FIRMER SALE

Waikato Times, Volume 121, Issue 20346, 10 November 1937, Page 13

FIRMER SALE

MARKET AT FRANKTON IMPROVEMENT FOR OX BRIGHTER SALE OF EWES Slightly Improved values for ox beef and a readier trade for fat ewes were features of the weekly stock sale at Frankton yesterday, when the short entry of beef was not without its Influence on the market. Little change In values was apparent In the fat pig section, which was well supplied. The entry of bullooks was the smallest seen at the yards for some months with the consequence that buyers were not in a position to show the same discrimination as has been possible at most recent sales. The market opened briskly with the first two pens selling at prices ranging from £l3 5s to £l7, the latter price being the best for three weeks. Top price last week was £ls ss. Good medium-weight steers were forward in only limited numbers and ranged in price from £l3 17s 6d to £l6 ss. The price per 100 lb. for best ox ranged in price from 34s to 40s, although slightly above the latter figure was realised in some cases. Cows and heifers were also forward in smaller numbers with only a small supply of ohoice beef. A few pens of extra ohoice oows and heifers were traded from £9 to £lO 6s with good fat pens making from £7 to £8 10s. Competition was again keen for boners while a good entry of .calves was in brisk request at late rates.

Sheep and Pigs A healthier tone marked the fat sheep market and although values for wethers showed no change, buyers showed more readiness to trade. Values were Just a shade firmer for ewes and many lines advanced by approximately 6d to is per head, best shorn sorts making from 20s to 2is 6d, against 20s 6d to 22s the previous week. Slightly better money was also realised for hoggets, good woolly sorts making from 27s to 325, against 26s to 28s with shorn lines realising from 23s 6d to 25s 6d. More lambs were traded and In some cases prioes showed, an Improvement, the top price being 32s 6d against 28s 6d. Baconers were slightly cheaper, with prices ranging from 60s to 82s per head, but porkers were generally firm from 37s to 58s. A better inquiry was shown for all classes of stores, large stores being traded from 36s to 42s per head, and weaners from 17s 6d to 225. Prices were approximately Is per head up on the previous week. Prloe Summary The following table Is a summary of prioes realised for fat stock at the Frankton yards during the past fort-

A good line of bullocks from a client ranged in price from £ls to £l7, the latter figure being top price for the day. Good cattle from Mr J. Hannon, of Cambridge, met a ready trade at prices ranging from £l3 to £l3 17s Gd, while £l3 was the figure realised for a truck from Mr J. M. Scott, of Cambridge. Handy-weight sorts from another Cambridge vendor, Mr J. C. Potts, were good buying from £l2 12s to £l3 ss, while lighter cattle from Mr E. H. Wayne were knocked down from £l2 to £l2 17s 6d. Choice heifers from Mr Potts were quitted at £lO 6s, while Mr R. G. Griffen, of Tauwhare, sold heifers from £7 6s to £9 Is. Six heavy cows from Mr T. M. Hall were traded at £lO, while cows and heifers from Mr Scott, jnr., of Newstead, made from £7 8s to £9 17s 6d. Attractive shorn wethers from Messrs. Rlackett Bros, were sold at 295, while those from Mr J. McCallum, of Clarkln’s Road, were auctioned at 28s Od. A similar figure was realised for the wethers from Mr E. J. Owen, of Pirongia, while for a line from the Waikato Agricultural and Pastoral Association buyers paid from 27s to 27s 9d. Good lambs from Mr A. E. Thomas realised from 28s to 30s, while those from Mr P. A. Kivell, of Ohaupo, were traded from 23s 3d to 28s 3d. Farmers’ Auctioneering Company. The Farmers’ Co-operative Auctioneering Company, Limited, report on the sale as follows: J An average yarding of fat sheep came forward and met with a steady demand for all classes. Wether mutton was fully equal to last week’s values, while fat ewes and hoggets showed a slight improvement. For-ward-conditioned uid store hoggets were also in better demand, while late rates ruled for fat lambs. A medium entry of ox beef was penned and sold under keen competition at firmei values. Medium fat steers from Mi J. C. Potts, Cambridge, sold from £l2 12s to £l3 ss, while light fal steers from Glencoe Farm realisec from £l2 to £l2 17 s Gd. Cow am heifer beef was also penned in smallei i numbers and realised recent prices Fat Jersey and boner cows wore

yarded in larger numbers and sold at prices equal to recent sales. Medium prime Shorthorn heifers from Mr J. C- Potts, Cambridge, averaged £lO 6s, while fat cowb and heifers from

