COUNTRY STOCK SALES

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXVII, Issue 23809, 9 November 1940, Page 7

COUNTRY STOCK SALES

MOjREINSVILLE values

FAT. SHEEP SELL WELL SLIPS AND WEANERS' EASIER [fiiom our own correspondent] MORRINSVILLE, Friday A good yarding of fat sheep sold well at Into rates at the Morrinsville .stock sale to-day, and store wethers elicited keen competition. The entry of ox and cow beef was a good one and met with a steady demand. Dairy cattle Mere penned in smaller numbers, and values were unchanged. All classes of pigs camo forward in good numbers, baconers and porkers remaining iirm at late quotations. Slips and weaiiers met with a slacker sale. farmers' Auctioneering:.—Heavy prime shorn wethers, tfls to litis; lighter, 28s :id to litis Ud; heavy prime shorn ewes, lUs (id to J7s Id; lighter, its to 15s (id; prime woolly hoggets, 32s fid to 34s Od; shorn hoggets, 21s to 2-1 s (id; store wethers, 25s to 25s Tel; two and four-tooth cwos, to Ms. l'rimc Polled Angus bullocks, to £KS; medium, 111. 10s to £ll 19s; lighter, Shorthorn and Hereford bullocks, £0 (is to £lO J7s; heavy Friesinn cows,* £8 10s to £lO 2s; fat Polled Angus cows and heifers, £7 to £7 7s; heavy prime Jersey heifers, £7 to £7 15s; lighter, £5 to £5 15s; heavy fat Jersey cows, £7 to £7 15s; medium, £5 10s to £(> 10s; boners, £2 5s to £5 2s (id; potter bulls, £G to £8 17s (id; yearling service Jersey bulls, £3 15s to £S 2s (id; yearling Jersey heifers, £5 to £(> 15s; forward P.A. cows and heifers, £7 Is to £7 Us, P.A. cows with calves, £7 (is; Jersey heifers, close to profit, £9 15s to £ll ss; Jersey and Jersey-cross heifers, close, £8 10s to £lO 4s; other heifers, £(} 5s to £8 ssj heifers in milk, £0 to £ll 10s; others. £7 5s to £8 10s; Jersey dairy cows, close to profit-, £9 15s to £l2; Shorthorn and Jer-sey-cross cows, £8 IDs to £ll ss; aged and backward dairy cows, £(i 15s to £7 15s; dairy cows in milk, £(i 15s to £lO ss. Heavy choppers, £t 2s to £4 10s; others, £2 17s to £3 ISs; prime heavy baconers, £1 lOs to £-1 Ms; others, £3 12s to £1 Ss; buttermilk pigs and heavy porkers, £3 to £3 lOs; other porkers, £2 8s to £2 ISs; stores, 3Ss Gd to £2 13s; slips, 2(is (id to 3-ls (id; wrancrs, Ss to 23s (id; Berkshire boars, £-1 Is. Dalgct.v and Company.—Quality P.A. and Hereford-cross heifers, £8 to £8 14s; heavy fat Jersey cows. £7 to £7 11s; others, £5 5s to £(> 15s; boners, 27s (id to £4 15s; potter bulls, £0 10s to £7 15s; springing Jersey heifers, £S to £0 10s. Loan and Mercantile.—Fat cows, £(? to £8 10s; boners, £3 to £5 15s; empty two-year-old Jersey heifers, £4 to £4 :15s; heavy potter bulls, £8 to £lO 10s; two-year-old service bulls. £7 to £8 15s; yearling bulls, £5 to £7 10s; small yearling Shorthorn heifers, £4 to CI t>s; dairy heifers, £S Ids to £lO ss; dairy cows, £7 ]os to £8 15s; Hnsnund cows, £5 to £(> 15s; fat hoggets, 2(Js to 20s lid. MORRINSVILLE HORSE / FAIR The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile reports that at its Morrinsville horse fair competition for good farm horses was keen, but inferior soils were rather hard to dispose of. There was also a good inquiry for hacks, and these sold well throughout. Young farm horses sold from £2O to £2O; medium, £2O to £25 10s; aged, £l4 to £l9 10s; good hacks, £l2 to £ls 15s; others, from £8 to £ll 10s.

