FAT PIGS DOWN

Waikato Times, Volume 123, Issue 20597, 7 September 1938, Page 13

FAT PIGS DOWN

VALUES AT FRANKTON OX AGAIN IN REQUEST BRIGHTF,R TONE FOB SHEEP A sharp drop in quotations for fat pigs was a feature of the sale at Frankton yesterday, when moderate entries were on offer. A bright market tone characterised sales in the beef and mutton departments, where values were firm to slightly higher. Fewer cattle were forward, the market being the barest for some weeks. Ox beef was in the smallest supply since the market picked up a month ago and the entry comprised practically all prime beasts. One extra heavy prime Shorthorn steer made the tor money of £l9. t'his being 30s better than the previous top quotation t.hiF year. The market was fully firm throughout the sale and in some instances prices changed slightly in vendors’ favour. Heavy prime sorts were traded from £ls 9s to £l6 17s 6ri, while £ll to £l4 was paid for medium pens. Best ox was again quoted from 36s 6d to 40s per 100 lb. A feature of the sale was the consistency of the values realised, the bull; of (he pens selling above £l2. Cows and heifers were yarded in only moderate numbers and there was not such a large proportion of choice quality as has 'been the case during the iasl few weeks. The top quotation foi heifers was £l3 10s, while heavy prime cows were traded up to £ll 17f 6d. Values generally were fully firm and 30s to 35s 6d was the approximate price per 100 lb. A smaller entry of calves made fully late rates with an advance in some cases, while ■ tile variation was apparent for bonei cattle. Sheep and Pigs The presence of some of the best quality sheep seen at the yards for some time stimulated competition for mutton, and quotations, particularly for top lines, were slightly better thar last week. Most classes of wethers were firmer by roughly 6d to Is per head, while the same v could be said for ewes. One line of heavy prime ewes was auctioned at 29s 9d to 31s 9d, the highest price paid for ewes at the yards for some time. Top quotation for wethers was 345, againsl 33s 9d last week. Better quality hoggets were often a shade dearer. A sharp drop, sometimes up to per head, was recorded for both baconers and porkers, the decline being primarily due to the opening export schedule, which was announced or Monday. Baconers were auctioned from 65s to 81s per head in comparison with 70s to 83s, while porkers were sold from 355, to 58s, againsl 36s to 635. In sympathy with the drop in quotations for fats, values for stores also showed a sharp drop, large stores being generally 7s per head cheaper. Price Summary The following table is a summary ol prices realised for fat stock at the Frankton yards during the past fortnight:— BEEF (per lOOIbs.) This Week Last Week Extra prime ox 3fi/6 to 40/- 36/6 to 40/Frime ox .. 30/-to 3G/- 30/-to 36/I’lam and inferior ox . 22/-to 29/- 22/-to 29/Extra choice young cows and heifers. 30/-to 35/6 30/-to 35/Prime cows . 26/- to 29/- 26/-to 29/Second quality cows .... 22/- to 25/- 22/-to 25/MUTTON (per head.} Extra prime wethers . 29/6 to 34/- 29/6 to 33/t Fat wethers . 26/- to 28/6 25/6 to 28/Unfinished wethers .. 22/-to 25/- 21/6 to 24/C Extra prime ewes .... 22/-to 27/- 21/- to 25/6 Fat ewes .. 16/-to 20/- 16/-to 19/l'n finished ewes .... 9/-to 13/- 8./-to 12/6 Fat hog-g-ets . 23/- to 25/6 22/- to 23/E Light 18/-to 22/- 17/-to 21/PIGS (per head) Baconers .. 65/-to 81/-, 70/- to 83/Pork,ers .. 35/-to 58/-' 36/-to 63/Weaners .. to/-to 18/6 15/-to 22/Slips 20/- to 23/6 23/-to 30/Large stores . 