RISE FOR OX

Waikato Times, Volume 121, Issue 20263, 4 August 1937, Page 13

RISE FOR OX

KEEN FRANKTON VALUES. FIRM SHEEP MARKET. PIGS AGAIN IN REQUEST. A sharp rise for ox was the feature of the weekly Frankton stock sale yesterday, values for the best class of ox advancing by fully 2s per 100 lb. A buoyant tone also characterised other sections where average supplies were on offer. . The entry of bullocks comprised some of the best quality sorts seen at the yards for some time, some particularly fine Shorthorn bullocks being available. Competition was animated from the outset and a ready clearance was effected at prices ranging from 10s to 25s per head lighter than last sale, the best pens selling from 28s to 32s per 100 lb. against 26s to 30s the previous week. The top pens sold from £l2 7s fid to £l4 17s fid, the top price last week being £l2 10s. A keen sale was also experienced for cows and heifers, one pen of outstanding quality Polled Angus heifers selling to the bid of £ll 11s, the best quotation at the yards for some months. Extra choice pens sold from £8 12s 6d to £ll with the bulk of the sales being effected from £5 to £7. Calves sold at better prices, while a firm market was experienced in the boner and store sections. Sheep and Pigs. Although the fat sheep section was inclined to be variable in comparison with that of last week, values on tho Whole were fully firm. A ready trade was experienced for wethers, top lines selling from 36s to 41s 6d, exactly the same figures that were quoted last week. There was little difference in the prices of ewes yesterday, some choice lines selling from 29s to 335. Lambs generally were not up to the quality of last week, but values remained unaltered with quotations ranging from 20s to 30s. There was again a shortage of fat pigs, with the consequence that all entries were sharp of sale, one baconer selling at 88s, which. is the highest figure recorded in this section at the yards since last season. The few baconers on offer all sold at advanced rates, while the same could be said of porkers. Store pigs- also made better money. Price Summary. The following table is a summary of prices realised for fat stock at the Frankton yards during the past fortnight:— BEEF (per 100 lb.) This week. Last week. Prime ox .. 28/- to 32/- 26/-to 30/Plaln and inferior ox 20/6 to 25/- 20/6 to 24/Extra choice young cows and heifers . 26/-to 31/- 26/-to 31/Prlme cows . 22/-to 25/- 22/-to 24/6 Second quality cows .... 18/-to 21/- 18/-to 21/IWUTTON (per head). Extra prime wethers .* 36/-to 41/_6 36/-to 41/6 Fat wethers . 32/6 to 34/6 33/-to 34/6 Unfinished wethers .. 30/-to 32/- 30/-to 32/» Extra prime ewes 20/-to 83/- 29/-to 33/Fat ewes 23/-to 28/- 23/-to 27/3 Unfinished ewes .... 17/-to 20/- 17/-to 20/Prime fat lambs i..„ 26/-to 30/- 26/-to 31/6 Medium .. 23/6 to 25/- 23/6 to 25/Llghter .. 20/-ta 22/6 20/-to 22/6 PIGS (per head). Baconers .. 60/-to 83/- 60/-to 80/Porkers ... 40/-to 58/- 32/-to 58/Weaners .. 10/-to 25/6 10/-to2o/-Sllps 22/- to 26/- 22/-to 26/Largre stores . 32/- to 40/- 32/- to 38/Individual Sales. Top price in the beef section, £l4 17s 6d, was realised for the best Shorthorn entries from Messrs. Robinson Bros., of Paterangi, other steers from these vendors making £l4. Attractive sorts from Messrs. Willoughby Bros., of Tuhikaramea, were in keen request at prices ranging from £l3 2s 6d to £l4 2s 6d. Well finished cattle from the Glencoe Farm made from £ll 7s 6d to £l3, while a pen of three from Mr T. M. Hall made £l2 17s 6d. A good line from Mr W. C. Murphy sold from £l2 15s to £l4. A pen of outstanding Polled Angus heifers from Mr Hall met the readiest demand of the day, finally selling at £ll 11s. Cows from Mr D. Proctor sold at £8 12s 6d, while those from Mr M. J. Corcoran made from £7 to £9. Messrs. Van Houtte and Nowlette, the vendors to receive the top price in the sheep section last week, again obtained the top price yesterday when they sold wethers at the same prices as last week, namely, 41s 6d. A small line of wethers from Mr M. J. Duncan made 38s 6d, while 37s 6d was obtained for a line from Mr H. W. Cleland, of Gordonton. The same figure was obtained for the wethers from Mr F. Duck, Mr J. A. Steele being another vendor to receive a like figure. Choice ewes from Mr M. J. Corcoron were traded from 32s 6d to 33s 6d, while 29s 6d was the price paid fax those from Mr C. J. Follett, of Te Pahu. Farmers’ Auctioneering Co. The Farmers’ Co-operative Auctioneering Company, Limited, report:— Sheep.