COMMERCIAL

Te Awamutu Courier, Volume 64, Issue 4558, 10 April 1942, Page 8

COMMERCIAL

LIVE STOCK MARKET SALES AT TE AWAMUTU APPRECIABLE PRICE RISE The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company reports that at its last sale held in Te Awamutu a large entry of cattle and pigs was penned. Sheep were yarded in average numbers. Export buyers were again operating on all classes of stock, and prices showed an appreciable rise on late rates. Cattle: Mr Lyell K,ay secured top price for a truck of medium weight bullocks, these averaging £lO 7s; the same vendor also topped the market in the female section for a pen of outstanding Polled Angus heifers, these averaging the good price of £9 15s. Mr P. Bourne, Paterangi, secured £9 17s for a quality pen of Shorthorn bullocks, and Messrs R. M. and W. H. Thompson obtained to £lO a head |or their entry. Mr Gordon Walker’s line of fat heifers realised from £8 18s to £9 Ils. We quote: Medium fat bullocks £lO to £lO 7s, light fat bullocks £9 10s to £9 15s, good fat Polled Angus heifers £9 Ils to £9 15s, others £8 6s to £9, fat cows £7 to £8 4s, medium ditto £6 to £6 15s, fat Jersey cows £5 10s to £5 17s 6d, others £4 15s to £5 ss, boner cows £3 15s to £4 ss, others £3 5s to £3 10s. Calves: Our entry of weaner calves was a large one, and animated competition prevailed throughout the sale, a total clearance being effected. We quote: Best weaner Jersey calves £3 to £3 10s, others £2 10s to £2 16s, Jersey-cross calves £2 10s to £2 17s 6d, Shorthorn calves £2 to £2 Bs. Sheep: Our entry of sheep comprised mostly fat and store lambs and a fair number of breeding ewes. We quote: Fat wethers 24s 6d to 27s 6d, others 22s 9d to 245, fat ewes 12s 6d to 15s, others 10s to 11s 6d, fat lambs 18s to 225, store lambs 12s 6d to 15s 4d, s.m. ewes 15s to 16s, others (aged) 10s to 12s. Pigs: Large numbers of fat and store pigs were penned; a total clearance being reported at advanced rates. We quote: Heavy baconers £4 to £4 4s, medium ditto £3 15s to £3 18s, light baconers £3 5s to £3 10s. heavy porkers £2 16s to £3, medium ditto £2 8s to £2 12s, light ditto £2 to £2 ss, large stores £1 10s to £1 16s, others £1 5s to £1 Bs, weaners 10s to 13s, smaller 5s to 7s 6d. COMBINED SALE LARGE YARDINGS At Messrs Newton King Ltd’s, and Messrs Wright, Stephenson and Co’s, fortnightly sale, held in the Te Awa-

mutu yards on Wednesday last, a yarding well in excess of the advertised entry of 400 head of cattle and 1000 sheep came forward. A very buoyant sale resulted in a total clearance in all sections. Sheep: Best fat wethers sold to 255, others 23s 6d to 24s 3d, unfinished 20s ! to 22s 3d. A line of b.f. wethers realised 20s, with small w.f. 2-tooth wethers to 18s 3d, best b.f. lambs sold to 19s 3d, others 17s to 18s 6d, best w.f. wether lambs to 18s 2d, others 16s 6d to 17s 3d, best woolly w.f. ewe lambs to 20s 9d, medium b.f. lambs 14s to 15s 6d, s.m. ewes sold freely from 13s to 14s. Cattle: In the cattle section the advertised entry of empty Hereford cows sold freely from £5 5s to £6 ss, weaner Shorthorn steer calves sold to £4 10s, others £3 16s to £4, best weaner Shorthorn heifer calves sold to £3 10s. An extremely large yarding of store and bbner cows elicited keen competition., Best fat cows sold to £6 Is, others £5 10s to £6, lighter £4 15s to £5 ss, forward cows sold from £4 to £4 Bs, others £3 12s to £3 19s, store cows £3 to £3 15s. Potter bulls at late rates. A line of Jersey heifer calves realised £2 17s 6d. DALGETY AND COMPANY’S SALE GOOD DEMAND FOR PIGS Messrs Dalgety and Co. Ltd., report on their tri-weekly sale at Te Awamutu yesterday as follows: Sheep: All classes of sheep were yarded in small numbers. Prices in all cases were well up to recent rates. We quote: Prime fat lambs £1 2s 6d to £1 4s, good quality store wether lambs 14s 3d to 15s 4d, medium do. 10s Id to 13s 7d, others 8s 6d to 10s ; 6-year old ewes (running with rams) Ils 6d. Cattle: There was a good yarding of all classes of fat cattle, prices being on a par with recent sales. A pen of medium weight Shorthorn bullocks from R. G. O. Cowie made £ll ss. A pen of Hereford bullocks from Mr A. Murdoch, Parawera, sold at £lO 7s 6d. Mr J. L. Macky, Pirongia' sold a pen of 11 Polled Angus and Hereford heifers for £9, while Polled Angus heifers from Perham and Larsen made £7 10s. Good quality Polled Angus heifers ex Mr T. D. Jolly, Wharepuhunga, made £9 7s. We quote: Medium quality Shorthorn bullocks £ll ss; medium quality Hereford bullocks to £lO 7s 6d; lighter conditioned Polled Angus bullocks £9 9s to £lO Is; prime, fat Polled Angus and Hereford heifers £9 to £9 7s, medium fat do. £7 10s to £8 4s, prime fat Jersey heifers £5 15s to £6 10s, fat Jersey cows and heifers £5 4s to £5 14s, others £4 15s to £5 Is, heavy boners £3 15s to £4 2s, medium boners £2 5s to £3 Is, lighter £1 5s to £1 17s 6d, good weaner Jersey heifer calves £3 to £3 7s, smaller calves £1 10s to £2

