COMMERCIAL

Te Awamutu Courier, Volume 59, Issue 4219, 4 December 1939, Page 2

COMMERCIAL

TE AWAMUTU STOCK SALE Messrs iDaigety and Co. Ltd., report having held their usual triweekly stock sale at Te Awamutu as under:— Sheep: A medium yaflding of fat and stone sheep came forward and sold at fully up to late rates. We quote:—Light fat shorn wethers 17s 6d to 19s; fat shorn ewes 13s 6d to 15s 9d; fat woolly ewes 16s to 17s 6d; store hoggets mixed sex to 19s 9d; spring lamb 21s 6d; woolly ewes with lambs at foot all counted 13s 9d. Cattle: A good entry of both fat and store cattle came forward and a good sale resulted. Twa pens of Shorthorn bullocks ex the Tokanui Mental Hospital made £ll 5s and £ll 6s apiece. We quote:—Medium hea,vy fat Shorthorn steers £ll 5s to £ll 6s; ditto P.A. steers £lO 12s 6d to £11; ditto Hereford heifers £8 18s to £9 ss; ditto Shorthorn heifers £6 10s to £7 17s; fat Shorthorn cows £7 5s to £8; ditto Jersey cows £4 to £5 15s; ditto heifers £3 15s to £5 10s; heavy boner cows £3 10s to £4 2s 6d; ditto light £2 5s to £3 ss; store steers Shorthorn 3-year £6 to £6 7s; ditto 2year £3 15s to £5; ditto yearling £3 2s 6d to £4; store cows £3 15s to £4 ss; 2-year Jersey heifers £3 to £3 12s 6d; yearling ditto r.w.b. £5 to £5 Ils; other yearling heifers £3 10s to £4 ss; potter bulls £6 15s to £9; springing Jersey heifers £5 5s to £6. Pigs: A full yarding of all classes of pigs came forward and a total clearance was affected under spirited competition at prices very firm on late quotations. We quote:—Prime top weight baconers £3 19s; prime heavy baconers £3 14s ; to £3 17s; heavy ditto £3 12s to £3 14s; medium baconers £3 6s to £3 12s; light dijtto £3 to £3 6s; buttermilk pigs £2 10s to £3; heavy porkers £2 7s to £2 12s; medium ditto £2 2s to to £2 7s; light ditto 38s to £2 25.; choppers £2 10s to £3 Ils; large store pigs £2 to £2 ss; medium ditto 32s to £2; small ditto 25s to 325; best slips 26 s to 28s; medium ditto 22s to 265; best weaners 18s to 235; medium ditto 12s to 18s; sows to farrow £2 10s to £3 10s; sows [with litters £4 to £5 10s. MORRINSVILLE STOCK SALE. Messrs Dalgety and Co. Ltd., report on their weekly Morrinsville sale as follows: A small yarding of cattle came forward and solH up to late rates. A pen of light 2-year P.A. heifers on account of Mr Phil. Clarke of Mangataparu sold after good competition at £7. We quote:—Light weight P.A. heifers £7; Shorthorn heifers light weight £5 14s to £6; fat Jersey cows £5 17s 6d to £6 15s; lighter ditto £4 15s to £5 12s 6d; heavy boners £3 16s to £4 6s; medium ditto £2 5s to £3 12s; light £1 to £2 Is; potter bulls heavy £7 to £9 ss. Pigs:—Prime medium baiconers £3 IQs to £3 15s; light baconers £3 2s to £3 7s; medium porkers £2 to £2 ss; la,rge stores 31s to 365. New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co. Ltd., Hamilton, report as follows on their Morrinsville stock sale, held on Friday. A full entry of cattle came forward which included an average yarding of fat cattle and a full yarding of yearling Jersey heifers. A good yarding of pigs came forward which comprised mostly of light baconers and porkers and also several pens of breeding ewes were offered The fat cattle were sold before the usual bench of buyers and prices remained steady throughout. The yearling heifers sold well to a good bench of buyers and also the advertised breeding ewes elicited keen competition. We quote:—fat Jersey cows £5 10s to £6; medium fat Jersey cows £4 12s 6d to £5 7s 6d; heavy boner cows £3 15s to £4 10s; medium boner cows £3 5s to £3 10s; others from £2 10s to £3 2s 6d; fat Jersey heifers £5 to £5 12s 6d; heavy potter bulls £8 to £lO 10s; light weights £4 to £5 15s; small 2-year-old Shorthorn steers £4 15s to £5 2s 6d; yearling Shorthorn heifers 30s to 355; good quality yearling Jersey heifers £4 15s to £5; medium quality. £3 10s to £4 7s 6d; small sorts from £2 to £2 10s; medium 2-tooth breeding ewes realised 265; good 2-tooth breeding ewes 29s 6d; fat shorn wethers 20s to 21s 6d; aged fat ewes Ils to 12s 6d; heavy bacon pigs £3 10s to £3 14s; medium do. £3 4s to £3 7s; buttermilk pigs £2 18s to £3 3s; heavy porkers £2 10s to £2 17s; medium weights £2 to £2 8s; choppers £3 to £3 ss.