COMMERCIAL

Waikato Times, Volume 122, Issue 20426, 17 February 1938, Page 2

COMMERCIAL

STOCK SALES MATAMATA QUOTATIONS Messrs Dalgety and Company. Ltd., report having held their usual fortnightly Metamata sale on Wednesday as under: A good yarding of sheep ramp forward and a total clearance was effected at satisfactory rate. Light fat wethers made 255. good quality ewes 19s to 235. aged 12s to 16s. blackface store lambs medium 13s lOd to 16s 3d, small 10s 9d to 11s 6d. Southdown rams used ?igns. to 4*gns.. Inferior and potter sorts 15s to Ign. There was an average yarding of cattle. Prime heavy cows and made £7 12s 6d to*£B 4s; lighter. £5 15s to £6 17s 6d; h*»avy cows Inferior quality . £4 10s to*£s 10s; good boners. £3 15s to £4 7s *d; lighter. £2 12s 6d to £3 10s; four-year bullocks up to £9 12s; mixed colour, £3 15s to £4 19s; heavy bulls. £7 to £lO 8s; Lighter. £5 4s to £8 15s. Only a medium yarding of fat pigs cerne forward and prices were Arm on Tuesdays Frankton quotations. Store pigs were penned in average numbers and sold under keen competition, while weaners and slips were penned in more than average numbers and competition was slack No top-weight baconers were yarded. Medium heavy baconers were £3 15s to £3 18s; medium, £3 10s to £3 15s; light. £3 3s to £3 10s; heavy buttermilk. £2 16s to £3 2s; heavy porkers. £2 10s to £2 16s; medium. £2 4s to £2 10s; light. 38s to £2 2s; small. 32s to 375; choppers, £3 10s to £3 18s; medium. £2 10s to £3 10s; smaller. 30s to £2 10s; large store pigs, 30s to 365; medium, 25s to 30s; small, 20s to 255; best slips, 125 to ids; best weaners. 6s to 9s. VALUES AT OTOROHANQA Messrs Abraham and Williams Ltd., report that at their Otorohanga sale on Wednesday, a medium yarding of sheep and pigs and a small yarding of cattle came forward. Store pigs were in keen demand and showed a good rise on recent retes. Sheep, particularly lambs, were sought, store lambs being very firm with a tendency to rise on late rates. Most cattle penned were Jersey cows and for these a firm market ruled. Good mixed sex woolly lambs made 19s 3d. good woolly wether lambs 18s 7d. good shorn wether lambs 15s 9d to 16s. small lambs 11s to 13s. small mixed sex Southodwn two-tooths. 21s 9d. cull ewes 9s 6d. fat cows to £6. forward cow® £3 15s. £4 to £4 12s 6d. boner cows £2 7g 6d to £3. runners £2 7s 6<l, Jersey cows with calves £3 15s. potter bulls, medium. £4 to £6, light £2 10s. The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company. Limited. Hamilton. report as follows on their Otorohanga stock sale held on Wednesday. Only a small yarding was offered, included in whfch was some fat P.A. cattle ex Mr S. F. Symes, Otorohanga. Fat P.A. heifers made £9; fat P.A. cows, £7 12s 6d; fat Jersey cows. £5 to £5 10s; forward conditioned Jersey cows. £4 7s 6d to £4 15s; young Jersey cows. £3 15s to £4 ss; boners. £2 5s to £2 17s 6d; yearling Jersey cross steers, £4 7s 6d to £4 15s; weaner Jersey heifers. £2 12s; potter bulls. £5 lGs to £6. Only a small yarding of j sheep was offered, these selling well,; the market remaining Arm. Store wether lambs made to 14s sd; culls, 6s 6d to 7s 6d; f.m. ewes, 14s; cull ewes, 8s 3d to 10s. A total clearance was effected of a small yarding of pigs, which consisted principally of store pigs. Large stores met with a good Inquiry although smaller pigs were not in such keen demand. The * small entry of baconers was disposed I of at prices on a par with recent sales. | Medium baconers made £3 7s to £3! 12s; medium porkers, £2 7s to £2 12s;! light 38s to 445; unAnished, 32s to 355; good store pigs. 28s to 31s; others. 22s to 265; slips, 16s to 20$; weaners, 8s 6d to 14s. HAMILTON SHEEP RATEB The New Zealand Loan and MerCAntiie Agency Company, Limited, Hamilton, report as follows on their Hamilton store eheep sale on Wednesday; A large entry of store lambs was offered, competition for which was still keen with prices remaining Arm on recent quotations. Good wether lambs made to 15s lOd. Several pens of two-tooth wethers met with a good inquin*. the tops realising 235. The ewe yarding comprised only a few* pens of aged ewes which met with a satisfactory eale. Well-grown store wether lambs made 15s 4d to 15s lOd; average sorts. 13s 6d to 14s 9d; small, 9s 6d to Its 6d; cull. 7s 6d to 85 9d; good shorn two-tooth wethers. 22s to 235; cull ewes, 7s to 7s 10d; onevbear Southdown ram. 3| guineas. Messrs Dalgety and Company. Limited. report having held their Frankton sheep sale on Wednesday. There was a medium yarding of lambs with prices up to late rates Most of the ewes yarded were aged local sheep, and for : these the export buyers operated at late rates. Wethers were more keenly j competed for. and all round a good! sale resulted. 190 shorn wether lambs.! Romney. mad*> 16s; 40 small Romney. 12s Id; 72 ewe lambs. Romney. 20*:: 26 woolly Romney lambs. 16s 28, ewe lambs. £1 0s lid; 27 shorn R.F.* lambs. 14s «d; 22 Rornn-y ewe lambs, j small. 18 S ; 38 shorn lambs. 13s 9d; 48 at 15s 10d; small and cull lambs. 10s 6d to 12s 6d; 4 and 6-tooth wethers. 185 6d to 21s 9d; 4-year! ewes. 295. 6 and 7-year ewes. 16s 6d! to 18s. aged and eull ewes, lit 9d to 12s 6d. full mouthed rams. 2 to 21 guineas; aged rams, 2 5s to 30s. MORRINBVILLE YAROINGS The Farmers' Co-operati\e Auctioneering Company. Limited, draw attention to their Morrinsville slock sale to be held to-morrow, when they will submit 200 head of cattle. 10,000 • sheep including choice lines from lb'* j East Coast. Huntervllle and North » Auckland districts; aK • 450 fat, store J and weaner pigs. At their Otorohanga 1 ram fair 100 rams of all classes will J be offered, and at Iheir Ngaruawahla 1 sheep and cattle fair to-morrow, 100 head of cattle and 500 sheep will J come forward.