SMALL BEEF SUPPLY

Waikato Times, Volume 122, Issue 20498, 14 May 1938, Page 10

SMALL BEEF SUPPLY

LARGE ENTRY OF STORES 1 1 < MARKET AT MORRINSVILLE r Beef was in small supply at the I weekly Morrinsville stock sale yes- 1 terday when a feature of the sale was 1 the larger penning of store cattle, j 1 All classes of cow beef sold readily, j 1 top pens being quoted from £7 19s to i 1 £8 17s, with others clearing from £4 j 18s to £0 Is. Both boners and stores j < were in good request and late rates ! ; were generally repeated for these i < classes. Fewer dairy cattle were j ] forward, but prices were again satis- ; factory, Jersey cows selling from £6 I ; to £ll 15s and heifers from £9 5s j to £lO. Few well-finished baconers were | ; available in the fat pig section, the full entry comprising mainly porkers | and unfinished baconers. The demand j was again a keen one and no difficulty was experienced in obtaining values equivalent to late rates. Store pigs were also traded readily at late j rates. Farmers’ Auctioneering Co. The Farmers’ Co-operative Auctioneering Company, Limited, report on the sale as follows: — A small yarding of beef cows and a large entry of boner and store cows met with steady competition and realised fully up to late rates. A full entry of store cattle sold readily, whilst a small entry of dairy cattle created keen competition- A full yarding of all classes of pigs came forward. In the fat section the entry comprised mostly porkers and unfinished baconers, for which competition was keen and prices realised were on a par with recent quotations. Stores and weaners sold fully up to late rates, with a full bench of buyers operating. Quotations : Cattle.—Medium prime Polled Angus cows £7 9s to £8 17s, light Hereford heifers £8 17s fid, heavy Shorthorn and Friesian cows £5 13s to £fi Is, heavy Jersey cows £5 2s to £5 tfis, medium quality cows £4 12s to £4 18s, heavy boner cows £3 16s to £4 Bs, boner cows £3 to £3 12s, light boner cows £2 5s to £2 17s 6d, eanner cows 29s to 38s, potter bulls £6 5s to £fi 15s, 2-year empty Jersey heifers £2 lfis to £3 18s, yearling Jersey heifers £3 15s, mixed-coloured yearling steers £2 Bs. springing Jersey rows £6 to £ll ss, springing Jersey heifers £9 15s to £lO. Pigs.—Choppers £2 tts to £3 lfis, herd bao'.nei > £i 2s to £ i Os, heavy k _3 18s to £» I is. medium £3 10s to I Os. liirlit £3 3s to £3 Bs. unflnMip.i £2 15s to £3 2s, heavy porkers £•2 s Io £2 12s, medium £2 2s to £2 • os. i:arht 30s to £2. unfinished 28s to Us, >rge stores 23s to 275, me.limn 17s fid to 2 is. slips 12s fid to 15s 6d, . st weaners 9s Gd to 12s, others 3s to 8s sd, Berkshire boar £3 3s. Messrs Dalgety and Company Messrs Dalgety and Co., Ltd., rcj port on the sale as follows: — f j There was a good yarding of cattle \ tnd a small yarding of pigs. ComI , . tit ion was keen throughout before {a good bench of buyers, and late mar-

I 1‘ ket rates were fully maintained. Quotations: — Cattle. —Good fat Ayrshire heifers I£7 5s to £7 12s, young Jersey and Jersey-cross cows and heifers £5 15s to £G 12s fid; forward condition Shorthorn and Jersey-cross cows £-i 15s to £5 12s »'•*!. good boners £3 15s to £ , lfK fid, others 30s to £5 10s according to weight and condition. Jpotti . ills £3 10s ; 1 £6 i~. | Piss. —Light baconers £3 to 13 ss. 210 s, n - | dnmi do. £2 fis to £2 Ids, light do. j 3Ss to £2 2s, store pigs 10s to ISs.