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LARGE ENTRY FORWARD. VALUES AT FRANKTON. BEEF MARKET STEADY. Extra large entries were forward in all -departments at the weekly Frankton -stock sale yesterday when a large bench of buyers maintained prioes at practically the same level as last week. Sheep were just a shade lower, but little variation was reoorded in other departments. Ox beef was again available in large supply, the offering comprising mainly light to medium sorts and including a good proportion of prime quality sorts. The demand was keen with prices well held, and ranging to £l4 12s 6d per head and the price per 100 lb to 31s. All -classes oleared readily, with the demand keener for lighter sorts than for the heavier pens. Cows and heifers were forward in average numbers, with quality on a par with last week. Although the demand was not os keen as the last two weeks, there was little variation from last week’s level of values. Few pens made above £lO, £9 being a good price for the day. Sheep and Pigs. The sheep market was overloaded and consequently prices for all classes showed an easing tendency. Wethers were forward in good numbers, with the demand animated for the choicest pens, which met the market at unchanged rates. Fat and unfinished pens were not so easy to quit, however, and values for these were easier. Ewes and hoggets also suffered by the slacker demand, the decline in the majority of cases for ewes ranging from Is to 2-s, although hoggets were Just a shade lower. One pen of extra choice ewe hoggets sold at 455, the best prioe reoeived for this olass in the Waikato for some years. Fat pigs were on offer in increased numbers with a good proportion of prime baconers. A steady demand was shown both classes and last Tuesday’s rates were equalled. The market for stores, however, showed an easing tendency. Prioe Summary. The following table Is a summary of prices realised for fat stook at the Frankton yards during the past fortnight :
Fortitude of Lambs. “It is wonderful what a lamb can stand if it gets milk,” declared a Hawke’s Bay shephe'rd this week in conversation with a Waikato Times representative. He stated that even in snow a young lamb would siiTTw sufficient fortitude to progress if it were able to suckle and obtain some shelter. Mothering-on has been employed with success among weakly lambs In Hawke’s Bay, but the" main point that shepherds have borne in mind is to perform docking in perfect weatheT. It has been found repeatedly that to dock under cold conditions, will set back the lambs and make them prone to a form of rheumatism in the hindquarters which will retard their progress often for some weeks. Disease In Pigs. Diseases in pigs in Australia have shown a disquieting increase during the year ended June 30. A total of £15,552 was paid by the Government in compensation for pigs condemned for disease' after slaughter. A sum of £12,092 was collected through the tax of 9d a head on all pigs sold in one state for slaughter, and the compensation fund was in credit £7875 at the close of the period. The majority of the condemnations were for tube'rculosls. The highest percentages were recorded in the Casino, IJlmarra -and Llsmore districts, and at the Ilomebush abattoirs. Clydesdales for Waikato. Mr R. McK. Thomson, of Ngaruawahia, the well-known Clydesdale breeder, paid one of the' top prices at the sale of imported Clydesdales last week when he paid lOOOgns for the two-year-old oolt, Cashley Prince. Breeders who have' seen the colt are loud in praise of its qualities and it created a very favourable impres- , sion when paraded at the annual spring | horse fair at Claude'lands on Monday. I Air Thomson also purchased a filly, Dees 'Carnell, a prize-winner at imj portant Scottish shows this year, the ; purchase figure being 350gns. Another Waikato breeder, Mr N. E. Mikkelsen, of Alorrinsville, was the purchase'r of the five-year-old mare, | Dees Lady Iris, who has been a noted ; prize winner in Scotland. The pur- | chase figure was 300gns. These outstanding animals should do much to raise the standard of Clydesdales 'in tlio Auckland province, particularly in the Waikato. Dairy Factory Hands. A report from Taranaki that there is likely to be friction among dairy staffs as the result of the Sunday ff»ay provisions enforced by recent industrial legislation is not generally supported by dairy company officials in the Waikato. The report states that the view is taken by some Taranaki factory managers that the legislation makes it. necessary for no employee to work more than six days without a day off. If that view was correct every man must have the same day off in each week, so that if a man started the season with Sunday off he would -have Sunday off throughout the season and would be worse off than the majority of Ills fellow employees who worked on Sunday at overtime rates and had another day off. This interpretation put managers In the invidious position of deciding which men should work on Sunday and get the bonus and further it might lead to anomalies in that the extra pay for Sunday work might give lower graded men higher weekly Warnings than some of their superiors (who had the Sunday off) for the same period. However, a Waikato dairying official stated yesterday that there was nothing to prevent some domestic arrangement be'ing made whereby the men would take it in turns to work on the Sunday. The legislation in question provided that the men had to have one day off in seve'n and there did not appear to he any difficulty in the way of the staffs making equitable arrangements in regard to Sunday work.
