FIRM MARKET

Waikato Times, Volume 122, Issue 20501, 18 May 1938, Page 13

FIRM MARKET

BRIGHTER REEF SALE DEMAND AT FRANKTON higher values for sheep Better values for fat sheep and cattle with the demand again keen for fat pigs were features of the Frankton stock market yesterday, when lighter to moderate entries were forward. Butchers were present In full numbers and provided brisk competition. A better supply of ox beef was forward and the qu’ality also showed an improvement. A top price of £l4 was secured, but prices for the best cattle usually ranged from £l2 2s to £l3 7s 6d, with lighter sorts clearing from £9 10s to £ll. The price per 100 lb. for top pens approximated 39s acainsf 38s fid last week. The entry of cows and heifers was again of mixed quality, with occasional choice pens. Attractive cattle made from £7 to £8 10s with a few odd choice sorts changing hands at prices ranging to £lO 14s. An overflow entry of calves was forward, an animated demand resulting in appreciated values being returned. Sheep and Pigs Better quality welhers than last week were available and they were not slow fo change hands at slightly higher values. A top price of 36s 6d was secured for an extra choice pen. while other top lines were quoted from 32s fo 355. Last week lop lines made from 32s to 3 4s. Ewes were also In better request and were frequently dearer, choice sorts making from 22* fid to 24s 9d against 20s 6d to 2is last week. An improved market was also experienced for lambs, which were knocked down from 18s fid to 24s fid.

A smaller entry of fat pigs was eagerly sought at values representing fully late rates, baconers being traded from fifis to 88s and porkers from 30s to fi3s. Light-weight pork, however, was sometimes a little easier. Advanced prices were realised for all classes of store pigs. Price Summary The following table is a summary of prices realised for fat stock at the Frankton yards during the past fortnight:— BEEF (per 1001 b) This week Last week Extra prime ox 37/-to 39/- 37/- to 38/6 Prime ox . 31/6 to 36/- 31/6 to 35/6 Plain and Inferior ox . 24/-to 29/- 24/-to 297Extra choice young cows and heifers 31/-to 34/- 31/-to 33/6 Prime COWS . 25/-to 30/- 25/-to 307Second quality cows .... 23/-to 35/- 23/- to 25/MUTTON (per head) Extra prime wethers .. 33/-to 36/6 32/-to 347Fat wethers . 29/6 to 32/- 29/-to 31/Unflntshed wethers .. 26/-to 28/- 26/-to 27/9 Extra prime ewes ... 22/6 to 24/9 20/6 to 247Fat ewes . 19/6 to 21/6 18/-to 19/6 Unfinished ewes 13/6 to 17/- 12/-to 15/6 Fat lambs . 18/6 to 24/6 18/-to 227PIGS (per head) Baconers .. 66/-to 88/- 66/-to 88/Forkers .. 30/-to 63/- 30/-to 63/Weaners .. 8/-to 15/- 5/-to 12/?Ups 20/- to 25/- 13/- to 18/Large stores . 27/-to 31/6 24/-to 287Individual Sales Top market value for steers was £l4 and this was secured for the pick of Messrs. Willoughby Bros.* consignment. Other cattle from these vend-

ors sold from £ll 10s to - £l3 7s 6d. Messrs. Ngatuku had another good line forward, the Putaruru vendors securing prices ranging from £l2 2s to £l3. Good sorts from Mr David Johnstone were in request at prices ranging from £lO 15s to £l2 ss. Other clients sold steers from £9 18s to £lO 12s fid.

A choice line of wethers, sold on account of a Hunterville client, secured Ihe top figure of 36s fid. Another good line was that from Messrs. Ngatuku. Ltd., who sold wethers from 34s 3d to 355. A line from Mr A. L. Boyd realised 30s fid, while 31s was the purchase price of sheep sold tfy Mr T. Keddle. of Huntly. Good sorts from Mr Wilfred Johnstone realised from 30s to 34s 9d.

