COMMERCIAL NEWS

Waikato Times, Volume 125, Issue 20886, 18 August 1939, Page 2

COMMERCIAL NEWS

MATAMATA SALE The Farmers’ Co-operative Auctioneering Company, Limited, report having held their usual Matamata stock sale on Wednesday, when a good penning of cow and heifer beef, together with a small entry of boner cows came forward. Bidding throughout was keen, realisations remaining firm on late rates. A good offering of yearling Jersey heifers sold under spirited competition at satisfactory prices. Dairy cattle: A medium yarding of rows and heifers. A slightly better inquiry was noticeable for rows close to profTt, and generally prices remained firm at late rates. Pigs r An average yarding of fat pigs, and a capacity entry of stores was offered. Heavy baconers remained firm at late values, and store pigs created keen interest from a large bench of buyers. Quotations: —Cattle: Heavy Friesian cows, £8 6s; medium Shorthorn and Polled Angus cows, £7 10s to £8 is: medium Shorthorn heifers, £6 13s; light Shorthorn cows, £5 os to £5 19s; medium Jersey heifers, to £5 14s; heavy Jersey cows, £5 19s to £6 17s; medium, £4 17s to £5 15s; light, £4 8s to £4 12s; heavy boner cows, £3 10s to £4 4s; medium, £2 6s to £3 os; light, 35s to £2 2s; cull cows, 10s to 255; empty 2-year Jersey heifers, £2 10s to £3 ss; wellgrown choice yearling Jersey heifers, £4 18s; other good yearling Jersey heifers, £3 Is to £3 15s; smaller, £2 7s 6d to £2 10s; yearling Shorthorn heifers. £2 10s. Dairy cattle:—Dairy heifers, close to profit, £9 to £lO 10s: lower condition, £7 15s to £8 15s; later calvers, £6 5s to £7 ss; poor and backward. £4 10s to £5 15s; dairy heifers in milk, and in low condition. £5 to £6 hs; dairy cows, close to profit but in low condition. £8 10s to £8 15s; later ealvers. £7 10s to £B. Pigs:—Heavy baconers. £3 16s to £4 Is; medium, £3 8s to £3 14s; light and unfinished. £3 3s to £3 7s; porkers and buttermilk pigs, £2 5s to £2 ißs; large stores, 34s 6d to £2 2s 6d; others. 24s to 335; best weaners. 2 is 6d to 2-9 s 6d; others, 16s Gd to 235. SALE AT KAUROA The Farmers’ Go-operative Auctioneering Company, Limited. report haring held their Kauroa stock sale on Wednesday, when a medium penn ing of all classes of cattle came forward. Included in the offering was a line of well-bred Polled Angus steers on account of Mr W. J. Lusty, The cattie were yarded in good condition and met with keen competition Odd beef cows and heifers sold at late ratps. whilst boner cows showed no alteration on schedule values. A few dairy cows sold readily. Quotations: Light fal Jersey heifers, I*s 15s to £6 ss: killabie cows. £ i to £5: heavy boner cows, £3 to £;• 15s: medium, £2 to £2 10s; cannei cows, 25s to 355; three-year Polled Angus steers to £8 is: two and a-hall year Polled Angus steers. £6 15s to £' ss: two-year Polled Angus steers, £c to £6 is; 18-inonths Polled Angus steers, £5 to £5 10s: good quality spring Jersey heifers. £7 10s to £8 dairy cows, September calvers, £6 10; to £7 ss. WAIHOU STOCK SALE The Farmers' Co-operative Auctioneering Company. Landed, report having held their Waihou stock sa.e yesterday, when a full yarding of all classes of cattie was penned. The beef entry comprised mostly fat Jcrsev cows and heifers, prices for which remained firm on recent quotations Store and boaer cows also maintaiuec

iate rates. There was a good entry of dairy cows and heifers and comj petition for forward quality heifers wan very keen, prices realised being | fully up to recent sales. Pigs: A | good yarding? was forward uf all j classes of pigs, consisting mostly of i stores and weaners. Bidding for j baconers and porkers was steady, 1 values remaining fully equal to recent j quotations. Competition in tlie store I section was very brisk, and prices showed a marked improvement on late , sales. VYe quote:— Cattle:—Heavy Shorthorn and Jersey cows, £7 to £7 10s; medium Jersey cows. £6 to £6 15s; light, £4 12s to £-5 9s; medium Jersey heifers, £5 ! 12a 6d to £6 Is; light. £4 10s to £5; .[ heavy boner cows, £.3 Ss io £4 ss; 1 1 medium, £2 10s Jo £3 3s; light, 35s ■i to £2 ss; cull cows, 10s to 255; ! empty two-year Jersey heifers, £2 to ;j £2 16s: choice yearling Jersey ; i heifers, £3 15s to £4 is; medium i quality, £-2 2s to £2 16s; uther yoar- . I Jing heifers. 20s to 365. ’! Dairy cattle:—Quality forward Jer- ' ] sev heifers. £ll 10s to £l3 15s; I others, £8 to £11; backward. £4 10s to £7 ss; Jersey heifers in milk. £9 j 5s to £ll 15s; others. £5 to £6 10s. Pigs :—Medium to heaw baconers, £3 9s to £3 15s: Ijght baconers. £3 is to £3 6s; buttermilk pigs and heavy porkers, £2 17s to £3 Is: light porkers. £2 8s to £2 9s: good quality large stores. 39s 6d to £2 is: others. | 33s 6d to 36s 6d: medium stores, 28s | Gd to 31s 6d; slips, 25s to 275; best weaners. 25s to 27s Gri: others, 20s . to 2*2s Gd; smaller. 10s to 18s, sows l and young. £7 2s Gd to £B,