KEEN DEMAND

Waikato Times, Volume 121, Issue 20257, 28 July 1937, Page 13

KEEN DEMAND

STOCK AT FRANKTON. FIRM BEEF SALE. PIGS IN SHARP REQUEST. Another buoyant' market ruled at the weekly Frankton stook sale yesterday, when all departments oarried average supplies. There was practically no alteration in the sheep and fat oattle sections, but a sharp rise was experienced for fat pigs whloh were again forward in short supply. A mixed entry of steers met with a brisk trade and all classes were ready of sale with rates on a par with last week. In some oases values were inclined to be just a shade firmer, particularly In the case of prime me-dium-weight cattle. Best oattle made from £ll 2s 6d to £l2 10s, with average sorts selling from £lO. 10s to £ll and . small pens clearing from £7 12s 6d to £9. A variable sale was experienced for cows and heifers, but on the whole values were fully firm, although some lines were quoted below the figures ruling at the previous sale. One extra ohoioe pen of heifers was in animated request and sold to the bid of £lO 12s 6d, the best quotation at the yards for some time. Boners again cleared readily, while there was no apparent change in values for calves. Bheep and Pigs.

Vendors experienced a good market for fat sheep whioh were auotioned at firm to slightly higher rates. Best wethers were in keen request and were exchanged at the previous Tuesday’s values, but unfinished sorts were not so keenly sought and values for some lines were easier. There was no perceptible alteration in the ewe market although the top quotation was only 33s In comparison with 36s of the previous week. The latter figure, however, was obtained for some exceptional' sheep. Choioe sorts yesterday sold from 28s to 33s with fat sorts making from 23s to 265. A steady inquiry was shown for

lambs for which quotations ranged from 20s to 31s 6d. The fat pig entry consisted mainly of medium-weight porkers for which bidding was spirited, many lines advancing by 10s per head. In some cafSes pork made up to 9d per lb. A few baeoners also sold at higher figures and the only heavy sort penned made 84s. Stores were not forward In the same numbers as last w r eek and prices improved, large stores making from 32s to 38s. Prloe Summary. The following table is a summary of prices realised for fat stock at the Frankton yards during the past fortnight :

Individual Sales. Top price in the ox beef section was obtained by Mr E. Wayne, who sold steers from £ll 2s 6d to £l2 10s'. Steers from Mr W. A. Verry, of Whatawhata, were cleared from £lO •18s to £ll, while from £lO 15s to £ t i 14s was paid for steers from .Messrs. Taylor Bros., ol‘ Tauplri. Choice heifers Messrs. Taylor Bros, were in keen request and sold from £7 to £lO 12s, the last figure being paid for a pen of three. A pen of six Polled Angus from Mr J. G. Reeves sold to the bid of £8 Is, while a pen of lighter cattle from Mr W. Cooper Smith was traded from £fi 6s ot £7 19s. Good medium cattle from Mr A. Holmes, of Te Rapa, sold from £7 13s to £7 17s fid. •« Choice wethers from Messrs Van lioutle and Nollett commanded brisk competition and were knocked down from 40s fid to 41s fid. A line of 50 attractive sorts from Mr N. D. S. lUimney also mot a good market and these sold at an average of 37s fid, 3d above this figure being obtained for the sheep from Mr Fulleron Smith, of Te Kowhai. Ewes from Mr 11. Barker, of Whatawhata, wengood buying at 80s 3d. in the l'at pig section a bnconer

from Mr Walter Chltty sold at 84s, the best price obtained in. this section for a considerable time. Farmers’ Auctioneering Company. The Farmers’ Co-operative Auctioneering Company, Limited, report: Sheep.—At the w r eekly Frankton stook sale yesterday a medium entry of fat sheep with good quality mutton in short supply was yarded. Values for prime wethers and ewes were on a par with last week's rates, but unfinished sheep were not In demand. Late rates were maintained for export lambs, while a small offering of breeding ewes and store lambs realised satisfactory prices. Cattle.—A smaller offering of ox beef, the yarding comprising chiefly fat oows, with a. small proportion of heifer beef. Competition was firm and values remained on a par with last week’s quotations. A small offering of good quality veal, with values at late rates. Boner cows were slightly easier of sale, but a total clearance was effeoted. There was a good yarding of dairy cattle, with competition for quality heifers brisk, and prices compared favourably with other oentres. Store steers were keenly sought after and' realised improved rates.

