SHEEP VALDES UP

Waikato Times, Volume 127, Issue 21191, 14 August 1940, Page 11

SHEEP VALDES UP

FURTHER STEEP RISE KEEN FRANKTON MARKET BEEF IN VERY BRISK REQUEST A further steep rise for fat sheep was recorded at the Frankton sale yesterday, when there was a general advance of at least 3/- to 4/- a head. Top price for wethers was 43s Gd, which was paid for a pen of heavy choice sorts. This wau 6s 6d better than last week’s highest money. Beef was in very keen request at slightly increased rates, but the fat pig market lacked the enthusiasm of recent weeks.

An average entry of fat bullocks included some heavy prime sorts, which were traded at the highest individual prices recorded at the yards this year. Top price of £l6 11s, paid j for two Polled Angus bullocks, was j £1 16s better than last week’s high- . est quotation and £1 11s higher than ! the best realisation of the previous ! week. An indication of the strength of the market was shown by the fact that a line of 10 heavy sorts were auctioned at an average price of £l6 j 3s 6d. Extra heavy sorts were quoted from £ls 5s to £l6 11s; heavy, from f. 13 7s to £l4 2s 6d; and medium, from £l2 to £l3. Best ox usually made from 36s to 38s 6d per 1001 b. Calves and boner cattle were generally very firm. The cows and heifers on offer were more mixed in quality than last week with a fair proportion of plain dairy sorts. Some extra heavy prime sorts were penned and one Shorthorn cow sold at. £l4 ss, the highest money since last spring. Another sold at £l3. Last week’s best money was £ll 12s, with £l3 2s the best the week before. While station-bred sorts showed a slight advance, the improvement was more pronounced for plainer descriptions. Extra heavy cattle were quoted from £lO to £ll 7s, and heavy from £8 17s to £9 15s; ordinary prime from £7 to £8 12s; and fat and killable from £4 7s to £6. All Classes Firmer Wethers and ewes shared in the general improvement for sheep, which were penned in approximately the same numbers as last week. All extra prime wethers made above 40s. The advance in wether values was frequently more than 3s to 4s a head, sometimes reaching ss. Extra prime wethers were quoted from 42s to 48s 6d, against 37s to 42s last week, and fat from 37s 6d to 41s 6d, in comparison with 33s to 365. Extra prime ewes were quoted from 28s 6d to 34s Gd, against 26s to 30s 6d, and fat from 25s to 27s 6d, in comparison with 22s 6d to 24s 6d. Ewes were at least 3s to 4s a head better. A short entry of mixed quality lambs made very firm to slightly firmer values. For the first time for many weeks competition was inclined to be slack for a short entry of fat pigs. No ba- - were operating and values suffered on this account. Medium porkers, which have been very dear recently, did not receive the same attention. Store pigs, however, were again very dear. Price Summary The following table is a summary of prices realised for fat stock at the Frankton yards at the last two sales:

