HIGH VALUES

Waikato Times, Volume 121, Issue 20275, 18 August 1937, Page 13

HIGH VALUES

| ! BEST FOR EIGHT YEARS. FRANKTON STOCK MARKET. SHARP RISE FOR OX BEEF. With bullocks selling up to £l6 17s 6d and to 40s per 100 lb., the most 1 ! buoyant beef market for over eight . years was experienced at the Franki ton selling yards yesterday when local ; and outside butohers competed eagerly for an average entry. Despite the I fact that the quality of the bullocks i was not outstanding, bidding was j animated for the outset, with very I few entries selling below £l2, the I bulk of the sales being effected from I £l4 to £l6 17s 6d. The market was also exceptionally keen In the fat sheep i section and the top price for wethers, j 50/-, was the highest obtained for j many years. Other sections also experienced a buoyant market. It was apparent from the beginning of the ox sale that it would be the best for some considerable time and this impression was consolidated as the auction proceeded. Pens In the early part of the sale iold up to £ls, but this figure was soon bettered, several pens being traded between £l6 and the top price of £l6 17s 6d. Best pens sold from 353 to 40s per 100 lbs., as against 29* to 35s last week. Light-weight cattle that would I have brought a figure In the vicinity of j £9 a few weeks ago were readily ! cleared at £l3. Cows and heifers | were likewise in eager request, but j the advance in this section was not 1 as spectacular as Ihe rise for ox, best j cows and heifers improving hv 10s | per head on last week's advanced rates. The top price of £ls 5s was the best recorded at the yards for years, this figure being realised for a pen of six Hereford heifers. Choloest cows and heifers sold from 33s to 36s pep 100 lb. Plain and secondary cleared at firm to higher rates. Fat Sheep and Pigs. Not for some time has competition been so animated in t\o fat sheep section and the fact that wethers sold to as high as 50s is an Indication of the tone of the market. Quite a good proportion of the wethers on offer made between 44s and 50s, unfinished and fat sorts making from 36s 6d to 88s 9d. Ewes also sold' at advanoed rates, top prloe being 41s, this being the best figure for this class at the yards for a long period. Hoggets were treated readily nnd values were fully firm at, last sale's improved prices. Generally speaking, values over all cl&sses of sheep rose hy approximately 5s per head. Another keen sale was experienced for fat pigs, the entry Including a ! larger proportion of baconers. Baconj ers sold to 925, one of 53 baconers j averaging Just over 90s, while porkers were firm at last week’s rates. Despite an Increased entry, values were better for stores. Prloe Summary. The following table Is a summary

of prices realised for fat slock at the Frankton yards during the past, fortnight:— BEEF (per 100 lb.)

