SUBSTANTIAL DROP

Waikato Times, Volume 127, Issue 21203, 28 August 1940, Page 15

SUBSTANTIAL DROP

-■ SHEEP VALUES FALL ) r E ; DULL FRANKTON MARKET > BEEF SLIGHTLY EASIER ! Sheep values at Frankton slumped r yesterday, when an extra heavy ; yarding proved considerably in ext cess of buyers’ requirements. Ewes ; were cheaper by as much as 7s to 10s J a head, while wethers were usually i 3s to 6s a head lower. A heavy eni try of fat cattle showed a slight easE ing, while an average penning of fat pigs also made less money. The ox pens were filled, entries consisting mainly of fair quality > heavy and medium-weight cattle. l From £l4 7s 6d to £ls 10s was given 1 for heavy prime descriptions, from ■ £l2 7s 6d to £l3 14s for meaty medl ium-weight sorts, and from £lO 10s i to £ll 15s for lighter cattle. There ■ was no distinct drop in values, but ' on the whole the market showed a • weakening tendency. The price per -1001 b. remained substantially the ■ same. Values were also back just a shade -in the cow and heifer beef section. ■ The quality of the yarding was generally up to standard with a fair proportion of extra heavy choice entries. ■ These were traded from £lO 5s to ■ £ll 17s, with heavy prime cattle [ changing hands from £9 to £lO 2s ' 6d, prime from £7 to £8 10s, and fat i from £5 10s to £6 7s 6d. As with the ox beef, there were occasional instances of entries making firm money. Little change was shown in the calf market, while a heavy yarding of boner cattle was quoted unchanged. Buyers Not Keen Although values over the early sales did not show any substantial drop, the sheep market went from bad to worse as the sale progressed, and entries sold in the final rows made considerably lower rates. Some of the most attractive quality sheep for some weeks were penned, but this fact was offset by the abnormal size of the yarding and the number of inferior quality entries. There was some variation in sales, but a drop of from 3s to 6s a head for wethers, and from 7s to 10s for ewes was usual. Comparatively few pens of wethers sold above 395, good average sorts usually being traded from 33s to 375. Only one pen made the top money of 42s 6d. ; Top quality ewes were difficult to 1 sell even from 25s 6d to 27s 6d, against 33s 6d to 35s 6d last week. ■ Buyers showed no enthusiasm and several, who are usually very active, did practically no buying. Although the yarding was no big- • ger than last week and the buying • bench was just as representative, fat l pig values showed a drop of at least : 2s a head. Store pigs were again r eagerly sought, and late Frankton ! rates were repeated. » 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 A heavy choice Polled Angus bullock from Mr J. Scott, of Newstead, sold to the top bid of £ls 10s, eight in the consignment averaging just on £l4. From £l3 2s 6d to £l4 10s was given for cattle from Mr J. A. Gower, of Gordonton, 10 averaging £l3 14s. Messrs. Willoughby Bros., of Tuhikaramea, sold 14 at an average of £l3 11s, and from £l2 13s to £l4 7s 6d. Hereford and Polled Angus cattle from Mr T. P. Coles sold from £ll to £l2 2s 6d, those from Messrs. Blackett Bros., of Te Kowhai, from £lO 10s to £ll 7s 6d, and those from Mr W. Cooper-Smith, of Tuhikaramea, from £ll 7s to £ll 15s. Eleven from Mr A. E. Bickle, of Te Rapa, sold to bids ranging from £ll to £l3 ss. A truck from Mr N. D. S. Rumney realised from £ll 5s to £l2 7s 6d, and seven Herefords from Mr Randall, of Morrinsville, were knocked down from £lO to £l3. A pen of six heavy cows from Mr T. M. Hall, of Ohaupo Road, sold to £ll 5s and averaged £ll Is. Nine I cows from Mr A. Mazengarb, of Morrinsville, were traded from £8 10s to £lO ss, and six from Mr R. G. Griffen, of Tauwhare, were auctioned from £9 9s to £ll 17s. Buyers gave from £3 7s to £9 15s for 10 heifers from . Mr E. W. R. Leslie, of Putaruru. : Those from Mr R. Hughes fetched from £8 14s to £9 10s, and those from Mr J. H. Gore, from £8 to £9 12s. I A truck of very attractive quality J wethers from Mr E. W. R. Leslie, of I Putaruru, were bought from 39s to ] 42s 6d. The final bid on a pen from j the Waikato Agricultural and Pas- : I toral Association was 39s 3d, and 3d below this bid was given for those from Mr H. Vickers. Messrs. Wilson Bros., of Waimai, sold their wethers . at 37s 6d.

