RISE IN BEEF

Waikato Times, Volume 123, Issue 20576, 13 August 1938, Page 10

RISE IN BEEF

MORRIXSVILLE MARKET DAIRY CATTLE FIRMER Average pennings were on offer at Hie weekly Morrinsvilie stock sale yesterday when a full bench of buyers operated. in sympathy with the firmer market for beef at the Frankton yards, beef was in keen request and all classes were quoted on a slightly firmer basis. There was also a brightening in the tone of the dairy cattle market and top quality cattle changed hands at advanced values. Farmers’ Auctioneering Company The Farmers’ Co-operative Auctioneering Company Limited report on the sale as follows: A medium yarding of fat sheep sold under good competition at slightly advanced rates. A medium entry of ox beef comprising a draft of light and medium steers were offered on account of Kcreone Ltd. and sold from £9 15s to £l2 15s. In the cow and heifer section the same vendors sold two pens of P.A. and Hereford cows and heifers that averaged £ll. A prime Poll Angus runner offered on account of -Mr W. W. Dickie, Walton, sold at £7 10s. A pen ’of prime Jersey heifers from Mr R. G. Griffin, of Tauwhare, averaged £8 15s. Prime Jersey cows from the Est. J. J. Patterson, To Puninga, and Mr F. M. Savill, of Tali una road, sold to £lO 15s. All beef cattle yarded met with keen competition and realised rates well in advance of recent prices. Store and boner cows sold at schedule rates. Empty 2-year and yearling Jersey heifers also commanded keen competition and realised satisfactory figures. A full entry

of dairy cattle again came forward, the offering comprising chiefly dairy heifers close to profit. Although the market opened quietly prices improved as the sale progressed and best quality dairy heifers fully maintained recent values, being keenly competed for by a full bench of buyers. More backward heifers well grown and showing some quality also sold readily but small and out of condition cattle were not sought. Dairy heifers in milk showed an improvement in values while a small offering of dairy cows were readily absorbed.

A good yarding of fat and buttermilk pigs came forward with competition keen throughout and values fully up to recent quotations. A large entry of store and weaner pigs met with brisk bidding for all classes, a total clearance being effected at values slightly in advance of last week's sale. Quotations : Sheep: Prime fat wethers to 31s; light fat wethers to 23s 6d; heavy fat ewes, 21s; fat woolly hoggets, 24s 6d; fat shorn hoggets, 20s to 21s 9d; light fat hoggets, 17s 9d; killable ewes, 13s 6d; store ewes, 9s.

Cattle: Medium pr'me steers, £ll 7s 6d to £l2 15s; lig. killable steers, £9 15s to £10; prime Poll Angus heifers, £9 2s Gd to £11; killable, £7 12s 6d to £8 15s; heavy prime Jersey cows, £8 15s to £lO 15s; mediium, £7 to £8 10s; prime Jersey heifers, £7 5s to £8 15s; medium, £5 15s to £6 10s; light, £4 10s to £5 10s; light Jersey cows, £5 10s to £G 15s; killable, £4 10s to £5 ss; heavy boner cows, £3 5s to £4 2s; medium, £2 to £3; cull cows, 14s to 325; empty 2year Jersey heifers, £3 12s to £4; small, £2 l-5s to £3 3s; yearling Jersey heifers, £4 to £4 ss; smaller, £3 to £3 15s; high grade Jersey heifers, close to profit, £ll 5s to £l2 15s; medium quality dairy heifers, £8 15s to £lO ss; Jersey and Jersey cross heifers, £8 10s to £9 10s; Friesian and Shorthorn cross heifers, £8 10s to £lO ss; backward heifers, £6 5s to £8 2s Gd: small, £4 15s to £5 15s; best calved heifers, £9 10s to £l4; others, £0 15s to £8 15s; best dairy cows, £9 to £l2; backward dairy cows, £5 10s to £7 ss; aged dairy cows, £2 15s to £4 10s.

