STOCK SALES

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXVI, Issue 23381, 24 June 1939, Page 13

STOCK SALES

MOERINSVILLE "VALUES DEMAND FOR OX BEEF LIGHT YARDING OF PIGS [from oun OWN correspondent] MORRINSVILLE, Friday A medium yarding of sheep, comprising mainly fat lambs, came forward at tho Morrinsvillo stock sale to-day. Fat wethers showed no alteration on recent rates, while lambs realised values equal to recent quotations. A small offering of ox beef was penned and sold under keen competition. A full entry of fat cows and heifers also maintained recent quotations. There was a keen demand for quality dairy heifers. Tho light yarding of pigs consisted mainly of fat pigs, competition for which was very keen. Stores sold well, values being firm. Tho auctioneers quote:— Farmers' Co-operative Auctioneering Company, Limited. —Sheep: Prime fat wethers, to 25s 3d; light prime fat wethers, 22s Od; heavy fat lambs, 10s Gd to 20s Od; medium, 10s lOd to 18s 3d; light, 15s :id to 10s Od; cull ewes, 7s Gd. Cattle: Medium fat Polled Angus and Hereford steers, to £8 17s Gd; heavy fat Jersey heifers, £4 15s to £5 10s; medium fat Jersey heifers, £4 to £1 10s; heavy fat Jersey cows, £5 5s to £5 14s; medium fat Jersey cows, £4 10s to £4 18s; light, £4 to £1 Gs: medium Shorthorn cows, £4 5s to £4 14s; heavy boner cows, £3 10s to £3 18s; medium, £2 Os to £3; light, 35s to £2 ss; cull cows, 10s to 255; potter bulls, £4 5s to £4 15s; good quality Jersey yearling heifers. £3 5s to £3 14s; two-year Polled Angus and Polled Angus-cross steers, £4 10s to £5 ss: poor-conditioned three-year Shorthorn-cross steers. £3 10s to £3 14s. Dairy cattle: Good quality Jersey heifers, close to profit, £0 10s to £lO 17s; early calvers, £7 10s to £0 2s Gd; medium-quality heifers, .CO to £0 10s; poor-conditioned and backward heifers, £4 15s to £5 10s; good quality heifers, in milk, £7 to £lO ss; poorer quality. £4 10s :to■ £G; cows in milk, £8; more backward, £3 17s Gd to £G 15s; late calvers, £3 10s to £4 15s. Pigs: Choppers, £2 10s to £3 15; light baconers and heavy porkers, £2 14s to £3; medium porkers, £2 10s to £2 12s; light, £2 2s to £2 Gs; good quality largo stores. 33s Gd to 3Gs; others, 27s Gd to 31s Gd; medium, 24s Gd to 2Gs; best slips, 20s to 225; weaners, 7s Gd to 10s Gd; sows close to farrowing, £4 15s to £5 7s Gd; others, £2 17s Gd to £4 ss.

Dalgety and Company, Limited.—Cattle: Light Polled Angus bullocks, £8 7s Gd; fat heifers, £0 10s to £7 53; fat Hereford cows. £7 to £§; fat' Jersey cows, £4 10s to £5 15s; heavy boners, £3 to £3 18s; medium, £1 10s to £2 18s; light, 15b to £1 7s Gd; good quality heifer calves, £3 13s; others, £2 10s to £3;' yearling Jersey bulls, £4 7s Gd to £5; young Jersey cows, close to profit, £lO to £l2 ss; more backward sorts, £7 10s to £0; springing Jersey heifers, £8 to £0 15s. Pigs: Good quality grade Tamworth sows, £1 10s to £5; medium porkers, £1 10s to £1 18s; best store pigs, 18s to £1 2s; small, 10s to 12s.

The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agencv Company, Limited. —A medium yarding of cattle came forward, the fat cattle entry comprising mostly fat Jersey cows, which sold under steady competition, late rates being well maintained. A medium yarding of dairy heifers came forward and competition was keen for good heifers, backward heifers being rather dull of sale. Several' pens of yearling heifers were yarded and these met with brisk competition. Fat Jersey cows, £4 5s to £4 14s; medium fat Jersey cows, £3 5s to £3 17s fid; medium boners, £2 7s fid to £3 2s fid; low-condition cows, 30s to £2; dairy heifers, close to profit, £8 to £0 15s; August culvers, £6 10s to £S ss; backward heifers, £-1 5s to £fi 7s Gd; yearling Jersey heifers, £3 Gs to £3 Os.

