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Te Awamutu Courier, Volume 25, Issue 3760, 25 May 1936, Page 8

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TE AWAMUTU STOCK SALE. Messrs Dalgety and Co. Ltd. report having held their usual tjri-weekly stock sale at Te Awamutu on Thursday as under:—Sheep: Only a small yarding which sold at full late rates. Fat wethers 27s 6d, light fat wethers 24s 9d, fat ewes 18s 7d to 21s, store 2-tooth wethers 20s 9d, heavy fat lambs 24s 6d ito 26s 6d, medium weight lambs 20s, small store lambs 9s to 10s 3d. Dairy Cattle: A large yarding which met with 'a fair demand at late rates. Pens cf springing heifers made up to £6 17s 6d, medium quality ditto £4 10s to £5 ss, small heifers £3 to £3 10s, dairy cows (July, August calvers) £5 to £6 15s, others £3 to £4 ss. Fat and Store Cattle: A heavy yarding composed mostly of fat and boner Jersey cows, prices were on a par with’late sales. A-few pens of fat steers sold at prices slightly in buyers’ favour. No good quality yearling Jersey heifers were offered. Medium weight fat steers £8 10s to £8 12s 6d, light weight fat steers £5 5s to £7 ss, medium weight fat. Shorthorn heifers £4 10s to £5 ss, light fat heifers £3 to £4 7s 6d, mediusm fiat cows £5 to £5 7s 6d, light fat cowls £3 5s to £4 7s 6d, heavy boner cows £2 10s to £3 2s 6d, light 25s to 37s 6d, ccws and runners £1 Ils to £2 (all counted), good quality and conditioned 18 - month Shorthorn steers £5 Ils, small 18-month steers £3 5s to £3 17s 6d, medium quality yearling Jersey heifens £2 10s to £2 17s 6d, bulls £3 to £3 17s 6d. Pigs: There was a very heavy yarding of fat and store pigs. Baconers sold at advanced rates under very keen competition, while prime porkers also met with a ready demand. Unfinished sorts were as keenly sought after. Store pigs melt a very .ready demand while bidding on breeding sows was slack. £3 10s was top price for baooners and this price was obtained in several instances'. Prime heavy baconers £ 35s to £3 10s, heavy £3 to £3 ss, medium £2 15s to £3, light £2 10s to £2 15s, light and unfinished £2 5s tc £2 9s, heavy porkers 38s to £2 4s, prime porkers 33s to '37s, liigV.lt prime 29s to 325, light 24s to 295, unfin’shed 17s to 235, choppers £2 to £2 19s, best stores 16s to 19s, best slips 14s to 17s, smaller 10s to 13s, best weaners 7s to Ils, others 5s to 6s 6d, sows in pig £3 2s 6d to £3 10s.

MORRINSVILLE STOCK SALE.

;New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co. Ltd., Hamilton, report on their Mjoflrinsville stock sale, held on Friday, as follows:—Few of a moderate entry were of good quality. Mediocre Jersey cows formed the bulk of the entry. A firm demand was experienced and a satisfactory clearance effected for all classes. For smlall numbers of dairy cows the. enquiry was keen and prices were similar to those of other resetn sales. Good competition prevailed for a number of pens of mostly forward quality fat lambs while breeding , ewes were fairly briskly [sought after. Good qulality Jersey cows £3 17s 6d to £4 6s, medium ditto £3 5s to £3 15s, light quality ditto £2 15s to £3 2s 6d, good conditioned store cows £2 to £2 12s 6d, heavy boners £1 16s to £2 4s, others to £1 14s, good young dairy cows and heifers £5 to- £6, inferior i.c. heifers £4 to £4 15s, forward quality fat lambs 18s to £1 Is,

others 17s, medium 6-tooth breeding ewes £1 Is. Messrs Dalgety and Co. Ltd. report having held their weekly stock sale at Morrinsville on Friday. There was a good yarding of cattle comprising mostly light fat and forward condition Jersey cows. Late rates were maintained and a good clearance was effected. Good fat Shorthorn cross cows £5 4s to £5 Bs, lighter* £4 to £4 9s, fat Jersey cows £2 19s to £3 7s 6di, lighter £1 18s to £2 2s, others according to condition £1 5s to £1 12s, medium potter bulls at up to £4 6s. There was a medium yarding of fat pigs with a small yarding of stores. Baconers again advanced land the top price realised was £3 Ils. Porkers Were quitted at this week’s Frankton quotations. Prime heavy baconers £3 6s to £3 Ils, 'heavy taconer® £3 to £3 6s, no medium baconers were yarded, light baconers made £2 9s to £2 12s, medium porkers 32s to 365, light prime porkers 27s to 30s, small 22s to 265, best stores 16s to 18s, slips 12s to 14s, weaners 6s 6d to 9s.

HAMILTON STOCK SALE.

The Farmers’ Co-operative Auctioneering ‘Company Limited report: Sheep.— At Frankton sale on Tuesday both wethers and ewes came forward in full numbers, the quality of most being good and competition remained strong at recent improved quotations. Fat lambs were penned in good numbers with prime sorts receiving more attention from exporters, but unfinished lambs were dull of sale. Cattle.—A moderate yarding of ox beef with quotations! showing an easing tendency. Again a full yarding of cow and heifer beef, the market showing no alteration while a heavy yarding of second quality and boner cows was slightly easier. A full yarding of vealers and runners met with recent values. Pigs.—A smaller yarding of fat pigs than last week, with, a medium entry of stores. Baconers were again in keen demand, and last week’s top price was exceeded, a few pens of good quality baconers realising £3 9s, which is the highest price recorded at Frankton this season. 'With a further drop in schedule, porkers again declined and unfinished pigs were hard to quit. A better enquiry for stores and weaners, with prices showing an improvement. Sheep.—Heavy prime wethers 29s 3d to 30s, medium 27s 3d to 28s 6d, light 25s to 26s 3d, forward conditioned 2tcoth wethers 22s 6d to 245, heavy prime ewes 21s 3d to 22s 6d, medium 19s to 20s, light 17s to 18s 3d, killable 14s 9d to 16s 3d, extra prime lambs 26s 3d to 275, heavy 23s 3d to 24s 6d, medium2os 6d to 225, light 18s 3d to 19s 9d, killable lambs 17s to 18s 3d, forward conditioned 15s to 16s 9d, store Ils to 13s 6d. Cattle.— Killable steers £5 14s, medium fat cows and heifers £5 3s to £5 7s 6d, light £4 5s to £4 17s, killable cows £3 8s to £4, heavy boner cows £2 15s to £3 Is, medium 36s to £2 6s, lightdr 20s to 31s, potter bulls £2 to £2 12s 6d. Pigs.—Best baconers £3 5s to £3 9s, medium £2 18s to £3 4s, light £2 12s. to £2 18s, heavy porkers 37s Ito £2 4s, medium 31s to 355, light 29|s to 30s, stores 18s to 235, slips 12s to 17s 6d, weaners 6s 6d to 12s 6d, heavy choppers £3 to £3 10s, light 30s to £2 10s.