Individual Sales. In the ox beef section Air H. J. Barker, of Whatawhata, sold heavy prime bullooks from £l3 5s to £l4 12s 6d, with lighter sorts from the same vendor selling from £lO 5s to £ll 9s. A truck from Mr W. Cooper-Smith sold from £l3 14s to £l4 6s, while a medium consignment from Mr J. C. Potts sold at £l2. Messrs Willoughby Bros, marketed steers which sold from £ll 17s 6d to £l3 7s 6d, while medium sorts from Mr S. E. Hansen were traded at prices ranging from £ll 2s 6d to £l2. Prime cows from Air J. Anderson sold from £9 5s to £lO, with similar entries from Messrs Norrish Bros, selling from £9 to £lO 2s 6d. In the -sheep section choice wethers from Air C. J. Follet, of Te Pahu, sold from 38s 9d to 425, with the latter figure also being made by a small entry from Messrs Houchen Bros., of Ohaupo Road. Ewes from these vendors sold at 31s 3d. Mi' J. Kay, of Te Awamutu, sold wethers for 41s, with smaller sheep from Air H. Vickers selling for 37s 9d. The best sale of the day was that for a pen of ohoice Romney ewe hoggets from Air H. Mathews, the pen being traded at 455. Choice ewes from Air M. McNair, of Te Awamutu, sold from 31s 6d to 325. Farmers’ Auctioneering Co. The Farmers’ Co-operative Auctioneering Company report on the sale as follows:—At Frankton stock sale held to-day a large entry of both fat wethers and ewes was penned. Competition for prime wethers was keen with prices unaltered, but all other lots sold at lower rates. Fat hoggets were also penned in larger numbers, with competition keen at late ruling values. One pen of choice ewe hoggets offered on account of Mr Harry Matthews realised £2 ss. Mr C. J. Follett, of Te Pahu, obtained £2 2s for a pen of fat wethers, while Messrs Blackett Bros, of Te Kowhai received 34s 6d for a pen of prime shorn wethers. An exceptionally heavy yarding of good quality ox beef came forward. Competition was keen throughout and late rates maintained. 14 Steers from Mr H. J. Barker, of Whatawhata sold from £lO 5s to £l4 12s 6d; while a pen from Mr W. Cooper Smith sold from £l3 4s to £l4 6s. Steers from Mr J. C. Potts made up to £l2, and cattle from Mr D. E. Finlayson £9 10s to £lO. A heavy yarding of cow and heifer beef again came forward with a full complement of finished cattle. Competition was again good, although heavy oattle were slightly easier, but light prime sorts maintained late firm rates. One truck of prime Shorthorn cows from Mr J. C. Potts sold from £8 11s to £11; 13 cows and heifers from Mrs M. Paterson, Horsham Downs, from £8 15s to £lO 6s; 12 from Mr D. E. Finlayson sold from £9 6s to £9 19s, and 6 from Mr H. J. Barker £5 15s to £9 Bs. Runners and vealers again came forward in full numbers, comprising mostly small calves. Competition for good quality was keen, with prices firm. A few pens of store cattle were in good demand. There was a medium yarding of fat pigs and a full entry of stores. Competition for baconers was keen and last week’s prices were slightly exceeded. Porkers and large stores maintained late rates, with weaners easier. A line of 20 prime baconers offered on account of Mr A. T. Rogers averaged £3 12s 6d. Quotations :
Sheep: Heavy prime wethers, 40s 6d to 425; medium, 37s 9d to 38s 9d; light, 34s 6d to 35s 9d; prime shorn wethers, to 34s 6d; prime woolly ewes, 31s to 32s 3d; medium, 29s 3d to 30s 9d; light, 25s to 28s 6d; medium shorn ewes, 24s 6d; choice Romney ewe hoggets, 455; good woolly wether hoggets, 27s 6d to 295; store, 25s to 265; small fat b.f. hoggets, 22s 9d to 24s 6d. Cattle: Good vealers, £2 16s to £3 ss; smaller, 30s to £2 6s; calves, 16s to 245; prime fat bullocks, £l4 to £l4 12s 6d; medium weight, £l2 10s to £l3 7s 6d; lighter, £9 10s to £ll 8s; prime cows and heifers, £lO to £11; rfredium, £8 5s to £9 13s; lighter, £6 15s to £7 17s; heavy Jersey heifers, £5 10s to £6 16s; killable Jersey cows, £3 15s to £5 ss; forward conditioned, £3 Is to £3 11s; heavy boner cows, £2 10s to £2 18s; lighter, 20s to £2 6s; forward conditioned young cows and heifers, £3 18s to £4 16s; 2-year heifers, £3 10s to £4 6s; good quality yearling Jersey heifers, £4 to £4 15s; smaller, £2 10s to £3 ss. Pigs: Prime baconers, £3 10s to £3 14s; medium, £3 3s to £3 8s; light, £2 12s to £3; heavy porkers, £2 2s to £2 8s; medium, 36s to £2; light, 31s to 355; stores, 33s to 395; medium, 28s to 31s; slips, 18s to 255; weaners, 12s 6d to 18s 6d; sow with litter of 10, £9; sows to farrow, £3 10s to £4 ss. Messrs Dalgety & Co. Messrs Dalgety and Co., Ltd., report on the sale as follows: A larger yarding of fat sheep than usual came forward and prices were inclined to weaken, especially in the fat ewe section. Prime wethers made to 41s 6d, medium and light 31s 6d to 36s 6d, heavy fat ewes 28s 6d to 335, medium weight 28s to 30s, light shorn wethers 29s 6d. There was a medium yarding of fat lambs. Good woolly wether hoggets made 25s to 27s 3d, and Southdown cross hoggets 23s to 24s 6-d.
