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Te Awamutu Courier, Volume 72, Issue 6238, 5 June 1946, Page 12

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YARD AND CLEARING SALES MORRINSVILLE STOCK SALE The Farmers’ Co-operative Auctioneering Company Limited reports as follows on the firm’s usual weekly stock sale at Morrinsville, held last Friday:— Sheep: A medium yarding of sheep again met prices on a par with recent quotations. Medium prime fat wethers made 34s to 34s 6d, blackface prime hoggets to 30s 9d, fat ewes to 23s 9d, prime fat lambs to 32s 9d, light 25s 9d to 28s 3d, medium store lambs 14s 6d to 16s 3d, cull lambs 8s 7d to 10s. Cattle: A good entry of all classes of cattle was penned, and again created keen competition, with values for all classes on a par with those at late sales. Dairies; The advertised herds of dairy cattle were in good order, and With competition from a full bench of buyers values in this, section remained steady. Medium fat cows made £8 5s to £9, light £6 19s to £B, fat Jersey cows £5 10s to £7 10s, heavy boner cows £4 15s to £5 9s, medium £3 5s to £4 10s, light £2 5s to £3, yearling Jersey heifers £5 10s to £6 3s, smaller £3 2s 6d to £4 6s. Dairies; Best Jersey dairy cows (July calvers) £lO 10s to £l2 10s, August calvers £9 5s to £ll, later calvers £8 10s to £9 10s, Jersey heifers close to profit £lO 10s to £l3, Jersey and Jersey-cross heifers £lO to £l2 ss, backward £6 10s to £8 10s. Pigs: Pigs were yarded in very short supply, baconers and porkers remaining firm at recent late rates; , breeding sows, stores, and weaners were again keenly sought, and all classes sold at unchanged quotations. Heavy choppers made £4 to £5 17s, others £1 4s to £3 ss,.heavy baconers £5 10s to £5 14s, medium £5 to £5 Bs, light £4 8s to £4 16s, heavy porkers £3 14s to £4 2s, medium £3 to £3 10s, light £2 8s to £2 16s, unfinished £1 18s to £2 '4s, store pigs £1 10s to £1 15s 6d, slips £1 Is 6d to £1 7s 6d, weaners 5s to 18s 6d, sows in farrow £2 15s to £6 7s 6d, sows with litters £4 to £lO, service boars £4 2s 6d to £7 ss. , , PEDIGREE JERSEY SALE The N.Z. Loan’ ahd Mercantile Agency Co. Ltd., conducted the displenishing sale of the “Maple” pedigree Jersey cattle on accodnt of Messrs J. H. Sherard and Sons at the.Stud, Ohinewai, Waikato. There was a large and representative attendance of breeders and buyers from all parts of the Waikato and Auckland provinces and competition throughout the sale was keen. The catalogued offering of 70 pedigree Jersey cattle comprised mainly of heifers and mature cows, also several yearling and 2 yr. old bulls. Rising 2 yr. heifers sold from 20 gns. to 45 gns., mature cows sold from 18 gns. to 47 gns. with yearling and 2 yr. bulls selling from 35 gns. to 50 gns- The whole of the offering was disposed of under the hammer at satisfactory values. Mr Alan Hom of the Stud Stock Department of the N.Z. Loan and Mercantile Agency Co. Ltd. acted as sales manager, with Messrs J. E. Aurisch and C. E. Robertson officiating in the rostrum. HAMILTON STOCK SALE The Farmery’ Co-operative Auctioneering Company Limited reports: At their weekly stock sale held at Hamilton yesterday a medium yarding of fat sheep came forward, the greater proportion being plain and unfinished sorts. Good quality wethers were firmer, while others were on a par with late rates- Good butchers’ ewes Were in keen demand and values rose from last week’s level, others remaining firm. Fat lambs again sold freely at late rates. A large yarding of store sheep was penned, the entry comprising mostly lambs for which advanced prices were offered. Store wethers sold well at prices firmer than late rates. In the cattle section ox beef was penned in average numbers and the entry included several pens of extra choice quality bullocks. Bidding was slower and values eased by £1 per head. Only medium quality cattle comprised the entry of cow and heifer beef which showed little variation in values. A small entry of veal of mixed quality sold at late quotations. A light yarding of pigs came forward, all classes selling on a par with recent rates. Quotation: Sheep:—extra prime wethers 40s to 42s 6d, prime 37s to 38s 6d, medium 35s to 365, light 32s 6d to 345, plain and unfinished 28s to 31s, heavy fat ewes 26s to 28s medium 23s to 24s 6d, light 18s to 21s 6d, heavy fat lambs 30s to 335, medium 25s to 28s, light 22s to 245, good store wethers 28s to 31s 6d, medium 25s to 275, small 22s to 245, good w.f. wether lambs 19s to 21s 6d, medium 15s to 17s, small 12s to 14s, good bf. lambs 16s to 18s, medium 12s to 14s. Cattle:—extra heavy prime bullocks £l9 to £2O 7s 6d, heavy prime bullocks £l7 10s to £lB 10s, medium £l6 to £l7, lighter £l4 7s 6d to £l5 10s, heavy prime young cows and heifers £ll 10s to £l3 15s, medium £9 to £lO, light £8 to £8 15s, runners £4 to £5 6s, vealers 25s to £3 15s. Pigs:—heavy choppers £6 to £8 Bs, others £2 10s to £4 15s, prime heavy baconers £5 10s to £5 17s, heavy baconers £5 2s to £5 Bs, medium £4 14s to £5, light £4 6s to £4 10s heavy porkers £3 15s to £4 2s, medium £3 4s to £3 12s, light £2 10s to £3, unfinished 38s to £2 Bs, store pigs 30s to 35s 6d, slips 20s to 27s 6d, weaners 9s to 17s 6d. MATAMATA STOCK SALE A medium entry of sheep and a full yarding of all classes of cattle came forward at Messrs Dalgety and Company’s stock sale held at Matamata on Wednesday last. Competition in both sections was steady and for fat stock, values remained unchanged at quotations firm on late

rates. There was little alteration in prices for store stock. Light penning of both fat and store pigs changed hands at prices oq a par with recent quotations. We quote: Sheep:—heavy fat 1 wethers 34s 6d to 38s 9d, light fat wethers 28s 6d to 30s 9d, heavy fat ewes 20s to 235, maiden fat ewes to 275, good fat lambs 28s 9d to 31s 9d, light ditto 20s to 245, medium store latabs 12s 8d to 14s. Cattle:—medium fat P.A. and H. bullocks £l4s 12s 6d and £l5, fat Cows £7 9s to £8 ss, other fat cows £7 to £7 15s, heavy boner cows £4 18s to £5 7s, medium ditto £4 to £4 lbs, light boner cows £2 19s to £3 15s, heavy potter bplls £7 Is to £9 2s

6d, other ditto £4 10s to £6 ss, Jersey heifer calves £4 2s 6d to £5 ss, smaller ditto £3 4s to £3 17s 6d, young cows in milk £7 to £8 10s. I Pigs:—choppers £U>l63 top £5 3s, medium porkers £3 2s to £3.,65, light ditto £2 12s to £3, unfinished ditto. £2 4s to £2 10s, good stores 33s to 375, slips 23s to 295, best weaners 15s to 17s 6d, sows to farrow £4 15s to £5 ss, sow and litter to £7 12s 6d.