3 ">s; Friesian springing cows, to £H 10s; Jersey springing cows, £0 10s to £7 r,s; Jersey cows in milk, £(i to £7 15s; springing Jersey heifers, £5 los to £(i. Piss: Best baconers. i:i l'Js lo v:> 15s; medium, £3 Ss to £3 lis; light, £3 2k to £3 7s; heavy tiorkers and buttermilk t)igs, £"2 l'Js to £.3; medium porkers, £2 Is to £2 Os; light. ,'i(is to £2 2s; large stores. :i(>s to :Msmedium, 2(is (id to "JSs; small stores and slips, 20s to 21s (id; weaners, 8s (id to 12s.

(!. W. Vercoe and Company, Limited.— Sheep: Heavy prime wethers, IDs to 20s :id; prime medium-weights, 18s to 18s i*d; prime light-weights, to 17s fid; light and unfinished, to His; prime Southdown-cross wethers, lis to IKS; lighter, to His (id; heavy fat ewes, ids to 10s !>d; medium-weights, ss (id to Ms (id; light, up to 8s; heavy fat lambs. 2<is to 225; medium-weights, 18s to IDs (id; light. His to 17s (id; unfinished, to 1 "is. Cattle; Heavy prime runners on account of Mr. T. M. Hail, of Hamilton, sold from £8 to £S Ms; medium-weight runners, from £.i to £5 17s (id; liccht, to £4 Kis; heavy vealers, £3 to £3 12s (id; mediumweights, £2 to £2 15s; prime light-weights, lids to 38s; small calves, up to 255; prime bullocks from .Mr. Wilfred Johnstone, of Tamil here, up to fll 2s (id; a draft of 12 Hereford and Polled Angus bullocks from Mr. (J. A. Eyre, of Waimai, -sold to £l3, with an average of £l2 Ids; heavy prime bullocks, to £M 2s (id; prime mediumweigh ts, £l2 5s to £l3; prime light-weights, fli to ill i.">s; Jersey bullocks, to £8; prime medium-weight cows, from £7 15s to £8 .">«; prime light-weights, £7 to £7 12s (id; medium-weight fat cows, £0 5s to £(> 15s; light, up to £.'(>; prime light-weight heifers, £7 10s to ts ss; others, to £(> 15s; prime young Jersey cows, £(! 10s to £7 7s (id; others, to £(i; light-weights, to £5 2s (id; forward conditioned Shorthorn and Friesinn cows, £1 ids to *£s; others, to £1 ss; heavy boners. t.3 15s to £1 8s; mediumweights. £3 to £.:! 12s (id; light, to £2 15s; potter bulls (heavy), is Ids to £!) 15s; medium-weights. C 7 to £8 ss; light, to £(J 15s; Jersey and Jersey-cross cows (early calvers), t(> to €7 ss; more backward, to i's ss; Jersey and Jersey-cross heifers (early calvers), to £(i 15s; others, up to £(l. Pigs: Heavy baconers, from £M 12s to £3 15s; medium-weights. £-: ißs to £ls lis; light, £.' i lis to 13 7s; heavy porkers, £2 His to £3; medium-weights, £2 ids ,to £2 15s; light, £2 to £2 Os; unfinished, up to 3Ss; choppers, to £3 Ids; good stores, 30s to 335; others, 2(is to 2Ds; good slips, 22s to 255; smaller, 18s to 21s; good weaners, 15s to 17s; medium, to 1 Is; inferior) up to 10s.

Dalget.v and Company, Limited.—Sheep: Extra prime heavy wethers, 10s (id to 20s .'id; medium prime wethers, 18s to 18s !)d; light prime wethers, Kis (id to 17s »d; heavy prime ewes, lis (id to 12s (id; medium, ditto. Ids to 10s yd; light, ditto, Ss (id to Ds (id; heavy prime fat iambs, 22s to 21s; medium prime fat lamhs, IDs to 21-s (id; light prime fat lambs, iss to 18s (id. Cattle: Prime fat bullocks, £l2 to £l.'i ss: prime fat cows, £7 Ids to £8 12s (id; heavy boner cows, t.'J 5s to £1 lis; medium honer cows, £2 10s to £.' i Is; lighter, 27s (id to £2; heavy boner bulls, £8 10s to £ll 17s (id; others, £5 to £0 17s (id. Pigs: Prime top-weight baconers. £3 15s; prime heavy baconers. £.'! 12s to £,'( lis; heavy baconers, £3 10s to £3 12s; prime medium. £3 8s to £3 10s; medium baconers, £3 (is to £3 Ss; prime light baconers, £3 Is to £3 (is; light baconers. £3 to £3 Is; butter-milk pigs (heavy), £2 Kis to £3 2s; butter-milk pigs. £2 10s to £2 Kis; prime heavy porkers, £2 8s to £2 12s; heavy porkers, £2 (is to £2 8s; prime medium porkers, £2 Is to £2 (is; medium porkers, £2 to £2 Is; prime light porkers, 38s to £2; light porkers, 31s to 38s; large store pigs, 80s to 375; medium store pigs, 25s to 30s; small store pigs. 20s to 255; best slips, His to 20s; best weaners, 12s to His; medium weaners, Ss to 12s; sows, to farrow, £3 to £3 15s; sows, with litters, to £7 ss: young Berkshire boars, £3 15s; young Berkshire sows, £2 7s (id.

