COMMERCIAL NEWS

Waikato Times, Volume 127, Issue 21243, 14 October 1940, Page 4

COMMERCIAL NEWS

PRICES AT TE AWAMUTU The Fanners’ Co-operative Auctioneering- Company, Irtd., report that at their Te Awanmtu stock sale on Friday a (rood yarding- of sheep came forward to meet steady competition at values remaining firm on late quotations. A full entry of beer and store cattle was penned. Entrleor prime ox beef on account oif Messrs <: F. storey and 11. S. Strawtorldge snM readily at values well up to recent market rates. A (rood d«mand existed for rat cows and heifers, and the entry of yearling- Polled Ang-us heifers an/J «teers sold at satisfactory price's. Therp was a small yarding- of dairy rattle, with bidding- for quality heifers, close to profit, very keen, but Inferior and late ralvers were not In demand. A large entry .<r pigs came forward with competition for both fat and store pigs very keen. a total clearance being effected at value* on a par with late rates. Buttermilk pigs, large stores and breeding sows were In keen demand, and here again the total entry changed hands at very satisfactory values. Quota tlons:— Sheerp.— Fat woolly wethers 34s fid to 3a* fid. fat shorn wethers 30s to 32s 0d fat woolly hoggets 2'9s to 3»2s fid. fal woolly ewes 25s to 27 s. woolly ewe hoggets 3i2s to 3-4 s, store woolly hoggets 2'fts fid to 2>Bs. store hoigg-ets, small 21s to 245, Shorn store hoggets Ifis to 21s fid. Cattle.—'Medium prime ox £ll 13s to £'ll2 7s fid. light £lO 17s to £ll 7s 6d. prime Polled Angus and Hereford cows and heifers £8 15*. prime ShorPhorn cows £8 to £lO ss. rat Jersey heifers £fi 14s to £7 fiS, rat Jersey cows £o 17s to £B. lighter £5 15s to £6 12*. heavy boner COWS £3 5s to £4 10*. lighter £2 12s to £3. CU«1I cows £2 2s to £2 ss. young sound cows £3 14s t>o £4 10s. 2-year Jersey heifers £4 LBs to £fi. Polled .Angus yearling he lie ns £4 ss. Polled Angus year ling steers £5, yearling steers £3 10s weaner heifer calves 3 3s, 2-year Shorthorn bull £7 10s. Dairy cattle.—Good quality Jersey heifers close to profit £l3 5s to £l4 ss. later calve ns £in ios to £ll 10s, other Jersey heifers, late ralvers £7 10s to £9, sound dairy cows £l2 to €l4. others £8 to £lO. Pligs.—Heavy choppers to £0 9*. extra heavy baconers £4 5s to £i Bs, heavy £4 is to £4 3*. medium £3 Ifis to £3 1 -OS, lighter £3 lls to £3 15s, heavy portce.rs and buttermilk pigs £3 5S to £3 10s. medium £3 to £3 4s. light porkers £2 tfis to £2 19s, large stores £2 11* 6d to £2 15s, smaller £*2 to £2 9s. slips 33s to £2, weaner? £.l to £1 i'2s, maiden breeding sows with litters £lO to £l2. other sow* and litters to £7 2s fid, breeding sows to farrow £7 10s CATTLE AT WAIHI The Farmers’ Co-operative Auctioneering Company, Ltd., report having held their fortnightly stock sale at Walhl on Thursday, when a good yarding of beer and boner cows met a ready market at price* fully equal to late rate 6. Dairy cattle also rejTiulned firm of sale. A very fair penning of fat pigs, principally baconers. was also keenly sought at iate Arm values. Weaner pigs also elicited spirited bidding. Quotations: — Cattle.—Light rat helTers £5 106 to £0 15s, medium fat Jersey cows £5 IPs to £<• 11s, young- store rows £S 15s to £5 ss, store heirers £5 5s to £5 7<s, heavy boner cows £i to £4 lls, medium £3 0s to £3 19s, lighter £2 2s to £-3. Dairy Cattle.—Best quality springing Jersey heifers £lO 10* to £1 2 23 fid, others £3 to £9 10s, poorer conditioned ami backward Jersey heifers £6 to £7 12s fid, springing Jersey cows £8 to £8 los, odder £6 to £7 10s, pedigree 2-year Jersey bull* 16 gns, others £g to £• 8 10s, best yearling Jersey grade bulls £6 1-53 to £B, others £5 10s to £6 15s. Sheep.—'Fat hoggets 28s 9d. Pigs.—Choppers £2 2s to £4, heavy baconens £4 to £4 »s, medium £3 14s to £3 IPs, light £3 6s to £3 l?s, heavy porkers £3 to £'3 4s, medium £2 lfis to £2 19s, light £2 8s to £2 13 s, best quality weaner* 31s to 3>Bs, others 16s to 28s. MORRINSVILLE YARDING The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company, Ltd., Hamilton, reports as follows on the Morrinsville stock sale held on Friday:—iA large entry of cattle came forward which also included a large penning or yearling Jersey heifers, A medium yarding of pigs also came forward. Competition In all sections was exceptionally keen and practically a total clearance or the whole yarding was effected at auction. Quotations: Medium fat Hereford steers £ll to £ll 17s 6d, medium fat Polled Angus cows £9 10s to £lO is, medium fat Shorthorn cow* £8 to £9 ss, Tat Jersey heifers £0 10s to £8 12s 6*d, fat Jersey cows £6 to £7 75 6d, medium fat Jersey cows £5 to £5 15s, heavy boners £4 to £4 17s 6d, medium boners £3 to £3 15s, empty 2year Jersey heifer* £4 10s to £5 7s Gd. Potter bulls £7 to £8 15s, 2-year service bulls £8 to £lO, yearling bulls £6 to £7 10s, good quality yearling Jersey heifers £6 15s to £7 4s, medium quality yearling Jersey heirers £( 10* to £5 15s, ‘yearling Shorthorn heifers £5 los to £6 Bs. yearling Friesian heirers £» 15s to £5 7s fid, in.s. Polled Angus yearlings £4 to OHAUPO QUOTATIONS Dalge'ty ami Company, Ltd., report Having held their usual Ohaupo sale on Friday. when a good yarding or cattle came forward. A total clearance was effected at full late, rates. Quotations: —'Light fat steers flu 35, rat Jersey cows £6 to £'«> ifis, light fat cows £4 to £fi. boners £3 to £l, u-lores £2 to £3. empty 2-year he lifers £4 to £f>. choice yearling Jersey heifers £6 17s, small yearling Jersey bulls MORRINBVILLE VALUEB Dalgety and Company, Ltd., report on their weekly stock sale at Morrinsville on Friday, when there was a good yarding of all classes of fat, boner and yearling cattle. Prices were keener than usual for fat cattle. Quotations: — Light lat Polled Angus heirers £7 16s, good fat Jersey cows and hellers £7 15s to £3 17s fid, light fat Jersey cows and heil'ers £6 to £7 Is, heavy boners £3 19s to £ i lls, medium £2 17s to £3 2s, light £1 10s to £2, quality yearling service bulls £6 15s to £3, others £4 176 6<l to £5 12s fid, good Jersey dairy cows in profit £lO to £l3 10s, quality yearling Jersey heifers £7 2s fid to £7 15s, others £5 12s fid to £fi 7s fid.

