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Waikato Times, Volume 119, Issue 19816, 21 February 1936, Page 14

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STOCK SALE. AT MATAMATA. The Farmers’ Co-operativp. Auc- ] tioneering Company, Limited, report ] having held .thelr fortnightly stock sale on Wednesday, when a full yard- J ing of sheep came forward. Fat lambs came in in average numbers. Competition was keen and late rates fully maintained. The entry included the advertised line of 800 lambs offered on account of Messrs Irvine Bros., the total line being sold at satisfactory prices. A smaller entry of fat ewes and wethers showed no appreciable variation in values. There was a medium yarding of breeding ewes, j comprised mostly of sound mouth ' ewes. Competition was fair and a total clearance resulted at late rates. Cattle: There was a heavy yarding of all classes of cattle. The entry included a number of good quality fat cows and heifers, for which competition was brisk. Values accordingly showed an improvement since the previous report, whilst medium quality also sold firmly at late rates. A heavy yarding of boner cows and potter bulls were keenly sought and values remained firm. A number of cows with ■calves at foot were penned. Good quality cattle evoked brisk enquiry, whilst poorer sorts, although dull of sale, sold fully up to rates ruling at other centres. Pigs: There was a full yarding of fat and store pigs. Baconers were again in demand, late high rates prevailing. Competition for stores and weaners was dull, with a resultant drop In prices. We quote:— Sheep: Prime woolly lambs, 24s to 265; fat woolly lambs, 21s 6d to 23s sd; lighter, 18s lOd to 19s 7d; forward and klllable lambs, 17s 9d. to 18s 7d; woolly store lambs, 14s lOd to 15s 6d; smaller, 11s to 12s; mixed sex shorn lambs, 14s 4d to 14s 6d; woolly wether lambs, 15s 6d; fat wethers, 23s 3d to 24s sd; fat ewes, 14s 6d to 15s; prime fat two-tooth ewes, 25s 6d; sound mouth ewes, 12s Id to 13s 4d; Southdown rams, one shear, 5£ to 6sgns.; others, 2 to 3gns; 1 shear Leicester rams, £2 2s 6d. Cattle: Fat cows, £4 19s to £5 13s; lighter, £3 15s to £4 16s; fat heifers, £4 iOs to T 5 6s: lighter, £2 18s to £3 7s; forward and killable cows, £2 12s to £3 11s; heavy boners, £2 2s to £3 4s; lighter, 29s to £2; Polled Angus cows with calves at foot, £5 ss; Jersey cross cows with calves at foot, £2 5s to £2 15s; one and a-half year Shorthorn cross heifers, empty, £2 17s to £3 9-s; heavy bulls, £6 10s to £7 15s; medium, £5 to £6; light, £3 15s to £4 15s; weaner Jersey calves, £2. Pigs: Best quality baconers, £2 17s to £3 Is; medium, £2 13s to £2 16s; light, £2 9s to £2 11s; buttermilk pigs, £2 to £3 7s; heavy porkers, 35s to 38s; medium, 33s to 345; light, 28s to 31s; best quality large stores, 18s to 245; medium, lbs to 18s; slips, 12s to 16s; best weaners, 9s to 12s; others, 5s to Bs. ADDINGTON MARKETS. PRICES GENERALLY FIRM. At Addington this week values were generally firm. The fat lamb entry totalled 2860. Export buyers operated to the higher schedule brought into .force at the beginning of the week, and were paying up to Bid for 361 b, ■with a rise of id over other weights. Values: Exti’a prime heavy lambs to 31s 7d, prime heavy 26s 9d to 29s 3d. prime medium-weight 24s 9d to 26s 6d, ordinary 21s 6d to 24s 6d, light 19s 6d to 21s. The quality of fat sheep was distinctly better. The price of freezing ewes was fully Is a head higher than It was last week, while wethers of all sorts and heavy ewes were dearer by the same amount. Values; Extra prime heavy wethers to 31s 7d, prime heavy 25s 9d to 27s 3d, prime medium weight 23s 3d to 23s 3d, ordinary 21s to 22s 9d, light to 20s 6d, extra prime heavy ewes to 26s Id, prime heavy 20s 6d to 23s 6d, prime .mediumweight 17s to 20s, ordinary 13s to 16s 6d, light to Pis 6d. The demand for store lambs, of which there was a heavy yarding, was good. Values: Good halfbred ewe to 20s 6d, good three-quarterbred ewe to 20s 4d, good halfbred rape 17s Gd to 19s, ordinary 13s to 17s, small 10s 6d, good three-quarterbred rape to 18s 6d, ordinary 14s to 18s. There was a heavier yarding of store sheep and the sale was distinctly firmer. Values: Good two-tooth Corriedale to 36s 6d. good two-looth halfbred 30s to 32s 6d, ordinary 2 3s to 29s 6d, good two-tooth crossbred to 32s Gd, ordinary 24s to 28s, ordinary four-year halfbred 23s to 265. Inferior 19s to 22s 6d, good aged 21s fid, ordinary 15s to 17s fid, inferior and shabby from 8s fid. Best beef made from 25s fid to 27s 6d, with odd pens to 295, 1001 b, good 23s to 255, good heifer to 255,

ordinary beef 18s to 21s 6d, rough down to 15s 6d. Values: Extra prime heavy steers to £l2 17s 6d, prime heavy £9 os to £ll, prime mediumweight £7 10s to £9 ss, ordinary £5 15s to £6 12s 6d, light to £5, extra prime heifers to £8 7s 6d, prime £6 to £7, medium £4 10s to £5 15s, light to £4, extra prime cows to £8 7s Gd, prime £4 10s to £6, medium £3 5s to £4 3s, light to £3. The demand for handy-weight baconers was good, but heavy-weights were not so keenly sought, Values: Choppers, 30s to 80s, baconers 4Gs Gd to 52s 6d, heavy 57s 6d to 64s 6 r l; average price per lb 4d to 5Jd; porkers 30s to 34s 6d, heavy porkers 37s 6d to 43s 6d; # average price per lb sfd to 6id. HAMILTON STORE SHEEP SALE. The Farmers’ Co-operative Auctioneering Company, Limited, report that a ttheir weekly store sheep sale a good yarding of all classes came forward. Lambs again were in good demand, while young breeding ewes found a ready sale. Quotations* —Good 2-tooth ewes, 32s 6d to 34s 6d; 5-year breeding ewes, 20s to 21s; s.m. ewes, 16s to 19s; broken mouth ewes, 14s to 15s; agted and inferior sorts, 6s to 12s Gd; good ewe lambs, 235; forward conditioned lambs, 14s to 15s; good store lambs, 12s 6d to 13s 9d; smaller sorts, 10s to 11s 3d; cull sorts, 6s to 8s 9d; Southdown rams, 2£ to 4£gns.