Individual Consignments From £ls 15s to £l6 11s was given for a line of 10 heavy Polled Angus bullocks from Messrs. Taylor Bros., Taupiri, the line averaging £l6 3s 6d. Mr W. Cooper-Smith, of Tuhikaramea, sold cattle from £ll 15s to £l4 2s Gd, and lighter sorts from Mr H. Finlayson, of Tuhikaramea, were auctioned from £lO 14s to £l2. Light descriptions from Mr R. Hughes, of Ngahinapouri, were knocked down from £ll 17s to £l3. In the cow and i heifer beef section, Mr F. Norris, of Kaipaki, sold one extra heavy Shorthorn cow at £l4 5s and another at £l3. Six Polled Angus cows from Mr R. Hughes made £ll 7s, and those from Mr W. J. Lusty, of Te Uku, brought from £9 19s to £lO 15s. Cattle from Mr R. G. Griffen, of Tauwhave, fetched from £lO to £lO 10s, and those from Mr J. C. Henderson, of Rukuhia, from £9 to £9 15s. For a pen of exceptionally choice wethers from Messrs. Hinton Bros., of Eureka, the top price of 48s 6d was paid. A pen from Mr E. Sager, of Te Kowhai, brought 475, and two j pens from Mr D. Johnstone, of ’ Whatawhata, 45s 6d to 46s 6d. For j a pen from Mr J. G. Thorn, of Ka- j whia, buyers gave 445. The final bid ! on a pen from Mr W. S. Harbutt, of Cambridge, was 465. Mr E. J. Owen, | of Pirongia, sold wethers from 41s Gd to 43s 6d, and Mr R. Bregman, of : Raglan, quit his consignment from : 39s 9d to 435. A line of 80 from Messrs. Wilson Bros., of Waimai, made 38s 6d to 41s 6d. Shorn wethers from Mr M. T. McDonald, of Te \ Akau, sold to a bid of 36s 6d. AUCTIONEERS’ QUOTATIONS j The auctioneers quote as follows: j Farmers’ Auctioneering Company, Limited ! Sheep.—Top value for -wether mutton. ; from Mr Erie Sager, Te Kowhai, 475; an ‘ entry from Mr E. J. Owen, Pirongia, to j is c.rl: wether s from Mr 11. Bregman, Raglan, 4:«s: a draft from Moerangi, to 4 4s; heavy prime wethers, £j 3s Gd to £2 ?s; medium, 3Ss Gd to £2 3s; lighter, 34s to 375; fat ewes, 27s 6(1 to 29s r,d: lighter, 23s to Cos 6(1: rat hoggets, Ois ocl to •r.us 6d ; failing mouth ewes, running with ram, •j:!s :;d; aged ewes, running with rain. J3s. cattle. —Medium prime Polled Angus

bullocks from Mr W. Cooper-Smith. Tuhi- | karamea, made £ll 10s to £ U 2-3 Gd; ' heavy prime Polled Angus cow? from Mr H. Hughes. .Ngahinapouri, £il 7s to £l3; Hereford heirers from Mr Hugh Finlayson, Tuhikaramea. £lO 1 is to £10; medium prime Polled Angus rows and heirers from Mr W. J. Lusty. Te Uku, £9 19s to £lO tRs; heavy runners from the. same vendor, £7 11s to £s 12s; medium prime bullocks, £ll 1 os to £ll ?s Gd; heavy prime Polled Angus cows, £ll 17s to £l3 8s; lighter, £» 19S to £ll 7s; heavy prime Hereford heirers, £ll 7s Gd to £l2; medium prime Hereford heifers, £in 14s to i'll 2s Gd; fat Jersey rows, £7 8s to £8; medium fat cows, £5 12s to £7 2s; heavy boners, £i 2s to £5 6s: medium, £3 Is to £ I: lighter. £2 8s to £2 18s; best heavy runners, £7 11s to £8 12s; medium. £i 5s 1o £ i 7s; vcalers, 35s to £2 10s; small I calves, 9s to tos. Pigs.—Choppers, to £3 8s; medium ba- ! coners, £4 Is to £4 3s; light. £3 14s to ! £1; buttermilk pigs and heavy porkers, £3 Gs to £3 12s; medium porkers. £2 14s to £3 45; light, £2 8s to £2 12s; good quality large stores, £2 Gs Gd to £2 12s; large, stores, £2 Is to £2 4s; smaller, 35s Grl to £2; slips, 32s Gd to 3Gs Gd; wean- i er.s. 34s Gd to 30s; maiden breeding sows, to £8 ss. Dalgety and Company, Ltd. Sheep.—Mea-vy prime fat wetihers £2 3s to £2 Gs, medium fat wethers £i 17s to £2 os Gd. light £ t 13s 9d to £ I tGs 3(1. prime young rat ewes 3 is 9d \o JLGs. 2ls "to 2'ss, medium fat hoggets 2 4s to 2Gs. light store hoggets up to 17s, ewes with lambs given In 30'S. Caittle.