FULL ACTIVITY

Waikato Times, Volume 127, Issue 21251, 23 October 1940, Page 10

FULL ACTIVITY

MARKETS IX WAIKATO WOOL APPRAISAL TOMORROW BUSY SHEARING TIME Fat cattle sell at late rates. Store cattle are reported dear at most yards. Fewer dairy cattle are traded with values usually iirm. Late rates are repeated for fat sheep. Store sheep continue in request at unchanged values. A firming tendency is apparent for fat pigs. No change is reported in store pig quotations.

The fine, warm weather during the last week has enabled farming and stock operations to be speeded up. Shearing, which was delayed by the wet weather earlier in the month, has been in full swing during the past few days, and it is evident that there will now be more Waikato wool forward at the season’s first appraisal that commences at Auckland tomorrow than was previously anticipated. The postponement of the fixture from last Monday until tomorrow was welcomed by growers and has enabled considerably more bales to be sent forward. The Woolbrokers’ Association has been very anxious that as much wool as possible should be despatched for the first appraisal and growers have responded to their appeal particularly well. The wool is reported to be opening up in ideal condition, the comparatively mild winter and the favourable nature of the early spring months contributing to this satisfactory state of affairs.

Waikato stock activities have continued unabated during the week and trade both in the paddock and in the yards has received no check. Prices, too, have kept up well and in some sections the market has been particularly buoyant. Keen interest has been displayed in the store stock sections where prices have been by no means commensurate with fat stock quotations. The dairy cattle trade has been quieter, but top quality beasts are still keenly sought.

Slightly Brighter The inquiry for fat cattle at Waikato yards over the past two weeks has been slightly brighter, although without any quotable advance in Quotations. The quality of the cattle coming forward has shown an improvement and the present standard, as a whole, is a reflection of the very favourable spring that the district has experienced. Feed everywhere is ample and graziers should be able to kill larger numbers of top quality cattle. Prices promise to continue steady and there appears to be little likelihood of any substantial alteration. Values are below those of last year. An interesting comparison is provided between the values realised at the central yards yesterday and those obtained at the corresponding sale last year. Yesterday heavy bullocks were traded from £l2 15s to £l3 12s 6d in comparison with £l6 7s to £l7 last year, while yesterday heavy cows and heifers were quoted from £9 5s to £lO 4s against £lO 19s to £l3 4s last year.

Steady Sheep Market Values for fat sheep during the week have been a little variable, but there has been no distinct alteration in quotations. Where large entries have been forward, as was the case at Frankton yesterday, the market has not been able to cope with the extra supplies at quite the same money. The few woolly descriptions now coming forward provide evidence of the amount of

shearing done in the district during the last few weeks. Although current beef values are lower than those ruling at the same time last year, those for fat sheep show little difference. At this time last year extra prime wethers were making from 30s to 33s 6d at Frankton in comparison with 32s 6d to 34s 6d yesterday, while best ewes last year weer realising from 20s 6d to 245, against 22s 6d to 24s 6d yesterday.

Bright Tone For Pigs A bright tone still characterises | the fat pig market and a slight firm- ; ing tendency has again been ap- j parent this week. Top baconers sold j freely at 93s at Te Kauwhata on j Monday and the same money was ob- I tained at the central yards yester- j day. A comparison of present ; Frankton prices with those for the j corresponding sale last year shows that current rates are higher. Bacon- : er quotations last year were 66s to 81s, compared with 71s to 93s at yesterday’s sale, while porker quotations were 45s to 65s last year against 60s to 70s yesterday.

£3 128; medium, £3 to £3 Os; lighter, £2 li< to £2 18s; heavy stores, £2 tu £2 us; meilium, 29s Oil to 355; lighter, 22s Oil io 28s i"!; good slips, lss to £1; xveaiiers, 1 is lu 17-s. Newton King, Ltd. Cattle.—Fat Jersey cows, £0 10s to £7 s>; lighier, £5 1 r.s io £0 ss; store cows, £ i io ti 1 : hollers. £2 15s Io £3 10.-. Ibis; lighter. 2 Os' lo 2 9s; best la I ewes shorn h- 2ls; light or. 17s lo 18s yd; 8(1 Store two-1.11.11l Wethers, 2is 3d. Figs.-—Heavy baconers, £ i 5s to £i £3 S, lo £3' I is; medium. £3 io £3 Os: It gill, £2 1 is lo £2 I large stores. £2 I G. W. Vercoe & Company, Limited. • cattle.- Heavy fa t Shorthorn bullocks, e\ bremer, of Tamaliere. £ 11.. £|:j | 12s ... I : prime polled Angus bullocks. ex Mr W. I. Taylor, or nhaiipo. to £l3; prime llerei'ord bullocks, ex Messrs. Willoughby. ! ol' Tuhikaraiiiea. £l2 9s to £l2 15s; heavy j >h»iriHorn rows, ex Mr 11. N ickers, or Flukuhia. I" £1" 12s "d: heavy sliorlhorn rows, ex Me-vd'.-. Willoughby Bros., ol' : Tiihikaramoa. to £lO 2s r.d: prime llorej r«M'd heifers, ex Mr 11. 0. Grinin, of lan - i cows, ’ex Mr Vere Chilly, to £9 8s: prime I short horn cows, ex Mr T. M. Hall, lo £9 j 5- : heavy prime bullocks. £l3 In £l3 12S ! mI-prim" medium-weights, £l2 to £l2 l A prime lk-h:. £ti to £ii iss ; small and imnnislied, to £lO 10s: heavy prime ! ium weighis. £s i"s fo £9 ss: others, £7 j l"s to £s ss ; light, io £7; prune niediumI Weight lif-iloi'. £8 |ns in £9 l.'>; JjghJ. t - i weights, I" £-. heavx prim** J. 1-ev b'-if-i ers, £.. 15- iO t: lighter, to £ • . tat >■•!'.'>• ' "A«. £. tn £l. lss; lighter | its; lighier. in £i i. ii.-.ov vealers, £i •to £3 7s . .t . light. In £2; forward - eolidl lion.-. 1 foilr y.Mj Polled \llglls bullocks, j £9 |..s lo £I" r.s; to ir-ye.it .. 1 d -9 .rtlh rn j tin e-d 11.. -\ e: I P' ‘lll’ll Align - blllin.k-., !«i .• -.-.. i. <! 11. •■I •- ! !!••! el<l r. I e..w». t-. £.; !'*; einpi v ■-• .ear lb•!.•!..1.1 in-.;..-. |., £, j -Mi.ill ve.r lmir Pnll. d \ie.-iis -|.•*••■- in £ j ! !•"•*•. M a lill- PniJ, \llg 11 S hellers. In £ \ • 5-. two \.ai J.-i-. y si.-, is. ;.. \e.irling j Jersey belters. £ . to £7: small, to £5 Ills; 1 !' <’a \ \ boll ei s. £ i Ins to £ 1 1> - ; medium, I £:; I r.s tn £ i T s Ml ; light, lo £3 l"s. j '• I - lo 32S •: 1 : Ine.lmm Weight'. 29s t" -d: light. h-.OV fat dli.lll S. £ 1 I" S ~,