COMMERCIAL

Te Awamutu Courier, Volume 59, Issue 4221, 8 December 1939, Page 2

COMMERCIAL

RANGIRIRI PRICES. New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co., Ltd., reports a good yarding of fat and boner cows and a large entry of station bred cattle at Rang!riri sale last Wednesday. There was also a few pens of r.w.b. yearling Jersey heifers and springing and calved heifers. Buyers were present from the Auckland, Rotorua and Waikato districts. Fat and boner' cows sold well at late rates. Young empty cows and heifers, cows with calves at foot and two year and yearling steers were in good demand, but 3 year steers were harder to quit . A very satisfactory sale resulted and a big percentage of the offering was disposed of at the hammer. We quote: Fat Jersey cows £5 12s to £5 15s, lighter £5 to £5 ss, killable £4 10s to £4 12s, fat Jersey cross heifers £6 2s 6d to £6 ss, heavy boner cows £3 J4s to £3 18s, medium £3 to £3 Ils, light £2 5s to £2 12s, young empty Hereford cows £4 16s, young empty cows and heifers, mixed breeds £4 10s, young empty P.A. cows and heifers £4 17s, young empty P.A. cows £4 2s, Shorthorn cows with calves at foot £5 2s 6d, small P.A. cows with calves at foot £5 2s 6d, small P. A. cows with calves at foot £5 Is, 3 year Shorthorn steers £7 16s, 3 year Hereford steers £7 4s, 2 year Hereford steers £5 to £5 10s, 2 year P.A. steers £4 Ils to £5 12s, yearling Shorthorn and P.A. steers £3 12s, yearling Shorthorn and P.A. heifers £2 17s 6d to £2 19s, smaller £2 10s, medium r.w.b. yearling Jersey heifers £4 16s to £5 ss, mixed breeds £3 2s 6d, springing Shorthorn heifers £6 to £7. TAUPIRI STOCK SALE. New Zealand Loan and Mercantile' Agency Co. Ltd. report as follows on their Taupiri stock sale, held on Wednesday. The heaviest yarding of fat pigs for some time came forward and sold at prices Well up to the improved Frankton market. A line of seven baconers attracted keen competition, being knocked down at £4 3s. Porkers were also in demand, values in this section also firming on recent sales. A large number of store and weaner pigs were penned, which sold well up to late rates. The yarding of cattle consisted only of fat and boner Jersey cows, which were quitted at values remaining steady on previous sales. We quote: Heavy baconers £3 18s to £4 3s, medium £3 12s to £3 16s, light do £3 6s to £3 10s, heavy porkers £2 19s to £3 3s, medium £2 12s to £2 16s, light £2 2s to £2 7s, choppers £3 6s to £3 19s, medium stores 32s to 355, small 28s to 325, slips 21s to 265, weaners 12s 6d to 18s 6d, sows to farrow to £2 10s, heavy boner cows £4 2s to £4 17s, medium boner cows £3 8s to £3 16s, lighter do £2 15s to £3 ss, potter bulls to £5 15s. HAMILTON STOCK SALE. The Farmers’ Co-operative Auctioneering Co. Ltd. report:— Sheep: At Frankton sale on Tuesday an average yarding of fat sheep included many pens of prime heavy wethers. There was a shortage of ewe mutton. The market was firmer in most cases, values being at least Is 6d better than last week. Bidding was also keen for two-tooth ewe and wether mutton, while fat lambs sold readily at late rates. Prime heavy wethers 25s 6d, heavy wethers 23s 9d to 255, lighter 20s 6d to 22s 6d, heavy prime 2-tooth wethers to 24s 6d, others 22s 6d, heavy prime ewes 16s 6d to 19s, fat ewes 13s 6d to 15s 6d, fat lambs 22s 6d to 25s 6d, lighter 19s 6d to 21s 6d. Cattle: A good yarding of fat cattle, values for all classes remaining very firm. A pen of medium prime bullocks from Mr T. M. Hall, Ohaupo Road., Hamilton, made £ll 7s Cd to £ll 17s; a truck of light fat steers from Thames Valley Ltd., Tatuanui, realised £9 16s to £ll. A full yarding of boner cattle with values again remaining very firm, while a good yarding of store cattle met steady competition, a good sale resulting. Medium prime bullocks £ll to £ll 17s, lighter £9 16s to £lO 17s, heavy fat Jersey cows £6 to £6 16s, medium £5 Is to £5 14s, light £4 16s to £5 6s, heavy boner cows £3 16s to £4 ss, medium £2 18s to £3 10s, lighter £2 Is to £2 17s, heavy boner bulls £8 12s 6d to £8 15s, dairy heifers at profit £ll ss, empty P. A. cows £4 8s to £4 18s, P.A. cows with calves at foot £4 18s to £5, yearling Jersey heifers £4 5s to £4 10s.

Pigs: A large yarding of fats with competition for all classes keen, prices showing an improvement on last sale. A full penning of stores and weaners, values for slips and weaners were easier, but stores remained firm at

late rates. Heavy baconers £3 18s to £4 3s, medium £3 12s to £3 16s, light £3 5s to £3 10s, heavy porkers and buttermilk pigs £2 16s to £3 3s, medium £2 10s to £2 15s, light £2 2s to £2 Bs, large stores 32s 6d to 38s, medium 27s 6d to 30s, slips 265, best weaners 18s to 20s, others 12s to 15s.