2S/- to 35/- 35/- to 42/Individual Sales The top price so far this season £l9. was given for an extra heavy prime Shorthorn steer from Mr W Cooper-Smith, of Tuhikaramea Others, from this vendor made Iron £ls 19s to £l6 3s. Heavy sorts Iron Mr T. M. Hall, of Ohaupo Road, solo from £ls to £l7 10s, while lightei descriptions from Messrs. Tuyloi Bros., of Taupiri, were traded I’roir £l2 12s 6d to £l4 ss. Other heavy prime cattle were those from Mr II Vickers, of Tuhikaramea, the line selling from £ls 2s to £l6 3s. A pah of heifers from Mr J. \V. Anderson of Hinuera, sold at £l3 10s, the same vendor receiving up lo £ll 17s 6d l’oi cows. Prime wethers from Mr R. B. S Tngram, of Rukuhia, were auctionec from 29s 9d to 345. maiden ewes from the same vendor realising 31? 3d. Wethers from Mr J. Sutherland of Kihikihi, sold from 30s 9d to 33? 9d, while 33s was the price given foi those from Messrs. Hinton Bros Heavy prime ewes from Mr 11. J. Finla yson. of Tuhikaramea, change, hands from 29s 9d I" 31s 9d. while ewes from another client made 265. Farmers’ Auctioneering Company The Farmers' Co-operative Auctioneering Company Limited report on the sale as follows : A full yarding of fat sheep included a higher proportion of well-finished sheep than usual. The market was keen and improved values gener'Hl* ruled. A medium yarding of hoggets sold at late rates. A pen of choice well-finished wethers, on account ol Mr R. B. ?. Ingram. Rukuhia, real’sed 345. ttie purchaser being Mr W. Magi! of Auckland: while a pen of prime fa! maiden ewes on account of the sanv vendor made 31s 3d. at which figur. tiiev were secured I>> Mr F. Woodhall, Hamilton. Mr H. J. Finlayson was Ihe Vendor of n line of extra pririK quality ewes at 3 1s fid and 29s fid ■ purchased by Messrs Crosby Rms Hamilton, and Ihe ll>dra Rar.m Co Auckland, respectively There was good yarding of all classes, with. o> beef in full numbers, the demand for which was keen, values remaining ..r a par with last week's quotations. A

)r smaller offering of cow and heifer beef comprised a fair proportion of * finished cattle. Bidding was keen i ll with values in this section remaining l “ firm. Prime steers from Mr H. Vickers, Tuhikaramea, sold from £ls 2s • s to £l6 3s; prime Shorthorn steers s c from Mr W. Cooper-Smith, Tuhikara--51 mea, made from £ls 18s to £l6 3s; medium prime steers on account of Mr T M. Hall made £ls. In the cow beef -j- section prime cows from Mr John )r Scott, Newstead, sold from £9 17s to )r £ll 6s. An average yarding of boner iy cows sold fully up to schedule rates, n A good medium yarding of baconers > s and porkers met competition keen for ;r baconers, but porkers were slightly d easier of sale. Stores and weaners , e were penned in average numbers, but ,a here again prices were slightly easier, «s on last week's sale. Quotations ; ►_ Sheep: Heavy prime wethers, 32s 5t to 345; medium, 29s 3d to 31s 6d: ,y lighter, 28s 6d to 295; unfinished wethers, 26s 3d to 27s 9d; heavy ib prime maiden ewes, 30s to 31s : 9d; j- medium, 26s 6d to 29s fid; lighter to Lg 255; fat ewes, 22s to 255; unfinished, rt 16s 6d to 19s; medium fat hoggets, in 23s to 23s 6d; lighter, 2J3s to 225; :d store hoggets, 14s 3d to 18s 9d. i- Gallic: Heavy prime steers. £ls 17s *s fxi to £l6 3s; medium, £ls to £ls 9s; 3t heavy prime cows, £ll to £ll 6s; Le medium, £9 2s 6d to £9 19s; lighter prime cows and heifers, £6 16s to £8 >e 10s; medium fat Jersey cows, £7 to ■d £7 15s; lighter fat Jersey cows and heifers, £5 12s 6d to £6 7s 6d: tillable cows, £4 5s to £5 8s; medium boner cows. £3 8s to £4 7s 6d; lighter, £2 n Us to £2 13s; medium vealers, 30s [Q t > 355; smaller, 15s to 225; best Jersey yearling heifers to £5: others, £2 19s to £3 ss; 18-months Shorthorn steers to £4 15s. : Pigs: Heavy baconers, £4 to £4 Is; buttermilk pigs and heavy porkers, £2 /. 