COUNTRY STOCK SALES

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXVIII, Issue 23880, 3 February 1941, Page 3

COUNTRY STOCK SALES

MORRINSVILLE PRICES MEDIUM SHEEP YARDING [from our own correspondent] MORRINSVILLE, Saturday There was a medium yarding of fat sheep sold at the Morrinsvillo sale today, and a full entry of breeding ewes included lines from Gisborne and east coast districts. The demand for twotooths was stronger than last week, due to the improved quality of the yarding, very largo numbers of good quality twotooths being penned. An entry of Gisborne cattle came forward in good order and created keen interest. Over a good entry of cow beef, together with a full yarding of boner cows and potter bulls, lato rates were fully maintained. A largo yarding of all classes of pigs, with competition for baconers and porkers steady, values remaining fully up to last week's quotations. Choppers again sold well, while store and weaner pigs showed a slight increase on last week's prices. Farmers' Auctioneering.—Sheep: Light fat wethers, '22s to 2-ls (id; fat ewes, 14s 3d; heavy fat lambs, 23s to 245; lighter, ins i)d to 22s 3d; best woolly store lambs, 10s Id to 17s 3d; medium, 14s Od to His; small, 30s fid to 13s. Two-tooths: Ex Wairoa, 32s to 3-js (id; ex liicks Bay, 2Gs to 20s 3d; ex Matahiia station, 'J!)s; small two-tooth ewes, ex Mangapohue, 22s (id to 25s 6d; local twotooth ewes, from 33s Gd, with smaller sheep 21s (id to 25s 8(1; cull ewes, 8s to 12s. Mixedage ewes, 21s Od to 2os 3d; five-year ewes, 19s to 275; mixed-age sheep, 24s Sd to 25s 3d; six-year ewes, 13s Od; four-year ewes, 23s (id to 21s (id. Cattle.—Three-year Polled Angus steers, £7 ir.s to ,CO 48; three-year Hereford steers, £7 1.2s to £8 13s; 2%-ycar P.A. steers, £7 7s to £8 Is; 2%-ycar Hereford steers, £7 to £7 17s; 18-ntonths P.A. steers, £5 12s (id to £t> (is; lb-month Hereford steers, £o 15s to £ti 2s; smaller steers, £4 2s to £5; twoyear P.A. heifers, £5 10s to £(> Is; two-year Hereford heifers, £5 Os to £(> JOs; 18-month heifers, £4 4s to i'l 15s; empty P.A. cows, £5 8s to £6 Os; empty Hereford cows, £4 16s to £5 17s; aged cows, £4 IGs. Light fat Jersey steers, £0 ss; heavy fat cows, £7 10s to £8 13s; fat Jersey cows and heifers, £5 10s to £(i 15s; young killable cows, £4 10s to £5 ss; boner cows, £3 10s to £5 10s; light, £2 10s to £3 ss; heavy potter bulls, £8 10s to £0 10s; lighter, £6 to £8; vealers, £2 lis to £4. Pigs.—Heavy choppers, £4 to £5 Is; others, £2 Os to £3 15s; heavy prime baconers, £4 10s to £4 14s; heavy, £4 4s to £4 8s; medium, £3 lGs to £4 2s; light, £3 10s to £3 14s; butter-milk pigs and heavy porkers, £2 ISs to £3 8s; medium porkers, £2 12s Gd to £2 lGs; light, £2 to £2 10s; large stores and unfinished porkers, 30s to 375; medium stores, 22s Gd to 27s Gd; slips, 14s to ISs Gd; weancrs, 5s to 12s; good quality empty maiden Large Black sows, £4 to £5 10s; others, £3 5s to £3 17s Gd; small, £2 5s to £3. TE PUKE SHEEP FAIR At the Farmers' Co-operative Auctioneering Company's To Puke sheep fair bidding throughout was exceptionally keen, Mixedale and five-year ewes especially were wanted and sold better in comparison than twotooths. Local sheep realised late rates, as did also a medium yarding of store lambs. Iwotooth breeding ewes, 20s 3d; mixed-age ewes, 2(>s 3d to 26s Gd; four and five-year ewes. 25s 2d to 25s 3d: best five-year ewes, 26s 10d: others. 22s to 245; sound-mouth ewes, 21s Gd to 22s 3d; aged ewes, 17s Od. FRANKTON SHEEP SALE Abo\it 4000 ewes and lambs were offered b.v Wright, Stephenson and Company at the special sheep sale held at Frankton. Competition was slow on ewes, except those showing quality, but was very keen on all classes of lambs. Good shorn wether lambs, 15s 4d to His Sd; others. 8s to 14s ; good woolly wether lambs. IGs to 17s 3d; good woolly black-face lambs, His Sd to 17s 2d; small black-face lambs, 12s to 1.45; good shorn ewe lambs, 21s; medium to small, 14s to 16s: average two-tooth ewes, 29s 3d; small. 