FIRM BEEF SALE

Waikato Times, Volume 129, Issue 21480, 23 July 1941, Page 7

FIRM BEEF SALE

QUIET SHEEP MARKET j FULL ENTRIES FORWARD j FRANKTON STOCK VALUES j No drastic change was apparent in Frankton stock quotations at the weekly sale yesterday. Full entries were forward in most departments with the stock in all sections mainly of average quality. Slightly more rat cattle were available than last week, but, notwithstanding, the market was very linn, bullocks sold very readily, tops making front £l2 4s to £l3 1 Os, la comparison with £l2 10s to £l3 5s last week. Medium weights were quoted from £ll to £ i'2, and lighter prime sorts, which comprised a fair proportion of the f<itry, from £<B 10s to £lO is. Cows and heifers sold just as briskly and in practically all Instances vendors experienced little difficulty in obtaining values at least equal to reserve figures. Occasional pens appeared a shade dearer, dairy bred descriptions in particular being dearer buying in some cases than stationbred cattle. Heavy prime sorts changed hands from £8 lOs to £fi 17s, in comparlsun with last week’s heavier top-priced cattle al £0 to £lO 1 Os. Prime Fir made rrom £7 5s to £8 5s and fats frum £fi I«» £7. calves and boner cattle were, again in ilrm request. Steady Sheep Sale There was little briskness about the bidding ror fat sheen, which were penned in heavy numbers. The large yarding and the lack of really attractive sheep tended to cheek any upward tendency in values. Com.pptilii>n for the most part was steady, however, and there was lillle change from last week. Any price changes were m favour or buyers. Extra prime wethers were quoted from 2 7s to 2>ss, in comparison with *27s fid to 2 9s last week; and fats from 35s (id to '2(Vs <d. against 25 s r.d to 2 75. some pens of ewes sold quite j well with quotations practically unaltered, steady bidding was shown Tor an average penning of lambs. There was no unusual feature about the fat pig market, values being on a par with those of last week, although top quotations ror baconers were lower. Ba-coneTS, •however, were not penned in sufficient . numbers to supply a reliable guide to • values. Brisk 'business was experienced in the store pig section, where a full yarding sold at very firm values. Price Summary The following is a summary or the prices realised for fat. stock for the last two week-5 at the Frank tun sales:— This Week Last Week ■RiE.FiF (per 1001b' Prime Ox . . 35/- to s(>/- 35/- to 36/Plain and Inferior Ox 39/- to 33/6 2'9/- to 32/0 Extra Choice Young -Cows A Heifers 29 /<6 to 3-3/- 2«o/-G -to aa/- | Prime Cows 27/- to 29/- 27/- to 29/Second Quality Cows 24/- to 26/- 24/-to 26/Light Cows A: Heifers .. 22/-to'23/6 22/-t023/6 MUTTON (per head) Extra Prime Wethers . 27/- to 28/- ,27/6 t029/Fat Wethers 25/'6 to 26/6 25/6 to '27/Unflnished Wethers . 24/-to 55/- 23/16 to 25/Extra Prime Ewes .. i 8/6 to '22/6 Fat Ewes .. 15/-to 17/3 15/- to 17/Uniln’d. Ewes 7/-to 13/- -8/-to 14/-Fa-t UmJ)S . >2O/-to 27/6 19/6 to 27/9 PlGis (per head) Raconers .. 7 I/-to 75/- 71/- to 79/Porkers .. 40/-to 65/- 40/-to 65/Weaners .. 6/-to 14/6 6/- to 14/6 Slips 15/- to 20/- 15/- to 20/-L-arge Stores ‘23/-to 34/6 23/-to 34/6 Individual Consignments From £ll to £l3 10s was given by buyers in the ox beef section for heavy prime Polled Angus and Hereford bullocks Trom Mr T. M. Hall, or Ohaupo Hoad. Nine Polled Angus entries from the Minuera Farm were disposed of from £8 19? to £l2 4s, and entries from .Mr C. Mathews, Hamilton, were traded from £ll 5s to £l2 17s. Messrs IT. and S. Rhodes obtained from £il Is to £ll 10s Tor their consignment. Cows from Mr R. G. GrifTen. of Tauwhare. retched to £9 17s, and Trom £7 17-s to £0 5s was given for Polled Angus heifers from Mr T. M. Hall. The Wecley Farm sold its consignment rrom £>3 12? to £8 14s. •Choice wethers from Mr J. s. Auld, NgaruAwahia, sold to a bid of '2Bs, and ,2 7s Pd was obtained for those rrom Mr G. Bull. A line or rat ewes from iMr E. Caddigan. Hoe-o-Talnul, was knocked down at 17s 3d. Auctioneers’ Quotations Wright, Stephenson and Company report:— Fat bullocks, £lO 10s to £l2 17s, the latter price being obtained for a pen on account or Mr Clive Matthews. Light P.A. heifers. £6 15s to £7 Us; Tat cows ex dairy. £5 2s fid to £7 2s 6d. Extra good yearling Jersey heifers, £6 3s; others, £4 5s to £5 16s. Holstein yearling heifers. £5 2s to £5 13s; heavy boners, £4 12s to £5 195; light, 35s to £3 7-s Gd; runners, \ 363 to £4 2s Gd. Extra heavy fat wethers. 