KEEN MARKET

Waikato Times, Volume 121, Issue 20266, 7 August 1937, Page 11

KEEN MARKET

VALUES AT MORRINSVILLE. BRIGHTER BEEF SALE. PIGS IN REQUEST. ' Late quotations were generally re- . peated at the weekly Morrinsville stock i sale yesterday when lighter to average entries were forward. A feature of the sale was the extra large entry of dairy oattle which met with a goood demand although the market was not marked with the same briskness as previous sales. There was a larger proportion of good quality beef in a moderate en- ; try and bidding was brisk throughout. A light supply of ox was not up to the >' quality of last week, hut last Friday's r quotations were equalled. Light to ' medium 'weight steers sold from £lO 1 to £ll. Extra choice cow and heifer . beef was in keen request and values . were slightly improved. Some extra ! prime sorts were traded from £9 12s . fid to £ll 2s tjd. the latter price being realised for choice young cattle from Mr E. W. R. Leslie, of Putaruru. Secondary quality cattle were also readier • of sale. Inferior quality descriptions were ® harder to quit in the dairy cattle sale, t but any attractive entries changed hands at unaltered rates. The quality ' of the entry on the whole was not up \ to that of last week. v Sheep and Pigs. A small entry of fat she'ep consisted • mainly of heavy prime hoggets. These s were auctioned readily at prices rang- | e ing from 30s to 34s fid with lighter sorts making from 20s 6d to 26s 6d. Prime wethers sold up to 35s 6d, values generally being firm at last Friday’s rates. A short entry of fat pigs was traded readily at Arm to thigh rates. There was another large attendance of buy- , ers for the store pig sale where values In some cases moved forward. ' Farmers’ Auctioneering Company. j The Farmers’ Co-operative Auction- j eerlng Company, Limited, report on ‘ th« snlo as follows: A small entry of sheep comprised mostly fats. Wether mutton showed no chance, while hoggets sold at late rates. There was only a medium yarding of ox beef, I he quality not being up to last week’s standard, but the market was firm. Cow and heifer beef was yarded in r usual numbers with good quality scarce. Competition was very keep ’ for prime sorts while second quality also improved. One truek of prime 1 medium Polled Angus heifers offered on account of Miss Chepmell, Morrins ; ville. averaged £lO. Boners showed no ; chance and young eat tie were keenly sought. An exceptionally heavy yarding of dairy rattle comprised ‘chiefly heTers. the qualltv of which was not quite up to that of last week, but com- , petition for early enlvers showing quality was again brisk and values were firm. Backward heifers, however, were slighUy easier of sale and last 1 waaV's nuotations were not maintained.

although vendors In most oases met the market. A large offering of Jersey cows comprised several good lines and values generally in this section were in advance of recent quotations. Only a medium entry of fat pigs eame forward, comprising chiefly lightweight baconers and porkers. Competition was keen throughout and last week’s quotations were fully sustained. A large yarding of breeding sows realised values on a par with recent sales. Again there was a full entry of store pigs, for which competition remained firm and a total clearance was effected at satisfactory prices. Quota- I tlons :• Sheep: Prime fat wethers, 34s to 35s 6d; fat ewes, 28s 6d to 30s; prime fat hoggets. 28s 3d to 325: medium, 24s fid to 26s 9d; killable and forward conditioned, 21s to 23s 3d. Cattle: Prime medium fat Polled Angus heifers, £to; heavy fat cows, £9 10s to £lO 12s fid; medium cows and heifers. £8 2s 6d to £9 Us; lighter, £fi 10s to £7 ss; killable, £4 18s to £fi 16s; heavy boner cows, £3 15s to £4 8s; medium, £2 2s to £3 6s; light, 30s to £2 2s; sound young cows, £2 l‘ss to £3 10s; choice yearling Jersey heifers, £4 12s; smaller. £3 5s to £3 15s; choice two-year heifers, £4 to 24 Ifis; smaller, £2 15s to £3 10s; grade Jersey heifers, close to pro-fit,, £8 10s to £lO 15s; choice Jersey and Jersey cross hfeifers, £7 10s to £9: medium quality heifers, £6 5s (o £7 15s; poorer a»id smaller heifers, £4 10s to £5 15s; best, heifers in milk. £7 5s lo £8 10s; poorer quality, £4 10s to £6 10s; dairy cows, close lo profit, £6 10s to £8 10s: others, £4 10s to £6; cull cows, £3 5s to £3 15s. Pigs: Choppers. £2 9s to £3 3s; best baconers, £3 19s to £4 3s; lighter and heavy porkers, £2 15s to £3; light porkers, £2 5s to £2 13s; good sows due to farrow, £4 2s 6d to £4 17s fid: Tamworth cross sows, £4 5s to £5 2s fid; older sows. £3 to £3 7s fid; good store pigs. 31s 6d to 37s 6d; smaller. 2fis to 29s 6d; slips, 20s to 24s 6d; weaners, 15s 6d to 17s 6d. Messrs Dalgety and Company, Ltd. Messrs Dalgety and Company, Ltd., report on the sale as follows: An average yarding of cattle came forward, also the advertised line of 150 yearling Polled Angus steers. Fat cattle sold at rates well on a par with ' recent quotations. A pen of 10 very | choice Polled Angus and Herefordcross fat heifers made £ll 2s fid and ! were purchased by Messrs Dendv and Wilkins. The advertised line of Polled Angus yearling steers eame forward in excellent condition, but bidding fell short of the owner’s reserve. One pen of Polled Angus and Herefordcross yearling steers of the above line changed hands at £6. Dairy cattle j were not in demand and In most cases vendors’ reserves \rere not reached. A pen of prime quality fat Polled | Angus and Hereford-cross heifers ! made £ll 2s fid, good heavy Short- I horn cows £7 to £7 7s fid, good heavv ! Jersey cows £6 to £6 10s, ordinary fat Shorthorn cows £5 18s lo £fi, ordi- ! nary fat Jersey cows £5 lo £5 10s, j fresh-conditioned Jersey cows £4 10s > to £5, prime fat Jersey heifers £5 ' 1 fis to £6. fat Jersey heifers £4 10s I lo £5 ss, heavv store cows £3 10s to j £4 ss. boners £2 10s to £3 ss, choice , quality yearling Jersey heifers £4 15s to £4 17s, small ditto £4 10s, goodquality yearling Jersev heifers £3 5s lo £3 Bs. JJnly a small pen of pigs came for- i ward. comprising chiefly stores. Prices were on a par with recent

