RISE FOR BEEF

Waikato Times, Volume 125, Issue 20890, 23 August 1939, Page 13

RISE FOR BEEF

HEIFERS IN REQUEST SHARP FRANKTON ADVANCE FAT SHEEP VERY FIRM The most satisfactory vendor’s market for beef at the Frankton yards this year was experienced yesterday, when values for all classes of beef advanced, cow and heifer beef particularly being In sharp request at substantially Improved prices. Fat sheep were very firm with odd lots higher, while an increased entry of fat pigs sold more in favour of vendors. Pennpd in moderate number?, the fat rattle were generally a better quality lot than last week and this was a factor for brighter competition. While the market for ox could be described a? firmer, that for cow and heifer beef was exceptionally buoyant and easily the besl vendor’s sale for over a year. Heavy choice heifers sold freely from £ll 4s to £l2 17s fid per head, one line of 12 averaging £ll 1 is Gd and another line of 18 averaging £ll 7s 6d. Prime descriptions were traded from £lO 6s to £ll. and ordinary prime from £8 15s to £9 10s. Best row and heifer beef was quoted from 27s to 32s per 100 lb. against 25s to 30s last week, the market generally being up by at least £1 fo 30s per head and by approximately 2s per 100 lb. Tops in the ox beef section were traded from £l4 to £ls 10s per head with medium from £l2 5s to £l3 15s. A contrast, to recent markets was that practically nothing was sold below £lO. the majority of sales being transacted above £ll. Best ox was quoted from 34s to 38s per 100 lb., this being the highest quotation for ox at the yards since spring of last year. Calves sold at firmer figures, while late quotations were repeated for boner cattle. Fat Sheep and Pigs Fat sheep were available in increased supply, but despite this and also the fact that there was a fair proportion of rough quality sheep the market was fully firm with values occasionally showing an improvement. The improvement in prices for odd lines was particularly noticeable in the ewe section, some selling as high as from 29s to 30s, the highest values for ewes this year. Wethers sold freely, the best making from 27s 6d to 33s 6d and ordinary fat sorts from 23s 6d to 27s Gd. A feature of the market was the free demand for rougher quality sheep that were difficult to quit a few weeks ago. Top values would have probably been higher had the sheep been up to the standard of some lines seen at the yards during recent weeks There was little change in values for an average penning of lambs.

A larger bench of buyers had the effect of sharpening demand for fat pics, which were dearer. Baconers were quoted from 03s to 83s, with a top bid of Sis. against r,os to 77s last week. Although the entry was a very full one, there was a firming tendency in the store pig market where large stores and weaners were often from 3s to 4s per head dearer. Slips were quoted at the same money as last week, namely, 22s to 28s. Price Summary The following table is a summary of prices realised for fat stock at the Frankton yards during the. past fortnight : BEEF (per 100 lb.) This Week Last Week Prime ox .. 34/-to 38/- 33/-to 36/? riatn and inferior ox . 25/- to 30/- 24/- to 29/Primr cows . 27/-to Second quality COWS .... 22/- to 26/- 21/- to 24/6 Light cows and heifers . 18/-to 21/6 18/-to 20/-

Individual Consignments The Tuhikaramea vendor. Mr W. Cooper-Smith, was the vendor of yesterday’s top-priced bullock at £ls 10s, the same vendor, marketing other heavy choice sorts from £l4 to £l4 12s <sd. Cattle from the same district, those on account of Mr H. J. Finlayson. sold to bids ranging from £l4 2s 6d to £l4 7s 6d. A pen from Mr T Church, of Te Ha pa, was knocked down from £l3 to £l4 10s. while from £l3 to £l4 2s 6d was given for those

