WAIKATO STOCK VALUES

Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 617, 20 March 1929, Page 10

WAIKATO STOCK VALUES

FIRM PRICES AT FRANKTON

(From Our Oxen Correspondent) HAMILTON, Tuesday. Practically all classes of stock were yarded in large numbers at the Frankton saleyards to-day. There was a large attendance of buyers, in spite of the unfavourable weather. Prices generally were on a par with last week’s rates. Auctioneers report as follow: — The Farmers’ Co-operative Auctioneering Co., Ltd.: We had a heavy yarding of beef and store cattle. Fat cattle were easier in price. Txiere was a fanentry of fat and store sheep. Mutton was firmer. A heavy yarding of fat pigs sold firm at late rates. All stores were dull of sale. Quotations: Beef—Light fat steers, £lO 10s to £lO ISs; heavy cows, to £0 6s; medium-weights, £7 ss, £7 15s; light, £6 to £7; rough and plain, £5 os to £5 15s; fresh-conditioned, £5 to £5 7s 6d; stores, £4 os to £4 15s; vealers, £3 5s to £3 10s. Sheep—Heavy prime wethers, to 35s 4d; light fat wethers, 325; prime young ewes, 33s Od to 355; extra prime woolly lambs, 30s 6d; fat ewes, £1 5s to £1 7s; medium fat lambs, 225; good woolly store lambs, 18s; mixed sex, black-face lambs, 15s to 17s: 6d. Pigs—Heavy baconers, £3 12s to, £3 ISs; heavy porkers, £2 11s to £2 18s j light, 32s to £2. New Zealand Loan and MercantVki Agencv Co., Ltd.: Beef—Prime fat bollocks, to £l3 10s; lighter fat bullocks, .£ll os to £l2 ss; prime fat cows, £0 5.-$ to £lO 15s; lighter fat cows, £8 to £8 'lssunfinished cows, £5 16s to £6 10s. —Fat wethers, 32s 6d to 33s 6d; heavy baconers, £2 13s to £3 Ss; porker?: £2 2s to £2 9s. G. W. Vercoe, Ltd.: Prime fat fc/V.llocks £l2 10s to £l3; lighter sorts, £*lo 12s to £ll 2s 6d; heavy fat heifers. £7 to £9 2s 6d; vealers, to £2 2s: fat cows, to £9 4s; runners, £4 to £5 5: Pigs— Heavy baconers, £3 15s t<,> £3 17s; lighter, £2 18s to £3 16s; £2 2s to £2 17s. Dalgety and Co., Ltd.: 'sHiere was a large yarding of beef of aft classes, although generally the qua’nty was onlyfair. Prices were lower tfvan last week. Extra heavy prime fat heifers made up to £l2 2s 6d; ordinary- quality heavy cows, £S to £9 11s; ag.*d fat cows and Inferior quality, £5 10s, to £6 17s 6d; light cows and heifers, -£3 17s 6d to £5 17s 6d; light runners, r.c> £3 11s; others, £2 10s; best dairy cow#, from £8 to £ll ss; backward cows s./yd spring calvers, from £5 10s to £7 10s. There was a [ fair yarding of stor cattle, which sold at late rates. Polled Angus cross breeding cows, £7 ss; f store young cows, £4 15s to £5 10s; tw« > pens Holstein threeyear steers, £8 12t$ 6d; one pen Shorthorn three-year steers, £S 8s; one pen Jersev cross weaner £4: three pens Jersey cross wean-ij' heifer calves, £5 10s; in-calf heifers,, £5; Shorthorn heifers, £4. There w: xs a large yarding of sheep. Fat sheep soKl at late rates. There was a fair deman/f for store ewes and lambs. | The principal sales were as under: 375 i early shorn i.vether lambs, 24s (speciallv j good well grown line); 53 m.s. shorn j lambs, ewes, 33?:; !