Mr John Scott, Newstead, sold from £9 15s to £9 17s 6d. For a full yarding of fat pigs competition was keen and a good sale resulted at fully equal to late rates. A large entry of stores and weaners met with keen competition and values for both classes were slightly ahead of last week’s sale. Quotations: — Sheep: Fat shorn wethers, 27s 9d to 295; medium fat wethers, 25s 6d to 26s 9d; fat two-tooth wethers, 255; fat woolly ewes, 24s 3d; shorn ewes, 19s 3d to 20s 6d; killable ewes, 15s 6d to 17s 6d: store ewes, 17s 3d; woolly black-xace ewe hoggets, 31s 3d; shorn ewe hoggets, 30s 6d; shorn wether hoggets, 24s 6d to 255; fat lambs, 21s 3d to 28s 6d. Cattle: Medium fat steers, £l2 12s to £l3 ss; light prime steers, £l2 to £l2 17s 6d; medium prime heifers, £9 16s to £lO 6s; medium prime cows, £8 16s to £9 17s 6d; lighter, £6 17s to £7 8s; fat Jersey cows, £4 15s to £5 10s; heavy boners, cows, £3 5s to £3 8s; light, 38s to £2 18s; heavy vealers, £2 7s to £2 19s; light, 375; yearling Jersey heifers, £3 to £3 2s 6d. Pigs: Heavy choppers, £3 to £4 Is; medium, £2 to £2 15s; heavy baconers, £3 18s to £4 2s; medium, £3 15s to £3 17s; light, £3 10s to £3 14s; heavy porkers and buttermilk pigs, £2 15s to £3 &s; medium porkers, £2 17s to £3 14s; light, £2 to £2 6s; large stores, 38s to £2 2s; smaller, 34s to 37s 6d; slips, 24s 6d to 325; weaners, 17s 6d to 225. Messrs. Dalgety and Company. Messrs. Dalgety and Company, Limited, report on the sale as follows: There was a good yarding of sheep and a smaller yarding of cattle, than usual. Fat sheep sold on a par with last week's Frankton rates, whilst beef was firmer, due largely to the shorter yarding. Store sheep and cattle were on a par with late market rates. Quotations:—

