Stock Sales.

Putaruru Press, Volume XI, Issue 252, 18 May 1933, Page 8

Stock Sales.

VALUES AT MORRINSVILLEFat Sheep Show Advance. Prices for fat sheep at the Farmers’ Auctioneering Co.’s Morrinsville sale on Friday were in advance of last sale, while store sheep maintained late rates. Only an average [• number of sheep was yarded. There was a fair yarding of cattle which changed hands at prices on a par with recent quotations. A full yarding of pigs consisted of about 160 baconers, 400 porkers and 200 stores. There were quite a number of unfinished porkers. Competition for baconers was as keen as at ■ | recent Waikato sales, and values were on a par with the Frankton sale. There was a smaller number of stores and weaners than usual, and these showed a slight improvement in price. Cattle. — Medium fat steers, £4 10s. Light fat steers, £2 5s to £4 ss. Heavy fat cows, £2 11s to £2 19s. Fat heifers, £2 9s to £2 19s. Medium fat cows, £1 15s to £2 ss. Light fat cows, £1 5s to £1 14s. Heavy boner cows, £1 2s to £1 12s. Poor boners, 6s to 17s. Jersey heifer calves, £1 ss. to £1 15s. Friesian heifer calves, £1 ss. Potter bulls, £1 10s to £2 10s. Dairy heifers, £4 to £6; cows, £2 15s to £4 15s. Sheep.— Fat ewes, 8s 7d to '9s 4d. Light fat ewes, 6s .‘id to 7s 6d. Fresh store ewes, 5s 6d to 5s 9d. Prime fat lambs, 435. Lighter fat lambs, 9s 6d to 10s 6d. Good conditioned store lambs, 8s lid. , S.M. ewes r.wJLT). rams, 8s to 9s. i Older ewes, 4s 6d to 6s 6d. r PigS. ’ Heavy baconers, £2 2s to £2 6s. • Medium baconers, 37s to £2 Is. ' Light baconers, 32s to 365. Heavy porkers, 26s to 30s. Medium porkers, 23s to 255. Light and unfinished porkers, 17s ’ to 225. Stores, 11s to T6s. Slips, 8s fid to 11s. ’ Good weaners, 6s to 8s 6d. Smaller weaners, 2s 6d to 5s 6d.

TffiAU SALE. Beef Improve. At the Titan sale conducted by the Farmers’ Co. on Thursday there was a good yarding of all classes of cattle. Beef, which was yarded iin average numbers, improved slightly on late rates, while fresh-conditioned cows also sold well. Cattle.—: Fat cows and heifers, £2 2s %o £2 Bs.

Fresh conditioned killable . cows, 30s to :395. Heavy boner cows, 22s to 28s. Lighter boner cows, 11s to 17s. KilloWe steers, £3 17s to £4 11s. Sound young .dairy cows, 37s 6d to £2 17s fid. Jersey heifers, r.w.b., 35s to £2. Sheep.— Fat hoggets, 14s. Lighter fat hoggets, 10s. Pigs.— Store pigs, 11s to 13s. Slips, 8s to IQs. Weaners, Ss fid to 7s 6d.

MATAMATA. Late Rates Maintained. Dalgety and Co. held their usual fortnightly stock sale at Matamata on Wednesday when fair yardings of sheep and cattle sold at prices quite up to late rates. ... A. record yarding of fat pigs, came forward while there was a medium number of stores. Practically all pigs sold under the hammer. Cattle.— Heavy fat cows, £2 14s to £3. Medium fat cows, 33s to £2. Heavy fat heifers, extra choice, £5 Medium fat heifers, £2 to £2 15s. Light fat heifers, 30s to £2. Boner cows, 15s to 27s 6d. Light fat steers, £2 14s. Bulls, £3. Dairy cows, £3 to £4. Fair sorts, £2 to £2 15s. Rougher sorts, 30s to £2. Pigs.— Heavy baconers, £2 to £2 4s. Medium baconers, 35s to 395. Light baconers, 31s to 355. Heavy porkers, 26s to 30s. Medium porkers, 21s to 255. Light porkers, 16s to 20s. Choppers, 27s 6d to 37s 6d. Stores, 10s to 14s. Slips, 6s to 10s. Best weaners, 6s 6d. Others, 4s to 5s 6d. Sheep.— Store lambs, 6s to 8s 4d. Light fat ewes, 6s 9d. Store ewes, 4s.

FRANKTON PRICES. j Baconers in Keen Demand, j I I There was a heavy yarding of all classes of fat sheep and a medium yarding of store sheep at Frankton on Tuesday. Wethers were in usual numbers, and prices remained unchanged. A heavier entry of fat ewes was penned and was sold at late rates. There was an exceptionallyheavy yarding of fat lambs, and prices were very firm at a slight advance on export rates. A good entry of store sheep, comprising chiefly hoggets, changed hands at late ruling values. Ox beef was again in good supply, late quotations being maintained. Cows and heifers were also yarded in heavy numbers, but 'the quality was hardly up to recent yardings. Values remained unaltered. There was a very heavy yarding of fat pigs, with keen competition for baconers. Prices for porkers were slightly firmer than they have been at the last few sales. Choppers also met with a better market.

Cattle. — Vealers, 15s to 20s. Medium fat steers, £5 to £5 12s. Light, £3 16s to £4 ss. Heavy fat cows, £3 6s to £3 13s. Medium cows and heifers, £2 10s to £3. Killable, to 335. Boners, to 255. Sheep.— Prime wethers, 15s to 15s 9d. Medium, 13s 3d to 14s. Light, 11s to 12s. Heavy fat ewes, 9s 3d to 10s. Light, 7s to 8s 3d. Prime lambs, 13s to 13s 9d. Medium, 11s 6d to 12s 3d. Light, 9s to 10s 3d. Store lambs, 6s 5d to 7s 9d. Pigs.— Heavy choppers, £2 10s to £3 ss. Prime heavy baconers, £2 2s to £2 ss. Medium, 38s to 41s. Light, 33s to 375. Heavy porkers, 27s to 30s. Medium, 24s to 265. Unfinished porkers and stores, 40s to 17 s. Slips, 6s 6d to IQs. Weaners; 3s 6d to 6s.