MORRINSVILLE.

Putaruru Press, Volume XII, Issue 563, 15 March 1934, Page 8

MORRINSVILLE.

Prices for Show Fat Cattle Fat Lambs in Demand At the Farmers’ Auctioneering Co.’s fortnightly Morrinsville sale on Friday a full yarding of good quality cattle, mostly cows and heifers, was penned. The demand was again keen and prices remained firm. A full entry of second quality cow beef also came forward; these showed no alteration.

A few pens of cattle that had been exhibited at the Morrinsville A. and P. Show were sold by Kereone Ltd., Thomas Bros, and Charles Cameron, and keenly sought after, and ”'cre purchased by Messrs. W. Timmins, W. H. Alley, Dendy and Wilkins and M. Davidson.

The entry of store cattle comprised mostly steers, with a few pens of female cattle. Competition for fresh-conditioned cattle with quality was good, but poorer sorts were not so keenly sought after.

There was again a large entry of all classes of sheep with a bigger proportion of fat sheep than usual. Competition for prime ewes and wethers remained keen and late rates were fully maintained. A large entry of fat lambs met with spirited bidding from the export buyers and prices realised were in advance of export rates.

There was a large yarding of store lambs, and prices throughout showed an improvement on recent sales.

Owing to the non-arrival of the East Coast and Tokomaru Bay sheep there were only about 6000 breeding ewes submitted to auction. A large and representative bench of buyers was present, and competition throughout the sale was remarkably keen. Good lines of ewes from the East Coast and North Auckland were keenly bidded for, and the recent increase in values was fully sustained, and the whole of the sheep yarding changed hands.

Fat pigs were penned in good numbers and sold under good competition at prices quoted at Frankton sale. A heavy yarding of store and weaner pigs was penned, which sold under brisk competition resulting in a total clearance. Beef Cattle.— Prime show bullocks, £8 10s to £9 12s. Prime show Polled Angus and Hereford cows and heifers, £6 2s 6d to £6 16s. Medium fat steers, £5 15s to £6 2s 6d. Light fat steers, £4 15s to £5 10s. Heavy fat cows, £5 18s to £6 ss. Medium fat cows and heifers, £4 15s to £5 10s. Light fat cows and heifers, £3 10s to £4 2s 6d. Heavy second quality fat cows, £2 15s to £3 10s. Killable cows, 38s to £2 10s. Heavy boner cows, 28s to 355. Lighter boner cows, 14s to 245. Bulls, £3 5s to £4 10s. Store Cattle.—

Cows with calves, £2 5s to £2 7s 6d, all counted. Jersey heifers, good, 30s to 38s. Smaller Jersey heifers, 20s to 255. Three • and a-half to four year Hereford and Shorthorn steers, £4 17s to £4 19s. Grown Friesian steers, £4 12s 6d to £4 14s. Three-year fresh P.A. steers, £4 15s to £4 17s. Two and a-half year P.A. steers, £3 17s to £4 4s. Mixed colour steers, £2 15s to £3 14s. Fresh conditioned Hereford-Polled Angus heifers, £3 18s to £4. Polled Angus cows, £3. to £3 4s. Shorthorn and Hereford cows, £2 16s to £3 3s. Store cows, 30s to 38s. Fat Sheep.— Prime fat wethers, 26s to 27s 4d. Medium fat wethers, 24s to 25s 3d. Prime fat ewes, 16s lOd to 17s 7d. Medium fat ewes, 15s Id to 16s 3d. Prime heavy fat lambs, 22s to 23s 7d. Medium woolly lambs, £1 to 21s 6d Shorn lambs, 16s 7d to 19s 3d.

Store Lambs.— Store lambs, woolly, 15s 7d to 16s lid. Shorn store lambs, 12s lid to 14s 6d. Smaller lambs, 9s to -0s lid. Breeding Ewes.— Mixed age ewes, ex East Coast, 21s 3d to 22s 3d. Four, six and four-year-old ewes, 24s 6d. Four and five-year-old ewes, 18s Id to 21s 6d. ■ Mixed age ewes ex North Auckland, 21s to 21s 6d. Five-year-old ewes, 16s 6d to 17s. Sound-mouth ewes, 14s 6d to 16s. Aged ewes, 11s 9d to 13s 6d.

Rams.—■ Southdown rams, 3£gns to 4!gns for the best. Others, 2gns to 3gns. Romney rams, 2gns. (Continued in Next Column)

Pigs.— Heavy baconers, £3 4s to £3 9s. Medium baconers, £2 18s to £3 3s. Light baconers, £2 10s to £2 17s. Heavy porkers, £2 to £2 ss. Medium porkers, 35s to 395. Light, 29s to 345. Good stores, 23s to 25s 6d. Slips, 15s to 18s 6d. Good weaners, 12s 6d to 15s 6d. Other weaners, 5s to 10s 6d. Heavy chopners, to £2 ss. Others, £1 13s to £2. Good Tamworth sows, to £3 17s 6d. Tamworth boars, £2 10s to £2 11s.