BRISKER DEMAND

Waikato Times, Volume 127, Issue 21167, 17 July 1940, Page 11

BRISKER DEMAND

VALLES IMPROVE INQUIRY FOR BEEF KEEN SHEEP MARKET A brighter tone was evident in both the mutton and beef markets at the Frankton sale yes* tcrJay, although the actual advance in values was only slight. Improved quality entries in both sections was a big factor in the brisker sale experienced. The entry of fat pigs was the smallest this year with the result that keen values were realised. Some heavy choice cattle were included in the ox beef section with the result that competition was stimulated and actual prices were the highest l'or some weeks. Heavyweight descriptions were traded from £l3 12s 6d to £l4 10s, the latter figure being the highest this winter. Good medium-weight sorts were traded from £ll 10s to £l2 11s and lighter cattle from £lO 12s 6d to £ll 3s. Light inferior pens were sold from £7 5s to £8 15s. In the cow and heifer beef, which was better supplied, entries on the whole represented the best quality for some weeks. The top price was £ll, which was paid for four quality Polled Angus heifers. Other heavy prime sorts were knocked down from £9 3s to £lO 10s, with other prime pens from £7 12s 6d to £8 14s. As with the ox beef, the price a head was usually well in advance, but the actual rise in values was not substantial. Boners again sold well, while the demand for calves was stronger. Brisk Sheep Inquiry The quality of some of the pens in the fat sheep section was the best seen at the yards for quite a considerable number of weeks. Several lines of heavy choice wethers were auctioned from 33s 6d to 375, the latter figure being 1/- better than the top money of last week and equal to the best money received at the yards this year. Fat wethers were quoted from 30s to 325, against 29s 6d to 31s last week, and unfinished sorts from 25s to 295, in comparison with 23s 3d to 27s 6d. Competition did not drag at any time and values tended just a shade firmer. The market was likewise a little better for ewes, the best of which changed hands from 22s to 25s 6d, practically the same money as last week. Fat sorts were quoted at 18s to 20s 6d, against 18s to 19s 6d and unfinished from 12s to 17s, against 12s to 16s. Fat lambs sold very firmly. So few fat pigs were on offer—there was not even one complete row—that values were hardly quotable. Values, needless to say, were very keen. An animated demand was again shown in the store pig section and another advance was recorded, large stores being quoted from 37s 6d to 48s, against 36s 6d to 43s last week. Price Summary The following table is a summary of prices realised for fat stock at the Frankton yards at the last two sales: BEEF (pep 1001 b.) This Week. Last Week. Extra prime OX 33/6 to 36/6 33/- to 36/Prlme ox .. 31/6 to 33/- 31/-to 32/6 Plain and inferior ox . 26/-to 31/- 25/6 to 31/Extra choice young- cows and hellers . 28/-to 34/- 28/-to 33/G Prime cows . 2G/G to 27/0 20/6 to 27/0 •Second quality COWS .... 24/- to 25/6 21/- to 25/0 Light cows and heifers .. 19/-t022/G 10/- to 22/0 MUTTON (a head). Extra prime wethers .. 33/C to 37/- 32/0 to 36/Fat wethers . 30/-to 32/- 29/6 10 31/Unflnished wethers . . 25 - to 29/- 23/3 to 27/0 Extra prime owes .... 22/- to 25/0 2 I / - to 2 5 / 0 Fat owes .. 18/- to 20/0 18/- to 19/6 Unfinished ewes 12/-to 17/- 12/-to 10/Kat lambs . 25/-to 28/- 25/- to 28/l.iglit ditto . 18/-to 23/0 18/-to 23/0 Porkers .. 4 5/-to 70/Woaners . . 17/- to 30/- 10/- to 27/0 Slips .... 