Good Pig Yarding At Te Puke Sale

Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 16, Issue 31, 11 December 1950, Page 5

Good Pig Yarding At Te Puke Sale

A good yarding of all classes of pigs came forward at the fortnightly Te Puke stock sale held last Tuesday, reports the Farmers’ Co-op. Auctioneering Co. Ltd. Baconers and large buttermilks sold under keen competition. Medium weight baconers were very keenly. Small stores and weaners were slow of sale.

All classes of cattle were penned in large numbers. Beef and young, fat cows and heifers, ex dairy, were keenly sought by local and outside butchers. Boner and store Jerseys sold at higher values. The advertised entry of station cattle were of good quality, females and grown steers selling well, while yearling steers were easier. A medium entry of fat and store sheep met with keen competition. Quotations: —

Pigs: Medium and heavy • baconers, £6 18s to £7 Is; light, £6 8s to £6 15s; light baconers and large buttermilks, £6 2s to £6 7s; other buttermilks, £5 10s to £5 18s; large stores, £4 18s to £5 8s; medium* £4 8s to £4 16s; small stores, £3 14s to £4 4s; best slips, £2 18s to £3 8s; bet weaners, £1 6s to £2; other weaners to 20s.

Cattle: Fat and forward 4-year P.A. bullocks, £26 15s to £3O ss; heavy and fat Jersey cross cows, £l3 2s 6d to £ls; good quality light Cat cows and heifers, £l2 to £l3 10s; heavy boner cows, £lO to £ll 15s; medium, £8 to £9 ss; light, £6 to £7 10s; paddock cows, ex dairy, £8 2s 6d to £ll 2s 6d; other store cows, Jersey, £5 10s to £7 10s; potter bulls, £lO to £l2 10s; forward conditioned P.A. and Hereford cows, £ls 5s to £ls 15s; young store P.A. and Hereford cows, £ls 5s to £ls 17s 6d; 2year P.A. heifers, £ls 10s to £ls 17s 6d; small 2-year P.A. steers, £l4 10s to £l6 17s 6d; good quality yearling Hereford steers, £ls to £ls 7s 6d; good quality yearling P.A. steers, £ls to £l6.

Sheep: Light fat b/f hoggets, £2 16s to £2 19s 3d; fat ewes, to 355; M.A. store ewes, 30s to 40s 3d; woolly w/f wether lambs, to £2 ss; woolly w/f ewe lambs, to £3; M.A. Romney rams, £4 to £5 ss; old Romney rams, 37s to £2 7s.