fmm Mr .1. Scott, of Newstead. From £ll Mis to £l3 2s fid was given for lighter cattle from Mr T. M. Hall, of Oh aup o Road, while similar sorts from Mr A. K. 1 Bieklo. r ,f Te Rapa, were purinsefl from £l3 5s to £l3 15s. Messrs. H. and s. Hhudes sold cattle from £ 11 to £l2 17s fid and Mr J. T. Holland from £l3 to £l3 2s fid. steers from Ngaruawahia on account of Mr T. M. Glenn, were auctioned from £lO 12s to £ll 7s fid. Polled Angus heifers from Mr H. Finlayson made from £ll is to £l2 17s fid. and 12 of them averaged £ll 14s fid. On behalf of Mr T. M. Hal! were sold Hereford heifers that made from £ll 10s to £l2 7s fid. Polled Angus from Mr B. G. Griffon being marketed from £ll 14s to £ll 17s. A line of 18 from Yercoe’s Hinuera Farm made from £lO 6s to £li 15s and averaged £ll 7s fid. Choice wethers from Messrs. Wilson Bros., of Waimai. brought from 30s to 33s fid. the latter figure being also given for a small lot from Mr A. J. Davidson. A pen from Mr F. ?. Yeale, of Tamahere. fetched 31 s 9d, while 30s 6d was the price of the tops from those of Mr H. D. Caro. A line from Mr N. K. Taylor, of Gordonton. made from 28s fid to 2 9s. while those from Messrs. Winter Bros., of Ruakiwi, were knocked down at 30s 9d. Ewes from Mr E. C. Moore, of Te Rapa, sold at 25s fid and those from Mr W. Cooper-Smith, from 20s to AUCTIONEERS’ REPORTS The auctioneers report on the sale as follows: Farmers’ Auctioneering Company, Ltd. Sheep.—Heavy prime wethers, 31s 9d to 3 4s; medium. 27s to 29s fid: light, 25s fid to 26s 3d: unfinished, 19s fid fo 23s Gd: heavy fat ewes. 25s 9d to 30s; fat ewes, 20s fid to 23s fid: killable ewes. 1 is fid to 18s fid: eanner ewes. 8s to 11s: fat woolly hoggets. 22s to 245; lighter. 16s 6d to 20s fid: cull ewes, 5s fid to 7s. Cattle.—Extra heavy prime steers, to £ls 10s: heavy prime steers, £l3 15s to £l4 12s fid: medium. £l3 5s to £l3 7s fid; extra heavy prime Polled Angus heifers. £l2 to *£l2 17s fid: heavy prime Polled Angus heifers, £ll 4s to £ll 10s; light fat Jersey heifers, £5 10s to £5 19s; fat Jersey cows, £5 to £5 9s; heavy boner cows, £4 2s to £4 1 fis; medium, £3 is to £3 17s fid: light, £2 2s to £2 17s. Pigs.—Heavy baeoners, £3 18s to £4 3s; medium, £3 12s to £3 17s; light. £3 fis to £3 10s; heavy porkers and buttermilk pigs, £2 16s to £3 ss; medium porkers, £2 8s to £2 14s; light, £2 to £2 fis; large stores, 33s to 35s fid; medium, 29s to 325; slips, 23s to 27s fid; medium weaners. 20? to 255; small, 8s to 13s fid; Devon sows, close to farrowing, £4 10s to £7 2s fid; maiden Tamworth sows, £4 to £5 ss. Loan and Mercantile Agency Cattle.—Medium-sized prime ox beef. £l3 to £l3 2s 6d; lighter, £ll 10s; light Polled Angus cows, £fi 5s to £6 7s fid; plain, £4 to £4 10s; fat Jersey heifers. £7 2s 6d; light fat Jersey cows, £4 15s to £5; heavy boner cows, £3 fis to £3 lfis; medium boners, £2 15s to £3 Is; light boners, £2 to £2 10s. Sheep.—A line of 100 wethers, ex Mr N. K. Taylor, 26s to 30s 3d; good wethers, ex Mr C. C. Parry, 28s; fat ewes, ex Mr E. C. Moore, to 255-6 d; heavy fat wethers ex Land Development 28s 9d to 29s 9d; heavy prime fat wethers. 29s 9d to 32s 3d; medium fat wethers, 2fis 9d to 28s; lighter fat wethers, 23s fid to 2 4s; others, to 21s; heavy prime fat ewes, 27s fid to 29s 9d; medium fat ewes, 24s to 25s 3d; lighter, to 18s fid; medium fat lambs, lfis 9d to 18s 3d: lighter, 14s fid to 15s fid; others, to 12s fid. Pigs.