Individual Sales. Top price in the beef sale was ob- j tallied by Air Lambier, of Horotiu, ! whose best pair of bullocks made L 1 6 I 17s 6d, other entries from the same 1 vendor clearing at £l6 15s. Good quality bullocks from Messrs. Nga- , tuku, Limited, of Putaruru, were | traded from £ls 7s 6d to £l6 15s, j eight averaging £l6 2s 6d. Smaller sorts from Mr W. J. Mills, of Ranglrirl, oleared from £l3 17s 6d to £l4 17s' 6d, while those from Mr J. Hannon, d£ 'Cambridge, were knocked down from £l2 17s 6d to £l3 ss. Mr T. M. Hall sold attractive sorts at £l6 12s 6d, while prices ranging from £l3 2s 6d to £l4 7s 6d were obtained for a prime line from Mr F. J. Duck. Another good line was from Mr D. W. Starr, of Ngaruawahia, and this was In keen request from £l2 to £l4 17s 6d. Top price In the cow and heifer beef section was obtained by Mr T. M. Hall, who sold six extra prime four-year-old Here fords at £ls ss. A choice heavy cow from Mr R. G. Griffin sold at £ls 3s, other entries from this vendor selling from £l3 15s to £l3 17s 6d. Cows from Mr J. Hannon sold to £l3 15s and those from Mr W. Bail'd, of Matangi, lo £l3 2s 6d. A good line of oows from Mr Scott, jnr., of Newstead, made from £9 17>s 6d to £l2. Top price of 50s for choice wethers was obtained for those from Messrs. Van Houtte and Nowlette, of Te Akau. These vendors have topped the market consistently during the past month. Those vendors also obtained the top price for ewes, namely, 4is. Mr V. L. Has, of To Uku, was another vendor to obtain 50s for wethers. A good line of wethers from Mr J. King, of Te Aroha, was in request at prices ranging from 47s to 495. A line from Mr Neil Reid made to 455, ewes from the same vendor changing hands at 36s 6d. For a fine of attractive hoggets Mr F. Vosper, of Piarere, received 355. In the fat pig section Mr R. E. Farrow, of Waitoa, sold a line of 53 baconers at ail average of 90s 6d. Farmers’ Auctioneering Co. The Farmers’ Co-operative Auctioneering Company, Ltd., report on the sale as follows:—A medium entry of fat sheep created good competition, and a substantial rise in values resulted, especially for well-finished wethers. Fat hoggets were also in demand and heavy sheep showed a further increase in values. AH classes of store sheep sold readily, store hoggets especially showing an improvement. A full offering uf both ox and cow beef sold under particularly brisk competition and values were again in excess of last week’s high rates. Individual consignments of ox beef, including a line of seven prime steers from Mr Lambier, of Te Kowhai, sold up to £l6 17s Gd, and averaged £l6 4s Gd. Steers from Mr T. M. Hall, Ohaupo Road, sold at £l6 12s Gd, while medium prime Hereford cows, offered on account of Mr John Scott, of Newstead, sold up to £l2, and averaged £ll 17s 6d. Boner cows sold on a par with late rates, while a small offering of dairy heifers met with a ready sale. For a larger yarding of fat pigs than last week, competition was again keen and late quotations were fully maintained. There was a heavy yarding of stores and weaners with large stores again in good demand, selling at unchanged late quotations, while weaners showed a slight rise in values. Sheep.—Prime fat wethers, 40s to 455; medium, 36s Gd to 395; light and unfinished, 32s Gd to 355; fat ewes, 32s Gd to 36s Gd; second quality, 25s Gd to 28s Gd; kiilablc ewes, 18s to 23s Gd; fat black-faced hoggets, 27s to 355; fat Romney hoggets, 27s Gd to 31s Gd; lighter, 22s Gd to 25s Gd; breeding ewes, 31s'; fat and forward Romney wether hoggets, 25s Gd to 27s Gd; store Romney hoggets, 22s to 245; mixed ewe hoggets, 24s Gd to 29s 4d. Cattle.—Heavy prime steers, £l6 5s to £l6 17s Gd; medium, £l4 7s Gd to I £l4 17s Gd; light. £l3 2s Gd to £l3 15s; small killable steers, £lO to £ll 15s; medium prime Hereford ecus, £lO 17s Gd to £l2; heavy prime cows, £9 17s Gd to £ll 15s; medium, £8 12s to £9 2s Gd; light, £6 to £7 7s Gd; kil- i table cows, £4 7s Gd to £5 12s; boner cows, £2 10s to £3 15s; forward conditioned Shorthorn and Friesian cows, J cross heifers, close to profit. £8 to i | Jersey heifers/in miik. £7 10s to £S. | j Pigs.—Medium baconers, £3 15s to £4; light. I*3 0s to £3 1 Is; heavy pork- ' ers. I Gd; good wc'mk’Vs, 20s (c/i* is~od /smiilI lor, 13s Gd to 18s Gd. ! Loan and Mercantile Agency. j (ilc Agency. Company. Lid., report, for \ the previous week's high cattle values j i in tho bulk, of unfinished class hoof I cows, all of which sold remarkably well. Rates for a number of venlj ers wore also above expectations. The j j wore accorded good com pot it ionyvh i le j ' and Hereford" 1 fat lows' I ! condition only, realise,l |Y,.,„ As to ■£lo 10s: good Holstein and Polled An j ! gus fat cows. £9 10s l o £lO 10s; f;i j r ! ! conditioned ditto. £S i„ XV: unfinished i Imh f cows. £5 15s lo £7 3s; unfinished ! j spects about normal. Included were j J some choice quality wethers and J

