COMMERCIAL

Te Awamutu Courier, Volume 54, Issue 3899, 10 May 1937, Page 2

COMMERCIAL

TE AWAMUTU STOCK SALE. Dalgety and Company Limited, report having held their usual triweekly stock sale at Te Awamutu on Thursday, as under:—Sheep.—There was a moderate yarding of sheep which sold at ftall late rates. Fat wethers 28s 64 to 30s; fat ewes 245; fat lambs 24s to 25s 1,1 d; store lambs 14s 4d to 18s; cull lambs 10s 4d; 95 breeding ewes in lamb to S.D. and Rom. Rams 27s sd; aged ewes 245; cull iewes Ils. Cattle.—A full yarding of fat and store cattle came forward and sold readily at full up to late rates. Fat steers medium weight £8 5s to £lO ss; heavy fat cows £7 14s to £8 6s; medium weight fat cows £6 17s 6d to £7 ss; light fat cows £3 10s to £5 2s 6d; fat Jersey heifers £4 5s to £5 7s 6d;. boner cows £2 to £3 2s 6d; store S.H. cows £3 10s to. £4 ss; 31 year S.H, steers fresh- conditioned £8 10s; 2-year steers £4 5s to £5; weaner P.A. steers £3 14s to £3 19s; Holstein weaners £2 17s; 2-yr. P. A. heifers r.w. Hereford bulls £7 9s; cows with calves at foot £3 14s all counted; others £2 10s to £3 ss; old cows and calves £2 10s with calves given in; weaners Jersey heifers £2 17s to £3; Jersey heifers 3-year R. W. Jersey bull £5 15s to £6; small and backward ditto £4 to £4 ss; bulls heavy to £9 2s 6d; medium weight bulls £3 10s to £4 1,55. Pigs.—A heavy yarding of fat and store pigs came forward. The yarding of pigs comprised chiefly porkers with a few light and medium baconers. AH classes of pigs sold under keen competition and a very satisfactory sale resulted. We quote:—Medium baconers £3 7s to £3 9s; light do. £2 12s to £2 18s; heavy porkers to- light baconers £2 9s to £2 12s; heavy porkers 2 2s to £2 9s; medium ditto 38s ers £2 2s; light de. 32s to 38s; small do. 26s to 325: choppers £3; backward sows £2 to £2 ss; young Devon boars 20s to 3Qs; best stones 15s to 18s; medium do. 12s to 14s; best slips 10s to 14s; best weaners 10s to 12s; other 5s to 10s. MORRINSVILLE STOCK SALE. Messrs Dalgety and Company Limited report having held their usual weekly stock sale at Morrinsville on Friday as under:—Sheep.—A moderate yarding. The quality of the yarding was poor consisting principally of aged ewes in lamb and store lambs. Owing to the recent rough weather competition was only moderate. Late rates were obtained. Cattle.—A large yarding of fat and store cattle. There was a good demand for any beef cattle of quality and fleshy cows were also keenly competed for at slightly better prices than have been ruling during the last fortnight. Fat P.A. cows made £7 5s to £7 12s; fat Shorthorn cows £6 to. £6 ss; fat Jersey cows £4 10s to £5 15s; fat Jersey heifers £4 5s to £5 10s; medium fat Jersey cows £3 to £3 17s 6d; heavy boner cows £2. 10s to £2 17s 6d; cull cows 30s to 355; small Polled Angus cows r.w. Polled Angus Bulls £4 12s to £s'3s; yearling Jersey heifers £2 2s 6d to £2 16s. Pigs.— A medium yarding of pigs came forward, comprising chiefly porkers. Full late market quotations were maintained throughout the sale. We quote:— Light baconers £3 to £3 3s; heavy porkers to light baconers £2 8s to £2 12s; medium heavy porkers £2 to £2 3s; medium ditto 36s to £2; Light do. 30s to 365; slips and weaners (poor) 6s to Bs. OHAUPO STOCK SALE. Messrs Dalg-ety and Company Limited report having held their Ohaupo sale on Friday, where a full yarding of cattle came forward, mostly consisting of fleshy Jersey and Jersey cross cows, which met with keen competition before a good bench of buyers. No heavy fat co-ws were yarded. Light fat Jersey and Jersey cross cows and heifers £4 12s to £5; good fleshy boner cows £3 15s to £4 7s 6d; boner cows £2 2s to £3 12s, according to weight and condition; potter bulls £3 5s to £5 4s; light ifat Jersey steers £3 15s; medium fat lambs £1 2s 6d. CLEARING SALE AT PUKEKURA. The Farmers’ Co-op. Auctioneering Co. Ltd. report having held a clearing rale on Friday on account of Mr W. Kells, -Pukekura, when his whole herd of 32 Jersey cows was offered to a good attendance of buyers. The herd, which came forward in good condition, included a fair proportion of young early calvers, which met with brisk competition, firm values resulting. Matured and later calvers sold well. The usual offering of sundries, which were in good order, also met with a ready sale. Realisations were:—Choice young Jersey cows early calvers £lO 10s to £ll 10s, others £8 to £lO, Friesian cows early calvers £7 10s to £B, others £6 to £7, older and later calvers £4 10s to £5 10s, aged brown mare £l6 10s. MORRINSVILLE STOCK SALE. New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co. Ltd. report as follows on their Morrinsville stock sale, held on Friday: Cattle: The entry of fats and stores was rather smaller than customary, although a fair proportion were medium to good quality. Under brisk competition prices were well maintained at ruling levels. All sold freely. The advertised dairy herd came forward in fair order and attracted keeiT interest. A very good sale resulted, all changing hands under lively competition at most satisfactory prices. We quote: Good quality fat cows £4 12s fid to £5 18s, medium conditioned £3 17s 6d to £4 10s, light and fat Jerseys £3 5s to £3 15s, good store cows £2 12s 6d to £3 ,2s 6d, boners up to £2 10s, bulls up to £6 10s, good young in calf Jersey dairy cows £7 10s to £8 10s, medium due early £6 5s to £7 10s, plainer £5 to £6.