17s to £3 3s; medium porkers, £2 6s f . to £3 14s; light., £2 to £2 4s: unfinished, 35s to 38s; medium stores, 25s /. to 31s; good slips, 19s to 23s fid; medium slips and good weaners, 15s fid to 18s; others, 8s to 14s. Messrs Dalgety & Co. Ltd. Messrs Dalgety and Co. Ltd. report on the sale as follows : A full yarding of fat wethers and ewes came forward and sold .under good competition, prices being better 'q than last week’s quotations. Buyers z_ were much keener and consequently bidding was more free than has been , 6 the case for some weeks. Heavy fat wethers made 32s to 33s fid: medium , 6 ditto. 28s to 30s: light ditto. 26s fid t _ to 27s 3d; heavy fat stores. 26s 6d to 275; medium ditto, 25s 6d to 265; , r heavy fat ewes. 29s 6d to 30s; medium ' ditto. 26s to 27s 6d ; light ditto. 20s to , 22s fid: heavy fat hoggets. 23s to 23s 6d ; medium 'ditto. 21s fid to 225: light ditto. 18s 6d to 19s 3d; good store white face hoggets, 18s 3d to 19s fid: - medium ditto. 17s to 17s fid; black face hoggets store, 13s fid to 15s; /. good ewe hoggets, 27s fid to 295; - medium ditto. 25s to 2fis. There was a smaller yarding of boners than usual and a medium yarding of good quality fat entile. Stores n. wore yarded in small numbers and as V tliov lacked quality met with little /. competition. Fat bullocks sold at betr. ter prices thaji last. week, showing in ii n,o vicinity of 2s per hundred lbs. in improvement. Medium heavy bullocks id brought £l4 lOs to £ls 10s; lighter ir fat ditto, £l3 5s to £l4; prime heavy >r fat cows, £9 Ids to £11: 3-year in shorthorn steers. £7 10s: small Polled y Angus heifers-. £1 2s to £i 10s; yearI. ling Je.rsev heifers, £4 15s to £5 2s 10 r.d: ditto small. £2 lo £3 17s fid; 2ir year Jersey heifers, £4 2s fid to £4 o- 10s. ie A medium yarding of fat pigs came 3r forward with a full yarding of stores. All classes of pig s showed a decline on last week’s quotations. Prime top'd weight baconers met up to £4. In the is store section only pigs of exceptional is quality commanded spirited competicl - [ tion. Prime heavy baconers realised Js i£3 Jos to £3 18s; prime medium 5r j baconers, £3 8s to £3 12s; medium s - i baconers, £3 3s to £3 8s: prime light *- ! harnners. £5 iSs In c:i Hs; pood rjiial/;it V buttermilk pips. £2 1 0s to £.l 2s; lc j prime heavy pnikers, £2 10s In £2 . 15s: prime medium porkers. £2 5s to £2 10s: medium porkers. £2 to £2 ss; j prime light porkers, 35s to £2 2s: light i- I porkers, 32s to 365; small porkers lc • from 27s to 325: choppers, medium. £2 j to £3: large store pigs, 34s to 395: rl ! medium store pigs. 25s to 3is; small d j store pigs. 22s to 28s; best slips, 18s IS ;to 225: medium. 15s to 18s; best v i weaners. 18s to 21s: medium weaners, j 12s lo ; ■ Loan & Mercantile Agency 11 : New Zealand Loan and Mercantile b \gencv Company Limited report on !i - the sale as follows : l ' The yarding was light in all sec- " (ions of beef, the small yarding meel- [ ~ ing willi a keen demand with values 11 advancing on last rates. Store and boner rows were penned in averi ape numbers, these selling on a firm ; - , market . Prime fat heifers made £lO • ; 7s 'WI to £II 8s; lira\ v fat Jersev 1 rows. £8 12s fid to £9 ss; medium. £7 10 S to £8 3s; lighter, £6 15s to £7 2s 6d: medium vealers. £2 5s to £2 n iGs; vealer calves, 22s 6d to 275; A ‘