—‘Medium fat bullocks £H2 53 to £l3 12s, prime light rat £lO 17s Gd to £ll l'ss, heavy fat cows £9 1 s to £9 TSs, fat heifers £8 5-s to £9 lls, heavy boners £3 17s to £4 Gs, medium £3 is to £3 13s, lighter 2'ss to £'2, 24-year Polled Angus steers (good cat/tle) £S Bs, Hereford-cross 24-year steers £‘B is, «- year Polled Angus steers £7 Bs, 2-year Shorthorn steers £5 12s Gd, 15-months Polled Angus steers £5 7s, small yearling Polled Angus steers £3 5s to £3 195, small Polled Angus neifers £2 19s to £3 Gs, empty yearling Jersey heirers (extra i good) to £G 14s, medium quality 2-yea' j Jersey heifers £4 5s to £4 7s Gd, smaller yearling Jersey heifers £4 2s to £5. i Pigs.—‘Medium baeoners £3 10s to £4. ! buttermilk pigs to light baconers £2 17s I to £3 Bs, heavy porkers £2 15s to £3, medium £2 8s to £2 I's'S, light £1 10s to £2 ss, large store pigs £2 5s to £2 lis, medium £2 to £2 ss, small £1 15s to £2, best slips 2'GS to 3'2s, best weaners 2 8s to 35-s, others 20s to 265, maiden sows to farrow £4 to £6, older sows £2 to £4 los, choppers £2 l'Bs to £4 Is. Loan and Mercantile Agency 'Caittle.—.Medium prime ox on account or Mr Cooper Smith £M 15s to £l2 ss, prime ox on account ..Mr Percy Powell, £l2 17s 6cl to £l3 7s; medium prime ox £l2 5s to £l2 14s, medium prime cows oil account Mr T. M. Hall £8 17s to £0 Bs, medium prime Holstein heifers on account Mr Percy Powell £9 2s, prime Jersey heifers on account or the same vendor £9 to £lo, light Tat Jersey cows on account Mr Don McCorqulndale £5 Gs to £6 TGs, prime vealers on account of the same vendor £3 19s to £4 13s, lighter £2 19s to £3 ss, unfinished £2 is, l'resh-condi-tioned paddock cows £0 10s, heavy boner cows £4 5s to £4 T 9», medium boner cows £3 7s to £4, empty 2-year Jersey heifers and slipped heifers £5 lls. Sheep.—Wethers ex Mr D. Johnstone £2 5s Od to £«2 Gs Gd; those ex Mr N. K. Taylor 37s Gd to 395; ewes yarded on account Waikerla Borstal Institution fi<Bs to 3us; ewes on account Mr B. Holmes to 33= 3d; prime woolly fat wethers £2 2s to £2 Gs Gd, medium 35s Gd to £2, lighter 30s to 355, good shorn fat wethers 30s to 3'6s, prime rat ewes 30s to 33s 3d, medium 25s Gd to 28s, lighter 20s to 245, prime fat lambs £2 4s Gd, medium tc 3us, light 20s to 255, railingmouth In-lamb ewes to 22s Gd, store wether hoggets to 21s 9d. l'igs.—-Medium heavy bacon £3 10s to £3 15s, light £3 3s to £3 ss, good heavy slips £2 Gs to £2 lls, good-conditioned stores 38s to £2 2s, medium 32s Gd to 30s, weaners 22s Gd to 28s, better sorts 20s to 3'2s, good quality maiden sows to , £5 7s Gd. G. W. Vercoe and Company, Ltd. Cattle.—Ten prime Polled Angus bu'l- ' locks ex Messrs Taylor Bros., or Taupiri, to £l6 lls with an average or £T6 3s Gd; heavy prime cows ex Mr F. Norrish, of Kaipaki, to £l4 ss; Hereford heifers ex Mr T. M. Hall averaged £ll 7s Gd. Heavy fat bullocks £ls 15s to £l6 lls, mediumweights £l3 10s to £l4 ss, light £ll IUS to £l2 10s, unfinished to £lO 15s, heavy prime cows £l3 to £l4 ss, prime mediumweights £lO 15s to £ll los, light £9 to £lO SS, unfinished to £8 15s, prime me-dium-weight heifers £lO to £li 17s Gd, prime light £3 