Sheep: Late rates Were secured for a medium entry of fat ewes, most of which were of only fair condition. Store lambs sold readily, while the enquiry for medium numbers of f.m.

breeding ewes was quite keen. Forward fat lambs 19s to 225, store lambs 14s to 16s, Inferior up to 13s, f.m. breeding ewes 18s to 20, inferior up to 17s 6d, fat aged ewes 16s to 17s 9d, killable do 15s to 16s. Pigs: A slightly larger entry of mostly porkers drew a good response from buyers, who paid prices about equal to Frankton realisations for supplies. Also there was no alteration for store pig values, the entry of these being small. Medium baconers made £3 2s 6d to £3 6s, light £2 12s 6d to £3, heavy porkers £2 5s to £2 10s, light up to £2 4s, good store pigs 16s to 19s, others 14s to 16s, slips Ils to, 13s, weaners up to 9s. REDUCTION SALE AT TE ANGA. New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company Limited, Hamilton, report as follows on the special re-

■ duction sale of "Glen Anga” Herefords, held on behalf of Messrs Tynan • Bros., Te Anga, on Friday, and con- . ducted conjointly with the Farmers’ Co-op. Auctioneering Co. Ltd., and ; in conjunction with Messrs Wright > Stephenson & Co., Dalgety & Co., : Ltd Te Kuiti, and Abraham. & Wil- • liams Ltd., Mr W. B. Fearon and Mr i S. Webb were the officiating Auctionf eers. The cattle came forward in s splendid order, and showed great quaI lity, notwithstanding the fact that , they were reared on rough country, s Their excellent breeding was an im- >, portant factor conducing to the wonderful sale which eventuated. A representative gathering of buyers . from many parts of the North Island were present. Right from the outset ! animated competition was forthcom- , ing and consistently maintained - throughout. Practically the whole of-

fering comprising 15 yearling registered horned bulls. 10 pure-bred horned yearling bulls, 8 pure-bred Polle 1 Hereford bulls, 12 registered yearling heifejs and 50 bure-bred cows, changed hands.