Prime heavy choppers, £3 4s to £3 13s; others, 24s to £2 lGs; heavy baconers, £3 11s to £3 13s; buttermilk pigs and heavy porkers, £2 1 Gs to £3 9s; medium, £2 10s to £2 14s; light, £2 4s to £2 8s; unfinished porkers, 38s to £2 2s; best quality large stores, 3Ss Gd to £2 2s; large stores, 33s to 36s Gd; medium stores, 28s Gd to 31s; good slips, 25s Gd lo 2Ss; others, 2tfs to 245; best weaners, 17s Gd to 23s 6d; others, 12s to 16s Gd; small, 5s to 8s; sows due to farrow, £5 5s to £5 15s; choice sows with litters, £7 2s Gd to £7 10s; others, £4 15s to £6. Loan & Mercantile Agency New Zealand Loan & Mercantile Agency Company Limited report on the sale as follows : For an average yarding of cow beef the market was buoyant, prices showing an advance on last week’s sale. Fat Jersey heifers on account of Mr W. Innes, Tokanui, made to £8 14s. A large yarding of store cattle was offered, a brighter tone being also noticeable in this section, values remaining very firm. Heavy fat Jersey heifers made £8 9s to £8 14s; medium, £7 17s Gd to £8 7s Gd; fat, £6 5s to £7; medium fat Jersey cows, £G 10s to £7 17s Gd; light, £5 15s to £G 7s Gd; killable, £4 15s to £5 10s; heavy store cows, £4 to £4 12s Gd; medium, £3 12s Gd to £3 18s; heavy boners, £2 17s Gd to £3 8s; others, £1 10s to £2 12s Gd. Several lines of yearling Jcrsev heifers were offered, for the most part of only ordinary quality. These met with a much belter enquiry tnan has been the ease at late sales and a total clearance was effected at advance rates. Medium quality heifers ' sold from £3 7s to £3 14s; a pen of well-grown heifers, £4 17s Gd: small and mixed colours, £2 5s lo £2 12s Gd. A fair entry of dairy heifers included some choice quality. A noticeable improvement was lo be seen in tiiis section, bidding being good with a marked increase in values. A small entrv of dairy cows likewise met with a better enquiry. Choice quality dairy heifers, close to profit realised £ll to £l2- good quality heifers. £9 5s to £lO ss: average sorts, close to profit, £s 2s r.d,to £9: inferior and backward, v 0 10s to £7 ins; good quality dairy cows, close to profit, £8 to £8 15s; backward, £7 to £7 12s Gd. ! Messrs Dalgety Company Limited ! Messrs Dalgety & Company Limited j 1 A 1 good yarding of medium quality 1 fat cattle came forward and sold readlily, prices being slightly in advance of I late b des. Empty heifers sold at fully up to late rales while boner cows sold on a par. Dairies were yarded in small numbers, the enquiry being keen, especially for quality sorts close to profit. There were only a few pens of store, pigs yarded, these selling well. Medium fat Shorthorn cows realised £8 to £9 12s; light fat Shorthorn cows.