24s to 26s Gd; medium-class five-year ewes. lbs to 20s 3d; aged ewes. 12s to 14s. SOUTHDOWN RAM FAIR At the Waikato Sheep Breeders' Association's second annual Southdown ram fair at Claudelands top price for flock Southdowns was l4%srns, and many rams brought donble figures. The auctioneers were: Newton King, Limited, G. W. Vercoe and Company, Wright, Stephenson and Company. Top price in the sale of flock Southdowns was secured b.v Mr. C. J. Hawken, of Hawera, at 14%gns, the majority of the vendors' consignment realising double figures, the range being from Mr. W. Harbutt, of Cam- i bridge, secured IP/igns for two excellent sheep, many of the vendors' offering also making doublo figures. Top price for stud Southdowns was secured b.v Mr. 0. R. Self, of Papatoetoe, at 23gns. All the studs sold from 14 to 23gns. Two-shear Southdowns inado from 5 to 7 1 ,igns. QUOTATIONS AT PIOPIO At Dalgety and Company's Piopio sale good two-tooth wethers made 10s to 20s; sixtooth breeding ewes, 2Gs to 26s 7d; good ewe lambs, 20s 3d to 21s Sd; medium sorts, 16s to 18s; smaller, 12s to 15s; best wether lambs, 14s Od to His Sd; medium, lis to 13s (id; small, 7s to 10s; good black-face lambs. 15s lid. Medium fat cows and heifers, £5 10s to £6; fresh-condition cows. £4 to £4 10s: fresh-condition three and four-year steers, £8 10s to £8 15s; lighter sorts. £7 to £7 10s; good Polled Angus cows, with calves, £6 ss; mixed colour cows and calves, £4 6s; small IS-months steers, £4 4s. VALUES AT MATAMATA At the Farmers' Auctioneering Company's Matamata stock sale quotations were:—Light fat steers, to £9 IGs; medium prime heifers, £8 to ;fS lis; lighter. £6 16s to £7 12s: medium prime cows, £7 6s to £8 ss; lighter. £G lis to £7 Is: heavy fat Jersey cows. £(! 5 s to £7 ss; lighter, £4 15s to £5 1< s (id; heavy boner cows, £4 2s to £5 10s; others, £2 10s to £3 17s 6d; extra heavy potter bulls, £lO 10s to £ll 15s; heavy. £0 5s to £lO 2s Gd: others, £4 15s to £S 17s.(id. Fat lambs. 22s to 23s Od: store lambs, lis to 13s 6d: smaller. 12s 3d to 13s; cull lambs, Ss 5d to 10s; two-tooth wethers, 235; four-tooth wethers, 22s 4d; twotooth ewes, 31s; one-shear Southdown rams. (> to 7gns. Heavy choppers, £4 to £5 4s; others, £2 10s to £3 10s; prime heavy baconers, £1 10s to £4 14s; others, £3 10s to £4 8s; buttermilk pigs and heavy porkers, £2 ISs to £3 Ss: other porkers. £2 to £2 IGs; large stores and unfinished porkers, 30s to 38s; medium stores, 22s to 27s Cd: slips. 10s to 37s fid; weaners, 4s to Ss; breeding sows, £2 5s to £2 10s; sows with litters, £2 15s to £3 10s. MERCURY BAY FAIR Well-grown store lambs realised Waikato values at the Farmers' Auctioneering Company's annual Mercury Bay sheep fair. Breeding ewes were penned in fair numbers and met a spirited demand »t satisfactory values. Well-grown woolly ewe *lanibs, 10s to 21s; medium quality, l-ls to 18s; best shorn ewe lambs, 15s lOd to'lOs If:; forward-conditioned shorn wether lambs, ,I,ls 7d to 16s 2d; medium quality, 13s to <l3s Od; smaller, 12s 3d to 12s 7d; shorn mixed-sex lambs, 13s to 155.; forward-conditioned wethers, 21s (id to 23s Id: store wethers. ISs Od to 20s 3d: poorer-conditioned, 16s 3d to 17s (ids twotooth ewes, 25s Id; sound-mouth owes, l.s to 17s Gd; mixed-age ewes, to 17s sd; others, 13s 3d to 1 l.s sid; cull ewes, Os Od; Romney rams, 2V : gns to 3gns. PERIA AND MANGAMUKA At the New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company's sale at Peria fat and forward wethers made from 20s to 21s; twotooth wethers, His to IS;; two-tooth ewes, small, 255; mixed age ewes. 15s to ISs Od; full-mouthed ewes, lis to 15s; culls, 5s to 7s (id; good woolly wether lambs, 13s 5d to ,15s 2d; woolly ewe lambs, ISs Od; oneshear Koniney rams. Igns to sgns; aged rams. 10s to 30s. At Mangamuka good forward wethers made 10s to 20s; store wethers, His Sd to 17s; sound-mouthed ewes, 15s to His; aged owes. 8s to 12s Od; culls, 5s to 7s Gd; 18-month to two-year steers, £5 to ,tr> His; boner cows, £2 to £3 15s; boner bulls, i(i to £0 15s; light fat Jersey cows, ,C 5 to £5 lis. AUSTRALIAN INDUSTRY EIGHT YEARS' EXPANSION "Australian secondary industry has never been in a stronger position than at present," said Mr. S. M. Ward, chairman of directors of the English, Scottish and Australian Bank, Limited, at the annual meeting in London. "To demonstrate the progress which has taken place in industrial activities, irrespective of the wartime manufacture of munitions during the past eight years," continued Mr. Ward, "the total value of plant and machinery in Australian factories is now estimated at £150.000,000, Australian, as against t121,500,000 in 1932, while the value of output exceeds £500,000,000 and the number of employees approaches 600.000, compared with £282,000,000 and 337,000 respectively in 1932."