AUCTIONEERS’ QUOTATIONS

Waikato Times, Volume 127, Issue 21185, 7 August 1940, Page 11

AUCTIONEERS’ QUOTATIONS

The auctioneers quote as follows: Farmers’ Auctioneering Company, Limited. Sheep.—Top value Tor any quantity or rat wethers was 4as, these sheep cumin? Hum .Messrs. Speake Bros., Kaipakl; other medium rat wethers from Mr K. J. Owen, Pironyia, 38s (MI to 39s 3d; light fat wethers from Mr h. Symes. uturohanga. and I'lrl Land Company, orini, to 37 s; prime fat wethers, 37s to 425; rat wethers. 34. s to 3os Oil; 11gilt. 30s to 3Us 6(1; unfinished, 27s Grl tu -.ms; medium rat ewes. 23s t)d to 275; heavy fat hoggets, 27s 9ii to 33S 9d; medium, 2is Od to 2<’• s; light, 22s to 23s od; store hoggets, 10s Gd to ca'itle.— Medium prime shorthorn Dilllocks from Mr AH'. Main. Tauwhare, ill 9s to £l4 :;s: medium polled Angus steers from Mr J. IF. uore. Tuhikaramea. £ll 4s to £l2 tus; heavy prime cows from Mr T. m. Hall, Ohaupo Hoad. £ll Is to £ll 12s; heavy cows from Mr H. U. UrilTen, Tauwhare, to £lu 3s; medium prime bullocks, £ll 4S to £I i 3s; light, £9 tis to £11; heavy prime cows, £lu 3s to £ll 12s; medium, £8 Is to £9 19s; lighter, £5 4s to £G 2S; heavy boner cows, £i 2s to £4 19s; medium, £3 is to £3 ios; light, £•2 2s to £3; heavy runners, £0 Is to £G 8s; lighter, £4 4s to £4 19s; vealers, £2 2s to £3 4s; Shorthorn-cross yearling heifers, to £5 ss. Pigs. — Choppers, £3.35 to £3 195; heavy baconers, £i 9s to £i’l2s; medium. £ i to £4 6s; heavy porkers and buttermilk pigs, £3 4s to £3 lus; medium porkers, £2 10s to £3 2s; best, large stores, £2 Ss Gd to £2 15S; others, 38s Gd to £2 -is; slips, 30s to 37s Gd; best weaners, 28s Gd to 34s Gd; others, 20s to 265; Tamwortlieross sows, close to farrowing, £6 10s to £7 2s Gd; others, £5 7s Gd to £0 2s Gd. Dalgety and Company, Limited. Sheep.—Prime heavy fat wethers, to 4is; medium l'at wethers, £1 13s Gd to £1 16s; light, ditto, £1 93 to £1 11S: heavy rat hoggets, £) igs to £1 17s; heavy fat lambs, £1 7s to £1 lls; medium, £1 3s 3d to £1 5s 9d. Cattle.—Prime heavy bullocks, £li 23 Gd to £l3 15s; lighter. £lO to £ll 17s Gd; prime heavy heifers, £9 to £lO is; lighter, £7 5s to £3 10s; prime heavy cows, £9 to £lO 0s; lighter, £7 75 Gd to £8 las;, heavy boners, £3 15s to £1 6s; medium, £2 lls to £3 12s ; lighter. £1 8s to £2 7S Gd. Pigs.—. Medium baconers, £3 16s to £4 4s; buttermilk pigs and light baconers, £3 to £3 1 Os; heavy porkers, £2 12s to £3 ss; medium, £2 5s to £2 12s; light, £2 to £2 ss; choppers, £3 to £ t ios; large store pigs, £2 5s to £2 12s; medium, £2 to £2 ss; small, 35S to £2; slips. 28s to 345; weaners, best, 30s to 355; medium, 22s to 30s; others, 18s to 225. G. W. Vercoe and Company, Limited. Cattle.—Medium-weight bullocks, ex Mr t. M. Hall, of Hamilton, to £l4 Iss ; medium-weights, ex Mr John Scott, or -Newstead, to £l4 106; prime light-weights ex Mr N*. p. s. Rumney, Komakorau, to £l3 ss. Medium fat bullocks, £l3 ios to £l4 15s; prime light, £l2 to £l3 15s; light, £1 10s to £ll ios; small and unfinished, to £lO ss; prime medium-weight cows, £lO to £ll 106; medium-weights, £9 to £9 15S; well-finished light-weights, £8 to £8 17s 6d; others, to £7 15s; prime fat heifers, £lO 10s to £ll 9s; lighter prime, £8 10s to £9 15s; light, to £8 ss; heavy fat Jersey cows, £7 10s to £S 12s Gd; medium-weights, £G 15s to £7 7s Gd; light, to £6 ss; heavy runners, to £7 15s; lighter, to £6 ss; heavy vealers, £3 15s to £4 ios; medium-weights, £3 to £3 12s 6d; light, £2 to £2 15s; small calves, to 355; heavy boners, £4 10s to £5; mediumweights, £3 15s to £4 7S Gd; light, to £3 106. Sheep.—Heavy prime wethers, 39s to 435; prime medium-weights, 35s to 3Ss; prime light, 33s to 34s Gd; others, to 325; prime Southdown wethers, 34s to 35s 9d; others, 30s to 335; prime Southdown maiden ewes, to 3 2s; others, to 28s Gd; heavy prime ewes, 28s to 30s Gd; mediumweights, 86s to 27s 6d; lighter, 23s to 255; killable, to 225; heavy fat hoggets, 28s to 335; medium-weights, 25s to 27s Gd; light. 23s to 24 s; unfinished, to 225. Pigs.—Heavy baconers, £4 to £4 9s; medium, £3 IDs to £3 18s; heavy porkers, £3 5s to £3 10s; medium, £3 to £3 3S; light, £2 12S to £2 18s; lighter, £2 5S to £2 10s; choppers, to £4 lls; large stores, £2 10s to £2 16s Gd; good stores, £2 4S to £2 9S ; Others, £2 to £2 3S; good slips, 35s to £2; others, 30s to 345; best weaners, 26s to 30S; others, 255; one pen or best quality weaners, 39s Gd; sows to farrow, to £lO. Wright, Stephenson A Co., Ltd. Cattle.—Prime medium-weight fat bullocks, account Taylor Bros., Taupiri, £l2 8s to £l3 15s; heavy cows and heifers, £8 2S to £9 6s; other COWS, £6 to £7 15s; according to weight and quality; heavy boners, £4 to £5 ss; light, £2 10s to £3 15s; yearling Jersey heifers, medium quality, £4 5s to £4 16S; poor sorts, 50s to £3 12s; empty two-year heifers, £3 1.5 s to £4 15s; potter bulls, £5 to £7. Sheep.—Prime heavy wethers, 35s to 36s 3d; medium-weight, 13s Gd to 31s Gd; unfinished, 28s to 30s; small blackfaced hoggets, 14s. Pigs.—Medium baconers, £3 7s to £3 18s; porkers, 37s to £2 19s; light, 36s to £2 2s; good stores, 33s to 3 8s; weaners, 28s to 3 3s; sow with litter, £0 15s.