quotations, good-quality mediumsized store pigs bringing 30s to 31s, small store pigs 25s 6d. Loan and Mercantile Agency. The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company, Ltd., report on the sale as follows: The beef market was very brisk and an improvement In sympathy with the definite advance of last Tuesday was registered. Particularly for several pens of choice quality mixed-bred heifers and some fat Jersey-cross oows, at the commencement, competition was very good. The usual yarding of unfinished and store and boner oows maintained the previous week’s price levels under steady competition of a good bench of buyers. Some yearling heifers, though only plain, commanded bright competition, and realisations were accordingly very satisfactory. Most of the dairies lacked quality, and consequently prices In this department were not out of the ordinary. The advertised line of 150 s.m. ewes and lambs drew a good deal of Interest, and were finally booked at 32s 6d each. Prices for the advertised sow pigs were appreciably better than was expected and all shared in the keen inquiry. Business in the store and weaner section was transacted freely and realisations advanced to the level set at Frankton this week. Prime Hereford heifers made £8 12s fid to £9 12s, heavy Shorthorn heifers £7 15s to £8 7s. medium and Jersey-cross heifers £5 14s to £ fi 12s fid, heavy ditto cows £6 10s to £fi 15s, medium Jersey beef cows £4 17s fid to £5 12s fid, unfinished ditto £3 15s to £4 10s. heavy boners £2 12s fid io £3 Bs, others £2 10s, plain yearling Jersey heifers £3 fis to £3 10s, dairy heifers and cows £7 to £8 10s, Tamworth sows £7 5s to £8 ss, good Berkshire sows £5 15s to £7 10s, other Tamworth-cross sows £5 to £6 15s, medium store pigs 25s to 295, slips to 225, 150 s.m. ewes and lambs 32s 6d. “VERNON” JERSEYS. PEDIGREE CATTLE SALE. VALUES THROUGHOUT FIRM. The disposal of “Vernon” pedigree Jerseys was held at Wharepapa on the farm ‘on Wednesday. Weather conditions were anything but favourable, and this no doubt was reflected in j values realised, although practically a complete clearance was effected satisfactory prices. Continued rain made conditions underfoot most unpleasant, while the cattle were also showing the effect of these conditions. I The stud is one of the most thoroughly | tested establishments in the country land manv animals of outstanding | backing ‘were included in the cata- ! logue. Top price of the sale, 55gns, was received for the splendidly-bred ; sire Vernon Gamboge Just It. a son of j New Zealand’s long -distance cow, , Vernon Cherry Bloom, with nine consecutive records averaging 5361 b fat, the purchaser being Mr N. Gunn, Rukuhia. The main quotations were: Bulls —Beechland’s Royal Chief, j 2 sgns, lo Mr \. M. Keir. Aropuehue, Vernon Gamboge Pedro, 37gns, to Mr E. luung, Matakana; Brampton Es-

telle Gamboge (Imp.), 25gns, to Mr v. Straka, Puhol: Vernon Gamboge Mike, 32gtis. lo Seven Oaks Farm, l’encourt; Vernon Gamboge Paul, I4gus, to Fisher Brothers, Cambridge. Heifers (in calf)—Vernon Estelle’s Idol, 31 gns, to Glendene Farm, Whare - papa: Otterburn Diana, 2figns, to Mr E. Young, Matakana; Otterburn Jessie, 23gns, to Mr T. V. Nutsford, Helens ville: Vernon Estelle’s Lurkv. 18gns, to Mr J. F. Wanhill, ; Vernon Estelle’s Lydia. 20gns. to Mr J. Jones. Auckland; Vernon Estelle’s Bond. 15gns, to Mr G. A. Mills. Ng.-i hinapouri; Vernon Estelle’s Wanda, 15gns, to Glendene Farm, Henderson;

Vernon Estelle’s Norma. 17gns, to Mr I J. A. Miller, Taupaki; Vernon Estelle Joan, 18gns, lo Mr A. G. Newman, Birkenhead; Vernon Foremost Cherry, 17gns, to Glendene Farm. Henderson. Cows—Vernon Premium Rosebud, 18gns, to Mr A. G. Jellyman, Huapai. Pigs—Berkshire boars realised from 2Jgn-s to sgns, Tamworth-cross sows | in farrow, 3Agn-s to 4 tuns; Tamworth- ! cross weaners, 12s to 17s fid. i Tim sale was conducted by the 1 Farmers’ Go-operative Auctioneering ; Company, Lid., in conjunction with the I North ~nd Farmers* Co operaj live. Ltd.

- Kiaas 4 Buyers ox wool, hides, sheep and calf skins, tallow, horsehair, etc. Farmers, bring your wool and oddments for highest prices. Buying stands: Putaruru. Matjunata. Te Am* mutu. Morrinsville sale days.— Ring Phone ?9fi? for !orrv lo rsl! —H Tapp