COUNTRY STOCK SALES

Waikato Times, Volume 122, Issue 20420, 10 February 1938, Page 16

COUNTRY STOCK SALES

TE KAUWHATA BALE Messrs 0. W. Vercoe and Company, Ltd., report having held their fortnightly stock sale at Te Kauwhata when a heavy yarding of cattle came forward. * Competition on all classes was keen throughout, and a total clearance was effected at advanced rates. Heavy fat cows sold from £8 to £8 14s; well-finished medium weights, £7 to £7 15s. others £8 5s to £fi 17s 6d, light to £5 15s; heavy fat Jersey cows, £6 to £8 10s, lighter to £5 ss; good quality mediumweight Jersey heifers to £5 15s, light to £5; forward-conditioned Shorthorn and Friesian cows to £5 7s 6d, others to £4 10s; cows with calves, to £4 15s; 18-months in-calf Jersey heifers, to £5 7s 6d; Jersey heifer calves, to £2; heavy boners £3 5s to £4, 4s others to £3; potter bulls, heavy £7 10s to £9, medium £6 to £7 ss, light to £5 15s. Sheep.—Full-mouth ewes, to 17s; cull ewes, to 8s 6d; fat and forward lambs, to 18s; good store lambs, to 14s 6d, small to 12s Bd. Pigs.—A heavy yarding of fat pigs sold under keen competition, and prices throughout remained very firm. Prime heavy baconers £3 18s to £4, heavy £3 14s to £3 17s, medium weights £3 8s to £3 12s, light £3 3s to £3 10s; heavy porkers £2 15s to £3, medium £2 8s to £2 14s, light £2’ to £2 7s, small and unfinished 36s to 395; heavy choppers £3 10s to £5, others to £3. A small yarding of store pigs sold at rates slightly in advance of those of the previous sale. Large stores 30s to 355, others 26s to 295; good slips 22s to 255, others 15s to 21s; good weaners to 15s, others to 10s. TE PUKE SHEEP FAIR The Farmers’ Co-operative Auctioneering Company, Ltd., report having held the second sheep fair of the season at their Te Puke saleyards on Tuesday. The advertised lines of East Coast ewes shipped from Hicks Bay to Tauranga came forward in good condition. The majority of the shipments were young ewes from twotooth to fo\ir years, but a few lines of five-year-olds met with a ready sale at advanced rates on recent quotations. The following are some of the prices realised for ewes from Coast vendors Two-tooths, on account of Ralph Kemp 33s Bd, T. J. Taylor 33s 3d. H. B. Fairlie 29s 2d, W. F. Metcalfe 31s 6d, A. and L. Manning 30s Id, G. L. Fraser 29s 2d, S. B. Budland 286, N. P. Branson 27s lid. Four, six and eight tooth, on account of W. O’Regan 29s 9d. R. Kemp 29s 9d, H. B. Fairlie 29s 6d, Mrs L. Clarke 28s 6d. G. L. Fraser 27s 6d. Five-year-olds, on account of Mrs L. Clarke 28s, H. B. Fairlie 27s Bd, N. B. Hughes 27s 9d. G. L. Fraser 27s 6d. R. Kemp 26s lOd. Local six-year ewes, on account of D. J. Williams 24s 6d, Others 12s 6d to 16s. Romney ewe lambs, 199 3d to 225; Romney wether lambs, 30s Id; Southdown-cross lambs, 12s 6d to 15s 9d; others, 10s to 11s 6d; culled lambs. 4s 6d to 19s. Rams: A line of one-shear Southdown rams, ex Gisborne, made Signs to 7sgns, average fijgns.; full-mouth rams, 4gns to 6gnß: others, 2sgns to 22gns.

CAMBRIDGE VALUES Messrs. Dalgetv and Company, Limited. report having held their triweekly stock sale at Cambridge as under:— A fair yarding of sheep and cattle j was offered. Th*» inquiry for ewes was weak and several aged lots were quitted at low figures. Two tooth ewes.l medium quality, made to 33s fid. sound mouth. 20s, aged. 14s to Ifis, fat lambs. 18s to 22s 3d. wethers. 26s 9d. fat ewes. Ifis to 23s 3d, B.F. store lambs, 13s fid to 15s fid, small, 10s 3d to 12s 3d. F.M. S.D. rams. 2 guineas to 2|gns.. small 2-tooth. 2 to 2*gns.. heavy rows. £fi 2s fid to £7, lighter. £5 to £5 17s fid. heavy boners £ * to £« ifis. lighter. £3 to‘£3 15s. medium weight, bulls. £fi Is to £8 7« light. £3 2s fid to £5 15s, springing heifers. £5 15s to £fi. \ small yarding of fat pigs and a full yarding of stores were forward. Fat pigs were firm at late rates, while store pigs were in poor demand Light baconers made £2 18s. porkers, medium . 38s to £2 3s, light. 29s to 3fis. unfinished. 23s to 275. best stores. 18s to 22s fid. slips, ils to 16s, weaners, 4s to 10s.