PEDIGREE FRIESIANS

TOTARA PARK OFFERING A large bench of buyers was present at the ninth annual sale of tho Totara Park Friesian stud, which is own.;d by the Piri Land Company, Orini. The sale was conducted by Dalgety and Company, Limited, in conjunction with the Farmers' Co-operative Auctioneering Company, Limited The sale was most, satisfactory, 57 head of cattle averaging 20 guineas. Twenty bulls averaged 2Sy 2 guineas and 37 heifers (in calf! average 14% guineas. Highest prices and purchasers were:— Bulls.— "Buttcrking Colantha," Mr. S. Llewellyn, Ttuawai, 70 guineas; "Superior Nobleman," Mr: N. Reynolds, Matangi, 59 guineas;' ."Marathon Magnate," Mr. C. Goblc, Inglewood, 42 guineas. Heifers. —"Superior Lulu, Mr. E. P. Anderson, Waihi, 31 guineas; "Superior Butterball," Mr. H. H. Hicks, Turua, 30 guineas; "Converter Gladys," Mr W. C. Chynoweth. Pukeroro, 25 guineas. ; ' . DEMAND AT KIHIKIHI GRADE HEIFER MAKES £l9

[from our own correspondent] TE AWAMUTU, Friday The high price of £l9 was paid for a "•rade heifer of outstanding quality at a dispersal sale held by Newton King, Limited, on behalf of Mr. R. Cliff, of Mhikihi. The sale was unusually successful. The whole I«no of two-vear-old heifers averaged £l3 ss. Ihe cows came forward in splendid order and ftiet, with spirited competition from first to last, cattle being consigned to Tanpiri, Walton, Hamilton, Cambridge and Putaruru. Practically every cow realised double figures. All early calving cows sold from £l2 to £l7 10s,' the extremely satisfactory average of £l2 5s resulting over all. The_ offering of pedigree cows attracted great interest, the cow Forest Hill Minnie bringing 21gus, Survey Zclma I.4%gns, Surrey Bello l2V 2 gns. Pedigree two-year heifers realised front 13gns to 15gns. The butter-fat bull Jersey Glen Silver Chief realised 37gns, other twoyear pedigree bulls bringing from llgns to llgns. A line of nice quality yearling heifers realised £3 17s. .The pigs sold freely, a sow and litter bringing £l2; other late farrowing sows, £-1 to £1 IDs; Berkshire boar, 4 3 /igns; stores, 21s to 225.

TE AWAMUTU ENTRY The Farmers' Co-operative Auctioneering Company, Limited, reports having held the tri-weekly stock sale at To Awamutu, when a good yarding of ox and cow beef was penned, together with a medium entry of store and boner cattle. Offered before a good attendance of butchers, the entry realised values slightly in advance of recent rates, boner and storo cows also selling under keen competition. There was a small yarding of dairy cows and heifers, with quality lots, close (o profit, in good demand, but backward cows did not attract competition. There was a medium penning of both fat and store pigs, a total clearance at values on a par witji recent quotations resulting. Cattle: Medium quality Shorthorn bullocks, £ll 7s; prime light Hereford bullocks, £9 12s Gd to £10; fat Jersey steers, £7 to £9 Gs; fat Polled Angus and Shorthorn heifers, £7 10s; heavy fat cows, £7 10s to £7 19s; medium fat cows, £5 7s Gd to £G 12s Gd; fat Jersey cows, £4 15s .to £5 ss; heavy boners, £3 5s to £3 IGs; lighter, £2 5s to £3; store cows, 25s to 355; small good coloured Jersey heifer calves, £3 ss. Dairy cattle: Friesian heifers, close to profit, £9 10s; Jersey heifers, closo to profit. £9 5« to £10; smaller and closo to profit. £S 10s to £8 15s; later calvers, £5. Pigs: Medium porkers, £2 2s Gd to £2 9s; light, 32s Gd to £2; medium stores, 25s to 31s; smaller, ISs to 225; slips, 14s to IGs; weaners, Ss Gd to 12s Gd; good quality sows, close to farrowing, £4 15s to £5 2s Gd; others, £2 15s to •£4 ss.

OFFERING AT TE PAHU Newton King, Limited, reports holding a clearing sale for Mr. D. Sedfern, To Pahu. To Awamutu. In spite of the extremely wet day a large and representative attendance if buyers was present and competition was keen from first to last. Early calving cows sold freely from £lO to £l2 1.0s; others, £S 15s to £0 10s; later calvers, £7 to £S ss. Tho extremely satisfactory average of £S 5s resulted. Store pigs sold freely from 23s to 295. Great interest was evinced in the offering of 10 acres of swedes, theso finally realising £S 15s per acre. A line of yearlings on account of an outside vendor brought £2 12s.

