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Te Awamutu Courier, Volume 53, Issue 3842, 4 December 1936, Page 2

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HAMILTON STOCK SALE. The Farmers’ Co-opeirative Auctioneering Co. Ltd. report: —Sheep: At their Frankton stock sale on Tuesday a large entry of ewe and wether mutton was penned. Competition for wethers was not keen and prices easier. Ewes showed no alteration in values. A medium yarding of lambs sold at scheduled rates. Cattle: An exceptionally heavy yarding of ail classes. Ox beef came forward in larger numbers, and the greater proportion comprised good quality cattle. Competition was good and prices showed no alteration. A consignment of 12 steers on account of Mr H. Vickers, Ngahinepouri, sold from £ll 5s to £l2 2s. averaging £ll 14s 6d, while six steers from Mr John Scott realised from £lO 18s to £ll 2s 6d. An extra heavy yarding of cow and heifer beef w;.<th prime quality in shorter supply. Competition for this class eased on late rates, and in many ease did not reach the vendors’ reserves. Second quality and honor cows came forward in extra heavy numbers, these likewise easing, but pottei’ bulls showed a firming tendency. Pigs: A medium entry of both fat and store pigs, with a full bench of buyers operating freely on both baconers and porkers. Prices realised were a shade firmer than those ruling last week. Stores and weaners were also in good demand, last week’s quotations being fully maintained. Sheep: Prime wethers 27s 6d to 28s 3d, medium 25s 6d to 26s 9d, light 25s to 25s 3d, medium prime ewes 21s 9d to 22s 3d, lighter 20s to 21s, prime maiden ewes up to 25s 6d, killable 18s 6d to 19s 3d, fat lambs 22s 3d to 24s 3d, cull lambs 5s 9d to 10s. Cattle: Medium weight prime fat bullocks £ll Ils to £l2 2s, lighter £lO 18s to £ll ss, prime medium fat cows £8 to £8 Bs, lighter £6 10s to £7 10s, fat Jersey cows and heifers £6 5s to £7 3s, killable cows £4 5s to £5 30s, heavy second quality Jersey cows £3 to £3 16s, fresh conditioned eows £2 5s to £2 16s, aged boner cows 25s to 38s, heavy potter bulls £5 10s to £6 Bs, lighter' £2 15s to £1 10s. Pigs: Best baconers £3 8s to £3 11s, meidium £3 3s to £3 7s, light £2 16s to £3 2s, heavy porkers and buttermilk pigs £2 8s to £2 15s, medium £2 3s to £2 6s, light 38s to £2 2s, large stores 29s 6d to 355, medium 25s to 27s 6d, good slips 22s to 23s fid smaller 16s to 19s, breeding sows £2 17s 6d to £3.