Pigs.—A small yarding of fat pigs, with oompetitlon keen, and prices well In advance of previous sales. One prime haconer on account of Mr Walter Chltty realised £4 4-s, this being the top .price for baooners this year at Frankton. A medium yarding of stores met a good demand and sold at values on a par with late rates. Quotations. —Sheep : Medium fat wethers, 34s 6d; unfinished, 32s 9d to 335; fat ewes, 28s to 30s 3d; unfinished ewes, 22s 6d to 24s 6d; fat Romney woolly lambs, 31s 6d; blaokfaced lambs, 24s 6d to 29s fid; light fat lambs, 20s 6d to 23s fid; store lambs, 18s 9d to 225; aged breeding ewes, 19s. Cattle: Medium prime steers, to £l2 10s; lighter, £ll 2s 6d; medium prime cows and heifers, £8 to £8 lfTs; lighter cows, £6 8s to £7 12s; heavy second quality oows, £5 7s 6d to £6 16s; heavy boners, £3 5s to £3 16s; lighter, _£2 5s to £3; good medium runners, to £5 10s; heavy vealers, to £4; rough calves, to 295; three-year forward-oondltioned Shorthorn steers, to £9; three-year Friesian steers, to £7 14s; two-year Jersey springing heifers, £9 5s to £lO ss; others, £7 15s to £8 15s; small and backward, £5 10s to £6 10s; two-year Shorthorn heifers, to £7 10s; Jersey and Jersey Cross oows, close to profit, £6 15s to £7 15s; baokward, £4

to £5. Pigs: Best baeoners, to £4 4s; medium. £3 15s io £3 18s; light baeoners and heavy porkers, £3 to £3 10s; medium porkers, £2 14s to £2 lfis; choppers, £2 10s to £3; large stores, 32s to 365; medium stores, 28s to 30s; slips, 18s to 26s 6d; best weaners, 14s to 19s; others, 7s 6d to 10s. Messrs. Datgety and Company. Messrs. Dalgety and Company, Limited, report having held their weekly stock sale at Frankton yesterday, as follows: A medium yarding of fat wethers and ewes came forward and sold at up to late rates. Medium-weight fat wethers, 36s 6d to 37s 3d; light fat wethers, 32s 6d to 34s 6d;-medium fat ewes, 26s 6d to 28s 9d; unfinished, 20s to 23s 6d; heavy fat lambs, 25s to 278; medium fat lambs, 22s to 23s 6d; good fresh-conditioned two and four-tooth wethers, 3is to 31s 6d; light ditto, 26s lOd; aged ewes lq lamb, 15s to 255.

Fat cattle were yarded in average numbers and all quality sorts sold rewdily. Fat steers were slightly firmer, bringing 33s against .32s last week for extra prime sorts. Fat cows were firm at last week’s rates. Medium fat cows, £7 17s 6d to £8 15s; light fat cows, £5 10s lo £fi ss; light fat Polled Angus heifers, £6 3s to £6 17s 6d; fat Jersey heifers, £5 2s 6d to £5 17s 6d; ‘store cows, £5 2s 6d to £5 17s Gd; boner cows, heavy, £3 15s to £4 10s; others, £2 5s to £3; small yearling Jersey heifers, £3 10s to £3 17s. Vealers: A small yarding and a keen sale resuited. Heavy runners to £5 7s; vealers, £1 6s to £2 15s. Dairies: A good yarding, early calving, good quality cows and heifers sold well, but rougher sorts were not wanted. Early calving Jersey cows, £6 JO? to £7 ss; later sorts, £5 5s to £5 15s; good Jersey heifers, close to profit, £7 5s to £9 10s; smaller sorts, £4 10s to £6 7s fid. Pigs: A vory short yarding of fat pigs was penned and prices maintained the late high standard. Stores were also penned in light numbers and prices were firm lo slightly in advance of last week’s quotations. We quote: Light baeoners, £3 to £3 ss; heavy porkers, £2 6s to £2 15s; medium ditto, £2 to £2 6s; light, ditto, 35s to £2; small ditto, 30s to 355; large store pigs, 32s to 375; medium ditto, 26s to 325; small ditto, 20s to 2fis; best slips, 22s to 27s fid; medium ditto* 18s to 225; best weaners, 18s io 2 2s; Devon sows to farrow to j Berkshire boar. £4 10s to £5; Tamworlh cross ditto, to Tamworth boar, £4 to £4 10s. Loan and Mercantile Agency. The New Zealand Loan and Merean tiler Agency Company, Limited, Hamilton, report as follows on the Frankton slock sale yesterday:—— Cattle.—The entry of beef was fairly- moderate, but In both the ox mid cow am! heifer sections some choice quality was yarded. Reef values were vorv firm. An entry of six medium Shorthorn bullocks on account Mr 11. Haddock, Karamu, sold from £lO ?.h lo ito I7s fid each. The demand for heavy cows and heifers was keen and prices Improved. On account Mr T. M. Hall, six prime Pol-