Fat cattle came fprward in average numbers. If anything, prices were a shade easier for buyers. There were no heavy weight bullocks forward. Medium and light weights made £lO 5s to £ll 12s, prime young cows and heifers £6 19s to £8 11s, light Jersey cows £4 15s to £5 Bs, vealers 20s, runners £3 15s to £4 7s. There was a moderate yarding of store cattle. One pen of yearling and 2-year Shorthorn steers made £6 Is, while a pen of small Hereford cross yearling steers brought £4 2s 6d, yearling P.A. steers £5, pen good quality Jersey yearling heifers £4 15s, empty 2-year Shorthorn heifers £4 2s.
There was a medium yarding of fat pigs which sol-d at up to late rates in most cases. Prime heavy baconers improved slightly on last week’s quotations, while light baconers and buttermilk pigs • were easier. Porkers were firm at recent quotations. Store pigs were easier, while weaners and slips hardly maintained last week’s quotations. We quote: Aledium heavy baconers £3 3s to £3 9s, medium baconers £2 15s to £3 2s, light do. £2 8s to £2 14s, buttermilk pigs £2 Is to £2 6s, heavy porkers 38s to £2 4s, medium do. 33s to 375, light do. 28s
to 345, large stpre pigs 28s to 335, medium do. 24s to 28s, small do. 18s to 225, best weaners 20s to 225, medium weaners 16s to 19s, small do. 8s to 14s. Loan and Mercantile Agency. The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company, Limited, report on the sale as follows:—‘Our entry comprised principally second class beef cows, a scattering only of medium to heavy weight coming forward. Store and boner cows were yarded in good numbers. Throughout the sale of beef competition was slacker than at last week’s sale and a general decline occurred. Store and boner values were maintained at former levels. Medium fat heifers made £6 15s to £8; medium to light quality beef cows and heifers, £5 5s to £5 17s 6d; lighter Jersey fat cows, £3 17s 6d to £4 15s; unfinished quality, £3 5s to £3 15s; sound young Jersey cows, £2 15s to £3 ss; medium Jersey store cows, £2 5s to £2 14s; heavy boners, £1 18s to £2 4s; others, to £1 17s 6d; vealers, £1 13s to £1 16s; good quality vealers, £2 6s. .Supplies in the sheep section were about normal and of our entry fat wethers predominated. There was a fairly strong enquiry throughout and any decrease in values was slight. We sold good fat wethers on account of Mr J. R. Kay, Te Awamutu, at £2 Is; Mr D. Johnstone was the vendor of a pen of shorn wethers which brought up to £1 14s; Messrs Houchin Bros, entered wethers, the best of which realised ££2 2s; fat hoggets were accorded steady competition, while a few pens of store hoggets were eagerly sought. Good quality fat wethers sold from £1 15s to £2 2s; medium fat wethers, £1 12s 6d to £1 16s; unfinished, to £1 10s; heavy fat ewes, £1 9s to £1 12s; medium, £1 4s to £1 7s 6d; others, to £1 3s; heavy fat hoggets, £1 5s to £l 8s 6d; medium, £1 Is to £1 6s; medium ewe hoggets, £1 17s 3d. The entry of porkers and baconers was larger than usual and prices were firm at recent quotations. Stores and weaners met with a slacker demand and values receded a shade. Medium baconers made £2 17s 6d to £3 9s; light baconers, £2 12s to £2 16s; heavy porkers, £2 5s to £2 11s; medium, £1 18s to £2 4s; best store pigs, £1 11s to £1 16s 6d; medium, £1 3s to £1 8s; slips, 17s 6d to £1 Is; weaners, up to 16s. Messrs. G. W. Verooe and Co. Messrs G. W. Vercoe and Co., Ltd., report on the sale as follows: Fat sheep came forward in large numbers. The demand was hardly as keen as last week and prices eased. This was particularly noticeable in the case of fat ewes. Fat hoggets again sold well and a total clearance was effeoted. Heavy fat wethers sold frffm 39s to 41s 6d, medium weights 37s to 38s 6d, light fat wethers 33s to 365, good quality fat wethers (shorn) 28s to 29s 3d, heavy fat ewes 30s to 325, medium weights 28s to 29s 6d, light fat ewes 25s to 27s 6d, heavy fat hoggets 28s to 325, medium weights 26s to '27s 6d, light 24s to 25s 6d.
