STOCK SALES

Waikato Times, Volume 122, Issue 20421, 11 February 1938, Page 12

STOCK SALES

RANQIRIRI BTOOK SALE The Farmers* Co-operative Auctioneering Company. Limited, report having held their stock sale at Rangiriri on Wednesday, when a good yarding of cattle came forward. Cow and heifer beef was penned in good numbers and sold at late rates. Competition for a good entry of boner cows and potter bulls was keen and values realised were on a par with Frankton quotations. A small entry of store cattle came forward and sold well. Quotations: Heavy fat cows and heifers. £7 to £8 4s; medium, £5 15s to £6 10s; light, £4 15s to £5 ss; killable cows, £i to £4 15s; heavy boner cows, £3 5s to £3 17s 6d; medium. £2 10s to £3; light, 30s to £2; flgteen months Shorthorn cross steers. £5; two-year Hereford steers. £7 12s; three-year Polled Angus steers. £9 ss; Jersey cows and calves, £3 17s to £5 2s; heavy potter bulls, £9 to £11: medium, £5 10s to £7 10s; light. £3 10s to £4 10s. HAMILTON QUOTATIONS Messrs Dalgety and Company Limited, report having held their Hamilton sheep sale on Wednesday, as under;— A fair yarding of sheep and lambs came forward and although bidding at . An! ~ lie «is slow, prices improved as the sale progressed, and a good clearance was made. Following are the prices realised:—l2l shorn Romney lambs, medium. 13s 6d, 189 at 1 is. 70 cull lambs 10s, 40 ewe lambs ( small) 12s 9d. 32 cull lambs 9s 3d, 89 lambs (good; 16s iOd. 22 ewe, lambs (small) 10s Id, 75 wether lambs I is 1 Od, 38 black faced lambs 15s sd. 200 shorn Romney wether lambs 14s. 50 at 10s lOd. 70 at 15s 4d, 23 woolly black faced lambs 18s 3d, 2 and 4-th. wethers 22s to 235, small 10s 9d to 19s, 2-th. ewes, small, 25s to 28s 9d, 2 Mack faced 22s Gd, 5-year ewes, medium, 21s. MATAMATA BTOCK SALE The Farmers’ Co-operative Auctioneering Company. Limited, report having held their Matamata stock sale yesterday, when a full yarding of all classes of sheep came forward. Competition for store lambs was keen and prices remained fully on a par with recent quotations. The advertised lines of breeding ewes evoked fair enquiry, and although passings were frequent some good sales resulted. A line of six-year ewes offered on account of Mr H. S. Wright. Taihoa, made 20s. Cattle: A full yarding, but with beef in small supply, the offering comprising chiefly fat Jersey cows for which competition was steady, values remaining on a par with late quotations. A pen of light prime Shorthorn steers offered on account of Mrs G. Livingstone. Matamata, sold under brisk competition, at late rates. A good yarding of both boner cow’s and potter bulls sold fully up to schedule rates, a total clearance resulting for all classes. Pigs: A good yarding of fats, and a medium entry of stores and weaners. Competition for heavy porkers and baconers was keen/ prices realised being on a par with recent Frankton rates. Light porkers were sMghtly easier. Large sold well, but slips and weaners were more difficult to dispose of. Quotations : sheep: Medium tat iambs 22s 3d to

23s 6d. light 21s 3d to 21s 9d; medium fat wethers, to 23s 9d; fat ewes, to 18s; best woolly store iambs, 15s 3d to 17s 2d, others 12s 8d to 14s Gd, smaller 11s 7d to 12s 3d; cull lambs, 4s 0d to 9s 9d; six-year ewes, to 20s; full-mouth ewes, 18s Id to 18s Od. Ca-ttle: Light prime Shorthorn steers, to £lO 15s; medium prime cows, £0 14s to £7 8s; fat Jersey cows, £5 2s to £5 12s, lighter £4 9s to £4 18s; heavy boner cows, £4 2s to £4 15s, medium £3 to £4, light £2 5s to £2 18s; medium Jersey potter bulls £5 15s to £7 4s, lighter £3 15s to £4 17s Od; good coloured store cows, £4 8s to £4 14s. Pigs: Choppers, £2 9s to £3 16s; prime top-weight baconers, £3 18s to £4 Is; heavy boners £3 15s to £3 16s, medium £3 10s to £3 14s; light £3 3s ,to £3 8s: buttermilk pigs and heavy porkers £2 14s to £3 Is, medium £2 0s to £2 10s, light 30s to £2; unfinished porkers. 30s to 345; large stores, 24s to 28s Gd, medium 20s to 235; slips, 14s to 18s; weaners, 6s to 10s Gd.

TE ANQA SHEEP VALUEB The New’ Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company Limited, report as follows on their Te Anga sheep fair held on Tuesday. A heavy yarding of sheep was offered before a large bench of buyers, the market being very bright throughout with few passings. There was a fair entry of fat wethers and these with the fat ewes and lambs were sold at rates little below those ruling at main centres. The ewe market was also good our principal sales in this section being a pen of two tooth ewes ex Mr H. Shaw which made 38s 6d; 2-tooths ex Mr Walter Shaw, 36s 8d Mr E. E. Smith 2-tooths for 34s 3d; 4-year-old ewes ex Mr E. Phillips, 30s 9d; 2tooth ewes ex the same vendor, 29s Gd; Estate H. Derecourt’s 2-tooth ewes to 33s 3d; 5-year-old ewes ex Mr J. N. Twomey, Marakopa, 22s Gd; a pen of ewes ex Mr A. M. Wright 29s 7d; 4 and 5-year-old ewes ex Mr A. M. Blake 26s 9d; several pens of ewes ex Mr P. 11. Soundy, 27s 9d; 5-year-old ewes, ex Mr Alf Brown, 245; 4-year-old ewes ex Mr J. P. Wright, a line of 300 odd, 30s 2d; 5-year-old ewes, the same vendor, 265. Store lambs were in keen demand, particularly w.f. ewe lambs ex local breeders, a pen of which from Messrs Milne Bros.. Marakopa, made 22s 7d. Mr A. M. Wright also had some nice quality! ewe lambs yarded, these realising 2ls Gd. Two-tooth ewes made 34s 3d to 38s Gd: smaller, 28s to 30s; 4 and 5-year-old ewes up to 27s 9d; 5-year-old ewes to 265; 5 and G-year-old ewes, 20s to 235; G-year-old ewes, 15s to 18s; sound mouth ewes 14s to 15s; cull ewes. 8s to 13s Gd; ewe lambs, 18s; forward conditioned wether lambs, 15s 2d to 16s; good wether lambs. 14s 3d to 15s; others, 12s Gd to 14s: cull lambs. 7s 6d to 10s Gd: prim* fat wethers. 24s to 265; medium 22s lid to 245; fat ewes, 14s to 10s. STORE SHEEP SALE The Farmers’ Co-operative Auctioneering Company, Limited, report having held their weekly sheep sale at Frankton yesterday, when a medium entry of all classes came forward. The majority of the yarding comprised of medium to good quality lambs, which sold under k*en competition at advanced late rites. Quotations were: Small white face ewe lambs, 13s Gd to 15s Gd: medium quality woolly store lambs, 1 is 6,j to IGs Id; shorn cull lambs, Pis 5d to 12s lid: black face two-tooth ewes. 23s to 24s Gd: flve and six-year ewes. 22s 9d to 2Gs; sound mouth ewes. 17s 6d to 19s 3d: aged ewes, ?s 2d to 10s Pd; 1 shear Southdown rams, 3gns to 31gns.