j heavy store cows, £4 5s to £4 12s fid; heavy boners. £3 10s to £3 18s; medium. £2 12s fid to £3; light. £1 15s to £2 ss; cull cows, 15s to 30s. A good yarding of all classes )f fat sheep came forward. An average yarding of fat wethers met with keen competition with values advancing to • is fid per head. The top price in this : section was 33s for prime fat wethers ; from Mr M. O. Eyre, of Pirongia. There were also several pens of shorn fat ! wethers which met with a good de- ; mand, prime heavy wethers makmg to j 27s fid. We had an average yarding j of fat ewes, the market for wnvh was j buoyant with a sharp advance K : prices. A good entry of fa; hoggets | also met a rising market. Prime heavy i fat woolly hoggets sold from 31s ml I to 335; medium-weight, 30s to 31s; prime heavy shorn wethers. 27s lo 27s fid; medium-weights. 2 % s 9d lo 26s 6d; heavy fat wethers 29s 3d to 30s; medium, 27s 6d to 295; ligh‘, 25s to 265; prime heavy fat owes. 26s 9d to 28s; medium, 2 is i*d to 265; lighter, 21s to 235; prime heavy fat hoggets, 29s 3d to 32s 3d - medium, 26s to 28s; fat hoggets, 21s to 235; light, 19s fid to 20s 3d; store wether | hoggets, small. 13s 9d. j In conformity with the reduction in ; schedule, fat pigs declined from 4s to j "s per head. We had a large entry | store pigs. An average yarding of sow’s met wdth little enquiry and ! prices did not reach those of recent sales. There was a very marked de- | cline in values realised for st.»re pigs, competition being considerably less keen than has been the case at earlier sales. Medium baconers brought £3 7s to £3 12s; light, £3 to £3 ss; heavy porkers and buttermilk J P'Fs, £2 10s to £2 18s; medium porkers, £2 2s to £2 8s; light, 36s to 40s; large store pigs, 28s to 345; medium, 23s to 26s 6d; slips, 18s to 2is; small j stores, 16s to 18s; best weaners, 12s j to 16s; others, 5s to 10s. Messrs Q. W. Vercoe A Co. Ltd. Messrs G. W. Vercoe & Co. Ltd. re- | port on the sale as follows : | A heavy yarding of fat sheep came forward. The market opened quietly at rates on a par with those of last week, but as the sale progressed the demand improved, and towards the finish all prime sheep advanced considerably in price. Prime wethers ex Messrs Hinton Bros., of Eureka, sold from 32s fid to 33s 9d; heavy prime wethers, 31s to 33s 9d; lighter prime, 29s to 30s; medium-weights, 27s to 28s fid; light and unfinished, 25s to 26s 6d; heavy prime ewes, 28s to 30s; prime medium-weights, 25s to 275; light prime, 20s to 245; mediumweights, 18s to 19s 6d; killable up to 17s. A fair demand existed for a large entry of fat hoggets and prices showed little variation from those of last week. Heavy fat hoggets sold from 24s to 255; well-finished medium-weights, 22s to 23s 6d; light, 19s to 2is; good store hoggets to 18s. A full entry of calves sold readily at full late rates, heavy, prime vealers, | £4 to £4 12s; prime medium-weights, £3 t.o £3 15s; well-finished lightweights. £2 to £2 15s; small calves ; up to 355. Competition for a small ! entry of ox beef vwts again keen and prices were slightly firmer. A heavy prime S-H. bollock ex Mr W. CooperSmith, of Tuhikaramea. realised £l9; 3 prime Hereford bullocks ex Mr T. M. Hail, of Hamilton, sold at an average of £l7 10s; prime light-weight P.A. bullocks ex Messrs Taylor Bros, of Taupiri sold to £l4 ss. Heavy prime bullocks made £l7 10s to £l9; prime light-weights, £l3 10s to £l4 ss; others to £l2 12s 6d. An average entry of cow and heifer beef sold under keen competition and prices remained fully equal to those of last week. A j draft of heavy prime cows and heifers ! ex Mr J. W. Anderson, of Piarere, sold to £l3 10s: heavy cows ex Mr R. G. Griffin, of Tauwhare, sold from £lO j 14s to £ll Is: prime cows ex Mr T. M. Hall, of Hamilton, ranged in price from £lO 11s t.o £ll. Heavy prime heifers 'brought to £l3 10s; prime light-; j weights to £11; heavy prime cows, j £ll to £ll 17s fid; prime mediumj weights, £9 15s to £lO 10s: heavy