STORES DULL

Waikato Times, Volume 119, Issue 19887, 16 May 1936, Page 11

STORES DULL

BACONERS AGAIN BUOYANT VALUES AT IVIORRINSVILLE. LOW STANDARD OF QUALITY. The anxiety of farmers to quit surplus stock Avas AA’ell illustrated at the AAeekly Morrins\*ille stock sale yesterday Avhen a feature of the sale was the low standard of quality compared with previous sale. With an absence of prime entries, price changes were generally in favour of buyers. The lighter entry of beef was the plainest, seen at the yards this season, the offering being comprised entirely of light to medium dairy sorts. A steady demand was shown, but late quotations were only maintained AA'ith difficulty. Heavy cattle were sold for prices ranging from £4 to £5. blit the bulk of the offering was absorbed at prices below the £4 figure. Boner classes were forward in average numbers and little alteration \A r as noted in values. Fair 'competition was shown a light entry of dairy cattle, poorer descriptions being slow of sale. Forward classes sold readily, best sorts making from £5 2s 6d to £7. Sheep and Pigs. The average entry of fat sheep included only a limited entry of Avethers, and practically no eAves. No alteration in A r alues was experienced for, these, Avhile a large entry of fat lambs, which included a fair proportion of unfinished pens, was not quite ' as brisk of sale as the previous Friday, but the variation was not substantial. A weak demand was rhown for store classes, few pens meeting the marke. \ large line of mixed aged ewes in iamb to Southdown rams was cleared at 235, but this was the only substantial sale in the store sec,ion. Realising prices up to 695, the highest figure obtained at Waikato yards this season, baconers met a buoyant market and all classes were ready of sale. Following reductions in the porket schedule, the inquiry Avas duller for porkers and they were traded at reduced rates. Farmers’ Auctioneering Company. The Farmers’ Co-operative Auctioneering Company, Limited, report on the sale as follows: —Only a medium yarding of sheep came forward, comprising mostly fat lambs. Competition for grown sorts was good, while fat iambs showed no alteration. A good yarding of breeding ewes were only of medium quality, but found a good sale. Again a heavy yarding of cow and lieifer beef was offering with very little finished quality cattle. Competition for this class was firm. Second quality and boner cows were penned in heavy numbers and showed no alteration on last week’s sale. A few pens of young cattle were not wanted. Potter bulls showed little variation. A medium penning of dairy cattle came forward. The quality of the heifers offered was good and these sold readily at recent quotations. No heifers, dose to profit, were offered. A good yarding of coavs sold on a par with late quotations. Again a very heavy yarding of fat pigs came forAvard, but there was a short supply of prime baconers. The majoi'ity of the entry comprised porkers with quite a few pens of unfinished sorts. Baconers again elicited very keen 'competition, last week’s rates being exceeded. Jn sympathy with the drop in schedule porkers and unfinished sorts were slow of sale. We quote:—

Sheep.—Light fat wethers, 22s Oil to 23s 2d; fat ewes, 17s to 19s; killable ewes, 14s Gd to 16s 3d; prime medium fat lambs, 24s to 25s 9d; prime light fat lambs, 19s Gd to 22s Gd; kill-able? lambs, 16s Gd to 17s lOd; ■cull lambs, 9s Gd to 10s Gd; soundmouthed breeding ewes, 21s to 235. Cattle. —Prime fat cows and heifers, £4 5s to £4 18s; killable cows, £3 8s to £3 19s; heavy boner coavs, £2 14s to £3 3s; medium, 38s to £2 8s; lighter, 28s to £3; potter bulls, £2 5s to £3 10s; forward conditioned empty Jersey cows and heifers, young, 38s to £2 12s. Dairies.—Jersey heifers, June calA r ers, £6 ss; Jersey and Jersey Cross heifers, June calvers, £5 10s to £6; later calvers, £5 2s Gd to £5 7s 6d; more backward, £4 Ids to £5; Jersey and Jersey Cross coavs, calved, £6 15s to £7; June calvers, £4 15s to £5 ss; later calvers, £3 to £4 12s.

