COMMERCIAL

Te Awamutu Courier, Volume 53, Issue 3822, 16 October 1936, Page 2

COMMERCIAL

FRANKTON STOCK SALE. I New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co. Ltd., Hamilton, report as follows on their Frankton stock sale, held on Tuesday:—Cattle: Recent price levels for beef cattle were maintained. The entry was a medium one and all classes were fairly well represented. Competition was also steady for heavier numbers than usual of paddock and store and bonercows. A number of mostly small vealers too elicited a good enquiry, and prices did not vary from those current. Heavy prime Hereford heifers £8 10s to £lO 2s 6d, medium to good quality fat S.H. cows £6 15s to £7 17s 6d, heavy Jersey beef cows and heifers £5 10s to £7, medium quality ditto £4 5s to £5 ss, young sound empty Jersey cows £2 10s to £3 15s, aged store Jersey cows £2 2s 6d to £2 10s, boners £1 15s to £2 2s 6d, good vealers £1 6s to £1 14s, runners £2 5s to £3 Is, small vqalers to £1 12s 6d. Sheep: A comparatively short yarding had a favourable influence on prices from the vendor’s viewpoint more particularly evident for good to prime quality wethers. Our entry consisted mostly of good shorn wethers, young ewes being scarce, while fat hoggets were in fair supply, and a few spring lambs were entered. Medium class sheep did not share in the improvement to the extent that those in better condition did. However, values were very stable. We quote:— heavy shorn wethers £1 8s 6d to £1 13s 6d; medium to light do. £1 4s 6d to £1 7s 6d; heavy woolly ewes £1 9s to £1 12s. 6d; medium conditioned shorn ewe s £1 2s 6d to £1 5; extra heavy fat hoggets—-woolly £1 12s to £1 17s; heavy shorn hoggets £1 5s to £1 8s; medium £1 2s 6d to £1 ss. Pigs: There was no appreciable alteration in prices, either for fat or store pigs, from late rates. Moderate supplies only in both sections came forward, and all sold readily at last week’s quotations. We quote:—Medium to heavy baconers £3 Ils to £3 15s; light baconers £3 4s to £3 10s; heavy porkers £2 10s to £2 14s 6d; medium porkers £2 2s to £2 8s; light do. and buttermilk pigs £1 15s to,£2 2s; best store pigs £1 12s 6d to £1 15s; medium £1 9s to £1 12s; slips 18s to £1 7s 6d; good weaners 15s to 17s 6d; others to 13s. HAMILTON STOCK SALE. The Farmers’ Co-operative Auctioneering Company reports:— Sheep: At Frankton sale on Tuesday a short yarding of both ewe and wether mutton was penned. Competition in both sections was fair, with values hardening slightly on the last sale’s quotations. A large yarding of spring lambs came forward. Competition was not as spirited as last week, values showing an easing tendency. Cattle: A small entry of ox beef met with firm competition at late rates, while a smaller yarding of cow and heifer beef, of which the quality was not up to recent standard, met with a good demand, and prices were above those ruling at last sale. Store and boner cows sold at late rates. Pigs: A smaller yarding of fat pigs than last week. Competition was spirited throughout, and last week’s values were maintained for heavy baconers and porkers, medium baconers selling at slightly advanced rates. A full entry of stores and weaners was offered to a full bench of buyers, the prices realised being on a par with recent ruling rates. Quotations:— Sheep: Medium fat wethers 30s to 345, fat shorn wethers 28s 3d to 30s fid, heavy woolly ewes 27s 6d to 295, shorn 24s to 25s 6d, medium shorn ewes 22s 6d to 23s 6d, light 21s 6d to 225, woolly hoggets 28s to 30s, shorn hoggets 23s to 245, hdavy spring lambs 28s to 31s, medium 26s to 27s 6d, light 23s 6d to 25s 6d. Cattle: Medium prime steers £ll 19s to £l2 7s, light £lO 12s to £ll 12s (id, medium prime heifers £6 5 S to £8 14s. fat Jersey cows £5 19s to £7 4s, medium fat heifers £4 12s to £5 13s, light £4 4s to £5 6s, killable £3 5s to £3 17s, heavy boner cows £2 2s to £2 16s, light £1 5s to £1 16s, good store cows £4 to £5 10s, medium weight vealers £1 6s to £1 15s. Pigs: Best baconers £3 12s to £3 15s, medium £3 5s to £3 10s, light £2 15s to £3 3s, butter-milk pigs £2 5s to £2 12s, heavy porkers £2 3s to £2 10s, medium £1 18s to £2 2s, light £1 15s to £1 18s, large stores £1 15s to £1 17s 6d, medium £1 7s 6d to £1 13s, slips £1 2s to £1 6s, best weaners 19s Sd to £1 2s, Berkshire boar £5 ss. OTOROHANGA STOCK SALE. New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company Limited, Hamilton, report as follows on their Otorohanga Stock Sale, held on Wednesday:—Cattle: More than ’ the usual supplies of beef cattle came forward but the bulk comprised medium to” light quality, though a few heavy cows and medium bullocks were also entered. For all classes the market was steady and everything entered changed hands readily at prices very firm in comparison with Frankton quotations. The store and boner pens were well filled and here too there was litle appreciable variation in iates. A few medium yearling heifers sold at a satisfactory figure while a number of mostly plain dairy cows and heifers commanded quite good competition, all selling. We quote:—Medium to heavy P.A. bullocks £9 10s to £lO 15s; heavy quality P.A. fat cows £6 15s to £7 19s; medium quality do. £5 15s to £6 10s; heavy conditioned Jersey cows £4 10s to £5 1,0 s; medium fat Jersey cows £3 15s to £4 10s; young sound empty Jersey cows £3 2s 6d to £3 12s 6d; medium store conditioned Jersey cows £2 5s to £3; Boners up to £2 2s 6d; medium yearling heifers £4 10s; good grade bulls £9 to £11; good conditioned Jersey dairy cows £6 15s to £8; others £5 to £6 10s; medium springing heifers £5 to £6 ss; others to £4 10s. Pigs: The yarding of stores and weaners was a full one but porkers and baconers were comparatively scarce. Bidding throughout was strong and on the basis of late rates prices were very satisfactory from vendors viewpoint. All sold. We quote: Buttermilk pigs £1 16s to £2; good store conditioned pigs £1 12s to £1 16s; medium stores £1

6s to £1 Ils; smaller £1 2s 6d to £1 ss; slips 18s to £1 Is; good weaners 15s to 17s 6d; inferior to 14s. Sheep: —A small entry comprising a few pens of fat hoggets and a number of ewes and wether store hoggets were briskly sought, values showing, if anything an improvement. We quote: medium fat hoggets 25s to 27s 6d; medium ewe hoggets 29s to 335; m.s. store hoggets, medium conditioned 23s to 255. HAMILTON DAIRY PRICES. The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company reports as follows on the firm’s Hamilton dairy sale held last Wednesday:— Our entry was a moderate one, and medium-class heifers accounted for the greater proportion. Dairy cows, however, were fairly well represented in numbers, but most were plain cattle. The demand was quite keen, and little change in prices from those realised last week took place. W'e quote: Good sorts of Jersey heifers made £7 10s to £8 ss, medium to plain-condi-tioned Jersey heifers £6 to £7 ss, inferior to £5 15s, good types of dairy cows £5 15s to £6 10s, plain £4 10s to £5 10s, others to £4.