STOCK SALES

Putaruru Press, Volume XVI, Issue 956, 13 November 1941, Page 8

STOCK SALES

PTJTARURU PRICES Dalgety and Ca held the weekly stock sale at Putaruru on MondayjTihe advertised lines ' of hoggets came forward in good order and although bidding was not as keen as •it recent sales the majority of the offering were finally sold at satisfactory prices. An average entry of gat and boner cattle sold well up to recent rates. Prices were: — Sheep.— . Fat shorn hoggets, 21s 9d. •Good quality shorn W-F- wether hoggets. 19s 6d- Smaller, 16s lidShorn B.F. wether hoggets, 17s • 6d. Ewes, 18s 10d. CattleLight fat P.A. cows and heifers, £7 to £7 7s- - Fat Shorthorn cross cows, £5 15s to £6 11s. Fat Jersey heifers, £4 17s 6d to £5 15s. I , Heavy fat Jersey cows, £4 10s to j £5 7s 6<L : Heavy boners, £3 to £3 14s. * Others, £2 to £2 18s. Medium quality yearling Jersey heifers, £5 to £5 10sI A medium yarding of fat pigs came forward with a good yarding [ of small store and weaner pigs.- Fat I pigs sold at full late rates, while I mall stores and weaners were exI eeptionally firm on late ratesMedium baconers, £3 10s to £3 12s I [ Heavy porkers and light baconers, I . £2 13s to £3 2s. I Medium porkers, £2 10s to £2 18s. I ' Light porkers, £2 to £2 10s. I Large stores, 28s to 38s. I Medium stores. 26s to 28sI . Weaners, 16s to 25s 6d-

PUKEATUA SALE

56 Cows Average £l4/10/Grade Jerseys £22/10/Quality cows were fully appreciated by a large bench of buyers at a clearing sale conducted by Newton King Limited on behalf of Mr. W. D. Bethune, of Pukeatua, on Friday last. The herd was well known for its production records over a period of years, and this, combined with type, quality and constitution, helped to make this one of the mostsuccessful sales of the season. Individual butterfat performances were announced at the sale. All the highproducing cows realised from £l6 to £22/10/-, three cows bringing £2O or over. The offering of 11 pedigree cows sold freely to 25 guineas, other sales being from 12 guineas to 23 guineas. The whole herd of 56 cows realised the great average for a .November sale of £l4/10/-. The three-year pedigree Jersey bull Waipiko Victor went to a Te Awamutu huyer at 71 guineas. A two-year-old brought 20 guineas. An offering of porker and store pigs sold fully up to recent rates.

MORRINSVILLE MARKET

Ready Demand For Dairies Baconers And Porkers Firm f At the weekly stock sale of the Farmers’ Auctioneering Company on Friday there was a medium yarding of fat and store sheep, comprising chiefly ewe mutton and shorn store hoggets. Competition remained steady and values on a par with recent sales. A small offering of 'beef sold at unchanged values, while a large entry of boner cattle maintained steady competition and sold freely. There was a large entry of dairy cattle, including the advertised herd on account of Mr- T- J. Michie, and bidding - came freely, the whole herd realising the satisfactory average of £lO 3s. All classes of quality dairy cattle, close to profit, met a ready demand. A small yarding of store cattle comprised chiefly empty 2-year Polled Angus heifers and empty cows, for which bidding was steady. There was a full entry of all classes of pigs, with competition for baconers and porkers very keen at values fully up to those ruling last week. Stores and weaners were not demand and prices were easier. Realisations were: — Heavy fat ewes, 13s to 14s 6d. Lighter, 11s to 12s 6dI Medium fat wethers, 22s 6d to 24s 6d. Heavy fat hoggets, 25s to 28s. Forward conditioned shorn hoggets, 21s. Store hoggets, 19s to 20s. Medium fat Shorthorn cows, £7 15s to £8 15s. Heavy fat Jersey cows, £6 10s to £7 10s. Piime Jersey heifers, £5 15s to £6 15sLight fat Jersey cows, £5 to £5 10sHeavy boner cows, £3 10s to £4 10s. Medium, £2 to £3. Light, 30s to £2. Two-year empty Jersey heifers, £3 5s to £3 15s. Service Jersey bulls, £5 to £7. Others, £3 to £4. Potter bulls, 10s to 35sYoung Jersey dairy cows in milk, £ll 10s to £l4. Jersey dairy cows, £9 15s to £ll 15s. Aged cows, £7 15s to £9 ss. Unsound cows, £5 5s to £6 10s. Springing cows, £7 5s to £ll 10s, O+hers, £7 5s to £9. Best heifers in milk, £lO 10s to £l2 15s Others, £8 5s to £lO. Jersey springing heifers, £8 15s to £lO 15s. Others, £7 5s to £8 10s. Small and backwa d, £6 5s to £7.