29/0 to 36/6 28/6 to 34/6 Larue stores . 37/6 to 48/- 30/0 to 43/Individual Consignments Yesterday’s top price for ox was £l4 10s and this figure was paid for two heavy prime Polled Angus bullocks from Mr J. Scott, of Newstead. Eight of this vendor’s line averaged a little over £l4. Heavy sorts from Messrs Robinson Bros., of Paterangi. were in request, five Shorthorns selling at £l4 5s apiece. Good sorts from Mr E. H. Wayne were knocked down from £l2 11s to £l3 7s and averaged £l2 18s. Six from Mr A. E. Bickle, of Te Rapa, changed hands from £ll 10s to £ll 17s, and lighter sorts from Mr J. H. Gore, of Tuhikaramea, sold from £lO 18s to £ll 15s. A pair of Friesians from Messrs. Whewell Bros., of Tamahere, made £l2 2s 6d, and light cattle from Mr T. M. Hall, of Ohaupo Road, brought from £lO 12s 6d to £ll 7s 6d. In the cow and heifer beef section, Mr K. B. Green, of Te Rapa, sold four Polled Angus heifers at £ll apiece and cows from £9 12s 6d to £lO 6s. A line of 27 cows and heifers from Messrs. Wilson Bros., of Waimai, sold readily from £7 12s 6cl to £lO 10s and averaged approximately £8 10s. Buyers gave from £7 12s 6d to £9 6s for cows from Mr C. Smith, of Horotiu, and £9 3s for a pair of heifers from Mr J. H. Gore. Light prime Polled Angus heifers from Mr T. M. Glenn, of Ngahinapouri, were traded at £7 15s. Four choice Polled Angus heifers from Mr T. M. Hall were good buying from £lO 5s to £lO 12s 6d. Top price for wethers, 375, was given for a line from Mr H. Crowther, of Cambridge. Others from the same vendor made 36s 9d. Attractive sorts from Mr E. J. Owen, of Pirongia, sold to bids ranging from 36s to 36s 3d. A line of 60 from Messrs. Van Houtte and Nowlette. of Te Akau, was auctioned at 35s 9d. From 32s 9d to 34s was given for wethers from Messrs. Blackett Bros., of Te Kowhai, and from 30s 6d to 32s 3d for those from Mr J. E. Richardson, of Te Akau. Bids from 31s to 32s bought wethers from Mr J. W. Hunter, of Pio Pio. The Waimai vendors, Messrs. Wilson Bros., sold their consignment from 31s 6d to 335. Those from Mr J. Young, of Te Awamutu, realised 345. Ewes from Mrs M. Paterson, of Horsham Downs, made from 23s 6d to 25s 6d. AUCTIONEERS QUOTATIONS The auctioneers quote as follows: Farme-s’ Auctioneering Company, Limited. Hi-p. —Finy prim* li*nw wethers rroni m> H • - Mi*< ' uni -Li- a • . s;s. wethers from Mr E. J. Owen, Piro-

ngiu, 303 to 30s :;d; heavy prime wethers, :is> to 373; medium, 32s 6d to 34s od; Firmer, 2ss 0d r. ::is mi; unimished wether.-, 25S Od to 27 S; lat ewes, 23s 3d to vss od; medium, 20= Od to 225; unllnished, 173 to 13s Od; Tat hoggets to 30s; medium, 23s 3d to 2is yd; light, 2US Od to : "cattle.—Prime medium ox from tilen- ■ oe station, to £l3 7s, averaging £l2 ■or a consignment or 12 head; lighter ox from Mr A. E. JJlckle, Te ltapa, £ll ins to £ll 17-; a consignment Horn Mr J. 11. 1 core, Tuhikaramea, flu 10s to £t l 15s;, tietrer beef from Mr Claude Smith, To Kowhai. £7 12.3 od to £9 os; prime heavy ■ runners from Mrs M. Patterson, Horotiu, \ £5 13s to £0 133; medium prime ox beef. Cl I 17s to £l3 83; lighter, £lO 10s to £i 1 Is; medium fat heifers, is Is to £9 os; lighter, i 7 is to £7 17- 0d; smaller,: £5 los to £0 123 od; medium Tat cows. £7 15S to £3 os; light. £0 7s 0d to £7 Ss. heavy rat Jersey cows, £3 Ss to £0 15.-; boner cows. £3 10s to £i 14s; others, i: 5S tn £3 MS. Pigs.