I plain cow’s, £8 15s to £9 10s; mediumweights, £8 to £8 12s 6d; light to £7 1 15s: heavy fat Jersey cows, £8 10s to £9 7s: medium-weights, £7 to £8 ss: light up to £6 10s. A full entry of ■ store cattle sold on a par with late rates. Forward conditioned S.H. and Friesian cow’s sold from £5 to £5 19s; others to £4 15s; empty 2-year Jersey heifers, £3 8s to £3 17s; good quality vearling Jersey heifers to £4 15s; small to £3 ss; heavy boners. £4 to £4 15s; medium-weights, £3 5s to £3 15s; light up to £3. An average entry of fat pigs eased slightly on last week’s rates. Heavy baconers sold from £3 15s to £4 Is; , medium-weights, £3 7s to £3 14s;; Might, £3 to £3 6s; heavy porkers. £2, 10s to £2 18s: medium-weights, £2 4s to £2 9s: light, 38s to £2 3s; choppers to £3 10s. An average entry of’ store pigs sold under keen competition j • and prices differed little from those of 'last week. Good stores sold from 35s to £2: others, 29s to 335: good slips.’ 24s to 28s; others, 20s to 235; best weaners, 18s to 21s; smaller up to 17s; sows in pig to £3 17s 6d. Messrs Wright, Stephenson A Co. • Messrs Wright, Stephenson and Co., i Ltd., report on the sale as follows: — 1 A good yarding of fat cattle was j made up chiefly of fat cows and heif- | ers. Prime heavy cows sold from £8 10s to £lO, medium-weights £7 j to £8 2s, light and unfinished down to £5 ss, good quality heifers £8 10s to £lO 17s 6d. Good quality ox beef ; was in keen demand. Prime heavyweight bullocks brought £l2 15s to £ls, medium quality £9 15s to £ll 1 l ss. i Prime heavy wethers sold from 30s to 335, medium quality 26s to 28s fid, unfinished down to 22s fid, prime heavy ewes 22s to 2 5s 6d. medium 18s fid to 21s. unfinished down to 11s. I PUTARURU STOCK SALE j. Messrs Dalgety and Company Limited report as follows on tiieir Puta- . ruru sale held on Monday : - Owing to the small number of sheen ! yarded, prices were not up to late rut ; ing rates at other centres. Small fat 2- toot li mixed sex made 225. A good yarding of fat cattle and a medium yarding of stores met with a good market. AH offerings were i keenly competed for. butchers being j i represented from Rotorua, Motumaoho, Putaruru and the Waikato. A I good sale resulted, and practically all > ! offerings were quitted. Good quality j prime Hereford cows and heifers made £ll 10s; good quality fat Holstein bullocks, £l2 11s; small light prime, j p.A. cross steers, £9 1 is: medium- ! weight fat Jersey heifers. £i 17s to ; ! £'; 12s: prime heavy P A.-Shorthorn cross cows. £ll I o?: prime heavy P.A. heifers. £1" 12s fid: fat Hereford cows. £8 17s to £9 ss: fat red and white cows, £7 17s to £8 10s: heavy boners. £\ to £i 1 Os; other boners ' and store cows. £2 10s to £3 Dis fid; medium quality yearling Jersey and Jersey cross heifers. £3 7s 6ri to £4 3s. A small yarding of springing cows i and heifers sold exceptionally well, j prices being if anything, up on those

ruling at other centres. Good forward springing Jersey and Jersey cross heifers brought £8 10s to £lO ss; medium ditto, £7 10s to £8 ss; more backward ditto, £6 5s to £7; smaller ditto to £5 15s; good ‘springing cows. £9 to £10; backward cows, £5 10s to £7 10s. A very' heavy yarding of pigs came forward and competition was restricted, prices suffering accordingly and a number of lots, especially fat pigs, were passed at prices well below vendors’ reserves. Light fat baconers made £3 to £3 2s; heavy porkers. £2 8s to £2 14s; light porkers, £1 JJs to £2 ss; buttermilk pigs, £2 5s to £2 9s; good stores, £1 13s to £1 18s; other stores, £1 7s to £1 11s; good slips, £1 5s to £1 9s; best weaners, £1 to £1 6s; others, 15s to 19s; sows in pig, £1 to £2.