ALL ROUND ADVANCE

Waikato Times, Volume 121, Issue 20269, 11 August 1937, Page 13

ALL ROUND ADVANCE

MARKET AT FRANKTON. PRIME HEIFERS MAKE TO £l4NEW HIGH LEVEL FOR BACONBRS. A further all-round advance was made at the Frankton stock sale yesterday when In some sections the values which ruled were the highest at the central yards for 6ome years. The bidding in all sections was more spirited than for a considerable time, especially in the fat cattle section, where animated competition w r as forthcoming for the average offering. The ox beef pens contained no extra prime lots but several pens of | young oattle showed good quality, j while for heavy steers up to £l4 10s i was made. Some very choice qual- | lty cattle was represented in the cow i and heifer beef section, and one of I the highest prices realised in this section for many years was made by a line of Hereford oattle from Mr T. M. Hall, of Hamilton. Prices in this section were generally above £'ll. A smaller yarding of boner sorts was quitted at unchanged rates, while store cattle were still in request. The entry of dairy cattle was only of average quality but highly satisfactory values were realised, best young cattle making to £9 10s, with later calvers from £5 10s up. Several good pens of wethers and ewes were in request in the sheep section where an average entry was on offer. For wethers market rates advanced approximately 6d per head, while ewes were also slightly dearer. Woolly hoggets sold exceptionally well with the choicest pens meeting the market at 395. Store sheep were unchanged. The high rates ruling last week for fat pigs were easily eclipsed, when ! heavy baconers from Mr K. Gifford, jof Te Uku, were disposed of after spirited bidding for £4 13s. The majority of the heavy descriptions were quitted at prices in the vicinity of £4, and lighter sorts ranged from £3 ss. Good quality was offered in the porker pens where improved values were obtained. All store lines w r ere firm of sale and choppers were

cleared readily at from £2 7s to £3 198Stock Quotations. BEEP (per 100 lb.)