led Angus heifers realised £lO 7s 6d, while Shorthorn oows from Mr R. D. Duxfleld made up to £8 Is. The unfinished beef oattle did not alter greatly in values from last week, but boner rates were a little easier. We quote: Medlium Shorthorn bullocks, £lO to £lO 17s 6d; prime Polled Angus heifers, up to £lO 7s 6d; heavy Shorthorn fat cows, £6 15s to £8 Is; medium Jersey Shorthorn cross fat oows, £4 12s 6d to £6 2s; good Jersey beef cows, £4 5s to £5 7s 6d; lighter ditto, £3 16s to £4 2s 6d; unfinished, £3 2s 6d to £3 12s 6d; heavy boners, £2 10s to £3 2s 6d; others, up to £2 7s 6d. Sheep.—Despite the fact that the entry of ewes and entries was not particularly large, prices tended downward. This, perhaps, was partly accounted for because the class was only mediocre. Our yarding contained a predominance of ewes, wethers not being well represented. Lamb values were equal to those prevailing at present. Heavy fat ewes, 30s to 30s 8d; medium ditto, 26s to 30s; light, up to 255; unfinished, up to 21s 3d; medium wethers, 31s to 355; light, 25s to 30s; others, 245; fat lambs, 25s to 28s 6d; light ditto, up to 245; small ewe lambs, 255; small ewes, 28s 6d.

Pigs.—Only a light entry of fats came forward and these were mostly porkers. Prices showed a deolded improvement and all sold well. The en - qulry for stores and weaners was brisk and In this section a further advance was registered, medium numbers being handled. Light porkers, 36s to £2 ss; best store, 31s to 355; slips, 24s to 295; weaners, 18s to 21s; others, up to 17s 6d.

Messrs. G. W. Verooe. Messrs. G. W. Vercoe and Company, Limited, report on their weekly «tock sale yesterday as follows: Fat Sheep.—The yarding was a large one and contained a large proportion of prime quality for which prices remained firm. Unfinished sheep sold at rates slightly below those of last week. The top price of the sale was obtained by Messrs. Van Houtte and Nollett, of Te Uku, whose draft of 52 heavy prime wethers sold from 40s fid to 41s fid. A line of 63 prime wethers ex Mr C. B. FullertonSmith, of Te Kowhai, averaged 38s, and 50 prime lighter-weight wethers ex Mr N. D. S. Rumnev, of Komakorau, sold at an average of 37s 9d. We quote: Heavy prime wethers, 38s to 41s 6d; prime Igihter-weJghts, 36s to 37s 9d; light prime, 34s to 35s 6d; unfinished, 32s to 33s 6d; heavy fat ewes, 26s to 28s; medium-weights, 24s to 25s 6d; light and unfinished, 18s to 235; heavy fat lambs, 27s to 28s; medium-weights, 25s to 265; light, 22s to 245.