15s to £9 10s, others to £8 10s, heavy fat Jersey cows £9 to £lO 10s, medium-weights £7 15s to £8 12s Gd, light to £7 10s, store-conditioned 3year steers to £9 ss, forward-conditioned Shorthorn and Friesian cows to £6 TBs, others to £5 12s Gd, empty Shorthorn heifers to £5 lls, yearling Jersey heifers to £6, small crossbred heirers to £4, heavy boners £4 los to £5 ss, mediumweights £3 15S to £4 7S Gd, light to £3 12s Gd, light runners to £5 los, heavy vealers £3 15s to £4 10s, mediumweights £3 to £3 12S 6d, light to £2 15s. Sheep.—Heavy prime wethers 4 3s to 4Ss Gd. prime medium-weights 4 0s to 4r2s Gd, well-n til shed light-weights 38s to 3 93 Cd, small and unfinished to 36-s, prime Southdown maiden ewes 37s to 40s, heavy prime ewes 3’2s to 3-1 s Gd, prime tnediuinwelghts 29s to 335, heavy lat ewes 27s j to 28s Gd, light to 26-s, mod him-weight lar hoggets 2os to 2iSs Gd, lighter to 25 >, small to 22s Gd. Pigs.—Heavy porkers £3 10s to £3 T2s, medium £3 5s to £3 BS, light £2 18s to £3 as, Choppers to £i 15s, sows in pig to £ G. best stores £2 12s to £2 17s, smaller £2 is to £2 los, small 38s to £2 3s, good slips 35s to 3Us, others to 345, best weaners 2-Ss to 335, small 22s to 275, interior up to lSs. Wright, Stephenson & Co., Ltd. Cattle.—Light bullocks, £io 10s to £l2; cows, ex dairy, £6 5s to £s 17s Gd; three and four-year bullocks, £s 17s to £9 ss; lhreo-year Pulled Angus bullocks, £7 15s to £* 12s; Hereford, £6 18s to £8 3s; twoyar Polled Angus steers, £5 18s to £7 j 4s ; Hereford, £5 15s to £6 ss : yearling; Polled Angus steers, £3 18s to £4 lls; three year Hereford and Polled Angus heifers, £6 to £0 lls; two-year Hereford .and Polled Angus heifers, £4 10s to £5 , 15=; yearling Polled Angus heifers, £2 j 18s to £4 4s; yearling Jersey heifers, £4 17s to £5 19s. Sheep.—Heavy ewes, to 32s 6d; light, to I 235; medium wethers, 30s Gd to 33s 3d. ! Pig-s.—Prime heavy baconers, £4 3s to £4 7s; medium, heavy, £4 to £4 2s; lighter, £i 2s to £4 1 OS; prime pork, £3 Is to £3 4s; medium heavy, £2 16s to £3lighter, £2 7S to £2 13s;: ln-pig Devon sows, medium condition, £4 2s Gd to £4 ins; heavy stores, £2 9s to £2 12s; medium, £2 2s to £2 Gs; lighter, 37S to £2 is; Tantworth-Berkshire weaners, good condition. 27s Gd to 295; medium, 25s to 2Gs Cd; lighter, i’2s to 24s Gd. Newton King Ltd. Cattle.—Prime bullocks front Messrs Speake Bros., Kaipaki, £l3 l I« to £|.j 8s; others £l2 is to £l3 ss; heifer beer to £9 lo.~: fat and forward Jersey cows £6 r.s to eg 15s, top-qualit.v yearling Jersey heifers £6 ir.s; heavy boners £« 7s to £5 R2s, medium £3 4s lo £\, light £2 15s Pigs.—Heavy baconers £i to £4 3s. medium £3 16s to £3 1 Us, .light £3 l iS to ■ £3 1 Gs. porkers £3 to £3 13s, largo stores £i lost.) £2 17s, smaller £2 Gs to £2 , Bs, =lips £1 17s to £-2 ss, weaners 20s to i TE KAUWHATA OFFERING G. W. Vercoe and Company, Ltd., report having held their weekly stock sale at Te Kauwhata on Monday when a full entry of cattle came forward. Competition of ail classes was keen and a very satisfactory clearance resulted. Fat and store pigs were keenly competed for and prices throughout were high. Quota- j Cattle.