—Medium baconers, £3 13s to £3 18s; light, £3 5s to £3 105; light porkers, £2 5s to £2 8s; good quality large stores, £2 4s to £2 8?; large stores, 37s Od to £2 2s; slips, 2Ss Od to 34a Od; weaners, 10s Cd to 20s 6d. G. W. Vercoo & Company, Limited. Cattle.—Heavy prime bullocks, £l4 to £l4 1 u-s; prime shorthorn bullocks, ex Messrs. Robinson Bros., of Paterangi, averaged £ I i Is Od; eight prime Polled Angus bullocks, ex .Mr John Scott, of New stead, averaged £l4 is; medium-weight bullocks, £l2 10s to £l3 15s; prime light. £ll 10.3 to £l2 7S Od; light, to £11; heavy prime cows, £l u to £lO 12s 0d; prime, medium-weights, £9 to £9 15s; others, £ 8 to £ S 15.3; well -finished light-weights, £7 5.3 to £7 17s 0d; others, to £7; prime medium-weight lieirers, £9 IDs to £lO 12.3 0(1; lighter-weights, £8 to £8 17s; light, to £7 15s; forward-conditioned three-year Shorthorn steers, to £9: for-ward-conditioned shorthorn and Friesian cows, to £0 is; others, to £5 f*s; heavy boners, £i to £i its; medium-weights, £3 10s to £3 17s; lip-lit. to £3 Ss; heavy runners, £5 to £0; lip-liter, £4 5s to £4 18s; heavy vealor-s, £3 10s to £4 2S 0d; med-ium-weights, £3 to £3 75 Od; light, £2 to £2 155; small calves, to 355. .Sheep.—Prime medium-weight wethers, 33s to 35s 0d; prime light, 30S to 32s Od; light and unfinished. 23s to 295 6d; prime Southdown wethers, 30s to 32s 3d; others, to 28 s; heavy prime ewes, 25s to 26s 9d; heavy, 23s Gd to 24s Od; mediumweights, 22s to 235; light, to 21S; heavy prime hoggets, 23s to 325; mediumweights, 25s to 27s Gd; prime light, 23s to 245; small and unfinished, to 22s Gd. Pigs.—Heavy baconers, £4 10s to £4 15s; light, £3 12s to £4 ss; heavy porkers, £3 to £3 10S; medium-weights, £2 15S to £2 19s; light, £2 10s to £2 14s; good stores, £2 to £2 8s; others, 35s to 395; good Flips, 30s to 3 is; others, 26s to 295; best weaners, 25s to 28s; medium. 20s to 245; small, to 19s. Newton King, Ltd. Cattle.—Heavy rat cows, £3 6s to £3 13s; lighter. £0 15s to £7 12s; light cows, £5 105 to £0 6s; heavy boners, £3 15s to £4 9s; lighter. £3 to £3 12s 0d; Inferior sorts, £2 to £2 103. Sheep.—Heavy fat wethers, 28s 3d to 29s Gd; lighter wethers, 26s 3d to 28s; light, 25s 3d to 25s Od; heavy fat lambs. 2r»s to 28s 3d; medium. 23s to 25s 3d; light. 20s 3d to 22s 6d; good store wether lambs, 17s 2d to 20s: smaller wether lambs, 13s 6d to 14s Id. Pigs.—Heavy baconers, £1 to £4 6S; lighter, £3 125 to £3 15.-; heavy porkers, £2 18S to £3 35; lighter, £2 12s to £2 16>; largo stores, 38s Od to £2 3s; -slips, 32s Od to 355; weaners, tss Gd to 225; maiden Taimvorth sows to farrow, £0 to £0 17s Gd. Wright, Stephenson & Co., Ltd. Cattle.—Extra prime heavy heifers, on account K. Green, Te Ilapa, to £11; heavy cows on account same vendor, £9 12s Od to £9 lO.s; fat cows, ex dairy, £0 12s Cd to £7 15s; lighter, £i 10s to £5 ss; Jersey weanor boilers, poor quality. £3 l".s to £i; store cows according to weight, £2 10s 1., £4 17S. Sheep.—Extra heavy fat wethers, on account J. Young, 32s to 345; other heavy wethers, 30s to 33s 3d: lighter wethers, 37s Od to 30s; medium ewes, 21s to 245; unfinished. 1 is to 20s. Pigs.—Extra good weaners. 21s Od to 27s od; smaller, 17s to 19s; sow and litter of seven. £9 7s Gd. TAHUNA CLEARANCE Wright, Stephenson and Company, Limited, report at Tahuna on Monday they conducted a successful clearing sale on account of Mr W. Holcroft. Good young cows, close to profit, made rrom £il 10s to £l3 ss; older cows, £8 to £10; backward sorts, £9 5s to £ll 7s 6d; heifers, £3 to £ll 5s according to quality; yearling heifers, £-1 10s.