bullocks from Mr A. E. Bickle. Te Rap a. £ll 115 to £l3 5?; a pen from Mr W. Tuhikaramea. Ell :7s vo £1! 15?; lighter ril'lle from Me-!- Hlsir- • • I ■ ■- . I'e Kcvv.'i ii. £lO ‘.'i to £ll T 5 0d; n.f.limn r.! ill.- r<,\\ - 1: ..in Mr J. 11. <.<•!•••. TniuUarajnen, £S £lO 7 - dl: prim*runners from Mr Giles Lusty. Te i kn, £"* 4; to £t:< nM*t!i■}ni prime Polled Angus ami lloref • -1 ImilorX* £l3 ss, lighter prime bullocks £lO ?s 01 to £ll lls. medium prime Shorthorn row £3 to £lO 7s '‘(l. medium prime Polled Angus and Hereford cows and hetrors £s 4s to £0 10s, fat caws £5 7s to £7 8s heavy Loner cows £4 2s to £5 10s. medium £3 is to £3 10S. lighter £2 is to £2 19s, heavy runners £G to £0 17s, medium £5 4s to £5 19s. small calves 10s to 1 ss. Sheep.—Heavy prime wethers 38s to 30*5 3d. medium prime wethers 34? to 373 Gd, light and unfinished 30s to 3-2 s *6d, heavy prime fat ewes 29s to 30s 6d. prime black-face maiden ewes 30s to 32s 6d, medium prime ewes 24s to 26s Gd. heavy prime hoggets 30s f.d to 3’ss, medium 25*5 Gd to 28?, light fat hoggets 23s to 24s Gd, store 2-tooth wethers '2-ls to 26? Gd. Pigs.—Choppers £3 13s to £4 1 ss, heavy baconers £1 to £4 ss, medium £3 15s to £3 18s. light £3 GS to £3 12s. butte.rinilK pigs and heavy porkers £2 18s to £3 4s. medium porkers £2 10s to £2 1 Gs, light £2 4s to £2 Bs, good quality large stores £•; Gs to £2 11s, large stores £2 to £2 4s. smaller 36s 6rl to 3*Bs Gd, slips 31s g. t*i 37s Gd, best weaners 27s 64 to 32s Gd. others les to 255, maiden Taniwortn and Taniworth-cross sows close to farrowing £G 15s to £7 ss, Tamworth and Tamworth-cross saws close .to farrowing £4 to £5 105. Loan and Mercantile Agency Cattle.—Extra heavy prime bullocks ex Mr J. Scott, Newstead. £l4 8s to £ls 10s. heavy prime bullocks £l3 to £l4, Mr Scott’s eight bullocks averaged £l4; heavy prime bullocks ex Mr H. K. Rend nil, 'Morrinsville. £l3; medium prime ex the same vendor £M 17s to £l2 11s, light £lO, medium prime bullocks ex Mr W. CooperSmith. Tuhikaramea. £ll 2*s Gd to £ll 17s, heavy prime young Polled Angus cows ex Mr T. M. Hall, Hamilton, £ll to £ll ss, prime Shorthorn cows ex Mrs Day, Hamilton. £8 17s cd. medium prime venlers ex Mr C. C. Parry. Hamilton. £3 4s; lighter £2 8s to £2 9s. small 1-Gs to 2*7s, heavy boner cows £4 to £4 14*s, medium boners £3 8s to £3 1 Gs. Pigs.—-Heavy baconers £1 to £4 Bs. tti helium £3 155 to £3 195. light £3 10s to £3 14s, heavy porkers £3 2s to £3 Bs, medium £3 15s to £3 19'S, light £3 10s to 15s, large stores £i 17s to £2 2s, medium £1 8s to £1 12s Gd. host weaners £1 4s to £1 l Os, smaller 18s Gd to £1 3s, sows 111 pig £3 to £4 17S Gd. Sheep: Wethers ex Waikeria Borstal Institute, 22s Gd to 355; wethers, ex Mrs R. Boyd, 30s; wethers, ex Houchen Bros. 30s 9d to 335; fat ewes ox C. M. Dean, 22s to 25*s Gd; prime fat wethers, woolly, 33s to 3 ss; medium rat wethers., 30s to 335; lighter unfinished, 2*os Gd to 30s; prime fat wethesr, shorn. 