COMMERCIAL

Te Awamutu Courier, Volume 68, Issue 5943, 15 May 1944, Page 5

COMMERCIAL

TE AWAMUTU STOCK SALE The Farmers’ Co-operative Auctioneering Company, Limited, report: At their stock sale held at Te Awamutu on Thursday, a full yarding of fat sheep and a small entry of store lambs was penned. Competition for fat sheep was keen, and prices were in advance of recent quotations. As at other centres fat cattle were not keenly sought and sold at prices on a par with those obtained at other sales during the past fortnight. The advertised entry of pedigree yearling heifers attracted a large attendance, and a total clearance was effected, prices ranging from 5 to 12 guineas. A small yarding of dairy cattle sold readily. A good yarding of all classes of pigs came forward. Values for fat pigs again maintained last week’s advanced prices, while store pigs were keenly sought, a total clearance being effected. Quotations: — Sheep: Medium fat wethers 27s 9d to 29s 6d, light 26s to 27s 3d, prime fat ewes 20s to 22s 6d, medium 16s 9d to 18s 6d, canner ewes 5s to Bs, extra prime lambs 32s 6d, prime 25s to 26s 9d, medium 22s to 245, light 19s to 21s. Cattle: Pedigree yearling heifers 5 gns to 12gns, dairy cows in milk to £l2 ss, backward Jersey heifers £5 2s 6d to £6 15s, prime fat cows £8 8s to £8 15s, light fat heifers £7 7s 6d to £8 9s, medium fat cows £7 to £7 7s 6d, forward store cows £5 10s, 2J year store steers £7 ss, cows with runners £7 9s to £8 14s, heavy boner cows £5 10s to £6 10s, medium £4 to £5, lighter £3 to £3 15s. Pigs: Heavy choppers £4 to £5 12s, other choppers £1 10s to £3 6s, prime heavy baconers £4 16s to £5 Is, heavy baconers £4 10s to £4 15s, medium £3 18s to £4 Bs, lighter £3 5s to £3 15s, heavy porkers £2 15s to £3 3s, medium £2 5s to £2 12s, lighter £1 19s to £2 4s, large stores £1 10s to £2, slips 21s to 265, weaners 12s to £l.

MORRINSVILLE STOCK SALE The Farmers’ Co-operative Auctioneering Company Limited report:— At their weekly stock sale held at Morrinsville on Friday, a medium yarding of fat sheep came forward and sold at prices ruling at central yards. Fat lambs also sold well up to schedule rates, while store lambs met with a keen demand and sold firm on late rates. A medium entry of fat cows realised firm values. A heavy yarding of boner cows was again in demand and values remained steady. Jersey heifer calves were penned in medium numbers, with pens of quality selling freely. A small entry of dairy cattle was yarded. Competition for good quality forward heifers was good and late prices were realised. Smaller and low conditioned later calves were dull of sale. A full yarding of all classes of pigs came forward. Competition for baconers and porkers was very keen, values being fully up to late schedule rates. The demand for breeding sows and store and weaner pigs was also very keen, prices showing a slight increase on last week’s high values. Quotations: Sheep: Medium fat wethers 27s to 28s, light 24s to 265, heavy fat ewes 19s to 21s, medium 17s 6d to 18s 6d, prime heavy lambs 27s to 29s 7d, medium 24s to 25s 6d, light 20s to 225, good store lambs 14s to 15s Id, medium Ils to 13s, culls 8s to 9s 6d. Cattle: Fat cows £7 to £7 10s, lighter fat cows £5 10s to £6 15s, heavy boner cows £5 to £6 10s, medium £4 to £4 15s, store cows £3 to £3 15s, bulls £4 to £7 7s 6d. empty Shorthorn and Polled Angus cows £5 7s 6d to £6 Bs, Hereford cows running with bull to £5 6s, 2 year empty Jersey heifers £3 15s to £4 15s, good quality Jersey heifer calves £4 15s to £5 15s, smaller £3 10s to £4 10s, good Jersey heifers £lO to £ll, medium £8 to £9, others £5 10s to £7. Pigs: Heavy choppers £4 to £5 9s, others 25s to £3 9s, prime heavy baconers £4 18s to £5 Is, heavy baconers £4 12s to £4 16s, medium £4 4s to £4 10s, light £3 15s to £4, heavy porkers £2 18s to £3 Bs, medium £2 10s to £2 16s, light £2 2s to £2 Bs, unfinished 34s to £2, large stores 32s 6d to 395, smaller 26s 6d to 30s, slips 18s to 24s 6d, weaners 8s to 16s 6d, young breeding sows in farrow £6 5s to £7 15s, older sows £4 to £5 2s 6d. CLEARING SALE AT TOKOROA Messrs Newton King Limited report having conducted a very successful clearing sale on behalf of Mr N. G. Dick, of Tokoroa. The herd, which came forward in excellent condition and showing well forward in calf, ereated strong competition throughout the sale from a very large bench of buyers from all parts of the Waikato. Top-quality young Jersey cows sold to £l7 10s and the whole herd of sound cows averaged £ll 18s; the twoyear in-calf heifers also sold- under keen demand, realising to £ll 10s.

Quotations: Top-quality young Jersey cows (early calvers) £l5 to £l7, ditto (later calvers) £l2 to £l4, topquality Jersey cows (early calvers) £lO to £ll 10s, Jersey and Jerseycross cows £8 10s to £9 15s, top-qual-ity Ayrshire-Jersey-cross two-year heifers £lO 10s to £ll 10s, ditto ' (smaller) £9 10s to £lO.