Farmers' Auctioneering Company The Farmers’ Co-operative Auctioneering Company Limited report on the sale as follows: — A full yarding of all classes of fat sheep came forward, and the demand generally was better with prices showing an " all-round improvement. A truck of extra prime wethers averaged 3fi3. A medium entry of fat and store cattle came forward, fat cows especially meeting with keen competition and selling at prices in advance of last week’s quotations. An average yardInc of fat pigs met with spirited eom- ! petition, porkers showing a slight increase on last week’s quotations. ! Baconers were very firm at late rates. ! \ good yarding nf store and wpaner Spies met‘with keen competition, espe-;-nll> in the laree store section, values being in advance of last sale. Quntai tions: Sheep;—Heavy prime wethers, 35s ! fid t.-, 87s fid: medium. 80s fid to 335; ilitrhL 27s fid tn 29s 3d: unfinished. 24s ; fid tn 2 fi s 9d: 2 -th maiden ewes, 24s 9d: medium fat ewes. 2is 3d to 22s 9d: light. 18s to IPs fid; unfinished ewes. 1 is to 15s fid: heavy fat lambs, 22s fid to 25*; unfinished. 15s fid. Cattl Hea fat Jerse: cows and hejfers. £7 15s tn £8 17s fid: lighter, £fi 1 fid to ‘ 7 5 os. fa* ■ an >o\\s. £7 5s t.l £8 15s. light fat cows, £5 5s to £fi ss. ghorthorn and Hereford runners. £4 3s to £5 3s. heifers. £8 8s to f , 12s; vealers. £2 17= *o £2 ioc. heavy boner cows. £3 15s to £4 11s. others. 25* to £8 10s: potter hulls. £5 4s t<» £5 7s; Ayrshire bull naive*, fo 18?. ghorthorn cows, r.w.h , £ i ealvcd Jersey heifers. £fi 15s fo £7: dairy cows. £5 fo ffi. pics —Rest baconers. ft is to £4 8*; medium. tfis to £4 3s; light. £8 lbs to £8 15*. unfinished. £.B Is to £3 'v he.ivy porker*. £2 10s to £3; medium. £2 2* to £2 s*. light. 35s to £2; unfinished. 25s to 325. large stores, 27s to 3is fid: 22s fid to 255: slips. 15s fid to 20 fid: best weaners, . 10s to 12s fid; others. 5s to 8s fid.

Messrs Dalgety & Co., Ltd,

Messrs. Dalgety and Company, Limited, report on the sale as follows : An average yarding of sheep came forward, prices for the most part being up to last week’s quotations. Good weight good quality wethers sold from 34s 3d to 35s 6d; medJumweight wethers, 30s 6d to 345; good fat ewes, 24s fid; medium fat ewes, 18s to 20s; light fat wethers, 27s to 28s 6d; prime heavy bullocks, £l2 to £l3; good heavy bullocks, £lO to £11; lighter sorts, £9 10s to £10; good prime fat cows and heifers, £7 16s to £lO 14s; light fat cows, £5 15s to £5 16s; vealers, good quality prime vealers, £3 10s to £4 12s; veal calves, 25s to 30s; good quality Red Polled Angus cross steers, £8 to £8 19s; Hereford Cross Jersey steers, £7 15s; run cows and heifers, £6 10s; Red Polled runners (heifers), £3 17s.