■ss, springing Jersey heifers £4 15s to £5 15s.

Pigs: An exceptionally heavy yarding of all classes of fat pigs, together with a medium entry of store pigs cane forward. Competition for fat pigs-, was keen and prices realised were very firm on recent rates. Store pigs were dull of sale. We quote: Prime heavy weight baconers £4 3s to £4 ss, heavy baconers £3 15s to £4, medium baconers £3 9s to £3 14s, light baconers £3 4s to £3 Bs, heavy porkers £2 16s to £3 2s, medium porkers £2 9s to £2 15s, light porkers £1 19s to £2 7s, other porkers £1 9s to £1 16s, good slips 8s 6d to 10s, medium slips 6s to 7s, others 4s 6d to 5s 6d, weaners 2s 6d to 4s. SALE AT OTOROHANGA The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company reports on its Otorohanga sale as follows: Sheep: A full yarding of sheep included a good penning of store wether and ewe lambs. Competition throughout was good, and every pen changed hands at auction. Quotations: Fat wethers 21s to 23s 3d, store wether lambs 8s 6d to 12s 9d, medium ewe lambs 9s 6d to 14s 3d, aged breeding ewes 5s to 9s 7d. Cattle: Competition for a full penning of cattle was keen, boner cows realising full schedule rates. Prices were as follow: Heavy fat Shorthorn cows £5 15s to £6 17s 6d, fat Jersey cows £4 12s 6d to £5 10s, boner cows £2 5s to £4 7s 6d, weaner Jersey heifers £2 17s 6d to £3 2s 6d. SALE AT CAMBRIDGE Messrs Dalgety and Company report having held their usual tri-week-ly sale at Cambridge on Wednesday last, when a small yarding of sheep and cattle came forward. Pigs were yarded in small numbers. Prices were on a par with recent sales. Quotations are as follow: Sheep: Medium fat 2-tooth wethers 21s 6d, medium white-face wether lambs 12s, ditto shorn lambs 8s 6d. Cattle: Fat young Shorthorn Cows £6 to £6 15s, fat Jersey cows £4 15s to £5 12s 6d, heavy boners £3 15s to £4, medium £2 17s to £3 10s, lighter £1 to £1 10s, light-conditioned Jersey calves £2 to £3. Dairies: Calved cows £4 to £5, springing cows £5 to £6, springing heifers to £5 15s. Pigs: There was a small yarding of pigs owing to the alteration of the day of sale. We quote: Good medium porkers £2 5s to £2 6s, good stores and porkers £1 10s to £1 15s. SALE AT FRANKTON Messrs Dalgety and Company report having held their Frankton sale on Wednesday last, as follows: Sheep: There was a small yarding of fat sheep, and this no doubt was the cause for the slight rise in values. We qu<j>te: Prime fat wethers 28s 8d to 31s, medium 24s to 26s 6d, lighter 21s 3d |to 22s 6d, medium fat lambs 20s to 21§ 6d, good store lambs 13s 6d to 14s lid. Cattle: There was a light yarding of fat and boner cattle. Prices were on a par with recent sales. We quote: Medium prime bullocks £lO 5s to £ll 10s 2 lighter ditto £9 4s to £lO, heavy fat Polled Angus cows £8 10s to £9 10s, medium ditto £7 15s to £8 ss, lighter ditto £6 10s to £7 2s, heavy boners £3 10s to £3 15s, medium £2 16s to £3 4s, lighter ditto £1 10s to £2 4s. Pigs: A light yarding, comprising mo stly porkers, was penned. Competition throughout was good, and values realised were firm on late rates, We quote: Heavy-weight baconers £4 to £4 4s, medium £3 13s to £3 lgs, light ditto £3 3s to £3 Ils, heavy porkers £2 12s . to £2 18s, medium £2 2s to £2 10s, light £1 10s to £1 19s, unfinished £1 to £1 6s.