£6 5s to £6 15s; heavy fat Jersey cows, £7 Gs to £8; medium fat Jersey cows, £5 10s to £G 12s Gd; light fat Jersey cows, £4 5s to £5; store cattle, £4 5s to £5 2s Gd ; 2-year empty Jer- j sev heifers, £3 8s to £3 14s; yearling Jersey heifers, medium, £3 10s to £4 ss; yearling Jersey heifers, £2 5s to £2 17s; springing Jersey heifers, £9 10s to £ll ss; late calvers, £G 15s to £8 os; calved Jersey heifers, £7 to £11; calved Jersey cows, £0 5s to £7 10s. Store pigs made 2 6s to 38s. Fat hoggets brought 22s 9d. TE AWAMUTU STOCK SALE New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company, Ltd., report as follows on their Te Awamutu stock sale held on Thursday: — There was ail average yarding of ox beef, ah classes cl which met with a ready sale at rat:s fully up to those a’. Frankton on Tuesday. Cow bee. was yarded in good numbers, the entry Including a good percentage of well-finished cow beef. The sale in this section also had a bright tone and the offering was disposed of at rates, if anything, slightly in advance of Frankton. Jersey cow beef and store cows were yarded in average numbers, the market generally remaining firm. Included in the store section were a number of pens of weaner heil'ers for the most part of ordinary quality. There was a noticeable improvement in the demand with prices showing a rise on recent sales. A total clearance was effected. Several mixed lines of weaner steers were disposed of at satisfactory rates. Our principal sales in the beef section were : On account Messrs \V. J. and 11. 11. Thompson, Te Awamutu, a pen of ox beef, £l3 10s; account Mr C. V. Sutton, Parawera, ox beef from £ll lus lo £l2 17s; a pen of ox beef from Mr G. J. Walker, Korakonui, at from £9 19s to £l2 15s. The high figure of £l4 was reached for an extra prime fat Shorthorn heifer sold on account Mr M. J. Corcoran. Messrs W. J. and 11. li. Thompson sold prime fat cows up to £lO. Prime l'at heifers offered on account Mr A. Kay of Korakonui, made up to £l2 4s; while fat cows account the same vendor brought up to £7 19s. A pen of fat cows from Mr Guy Wellington, of Te Awamutu, realised from £8 3s to £l2 Ss. Heavy fat ox sold l'rorn £l3 2s 6d to £l3 10s; fat, £ll 10s to £l2 15; light, £9 10s to £lO 15s; heavy prime fat heifers, £lO 12s Gd to £ll 15s; prime, £9 15s to £lO ss; fat, £8 5s to £9 2s Gd; prime heavy fat cows, £l3 to £l4; medium-weight prime fat cows, £lO 10s to £ll 10s; heavy fat cows, £9 10s to £lO 17s Gd; medium, £8 to £9 ss; heavy fat Jersey cows and heifers, £9 to £lO 12s Gd; medium, £7 12s -Gd to £8 17s Gd; light, £5 2s 6d to £G ss; heavy store cows, £4 10s to £4 ISs; medium, £3 15s to £4 2s Gd; heavy boners, £3 to £3 12s Gd; medium, £2 5s to £2 17s Gd; others from £1; store bullocks, £7 to £7 13s; mixed coloured yearling steers, £3 17s; medium quality mixed coloured yearling Jersey heifers, £3 17s to £4 7s; small, £2 5s to £3; Shorthorn yearling heifers, small, £2 14s to £3 12s. Fully the advertised number of dairy heifers came forward. The entry included a large number of quality heifers close to profit, these eliciting strong bidding, with the market showing a marked improvement over recent sales. Medium and backward heifers, however, did not show such a marked improvement, values for these showing but little alteration. However, vendors in most cases preferred to meet the market and a highly satisfactory clearance was effected. There .vas an average yarding of dairy cows, consisting for the most part only ordinary quality. Better class dairy cows showing well forward, met with a satisfactory enquiry, values realised showing a slight increase over those ruling at recent sales. Inferior and backward dairy cows continued to attract little attention, prices being on a par with late quotations. Good dairy heifers, close to profit, made £9 15s to £lO 2s Gd; average quality, £8 10s to £9 ss; medium and slightly backward, £6 15s to £7 12s Gd; backward and inferior, £i 10s to £5 15s; good quality dairy cows in profit, £9 15s to £lO 10s; medium quality in profit, £8 to £9; good quality dairy cows close to profit, £9 10s to £ 10 *ss; medium quality, £7 15s to £8 12s Gd; backward, £G 5s to £7; inferior, £i 12s Gd to £5 7s Gd. We had an average yarding of fat sheep, alt sections meeting with a good demand, Frankton rates being well maintained. A small offering of ewes and store hoggets met with a poor enquiry. Heavy fat wethers sold from 3*ls to 325; others, 28s to 29s 'Gd; heavy fat hoggets, 25s 3d to 2Gs; medium, 22s Gd to 23s Gd; light, 19s Gd to 20s 3d; fat Southdown ewes, 20s; store wether hoggets, 14s 9d to 16s 9d. A fair entry of fat pigs came forward, the entry comprising for the most part porkers and light baconers, these meeting with good competition with values being on a par with recent quotations. A total clearance was effected. A large entry of sows to farrow was offered, meeting with a good enquiry, the offering being disposed of at highly satisfactory prices. An average yarding of store pigs came forward, well-grown numbers meeting with a ready sale, but the demand slackened towards the end, particularly * for small stores. Medium baconers realised £3 15s to £3 17s; litriit, £3 5s to £3 9s; medium porkers, £2 8s to £2 15s; light, £1 19s to £2 ss; unfinished, £1 16s to £1 18s; sows to farrow, Large Black, £4 to £5; Tamworlhs, £5 7s Gd to £6; medium quality, £2 7s to £4; large stores, 29s to 34s Gd ; medium, 25s to 28s; small, 21s to 22s W\ ; best wcaners, 15s to 19s; others 7s Gd to 12s Gd.’ frankton stock sale Messrs Dalgety and Company Limited report as follows on their weekly dairy sale at Frankton held on Wednesday’ : A good entry of cows and heifers was offered, and prices improved as the sale progressed, being considerably 1 in advance of those ruling last week. Good conditioned springing cows, close up made £8 to £10; medium quality springing cows, £G 10s to £7 15s; light conditioned and backward cows, Li to £5 10s; good Jersey heife'rs, close up. £8 to £9 10s; medium Jer--1 sey heifers, close up, £6 15s to £7 tn’s: small Jersey heil'ers, £i 15s to £5 10s. CLAUDELANDS PIG SALE 'I Messrs Dalgety and Company Lim- ; ited report as follows on their annual : special pedigree and grade pig sale , held at Claudelands showgrounds on • Wednesday : A full representative bench of buyers operated. Prices remained consistent throughout the sale and a satisfactory clearance resulted. The jjrincinaJ