New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co. Ltd., Hamilton, reporc as ioiiows on tneir Hamilton stock sale, nelu on Tuesday:—Cattle: Whilst a medium yarding of mostly good qual.ty ox beef commanded good competition, and sold at rates a shade better chan those of the last sale, cow beef, particularly for plain to lighter quality Jersey cows w,as decidedly weaker. Heavy S.H. and Holstein fat cows of which there was a shortage, just about maintained lata rates, but all others .vere down sharply. Stores and baconers also, were noticeably easier, although most sold. The- slacker demand was also reflected in prices for vealers. Heavy P.A. bullocks £l2 to £l2 10s, good quality Hereford fat bul.ocks £9 12s 6d to £ll, medium to neavy fat S.H. cross cows and heifers las to £7 4s, medium quality fat Jersey cross cows £5 5s to £6 10s, lighter beef cows £4 to £5 3s 6d, unfinished £3 5s to £4, young empty cows £2 10s to £3 2s 6d, ordinary store cows £2 2s 6d to £2 10s, boners £1 12s 6d co ±2 2s 6d. Sheap: Consequent upon an over supply values generally declined. The yarding, for the greater part comprised heavy fat wethers, but ewes were entered in fair numbers. The decrease in prices for the latter was slightly more than that for wethars, which were in the vicinity of Is 6d per head lower. All of our heavy entry sold, and there was a steady demand at the standard set. Lambs elicited brisk bidding, values remaining very firm. Heavy prime wethers £1 7s to £1 8s 6d, medium fat wethers £1 5s to £1 6s 9d, lighter quality ditto £1 2s 6d to £1 4s 6d, medium fat ewes £1 to £1 2s, lighter quality 18s to £l, choice fat lambs £1 5s to £1 6s 6d, medium £1 3s to £1 ss. Pigs: There was little change in this department. Porkers and baconers were penned in good supply, and prices did not alter. Perhaps the smaller entry of stores and weaners was partly due to the good sale of these. Large stores sold especially well but slips and weaners also fully maintained ruling rates. Heavy baconers £3 5s to £3 10s, medium ditto £2 Ils to £3 3s, light baconers and heavy porkers £2 5s to £2 10s, medium porkers £1 18s to £2 4s, light ditto £1 14s to £2, best store pigs £1 11s to £1 15s, meidium store nigs £1 4s to £1 9s, slips 18s to £1 2s, good weaners 15s to 17s 6d, inferior 14s. OHAUPO HORSE SALE. Messrs. Dalgety and Company Limited, report having held their Ohaupo Horse Sale on Monday, 30th November, 1936, as under:—There was a large yarding including some very good young draughts all work which were keenly competed for and sold at full rates. The following were the principal sales:—On account of Mr J. E. Harper, Te Rahu, grey gelding 6 years, all work, £63; black gelding P years, all work, £62: on account of Mr J. Woods 6-year-old mare £35; on account of Mr J. Penniker, aged mare £25 10s; on account of Mt H. T. Hopkins aged mare £27 10s; on account of client aged mare £27; on account of Mr C. C. Parry unbroken 2-year filly £4O; on account of Mr A. Emmett aged gelding £3'o; on account of Messrs. Dunean Bros. 5-year-old gelding £43; chestnut 4-year gelding £47; on account of Mr R. Holmes 5-year-old mare £44; on account Mr H. Katavitch chestnut mare £3l; on account of Mr W. F. Saunders draught gelding £42; on account of Mr C. C. Parry draught mare £43; on account of a client roan draught mare £44; on account of Mr F. Allcock 4-year mare £3B 10s; on account of Mr S. J. Cain, aged gelding £37 10s; hacks and aged horses at market rates. MATAMATA STOCK SALE. Messrs Dalgety and Company Limited, report having held their usual fortnightly stock sale at Matamata on Wednesday, as under: —A good yarding of fat and store sheep which sold under fair competition, in the cattle pens good competition was forthcoming for all good quality sorts and practically a total clearance was effected. Following are the prices realised. Medium quality fat ewes

19s to 19s 6d; medium woolly hoggets 245; short 2-tooth wethers 23s lid to 24s 6d; store, lambs 15s 8d to 18s 9d; small lambs 12s 6d to 14s 8d; cull lambs 7s to 9s. Cattle. —Good fat S.H. cows £6 10s to £7 2s; heavy fat Holstein cows £7 TOs to £7 16s; heavy fat Jersey cows £6 to £6 15s; medium fat cows £4 15s to £5 2s 6d; light fat eows £3 to £4 2s 6d; store S.H. and Holstein cows £3 2s 6d to £5 3s 6d; boner cows heavy £2 10s to £2 15s; light cross cull cows 25s to 32s 6d; cows with calves at foot £4 5s to £5 15s; others £2 to £2 19s; yearling Jersey heifers medium £3 10s to £4; 2-year Jersey heifers £2 15s to £3 17s; potter bulls medium weight £4 10s to £5; lighter £2 10s to £3 10s. Pigs.—A good yarding of both fat and store pigs. Competition on fat pigs was brisk and sold as well if not better than late, rates. Store pigs were a little easier. Extra prime heavy baconers £3 11s to £3 12s; heavy baconers £3 6s to £3 10s; medium ditto £2 17s to £3 3s; heavy porkers and light baconers £2 10s to £2 15s; good porkers £2 2s to £2 9s; light ditto 36s to £2; unfinished 32s to 355; best stores 30s to 36s 6d; inferior 24s to 275; good slips 24s to 28s; ordinary slips 16s to 235; best weaners 11s to 14s; others 6s to 10s.