—Prime heavy baeoners. to £4 2s: medium. £3 12s to £3 18s; light, £3 fis to £3 9s; heavy porkers, £2 lfis to £3 4s; medium. £2 7s to £2 11s; lighter, £2 to £2 ss; large stores, 39s to 43s fid; medium, 33s to £J 15s; large slips, 29s to 31s; others, 25s to 27s fid; weaners, 20s to 21s; smaller, 8s to lfis: sows with litters, £6 2s fid; fair quality sows due to farrow, £4 5s to £5 2s 6d; backward sows, £4 to £4 ss. Dalgety A Company, Limited. Sheep.—Heavy prime wethers, 30s to 33s 3d; prime wethers, 27s to 28s 6d; light. 22s to 255: unfinished, 18s to 20s fid: crossbred wethers, light, lfis to 18s fid: heavy prime fat ewes, 26s to 28s 9d; ditto, 2-is to 255; light fat ewes. 16s to 19s; heavy fat hoggets. 23s to 24s fid: fat, 19s to ,20s 6d: light, 15s to 17s fid; store, 10s to 12s fid. Cattle.—Prime light-weight Polled Angus steers on account of Mr T. M. Glenn, £lO 12s fid to £ll 7s fid: prime Hereford heifers from Mr T. M. Hall, £ll 10s to £l2 7s fid; runners from Kereone, Ltd., Morrinsville. £5 4s to £7 2s 6d; vealers, £2 2s fid to £3 19s; prime heavy bullocks. £l2 to £l4 2s fid; prime light-weight, £lO 12s fid to £ll 15s; heavy fat heifers, £ll 10s to £l2 7s fid; heavy fat cows, £9 to £lO 15s; heavy fat Jersey cows, £8 to £9 2s fid: lighter ditto. £5 10s to £7: heavy boners, £3 to £3 17s fid; medium, £2 to £2 19s; light, 12s fid to £1 15s. Pigs.—Prime top-weight baeoners. £3 15s to £4 3s; heavy, £3 10s to £3 15s; medium, £3 5s to £3 10s: light, £3 to £3 ss: heavy porkers and buttermilk pigs, £2 10s to £3: prime medium porkers. £2 2s to £2 10s; medium, 38s to £2 2s; prime light, 32s to 38s; large store pigs, 36s to £2 4s; medium, 28s to 355; best slips, 25s to 2 7s; medium. 18s to 2 4s; best weaners, 21s to 26s fid; medium, lfis to 21s. G. W. Vercoe & Co., Ltd Cattle.—Prime medium-weight Polled Angus bullocks, ex Mr T.'"church, Te Rapa, to £l4 10s; well-finished bullocks, ex Mr J. Scott. Newstead, £l3 to £l4 2s fid; good quality Shorthorn bullocks, ex Mr \Y. CooperSmith, Tuhikaramea, to £l4; wellfinished light-weight Polled Angus and Hereford bullocks, ex Messrs. 11. & S. Rhodes, Paterangi, to £l2 17s 6d; light-weight Shorthorn bullocks, ex Mr T. M. Hall, Hamilton, averaged £l2 ss: prime medium-weight bullocks, £l3 10s to £l4 10s; prime lightweights, £l2 10s to £l3 7s fid; lighter, to £l2 ss; small and unfinished, to £11; a draft of prime Polled Angus cows ex Mr R. G. Griffin. Tauwhare. £ll 14s to £ll 17s; a consignment of 18 good quality Polled Angus and Hereford cow? and heifers, p\ Hinuera Farm, avoraced £ll 7s fid: heavy rows, ex Mr E. G. Jones. Melville, to £ll 15s; heavy prime heifers. £li to £l2; prime medium-weights, £lO to £lO 15s: light, fo £9 15s: small and unfinished, to £8 10s; heavy prime rows. £ll to £ll 17s; prime mediumweights, £lO In £lO 18 S ; light, to £9 10s; heavy fat Jersey cows. £9 to £9 ]ss; medium-weights, £7 15s to £8 12s fid; light, to £7 10s; well-finished runners, from £fi 10s to £7 ss; others, £5 to £fi: heavy vealers, £4 to £4 15s; medium-weights, £3 to £3 18s: well- , finished light-weights, £2 to £2 15s; small calves, up to 355; three-year-old