sales were: On account of Mr R. Chilcott, maiden Berkshire sows, to farrow to pedigree Berkshire boars, “Te Rapa Nancy,’’ 9$ gns. and “Te Rapa Nancy 2nd,” 9 gns., to K. Gunn, llangiriri; “Te Rapa Agnes Ist,” 9 gns., “Te Rapa Alam 11th,” 8 gns., to W. 11. Gee; 2 maiden Berkshire sows, unnamed, 12 gns. and 15 gns., respectively, to the New Zealand Co-operative Dairy Company Pig Farm, Te Awamutu; 1 maiden Berkshire sow, unnamed, 11 gns., to Mrs W. M. Kite, Ohaupo; pedigree Berkshire boars, one 8 gns., to J. G. Flett, Karapiro, one 9 gns. to Bombay Pig Club, Papareta; pedigree Tam worth boars, “Te Rapa Joe sth,” to F. L. Tarrant, Okoroire; “Te Rapa Maple’s Prince 4th,” 8 gns., to New Zealand Co-operative Dairy Company Pig Farm, Te Awamutu: 1 pedigree Tamworth boar, unnamed, 8 gns., to the same vendor. On account Mr G. D. Porritt. Pukeroro, pedigree L. W. sow, “Waireka Favourite 4th,” with litter of 10, 15J gns., to Mr C. S. McLean, Te Kawa, who also purchased from the same vendor the pedigree Large White boar, “Waireka Paul,” for 10 gns. On account of Mr F. Sharp, grade sow and litter of 8, £7. On account *Mr W. B. A. Jonson, two grade sows (small) £5 and £4, respectively. On account Mr C. P. Buckenham, maiden grade Tamworth sows to farrow, £5 15s to £0 10s. On account Mr R. Chilcott, 9 grade Tamworth cross sows, to farrow, £5 10s. On account Mr D. G. Forking. maiden Tamworth cross sow, £G 15s: older I and more backward sows, £3 10s, £3 15s, £5 ss. POULTRY, BUTTER OND EGGS THE AUCKLAND MARKETS AUCKLAND, Saturday There was a moderate supply of poultry at the city markets, and tlie demand was fairly keen, with prices again slightly lower.

Values were:— Poultry.—Cockerels: Heavy breeds, prime, 5s to Gs 9d; not prime, 3s up; light breeds, prime, 2s Gd to 3s; not prime, Is Gd up; fat roosters, heavy' breeds, prime, 3s to -is; light breeds, ! 2s to 3s; fat hens, heavy breeds, 3s j to 4s 9d; light breeds, 2s to 3s 9d; j pullets, heavy breeds, best, 4s Gd to i Gs; smaller, 2s up; light breeds, best, ! 4s to 7s; smaller, 2s to 3s; drakes, • young, prime, 3s to 3s 9d; smaller, j 2s to 3s; old, 2s to 3s; ducks, young, 1 3s to 4s Gd; old, 2s to 3s; geese, 3s to ss; turkey hens, 5s Gd to 7s Gd; 1 gobblers, 7s to JOs. Eggs and Butter. —Eggs: Hen, A ; grade, Is Gid a dozen; B grade. Is j 5Jd a dozen; G grade, Is iid a dozen; j duck, A grade, Is ssd a dozen; B j grade, Is 4id a dozen; C grade, Is j 2id a dozen. Farmers’ butter. Is Id to Is 3d per lb.