•Sheep: Medium fat shorn wethers, £1 6s 9d to £1 7s 6d; lighter shorn ditto, £1 4s 9d to £1 6s 3d; fat ewes, 19s 9d to £1 Is; medium fat hoggets, - £1 4s to £1 5s 3d; smaller and unfinished, £1 Is to £1 3s 6d; fair quality shorn Romney e we hoggets, £1 13s sd; Southdown-cross ewe hoggets, £1 6s to £1 6s 3d; small Southdowncross ditto, £1 0s 9d; woolly store wethers, £1 6s 3d; ewes and lambs (all counted), 16s; ewes in lamb, £1 2s 7d; store woolly ewes, 12s to 15s 6d. Cattle: Medium fat bullocks, £l2 15s to £l3 17s 6d; light fat Shorthorn steers, £9 15s. A truck of prime fat heifers, account Mr E. W. R. Leslie, averaged £lO Bs, the top price being £lO 10s; medium Shorthorn and Holstein oows, very forward condition, £7 to £8 3s; unfinished, £6 to £6 15s; good light fat Jersey cows and heifers, £4 12s 6d to £5 7s 6d; veal calves, £2 8s to £2 19s; smaller, 12s to £1 9s; crossbred two-year steers, £5 2s 6d; stoi'-e Shorthorn cows and Hol-stein-cross cows, £5 to £5 15s; good boner cows, £2 15s to £4 7s; others, £1 6s to £3 12s Gd; light potter bulls, £4 to £4 15s; yearling Jersey-cross bulls, £1 5s to £2 10s. . x Pigs: Top-weight baconers (prime), £4 to £4 Is; heavy baconers, £3 15s to £4; medium, £3 10s to £3 15s; heavy porkers to light baconers, £3 to £3 10s; heavy porkers, £2 15s _ to £3; medium, £2 10s to £2 15s; light, £2 4s to £2 10s; small, 38s to £2 4s; large store pigs, 33s to £2; medium, 28s to 335; small, 22s to 28s; best slips, 23s to 275; medium, 16s to 225; best weaners, 21s to 26s 6s; medium, 16s to 21s; small, 10s to 15s; sows to farrow, £3 4s. Loan and Mercantile Agency Co. The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency, Company, Limited, report on the sale as follows: So far as quality was concerned the cattle yarding was a poorer one, and numbers were also only moderate. The short supply was perhaps responsible for the improving trend in prices. Our entry of ox beef comprised only light sorts and these sold satisfactorily. Cow beef throughout made slightly better prices than at last week’s sale here and all offered sold readily, particularly those in condition. No alteration was shown in the realisations in the store and boner section, a medium entry selling freely. Light Jersey bullocks made £9 5s to £9 17s; forward store conditioned steers, £7 to £7 14s; heavy good conditioned Shorthorn beef cows, £8 5s to £8 16s; medium ditto, £7 10s to £8 ss; heavy Jersey beef cows, £5 15s 1 to £6 15s; medium ditto, £5 2s Gd to , £5 Pis Gd; light Jersey cows, £4 to . £5; forward stores, £3 2s 6d to £4; boners, £2 11s to £3; others, £2 10s; ! medium potter bulls, £5 to £6 ss; ! vealers, £1 to £1 Bs. Prices for sheep were firm gencr- ' ally, no change taking place in either grown sheep or hoggets. The yard- ; ing comprised a bigger proportion of | wethers than of any other elass^aiul ! Altogether however, the numbers , yarded fell short, oMast week’s averj ers m’alle 26s "to 2Ts'iM; medium ditto, S 5» to 8«»: lif-ld, to il« t.d: ! medium fat ewes, 17s to 20s; others, 1,, Ids; -nod fat h«Wt*. 24s Ud to ; -,*7s ltd (woolly) ; c shorn liupgets | 2(is Od to 24s Dd. The yarding of pigs was a very • large one. Well-finished baconers and ) porkers accounted fsr a large part ol l it, stores and weaners being entered