NORTH AUCKLAND VALUES [fko.m our. own correspondent] WHANGAREI, Friday Tho North Auckland Farmers* Co-operative, Limited, reports holding tho following sales t ' l phmvai!— Thero was only a moderate yarding but practically everything changed hands at satisfactory prices. Fat Jorseycows, £4 to £o "2a Gd; bouer cows, 35s to £2 i_s; boner bulls £3 to .Co 10s; springing cows, £5 Gs to £0 12s Od; backward Jersey heifers, £3 to £3 15s; yearling Shorthorn heifers (nice duality), £2 10s; yearling Shorthorn steers, £1 12s (3d to £2 10s; yearling: Jersey heifers (smalt)- . cows and calves ' £2 12s G l ° Mangawharo.—Rather more beef than usual came forward and met a ready sale at a slight advance 011 recent -rates. Dairy cattle, close to profit also sold well. Storo cattle were again neglected. Prices were as follows: Light,fat. bullocks, £7 10s to £8 15s-, fat cows £(J 112s Od to £9; light fat cows, £5 12s (id to £5 18s; springers,, dairy cows £5 to £7 7s Od; backward and inferior cows! £4 5s to CI 17s Od; boner cows, £2 5s to C2 12s (id; fresh-conditioned cows, £3 10s to £3 12s (id; boner bulls, £4 2s Od to £5. Ohaeawai. —A fair number of springers sold at advanced prices. Cow- and heifer beef also improved on last month's sale. Prices

were as follows:—Best dairy cow 3, £6 153| to £7 I 12s Oil; July-August calvers, £o los to £0 12s Gd; backward and inferior cows. £'t| Ps to £5 10s; best dairy heifers, £0 10s to £7 2s Od; medium Quality lieifers, £5 o3 to £0 7s Gd; small and backward heifers, - £4 to £5 2s Gd; light fat bullocks, £lO 3s; primo fat cows, £7 4s to £8; medium fat cows, £5 10s to £6 7s Gd; light fat cows, £1 15s to £5 7s Gd; fat Jersey cows, £4 103 to £5 12s Gd; fresh-conditioned cows, £3 5s to £4 2s Gd; boner cows, £2 2s to £2 15s; boner bulls, £4 10s to £0 2s Gd; cows and calves, £3 17s to £4 2s. Ivamo.—Dairy cows and heifers catnc forward in greater numbers and sold remarkably well, while beef was again dearer. Top dairy cows mado from £8 to £8 15s;. medium dairy cows, July calvers, £(S 15s to £7 17s Gd; August and September calvers. £5 10s to £G 7s Gd; backward, aged and inferior cows, £3 15s to £5 2s Gd; best heifers, £6 to £7 355; others, £5 to £5 12s Gd; inferior and backward lieifers, £3 15s to £4 7s Gd; heavy fat heifers, to £!); light prime heifcrg, £7; medium fat cows. £0 to £G 8s; light fit cows, £5 5s to £5 17s Gd; fat Jersey cows, £4 JOs to £5 ss; fresh cows, £3 1.5s to £4 7s Gd; boner cows, 31s to £2 12s; cows and calves, £3 15s to £4 Os; good runners, £2 10s to £3 ss; smaller, £2 5s to £2 Ss; small yearling Jersey heifers, 31s to 335. The company also held a clearing sale on behalf of Mr. Nelson Waterman, of Ruawai. Although the attendance was not very largo, competition was brisk throughout and tho whole herd of G1 cows averaged £lO lis Gd, the top price cow making £ls 10s. Prices were as follows:—Best cows i'MPnne-attly*-* calvers, £l2 to £ls 10s; good quality cows, £8 to £ll 15s; August-September calvers, £7 os to £0; backward and three-quarter cows, £0 os to £6 12s Gd. WAIHOU REALISATIONS The Farmers' Co-operalivo Auctioneering Company, Limited, reports having held the fortnightly stock sale at "VVaihon, when a full yarding of cattle came forward. Thero was a shortage of heavy beef cattle, tho entry in this section comprising mostly medium heavy Jersey cows and heifers. Competition was keen for both fat and boner cows, with prices slightly ahead of recent quotations. Tho advertised entry of dair,y cattle came forward in good condition with competition steady, the whole herd changing hands at satisfactory prices. Heifers also sold at values fully equal to late rates. There was a light yarding of fat and store pigs and a good number of breeding sows. Competition was keen and prices fully equal to recent quotations ruled. Cattle: Medium fat Jersey cows and heifers, £5 to £5 15s; light fat Jersey cows, £4 5s to £4 16s; light fat Jersey heifers, £3 7s to £4 10s; heavy boner cows. £3 10s to £1 4s; medium, £2 8s to £3; light, 35s to £2 2s; cull cows, 15s to 255; medium potter bulls, £4 to £4 10s; IS-months empty Jersey heifers, £2 15s to £3 ss; smaller and poor condi : tioned Jersey heifers, 395. Dairy cattle: Jersey and Jersey-cross heifers, close, to profit. £lO 10s to £11; smaller, to £8; calved heifers, £4 10s to £G ss; Jersey and Jerseycross cows, July calvers, £S 10s to £IX7 August calvers, £G 15s to £8; later calvers, • £4 15s to £G; low conditioned cows, £3 5s to £4 ss. Pigs: Heavy porkers, £2 14s to £2 18s; light, 33s to 345; medium stores, 23s to 20s cd; slips. 14s to lGs Gd; breeding sows, close to farrowing, £2 10s to £3 2s Gd; low conditioned sows, 2Gs to 38s. • i

