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Te Awamutu Courier, Volume 58, Issue 4193, 7 June 1939, Page 2

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TE AWAMUTU STOCK SALE. The Farmers’ Co-operative Auctioneering Company Limited report at their, usual three-weekly Te Awamutu stock sale last Thursday a good yarding which met steady competition from a large bench of buyers. The. majority of the offering was the advertised breeding ewes on /account of Mr L. J. Hastings. Bidding for these sheep was steady, and a total clearance effected at satisfactory prices. A small offering of mutton and killable lambs was absorbed at export values. Cattle: A medium entry of beef, and a good yarding of store and boner cows with bidding on all classes steady and prices in the beef and boner Section firm on late rates. Store cattle were also in good demand and sold at satisfactory prices. Dairy cattle: A full entry, including the advertised lines. The herds spirited bidding from a large bench of buyers. The herd on account of Mr J. W. Wakefield, Roto-o-rangi, averaged £8 13s, but buyers were not so keen on Jersey heifers, the tops of a line of 50 well grown forward Taranaki heifers being passed in at £9. Pigs: A small yarding of both fat and store pigs which met steady bidding, a total clearing in both sections resulting. Porkers, which comprised the friajority of the offering, sold at values on a par with Frankton quotations, whilst a brisk demand existed for good quality store pigs. Quotations: Sheep: —Forward conditioned 2-tooth B.F. ewes 12s 6d to 13s 9d, f.c. woolly lambs 13s to 13s 4d, f.c. shorn wether lambs 8s to 10s, store lambs 5s 6d to 6s Id, S.M. breeding ewes 8s 6d to 9s Bd, lighter conditioned 5s 6d to 6s Bd, aged 4s to 4s lOd, cull ewes 2s 6d to 2s lOd, prime 2-tooth mutton 20s to 21s. Cattle:—Medium prime Shorthorn steers £ll 2s, medium fat Shorthorn cross steers £8 ss,' medium prime Shorthorn heifers £6 14s to £6 18s, heavy fat boner cows £6 9s to £7, medium £5 to £5 18s, light £3 17s 6d to £4 10s, heavy boner cows £3 to £3 15s, medium £2 5s to £2 12s, light 30s to £2, cull cows 10s to£l, medium pot-

ter bulls £3 10s to £5 11, 2-year Jersey cross steers £1 16s to £2 Bs, 18months to 2-year P.A. steers £2 6s, P.A. cows £2 Ils, Shorthorn cows and calves £2 14s. Dairy cattle:—Young forward good conditioned Jersey dairy cows £lO to £l'o 10s, older £8 5s to £9 15s, later .calvers £7 to £B, other Jersey cows £4 to £6 12s 6d, backward heifers £4 5s to £5 15s. Pigs:—Light baconers £3 to £3 3s, heavy porkers £2 9s to £2 14s, medium 80s to £2 2s, best stores 26s to 295, store pigs 18s to 225, slips 13s to 16s, Tamworth and Devon sows, backward £2 to £2 15s. I HAMILTON STOCK SALE. New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company L'mited, Hamilton, report as follows on their Frankton stock sale held on Tuesday. Cattle: We had a good yarding of beef and an average yarding of store and boner cattle. Ox beef were rather small but good quality and heifer beef comprised of small and unfinished sorts. Boner cattle sold particularly well, prices being even in advance on last week’s sale. We quote: Small ox beef £8 to £8 9s, plain and unfinished sorts £6 17s 6d to £7 15s; light Hereford fat cows £5 5s to £5 15s, unfinished £4 10s; small unfinished P.A. heifers £4 6s to £5 17s, others £4; runners £2 9s to £2 14s; heavy boners £3 12s 6d to £3 16s; medium boners £3 to £3 ss; light boners £2 to £2 IGb; poorer condition 20-months Hereford and P.A. heifers £3 14s. Sheep: A light yarding of sheep came forward to-day and prices as a result remained very firm with lambs if anything rising in value. An excellent line of fat wethers from Paterangi Estate realised 25s 9d; also on account of H. M. Fleming, good wethers up to 32s 3d. A line of prime fat ewes ex E. D. Smith, realised 19s. We quote: Prime fat wethers 22s 6d to 25s 9d; medium quality 19s 6d to 20s 3d; lighter 18s; prime fat ewes 16s 6d; best quality fat. lambs 19s 3d to £1 Is; second quality 17s 9d to 18s 6d; others 16s; store lambs 4s 3d to 6s. Pigs: A light yarding of fat pigs sold under keen competition, baconers in particular meeting with a brisk demand. Store pigs also came forward in small numbers. Competition was very keen, values showing a sharp rise. We quote: Heavy baconers £3 14s to £3 16s; medium £3 7s to £3 12s; light £3 2s to £3 6s; choppers £2 10s to £3; heavy porkers £2 Ils to £2 16s; medium porkers £1 17s to £2 7s; light £1 8s to £1 14; unfinished £1 3s to £1 7s; large stores 24s to 26s 6d; medium 19s to 235; slips 14s to 18s 6d; weaners 8s 6d to 13s; small 5s to 7s 6d.

Messrs Dalgety and Company Limited report having held their usual weekly sale on Tuesday at Frankton saleyards. Sheep: A full yarding of fat sheep. Prices were firm through the early stages for all prime quality sheep, but slackened perceptibly as the sale progressed, especially for unfinished Sheep. We quote: Heavy prime wethers 23s to 255; medium ditto 19s 9d to 22s 6d; light fat wethers 17s 6d to 18s 9d; heavy prime fat ewes 13s to 14s 3d; medium ditto 11s 6d to 12s 9d; light ewes 7s 6d to 9s 6d; heavy prime fat lambs 18s to 225; lighter ditto 16s to 17s 3d: light lambs 13s to 14s. Store lambs and ewes were dull of sale and prices were very slack., good lambs realising 5s 6d to 8s 6d. Other cull lambs 2s 6d to 4s 9d. Cattle a good yarding of all classes of cattle were offered and competition was keen for all sorts. Quality fat bullocks and cows shpwed a definite hardening tendancy, as also did lighter prime quality cattle. Prime quality heavy bullocks realised to £l3 and prime light cattle (good quality) £7 10s to £8 10s; prime P.A. cows £7 10s to £8 ss; lighter ditto £6 10s to £7 10s; fat Jersey cows £4 10s to £5; fleshy Jersey cows £3 10s to £4; heavy boner cows £2 15s. to £3 ss; medium ditto £2 5s to £2 14s; light and cull cows 25s to 355. Pigs; A very small entry of all classes of pigs came forward, and an increase* in prices resulted. Store pigs particularly advanced on late rates. We quote: Prime heavy baconers £3 12s to £3 15s; heavy £3 10s to £3 12s; prime medium £3 6s to £3 10s; mediumum £3 2s to £3 6s; prime light £3 18s to £3 2s; heavy porkeijs to light ditto £2 12s to £2 18s; prime heavy porkers £2 6s to £2 12s; heavy £2 2s to £2 6s; prime medium 38s to £2 2s; um £3 2s to £3 6s; prime light £2 to 335; light 22s to 28s; best stere pigs 22s to 30s; medium 16s to 225; best slips 12s to 16s; sows to farrow £3 to £4 ss.