Individual Consignments. W. J. Mill (Rangiriri) sold heavy Holstein steers at £l4 10s, Red Polls at £lB 12s 6d and lighter Polled Angus at £l2 10s, while for a line of prime oattle J. Scott (Newstead) was the vendor at £'l4 ss; £l2 10s was the figure made for steers from F. J. Duck, of Te Kowdiai. Lighter wellfinished -cattle from E. H. Wayne (Glenooe Farm) realised from £l2 7s to £l2 14s. Prime Hereford heifers on aooount of T. M. Hall, Hamilton, went to the bid of £l3, while for fat ■cows the same vendor obtained from £ll 08 to £l2. A line of particularly choioe Shorthorn cows from J. Scott (Newstead) sold at £l3 4s. Quality was well represented in a draft of wethers from Van iHoutte and Nowlett which met the market at 44s 3d, with another offering from the same source at 6d below this figure. A. W- and J. R. Moore sold wethers at 38s 9d, and sheep from E. F. Peacocke also met the market at this figure. Hinton Bros., of Eureka, found a market for wethers at 39-s 3d. Ewes ex D. E. Finlayson (Tuhikaramea) were good buying at 34s 6d, while C. G. Johnstone obtained 6d less for well-framed ewes. J. H. Taylor sold fat woolly hoggets at 325, while W. H. Baker quitted a line at 27s 9d. Farmers* Auctioneering Company. The Farmers’ Go-operative Auctioneering Company, Limited, report on the sale as follows: — For a short yarding of fat sheep values showed an improvement from Is 6d to 2s per head. Fat lambs met with good competition, which was supplemented by buyers of store hoggets, values remaining very firm at last week's rates. Store sheep of all classes met with a keen demand, hoggets being particularly sought, while breeding ewes attracted good competition; Ox beef was penned in medium numbers, and met with a keen enquiry at rates in advance of those ruling last week. Two well-finished bullooks sold on aooount of Mr T. M. Hall, realised £l4; medium-weight steers from Glenooe Farm, Hamilton, sold from £l2 Is to £l2 14s; light prime steers on aooount of a olient, from £ll to £l2 2s. Cow beef was penned in smaller numbers, and in j consequence prices showed a substantial rise on recent sales. One truck of prime Polled Angus oows sold on account of Mr R. F. Hall, Walton, realised £lO to £ll 13s, and averaged £ll 6s. Second quality and ■fat Jersey cows also met with spirited bidding and in -some cases prices were 30s per head better than last week. Boners came forward in smaller numbers, and realised schedule rates. Dairy cattle met with a good demand and sold at recent prices. For a medium yarding of fat pigs competition was very keen throughout and prices realised were in advance of previous sales. A pen of good quality baooners sold on aocount of Mr K. Gifford, Te Uku, realised the reoord prioes of £4 13s, this being the highest figure for -baconers at Frankton for a number of years. Store pigs were yarded in good numbers, and met with steady competition -from a large bench of buyers, while a medium yarding of weaners sold at values well above late quotations. Quotations: — Sheep.—Prime fat wethers, 36s 9d to 38s 9d; unfinished, 30s 9d to 31s 6d; late shorn wethers. 27s 3d; heavy prime ewes, 29s 9d to 34s 6d; unfinished, 21s 3d; fat woolly whitefaced lambs, 27s 6d to 325; smaller, 24s to 26s 6d; fat black-faced lambs, 24s to 27s 6d; small and unfinished, 21s 6d to 235; white-faced store wether (hoggets, 25s to 27s 6d; smaller, 22s 6d to 245; black-faced store hoggets, 19s t,o 22s 3d; best ewe hoggets in wool, 395; smaller and late shorn, 29s 9d to 325; Corriedale Romney Cross ewes, 28s 3d; mixed age ewes, 30s; aged ewes, 20s; cull ewes, 9s. Cattle.—Heavy fat bullocks, to £l4; medium, £l2 2s to £l2 14s; light, £ll to £l2 Is; prime Polled Angus cows, £ll to £ll 13s; medium, to £10; heavy Jersey cows, £8 7s 6d to £9; medium second quality cows, £6 12s 6d to £7 15s; light fat cows, £5 10s to £6 2s; empty store cows, £5 6s to £6 6s; heavy -boners, £3 4s to £3 18s; light, 27s 6d to £2 12s; Jersey Cross springing heifers, £8 15s to £9 ss; later calvers, £6 5s to £7 10s; Jersey cows, springing, £6 to £6 10 s. Pigs.—Best baconers, £4 2s to £4 13s; medium, £3 15s to £4; light, £3 to £3 11s; heavy porkers, £2 10s to £2 16s; medium, £2 5s to £2 9s; light, 39s to £2 4s; large stores, 37s to £2 Is; smaller, 33s 6d to 365; slips, 25s to 32s 6d; good weaners, 17s 6d to 245; smaller, 11s to 16s; Tamworth sows, to farrow, £3 10s to £5; smaller and backward, £3 2s 5d to £3 ss. Messrs. Q. W. Vercoe & Co. Messrs. G. W. Vercoe and Company, Limited, report on the sale as follows: The fat sheep entry was a small one and consisted chiefly of prime quality, for which prices were firmer. Unfinished sheep were also In demand. while an average yarding of hoggets met with a ready sale. top price in the wether section was again received by Messrs. Van ITouttc and Nollett, of Te Uku, whose entry , of 54 heavy prime wethers sold from 42s fid to 445. One pen of prime wethers ex Mr Geo. Jamieson, of Horo- , tui. averaged fi9s 6.1; 55 good quality wethers ex Messrs. Hinton Bros., of Eureka, sold to 39s fid. A draft of 109 medium-weight wethers ex Messrs. Wilson Bros., of Waimai, - sold to fi7s 6d. Heavy prime wethers sold to 445; prime medium weights, 37s to 39s 6d; lighter. fiC.s to 36s 9d; light, 34s to 35s fid; store L wethers, to 29s 6d; heavy prime ewes, 30s to 34s 6d; heavy, 2Ss to 29s Gd; medluin- v 'sight, *26* to 27s

6d; light and unfinished, 22s to 25s 6d; heavy prime hoggets, 29s to 325; heavy, 27s to 28s 6d; mediumweights, 26s to 26s 9d; light and unfinished, 23s to 255.