COMPETITION AT KAMO ..] [fiioh our own correspondent] WHANG AREI, Friday r< Dalgety and Company, Limited, reportsholding the usual weekly stock sale at Kamo, when there was a good yarding which mat with fair competition. Good Jersey 'springing cows, £6 10s to £6 12s Gd; more backwardl £5 to £G; backward springing heifers, £? 15s to £1 10s; good fat cows, £9 12s; lighter sorts, £G to £G Gs; store cows, £2 10:3 to £3 10s; heifer calves, 31s to 375. The Ohaeawai sale conducted by Dalgety and Company, Limited, comprised chiefly dairy cattle and a total clearance resulted, prices being on a par with late rates. Best springing cows made from £G 5s to £6 7s Gd; inoro backward, £5 to £G; inferior sorts, £3 5s to £3 17s Gd; good springing heifers, £5 7n Gd to £5 10s; more backward, £4 to £4 12s Gd; light fat cows, £5 to £5 Gs. .

MARKET .AT FEILDING

[BY TELEGRAPH PRESS ASSOCIATION J FEILDING. Friday -.} Prices for fat sheep jumped about' 2s & head at tho Feilding sale. Bidding for fatewes was particularly good, and for these the advance on the previous week was probably 3s a head. Fat wethers wefo firm at advanced figures. Fat lambs sold readily. F.reez* ing companies operated freely/with the local butchers. Store lambs were in good demand. There was a keen inquiry for breeding ewes, although prices were not anything exceptional. Dairy cattle were yarded in larger , numbers than previously, consignments from outside districts swelling entry. Prices, con l sidering the quality, which was indifferent, were good. A medium yarding of cattle found the market somewhat hard to satisfy. Prices were barely at late rates. Store, cattle sold well, some lines showing advances. Fat sheep: Fat lambs, prime condilion. 20s; extra prime, 225; good, 10s 7d to 19s Gd; fair, from 12s; fat two-tooths, very good, 20s; medium, 16s Gd ' to ISs 3d; poor, from 14s; wethers, very prime, 22s 4d; prime, 20s Id to 21s; good, ISs 3d to 10s; others, from 15s 2d; fat owes, prime, Ills 2d; extra prime, 20s 3d; good, to ISs 2d; others, from 9s 7d to 17s Dd. fstore sheep: Black-face lambs, Gs 2d to 93 v 10a; wether lambs, good condition, lis lOd to 14s; medium, 9s Gd to 10s 3d; poor, .from 7s 3d; ewe lambs, good, lGs 6d to 17s 9di fair, to lGs; two-tooth ewes, running- with Southdown rams, 17s Gd to 225; four and five-year, 13s to ISs Id; five-year, 10s 4d to ISs 'lOd; five and six-year, lis 7d to lis Sd; aged, 10s 7d. Dairy cattle: Springing cows, £4 to £6 ss; second calvers, to £S; springing heifers, £4 5s to £0 ss. Store cattle: Wearier steers, £2 10s to £2 12s; weaner Polled Angus steers, £2 Ss to £3 7s; . 20-monihs Polled Angus steers, £3 15s; weaner Hereford steers, £2 19s; Holstein cows, £3 10s; potter Cows, £2 to £3 2s Gd; cows, running with bull, £3 lGs; Jersey yearling steers, £3 10s; Polled Angus bulls, £2 10s. Fat cattle: Short horn heifers, to £9 2s fid; Polled Angus bul--. locks, £7 12s Gd; ex-dairy cows, to £5 5s light Hereford steers and heifers, £4 ss.

