COMMERCIAL

Te Awamutu Courier, Volume 72, Issue 6243, 17 June 1946, Page 8

COMMERCIAL

GOOD PRICES MAINTAINED TE AWAMUTU SALE A good entry of all classes of sheep and a full penning of cattle came forward at Messrs Dalgety and Co’s. Te Awamutu stock sale held on Thursday. Competition in the sheep section was steady, there being little alteration in values on recent quotations. The demand for ox beef remained firm. P.A. and Hereford bullocks from Mr F. Hastie realised £l5 15s to £l6, while the figure of £l6 was also reached for a pen of P.A. bullocks from Mr J. Bayly. Boner cows sold at unchanged rates, while fof the yarding of Jersey heifer calves a satisfactory salp resulted. The yarding of fat and store pigs was very light but late rates were maintained. Quotations: — Pigs: Medium baconers £4 18s to £5 4s, medium to heavy porkers £3 2s to £3 10s, small store pigs 30s to 365. Sheep: Medium fat wethers 32s Gd to 335, light fat wethers 30s 6d to 31s 9d, unfinished wethers 26s to 28s, prime heavy fat lambs 30s to 32s 6d, medium 24s 3d to 265, black face store lambs 15s to 16s, small 2-tooth ewes running with Southdown rams to 23s Gd. Cattle: Prime fat P.A. and Hereford bullocks £l5 15s to £l6, medium fat steers £l2 7s 6d to £l3, heavy fat S.H. and P.A. cows £l2 15s to £l4 17s 6d, fat P.A. ;cows and heifers £lO to £l2 7s 6d, fat Jersey cows £6 15s to £8 15s, heavy boner cows £5 5s to £6 13s. medium £4 11s to £5 2s, light £3 6s to £4, potter bulls £7 to £7 12s 6d, small Jersey heifer calves £2 16s to £3 15s, medium Jersey and JerseyAyrshire cross cows £4 Is to £4 15s. Dairies: Small and backward Jersey heifers to calve £7 to £B, medium grown Ayrshire heifers £8 to £9. TE AWAMUTU STOCK SALE The Farmers* Co-operative Auctioneering Company Limited reports as follows on the firm’s stock sale held in Te Awamutu on Thursday:— A full yarding of fat sheep was penned. Competition for prime wethers . was keen, and recent advanced rates were obtained. No fat ewes were penned. Fat lambs were penned in large numbers, and sold readily at very firm rates. A small entry of store lambs also met with steady bidding at recent improved rates, the yarding of ox beef included a proportion of unfinished lots. Well-fin-ished pens were keenly competed for, and realised advanced quotations. Prime cows and heifers also realised improved rates. Boner cows again sold at very firm prices. The offering of yearling Jersey heifers was also wanted, and here, too, prices were in advance of previous sale quotations. Sheep: Prime fat wethers made 375, light 34s 6d to 35s 6d, light fat hoggets 27s to 295,* heavy prime lambs 32s to 355, prime fat 27s to 295, medium 23s to 255, light 20s to 22s 6d, medium white-face wether lambs 14s 9d. Cattle: Extra prime bullocks £2O to £22, light fat £l5 to £l6, heavy prime Polled Angus cows £l3 ss, prime Shorthorn cows £ll 10s to £ll Ils, light fat cows £9 to £lO, heavy boner cows £6 10s to £7 10s, medium £4 10s to £5 10s, light £3 to £4, 2Byear Shorthorn steers £9, medium Jersey heifers £4 10s to £5. Pigs: A light yarding met spirited bidding, and a total clearance was effected under the hammer, values being well up to late rates. Heavy baconers made to £5 12s, medium £4 15s to £5 3s, light £4 5s to £4 9s, large porkers £3 5s to £3 15s, medium £1 10s to £3, large stores to £1 16s. TE AWAMUTU STOCK SALE The Farmers’ Co-operative Auctioneering Co. Ltd. reports that at their stock sale, held at Te Awamutu on Thursday, a full yarding of fat sheep was penned. Competition for prime wethers was keen and recent advanced rates were obtained. No fat ewes were penned. Fat lambs came forward in large numbers and sold readily at very firm rates. A small entry of store lambs also met with steady bidciing at recent improved rates. The yarding of ox beef included a portion of unfinished lots. Well finished pens were keenly competed for and realised advanced quotations. Prime cows and heifers also realised improved’ rates, while boner cows sold at firm prices. The offering of yearling Jersey heifers was also wanted and here again prices were in advance of previous sale rates. A light yarding of pigs came forward. Bidding was spirited and a total clearance was effected under the hammer, values being well up to late rates. Sheep: Prime fat wethers 375, light fat wethers 34s 6d to 35s 6d, heavy prime hoggets 34s 6d, light fat hoggets 27s to 295, heavy prime lambs 32s to 355, prime fat lambs 27s to 295, medium 23s to 255, light 20s to 22s 6d, medium w.f. wether lambs 14s 9d. Cattle: Extra prime bullocks £2O to £22, light fat bullocks £l5 to £l6, heavy prime P.A. cows £l3 ss, prime Shorthorn cows £ll 10s to £ll Ils, light fat ditto £9 to £lO, heavy boner cows £6 10s to £7 10s, medium £4 10s to £5 ICs, light £3 to £4, 2S-year Shorthorn steers £9, medium Jersey heifers , £4 10s to £5. Pigs: Heavy baconers to £5 12s, medium £4 15s to £5 3s, light £4 5s to £4 9s, large porkers £3 5s td £3 15s, medium £2 10s to £3, large stores io £1 16s. TE AWAMUTU STOCK SALE A good, entry of all classes of sheep and a full penning of cattle came forward at Messrs Dalgety and Co’s Te Awamutu stock sale held at Te Awamutu on Thursday last. Competition in <the sheep section was steady, there being litle alteration in values on recent quotations. The demand for ox, beef remained firm. P.A. Hereford bullocks from Mr F. Hastie realised £l5 15s to £l6, while ithe figure of £l6 wias reached for a pen of P.A. bullocks from Mr J- Bayly. Boner cows sold at unchanged rates while for the yarding’ of Jersey heifer calves a satisfactory sale re-

suited. .The yarding of fat and store pigs was very light but late rates were maintained.

We Quote: Sheep:—medium fat w.ethers 32s 6d to 335, light fat wethers 30s 6d to 31s 9d, unfinished wethers 26s to 28s, prime heavy fat lambs 30s to 32s 6d, medium fat lambs 24s 3d to 265, B/F store lambs 15s -to 16s, small 2-tooth ewes r.w. S.D. ram to 23s 6d.

Cattle:—prime fat P.A. and Hereford bullocks £l5 15s to £l6, medium fat steers £l2 7s 6d; to £l3- heavy fat S.H. cows and P.A. cows £l2 15s to £l4 17s 6d, fat P.A. cows and heifers £lO to £l2 7s 6d, fat Jersey cows £6 15s to £8 15s, heavy boner cows £5 5s to £G 13s, medium boner cows £4 Ils to £5 2s, light boner

cows £3 6s to £4, potter bulls £7 to £7 12s Gel, small Jersey heifer calves £2 16s to £3 15s, medium Jersey and Jersey x Ayrshire x calves £4 Is to £4 15s, small and backward Jersey heifers to calve £7 to £B, medium grown Ayrshire heifers £8 to £9. Pigsmedium, baconers £4 18s to £5 4s, medium to heavy porkers £3 2s to £3 10s, small store pigs 30s to 365.