Messrs Newton King Ltd. report:— At our Frankton sale on Tuesday a short yarding of fat cattle and fat sheep came forward together with a large entry of store cattle. Prices showed an improvement on recent rates. In the fat sheep section a small entry of fat ewes and wethers met with keen competition, prices showing a definite improvement. Best fat wethers 22s to 245, others 21s tc 22s 9d, best fat ewes 16s to 16s 9d, others 13s 9d to 14s 6d. Cattle: A large entry of store station cattle met with keen competition, store steers selling from £5 to £6 2s, others' £4 15s to £5 Bs, P.A. cows with calves at foot £5 to £5 ss, empty Shorthorn heifers and cows £3 12s to £4 7s, mixed B.A. calves 32s 6d to 375. In the boner cow section a medium yarding came forward, competition being keen throughout. Heavy boners £4 to £4 16s, medium boners £2 18s to £3 15s, light boners £1 12s to £2 10s. Pigs: A good yarding of both fat and store pigs came forward. Both baconers and porkers sold at last week’s eased rates, while stores and weaners showed little alteration on late quotations. Heavy baconers £3 16s to £3 18s, medium baconers £3 10s to £3 15s, light baconers £3 to £3 6s, heavy porkers and buttermilk pigs £2 13s to £2 18s, medium porkers £2. 8s to £2 10s, light porkers £2 2s to £2 ss, large stores 36s to £2 Is, slips 25s to 325, weaners 15s to 20s 6d. Messrs Dalgety and Co. Ltd. report on their weekly sale hteld at Frankton on Tuesday. Cattle: A medium yarding of fat and store cattle came forward. Fat cattle prices were on a par with last week’s sale, boners were keenly competed for, and store cattle were rather dull of sale. Prime heavy bullocks £ll 15s to £l3 2s 6d, light fat ditto £9 15s to £lO 17s 6d, heavy fat cows £7 17s 6d to £9 ss, lighter ditto £6 to £7 ss, heavy boners £3 16s to £4 Bs, medium £2 10s to £3 15s, light £1 12s to £2 6s, potter bulls (heavy) £lO to £l3 2s 6d, medium ditto £7 to £9 15s, light ditto up to £6. Pigs: A large yarding of fat pigs came forward together with a large yarding of stores. Fat pigs were keenly sought after and prices were slightly in advance of last week’s rates. Store pigs were not so keenly competed for, and were slower of sale, especially towards the end of the sale. Extra choice prime fat baconers £4 2s to £4 4s, heavy prime baconers £3 18s to £4 Is, medium baconers £3 13s to £3 17s, light baconers £3 8s to £3 Ils, buttermilk pigs £2 18s to £3 3s, heavy porkers £2 14s to £2 18s, medium £2 8s to £2 12s, light 38s to £2 ss, heavy choppers £3 15s to £4, lighter and unfinished £2 5s to £3 6s, best stores 35s to 38s, medium stores 27s to 31s, good slips 24s to 28s, other slips 18s to 225, good weaners 15s to 18s, others 10s to 14s.

Sheep: A medium yarding, prices being fully equal to late quotations. Heavy shorn wethers 23s to 24s 9d, medium ditto 21s to 22s 3d, light and unfinished 19s to 20s 3d, heavy fat ewes 15s 6d to 17s 3d, ditto 12s 6d to 14s 3d, fat lambs 22s 6d to 23s 9d, medium 18s to 21s, store 2-tooth wethers 16s 6d to 18s 3d.

New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co. Ltd., Hamilton, report as follows on their Frankton sale held on Tuesday. Cattle: There was a medium yarding of ox beef and a god entry of cow and heifer beef. Vealers were penned in good numbers and there was an average yarding of boner cattle. Fat cattle in all sections were slightly easier than last week and boners sold well up to late rates. Small prime ox beef £lO 12s to £lO 15s, unfinished and plain sorts £lO to £lO 12s, medium prime heifer beef £8 17s 6d to £9, lighter £8 10s, unfinished £7 15s, light prime cows £6 17s to £7 ss, fat Jersey cows £5 7s to £5 13s, lighter £5, killable £4 10s to £4 12s 6d, heavy boner cows £3 13s to £4, medium £3 to £3 7s, vealers £2 10s to £2 12s, calved dairy cows £9 10s to £lO 10s.

Sheep: A medium yarding of fat sheep came forward, competition for which was keen. Light fat wethers 225, medium fat wethers 23s 6d, prime ditto 25s 6d, 2-tooth ewes and wethers mixed 22s 6d, medium fat ewes 16s 6d, fat maiden ewes to 225, prime fat lambs to 26s 6d, medium ditto 235, light ditto to 21s, fat Romney lambs (light) 16s 6d to 225, poor ditto to 15s.

Pigs: A heavy yarding of fat pigs was offered, prices being better in comparison with last week. Store prices remained steady throughout. Stores and weaners were well represented and prices were slightly easier. Medium baconers £3 12s to £3 17s, lighter £3 5s to £3 9s, heavy porkers £2 18s to £3 Is, light £2 4s to £2 10s, large stores £1 19s to £2 Is, smaller 33s to 375, weaners £1 to £1 2s, others 13s to 18s.

POULTRY SALE Messrs Thompson’s Auction Mart report a good entry of poultry at their last Thursday sale, which met with a good demand. Black Orpington hens brought 3s to 3s 9d each. Minorca hens 2s Id to 4s each, White Leghorn liens 2s 4d to 4s each, ducks 2s 9d to 5s each, roosters 3s to 5s 9d each, Turkey gobbler 12s fid, ban lams Is each.