Wright, Stephenson and Company, Limited.—Sheep: Heavy fat wethers, ISs to lHa tid; fat wethers, 17s to 17s »d; maiden ewes, up to l.'>s; fat ewes, Ss (id to Os (id; killable ewes, 7s io 7s Od; fat lambs, l(is (id to ISs. Cattle: Heavy honer cows, £1 10s to £5; medium boner cows, £:2 lUs to £3 IS'S: light boners, 31s to £2 2s; store Jersey steers, up to £3; store Jersey heifers, £3 to i'.'i ."is; vealers, £2 to £2 l.">s; light vealers, it 10s to £1 l is; heavy potter bulls. £0 10s to' £7 7s; medium, £•! 10s to £5 6s; young bulls, £2 5s to £3. New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company, Limited. —Sheep: A good entry of sheep came forward today, the fat section selling to a deflated market. An excellent ' lino of wethers on account of Mr. C. V. i Masters was sold from prices ranging from i ins to 20s 3d; another line of good wethers j on account of Messrs. H. and S. Rhodes | also sold to 20s 3d; good fat wethers on ! account of Mr. X. K. Taylor sold to 10s, I and a good entry of fat lambs from Mr. T. ! Martin, of Hototuna, realised 225. Quotations ! were:—Heavy fat withers, lss to "Jits 3d; j medium fat wethers, His (id to 17s Od; lighter, to los; fat ewes, 13s to 17s; medium, !)s fo lis (id; others, to Ss; fat hoggets, 13s to His (id; medium, Its to 12s (id; fat lambs, from ISs to 225; medium lambs, His to ISs; lighter, His (id to ].">s; others, to Os (id. Cattle: There was a good yarding of both ox and cow beef, prices being in advance of last week in l>o!h sections. A full entry of veJ came forward and prices eased slightly on last week. A large yarding of boner cattle sold at slightly advanced rates and an average yarding of bulls was penned and disposed of at prices on a par with previous markets. Light bullocks marie to t'Hi; unfinished to medium, £S I "is to (!) 'is (id; medium fat cows, £6 10s lo £7 2s (id; prime heifers, 07 2s (id to £7 His; light sorts, L(i lo Cft 17s; best quality vealers, to CO los; medium to light, £2 2s to £2 Os; others. 11 lis to £1 17s; Jersey cows, to Co I os; light fa I Jersey cows, £1 to £t 17s (id; forward-conditioned Jersey cows, l' 3 10s-to €3 His; boners, £2 7s to L'2 IDs. Pigs: Fat pigs were yarded in average numbers, the market having a brighter tendency, with values showing an advance on last week's rates. A quiet market was met for the medium entry of store pigs, with weancrs in pari iculnr being hard to quit. Values all round were lower in this section. Prime bnconers brought to £3 los; heavy, £3 lis lo £3 Its; medium, £3 (is lo £3 Os; heavy porkers and butter-milk pigs, £2 His lo (.3 Is; medium, £2 (is to £2 12s; light and inferior, CI 17s to £2 3s; choppers. £2 His to £3 stores, 22s to 2oS: best wraners. 13s Gd to lis Od; others, 7s Od to 10s Gd. CLEARANCE AT OPOTIK! [BY TELEGRAPH —OWN CORHRSrOXDENT] OPOTIKI, Tuesday Dalguty and Company. Limited, reports having held its autumn sheep fair al the Opotiki sale.vards. An exceptionally large yarding of all classes of sheep came'forward and for ewes a good sale resulted, although wether buyers maintained rigid limits. Throughout the sale competition was good, there being a record number of buyers from outside districts, including the Waikato and To Puke. Station ewes up to five years were in very keen demand and especially those sheep from off the high country, Mr. A. J. Macrae topping the market with a line of 373 five-year ewes at His od. Other lines on account of Mr. Cellert, Wairata, made 1 os Od, while Motu sheep ranged from Ms lo 1 os (id. The top price of the day for two-tooth ewes was 22s (id, which was obtained for a line of good two-tooth ewes on account of Hlansbury Bros., Tirohanga. Other lines made from l!>s to £1 Is, and smaller ewes and late shorn, up to 1.".5. Two-tooth wethers in good condition on account of Mr. H. Mortonsen made 13s Od, and a line on account of Mr. Gellerl made lis lid. Lambs were yarded in considerable numbers, but the quality of the offering was poor and consisted chiefly of small cull lambs suitable for dairy farmers. Prices realised were:—Twotooth wethers, to 13s, Od; others, lis to 13s; four-tooth wethers, 13s to lis lid; Fix-tooth wethers, on account of Hallatn Bros., 13s lid; a line of 370 ewes, twotooth Ronine.v, to 22s Gd; others, 16s to £1 Is; four-tooth and six-tooth ewes, ISs to £1; five-year-old ewes, to 16s M; others, 11» to 14s; six-year-old ewes, a line from Motu, i 15s Id; lambs, mixed sex, Southdown. Ss Od