Red Polled steers, to £7 2s: storeconditioned three-year-old Friesian and Friesian cross steers, to £5 12s; crossbred 18-months steers, to £4; good quality Jersey yearling heifers, to £4 ss; small crossbred yearling heifers, to £3 8s; small Polled Angus and Hereford heifer calves, to £2 10s; empty two-year Jersey heifers, £2 15s to £3 lrts; forward-conditioned Shorthorn and Friesian cows, £4 10s to £5 ss; others, to £4 ss; heavy boners, £i lo £ i 12s 6d; medium-weights, £3 to £3 15s; light, up to £2 15s; potter bulls, to £7 15s. Sheep.—Heavy prime wethers, ex Wilson Bros., Waimai, to 33s 6d; prime wethers, ex Mr J. H. Taylor, Matangi, a \ era god 31s 6d; a consignment of good quality wethers, ex Messrs. Winter Bros., Ruakiwi, averaged 30s 9d; heavy prime wethers, 30s to 33s 6d; prime medium-weights, 28s to 20s fid; prime light, 25s 6d to 27s fid; medium-weights, 24s to 25s 3d; light, 22s to 23s 6d; light and unfinished wethers, 18s to 21s; heavy prime ewes, 25s to 28s; heavy fat ewes, 23s to 24s fid well-finished medium-weights, 20s to 22s fid; light, 17s to 19s; killable, to 15s; heavy fat hoggets, 23s to 24s 9d; mediumweights, 21s to 22s fid; well-finished light-weights. 19s to 20s 6d; light, 17s to 18s 6d; killable, lis to 16s; good store hoggets, 10s to 11s 6d; others, to 9s. Pigs.—Heavy baconers, £3 48s to £4 4s; medium-weights, £3 12s to £3 17s; light. £3 5s to £3 11s; heavy porkers, £2 18s to £3 4s; mediumweights. £2 11s to £2 17s; light, £2 to £2 10s; choppers, to £3 14s; good stores. 38s to £2 2s; smaller, 34s to 37s fid; good slips, 30s to 335; others, 24s to 295; best weaners, 23s to 27s fid; medium, 19s to 225: small, up to 18s; sows in pig, to £6 12s fid; Tamworth boars, to £4 ss. Wright, Stephenson A Co., Ltd. Cattle.—Prime fat cows and heifers, £8 to £8 10s; medium prime, £7 10s to £7 17s 6d: lighter, £6 Is to £fi 15s; fat cows, £5 15s to £6 2s 6d; light fat steers, £7 15s to £8 ss; heavy boner cows, £4 7s to £4 19s; medium boner cows, £3 18s to £4 ss; lighter, £2 10s to £3 7s fid; culls, down to 255; calves, 7s fid to 10s; yearling Jersey heifers, good quality, £3 to £3 fis: smaller sorts. £2 16s to £3. rheep.—Prime fat ewes, 22s fid to 245; medium fat ewes, 19s fid to 21s 9d; lighter, down to 18s; prime fat hoggets. 16s 9d to 18s fid; medium fat hoggets, 15s to 16s 6d; prime fat lambs, 18s fid to 205.. Pigs.—Medium baconers, £3 fis to £3 18s; light, £3 to £3 ss; heavy porkers, £2 12s to £2 17s: medium porkers. £2 to £2 7s fid; light porkers. 3fis to 38s; large store pigs, 34s io 38s; medium, 26s to 30s: light, 17s to 245; choppers, £2 5s to £2 10s. Newton King, Limited. Cattle. —Heavy prime Polled Angus cows and heifers, £lO 2s 6d to £11; •medium fat Friesian cows. £7 to £7 17s fid: medium fat Jersey cows, £6 to £6 13s; heavy boner cows. £4 to £5 12s; lighter boner cows, £:j to £3 17s 6d: light boner cows, £2 to £2 Ifis. Sheep.—Heavy fat wethers, 26-s 3d io 30s; medium fat welhers. 24s 3d to 25s 9d: light fat wethers, 22s to 23s fid; heavy fat ewes, 23s to 2is 3d; lighter fat ewes, I*s to 20s fid; fat hoggets, ifis 6d to 21s 3d. Pies.—Heavy prime baconers, £3 10s to £i; medium prime baconers, £3 7s to £3 12s: light prime baconers, £2 19s to £3 ss: heavy porkers. £2 10s to £2 17s: medium porkers £2 2s to £2 7s; light porkers, 3fis to £2; large stores, 35s to 375; good slips, 28s to 325; best weaners, 17s fid to 21s; smaller weaners, 12s 6d to 15s.

MUTTON (pep head) Extra prime wethers . 29/6 to 34/26/6 to 34/Fat wethers Unfinished . 23/6 to 27/6 20/- to 25/6 wethers 16/6 to 21/6 14/- to 19/Extra prime . 24/- to 30/. 21/- to 27/Fat ewes Unfinished 18/6 to 22/13/- to 18/ewes 11/- to 16/7/- to 10/8 Fat lambs . 18/- to 23/IS/- to 25/Lighter 1 4/- to 19/14/- to 19/PIGS (per head) Baroners . 63/- to 83/58/- to 77/Porkers . 45/-to 63/40/- to 63/Weaners 10/- to 26/10/- to 22/Slips . 22/- to 28/22/- to 28/32/- to 40/-