CLEARING SALE VALUES G. W. Vercoe and Company, Limited, reports having held a clearing sale on behalf of Mr. It. McCorquindale, at Ngaruawahia, when the herd of 39 cows came forward in good condition. The attendance was not a largo one, but nevertheless a total clearance was effected at satisfactory prices. Good quality Jersey cows (early calvers), sold from £9 to £lO us; good quality later calvers, £7 10s to £S 10s; backward cows, £0 to £7 ss; yearling Jersey heifers, to £3; two-year-old in-calf Jersey heifers, to £7 2s Gd; sows in pig, to £4 15s. G. W. Vercoe and Company, Limited, reports holding a clearing sale on behalf of Mr. R. H. Thomson, at Newstead. Buyers were present in largo numbers?, and bidding throughout was keen. Good qtiality Jersey cows (in milk and close to profit) sold from £9 to £lO 15s; good quality later calvers, £7 15s to £8 12s Gd; backward, . £6 10s to £7 10s; inferior, to £6; two-year-old Jersey heifers (early calvers), to £S; seven-year-old bay mare, £SO; seven-year-old brown mare, £3S. G-. W. Vercoe and Company, Limited, reports having held a clearing sale on account of Mr. C. Fret well, at "Waerenga. The herd, which was a very mixed one, came forward in low condition, and consequently prices were not high. Fair quality Jersey and Jerseycross cows (early calvers), £7 to £7_lss; young Jersey cows, in low .condition, £5 10s to £G 10s; others, to £5; aged and inferior, to £4 15s; small two-year-old Friesian heifers, £5 15s to £0 10s; sows in pig. to £2 10s; store pigs. ISs to 2Gs. CLEARANCE AT TE PUKE [by telegraph OWN correspondent] TE PUKE, Friday The Farmers' Co-operative Auctioneering Company, Limited, reports having conducted n successful clearing sale on account of Mr. P R Taylor, To Matai Road. There was a large bench of buyers present and a good clearance was effected at prices well up t6 the best clearing sale rates, loung Jersey-, cross cows, July calvers, made from £S tQ £11; August calvers, £G to £/ 10s; later calvers, £4 to £5; aged cows, £2 10s .;to £3- Jersey-cross heifers, late calvers, £4.-5s to £5; Friesian-cross heifers, £4 2s Gil to £5; two-vear Ayrshire bull, £lO 10_s. Pigs:. Sows to farrow, £2 17s Gd to £3 nifts, 335; weaners, lis; store lambs, <S 3d; cull owes, 3s; farm horses, £l2 10s to £14., v 6 HOLSTEINS IN DEMAND The New Zealand Loan and MercantileAgency Company, Limited, reports conducting a clearing* sale at Horsham Downs -on. behalf of Mr. H. A. Stott. The herd, which consisted of Holsteins, came forward in excellent order to a large bench of buyers. Bidding throughout was brisk, resulting in n total clearance at rates well in advance.of late sales. Buyers were present from Auckland, Tauranga, all parts of the Waikato. and further north, which proves that Hoist ein cattle still enjoy widespread popularity.. The herd, comprising SO cows together withi 22 two-year in-calf heifers, averaged £S In computing this average all unsound, late and, empty cows are included. DISPERSAL AT OPOTIKI • [BY TELEGRAPH —OWN CORRESPONDENT] OPOTIKI. Friday v' The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company, Limited/ reports boldi.bg' a clearing sale on behalf of Mr. Jack Young," Otara Road- The dairy herd of GG cows was offered in first-class condition and for 40 quality cattle with calving dates was obtained the good average of £7 15s. Backward calvers also sold well on account of the shortage of feed available. Quality cows with calving dotes, early calvers, £lO to. £ll 12s ,Gd; good cows with later calving dates, £S to £8 10s; backward calvers. £5 10s to £7 15s; three-iuarter cows, £3 10a to £1 10s; two-year Jersey in-calf heifbrs,' late calvers. £4 to £6; yearling Jersey-, heifers, £1 10s; aged mare, £7 ss; sow .&nda litter, £3 2s Gd; crossbred sow, £2 10s; bulls, £3 to £5. • ?