COUNTRY STOCK SALES

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXVI, Issue 23384, 28 June 1939, Page 9

COUNTRY STOCK SALES

I'ItAXKTOX QUOTATIONS FAT SHEEP VALUES STEADY OX BEEF SLIGHTLY EASIER [ntOM Ot'R OWN cor respondent] HAMILTON, Tuesday A full yarding of fat sheep, comprised chiefly of wether mutton, came forward at the Frankton stock sale today. Fat owes were again in short supply. Values throughout were steady, but there was no improvement in price. Fat hoggets again sold readily at firm market rates. A smaller entry of fat eattle caine forward, including an average supply of ox hoof, for which competition was slightly easier than last week. Prime cow and heifer beef showed no improvement, hut boner cows fully maintained late quotations. A small entry of fat pigs was penned with values corresponding with last snle, while a medium entry of stores and woaners sold readily. I'lie auctioneers quote:— Farmers' Co-operative Auctioneering Company, Limited.—Sheep: Prime fat wethers, 23s 'id to •jr.s (id; fat wethers, 20s 0(1 to 22s (id; light. 17s (id to IDs (id; fat ewes, 13s (id to 15s (id; killable ewes, 5s to lis; medium fat woolly hostels, l!»s (id to 22s;' lighter, ios (id to 18s; fat shorn hoggets, 15s to I,s (id; lighter, 1 .'is <id to Ms (id. Cattle: Light prinie hullorks. £!> Os to £l> 17s; lighter, C 7 Ins to CO; unfinished, £0 17s to £7 lis; heavy prime Polled Angus heifers, £H Ids to i'Si Us: medium, £'(i 18s to £•»; light fat heifers. £0 to CO 18s; fat cows, CO 17s to £fi ISs; fat Jersey cows, £■'< 10s to If! Os; light .Jersey rows and heifers, £1 .".5 to £4 10s; heavy boner.', -t.'i Os to Cl; lighter, X"- 1 2s r;d to .l.'S 2s; Jersey springing cows, CO 10s to cs 10s; more backward, CO to £0 10s: small Jersey lieifers. £1 10s to' £0 Os; I'ie«: Medium liaroners. £-.1 In £'. l 8s; licht, £2 10s to £ - IDs; porkers. to £i> 13s; licht. 30s ! to 30«; unfinished. 28s to .'Ms; large stores. 28s Or! to 80s; medium. 24s to 26« Gil; small stores and slips. 17s to 225; best weaners. 10s (id to Ms; others, Os to 8s 6d; sow and litter, £•<> Os. <!. W. Yereoe and Company, Limited. —A prime heavy Friesian bullock sold on account of Mr, Andy Ramsay, of Hillcrest. realised CM lu.s; prime Hereford bullocks from Mr. T. M. Hall, of Hamilton, sold from £l3 7s (id to £'l3 10s; prime lighter cattle from Mr. John Scott, of Xewstead, sold from £'ll ; 12s (id to £l2; Shorthorn bullocks from Mr. F. Xorrish, of Kaipaki, sold up to £11; while prices ranging uj> to £8 Ids were received by the Waikato Racing Club for small Polled Angus bullocks. Heavy prime bullocks, £l3 ,s (id lo CM 10s; prime medium weights, £ll to Cl2; prime light weights. CIO lo CIO l."is; lighirr, CD to .CD 12? (id; smaller and unfinished, to £8 10s. Heavy , prime cows, £8 io> to CD 10s; prime medium weights, £7 10s to £8 7s fid; prime light , weights. I'd 10s to £'7 Ss; lighter. £."> 10s to £'ii 10s; heavy prime heifers. £S ]os to CD 7s (id; prime medium weights. £7 10s to £8 7s fid; prime light weights, to £7; heavy prime Jersey cows. CO 10s to £7 Os; lighter, to £'(>; light, up to CO Os; heavy prime Jer- j se.v heifers, £0 10s tp £7 10s; others', to £(! j Os. Calves: Prime light-weight runners, £3 Os I to £3 10s; lighter, up to £3; heavy vealers, j £2 Ids to £2 18s: medium weights, £2 to £2 7s (id; prime light weights. 30s to 38s; small, to 20s. Store cattle: Forward-condi-tioned Shorthorn and Friesian cows realised up to £1 1 Os; others, to £•!; empty twoyear Jersey heifers, £3 2s Gd: Jersey heifer calves, to C 3 Os; small crossbred heifers, to £•2 7s Od;; heavy boners, £3 10s to £4; medium weights. C2 10s to £3 7s fid; light, to C2 10s; potter hulls, to £0 10s. Dairy cattle: Good quality young Jersey cows (August calvers), £8 to C 8 10s; fair quality Jersey cows • (July calvers); £0 10s to £7 12s Gd; others, to £'G backward and inferior sorts, to Ct 10s: fair quality Jersey heifers (early calvers). to £7 10s; more backward, to CG 10s. Sheep: Extra heavy prime wethers sold up to 27s Od; heavy pjime, 21s to 25s | 3d; prime medium weights, 22s Dd to 23s Gd; prime light. 21s to 22s (>d; medium-weight wethers. ISs to 20s (id: light and unfinished, up to 17s; heavy prime ewes, 16s to ISs; prime weights. Its to 10s 3d: wellfinished light weights. 10s to 13s; others, to Ss; prime medium-weight lambs, 21s to 22s 3d; prime light weights, 18s to 20s 6d; others. IGs to 17s Od; small and unfinished, up to 10s. Store sheep: Five-year-old ewes realised 13s Id; aged ewes, to Os Gd; small store lambs, to (Is. Pigs: Medium-weight baconers sold from £3 10s to C 3 1 <ts; light. £3 2s lo £3 8s; heavy porkers, £2 1.5s lo £3; medium weights, £2 8s to £2 12s; light. £2 to £2 7s; small and unfinished. 31s to 375; choppers, to £3 10s. Store pigs: Good stores, 2Ds to 335; smaller. 21s to 28s; good slips, 20s to 235. Gd; others. 17s to 10s Gd: best weaners. Ms to 17s; others, to 13s; sows with littfcrs, to £7 10s. Messrs. Dalgety and Company. Limited.— Cattle: Medium fat steers. CO to £lO Os; light, £7 10s to £S 7s (id; medium fat. Jersey cows. £t 10s to £0 Os; medium fat cows. £7 to £7 10s; light fat Jersey cows. £3 10s to £t; heavy boner cows. £3 to £3 0s; boner rows. £2 to £2 10s; vealers, medium. £2 10s to £3 Os; light. 20s to 30s; potter bulls. £<l to £(! 7s (id; dairy cows. £0 10s to £8 17s Gd. Sheep: Heavy fat wethers, 21s to 21s Od; medium, 21s to 22s Od; light, 17s to ISs fid; light and unfinished. l- r >s to IGs 3d; heavy fat ewes, 10s to IGs 3d; medium, 12s to 13s Gd: light and unfinished. Ss to 10s Gd; heavy fat lambs, ISs to 225; medium. 10s to IGs Gd; light, 10s to 12s Gd; store wethers, 10s to 12s Gd. Pigs: Light baconers. £2 18s to £3 2s; prime heavy porkers, £2 12s to £2 18s; prime medium. £2 to C2 Gs: medium, 32s to £2; prime light. 2Gs to 325; light. 20s to 2Gs; choppers, medium, £2 15s; light, 20s to £2; best store pigs, 30s to 30s; medium, 20s to 30s; small. 20s to 20s; best slips, 20s to 21 s; pen very choice weaners. 245; good weaners. IGs to 20s; smaller, 10s to IGs. Newton, King, limited.—Best fat cows sold from CG 10s to £7 Os; forward cows, £3.10s to Ct 10s; boners, £2 lis to £3 7s Gd. In the fat sheep section fat wethers sold from 20s to 21s Gd. Pigs: Large stores. 28s to 325; smaller stores, 20s to 27s Gd; slips, ISs to 22s Gd; weaners. 10s to 15s 6d. PUTARURU YARDING [from our own correspondent] PUTARURU, Tuesday A small yarding of cattle came forward at the monthly stock sale at Putaruru by Dalgety and Company, Limited. Although bidding was somewhat dull, prices were ou a par with rates ruling at other centres. Several pens of springing Jersey heifers did not elicit much competition, and were passed in at prices slightly below vendors' reserves. Quotations were:—Fat Jersey-cross heifers, £1 Ms to £0 Is; fat COWS, £0 Os to £0 2s; fat. Jersey cows, £-1 2s Gd to £0 Os; heavy boners, £3 to £3 10s; medium boners, £1 ISs to £2 IDs; light boners, 12s (id to £1 10s; good quality springing Jersey heifers, passed at £U; small backward Jersey heifers, £1 ,12s. HAMILTON DAIRY CATTLE The Farmers' Co-operative Auctioneering Company, Limited, reports having held its usual fortnightly dairy sale at the Hamilton East saleyards. A good entry of dairy heifers was penned, including several choice lines of well-grown heifers, showing close to profit. Keen competition was forthcoming for this class from a full bench of buyers, but backward heifers were not so keenly sought. Good quality forward-conditioned heifers made to £lO to £ll fis; medium, £8 10s to £i) ss; later, £6 to £S Os. QUOTATIONS FOR WHEAT LONDON AND LIVERPOOL FUTURES IN CHICAGO