Forward conditioned empty P.Acows, to £6 Bs. Medium quality empty 2-year P A. heifers, £5 15s to £6. Smaller, to £5. Best yearling Jersey heifers, to £6 ss. Medium quality yearling Jersey heifers, £3 16s to £4 2s 6d. Heavy choppers, £3 to £3 14s. Others, IDs to £2 ,15s. Heavy baconers, £3 18s to £4 2sMedium, £3 12s to £3 16s. Light, £3 5s to £3 10s. Buttermilk pigs and heavy porkers, £2 18s to £3 4s. Medium porkeTS, £2 10s to £2 16sLight, £2 2s to £2 Bs. Unfinished, 35s to £2. Large stores, 27s 6d to 325. Smaller, 20s to 25sSlips, 12s to 16s 6d. Weaners, 4s to 10s. Breeding sows, 22s 6d to 32s 6d. Sows with litters, 32s 6d to £5 12s 6d.

LOAN AND MERCANTILE At the Loan and Mercantile’s sale a full entry of all classes of cattle included a large entry of fat and •boner cows and also a good entry of station-bred cattle. Dairy cattle were yarded in average numbers and sold before a good bench of buyers but values were somewhat lower on recent sales- Pigs came forward in good numbers and sold at ruling values. Prices were as follows: — Heavy fat Jersey cows, £6 5s to £7 7s 6d. Fat Jersey heifers, £6 10s to £7 2s 6d. Heavy boner cows, £3 5s to £4 7s fid. Medium, £2 10s to £3 2s 6dLight, £1 15s to £2 9s. Paddock cows, £4 5s to £5 10s. Yearling Jersey heifers, £4 10s to £5 12s 6d. Yearling Shorthorn heifers. £6 to ffi 10sYearling P.A. heifers, £3 10s to £4 6sYearling Hereford heifers, £3 15s to £3 19s. v Yearling P.A- steers, £4 5s to £4 17s 6d. Two-year PA. heifers, £4 10s to £5 ss. ‘ Dairy heifers, £8 to £9 10s. Dairy cows, £7 10s to £8 15s. Medium baconers, £3 5s to £3 15s. Heavy porkers, £2, 10s to £3. Light, £1 12s to £2 ss. Store pigs, £1 5s to £1 12s. Small, J.ss to 23s-

DALGETY AND COAt Dalgety and Co.’s Morrinsville stock sale on Friday there was a ■full yarding of cattle, including the full advertised lines ex Gisborne. Bidding was not particularly brisk owing no doubt to the inclement weather conditions, but nevertheless the whole line changed hands under tihie hammer at satisfactory prices. Several pens of local cattle also sold well. Prices were: — Three-year Hereford steers, £9 10s to £lO 7s 6d. Small 2-year Hereford steers, £5 7s 6d to £6 ss._ Two- and 3-year P.A. steers, £6 to £7 12s. Empty P.A. cows, £6 6s to £6 15sOthers, £5 to £5 15s. Empty Hereford cows, £5 12s to £6 11s. Empty 2-year PA. heifers, £5 7s to £6 Bs. Hereford, £5 16s to £6 ss. Others, £4 15s to £5 7s fid. P.A'. cows, calved and to calve, to £6 10s. Yearling P A. heifers, £3 15s to £4 Hereford, £3 5s to £4 ss. Year'ing Jersey heifers (quality), £6 5s to £6 10s. Fat Je-sey cows, £5 10s to £6 4sOthers, £4 15s to £5 ss. Fleshy cows, £3 lgs to £4 ss, Borer cows, 80s to £2 10s. Serv’ce bulls, £3 to £6Medium baconers, £3 6s to £3 10s. Medium porkers, £2 7s to £2 9s. Heavy stores, 34s to 375. Medium stores, 25s to 295. Slips, 12s to 14s.