A full entry of calves sold on a par with last week's quotations. Good runners sold to £6 11s, others £3 10s to £4 15s, good vealers £2 15s to £3 ss, medium £2 to £2 10s, small calves 12s to 30s. The demand for a full yarding of ox beef was fairly keen and prices differed little from those of last week. A draft of good quality cattle ex Messrs Willoughby Bros., of Tuhikaramea, sold to £l3 7s 6d, and for two prime P.A. bullocks ex Air W. Cooper-Smith, of Tuhikaramea, £l3 12s 6d was paid. Bullocks ex Mr S. E. Hansen sold to £l2, while small lines ex various vendors sold to £l3 2s 6d. Medium weight fat bullocks brought £l3 to £l3 15s, prime light weights £l2 to £l2 15s, light fat bullocks to £ll 2s 6d. Cow and heifer beef came forward in full numbers and prices eased. Heavy prime cows sold from £9 5s to £lO 10s, heavy £8 10s to £9 2s 6d, medium weights £7 10s to £8 7s 6d, light £6 10s to £7 ss, prime fat heifers to £lO 10s, lighter prime £8 10s to £9, light £7 lbs to £8 7s 6d, heavy fat Jersey cows £6 10s to £8 2s 6d, medium weights £5 to £6 7s 6d, light £3 15s to £4 10s,. prime Jersey heifers to £B, light prime £5 to £6 15s, others to £4 10s. Store cattle were again penned in large nufnbers and maintained last week’s quotations. Forward conditioned Shorthorn and Friesian cows sold from £4 15s to £5 12s 6d, others £4 to £4 12s 6d, young Jersey cows £2 10s to £3 12s 6d, 18months Jersey cross steers to £3 Is, empty 2-year Jersey heifers £3 10s to £4 2s 6d, yearling crossbred heifers to £3 10s, yearling Ayrshire heifers to £3 14s, heavy boners £2 8s to £2 15s, others 30s to £2 ss.
Prices for a fairly large yarding of fat pigs remained on a par with those of last week. A consignment of prime baconers ex Air R. E. Farrow, of Waitoa, sold from £3 14s to £3 15s. Heavy baconers made £3 10s to £3 15s, medium weights £3 3s to £3 9s, light £2 15s to £3„ heavy porkers £2 5s to £2 10s, medium weights 36s to £2 4s, light 34s to £2, choppers to £2 10s’ A heavy yarding of store pigs did not meet with the same keen enquiry as last week, and prices were easier. Good -stores sold from 34s to 39s others 28s to 335, slips 20s to 27s] best weaners 17s to 19s, good 14s to 16s, others to 12s 6d, sows with litters to £7 ss.
BEEF (per 100 lb.) This week. Last week. .Extra prime ox 30/6 30/6 Prime ox .. Extra choice 28/- to 28/6 28/- to 28/6 young- cows and heifers 28/- to 30/28/- to 30/Prime cows . Second quality 25/- to 26/6 25/- to 26/6 cows 20/- to 20/6 20/- to 20/6
Light cows & Heifers .. 16/-to 17/- 1.6/-to 17/MUTTON (per head). Extra prime wethers 40/-to 42/- 40/-to 42/Fat wethers 35/- to 38/- 36/- to 39/Shorn wethers 30/-to 34/6 Unfinished wethers 28/- to 33/6 26/6 to 32/6 Extra prime ewes 31/-to 33/- 34/-to 30/Fat ewes .. 26/6 to 30/- 32/-to 33/6 Shorn ewes 24/6 Fat hoggets 25/-to 29/- 25/-to 29/PIGS (per head). Baconers .. 58/-to 75/- 58/-to 74/Porkers .. 33/-to 48/- 33/-to 48/Weaners .. 15/-to 21/6 15/-to 22/Sllps .. 18/-to 22/- 20/-to 24/Large stores 28/-to 32/- 30/-to 36/-
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Waikato Times, Volume 120, Issue 19992, 16 September 1936, Page 10
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