A small yarding of calves cleared at Very satisfactory prices. Light j. runners sold to £4 15s; good vealers, £8 10s to £4 ss; others, to £3 ss; small calves, 25s to £2 10s. A spirited demand existed for a small yarding of ox beef and prices firmed. Eight heavy fat bullocks, ex Mr W. J. Mills, of Rangirlri, sold to £l4 10s; prime lighter bullocks,* ex Mr John Scott, of Newstead, sold to £l4 ss; heavy fat bullocks, £l4 to £l4 10s; prime light-weight bullocks, £l3 to £l3 12s 6d; light-weights, £ll to £l2 10s. The keen demand experienced In the ox beef section was also In evidence for an average entry of cow and heifer beef, and prices were considerably In advance of those of last week. Prime cows, ex Mr John Scott, of Newstead, sold to £l3 4s; heavy Polled Angus and Hereford cows, ex Mr T. M. Hall, of Hamilton, sold to £l2, and for medium-weight cattle Mr J. Steele, of Rukuhia, £lO 17s 6d was obtained. Heavy prime cows brought £l2 to £lB 4s; heavy fat cows, £lO to £ll 10s; mediumweights, £9 to £9 15s; light, £8 5s to £8- 17s 6d; medium-weight heifers, to £ll 4's; light, to £9 16s; prime fat Jersey heifers, £8 10s to £9 9s; light, £7 to £8; heavy fat jersey cows, £8 to £9 10s; light, £6 10s to £7 10s. An average yarding of store cattle advanced in price. Forward conditioned Shorthorn and Friesian cows made £5 15-s to £6 10s; others, to £5 10s; yearling Jersey heifers £3 10s to £4 2s; small cross-bred heifers, £2 to £2 15s; empty two-year Jersey heifers, £3 to £3 18s; heavy boners, £3 to £4; others, 35s to £2 15s. Dairy cattle met with a belter demand than that of the previous week and practically a total clearance was effected. Good quality Jersey heifers early calvers) sold from £7 10s to £8 ss; others, to £7; Jersey and Jersey cross oows (early calvers), £7 to £8 2s 6d; more backward, to £6 10s. A small entry of fat pigs sold readily at advanced rates; heavy baconers sold £3 15s to £4 2s; mediumweights, £3 12s to £3 14s; light, £3 3s to £3 10s; heavy porkers, £2 15s to £8; medium-weights, £2 10s to £2 14s; light, £2 2s to £2 Bs. The yarding of store pigs was a large one, and prices, If anything, were firmer. Good stores sold from 38s to £2 4s; others, 85s to 375; slips, 26s to 345; best weaners, 25s to 30s; others, to 28s; sows In pig, to £5 10s. Loan and Mercantile Agenoy. The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agenoy Company, Limited, report on the sale as follows: Very modorate entries of both fats and stores were yarded, hut there was some choioe beef quality among the former. Prices for both ox and cow and heifer beef advanced again sharply and vendors reaped a substantial margin over last week’s higher rates. For a pen of four prime Hereford heifers we offered on account of Mr P. M. Hall, the price of £l4 5s per head was the highest registered for fat heifers for some considerable time. Two others from the same vendor were purchased by Mr F. Woodhall at £l3 each. Under strong competition the store and boner cow values remained stable at last week’s realisations. Medium fat bullocks made £l2 10s; prime Hereford heifers, £l3 to £l4 ss; very plain fat Jersey rows, £4 to £5 15s; unfinished ditto, up to £4 12s 6d; Btores, £3 10s to £4 2s 6d; boners, £2 15s to £3 7s 6d; others, up to £2 14s. The values In the sheep seotion showed very little variation from last week. The entry was about average and hoggets, wethers and ewes being all represented. The advertised white-faced store wether hoggets created very keen bidding and sold exceptionally well. Medium fat wethers realised 32s 6d to 36s 6d; others, 27s 6d to 31s; extra prime ewes made 38s; fat ewes, 23s to 265; light fat hoggets, 24s to 24s 6d; pen of blackfaced store hoggets, 245; pen of 91 white-faced store wether hoggets, 27s id; pen of small mouth ewes, 80s. Exporters paid up to recent prices for fat pigs, the yarding of which was fairly small. Young pigs came forward in extra large numbers and this no doubt accounted for a perceptible slackening in the demand towards the end. However, most of the .yarding realised prices quite as good as last week’s high standard. 'Heavy baconers sold up to £4 9s; medium baconers, £3 18s to £4 7s; light baconers, £3 19s to £3 17s; heavy porkers, £2 18s to £3 6s; medium porkers, £2 9s to £2 16s; light porkers up to £2 4%; heavy stores up to £2; weaners, 18s to 22s 6d; slips, 24s to 30s. Messrs. Dalgety and Company, Ltd. Messrs. Dalgety and Company, Limited, report on the sale as follows : A medium yarding of fat wethers snd a small yarding of fat ewes came forward, prices being fully 2s up on last week. The fat lamb pens were well filled with good quality lambs and sold readily. We yarded no extra heavy wethers. Medium-weight wellfatted wethers, 37s 6d to 38s 9d; light fat wethers, 33s 6d to 35s 9d; medium fat ewes, 29s 9d to 32s 6d; extra heavy fat lambs, 32s to 38s 9d; fat Jambs, 24s 6d to 26s Gd; good white-faced wether hoggets, 23s 6d to 2is 9d; small ditto, 21s 6d to 22s 3d; small white-faced ewe hoggets, 28s to 295; mixed aged ewes running with Southdown rams, 325; four and five-year ewes, 32s 6d. There was a very small yarding of fat cattle and prices soared for all good quality sorts. Prime bullocks sold well, but prime heifers and cows were fully 2s per head better than last week; medium-weight fat Shorthorn bullocks, £ll 7s Gd to £l3; unfinished Shorthorn steers, £8 2s 0d to £9 17s 6d; heavy fat oows, £9 5s to £lO 15s; lighter sorts, £7 5s to £8 7a 6d; boner cows, £3 5s to £3 15s; young veal calves, 30s to £2 9s. Fresh-conditioned three-year Polled Angus steers, £9 10s; yearling Polled Angus steers, £6 13s; yearling Polled Angus heifers, small, £3 10s to £4 8s; yearling Jersey heifers, £3 10s to £3 17s Gd. For a small yarding of dairies competition was good throughout. Forward heifers, quality. made £8 15s to £9 10s; medium Jersey heifers, close to profit, £7 to £8; small and backward heifers, £4 5s to £5 15s; fair quality young cows, £7 to £B. A medium yarding of fat pigs with a full yarding of stores was offering. Fat pigs were in keen demand and the lop price realised was £i 13s on one pen of baconers. Store pigs met with very keen demand ami a highly satisfactory salo resulted. We did not yard any baconers. Medium porkers brought £2 5s 1o £2 10s; light porkers, £2 1 o £2 ss; small ditto, £l 15s , to £2: choppers, light. £2 lo £2 10s; sows to farrow. £3 10s to £ « 15s; sows and litters, small, £! 2s 6d to £5; medium store pigs. £1 13s to £1 17s; small store pigs, £1 8s lo £1 13s; best slips, £1 6s lo £1 JOs; medium slips. £1 lo £1 ss: l.esi weaners. choice, £1 12s lo £1 I'is f.d: bes| weaners, smaller, £1 10s lo £1 12s; best weaners, £1 2s to £1 7s; medium, ditto, £1 to £1 2s; amall and weedy 12s to 15s.