PUTARURU PRICES Dalgety and Company, Limited, report having held tueir momiUy sale at Putaruru on Monday. A good yarding of all elapses of stock, came forward, prices comparing favourably with those ruling at oilier centres anu all stock yarded was sold under the hammer. Sheep.—The advertised line of twotootu ewes were keenly sought and were sold at 335; aged cull ewes in iamb realised 13s and medium fat wethers, to 345. Cattle.—Medium-weignt l'at bullocks (fair quality) brought £lO 2s Gd to £lO 15s; light, £8 10s to £10; heavy ditto cows, £9 to £9 10s; medium, £7 to £8 1 Os; good fat Jersey cows, to £8 15s; medium, £5 15s to £7i light ditto heifers, £4 to £5 ss; heavy boners, to £4; medium, to £3 1 Os; light, £3 to £3 ss; good young store cows and heifers, £4 os to £4 15s; 37 two and three-year Polled Angus steers, in fair store condition, £7 15s; two and three-year Polled Angus steers, £7 15s; yearling Jersey heifers, £5 7s od; springing Jersey heifers (good), £ll to £l2; medium, £0 10s to £io 10s; smaller and backward, £6 153 to £8 1 os ; ditto cows, £8 to £9 10s; Inferior, £6 5s to £7 15s. Pigs.—A good yarding of porker and large store pigs came forward with a full yarding of small stores and weaners. There was a good entry of breeding sows and total clearance was effected at late quotations. Medium baconers sold to £4 2s; buttermilk pigs and light baconers, £3 5s to £3 18s; heavy porkers, £2 15s to £3 ss; medium, £2 5s to £2 15s; large store pigs, 35s to £2 Bs, medium, 30s to 355; best slips, 28s to 355; best weangrs, 30s to 3GS; medium, 25s to 395; small, 18s to 2 ss; maiden Tamworth cross sows to farrow, £7 15s to £8; sows to farrow, to £8 10s.

CAMBRIDGE YARDING Dalgety and Company, Limited, report having held their usual Cambridge sale on Monday, when there was a medium yarding of fat cattle and boners and a good yarding of all classes of dairies. Pat cattle met exceptionally keen competition and sold well in advance of recent rates, quotations:— Cattle.—Medium fat Shorthorn steers, £l2; ditto Polled Angus heifers, £9 17s to flu 9s; heavy fat cows, Jersey and Shorthorn, flu to £ll ss; others, £7 10s to £s ss; light Jersey heifers, £tj 5s to £7 7s Gd; heavy boners, £3 15s to £i Gs; medium, £2 17s Gd to £3 9S; light, £l 5s to £1 17s Gd; quality springing Jersey heifers, £lO to £ll 15s; others, £7 to £S ss; close up Jersey cows, £9 5s to £ll- - £7 to £8 10s. Sheep.—Medium fat lambs, to £ l 2s 6d. Pigs.—A medium yarding of pigs came forward and sold well at late rates. Choppers, to £3 13s; heavy porkers, £2 ios to £3 46; medium, £2 12s to £2 17s; light, £2 Gs to £2 Its; medium stores, £2 to £2

ss; light, £ i 15s to £1 lGs; slips, 18s t £i ss; good weaners, £1 to £1 ss; smaller 165 to 1 Ss.

OMINEWAI REALISATIONS Dalgety and Company, Limited, report as follows on their Olilnewai .stuck sale on Monday:—Tliere was a good varding or cattle which met with keen competition for all classes and good values were obtained throughout. Light-weight for-ward-conditioned crossbred steers made £9 3s; heavy Jersey and Jersey cross fat cows, £8 to £8 Ss; light to medium fat Polled Angus cows. £8 5s to £8 ?s; light fat crossbred young cows, £o cs to £•> 13s; rat 18-months Hereford heifers, £5 I'.)s; forward-conditioned cows, £5 to £0; heavy boners, £3 10s to £4 os; others, £-j to £3 ss; cross-bred store cows, £,'. to £5 ss; crossbred heifers, running with Polled Angus bulls, £5 9s; medium yearling Hereford steers, £i 15s: small. £3 IGS; medium polled Angus steers, ii tos; crossbred yearling heifers, £3 lfis; medium crossbred springing heifers, £,B 5s tu £'J 1 OS.