30s; prime Tat owes, '2 is to 25s Gd; medium, 22s to 2 is: lighter, 17s Gd to 2 1s; prime fat hoggets, 26-s to 335; medium, 25s to 20s; lighter unfinished, 23s Gd to 255; smaller sorts, 20s to 23s Gd. G. W. Vercoe and Company, Ltd. Cattle.—Prime bullocks ex Mr J. A. Gower, of Gordonton, to £l4 10s with an average of £l4: 14 prime Polled Angus and Hereford bullocks ex Messrs Willoughby Bros., o-f Tuhikaramea, to £l-4 10s and averaged £l'3 lls; Polled Angus bullocks ex Mr W. Cooper-Smith, of Tuhikaramea, to £l3 1s; prices ranging up to £l2 7s Gd were obtained by (Mr N. D. S. Rumney, of Komakor-au, for light-weight cattle. 'Medium-weight bullocks £l3 10s to £l4 10s. prime light-weight-? £l2 10s to £l-3 7s Gd. light £ll 10s to £l2 7« 6d, small and unfinished £lO to £lO 15s, heavy prime cows £lO to £ll 17s, prime medium-weights £9 to £9 l'Bs, others £S 5s to £8 17s Gd, light £7 10s to £8 2-5 Gd, prime rat heifers £9 to £lO 10s, light to £8 10s, heavy prime Jersey cows £8 to £8 16s, medium-weights £7 to £7 15s, light to £6 15s, medium-weight Jersey ; heirers £7 10s to £S 15s, light to £7 ss, forward-conditioned Shorthorn and Friesian cows £5 10s to £6 ss, others to £5 ss, good quality yearling Jersey heirers £6 to £6 15s, others to £5 12s Gd. heavy boners £4 5s to £4 18-s. medium-weights £3 10s to £4 '2S 6-d, light to £3 ss, me-dium-weight runners £5 10s to £0 14*3, light to £5 ss, heavy vealers £3 15s to £4 10s, medium-weights £3 to £3 12s Gd, light £2 to £2 15s, small calves up to 355. r-heep.—-Heavy prime wethers 36s to 38s, prime medium-weights 32s to 34s Gd, light 30s to 3is 9d, unfinished up to 2 Bs, prime shorn wethers 30s to 31 s Od, light 27s to 2 9s, heavy fat ewes 2ns to 28s, well-finished medium-weights 23s to 24s Gd, light to 2 2s, heavy rat hoggets 27s to 30s, medium-weights 25s to 26s Gd, light 23s to 2-45 9d, killable to 22s Gd. rigs.—(Heavy baconers £4 to £4 7s. medium-weights £3 12s to £3 19s, light £3 8s to €3 11s, heavy porkers £3 5s to £3 7s, medium-weights £2 18-s to £3 4s, light £2 10s to £2 17s, unfinished to £2 Bs, choppers to £5 17s, large stores £0 10'S to £2 14s, smaller £2 2s to £2 Bs, best slips 35-s to £2, others 30s to 345. best weaners 26s to 2'9s Gd, medium 20s to 255 Gd, small up to l«*s, sows in pig to £9 2s 6d, young Berkshire boars to £3 15s. VALUES AT CAMBRIDGE Dalgety and Company, Ltd., report on their Cambridge sale held on August 26 as fol-lows:—A small yarding of sheep and a medium entry of all classes of cattle came forward. The market for prime fat cattle was on a par with recen-'t sales. A pen of heavy prime fat cows on -account of Mr K. C. Wright, Jlora Hora. met keen competition to sell at Tram £8 10s to £ll 1 is. Sheep.