P:gs.—Heavy baconer* £4 to £4 7s, light £3 iss t-> £3 J 9s. good quality weawcr pigs £l lls to £1 17s, others ti Is to £1 os Gd. ARIA OFFERING Newton king Ltd. report that at their Aria sale held on Wednesdav non head «»r station catlle or all descriptions cam.- Torward and met with a rea.lv sab* n-oiii a large and representative bench of buyers. r.e*t rat Hereford cows .sold from £8 In £8 7.-. lighter £1 10s Io £7 I7s fid. best rat Jersey cows £fi to £fi 15?. lighter £5 los to £:. 175 fid. 3-year Polled Angus and Hereford steers £.5 13S t.. £s IS*. 2vear Polled Angus steers £fi 15s to £7 j 2-; 311 polled Angus iyv - to £ A lls. others £fi I7>. iu-calf Polled Migu* am! Shorthorn cows tu £5 13s. small 2-year in-call' Polled Angim heifers £i 12s fid, yearling Polled Angus steers 'small) to £4 15 s, yearling polled Aug tie* heifers to £3 17s fid. 2-year pedigree Jer-e\ bulls 124 gns to 18 gns, grades £7 to £lO. ADDINGTON MARKETS PRICES SLIGHTLY HI HER Entries were again on the -mill side a* the_ weekly Addiimb u marker bureau the Cieep pen-- strong-wool eve hoggets mn b; - ; 1 and line-wool Pmrill'! aiV'emintod. ‘ V*l 1%. -’V*. ‘‘''s'r’ng ‘ M > '•!. j.l per to IS •’ 1 hen i . . o:n lo mutt n ak g - 1 ;er lb. p =t 503 t • 4OS*, light lo 3‘is. he*: ewe- . I- I . »7s. k'Tnst* we. 'k's* Value's' r.. r catlle were I'u’ly maintained for all classes. Rest steers £2 1 to £25 10S. good £i: to £2o. medium and ordinary down to £l3 I •>-. good cows £l3 to £| A Ifis. medium down to £t t los, best heirers £ls to £lB 1"?. g ( od to £ll ir.s inferior down to £B. Good beer ranged from 54* to sfis fid per 1001 b, with best grades to 5 Bs. Heavy-weight pig? were dilllcult to s P n except at sharply reduced rates \ smaller entrv or porkers sold at an improvement. Hair' or the entry or baconers were overweight and they sold at from 5s to fi~ a head less than standard weights. Porkers made rrom £2 9s 6d to £3 9s fid. average per lb 7d to Bd. and baconers rrom £3 o- 0d to ii 195 fid, average per lb Gi-i tu

PRODUCE IN AUSTRALIA SYDNEY. October 12. The whe.it trade la dull. silo pram I- quoted at tie 1 l i<l a bushel; bajcgod. i." bran aiul pollard. £•> a t-n Hour £i j to-; potatoes. Tasman.an Hi ••wnelle £ls: others, £l3 10s; New Zealand whitevklns. £l3 Ids; Dakota Reds. £l onions. Victorian brown, £6; maize, je*low, 5s 3d a hushd.