COMMERCIAL

Te Awamutu Courier, Volume 66, Issue 5602, 7 April 1943, Page 6

COMMERCIAL

CAMBRIDGE SALEMessrs Dalgety and Co. Ltd. report having held their usual tri-weekly sale at Cambridge on the sth April, 1943, when a small yarding of sheep and a medium yarding of cattle and pigs came forward to sell under the hammer at well up to late rates. The yarding of pigs comprised mostly porkers and stores. No top weight baconers were penned. We quote:— Sheep.—Fat wethers 28s Id, medium store wethers 21s 6d. Cattle.—Medium Polled Angus heifers £6 15s to £7, fat Jersey heifers £5 10s to £6, fat Jersey cows £5 to £6, boners (heavy) £3 15s to £4 10s, medium £3 to £3 15s. light 25s to £2, good weaner Jersey heifers £3 to £3 7s, medium ditto £2 5s to £2 15s. Jersey in calf heifers £7 7s 6d to £8 ss, medium ditto £6 to £7, heavy potter bulls £6 to £7. lighter £4 10s to £5 Tss. Pigs.—Medium baconers £3 12s to £3 16s, light baconers and heavy-pork-ers £3 to £3 10s, medium porkers £2 10s to £2 18s, light ditto £2 2s to £2 Bs, good stores £1 10s to £1 15s, slips 18s to £1 2s. weaners 4s to 12s, choppers £3 to £3 9s.

ARIA SALE Newton King Ltd. report that at their Aria sale on Monday a yarding of 1200 store lambs and 300 breeding ewes came forward and report a satisfactory clearance at prices a shade lower than sheep were making at our sale last month. More than the advertised number of cattle came forward and were all sold, prices being of less value than our previous sale. We quote: Ewe lambs 17s 9d, medium ewe lambs 16s 6d, small ewe lambs 12s, wether lambs Ils 6d, medium wether lambs 10s to 10s Gd, m a. ewes 12s 6d, light fat bullocks £lO 15s to £ll ss, fat cows £7 10s to £8 9s, fat heifers £7 2s to £B, grown bul-

locks £7 15s to £8 Is, 2J-year steers £7 7s to £B, 11-year steers £6 4s to £7, U-year heifers £4 5s to £4 16s. HAMILTON STOCK SALE The Farmers’ Co-operative Auctioneering Company Limited report: Sheep.—At their weekly stock sale held at Hamilton on Tuesday a smaller yarding of fat sheep was penned. A number* of outside butchers were operating and prices for prime wethers showed a sharp rise. Light and plain sheep were also a shade firmer. A medium entry of fat lambs sold readily at slightly improved rates.

Cattle.—A medium yarding of fat cattle came forward. Values for prime ox beef and cow and heifer beef were slightly firmer than those ruling last week. A large yarding of boner cattle was also penned and values in this section were slightly easier than recent sales. A medium yarding of fat calves met with steady competition and here again values remained firm. Pigs.—A full yarding of fat pigs ! and a light entry of store and weaner pigs came forward. Values for baconers and porkers were slightly lower than last week’s quotations, but store and weaner pigs sold in advance of recent late rates. Choppers also sold well. Quotations: — Sheep: Extra prime wethers 34s 6d to 35s fid, prime wethers 32s to 34s fid, medium weight wethers 28s to 80s, prime Southdown cross 2-tooths 25s to 26s 6d, lighter 21s to 23s 6d, heavy prime ewes 14s to 16s, medium 12s to 13s, light 10s to Us, canner ewes 5s to 7s 6d, heavy prime lambs 25s to 27s 6d. medium weight lambs 22s to 245, light 18s to 21s. Cattle: Heavy prime bullocks £l3 10s to £l4 ss. medium £ll 5s to £l2 19s, lighter £lO to £lO 18s, medium prime Polled Angus heifers £8 to £9 15s, light £6 18s to £7 10s, heavy fat cows £7 5s to £9 14s, medium fat cows £6 to £7 Is, lighter £5 to £5 15s, heavy boner cows £3 15s, to £4 17s, medium £1 15s to £2 16s, heavy runners £6 10s to £6 15s, lighter £4 10s to £5 12s,