THE CITY MARKETS VEGETABLE PRICES RISE Although new potatoes continued to sell at very low, prices, rates for vegetables showed a general increase at the City Markets yesterday. Fair supplies of green peas and hothouse beans •sold at very.high values, as did short quantities of kumanvs- and pumpkins. Onions and new season's marrows also were de.ir. and cabbages and cauliflowers sold at slightly firmer rates. Largo quantities of hothouse tomatoes realised lower values, while prices remained high for a slightly" larger offering of strawberries. The market was heavily supplied with Delicious and Stunner apples. Prices were:—

Fruit.—Apples, Delicious, 6s to Ss Gd a case; Stunner, (is to 93; Dougherty, 6s to Ss; pears, "Winter Nclis, ISs to 5225; Peter Barry, 14s to 16s;' tomatoes, hothouse, choice, Is to Is 4il per lb; others, Sd to lid; oranges, Australian, 21s 3d lo 27s a case; bananas, original, lf)s 9d to 28s; repacked, ripe, 12s !>d to 275; treo tomatoes, new black, 12s to 1 (is; yellow, Os to 12s; marmalade oranges, os io 7s fid; "grapefruit. New Zealand, !)s to Ills; small. Is (id to (is (id; lemons, !»s to 18s (Id a three-quarter bushel case, according to grade and count; strawberries. Captain Cook, extra choice, 2s (id to Us a chip; others, 2s 2d fo 2s -Id; Marguerite, extra choice, 2s 3d to 2s t)d; gooseberries, !is to 13s a case; cherries, lf)s (id to 2-ls.

Field Produce.—Asparagus, %lb bundle, 5d <o 8(1; 31b bundle, Od to Is sd; beet, Is to 2s a doze V; broad beans, 'J'/id to 4d per lit; carrots, -Is to Os a bag. or Is to '>s 4<l a dozen; cauliflowers, .'is Od to Os a sack; on benches, 2s to :?s Od a dozen; cabbages. 3s to 7s a sack; on benches, Is (3d to 3s a dozen; cucumbers, Os to 12s Od a dozen; beans, hothouse, JOd to Is 7d per lb; green pens, r,'A<l to Tel; kumaras, Island, -Id to fxl; iceks. 3d to -Id a bundle; lettuce, -ts to !)s a case; marrows, Is to 10s a'dozen; onions, choice, firm, 12s (Id to l">s a bag; potatoes, southern, os to 7s a sack; Ohakune, -is to Is !>d a hasr; new, No. 1, 3s (id to 4s (id; Xo. J, Is to 2s.(id; pumpkins, choice Triumble, 35s to His per cwt.; parsnips, 3s to 8s a bag, or Is to Is Od n dozen: radish, Is Od to 2s a dozen; rhubarb, 2s to -Is; spinach. Is to Is Od; spring onions. Od to Is a bundle; swedes, 2s to 4s a bag; turnips, Od to Ms a dozen. Poultry.—Cockerels,, heavy breeds, prime, 5s to Gs Gd each; not prime, 3s to 3s 9d; light, prime. 3s (id to -Is Od; not prime, 3s; fat hens, heavy breeds, 5s to 5s Od; light, 3s Gd to -1s Od; pulMs. heavy breeds, best, Gs to Gs Od; smaller, 3s to 4s Od; light, best.. 5s to 5s Od; smaller, 3s to 3s Od; drakes, 'young, prime, -4s to -4s Od; smaller, 3s to 3s Od; old, Os Gd; ducks, old, 2s (id to 2s Od; geese, 8s to Os Gd: turkey hens, 12s to 14s Gd.

Eggs and Butter. —Eggs: Hen, standard grade, Is G*id a dozen; duck, standard grade. Is 4'/id. Farmers' butter. Is o'/ a d to Is 5y a d per lb.