The advertised line of horses came forward and these comprised chiefly medium hacks and like chainwork horses. A range of prices as follows: Good five-year-old mares, broken to chain, £3O to £37; good useful farm horses, £2O to £25; heavy hacks and lleht chain horses, £l2 10s to £ls; heavy hacks, £9 10s to £l2 10s; light hacks, £5 to £9; good medium-weight yearling, broken to lead, £22; light unbroken horses, £8 to £l2. A medium yarding of pigs came forward and prices realised were well on a par with last week’s quotations. Store pigs were penned in average numbers and prices realised were firmer than last week. Prime top-weight baconers realised £4 4s to £4 8s; prime heavy baooners, £4 to £4 4s; heavy ditto/£3 15s to £4; prime medium ditto. £3 10* to £3 15s; medium baooners, £3 5s to £3 ids: prime light baconers. £3 to £3 ss; light baconers. £2 15s to £3; prime heavy porkers, £2 10s to £2 15s; heavy porkers, £2 5s to £2 10s; prime medium porkers. £2 to £2 ss; medium porkers. 35s to 40*; prime light porkers. 30* to 35*: light porker*. 25* to 30s; best, store piers, 22s to 2fis; medium store pigs, 18*’to 225; small store pigs. 14s to 18*; best Plips. 12s to lfis; medium slips. 10* to 12s; best weaners, 8s to 12s. Loan A Mercantile Agency New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company Limited report on the sale as follows; — We had an average yarding of ox made up principally of medium quality, values for which remained steady on last week's rates, the demand generally being good. Cow beef was penned in average numbers. We had no prime beef offering in this section. However, our entry of medium quality beef met with a strong demand, the market generally showing a hardening tendency. A moderate yarding of veal also met with strong competition. Our store cattle entry was lighter than recent sales, the market remaining very firm. Fat bullocks sold from £ll 17s fid to £l2 ss: medium. £lO 10s to £ll 12* fid; heavy fat Jersey cows. £7 5s to £8; medium. £6 2s fid to £7; light. £5 10s to £5 18s: medium fat heifers. £7 8* to £7 17s fid: others, £6 3s to £6 17s fid: killable cows, £4 15s tn £5 10s; heavy store cows, £3 18s to £4 41s; medium. £3 9s to £3 15s: heavy boners. £2 18s to £3 Bs. medium, £2 7s 6d to £2 17s fid; others from £1 10s; best vealers, £2 8s to £3 ss; others, £i J9s to £2 ss; light, from 355: light potter Jersey bulls. £4 7s 6d to £4 17s fid. A small yarding only of sheep was offered, the market for fats being practically on a par with last week’s quotations. Medium fat wethers made 31s to 32s 3d; light. 28s to 30s 6d; medium fat ewes. 21s to 225; others. 18s to 19s fid: prime fat lambs, 23s to 23s fid: medium, 21s to 225; others, 19s to 20 S 9d. A small yarding of fat pigs met with brisk competition in all classes, a total clearance being effectetd. Heavy baconers brought. £4 to £4 fis: medium. £3 12s tn £3 18s; light. £3 5s to £3 10s; heavy porkers and unfinished baconers, £2 J2s fo £3 3s; medium porkers. £2 5s to £2 10s. light. £1 18s to £2 3s: unfinished, £1 12s to £1 i 6s. An average yarding of stores came forward. eompelilion being good on wellgrown store pig*. Smaller stores however, did not meet, with such a brisk enquiry, values generally being on a par wiih last week’s quotations. Large stores made 24s to 27s fid; medium, 2is to 23s fid: light. 16s to 19.5; slips. 13s to 14s fid; best weaners, 7s fid to 11s; smaller, up to fis fid. Messrs. Q. W. Verooe <& Co., Ltd. Messrs. G. W. Vercoe and Company, Limited, report on the sale as follows: An average entry of fat sheep met with a ready gale and prices remained very firm at full late rates. Heavy prim'. l wethers sold from 33s to 34s 9d, lighter prime, 30s to 32s fid; med-ium-weights, 28s to 29s 6d; light and unfinished, 25s to 27s fid: heavy prime ewes. 22s to 24s 6d: lighter, 18s to 21s; light and unfinished, 14s to 17s; heavy prime lambs, to 265; mediumweights, to £l. A full entry of calves sold at rates slightly below those of last week. Heavy prime vealers sold from £3 5s to £3 18s; medium-weights. £2 to £2 15s; small calves, 15s to 30s. Competition for a small entry of ox beef was keen and prices showed a decided improvement. A draught of prime Shorthorn bullocks ex Messrs. Willoughby Bros., of Tuhikaramea, sold lo £l4. Prime medium-weight bullocks made £l3 7s fid to £l4; prime light-weights. £ll 10s to £l2; light and unfinished. £lO 8s to £lO 12s 6d; well-finished lightweight Jersey steei’3 fo £9 J Bs. Cow and heifer beef came forward in average numbers and a total clearance was effected at full late rates. Heavy fat cows sold from £9 to £9 15s; wellfmished mediumweights. £8 10* to £8 17s fid; others, £7 5s to £8 7s fid: light-weights, £6 lb* to £7 10?; medium-weight fat heifers. £7 15s to £« 12s fid; lightweights, to £7 10s: heavy prime Jersey cows. £7 15s to £8 10s; mediumweights. £6 10* to £7 10slight, to £6 ss; medium-weight Jersey heifers. to £7 47s fid: light, to £fi s*. A

full entry of store cattle, the majority conslsting of boner cows, sold under keen competition and a total clearance resulted et very satisfactory prices. Eiehteen-months to two-year Jersey steers sold to £3 15s: 18-months Shorthorn Cross steers, to £4 10s; 18-mon»hs in-calf Jersey Cross heifers backward . to £5 17s; 18months empty Jersey heifers, to £3 15s: good quality Jersey heifer calves, £3 15s to £4 4s; others, to £3 10s; small and inferior, to £2 10s; forwardconditioned Shorthorn and Friesian rows. £5 10s to £fi ss: other*, io £5 ss; heavy boners. £3 15* to £4 to S ; others, to £3 12? fid. CAMBRIDGE STOCK SALE New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company Limited report as follows on their Cambridge slock sale held on Monday:— A large yarding of cattle included an offering of fat bullocks, these meeting with a good demand, values fully

maintaining Frankton ratets. An average yarding of fat heifers and cows also met with good competition, the

entire offering being disposed of at late rates. Store and boner cows met with a steady demand, values showing no alteration on recent quotations. We also offered some lines of in-calf Jersey heifers, these meeting with an excellent demand, quality in-calf heifers making to £9 IDs. Fat bullocks sold from £lO 15s to £11; light, £lO |to £lO 10s; heavy fat heifers, £8 to £8 8s; medium, £6 15s to £7 10s; light. £5 17s fid to £6 2s fid; medium fat cows, £6 3s to £7 Is; light, £5 10s to £6; killable, £4 iss to £5 7s fid; heavy store cows, £3 Jss to £4 8s; others, £3 2s fid to £3 13s; heavy boners, £2 12s fid to £3 ss. others from £1 10s; good vealers, £3 to £3 15s; others from £2 10s; quality in-calf Jersey heifers, £9 to £9 15s; medium, £7 5s to £8; weaner Jersey heifers, £3 7s fid to £5; heavy potter Jersey bulls. £8 15s to £9 10s; light, £3 5s to £5 10s.