—Med ium-weight prime fat hoggets 2-78, lighter 2'2s to 25s 3d. Cattle.—Medium-weight fat Shorthorn bullocks £ll 10s, prime heavy fat cows £lO 10s to £ll 14s, medium £8 10s to £9 15s, heavy fat Jersey caws £7 2s Gd to £7 9'S, lighter £5 15s to £G 14s, heavy boners £3 15s to £4 6s, medium £2 12s to £3 12s C-d, light £1 10s to £2 -Bs, potter bul-ls to £lO ss. D-airies.—-Quality springing Jersey heifers £l3 10s to £ls -ss, medium £lO to £ 1 v I's'S, small and backward heirers £7 10s to £9 ss, medium calved heirers £8 to £9 10s, good quality young cows (calved£l2 10 s to £l4, others £7 to £9 10s. Pigs.—-A medium yarding of pigs came forward and a total clearan-ce was effected at rull late market quotations. Buttermilk pigs to medium bajeoners £3 5? to £3 10s, good store pigs £2 -to £2 Is, best weaners 30s to 3-3 s, medium 21s 6d to 30s, sows 'with litters £7 ss. CATTLE AT TE KUITI Abraham and Williams, Ltd., Te Kultl, report having held a cattle sale at Te Kulti on August 23. A full yarding came forward and met with a good enquiry, though bidding was not particularly keen. The quality was hardly as good as usual at this centre, though most of the cattle were In fair order for the time of year. Almost a total clearance was made, Waikato buyers lifting the greater part of the offering. Qaiotations. —.Forward 3-year bullocks to £9, grown store bullocks £-8 to £8 Bs, Holstein bullocks to £8 7s, rising 3-year steers on the small side to £7 17s Gd, smaller £7 to £7 -ins, medium to gooo rising 2-yoar steers £0 5s to £6 10s. good yearling Polled Angus steers £5 to £5 Is, smaller £4 7s Grl to £i 15s. polled Angus breeding cows in low condition £5 103 to £5 15s, 3-year Polled Angus heifers £5 ins, rail- to good 2-year Polled Angus heirers £5 to £5 is, smaller £4 to £» 10s, yearling heirers to £3, springing Holstein heirers, good sorts, rising 3-years, £9 2s Gd, poor quality 2-year Jersey heifers £6 10s.

BEEF (par 1001b.. Extra prime This Week Last Week ox 35/6 to 37/35/6 to 37/Prime ox Plain anii inferior 33/- to 34/33/- to 34/ox Extra choice young- cows 27/- to 30/27/- to 30/and heifers . 30/- to 35/6 30/- to 35/6 Prime cows . Second quality 27/6 to 29/6 27/6 to 29/6 Light cows and 24/- to 27/24/- to 27/heifers 22/- to 24/22/- to 24/MUTTON (a head) Extra prime wethers 37/6 to 42/6 40/- to 45/Fat wethers . Unfinished 31/6 to 36/37/- to 39/wethers Extra prime 25/6 to 29/6 28/- to 35/6 25/- to 27/6 33/6 to 35/6 Fat ewes Unfinished 20/- to 24/27/- to 32/6 ewes .... 13/- to 17/6 16/- to 20/Fat lambs .. 25/- to 30/29/- to 35/Light ditto . 20/- to 24/18/- to 23/6 PIGS (a head) Baconers 75/- to 87/75/- to 93/Porkers 54/- to 68/56/- to 70/Weaners 15/-to 32/6 15/- to 30/Slips 30/-to 38/SO/- to 38/Large stores . 40/- to 54/6 40/- to 52/-