COMMERCIAL

Te Awamutu Courier, Volume 79, Issue 7146, 16 December 1949, Page 3

COMMERCIAL

TE AWAMUTU STOCK SALE

A small yarding of sheep comprised mostly fat descriptions was penned at Messrs Dalgety and Co.’s stock sale on Thursday, the 15th December. Competition: was steady with firm values ruling. In the cattle section prime ox female beef was offered good numbers—competition was steady with values being comparable with recent quotations at central yards. On account of Mr C. B. Fullerton Smith a pen of 9 choice medweight P.A. bullocks realised to £23 10s, while lighter descriptions on account Messrs J. O. Bayly and W. S. Gennann ranged from £2l 10s to £22 17s 6d. A pen of prime heifer beef from Mr H. S. McWilliams sold at the figure of £l7 10s. i'at Jersey and boner cows were penned in med. numbers with prices remaining unchanged. There was a large yarding of both fat and store pigs for all classes of fats were firm while an even and satisfactory saie prevailed for stores.

Sheep: Med. fat wethers 41s 9d to 42s 6d, lighter ditto 39s 9d to 40s fid, fat B.F. 2-ths 40s to 40s 6d, a pen of prime fat Suffolk lambs 43s to 44 s, lighter fat lambs 37s to 38s. Cattle: Good fat P.A. bullocks £22 5s to £23 10s, lighter fat ditto £2l 10s to £22, prime fat P.A. heifers £l6 10s to £l7 10s, fat Shorthorn and Friesian cots’s £l2 12s 6d to £l4 12s 6d, fa 1 Jersey cows £lO 2s 6d to £lO 14s, other fat cows and heavy boner cows £8 15s to £9 16s, light to med. ditto £5 17s to £8 ss, potter bulls (good) £lO 12s 6d to £l3 15s, other ditto £8 5s to £lO 10s, Jersey and Jersey cross i.wb. £8 10s to £lO 2s 6d. Pigs: Choppers £6 2s 6d to £6 19s, heavy baconers £6 16s to £7, med. baconers £6 5s to £6 15s, light ditto £5 12s to £6 3s, heavy porkers and buttermilk pigs £5 to £5 10s, lighter porkers and large store pigs £4 8s to £5, med. store pigs £3 15s to £4 7s, small stores £2 15s to £3 6s, good slips £2 6s to £2 12s, weaner® 30s to £2 2s.

The Farmers’ Co-operative Auctioneering Co. Ltd. report on their Te Awamutu stock sale held on Thursday. Both ox and heifer- beef was penned in good numbers. Heavy bullocks were treated at firm late 1 values while light and prime steers showed a marked improvement. Cow and heifer beef again sold firmly. A light entry of boner cattle sold at firm late rates. A medium entry of fat sheep, prime fat B.F. hoggets were keenly sort, while heavy fat W-F. aethers showed no alteration. A large yarding of all classes of- pigs came forward and also for fat pigs again maintained late

rates, while store and weaner pigs were slightly easier of sale. Cattle: Heavy prime fat bullocks £23 to £23 16s, med. prime Shorthorn , bullocks £22 15s to £22 17s 6d, light f prime P.A. bullocks £22 to £22 ss, heavy prime P.A. heifers £l7 5s to £lB 19s, light prime P.A. cows £l2 IDs ’ £l4, heavy boner cows £7 to £8 15s, lighter ditto £5 10s to £6 10s, heavy potter bulls £lO to £l3 ss, lighter ditto £7 15s to £9.

Sheep: Heavy fat wethers £2 Is to £2 2s 3d, heavy fat B.F. hoggets £2 to £2 2s, lighter ditto 38s <9d to £2, fat ewes 29s to 30s 3d.

Pigs: Choppers £5 10s to £6 15s, extra heavy prime baconers £6 18s to £7, heavy prime baconers £6 10s to £6 16s, med. ditto £6 2s to £6. 10s, light ditto £5 16s to £6, heavy porkers and buttermilk pigs £5 6s to £5 14s, med. porkers £4 15s to £5 4s, light ditto £4 5s to £4 14s, large store pigs £3 12s to £4 Is, others ditto £2 15s to £3 Bs, slips £2 to £2 10s, weaner £1 10s to £2. HAMILTON STOCK SALE The Farmers’ Co-operative Auctioneering Company limited report -that at the weekly stock sale held at Hamilton on Tuesday, there was a larger entry of fat sheep. At the commencement of the sale prices ware on a par to a shade easier than last week, and over the latter part, sales were harder to make. Fat ewes were slightly dearer compared with recent sales, while spring lambs showed an easing tendency. Another large yarding of ox beef was penned. The general trend over the whole sale was for values to be a little easier, more so for the heavier weights, while the light and medium pens were from slightly easier to firm. A medium entry of cow beef was not so freely sought, and values here were also a little lower. One pen only of heifers yarded sold at firm values. The largest yarding of fat pigs penned this season came forward. Baconers and porkers sold- on a par with recent quotations. The demand for store and weaner pigs was not as keen as at other sales, prices easing slightly. Sheep: Heavy fat wethers 44s to 465, med. ditto 42s to 435, light ditto 39s 6d to 41s, heavy fat hoggets 44s fid to 45s 3d, med. ditto 43s to 445, light ditto 41s 6d to 425, heavy fat ewes 30s to 325, med. ditto 28s to 295, light ditto 25s to 275, good spring lambs 40s to 435. Cattle: Heavy prime bullocks £23 15s to £25, med. ditto £22 5s to £23 10s, lighter ditto £l9 10s to £22, med., heifers to £l6 10s, heavy fat cows £l4 to £l5 10s, med. ditto £l2 15s to £l3 10s. Pigs: Heavy choppers £7 10s to £9, others ditto £4 10s to £6 15s, prime heavy baconers £6 18s to £7; heavy baconers £6 14s to £6 16s, med. ditto £6 10s to £6 12s, light ditto £6 to £6

■Bs, heavy .’porkers land buvqermjlk pigs £5 10s to £6 3s, med. porkers £5 to £5 Bs, light ditto £4 10s to £4 16s, unfinished porkers £4 to £4 Bs, large stores £3 10s to £3 16s, smaller £3 to £3 Bs, slips £2 5s to £2 16s, weaner 25s to £2 2s.