RABBITSKIN SALE.

Te Awamutu Courier, Volume 53, Issue 3811, 21 September 1936, Page 2

RABBITSKIN SALE.

Messrs Dalgety and Co. Ltd., Dunedin, report as follows:—Quantities at last Tuesday’s sale showed a marked decrease and the quality was ap-ain poorer. There were- still orders in the market for U.S.A, account, but on reduced limits, and the market was generally .lower by 3d to 6d per lb, except for outgoing bucks which were very firm.. The following- is the range of prices at the sale:—Prime bucks 139 d pel - lb, Ist winter bucks 135 d, 2nd winter bucks 126 d, spotted bucks 112 d, outgoing bucks 93*d, Isit spring bucks 62Jd, 2nd spring bucks 40id, prime does 92d, Ist winter does 88d, 2nd winter does 811-d, furrier does

76Jd, spotted does 73d, outgoing does 62Jd, Ist spring does 40d, 2nd spring does 36id, racks 345, summer does 31id, summer bucks 293 d, Ist milky 39id, milky '; 32d, summer broken 283 d, 2nd winter broken 40d, Ist winter broken 5Hd, runners 28d, small 173 d, summer blacks 22d, 3rd winter blacks 50d, 2nd winter blacks 66d, Ist winter blacks 81d, fawns 30d, winter fawns 70d, hareskins 32d, Ist hareskins 43d, horsehair 18id. NGARUAWAHIA STOCK SALE. New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co. Ltd. report as follows on their stock sale held at Ngaruawahia on Friday:—A full entry was handled; there was an absence of heavy beef cows, but medium conditioned Jerseys, fresh conditioned cows, stores, .and boners were in full supply. For all classes there was a consistent demand up to prices on a par with recent quotations, and practically everything sold. The market for dairies was brisk, especially for cows and heifers close to profit; in this section prices were quite, as good as those recently quoted from other dales. Light fat Jersey, cows £4 15s to £5 10s, forward conditioned Jo light beef quality cows £3 5s to £4 10s, fr.sh conditioned young Jersey cows £2 12s 6d to £3 2s, heavy boners £2 2s 6d to £2 10s, young ditto up to £2, good quality springing Jersey heifers £7 15s to £8 10s, medium sorts dairy heifers £5 15s to £7 10s, others up to £5 10s, springing dairy cows £5 10s to £6 10s, inferior up to £5 ,ss. MORRINSVILLE STOCK SALE. New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co. Ltd., Hamilton, report as follows on their stock sale held at Morrinsville on Friday:—Our yarding of cattle was heavier than usual, but apart from a scattering of good to heavy beef cows, the bulk of the entry was store and light quality Jersey beef cows. Butchers’ cattle created fairly strong competition and rates remained stable at former quotations. If anything, slight improvement was recorded in store and boner cow Values. A small entry of store and weaner pigs and the advertised fifty sows came forward; the demand for stores remained firm, while considering the quality, the sow pigs met a good sale, and prices improved as the sale progressed. Heavy P.A. fat cows £8 to £9 ss. medium to heavy qualitv S.H. and P.A. cows and heifers £6 5s to £7 15s, good quality to fat Jersey cows £4 15s to £6 2s 6d, medium ditto £3 10s to £4 12s 6d, good yo mg Jersey store cows £2 10s to £3 ss, medium store Jersey cows £2 to £2 10s, boners up to £2, good Tamwdrth and Devon cross sows £2 15s to £3 15s, medium conditioned mixed bred sow pigs £2 5s to £2 15s, inferior up .to £2, store pigs £1 2s to £1 7s Cd, slips 16s to 21s.