to 9s 6d; Romney mixed sex lambs, to 10s 6d; smaller lambs, 7s to Ss 6d; cull lambs, 3s 6d to As. A considerable number of rams was yarded, the top price of the day being fi'/igns for a fine type of J?omneJ' ram on account of Stansbury Bros. Other rams from the same vendors made from 3'/ 2 gns to 4%gns. Black Bros., of i'aengaroa, yarded a con- ■ siderable number of rams, which sold exceptionally well, some going up to 4 ] /igns and others to y'/igns. Four rams on account of tho Edwards Estate were passed in at 4gus. OPARAU SHEEP FAIR The Farmers' Co-operative Auctioneering Company, Limited, reports that approximately bUOu sheep of all classes were penned at the Oparau sheep fair. The demand thurughout was steady, and a satisfactory sale resulted. Realisations were as follows: Woolly ewe lambs, 17s: shorn, 15s od to JGs 2d; smaller, 128 3d to 13s lid; culls. »s ud to Us Id; whitefaced shorn wether lumbs, los to Us Hd; smaller, *s Gd to : Sis !)d; cull, -Is to 7s Od; two and fourtooth fat) wethers, los Gd to 10s yd; twotootll wethers, 14s to 10s 3d; two-tooth ewes, 23s id to 'J7s; four and six-tooth ewes, Kss Gd to 20s; four and five-year ewes, 10s 2d to 17s; best five-year ewes, lps 3d to 'jos Id; poorer, l.">s to ISs (id; full-mouth ewes, 13s Gd to lGs,3d; sound-mouth ewes, »s oil to 12s; cull ewes, 3s to os 0d; Romney rams, one-shear, 3gns to Ggns; Southdown rams, one-shear, Igns. / SMALL PUTARURU YARDING Dalgety and Company, Limited, report a Rmall yarding of cattle at Putaruru and a medium attendance ol buyers. Although prices were slightly below vendors' expectations, I practically the entire yarding was sold under the hammer. Fat Jersey cows made £4 17s to £o 1 Is; heavy boners, £3 los to £4 Is; medium, £2 os to £3 8s; light, 25s to 37s (id; heavy potter bulls, £7 10s to £lO 15s; good quality springing Jersey heifers, £0 10s to £7 6s; small weaner Jersey heifers, 37«; two and three-shear Southdown rams, l'/ 2 gns to 2'/4gris. Pigs: A small yarding of fat and store pigs was ottered. Bidding was keen and prices up to late quotations. Medium baconers made £3 10s to £3 12s; light, £3 Gs to £3 10s; heavy porkers, £2 14s to £2 19s; medium, £2 7s to £2 13s; light, 37s to £2 2s; good quality slips, to 2Gs. PRICES IN FAR NORTH [ Fit Oil OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT] WITAXGAREI, Tuesday The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company, Limited, reports holding a round of sheep fairs in the further north. At Victoria Valley there was a good entry, with a good attendance of buyers, prices realised being on a par with late sales. The yarding comprised chiefly full-mouthed ewes, with a few wethers and lambs. Sound-mouthed ewes made 13s 3d lo lis sd; two-tooth, 17s; aged, Is Gd to Os 7d; two and four-tooth wethers, 13s 3d to lis Od; mixed sex lambs, 4s Gd to 5s Od; Romney rains, two-tooth, 2gns to 3gns. At Peria the yarding was greater than the advertised number and there was a large attendance of buyers. Competition was keen > and the whole of the yarding changed hands ! under the hammer, prices realised being in I excess of late sales. Fat and forward wethers : made 17s to 17s (id; good store wethers, lis 3d to 15s; two-tooth. 12s Sd to Ms 2d; sound- j mouthed ewes, lis-yd to 15s 3d; lighter: conditioned sheep, 7s to 8s Od; culls. Gs to ■ 7s; Komney lambs, lis 7d; two-tooth Komney : rams, on account of Mr. W. Grounds. Broadwood, 4gns to JMjgns; others, LVigns to 2gns. j There was a good yarding of mixed sheep; at the Herekino fair. Extra prime fat wethers j (one small pen) made 20s Id; forward store j wethers, lis to Ms Gd; two-tooth ewes, good, ■ 255; full-mouthed ewes, 10s to lis; poor | conditioned. 