ewes, and the hogget offering also was representative. Exceedingly brisk competition was forthcoming and almost record price levels were reached. A pen of 18 particularly prime wethers, offered on account Messrs. Van Houtte and Nollett, of Te Uku, was divided between several local butchers at die outstanding price of £2 10s; the same vendors being paid £2 Is each for a pen of 18 heavy fat ewes, which were purchased by Mr N. M. Davidson. Other prices were correspondingly up and the hoggets also rose perceptibly in values. Altogether an excellent sale of sheep is reported. Extra prime fat wethers made £2 5s to £2 10s; medium ditto, £1 _l6s to £2 4s; lighter ditto, up to £1 15s; heavy fat ewes, £1 16s to £2 Is; medium fat ewes, £1 Us to £1 14s; lighter class ewes, £1 8s to £1 Us; fat hoggets, £1 15s to £2; medium ditto, £1 10s to £1 14s; light, up to £1 9s. The supply of baconers was usual with fewer of heavy quality being entered. Most were porkers. Late rates obtained with a good firm enquiry throughout. Store and weaner pigs, although yarded in full numbers, drew animated bidding right through the sale and prices were, if anything, better than the recently advanced rate. Medium baconers realised £3 10s to £3 lGs; light baconers, £3 5a to £3 10s; heavy porkers, £2 11s to £2 16s; medium ditto, £2 2s to £2 10s; light, up to £2 2s; best store pigs, £1 16s to £2; medium ditto, £1 10s to £1 15s; slips, £1 5s to £1 lUs; weaners, 16s to 21s; small, up to 15s. Messrs. G. W. Yercoe and Co. Messrs. G. W. Vercoe and Company, Ltd., report on the sale as follows: The yarding of fat sheep was an average one and all classes met with a keen demand at rates considerably in advance of those of last week. Heavy prime wethers sold from 45s to 50s; medium prime, 40s to 445; light fat wethers, 38s to 39s Gd; heavy prime ewes, 36s to 39s Gd; med-

ium weights, 33s to 355; light, 30s to 325; unfinished, 27s to 29s Gd; heavy prime hoggets, 30s to 335; heavy, 28s to 29s Gd; medium weights, 26s to 27s Gd; light and unfinished, 23s to 255. M A full entry of calves sold on a par with last week's quotations. Heavy runners sold from £5 5s to £6 16s; S | others, £4 5s to £5; heavy voalers, £3 la 5s to £4; medium, £2 10s to £3; small "J calvers, 25s to £2 ss. The demand for v . an average yarding of ox beef was h. very keen and a ready sale resulted at advanced rates. One truck of mod-ium-weight Polled Angus bullocks ex si Mr J. s. -Mills, of Rangiriri averaged m slightly over £ls. A draft of prime tu two-year Polled Angus bullocks ex m Mr J. llannon. of Cambridge, sold to sl £l3 17s Cd. Medium-weight fat bul- hi locks brought £l4 17s Gd to £ls 10s; *' light-weights, £l2 17s Gd to £l3 17s aI 6d. Cow and heifer beef again met p(

with an exceptionally keen demand and prices advanced. For the best of his draft of 12 prime cows and heifers Mr R. G. Griffon, of Tauwhare, received £ls 3s. Polled Angus cows ex Mr W. Bird, sold to £l3 2s Gd, and for the best of his draft Mr T. M. Hall, of Hamilton, received £l3. Heavy prime cows sold from £l3 15s to £ls 3s; lighter prime, £l2 10s to £l3; heavy fat cows, £lO t.o £ll 10s; medium weights, £9 5s to £9 15s;

light, £7 15s to £8 12s Gd; heavy r \ prime Jersey cows, £9 5s to £lO 7s £ Gil; medium weights, £7 10s to £8 10s; i£ light, i'G 15s to £7 ss. Store cattle w were penned in full numbers and sold at late rates. Empty two-year Jcr- (il m*v heifers realised from £1 to £4 u 1.. £4 2s ; small mixed co!o,,ied steer calves, to l‘l; two-year Polled Angus cross heifers, to U>; forward-condi-tioned Shorthorn and Friesian cows, £5 10s to £6 others, VI lo £5 ss; ~ £2* IT-. Dairy cattle wore penned in n a bench < : T buyJoTbackward and unsound. VI to V 6 10s; good n unlit y Jersey heifers , l; ex' mV'r.' f" Farrow, of W.ult. averaged VI 10,-. Heavy baconers made u Messrs. Dalgety and Co.. I.ld. , C p'vr/;' ior... r. aio --H a • filhprs I