305, this price being obtained for a truck from southern districts. Heavy, 27s 3d to 2>B'3 Gd; medium, 25s Gd to 26s Gd; unfinished, 23s to 255; extra heavy fat ewes, 163 to 16s 9d; heavy, lis Gd to 15s, 6d ; light, lls to 13s; medium fat lambs, 21s to 255; light, 19s to 20s. Good ewe hoggets, 20s to 22s 6d: medium, l'Ss Gd; good wether hoggets, 17s Gd to 19s; smaller, 14s to 16s Gd. •Good store pigs, 22s to 375. Newton King, Ltd. Newton King, Limited, report:— Cattle.—'Heavy prime p.A. cows and heifers, £8 5s to £3 10s; lighter, £7 12s Gd to £8 23 Gd; heavy Jersey cows, £6 to £6 10s; light, £5 10s to £5 15s; heavy boilers, £4 10s to £5; lighter, £3 10s to £4 SS. Sheep.—Heavy fat wethers, 24s 9d to 25s Gd; lighter, 23s Gd to 2ls; iieavv prime fat ewes, 23s to 24s Gd; lighter, 21s to 225; heavy fat lambs, 24s to 25s Gd; lighter, 21 s to 23s Gd. Pigs.—'Medium baconers, £3 10s to £3 15s; lighter, £3 5s to £3 8s; heavy porkers, £-2 Tos to £3; lighter, £2 to £2 10s: large stores, 30s to 355; slips, 22s Gd 17 I 26's; weaners, 10s to 12s. Farmers’ Auctioneering Co., Ltd. The Farmers’ Auctioneering Company report:— Sheep.—'Prime heavy wethers, 26s 9d to 2'Bs; medium prime wethers, 25s Gd to 265; light fat wethers. 24s Gd to 25?prime young fat ewes, i7s 3d to 22s 3d; fat ewes, 15s to 16s 6d; unfinished ewes, 8s Gd to 1 is; heavy fat lambs, 25s 9d io 28s 6d; rat lambs, 23s to 255.; light fat lambs, PBs Gd to 21s 9d; store lambs, 17s 3d to 18s 3d; sound-mouth breeding ewes, running with Southdown ranis, Rs 3d. Cattle. —'Medium prime bullocks, £ll is to £ll 10s; lighter. £8 10s to £9 65; medium prime 'P.A. cows and heifers, £8 23 Gd to £9 7s; heavy fat cows, £7 5s to £9 3s; medium, £6 5s to £7 7s Gd: lighter, £5 5s to £6; heavy boner cows, £4 to £5 2s Gd; medium, £3 2s Gd to £3 19s; lighter, 20s to £2 10s: best runners, £f 12s to £5 6s; others, £ i is to £4 10s; vealers, £2 to £3 Is; small calves, 14s to 20s; 2* lo 3 J-year Hereford steers, £7 7s to £.3 13's. Pigs.—'Choppers, £3 T2s to £4 15s; light to medium baconers, £3 ss. to £3 log; heavy porkers, £2 l'Bs lo £3 3smedium, £2 ins to £2 It's; light. £'2 2s to £2 gs; unfinished, s? = to £2; large stores. 26s to 3;ls Gd; smaller, iss Cd to 23s Gd: slips, 12s to Igs Gd; weaners, 6s to 17s Gd. breeding sows, £3 les Gd to £4 tos. G. W. Vercoe & Co., Ltd. G. W. Vercoe and Company, Limited, report:— Prime 'medium-weight bullocks sold from £l3 to £l3 10s; well-finished lightweights-. £ll 10s to £l2 15S; light and unfinished, to £11; heavy prime cows, £9 to £9 15s; others. £8 to £8 12. S Gd; light weights, to £7 15s prime medium-weight heifers, £8 lO.s to £9 ss; light prime, to £8: heavy fat Jersey cows, £0 15s to £7 17s 6d; lighter, to £6 I us; light runners, to £5 5«; heavy vealers, £ i to £l ISs; medium weight'. £3 to £3 15s; light, £2 to £2 12s 6d; small calves, to 355; heavy boners, £4 10* to £5 ss; medium weights, £i to £ 4 8-: light. £3 os to £3 iSs; empty 2 -year heifers, to £i; cross-bred heirer ! calves, to £i is. I Sheep.—-Heavy rat wethers, 96s Gd to • 27s Gd; medium weights, 25s fid to 26s j 3d: light. 2is to 25 s 3d: prime S.D. I ! wethers, to 2Gs 9(1; others, to 245; prime j S.D. maiden ewes, to i>is Gd; heavy rati ewes. 15s lo 16s; medium f.’Ls ! fa 14 s 9d: light, lls to 1 2 s fid; heavy fat j lambs, 25? t«• 27. s Gd: medium weights, | 2I? lo 2is fid; light. 2US to 23s fid; good I I store hoggets, is- to 211 s; others. 1 r, s to j. 1* s; Cllll hoggets, to I2 S fid; small 2tooth ewes, io 27s Gd; aged Romney ewes, lo 17s. I Pigs.—. Medium baconers. £3 10s to £3 l 1 15s; light weight.-, £3 5s E; £3 Ss: heavy i porkers. £2 18.- to £:; 3s; medium weights, ! £2 12- to £2 1 <’s; light weight?. £2 5- to i £-3 Ills; heavy chopju |•, £5 h's; best j j 10 3;-; best -i i.s.' 25s t,; 2;'s ' file'll j’uni , weight. 21 s to 2 is; pest weaner?. (vys to 1 2 3-: medium weight. I4s u 18s; others, i I to 12s; maiden sows to farrow, to £4 lis.