—At the weekly Frankton stock sale yesterday fat sheep were penned in full numbers, with a good proportion of finished quality. The market generally was erratic, except for a few pens of the best quality sheep. Ewe mutton was penned in full numbers with finished quality only in demand. Cattle.—Only a small yarding of vealers, with quotations improving, and a small entry of ox beef comprising mostly well finished cattle, for which competition was very keen. Prime steers from Glencoe Farm sold from £ll 7s 6d to £l3, and cattle from Mr T. M. Hall realising from £l2 17s 6d. A medium entry of cow and heifer beef, comprising mostly wellfinished quality. Competition was keen with outside buyers operating freelyi One truck of prime cows from Mr R. F. Hall, of Walton, sold from £8 5s to £lO 17s 6d. Boners were yarded in average numbers, no change in quotations resulting. The advertised entry of store cattle attracted a large attendance, and competition was ex-1 ceedingly keen, prices for all classes showing an improvement. Dairy cattle were also penned in full numbers, with good quality scarce, and no alteration in values recorded. Pigs.—A small yarding of fats which met with keen competition from a large bench of buyers. Prices for both baconers and porkers were on a par with those of recent sales. A good yarding of store and weaner pigs f met with keen competition, large | stores especially selling well. Quotations: — Sheep.—Medium fat wethers, 36s to 37s Gd; lighter, 33s to 34s 6d; prime fat ewes, 32s to 335; medium, 26s to 30s; lighter, 22s to 23s 9d; medium fat hoggets, 23s to 25s 6d; lighter, 21s

6d to 22s 6d; forward-condition hoggets, 18s to 19s 6d; cull hoggets, 11s to 16s. Cattle.—Runners, £4 6s to £4 15s; vealers, £3 5s to £3 11s; calves, 16s to 30s; prftne medium fat steers, £l2 | 10s to £l3; lighter, £ll to £ll 7s 6d; prime fat cows and heifers, £lO to £lO 17s 6d; medium, £8 to £9 2s 6d; lighter, £6 5s to £7 11s; killable, £4 18s to £6 Is; heavy boners, £3 16s to £4 8s; medium, £2 12s to £3 6s; lighter, 30s to £2 4s; 1J to 2i-year P.A. steers, £8 to £8 11s; yearling P.A. steers, £6 10s; smaller steers, £5 to £5 6s; yearling P.A. heifers, £6 16s; smaller PA. heifers, £4 2s 6d to £4 12s; 2-year I Jersey heifers, £3 to £3 19s; medium, I£3 3s to £3 12s; smaller, £2 to £2 15s; Shorthorn springing heifers, £8 to £8 10s; Jersey and Jersey-cross heifers, £7 10s to £8 10s; smaller, £5 to £6 ss; sound dairy cows, £5 5s to £6 15s. Pigs.—Heavy baconers, £4 3s ; light, £3 8s to £3 10s; heavy porkers, £2 15s to £3; medium, £2 13s to £2 16s; light, £2 2s to £2 10s; choppers, £2 10s to £3 3s; large stores, 28s to £2 3s; smaller, 33s to 365; slips, 26s to 30s; good weavers, 18s to 22s ; smaller, 12s 6d to 16s. Messrs. Dalgety and Co. Messrs. Dalgety and Company, Ltd. report having held their weekly stock sale at Frankton saleyards yesterday as under:— Sheep.—A medium yarding of fat wethers and ewes came forward. Sheep were keenly sought after but light and unfinished sorts were slow of sale. Heavy fat wethers, 36s 6d to 38s; medium, 34s to 35s 3d; unfinished, 31s 6d to 32s 9d; medium ewes, 26s 6d to 28s 9d; light and unfinished, 23s to 24s 6d; heavy fat lambs, 25s to 26s 6d; fat lambs, 22s to 23s 6d. Store Sheep.—22 ewe lambs, 30s; 40 ewe lambs, 38s 3d; 25 ditto, 3is; 110 S.D. cross ewe lambs, 245; 136 ditto, £1 Is 9d; 68 Romney wether lambs, £1 2s lid; 89 ditto, small 20s 6d; 99 S.D. cross wether lambs, 20s 6d; 157 S.D. cross wether lambs, 19s 3d. Ewes in Lamb.—loo 2-tooth ewes, r.w. S.D. rams, 36s 6d; 64 4, 6 and 4-year ewes, r.w. S.D. rams, 35s 6d; 172 4 and 5year ewes, r.w. S.D. rams, 34s 6d; 96 2,4, 6-tooth and 4-year ewes, r.w. R. rams, 36s 6d. Cattle.—A short yarding and prices soared for all quality sorts, bullocks being up 30s per head. We sold on account of Mr T. M. Hall a quality pen of six Polled Angus heifers at £ll 11s; extra prime Polled Angus heifers, £ll 11s; fat Jersey cows, £6 to £6 10s; others, £4 15s to £5 10; Shorthorn cows, £5 15s to £6 Is,* others, £5 to £5 ss. Store Cattle—We sold 14 Holstein cross 2i-year steers, £5 11s; 16 Polled Angus cross steers, 18 months, £6 la; 17 ditto, small, £4 7s 6d; 11 mixed steers, £4 2s; 5 Shorthorn cross steers, 2J-year, £6 14s; good store cows, £4 4s to £5 19s; boner cows, £3 5s to £3 lss; others, £2 to £2 15s. Dairies.