vealers £2 5s to £3 14s, small calves 12s to 225. Pigs: Heavy choppers £4 10s to £6 7s, others £2 10s to £4, prime topweight baconers £4 5s to £4 10s, medium baconers £3 16s to £4 3s, light £3 6s to £3 12s, heavy porkers £2 14s to £3 2s, medium £2 4s to £2 12s, light 36s to £2 2s, unfinished 28s to 345, store pigs 18s to 255, slips 10s to 16s 6d, weaners 5s to 8s 6d. FRANKTON SALE New* Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co. Ltd. report as follows on their Frankton sale held on Tuesday, 6th April:— A small offering of beef sold at advanced rates. For a large entry of boner cows competition was good. Vealers were penned in average numbers and sold at slightly advanced Prices were as follows: Light prime Polled Angus bullocks £9 15s to £ll 10s, fat Polled Angus cows £8 to £8 12s 6d, fat Shorthorn cows £6 10s to I £7 7s 6d, boner cows £3 to £5 ss, run- ■ ners £5 to £6 15s, vealers £1 10s to £3 I 12s 6d. | Sheep.—The yarding of fat sheep ’ was not as large as last week and I prime wethers were not as plentiful. i This fact, combined with the attendI ance of more butchers than usual, reI suited in prices advancing considerably to up to 5s per head for really prime wethers. We quote: Prime fat wethers 33s to 355, medium fat wethers 30s to 325, light fat wethers 27s 6d to 295. shorn fat lambs to 23s fid. Pigs.—Good yardings of pigs still continue to come forward but top prime weight . baconers are _ getting scarce. Stores showed a big improvement on recent sales. We quote as follows:—Prime top weight baconers £4 14s, medium weights £4 to £4 10s, lighter weights £3 10s to £3 15s, pork. ers (prime top weights) £3 to £3 ss, medium weights £2 10s to £2 15 , lighter weights £1 15s to £2 ss, choppers (heavy) £4 to £5 10s, lighter to £3. stores £1 to £1 Us, slips 10s co £lBs, weaners 8s to 12s. MORRINSVILLE SALE Messrs Dalgety and Co. Ltd. r U lo \ t having held usiial weeMy Morrinsville on the 2nd Apr , , when a small yarding of all cl “ se ? stock came forward to sell at late rates. More interest was shown in heifers r.w.b. and Jersey cross-heifer calves. We quote:— Cattle.—Boners, heavy £4 5s to ±4 15s, medium £3 12s to £3 19s, lighter 30s to £2, heifers, Jersey cross-bred, r.w.b., £5 10s to £7, Jersey cross weaner calves £3 5s to £3 15s. OTOROHANGA SALE

New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co. Ltd. report as follows on their Otorohanga sale: — . A large offering of cattle, which included the advertised station cattle, came forward. Competition throughout was good, practically a total clearance being effected. Prices were as fat Polled Angus bullocks £lO 5s to £lO 15s, medium fat Shorthorn bullocks £8 10s to £9 15s, fat Polled Angus heifers £8 to £8 15s, fat Polle Angus cows £6 5s to £7 10s, fat Shorthorn cows £5 5s to £6 15s, boner cows £3 to £4 17s Gd, potter bulls £3 las to £6 10s, 31-year Polled Angus steers £8 to £8 9s, 31-year Shorthorn steers £7 5s to £8 2s 6d, IJ-year Polled Angus steers £5 10s to £6, J J-year Polled Angus heifers £4 to £5, mixed yearling steers £3 to £4 15s, 2i-year Polled Angus heifers £5 10s to £6 15s, 2iyear Hereford heifers £5 7s 6d to £5 19s, store cows £3 15s to £4 12s 6d. In the pig section a large entry of good finished baconers and porkers were penned. We quote as follows:—Baconers (prime top weights) £4 10s to £4 15s, baconers (medium weights) £4 to £4 Bs, baconers (lighter) £3 12s to £3 16s, porkers (heavy) £2 18s to £3 6s, porkers (light to medium) £2 to £2 12s, choppers (good) £4 to £6 10s. Slips and weaners sold at values in excess of main centre sales. TAUPIRI SALE The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company Limited reports as follows on its Taupiri sale held on Monday, sth April, 1943. There was an average yarding of cattle, principally fat Jersey cows and boners, with a few bulls and dairy cattle. Prices from the outset were keen and everything changed hands at the hammer. We quote:—Best fat Jersey cows £5 to £6 10s, heavy boners £4 10s to £5, light boners 25s to £3, bulls to £6, springing cows to £8 10s.

The yarding of pigs was well up to the average and all were sold. Light baconers £3 10s,to £3 15s, porkers £2 10s to £3. Store pigs were neglected and brought only nominal values.