7s to 8s sd; good woolly Romney l lambs, 10s 2d; smaller. 7s 3d to. Ss sdj j shorn lambs, Gs to Gs Gd; Romney rams, on 1 account of Mr. W. Grounds, Broadwood, ; 2/itrns. Dalgety and Company, Limited, reports j having held a sheep fair at Pakotai. Mixed ; aged wethers made 12s 3d to 13s 4d; two- : tooth ewes. 13s lod to 20s Gd; mixed-age: ewes. 13s lod to His 3d; five-year ewes. lCs to 17s; shorn wether lambs. 7s 2d to 7s Gd: i shorn mixed-sex lambs. 4s 4d to »s Id; aged ; rams, Os to 10s. j DAIRY PRODUCTION j HERD-TESTING RETURNS j BUTTER-FAT YIELD DROPS | ADVERSE WEATHER BLAMED j [from our own correspondent] | HAMILTON, Tuesday ! A drop in the butter-fat production j returns for the Waikato. as compared j with those for the corresponding month j of the previous two seasons, is disclosed ■ in the figures of the New Zealand Cooperative Herd-Testing Association for ; December. The reduction in the yield j is attributed to the adverse seasonal j conditions. • There is also a drop' in the number J of cows tested. In December, 1938, 85,13" cows were j tested, the average yield per cow being j 7211b. milk and 33.11b. fat. For the corresponding month in 1937, 100,939 j cows were tested, the production averaging 7761b. milk and 361b. fat. The association tested 106.621 cows in December, 1936, the average yield being 7811b. milk and 35.61b. fat. For the second month in succession the Matiere-Ohura group was the best in the association, the 914 cows tested yielding an average of 8131b. lhilk and 391b. fat. The same group also produced the best herd, the 56 cows comprising it giving an average of 521b. fat. ' ■ . NAPIER GAS YEAR PROFITS AND DIVIDEND FALL A net profit of £5457 is shown in the accounts of the Napier Gas Company, Limited, for the year ended December 31. This compares with £7427 in the previous year and £7257 in 1936. Dividend on the ordinary shares has been reduced from 5J per cent to 5 per cent, while the preference payment is unchanged at 5 per cent. These absorb £solo. leaving £6159 to be carried forward, against £6212 brought in. BRADFORD MARKET MERINOS HARDENING | LONDON. Feb. 6 I On the Bradford market Merino tops | show a hardening tendency. Cross- : breds are unchanged and steady. There is fair business, mainly in finer grades. POOR HONEY SEASON WAIKATO PRODUCTION [from our own correspondent] HAMILTON, Tuesday "The honey season in the Waikato this war has been one of the worst we have ever had." said a prominent Hamilton apiarist to-day. 'This year we have had only, from one-third to" half the quantity we had last year. 1 ' Although last' season was shorter, actually finishing about January 20, this season is just finishing now. The speaker said he took more than 10 tons of honey from his hives then, as compared with about three tons this year. The weather in the earlier part of the season was unfavourable for production, being wet and windy, and it was hoped lhat the honey flow would commence later. It.had not, however, with the result that production was. down considerably. HERD TESTING WAIHI GROUP RETURNS [by TELEGRAPH —OWN. correspondent] ■ ■• ■ WAIHI, Tuesday Statistics supplied by the New Zealand. Herd-testinjr Association for the month of December show that UllO cows in tho Waihi itroup were tested and i, r avj< ail average yield of <MM lb of milk, compared with the association average of T-Jllb. Cows in the Waihi group, however, gave a common test of 4.GG per cent of butter-fat, as against the association average of -J.oO per cent. The production of fat per cow was 31 lb, '.'.lib less than the average of all cows tested. • The, best yield for the month by a Waihi cow was 771b of fat, which was more than was given by the best producer in groups. The highest producing cow of au groups tested belonged to an Orini herd ana gave 1211b of fat, and the nest best, belong inc to Putaruru. gave llllb. I