CAMBRIDGE STOCK SALE. The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company, Limited, report as follows on their Cambridge stock sale, held on Monday:— in quality there was nothing unusual In the fat and store cattle section, the majority of the entering being unfinished Jersey class cows, but prices were distinctly better in line with tho improvement in prices at Frankton last wpek. A good bench of buyers was -bidding and boners and stores as well as the forward fat cows realised prices showing an all round hardening tendency. Medium Jersey cross beef cows made £5 17s 6d to £■6 12s 6d # unfinished Jersey fat cows, £4 5s to £5 7s 6d; stores, £3 10s to £4 2s 6d; heavy boners, £2 16s to £3 7s 6d; others, up to £2 15s; a few plain heifers made up to £3 Bs. The quality of dairy cattle was mostly fair with a small representation of younger better conditioned cows scattered throughout. A particularly large attendence of buyers was competing and a really bright sale ensued. Practically everything found buyers and, as usual, of course, the more attractive ones made comparatively higher values. Medium to good types dairy oows brought £9 i'ss to £l3; ordinary sorts, £7 10s to £8 15s; backward and poorer quality dairies, up to £7 10s. The supply of porker and baconer pigs was fairly moderate, but the store and weaner pigs were well filled. The latter classes sold very freely and the general level of prices was, If anything, above the improved quotations of last week. All sold and the lively competition was consistent throughout. Light porkers made £2 3s to £2 11s; large store pigs, £1 16s to £t 19s 6d; medium store pigs, £1 12s 6d to £1 15s; slips. £1 6s to £1 10s; weaners, 18s to 22s 6d; inferior ditto, up to 17s 6d. In the sheep section only a small number of hoggets was handled and these brought up to 34s 3d.

This week. Last week. Prime ox >. Plain and 28/6 to 33/28/- to 32/Inferior ox Extra choice 20/6 to 25/youngr cows and heirers 30/- to 32/26/- to 31/Prime cows . Second quality 23/- to 26/22/- to 25/cows 18/- to 21/-18/-to 21/MUTTON (per head). Extra prime wethers 38/9 to 44/3 36/- to 41/6 Fat wethers Unfinished 86/- to 37/6 32/6 to 34/6 wethers Extra prime 29/- to 33/3 80/-to 32/ewes 80/- to 84/6 29/- to 33/Fat ewes .. Unfinished 22/- to 29/23/- to 28/ewes 18/-to 21/17/- to 20/f 1 23/6 to 39/PIGS (per head) Baconers .« 60/- to 93/60/- to 83/Porkers 40/- to 60/40/- to 58/Weaners 10/-to 26/6 10/- to 25/6 Sltpe 22/- to 27/22/- to 26/Larye stores 32/- to 40/-32/-to 40/-