*i 46 four, six, and eight-tooth i ewes, 34s 6r'i; 69 two-tooth ewes ex coast, i 275; 56 f'ou/: and five-year ewes, £1 2s 6d; j 350 four a;.id five-year ewes, 275: 56 ditto. | 260: 134 l?.te shorn ewe lambs, 23s 9d; 129 shorn w ve lambs, 21s; shorn wether lambs, iSs; cull lambs, 13s; Southdown rams, ?<gns. and 6gns. | ItfIDES SLIGHTLY FIRMER 1 AUCKLAND SALE \ A generally firmer tendency all round i was noted at the hide and skin sale held yesterday under the auspices of the Auckland Wool Brokers’ Association. Cow hides showed an incerase of Jd to Id a lb., and ox hides were Jd a lb. dearer. There was an improved demand for sheepskins, tallow and horsehair. The following prices were realised:— Cow hides, light and medium, 7?,d to 71d a lb.; second quality, 6}d to 6 5-8 d; cut, 6£d to 6id; faulty, sfd to 6d; ox hides, light, 7ld to 7 3-Sdmedium, Bgd to 9d; heavy, 9d to 9Jd; second quality, 74d to 7id; cut, Sid to 9d; kips, best grade, 8d to Sad; seconds, 7&d to 7Jd; yearlings, best grade, 9fd to 9jjd; seconds, BJd to Sgd; calfskins, heavy, 91b. to 101 b., Sgd to 9d; best light, 15d to 15id; best medium, 15id to 15|d; light and medium, cut, 12d to 12id; slippy, 9d to 9id. Sheepskins.—Dried, three-quarter to full-wooled. medium to fine crossbred. 13id to 14d; coarse crossbred, 11 id to 12d; faulty, lid to llld; damaged, 9d to lOd; badly damaged and broken, 9d to 9id; half-woolled, medium to fine crossbred, llld to 121 d; coarse crossbred, llid to Is; faulty, lOd to 10id: damaged, 9d to 9 Id; quarter to half-woolled, damaged, 7d to 7id; pelts, sound. 7jjd to lid; faulty, 9d to 9id; damaged, 6d to 71d; quarterwoolled, sound, lid to llid; faulty, 81d to lOd; lambskins, sound, 131 d to 14d: faulty, 10id to llld; damaged, 9d to lOd: salted sheepskins, half-woolled, large 5s 9d to 6s 4d each; medium, 4s lOd to 5s 3d; light 3s 9d to 4s 2d; quarter-woolled, lar°*e 4s to 4s 8d; medium, 3s 7d to 3s 10cf- ’light, 2s 6d to 3s 3d; lambskins, salted, sound, large, 5s 3d to 5s 9d; light to medium, 3s 3d to 4s 6d; pelts, large, 2s 6d to 3s; small. Is 9d to 2s 2d. Tallow.—Best mixed, m barrels, 29s 6d to 30s 6d a cwt; second quality, 26s to 27s 6d; poor quality and gut-stained. 21s to 235; in tins, good quality, 2bs to -Ss 6d- seconds, 23s Gd to 265. Horsehair, best tail Is lOd to Is lid a lb; mixed, is 6d to is 8u; shorts, lOd to Is 3d; mane. 9d to 9id. LONDON WOOL SALES PRICES ARE VERY FIRM (Australian and N.Z. Press Association) Reed. 11 a.m. LONDON, Tuesday. At the wool sales, 9,989 bales were offered, of which 3,106 were New Zealand. There was a small and .miscellaneous offering of Merinos, chiefly second-hand, and an excellent selection of greasy crossbreds. With strong Home trade competition, a better tone prevailed, and prices were very firm. New Zealands: Huiarau, 21id top price, 19d average; Waihuka, 171 d, lGd; Keilawarra, ISJd, 17d. WOOL SALES AT SYDNEY SYDNEY, Tuesday. I At the Sydney wool sales to-day 11,188 . bales were sold. Competition was strong. Crossbreds were in good request. Greasy j Merino sold to 25.\d.