—Good Jersey-cross cows, close to profit £8 5s to £9; others, £5 15s to £7; calved Jersey cows, £7 to £8 10s; Jersey heifers, close to profit, medium, £6 to £7 10s. Pigs.—Only a small yarding of fat pigs came forward and a very keen sale resulted. Stores were penned in more than average numbers tyid competition was keen, prices being on a par with recent quotations, while weaners showed a slight increase. We quote: Medium baconers, £3 3s to £3 10s; light ditto, £2 18s to £3 3s; heavy porkers, £2 10s to £2 18s; medium ditto, £2 to £2 10s; light ditto, 36s to £2; large store pigs, 35s to £2 2s; medium ditto, 30s to 355; small ditto, 25s to 30s; best slips, 23s to 28s; medium ditto, 20s to 235; best weaners, 22s to 26s 6d; medium ditto, 18s to 225; sows to farrow, £3 11s to £4; L.W. sows to farrow, £3 to £3 10s. Loan and Mercantile Agency. The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company, Limited, Hamilton, report as follows on the Hamilton stock sale held yesterday:— Cattle.—Good beef values rose sharply. For bullocks especially realisations showed a decided margin above those of last week. We sold a draft of eight prime ox to Mr W. C. Murphy, Frontier Road, Te Awamutu, seven of which realised £l4 each and one £l2 15s; the same improved demand was evident in the fat cow and heifer section where vendors of prime stock benefited to the extent of about 20s per head over last week’s rates. The sale consequently was very brisk. Unfinished fat cows were sought up to the price levels set last Tuesday, and none were withheld. Boners likewise did not alter in values. Heavy fat S.H. bullocks, up to £l4; prime P.A. bullocks also up to £4; heavy Jersey-cross bullocks, up to £l2 15s; medium fat Jersey-cross cows, £6 5s to £6 19s; other good Jersey beef cows, £5 5s lo £6 2s 6d; unfinished conditioned ditto, £4 12s 6d to £5 4s; forward class store cows, £3 14s to £4 10s; heavy*boners, £2 17s 6d to £3 12s 6d; others, up to £2 15s. Sheep.—The wether entry, comprising mostly unfinished quality sheep, caused buyers to be somewhat hesitant and consequently wether mutton was a little more difficult to sell than last week, although the price variation would be comparatively small. A few prime pens were fully on a par with the previous Tuesday’s quotations. Ewe values were very stable,, especially for the better conditioned ones. Perhaps poorer class ewes, like wethers, would be down a shade. The hoggets commanded keen bidding as usual and maintained ruling values. Medium to good fat wethers made 83s to 375; unfinished quality, 27s 6d to 32s 6d; prime fat ewes, 29s to 33s 6d; others, up to 27s 6d; medium fat hoggets, 26s to 28s 3d; forward store hoggets, 24s to 255. Figs.—Both baconers and porkers met with a ready sale and little difference in prices occurred. The livelier enquiry general at present for store and weaner pigs had a hardening influence on values at this centre and notwithstanding the fact that more than normal numbers were yarded prices again were substantially higher. A number of sow pigs realised good values on the basis of recent realisations for this class. Heavy baconers, £4 2s 6d to £4 8s; light ditto; £3 Is “ iOa; heavy porkers,, £2 8s to ±2 16s; light ditto, up to £2 7s 6d; extra good store pigs, £1 17 s to £2 2s; medium ditto, 31s to 35s* good slips 26s to 295; good weaners’, 17s 6d to 21s; others, up to 21s. Messrs. G. W. Yercoe & Co. Messrs. G. W. Vercoe and Co., Ltd., report: At our weekly Frankton stock sale held yesterday we penned fat sheep in large numbers. Competition throughout was keen and prices remained firm at late rates. Messrs Van Houtte and Nollett, of Te Uku! received top price with an average of 4 I.s (hi tor 52 heavy prime wethers. b itty-six prime sheep ox Mr N. D S Kumney, of Komakorau, sold at an average of 375, while 6d above this fisure was obtained by Mr H. Cleland of Gordonton. A line of 119 K ood quality wethers ex Messrs. T C airi H. W. Wilson, of Waimai, realised 34s IV' q uot , e: Heavy prime wethers, to filht L L pr »T’ ;i6s t 0 37 * «d; f o’, 35s 6d; unfinished, 393 to 335; prime maiden ewes, to 36sheavy prime ewes, 28s to 31s; heavy !b® m u me , dium weight, 24s to Vic. and unfinished, 20s to I. heavy prime lionets, 30s to ?;i s - 3d; heavy, 27s to 295; medium o oo s 6d; lisht and unfinished. 20a to 24a.

