SHEEP BRISKER

Waikato Times, Volume 127, Issue 21155, 3 July 1940, Page 11

SHEEP BRISKER

MARKET AT FRANKTON STEADY SALE FOR BEEF PORKERS IN KEEN REQUEST Fat sheep were brisker of sale at the Frankton yards yesterday when another large penning was forward. Beef sold at much the same rates as last week with occasional price changed in favour of buyers, while a short entry of fat pigs was in keener demand at better values. The steers on offer comprised a mixed quality lot with occasional pens of prime quality sorts. Heavyweights were traded f*om £l2 10s to £l3 a head, with medium-weights selling from £lO 10s to £ll, and light descriptions from £7 14s to £9. In the cow and heifer beef section one pen of heavy choice Polled Angus heifers sold from £ll to £ll ss, the best money for some time. Other heavy prime cattle realised from £9 to £lO. The quality of a number of pens was below standard and these did not sell readily. Prices for beef on the whole did not show any great change, but with the drop of 2s per 100 in the export schedule it was inevitable that the market would suffer to a certain extent. However, any price changes were only slight. A smaller yarding of calves sold very firmly. Sheep in Demand Fat sheep were noticeably brighter of sale than last week, ewes often improving by Is 6d a head. Wethers were very firm, the top price again being 375. However, while this was obtained for only one pen last week, it was paid on several occasions yesterday. Other choice wethers sold very readily from 32s 3d to 365, and fat sorts were knocked down from 29s 6d to 31s 6d. Extra prime ewes were quoted from 21s 6d to 25s 3d against 20s to 24s 3d last week and fat descriptions from 18s to 20s 6d, in comparison with 17s to 19s 6d. A )d entry of mixed quality lambs was in firm request. No heavy prime baconers came forward in the fat pig section where only a light entry was available. Porkers right through were dearer, particularly light-weight descriptions. Medium baconers were quoted from 66s to 88s, *-*ut cnmnaratively few fid above 84s. A large bench of buyers opera leu in the store pig section and here values were firm to firmer. Price Summary The following table is a summary of prices realised for fat stock at the Frankton yards at the last two sales: BEEF (per 1001 b.) This Week Last Week Extra prime ox 33/- to 36/- 33/-to 36/Prirae ox .. 31/-to 32/6 31/- to 32/6 Plain and Inferior ox . 25/6 to 30/- 25/G to 30/fcxtra choice and Heifers . 28/6.t0 34/- 28/6 to 34/Prirne cows . 27/- to 28/- 27/-to2S/-Serond quality COWS' .... 24/-to 26/- 24/-to 26/Light cows and heifers .. 19/-to 22/6 19/-to 22/0 MUTTON (a head* Extra prime wethers .. 33/- to 37/- 32/6 to 37/Fat wethers . 29/6 to 32/- 29/6 to 31/6 Unlinlsned wethers .. 23/6 to 28/- 24/3 to 27/6 Extra prime ewes 21/6 to 25/3 20/-to 24/3 Fat ewes .. 18/-to 20/6 17/-to 19/6 Unfinished ewes .... 12/-to 16/6 13/-to 16/Fat lambs .. 25/-to 27/- 26/- to 28/Lijrhter ditto . 18/-to 23/6 19/-to 21/9 PIGS (a head) Baconers .. 