STOCK VALUES.

Waikato Times, Volume 123, Issue 20635, 22 October 1938, Page 10

STOCK VALUES.

MARKET AT MORRINSVILLE

FrRM DEMAND FOR PIQS BEEF IN STEADY (REQUEST Firm values ruled in most sections at the weekly Morrinsville stock sale yesterday, although buying operations were not marked by any enthusiasm. Yardings were lighter to average with quality in most departments below the standard of the previous week. The penning of fat cattle consisted mainly of dairy sorts, which proved in steady request at rates usually on a par with late quotations, £8 7s proving the limit for top quality descriptions. A few pens of steers were forward, cattle from Messrs Howie Bros, again making top money, prime medium steers from these vendors clearing from £l4 5s to £ls Is. A line of light Friesian steers sold at £lO 10s. Boner cattle sold steadily with no noticeable alteration in values. Quiet Dairy Market

Competition was restrained for dairy cattle and sales were for the most part effected on the lower basis of recent sales. A large proportion of the entry comprised inferior quality sorts which were difficult to trade. A few top quality sorts made to £l2, but the bulk of the sales were made below £9. A light entry of fat sheep was in quiet request and the big proportion of the penning comprising U?ht hoggets which changed hands from las Gd to 21s. Fat pigs were forward in the largest numbers since the commencement of the new season. A ready demand was experienced with values again slightly firmer than schedule rales. Top price for medium baconers was 765, porkers making to 61s. In the store section, competition was slow and both slips and weaners were cheaper. The auctioneers quote as follows: — Loan and Mercantile Agency Cattle. —Light fat ox £lO 10s to £lO 15s, heavy Jersey cows £7 5s to £7 15s, medium £6 10s to £7 2s 6d, lighter £5 15s to £6 2s 6d, fat heifers £7 to £B, lighter £6 2s 6d to £6 12s 6d, killable cows £5 to £5 12s 6d, heavy store cows £4 5s to £4 12s 6d, lighter conditioned £3 12s 6d to £4, heavy boners £2 18s to £3 10s, lighter £1 10s to £2 ss, cull cows 15s to 22s 6d, medium quality yearling Jersey heifers £3 10s to £3 17s 6d, small up to £2 10s, Shorthorn steers up to £5 10s, grade Jersey bulls £6 12s 6d to £lO, yearlings £5 to £5 10s.

Tho Farmers’ Auctioneering Company

Sheep.—Forward conditioned shorn hoggets to 20s Id, fat woolly hoggets 19s to 21s, store hoggets 15s to 17s •6d, full-mouth ewes with lambs at foot 10s all counted. Cattle.—Medium prime steers £l4 5s to £ls Is, light fat Jersey steers £9 Is, prime runners £8 to £9 10s, heavy Jersey cows £8 3s to £8 7s, medium fat cows and heifers £6 16s ; to £7 15s, fat Jersey cows £5 10s to ; £6 Bs, killable cows £4 10s to £5 ss, heavy boner cows £3 12s to £4 6s, medium £2 15s to £3 Bs, light £2 to £2 12s, cull cows 10s to 255, potter bulls £4 19s to £8 ss, two and threeyear service bulls £9 15s to £l3 10s, yearling service bulls £5 to £7 10s, yearling Jersey-cross heifers £4 2s 6d to £4 7s, smaller £2 15s to £3 19s, two-year Jersey heifers £3 15s to £4 7s 6d, Jersey heifers and slips £2 12s 6d to £3 7s 6d, best springing heifers £9 10s to £l2 10s, others £6 10s to £B, poorer conditioned and late calvers £4 5s to £5 15s, best heifers in milk £7 to £9 10s, other heifers in milk £4 15s to £6. springing cows £6 to 28 10s, cows in milk £4 15s to £7. pigs.—Heavy choppers £3 10s to £4 10s, others'fil 16s to £3 3s,.heavy baconers £3 14s to £3 16s, medium £3 9s to £3 12s, light £3 3s to £3 7s, buttermilk pigs and heavy porkers £2 14s to £3 Is, medium porkers £2 8s to £2 12s, light £2 2s to £2 6s, unfinished porkers 36s to 40s, large stores 34s to 38s 6d, medium 29s to 325, good slips 25s to 31s, others 20s to 23s sd, best weaners 18s to 245, others 10s 6d to 15s 6d, sows to farrow £3 6s to £3 7s 6d.

