COMMERCIAL

Te Awamutu Courier, Volume 66, Issue 5600, 2 April 1943, Page 5

COMMERCIAL

MORRINSVILLE STOCK SALE Messrs Dalgety and Company Limited report having held their usual weekly sale at Morrinsville on 19th March, when a small yarding of sheep and a large supply of fat Jersey and boner cows came forward. Sheep: In the sheep section the market was quiet, mixed-age ewes making 18s. Cattle: In this department a total clearance was effected at late rates. Fat Jersey cows made £5 to £6, Jersey cows and calves £5 7s 6d to £6, fat Holstein cows £5 to £6 10s, medium fat Jersey Dfeifers £5 to £5 10s, heavy boners £4 to £4 15s, medium £3 to £3 15s, light £2 to £2 15s, inferior.. 10s to £1 ss.

Sheep: Mixed-age ewes 18s. -t Pigs: Light baconers made £3 17s to £4, good stores £2 to £2 10s. The same firm reports that at the following week’s sale at the same location there was a good yarding of cattle, which sold up to late rates. Quotations:— , Cattle: Fat Polled Angus cows to £7 6s, fat Jersey cows £4 15s to £5 9s, heavy boners £3 18s to £4 Bs, medium £2 12s to £3 12s, lighter £1 13s to £2, potter bulls to £5 15s. Pigs: Baconers to £4 15s, light porkers £2 4s to £2 6s, choppers £3 7s 6d to £3 12s 6d. CAMBRIDGE STOCK SALE The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company Limited reports as follows: Sheep: At Cambridge on Monday a good yarding of sheep met with a good demand. Fat wethers made 26s to 28s 9d, store lambs 10s to 12s 3d, store ewes 7s to Ils. Cattle: A large offering of fat and boner cows sold at slightly advanced rates, prime Polled Angus heifers on behalf of Mr Geo. Douglas averaging £9. Quotations: Prime fat Polled Angus heifers £8 10s to £9, prime fat cows £5 10s to £6 15s, heavy boner cows £4 5s to £5 7s 6d, medium £3 10s to £4 4s, light £2 10s to £3 7s 6d, potter bulls £4 to £7 10s, medium weaner Jersey heifers £2 10s to £3 7s 6d. Pigs: There was a large yarding of pigs, principally porkers, with a few pens of baconers. Prices for best baconers ranged from £4 10s to £4 15s, light baconers £4 to £4 ss, choppers £4 to £6, porkers £3 5s to £3 12s. A fairly large yarding of stores was penned, but prices were much lower, being from 5s to 12s. FRANKTON SALE The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co. Ltd. report as follows on their Frankton sale:— A smaller offering of fat cattle met with a spirited demand, and values advanced. A large entry 'of boner cows sold well, while for an average entry of vealers competition was good. Several pens of weaner Jersey heifers met with a quiet enquiry. Prices were as follows:—Medium fat Polled Angus bullocks £9 10s to £lO 10s, medium fat Shorthorn bullocks £9 5s to £9 17s 6d, fat Pollgd Angus cows £7 10s to £8 ss, fat Shorthorn cows £5 15s to £7 17s 6d, boner cows £3 to £5 ss, potter bulls £4 to £7 10s, runners £3 to £4 10s, vealers £1 to £2 15s.

Sheep.—There Was an average yarding of fat sheep, amongst it being a large number of ewes'. Prices for best wethers were a little better than those of last week, fat ewe prices being about the same as last week. An average yarding of fat lambs sold at

up to recent rates. We quote: Prime fat wethers 27s 6d to 295, medium fat .wethers 25s to 26s 6d, old fat ewes 10s to 14s, fat Jambs 245. Pigs.—The recent good yardings of pigs are being fully maintained. However, a large proportion comprises of unfinished porkers. A fair yarding of stores and slips came forward and although' buying was not brisk, a total clearance resulted at' recent quotations. We gitote »r Mnibvts:—BieohetS (prime top r weights) £4 10s to £4 15s, baconers (medium) £4 to £4 9s, baconers (lighter) £3 12s to £3 18s, pbrkers (heavy) £3 to £8 4s, porkers (medium) £2 12s- to £2 18s, porkers (lighter) £2 6s to £2 10s, stores (light) 14s to £1 Bs. HAMILTON STOCK SALE The Farmers’ Co-operative Auctioneering' Company Limited report at their Weekly stock sale at Hamilton on Tuesday:— Sheep.—A full entry of fat sheep, including a large proportion of light and unfinished mutton. Competition for prime quality was keen, and prices for this class were in advance of those ruling last week. Unfinished sorts were hard to quit. A fuU offering of fat lambs sold at recent quotations. ■ <

Cattle. —A medium yarding of ox beef met with strong competition and values improved on last Sale. Cow and heifer-beef was yarded in smaller numbers with keen bidding for prime quality cattle. Unfinished beef was dull of sale. A full yarding of vealers maintained late values for good calves.

Pigs.—Another full yarding of fat pigs, the entry comprising mostly pOt-kers. Competition throughout' was very steady, values being Up to last week’s' quotations; Store and weaner pigs were yarded in smaller numbers, fill classes being dull of sale. 'Quotations: — Sheep.—Heavy prime fat wethers 29s to 32s 3d, medium weight prime fat wethers 27s to 28s 6d, prime Southdown cross 2-tooths 24s to 265, light Southdown cross 2-tooths 22s to 23s 6d, unfinished wethers 20s 6d to 235, prime fat ewes 14s to 15s, medium fat ewes Ils 6d to 12s 6d, light and plain ewes 8s to 10s, heavy fat lambs 25s to 275, prime fat lambs 23s to 245, medium 21s to 22s 6d, light 18s to 20s. Cattle.—Heavy prime bullocks £l3 to £l3 10s, medium £l2 to £l2 15s, light £lO 15s to £ll 10s, extra heavy prime cows and heifers £l2, heavy prime cows and heifers £8 10s to £9, medium £7 15s to £8 ss, light £7 to £7 10s, second and plain cow and heifer £5 to £6 10s, borter cows £3 5s to £5, medium runners £4 Ils to- £5, vealers £3 10s to £4, light vealers £2 to £2 15s; Pigs.—Choppers £3 to £5 10s, prime heavy baconers £4 10s to £4 His, heavy baconers £4 2s to £4 Bs, medium £3 14s to £4, light £3 5s to £3 12s, heavy porkers £2 14s to £3 3s, medium £2 6s to £2 12s, light 36s to £2 4s, unfinished 30s to 345, store pigs 20s to 26s 6d, slips 12s to 16s, weaners 3s to 8s 6d.