66/-to 88/- 66/-to 94/Porkers . . 4 0/- to 65/- 4 0/- to 65/ Weaners .. 16/-to 21/- 16/-to 21/Sllps 22/-to 28/6 22/- to 28/6 Large stores . 30/-to 40/- 30/-to 37/6 Individual Consignments From £lO to £l3 was given for a line of 12 steers from Mr H. Booth, of Te Kowhai, and from £lO 12s 6d to £l2 15s for eight from Mr C. B. Smith, of Rukuhia. Lighter-weight Polled Angus steers from Mr J. H. Gore, of Tuhikaramea, changed hands from £lO 10s to £ll, and a line from Mr P. Dingle, of Tamahere, sold to bids ranging from £ll to £l2 10s. Runners from the same vendor averaged £7 Bs. A pen of six heavy choice Polled Angus heifers from Messrs. Van Houtte and Nowlette, of Te Uku, made the top money in the cow and heifer beef at £ll to £ll ss. From £7 19s to £ll was paid for cattle from Mr J. G. Reeves, of Waingaro, the line of 25 averaging £9Heifers from Mr C. C. Parry, of Maeroa, were auctioned from £6 19s to £8 3s and those from Mr T. M. Hall, of Ohaupo Road, were bought from £7 15s to £9 17s 6d. Buyers paid from £8 to £8 19s for a truck from Mr A. Ramsay, of Hillcrest. For a pen of wethers from Mr W. H. Hume, of Te Akau, the top money of 37s was given, this price also being paid for a line of 40 from Messrs. Van Houtte and Nowlette. For those from Mr C. C. Parry, 34s was obtained, and 32s 6d was given for a i pen from Mr G. Bayly. Wethers from Mr W. J. Lusty, of Te Uku, fetched 32s 3d. Ewes from Mrs M. Paterson, of Horsham Downs, were auctioned from 20s 9d to 24s 6d. AUCTIONEERS QUOTATIONS The auctioneers quote as follows: Farmers’ Auctioneering Company. Ltd. Cattle.—Prime Shorthorn bullocks from Mr P. Dingle. Tauwharc. £tt to £l2 10S; two pens from Mr J. H. Gore. Tuhikaramea, £lO 10s to £11; cooice medium prime Polled Angus hellers from'the same vendor. £8 2s 6d to £3 Us: medium prime Polled Angus bullocks from Mr Giles Lusty. Te Uku. £lO to £lO tls; two trucks of Polled Angus rows and heifers from Estate J. Carruth. Te Puke, £7 19s to £8: heavy runners front Mr P. Dingle. Tauwharc. averaged £7 8s; medium prime Shorthorn bullocks. £!t to £l2 10s; medium prime Polled Angus bullocks. £lO to £ll 10s; medium prime Polled Angus heifers. £6 2s dd to £S 11s, medium prime

j- = 1 = " ■ ■ - Polled Angus and Ilererord cows, £7 7s Gel to £8; lighter, £6 17s to £7 ss; fat | cows, £G to £7 ss; lighter, £5 5s to £5 18s; heavy boner cows, £4 2s to £4 10s; medium, £3 Is to £3 18s; lighter, £2 to £2 19s; best heavy runners, £5 lls to £7 , «s; light, £3 12s to £5 4s; vealers, 2cs ! to £2 4s; small calves, ss. 1 Sheep.—Prime fat wethers, 34s to 375; rat wethers, 30s to 32s Od; light, 28s 6d to 29s 6d; unfinished, 23s 6d to 27s 6d; prime young ewes, 24s to 25s 3d; heavy fat ewes, 20s 6d to 23s 9d; medium, 18s ; 6d to 19s 6d; unfinished, 15s 6d to 17s; canner ewes, 12s to 14s; medium fat lambs, 21s 6d to 245; light, 18s 6d to 20s; small store hoggets, 10s 3d to 16s 6d; , full-mouth ewes, r.w.r., 245. Pigs.