LOXDOX, June 26 Wheat. —Cargoes are easier and parcels are dull. Futures. —London: July, "21s 2d a quarter; August. 21s 4d. Liverpool: July, 3s 9Jd a cental; October, is lid; December. 4s 3id. CHICAGO. June 26 Wheat. —July, 69J cents a bushel; September, 70$ cents; December, 71£ cents.

SALE OF HORSES MARES AND GELDINGS j BY TELEGRAPH —OWN PUKEKOHE, Tuesday A special snip of 80 three to eight-voar-old South Island horses on account ul' .Mr. W McDonald, of Christchurch, was held at Pukekohe to-dav bv the' New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company. Limited. The horses, which were a good, reliable line of farm mares and geldings, arrived in attractive condition. Buyers were present in large numbers and a keen sale resulted. The prices ranged from £l7 to £M6 and all horses changed hands. The leading sales were:—Brown mare to Mr. S. O'Leary, Pokeno, £4G; bay gelding, Mr. H. Wallace, Mangere, C-ll; brown gelding. Mr. F.. C. Foote, Whangarei. £.'s(s; hay gelding. Mr. H. Dyer. Onewliero. £•'!.'s; bay gelding, Mr. W. Burrows, Kumeu. £32 10 s; two bay geldings. Mr. James"" Douglas, Waiau Pa, £:.!() and £27; bav mare, Mr. It, T. Paul, Takaniui, £26.