Cattle.—A small entry of calves sold under keen competition and prices remained very firm. Runners sold from £4 to £5 Is; heavy vealers, £3 to £3 15s; medium, £2 10s to £2 18s; small calves, 35s to £2 ss. Ox beef was penned in average numbers and prioes differed little from those of last week. Prime medium-weight bullocks ex Messrs. Taylor Bros., of Tauplri, sold to £ll 148. A line of 10 cross-bred bullocks ex Mr Verry, of Whatawhata, sold to £ll, while 11 light-weight cattle ex Mr W. I. Taylor, of Ohaupo, sold to £9 6s. The yarding of cow and heifer beef was one of the largest experienced this season and prioes throughout remained very firm. Ten heavy prime oows ex Messrs. Taylor Bros., of Tauplri, sold to £lO 15s. For the best of his pen of six heavy oows, Mr T. M. Hall, of Hamilton, received to £9 7s 6d. Eighteen heavy fat cows and heifers ex Mr John Upton, of Te Kowhai, ranged in price to £9 7s, and 18 Polled Angus and Hereford oows ex Mr J. G. Reeves, of Walmai, sold to £9. One pen of good quality cows ex Mr I. Taylor, of Rukuhla, made to £7 19s, while for the best of his cows Mr L. Rowe, of Eureka, received £7 15s. Well-finished lightweight Hereford cows, ex Mr R. G. Griffen, of Tauwhare, sold to £7 ss.

We quote: Heavy prime cows, £9 10s to £lO 15s; lighter prime, £8 10s to £9 7s 6d; light prime, to £7 10s; heavy fat cows, £7 10s to £8 ss; medium-weights, £6 10s to £7 7s 6d; light, to £6; prime medium-weight heifers, £8 to £9; light prime, to £7 15s; light fat heifers, to £6 ss; light prime, to £7 15s; light fat heifers, to £6 ss; heavy fat Jersey cows, £6 5s to £7; medium-weights, £5 10s to £6 2s 64; Ught, to £5 ss.

A full entry of store cattle, the majority consisting of boner oows, sold steadily at rates about equal to those of last week. Eighteen Polled Angus cows ex Gisborne sold from £5 18s to £6 Bs. We quote: Forward conditioned Shorthorn and Friesian cows, £5 10s to £6 ss; others, £4 to £5 ss; empty two-year Jersey heifers, £3 to £3 15s; yearling Jersey heifers, £3 to £4; small cross-bred heifers, £2 5s to £2 18s; heavy boners, £3 to £4; others, £2 to £2 15s; potter bulls, to £7. A fairly large yarding of dairy cattle changed hands at late rates. Jersey and Jersey-cross oows (early calvers), £6 5s to £7 10s; others, to £6; backward and unsound, £4 to £5 ss.

The demand for a small yarding of fat pigs was keen and a ready sale resulted. Medium-weight baeoners sold from £3 10s to £3 14s; light, £3 3s to £3 9s; heavy porkers, £2 16s to £3; medium-weights, £2 8s to £2 15s; light and unfinished, 38s to £2 7s; heavy choppers, £3 to £4 2s; others, to £2 14s. An average entry of store pigs was in keen demand and these changed hands readily at full late rates. Good stores sold from 35s to £2; others, 30s to 345; slips, 22s to 28s; best weaners, 18s to 23s 6d; others, to 17s; sows In pig, to £6 2s 6d. _____

BEEF (per 100 lb.) This week. Last week. Prime OX .. 26/-to 30/- 26/-to 30/Plaln OX . 2,0/6 to 24/- 20/6 to 24/Extra choice young cows and heirers’. 26/-to 30/- 26/-to 30/Prlme cows . 22/-. to 24/6 22/-to 24/6 Second quality cows .... 18/-to 21/- 18/-to 21/MUTTON (per head). Extra prime wethers .. 36/- to 41/6 36/-to 40/Fat wethers . 33/- to 34/6 3 3/- to 35/Unflnlshed wethers .. 30/-to 32/9 30/-to 32/Extra prime ewes .... 29/-to 33/- 29/-to 36/Fat ewes .. 23/-to 27/3 24/-to 28/Unflnlshed ewes 17/-to 20/- 17/-to 20/Prlme fat lambs .... 26/- to 31/6 26/-to 28/6 Medium .. 23/6 to 25/- 23/6 to 25/Llghter .. 20/- tQ 22/6 20/-to 22/6 PIGS (per head). Baconers .. 60/-to 80/- 56/-to 78/Porkers . . . 32/- to 58/- 32/- to 56/Weaners .. 10/-to 20/- 8/-to 15/Slips 22/- to 26/- 16/-to 23/l.argo stores . 32/- to 38/- 26/- to 33/-