—Choppers to £5 lls; medium baconers, £3 14s to £3 19s; light, £3 6s to £3 12s; heavy porkers, £2 lfis to £3 4s; medium £2 l Os; light, £2 2s to £2 3s; good quality large stores, 38s , to £2 3s; large stores, 32s to 36s 6d; others, 26s 6d to 30s 6d; slips, 18s 6d to 24s 6d; weaners, 12s to 16s 6d; breeding sows, close to farrowing, £5 2s 6d to £5 15s; other, £4 to £5. Dalgety A Co., Ltd. Sheep.—Heavy prime wethers, £1 14s to £1 15s 3d; medium, £1 10s 6d to £l 13s 3d; light fat and unilnished, £1 5s to £1 9s; heuvy fat ewes, £l 2s to £i ss; i fat ewes, 17s to 18s od; heavy rat lambs, ‘ £1 5s to £1 7s; medium, £1 2s to £1 3s , Gd; unfinished, 18s to 19s 3d; brokenmouth ewes, running with Sonthdown rams, 20s 3d; f.f.m. ewes running with Honmey ram, 23® Gd; store hoggets, 15s ! od to 17s Bd. Cattle. —Prime heavy bullocks, £ll to £M Us 0d; light, £9 15s to £lO 10s; prime fat heirers, £7 5s to £8 is; prime rat cows, heavy, £7 to £S ss; light. £5 17s , Gd to £0 15s; heavy boners, £3 18s to £4 9s; medium, £2 12s to £3 16s: light, £t 10s to £2 8s; prime heavy runners, £4 10s I to £5 fis; prime vealers, £3 to £3 12s. ; T’igs.—Light baconers, £3 5s to £3 16s; j heavy porkers, £■> 15s to £3 ss; light, £2 r>s to £2 15s; small, 38s to £2 ss; large stores, 32s to 395; medium, 26s to 3-2-s; small, 22s to 265; good slips, 20s to 245; . breeding sows, £5 to £6 17s 6d. Loan and Morcantila Agency i Cattle. —Prime ox beer, £l2 to £l2 7s Gd; heavy prime fat cows, £9 17s 6d to I £10; prime, £8 5s to £8 12s; lighter, £7 i lls to £7 15s; prime rising two year-old : heifers, £7 17s 6d to £8 3s; lighter, £0 17s 6d to £7; heavy prime Jersey cows, £6 to £6 14s; prime Jersey cows, £5 6s to £5 10s; killable, £4 12S 6d to £4 19S; heavy boner cows, £4 to £4 19S; medium, £3 8S to £3 16s. Sheep.—Good quality two-tooth wethers, on account of Mr C. C. Parry, Mae- , roa, 34s 3d; heavy prime two-tooth wethers, 32s to 355; medium, 29s to 31s 6d; light, 25s to 28s 6d; heavy prime ewes, 23s 9d to 25s Gd; medium, 21s to 22s 6d; light, 18s Gd to 19s 9d; prime fat black-face lambs. 26s to 28s; medium, 22s Gd to 255; lighter, 19® Gd to £1 IS: forward-conditioned black-face store lambs, to 21s. J Pigs.—Finished baconers, £3 9s to £3 14s; light. £3 3s to £3 8s; heavy prime porkers, £2 lGs to £3 2s; medium. £2 7s to £2 15s; light, £2 to £2 6s; well-grown stores, £1 to 2 6s. G. W. Vercoe & Company, Limited. Cattle. —Prime rat bullocks, £l2 10s to £l3 (the la iter price being obtained by Mr 11. Booth, of Te Kowhai); prime med-ium-weight bullocks, £ll 15S to £l2 78 Gd light, £lO 10® to £i 1 10s; unfinished, to £9 los; heavy prime heifers, £lO to £ll 5s (the latter price being obtained by Messrs. Vanhoutte and Nollett, of Te Uku); prime medium-weight heifers. £9 to £9 15s; prime light, £8 to £8 12s 6d; light, to £7 15s; heavy prime cows, £9 to £10; prime medium-weights, £8 to £8 15s; others, £7 to £7 17s Gd; light, to £6 15s; forward-conditioned .Shorthorn and Friesian cows, £5 to £5 18s; others, to £4 16s; heavy boners, £4 5s to £5; mediumweights, £3 10S to £4 2S 6d: light, to £3 ss; runners, £5 to £6 ss; heavy vealers, £3 10s to £4 8s; medium-weights, £2 15s to £3 7s fid: light, 35s to £2 103; wnall calves, to 30s. Sheep.