Only a small yarding of fat pigs came forward, consisting of pork and light bacon, the demand for which was good, late rates being fully maintained. For a good yarding of store pigs competition was keen, with a good sale resulting. Prices showed an advance on late quotations, the entire entry being disposed of. Light baconers brought f 3 5s to £3 8s; heavy porkers, £2 13s to £2 18s; medium, £2 5s to £2 9s; light. £1 13s to £2; unfinished, 28s to 335; best stores. 20s 6d to 2fis fid; medium. 15s to 19s; others from 11s 6d; good weaners up to 8s fid. PUTARURU STOCK SALE Messrs. Dalgety and Company, Limited, report as follows on their monthly sale held at Putaruru on Monday:— An average yarding of cattle came forward to a representative bench of buyers. Competition was quite brisk, a feature of the yarding being a line of well-finished heavy cows which sold from £fi to £fi 10*. Heavy cows made £fi to £6' 19s; lighter fal cows. £4 5s to £5: light ditto; £2 to £3; dairy oows, from £5 5s to £8 15s; potter bulls, £2 17s t,o £5 10s. A medium yarding of pig? came forward and a total clearance was efieoted at prices well on a par with late quotations. Heavy porkers brought £2 8s to £2 t'2s; medium, 38s to £2; prime light, 33s to 38s; light ditto, 30s to 355; good stores, 20s to 255; medium ditto, 16s to 20s; small ditto, 12s to lfis; slips, medium quality, 42s to 15s; weaners, small, 6s to' 10s; choppers, medium, £2 to *£2 8s; sows, backward, sorts, £2 to £2 ss. hemp and tallow LONDON MARKET POSITION The Department nf Agriculture has received the following cablegram from the High Commissioner for New Zealand, dated May 13, 1938: Tallow. —The market is quiet but steady at about last quotations. Hemp.—Manila: The market is quiet but steady. Small business was don in “ K ” grade June/August shipment. £l9 10s-£l9 15s. Sisal.—The market was quiet parly this week and a little more active at the close. Only small business is reported. May-July shipment, £l6 12s fid; September-November shipment, £l7 ss. New Zealand. —Little demand but small sales are reported. May-J-une shipment, highpoints, £lB 12s fid; fair, £l7 12s fid; common. £l6 12s fid; rejected, £ls 17s fid. GRAIN AND PRODUCE THE AUCKLAND MARKETS AUCKLAND. Wednesday Until the arrival of the Waipiata with 10.000 sacks of South Island potatoes the market was bare of potatoes. It. is not expected that there will be any weakening in the market. Potatoes. —The price from ship’s side for delivery f.o.b. nr f.o.r. Auckland is £7 10* a ton for white and £7 15s a ton for Dakotas. An extra 5s to 7s fid a ton is being charged for lesser quantities from store stocks. Onions.—The through store quotation is 15s per cwt. Wheat. —Supplies are arriving regularly and prices range from 11s 9d to 12s' Id per 1001 b. Maize. —Quotations range from 12s Id to 12s 3d per 1001 b. Barley—Prices for Australian clipped barley range from 10s 6d to 10s 8d per 1001 b. Bran and Pollard. —Very firm conditions are reported in the market for Australian pollard. Quotations range from £lO 5s to £lO 10s a ton. The rate fixed by the Wheat Committee i? unaltered at £7 a ton. Bran has met with an increased demand and i 3 quoted at 7s per 1001 b. The price fixed by the Wheat Committee remains at £6 a ton. Chaff and Oats.—The price remains practicallv on a par with last week’s levels at from £lO 10s to £lO 15s a ton. The market for oats is steady, with prices ranging from 11s 5d to 11s 8d per 1001 b. matamata horse fair The Farmers’ Co-operative Auctioneering Company, Limited, report having held their Matamata horse sale yester/lay when a fair entry of all classes of horses came forward. Unbroken light draughts made £l3 to £22; heavy draughts, £45 to £SO; medium, £37 to £42 10s; light, £l7 to £%fi; hacks, £6 to £10; ponies, 30s to £3 10s; light mares with foals, £3 io* to £7 10s; light draught foals to £ 8.