MARKET REPORTS

Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 1, Issue 202, 19 April 1932, Page 6

MARKET REPORTS

MORRINSVILLE STOCK SALE The Farmers' Co-operative Auctioneering Company, Limited, repoit. At our Morrinsville sale on Friday we penned a good yarding of all classes of stock. Prices for store lambs were in advance of last sale, 1ate rates being maintained on ^ fat sheep. Ruling rates were maintained on fat and store cattle, there being a fair demand for good weaner calvss. A large number of pigs- was again yarded, while prices for all fats "emained on ' a par with late^ rates. Weaners showed an increase in values at the begmning of the sale, but beeame easier towards the close. Quotations : — Sheep: Fat wethers, 14s 6d; fat ewes. 6s 6d to 8s ld; fat lambs, 1.0s to 14s 8d; good store lambs, 5s 8d to 7s; poorer lambs 3s 10d to 4s 6d; store ewes, Is 2s. Cattle: Medium fat bullocks, £3 19s to £4 7s 6d; fat heifers.^ £4 5s; fat cows, £2 9s to £2 13s; bght fat cows. £1 8s to £1 17s 6d; forward oonditioned cows, £1 2s to £1 5s; boners. 10s to £1; three and a-half Y-ars S.H. Steers, £2 10s to £2 12s 6d; two and a-half P.A. Steers, £2 4S; three and a-half year M.C. Steers. £1 15s; one and a-half year S.H. steers, £1 6s; ehoice heifer calv■^ua— £i_3-as-±a^£2 : noorer sorts, 7s 6d

to £1 5s; potter bulls, £1 to £2, 10s; dairy cows, £2 to £4. Pigs: — Choppers, 21s to 32s; prime heavy haconers, 39s to £2 4s; medium baconers, 33s to 38s; light baconers, 29s to 32s; heavy porkers, 24s to 2Ss; medium, 19s to 23s; light and unfinished porkers, 13s to 18s; stores, 11s to 15s; slips, 6s to llsf good weaners, 5s 6d to 9s; smaller weaners, 2s to 5s; purebred Tamworth Sows (slips), 23s to £2; young Tamworth Boars, £1 to £2.