—Heavy prime wethsr«,'34s to j 37s (the latter being obtained by Messrs. Vanhoutte and Nollett, of Te Uku for a line of 40 fine sheep); prime mediumweight wethers, 32s to 33s 6d; others, 29s Ito 31s; well-Ilnished light-weights, 28s !to 30s; unfinished, to 27s 6d; prime 1 maiden ewes. 27s to 28s 3d; others to ! 265; heavy prime ewes, 24s to 25s fid; . heavy fat ewes, 23s to 23s 9d, mediumweights, 2is to 22s fid; light, 18s to 20s ; Gd; killable, to 17s; heavy prime lambs, i 27s to 30s; medium-weights, 24s to 25s Od: prime light. 22s to 23s fid; others, ; 19s to 2is; killable. to 18s. | Pigs.—Medium weight baconers. £4 to £4 8s; light, £3 12s to £3 18s; heavy 1 porkers. £3 to £3 10s; medium-weights, £2 125 to £2 18S; light, £2 2s to £2 10s; , medium-weight choppers, to £4 10s; good stores, 38s to £2 2s; others, 32« to 365: good slips, 2fis to 3is; smaller, 22s to | 255; best weaners, ISs to 21s Gd; others. 12s to 17s; maiden Tamworth sows. £6 to £7; aged sows. £4 10s to £5 17s fid. Newton King, Ltd. Sheep.—Prime wethers, 29s 6d to 31s; medium, 26s to 28s 9d; light, 22s 6d to 23S od; heavy ewes, 23-s 6d to 2 ss; lighter, 20s to 225; good fat lambs, 23s 3d.. Cattle.—Mixed-coloured y(sailing heifers, £2 ss. Pigs.—Heavy baconers, £4 to £4 8s; medium, £3 12s to £3 18s; light, £3 5s to £3 los; heavy porkers, £2 12s to £2 17s; medium, £2 8s to £2 lls; light, £1 los to £2 ss; heavy store pigs, 28s 6d to 365. | Wright, Stephenson A Co., Ltd. j Cattle.—Light rat bullocks, £9 10s, £9 15S to £lO 7S; heavy fat COW®, £9; light heifers, £6 10s to £7 ss; cows, ex I dairy, £5 to £7; boner cows, according to (weight, £2 15s to £ i ss; two-year Polled Angus heifers, poor condition, £4 is; pol- ! led Angus cow®, poor condition, £3 15s; ; weaner Jersey heil'ers, £2 5s to £3 17s : 6d. ! Sheep.—Fat ewes, extra heavy, 24s 6d i to 25s 9d; medium quality, 21s 6d to 23s 1 9d; light and unfinished, 17s 9d to 20s; medium prime wethers, 31s to 32s 3d; i lighter, 30s; light fat larnbs, 17s Od; small j two-tooth ewss in lamb, 255; six-year | ewes, 18s 6d to £1; medium wether boggets, 15-s 9d to 17s 3d. | Pigs: Light-weight baconers £3 15s to £4 is: heavy porkers £2 17s tn £3 ss; med- ! ium-weights, £2 10s to £2 14s; lighter, : £2 to £2 7s; third and fourth litter in-pig Tamworth sows, close to rarrow, £7 to I £7 ss; sows a little more backward, £6 j 1 5s to £7. DISPERSAL AT HINUERA i The Farmers’ Co-operative Auctioneering Company, Limited, report having held a successful clearing sale at Hinuera, Matamata. on behalf or Mr M. Mackenzie Bcott. Bidding for the Hock of breeding ewes snd stud rams was particularly keen. Polled Angus cows and heirers were much in demand. a= was also the case with the line of farm horses. Farm implements and sundries sold fully up to recent clear- . ing sale rates. Quotations: — £heep. Good-conditioned four-year breeding ewes, to 28s; good-conditioned : five and six-year breeding ewes, 256 to