23s Sd to 24s 9d. A small cattle yarding was offered, prices realised being the highest for some time. A truck of light prime bullocks from Messrs. Ngatuku, Ltd., averaged £l6 3s, and a pen of six prime Hereford heifers, on account of Mr T. M. Hall, averaged £ls. Prime heavy fat bullocks sold from £l6 15s to £l6 17s Gd; prime bullocks. £ls 17s t>d to £IG; prime Hereford heifers, £l4 16s to £ls ss; heavy fat Jersey cows, £7 to £8 ss; heavy fat Jersey heifers, £8 15s to £lO ss; medium fat Jersey cows, £5 10s to £6 ss. No heavy vealers wero yarded. Small made 17s to 20s; boner cows, £2 14s to £3 18s; store cows, £4 5s to £5 2s 6d. For a full yarding of dairy cattle prices were much better than last week. Medium Jersey heifers, ■lose tu profit, brought £7 5s to £8 10s; more backward sorts, £6 5s to £6 15s; Jersey cows close to profit, £7 5s to £7 15s; backward sorts, £5 5s to £6 ss; calved Jersey heifers, £6 15s to £B. A heavier yarding of fat pigs than usual came forward and competition for prime top weight buttermilk baconers excelled previous quotations. Store pigs maintained spirited competition, while weaners were slightly .azier than usual. Medium heavy baconers realised £3 10s to £3 18s; baconers, £3 2s to £3 10s; light ditto, £2 18s to £3 2s; heavy buttermilk pigs, £2 12s to £2 18s; heavy' porkers, £2 8s to £2 15s; medium ditto, £2 to £2 Ss; light ditto, 35s to £2; small ditto, 30s to 355; large store pigs, £2 to i‘2 os; medium ditto, 35s to £2; small store pigs, 30s to 355; best slips, 25s lo 325; medium ditto, 2gs to 275; small ditto, 18s to 225; best weaners, 22s Gd to 25s Gd; medium ditto, 20s to 22s Gd; small ditto, 15s to 20s. RANGIRIRI STOCK SALE. New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company, Ltd., report as follows on their Kangiriri stock sale on Monday:— The yarding was a medium-sized one but comprised for the most part only plain quality cattle. There no heavy beef yarded, the supply in this section consisting of some medium to good class cattle and stores and boners and a number of large pens of rough class Holstein cross store cows. The market, generally speaking, was brisk and quotations remained equal to -those of last week. A few pens of mediocre dairies sold satisfactorily. Medium Hereford beef cows made £6 to £7 10s; medium fat Jerseys, £4 17s 6d to £5 15s; unfinished Jersey beef cows, £3 10s to £4 10s; store calf cows, £3 2s 6d to £3 10s; boners, £2 2s 6d to £3; Friesian crpss rough conditioned store cows and heifers, 47 at £4; plain dairy cows, £5 10s to £6 15s. TAUPIRI PIG SALE. New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company, Ltd., report as fol lows on their Taupiri pig sale held on Monday:— Stable values obtained in the fat section where medium numbers were handled. Most were average baconers and porkers. Bidding was brisk with a full bench of buyers operating. As at other centres stores and weaners were freely sought and prices were to the advantage of vendors. All changed hands. Heavy baconers sold from £3 15s to £4 6s; medium ditto, £3 5s to £3 12s Gd; light, £3 to £3 ss; heavy porkers, £2 12s Gd to £3; medium ditto, £2 9s to £2 12s Gd; light, £1 15s to £2 8s; good store pigs, 30s to 33s Gd; medium, 25s to 30s; slips, 21s to 255; weaners, lGs to 20s; small ditto, up to lSs.^

Tills week. Last week. Extra prime OX 33/-to 40/- 29/-to 35/Prune ox . 29/- to 32/ - 2 6/- to 23/* Extra choice young cows and heifers . 83/-to 36/- 30/- to 35-- j Prime cows . 25/-to 29/- 24/-to 27/* j Second quality cows .... 19/-to 23/- 18/- to 22,MUTTON (per head). Extra prime wethers .. 44/-to 50/- 38/9 to 44/ 3 Fat wethers . 40/-to 42/6 36/-to 37/0 wethers . 36/6 to 38/9 29/-to 33/3 ; Shorn wethers 30/Lxtra prime ewes ... 34/6 to 41/- 30/- to 34/6 Fat ewes .. 28/- to 32/6 22/-to 29. - ewes 18/- to 25/- 18/- to 2 1/Shorn ewes . 2 4/5 Fat hoggets . 30/6 to 35/- 23/6 to 39 - Lighter .. 22/6 to 27/6 PIGS (par head). Baconers .. 60/-to 92/- 60/-to 93/Porkers .. 40/-to 60/- 4 0/- to 60/Weaners .. 10/- to 23/- 10/- to 25/6 Slips 24/- to 30/- 22/-to 27/Large stores . 34/- to 42/- 32/- to 40. -