—Heavy rat Jersey cows £8 10s to £u l Os, medium-weights £7 15s to £8 7s Gd, light to £7 ss, medium-weight heif- j ors to £9 los, others to £8 7s Gd, 3- 1 months Hereford steers to £5 13s, 15- i months Polled Angus steers to £5 10s, : Polled Angus steer calves to £5 Is, Polled Angus heifer calves to £3 10s, Hereford heifer calves to £3 19s, yearling short- < born heifers to £i, heavy boners £4 to £4 15s, others to £3 15s, good quality 1 Jersey heifers (early cal vers, to £ii ss, others to £lO, small and backward to £9 i los, good quality Friesian heirers £9 15s to £lu 10s, others to £9 ms, Jersey and i Jersey-cross cows (early calvers) £io to £ll. others to £9. I Pigs.—‘Medium-weight baconers £i to £ • G<. light £3 12s to £3 |9s. heavy porkers £3 >= 10 £3 lls, light £.2 15 s to £3 ss, large stores £2 8s to £2 I is, smaller 3 85 to £2 7-s, go d Slips 3 4s to 375, small to 325, weaners to 3 is, sows to £7 lus. CAMBRIDGE QUOTATIONS The Farmers’ Co-operative Auctioneering Company, Ltd., report that at their < Cambridge stock .-ale on Monday an aver- , age yarding of cattle, including a medium i offering or "\ and cow beef sold under keen competition at prices fully up to late quotations. A keen demand existed for dairy i-“ws and heifers, and here again values remained linn. \ Mill yarding “f fa; and ■ ; p gs, tin; < utry consisting mainly of light to heavy porkers, no

baconers being penned. Keen bidding resulted in a good sale with values well , up to late ratejs. Marked interest was shown in the store section, and here again bidding was spirited, good values result- 1 ing. Quotations; — cattle.—Medium prime Polled Angus steers £l3 15s, unfinished Shorthorn steers £1 o 19s, 3s-year store-conditioned steers £9 7s, medium Tat Jersey heifers £s Bs, heavy fat Jersey cows £s to £9 ; 1 Os, medium £G 13s to £7 15s, lighter j £5 18-s to £0 7s Gd, heavy boner cows , £4 19-5 to £5 Us, medium £3 17s to £1 10=, ' light £2 15s to £3 12s. Dairy Cattle.—‘Best springing- Jersey I hellers £lO 5s to £l2, springing Shorthorn heirers £9 15s to £i l. other Jersey heifers i early calvers) £8 10s to £9. later calvers £6 to £7 ss, heifers in milk £7 lus to £B, springing Jersey cows £io 10s to £ll ss, later calvers £8 to £9 l'ss, cows in tnilk to £l'2. Pigs.—Heavy porkers and buttermilk pigs £3 4s to £3 9s, medium £2 14s to £3' 2s, light £2 8s to £2 T2s, good quality large stores £2 is to £2 7s, large 36s Gd to £2, slips 30s to 345, best weaners 24s Gd to 30s, others 16s Gd to 225, breeding sows £5 126 Gd to £6 15s.

REEF (pep 1001b..) Extra prime This Week Last week ox 35/6 to 38/3 5/ - to 37/6 I’lain and inferior 33/0 to 35/33/- to 34/0 Extra choice young- cows 28/- to 32/0 28/- to 32/.'iiifl hellers . 3 0/- to 36/0 30/- to 36/I’rime cows . second quality 28/- to 29/0 27/6 to 29/LI slit cows and 25/- to 27/0 25/- to 27/lieilcrs 22/- to 2 4/0 21/- to 2 4/MUTTON (a head) Extra prime 42/- to 48/6 3 7/-to 42/Eat wethers . I’n finished 37/6 to 4 1/0 33/- to 36/wethers Extra prime 29/0 to 30/0 29/0 to 32/28/0 to 34/6 25/- to 30/6 Unfinished 25/- to 27/0 22/6 to 24/6 ewes .... 17/- 10 21/I at lambs 26/- to 31 /- 25/- to 28/Light .... 18/- to 23/6 PIGS (a head) Haconcrs 7 1/- to 86/7 1/- to 92/Porkers 56/- to 70/56/- to 79/Weaners . . 18/-to 32/018/- to 32/6 32/- to 40/30/- 10 39/6 Large stores . 4 1/- to 5 0/40/- to 55/-