Pigs.—Prime baconers, £3 5s to £3 9s; medium, £2 18s to £3 3s; light, £2 Its to £2 17s; heavy porkers, 38s to £2 3s; medium, 32s to 345; light porkers, 27s to 31s; unfinished, 21s to 295; heavy choppers, £2 5s to £3 3s; others, 25s to 38s; best stores, 18s fo 225; medium, 13s to 16s; slips, Gs to 12s; best weauers, 4s Gd to 8s; others, 2s to 4s. Messrs. Dalgety and Company. Messrs. Dalgety and Company, Limited, report on the sale as follows: A medium yarding of cattle came forAvard and, considering the quality offered a good sale resulted. Following were the prices realised:— Cattle. —Medium weight fat Jersey cows, £3 15s to £4 2s Gd; medium fat Jersey heifers, £3 2s Gd to £3 17s Gd; light fat cows. £2 15s to £3 7s Gd; j boner coavs, 35s to £3 7s Gd; small 15-month Shorthorn steers, £3; small 18-month Shorthorn heifers, £1 12s Gd; small Jersey springing heifei’s, £i to £4 ss; calved Jersey heifers, £4 10s to £5 15s; calved Shorthorn cross heifers, £6 10s to £7 12s GcL calved cows, £5 17s Gd to £6 10s; others, £i 10s to £5 ss. Pigs.—There was only a small yardlain ed Frankton quotations while porkers showed a decline in values. Store pigs were up to recent quotations. We quote: Prime heavy bacon-

ers, £3 3s to £3 7s; light baconers, £2 6s to £2 12s; medium porkers, 26s to 325; light porkers, 21s to 255; light and unfinished porkers, 16s to 20s; small and store pigs, 8s to 12s. Loan and Mercantile Agency. The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company, Limited, report on the sale as follows:—The yarding of cattle was a very moderate one and there was practically an absence of finished fat cows. Stores and boners sold on a level Avitu the recordings of Giber sales this week. A feAv medium quality heifer calves realised satisfactory rates while the demand for dairy heifers was firm. Pigs too were in small supply and there is no difference in prices from current rates to report. Se\ 7 eral pens of fat and forward lambs maintained Frankton A-alues while some ewe lambs were eagerly sought. We quote:—Heavy fat cows, £4 2s to £4 15s; medium quality fat cows, £3 10s to £4; light fat cows, £2 15s to £3 7s Gd; good store conditioned cows, £2 5s to £2 14s; heavy boners, £1 15s to £2 2s; others, £1 13s; lieifer calves medium, £2 2s to £2 10s: good dairy heifer, £5 10s to £6 os; others to £5 ss: heavy baconers, £2 15s to £3 3s; medium, £2 11s to £2 14s: heavy porkers, £1 18s to £2 ss; others to £1 17s 6d; store pigs, 13s to 16s; forward fat lambs, 19s 6d to £1 0s 6d; medium ewe lambs, 18s 3d. POULTRY, BUTTER AND EGGS. THE AUCKLAND MARKETS. AUCKLAND, Saturday. Supplies of poulti*y at the city markets Avere medium but there was only a fair demand. There was little inquiry for laying birds although young drakes sold freely. Values were:— Poultry.—Cockerels, heavy breeds, prime, 2s 9d to 4s Gd each; not prime, is Gd up; light breeds, prime, Is 9d to 3s; not prime Is 3d up; fat roosters heavy breeds, 2s to 2s Gd; light breeds, Is 3d to Is 9d; pullets, heavy breeds, best, 3s to ss; smaller, Is Gd up; light breeds, best, 3s to os; smaller, Is Gd up; drakes, young, prime, 2s 6d to 3s Gd; smaller, Is Gd up; old, is 6d to 2s Gd; ducks, young, 2s 6d to 3s Gd; old, is 9d to 2s Gd; turkey hens, 3s to ss; gobblers, 5s to 12s. Butter and Eggs.—Eggs, hen, 2s 4id a dozen, is 10 Jd, Is 7Jd; duck, Is 10£d a dozen, is 7Jd, Is 5Jd; butter, farmers’, 10 Jd to If Jd a lb.

AUSTRALIAN MARKETS. SYDNEY, May 15. Following are to-day’s quotations on the Sydney produce market:— Wheat: At country sidings 3s ijd, equal to about 3s 8d ex trucks Sydney. Flour, £9 15s. Bran, £6 10s" Pollard, £6 15s. Potatoes, Tasmanian, £8 to £9; Victorian, £0 10s. Unions, Victorian brown, to £ll 10s. Maize, yellow, ss; white, 5s 4d. MELBOURNE, May 16. Wheat, 3s 10 Jd; flour, £9 10s; bran, £6 10s; pollard, £6 15s; oats, 2s 4d to 2s sd; barley, English, 2s 7d to 2s lOd; maize, 5s 2d to 5s id; potatoes, £7 10s to £8 10s; onions, £9 10s to £9 15s. WOOL MARKET VERY FIRM. PRICES AT BRADFORD. LONDON, May 14. At Bradford tops Merinos brought: Seventies, 35d; sixty-fours, 33d; sixties, 32d; crossbreds, fifty-eights, 26d; fifty-sixes, 21Jd; fifties, 16id; fortysixes, 14jd; forty-fours, 13Jd. The market was very firm. Yarns were unchanged, and new business was quiet, especially on export account.