in slightly above the usual numbers. A. good sale transpired for fat pigs and prices were equally as good as those of last week’s sale. The demand for young pigs was also brisk and the lot changed hands freely. Prime heavy baconers made £3 18s to £4 , 2s; heavy baconers,_£3 12s to £3 17s; medium ditto, £3 7s to £3 11s; light ditto, £3 2s to £3 6s; heavy porkers, £2 16s to £3; medium ditto, £2 10s to £2 15s; others, £2 3s to £2 10s; best stores, £1 18s to £2 2s; medium ditto, £1 13s to £1 17s; light ditto, £1 8s to £1 12s; slips, £1 4s to £1 7s; best weaners, 18s to 225; others, 8s to 16s. Messrs. G. W. Vercoe & Co., Ltd. Messrs. G. W. Vercoe and Company, Limited, report on the sale as follows: The yarding of fat sheep was an average one and competition for all classes was fairly keen with the result that a total clearance was effected at rates in advance of those of last week. Heavy fat shorn wethers sold from 28s to 28s 6d; wellfinished medium-weights, 27s to 27s 9d; light and unfinished, 24s to 26s 6d; heavy fat shorn ewes, 20s to 21s 6d; medium-weights, 18s to 19s 6d; light, 16s to 17s 9d; unfinished, 14s to 15s 6d; heavy fat woqlly hoggets, 30s to 32s 3d; lighter, 20s to 295; heavy fat shorn hoggets, 25s to 26s 6d; light, 22s to 245. A record yarding of fat lambs for this season was handled and these sold readily at : very satisfactory prices. Prime lambs | ex Mr Gordon E. Clarke, of Te Rapa, ! sold at an average of 335; lambs from i Mr A. E. Thomas, of Rototuna, ranged in price from 28s to 30s, while those from Messrs. Keane and Co., of Te Kowhai, averaged 28s 6d; 3d below *he latter price was obtained by Mr P. A. Kivell, of Kaipaki, while prices up to 26s 9d were obtained by Mr A. WeJ>by, of Frankton, for a draft of 34 good quality lambs. Competition for a large entry of calves was not keen and prices were a shade easier, nevertheless practically the whole entry was sold. Light runners made £4 to £5 ss; heavy vealers, £3 to £3 15s; medium, 35s to £2 10s; small calves, 10s to 30s. The yarding of ox beef was an average one, which sold under keen competition at rates in advance of those of last sale. Prime Polled Angus bullocks, ex Hinuera, sold from £ls to £l7; a draft of good quality Polled Angus and Hereford bullocks, ex Mr J. Hannon, of Cambridge, sold to £ls, while one pen of light-weight Polled Angus bullocks, ex Mr J. Scott, of Cambridge, averaged £l3. Heavy prime bullocks realised £l6 to £l7; prime medium-weights, £l3 17s 6d to £ls; prime light-weights, £l3 to £l3 15s; medium-weight Jersey bullocks, to £lO 19s. A full entry of cow and heifer beef, the majority consisting of plain cattle, sold under good competition and prices remained very firm. Heavy fat oows sold from £9 to £10; medium-weights, £7 10s to £8 15s; light, £6 10s to £7 ss; well-fin-ished light-weight heifers, £8 to £9 ss; others, to £7 10s; heavy fat Jersey cows, £6 10s to £7 ss; mediumweights, £5 15s to £6 ss; light, to £5 10s. Store cattle came forward in large numbers and prices, if anything, were a shade firmer. Store conditioned two-year steers sold to £7 ss; wellgrown yearling Red Polled steers, to £6 6s; others, to £5 7s; two-year mixed-coloured steers, to £6; yearling Jersey heifers, £3 15s to £4 10s; small cross-bred heifers, to £3 ss; empty two-year Jersey heifers, to £3 18s; forward-conditioned Shorthorn and Friesian cows, £4 10s to £5 ss; others, £3 10s to £4 ss; young Jersey and Jersey-cross cows, £3 to £3 15s; heavy boners, £3 5s to £4; others, £2 to £3; potter bulls, to £6 15s. A large entry of fat pigs met with a keen demand and prices throughout remained firm. Prime baconers sold from £4 to £4 2s; heavy, £3 15s I to £3 19s; medium-weights, £3 12s to 1 £3 14s; light, £3 5s to £3 10s; heavy porkers, £2 15s to £3 3s; mediumweights, £2 8s to £2 14s; light, £2 to £2 7s; choppers, to £3 18s. A large yarding of store pigs showed little alteration on last week’s quotations. Good stores sold from 38s to £2 4s; others, 33s to 375; good slips, 28s to 325; others, 24s to 275; best weaners, 18s to 235; others, 10s to 17s; sows with litters, to £10; sows in pig, £4 ss; boars, to £4 10s.

night:— BEEF (per 100lbs.) This week. Last week. Extra prime ox 3 1/- to 40/- 34/-to 40/prime ox 28/- to 33/- 28/-to 33/Extra choice young cows and heirers 4 33/- to 36/- 33/- to 36/Prime cows . 25/0 to 29/- 25/6 to 29/Second quality cows 20/- to 23/- 20/- to 23/MUTTON (per head) Extra prime shorn wethers 27/9 to 30/- 27/6 to 29/6 Fat shorn wethers 26/-to£7/- 26/-to 27/Unfinished wethers 24/- to 25/- 23/6 to 25/3 Extra prime shorn ewes . 20/- to 21/6 20/-to 22/Fat shorn ewes .... 17/6 to 19/- 16/9 to 18/6 Unfinished (woolly) 17/6 to 24/3 17/-to 23/3 Fat hoggets (woolly) 27/-to 32/- 26/-to 28/(shorn) . 23/4 to 25/6 23/0 to 25/6 Fat lamb* 23/- to 32/6 23/6 to 28/6 PIG8 (per head) Baconers 60/- to 82/- 60/- to 83/ Porkers 37/- to 38/- 37/- to 58/ Weaners 17/6 to 22/- 15/- to 21/ Slips 25/- to 33/- 25/- to 32/ Large stores . 36/-to 42/- 36/-to 40/