Cattle.—A small entry of calves was keenly competed for and prices improved. Prime runners, £5 10s to £6 ss; others, £4 10s to £5 ss; prime vealers, £3 15s to £4 ss; medium, £3 to £3 10s; light, to £2 15s. A small yarding of ox beef met with a ready sale and prices advanced considerably. Six prime Shorthorn bulolcks ex Messrs. Robinson Bros., of Paterangi, sold to £l4 17s 6d and averaged £l4 9s 2d; prime Shorthorn bullocks ex Messrs. Willoughby Bros., of Tuhikaramea, sold to £l4 2s 6d. We quote: Prime medium weight bullocks, £l4 to £l4 173 6d; light prime, to £l3 2s 6d; prime small Dullock-s to £ll 59. A large yarding of cow and heifer beef, the quality of which was well below the usual standard, sold very freely. Heavy prime cows sold from £9 10s to £10; heavy, £8 10s to £9 ss; medium weights, £7 15s to £8 7s 6d; light, £6 10s to £7 10s; medium weight heifers, £8 to £9 ss; small light weights, to £7 15s; heavy fat Jersey cows, £6 15s to £7 10s ; medium weights, £6 to £6 12s 6d; light, £5 to £5 15s. The yarding of store cattle was an average one and a total clearance was effected at full late rates. Two-year Hereford and Polled Angus steers sold to £8 12s, and a line of 36 fat and forward Polled Angus and Hereford cows sold from £5 19s to £8; forward-condi-tioned Shorthorn and Friesian cows, £5 10s to £6 10s; others, £4 to £5 ss; emptv two-year Jersey heifers, £3 to £3 12s; yearling Jersey heifers, to £3 14s; small cross-bred heifers, +o £2 17s; heavy boners, £3 5s to £4; others, £2 to £3; best quality Jersey cows (early calvers), to £10; others, pr: to £7; inferior, to £4 15s; Jersey cross heifers (early calvers), to £7; small, to £5 ss. Fat pigs were penned in small numbers and changed hands readily at prices fully equal to those of last week. Medium-weight baconers sold from £3 12s to £3 17s; light weights, £3 5s to £3 10s; heavy porkers, £2 19s to £3 4s; medium weights, £2 12s to £2 18s; light, £2 5s to £2 10s, Store pigs came forward in large numbers and a total clearance was effected at advanced rates. Sows in pig, to £5 15s; large stores, 37s to £2 4s ; others, 32s to 365; slips, 26s to 31s; best weaners, 22s to 255; others, 18s to 21s. SALE AT OHINEWAI. The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co., Ltd., Hamilton, report as follows on their Ohinewai stork sale held on Monday:The yarding was comparatively small and prices remained much the same as at other centres. Only a fe v head of Heavy fat cows were included and the dairy entry comprised mostly plain sorts. The bench of buyers was quite large, and most of our entry changed hands at rates similar to those current last week. Medium Shorthorn Jersey fat cows, £5 12s 6d to £6 8s; unfinished ditto, £4 7s 6d to £5 10a: forward store cows, £3 12s 6d

to £4 2s 6d; heavy boners, £2 17e 6d to £3 10s; others, up to £3 10s; plain dairy cows, £5 10s to £7 10s; inferior, up to £5 ss. SALE AT TAUPIRL The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co., Ltd., Hamilton, report as follow's on their Taupiri pig sale held on Monday:— In the fat section porkers predominated and the entry was not large. Bidding was very free and rates would be a little better, if anything, than hitherto. The advertised sows on account Mr D. O'Connell, Orini, came forward in good order and elicited, strong bidding, realising a very satisfactory average. A heavy yarding of store and weaner pigs was handled and throughout prices were better. Light porkers, 37s 6d to £2 7s Gd; best store pigs, 32s to 355; medium ditto, 28s to 31s; slips, 22s to 255; good weaners, 18s to 21s; inferior ditto, up to 17s 6d; best Tamworth and Tam worth-cross sows, £4 10s to £5 17s 6d; others, up to £4 ss.