IN-CALF HEIFERS

Hauraki Plains Gazette, Volume 52, Issue 3246, 31 March 1943, Page 3

IN-CALF HEIFERS

INTEREST IN MORRINSVILLE BACONERS, PORKERS SELL WELL The Farmers’ Co-operative Auctioneering 'Company Limited report •that at their weekly stock sale held at 'Morrinsville on Friday a small yarding of fat sheep and lambs sold under good competition at late rates. A medium entry of store lambs also met with improved competition and realised satisfactory prices.

Beef was yarded in good numbers and with competition very free a satisfactory sale resulted. A heavy yarding of boners again came forward and sold at values in advance of schedule rates. Interest was shown in the offerings of in-calf heiE,ers which in spite of the dry weather, all changed hands at satisfactory prices. \

There was another good yarding of all classes, the demand for baconers and porkers being equal to those ruling at outside sales. Stores and weaners remained firm at recent rates.

iQuotations: — 'Sheep.—Fat Wethers, 24s 3d to 27s 9d; heavy fat lambs, '24s 6d to 27s 9d; light fat lambs, 21s to 225; unfinished woolly lambs, 18s; store woolly lambs, 11s 7d to 13s 4d; small lambs, 8s to ! 8s 4d; aged Southdown rams, 1 gn to 31 gns. Cattle.—-Heavy fat cows, £8 9s to £9 10s; medium fat Hereford heifers, £7 to £8 7s 6d; medium fat cows and heifers, £5 10s to £6 15s; fat Jersey cows and heifers, £4 15s to £5 10s; heavy boner cows, £4 10s to £5 ss; medium boner cows, £3 10s to £4 ss; store cows, 35s to £2 15s; bulls, £5 to £8 2s 6d; medium Jersey Heifers in calf, £7 17s 6d; medium Jersey SjH. heifers in calf, £7 2s 6d; small Jersey heifers in calf, £5 17s 6d. Pigs.—Heavy choppers, £4 10s to £4 12s; others, £2 15s to £4; prime top weight baconers, £4 10s to £4 15s; heavy baconers, £4 4s to £4 8s; medium, £3 l'6s to £4 2s; light, £3 8s to £3 12s; heavy porkers, £2 16s to £3 ss; medium, £2 8s to £2 12s; light, 38s to £2 ss; unfinished, 32s to 365; store pigs, 22s to 30s; slips, 12s to 16s; weaners, 5s to 10s.