Messrs Dalgety and Company, Ltd. Cattle. —Light fat Jersey bullocks, £9 15s; heavy fat Jersey cows, £7 9s to £7 15s; good fat young Jersey cows and heifers, £6 to £7; forward conditioned cows, £4 12s 6d to £5 10s; heavy boners, £3 15s to £4 7s; others, 30s to - £3 12s, according to weight and condition; potter bulls, £4 10s to £6; competition on store cattle was again very limited, fair quality yearling P.A. steers, £3 15s; sound young cows to go to the bull, £2 10s to £3; empty three year heifers, £2 15s to £3 ss; yearling Jersey heifers, fair quality, £3 10s to £4 Is; service bulls, £7 to £9 10s. Pigs.—A small yardir'i?, prices remaining at late rates: heavy porkers, £2 15s to £3 3s; buttermilk pigs, £2 10s to £2 18s; light porkers, £1 18s to £2 10s; good store pigs, 28s to 325; slips, 18s to 245; weaners, 10s to 15s. TE AWAMUTU BTOCK BALE

Messrs Dalgety and Company, Limited, report as follows on their triweekly Te Awamutu sale held on Thursday.

A medium yarding of sheep and a full yarding of all classes of cattle Came forward. The sheep yarding was composed practically entirely of good conditioned hoggets which were all sold under the hammer. Competition was not keen, sales being slightly below vendors’ expectations. Fat -woolly hoggets made 19s to 235; fat and forward ditto 12s to 15s 6d; mixed sex fat two-tooths 13s to 15s.

For cattle competition was particularly keen, vendors meeting a ready market at prices slightly in advance of recent Frankton sales. Our principle sales in the beef section were as follows:—On account of Mr G. F. Storey, 9 Pj\. bullocks, £l4 2s 6d; on account of Mr A. L. Storey, 9 Hereford bullocks, £l2; on account of Mrs D Moorhead, 4 P.A. bullocks, £l3 12s Gd, and 1 P.A. heifer, £lO 15s; on account of Mr P. C. Hoban, 3 P.A. heifers, £ll 17s 6d; on account of Mr J. R. Kay, 2 P.A. heifers, £8 10s and 2 P.C. cows, £8 16s; heavy fat Jersey cows brought £7 2s 6d to £8 7s Gd; lighter ditto £5 15s to £6 7s; heavy boners £3 17s to £4 13s; medium, £2 3s to £3 7s 6d; lighter ditto, 25s to £2. A few pens of store cattle were yarded in which little interest was shown. Yearling heifers were yarded in shorter num-

hers, good heifers selling from £4 10s to £5 10s; others £2 5s to £3 l&s. There was a big yarding in the bull section, prices being at a par with recent sales. Two-year P.A. bulls

sold from iOgns to logns; others to 9£gns; good 2-year Jersey bulls from £8 to £10; other mixed ages £4 10s to £7; well grown good quality yearling Jersey bulls, £6 15s to £lO ss. Dairy cattle were yarded in small numbers quality being somewhat mixed. Good quality springing heifers rahged from £8 10s to £lO 10s; smaller and more backward sorts £5 10s to £7 15s; quality Jersey cows, close to profit, £8 10s to £9 15s; others £6 5s to £B.

A good yarding of fat pigs came forward with a full yarding of stores and weaners. All classes of fat pigs sold freely at prices well on a par with late quotations*. Stores and weaners opened brightly but declined slightly towards the end of the sale owing to the exceptionally heavy yarding. Prime heavy baconers made £3 12s to £3 15s;‘heavy ditto, £3 7s to £3 12s; medium heavy baconers, £3 2s to £3 7s; heavy buttermilk pigs to light baconers, £2 17s to £3 2s; buttermilk pigs, £2 12s to £2 17s; heavy porkers, £2 8s to £2 12s: medium porkers, £2 2s to £2 8s; light porkers 3Gs to £2 2s: large store pigs, 32s to 38s; medium ditto 26s to 325; small ditto 20s to 265; best slips 28s to 3 is; medium ditto, 24s to 28s; small ditto 20s to 2 4s: best weaners 18s to 2 is; medium ditto. 15s to 19s; small ditto, 12s to 16s; choppers £2 10s to £3 ss; sows to farrow £3 to £4 15s; maiden Berkshire hoars. £4 to £5 ss; sows with litters, £6 ss.