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Waikato Times, Volume 122, Issue 20504, 21 May 1938, Page 10

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MORRINSVILLE STOCK SALE j The Farmers Co-operative Auctioneering Company Limited report on the 'sale ns follows: : A small entry of medium quality beef came forward, with a full yarding of boner cows. Competition was brisk throughout, and a total clearance was effected, with second quality, in partii cular, showing an Improvement. A j small yarding of dairies met with keen enquiry, a small entry of sheep comprised chiefly fat ewes. Competition was keen and late quotations were exceeded. A medium yarding of fat pigs, and a light entry of store and weaner pigs came forward. Competition for baconers and porkers was again keen, prices remaining firm on late rates. A full bench of buyers was operating in the store section, with values fully up to recent quotations. Quotations:— Cattle: Medium fat Friesian cows, £7 12s to £8 15s; lighter, £6 5s to £6 15s; medium fat Jersey cows, £5 17s to £6 Is; light. £5 6s to £5 13s; heavy boner cows, £4 10s to £4 17s 6d; medium, £3 17s 6d to £4 ss. light, I £3 to £3 10s; poor conditioned boner cows. £■> to £•: 2 I T»s: cull cows, 20s to 30s; potter bulls, £4 -to £6 os; choice early calvers, £lO to £l2; later sorts, £6 to £B. Sheep: Fat lambs, 22s fid to 24s 9d; heavy fat ewes, 225; light, 21s 3d; fat wethers, 30s. Pigs: Choppers, £2 14s to £3 10s; ijghter, 26s to £2 10s: best baconers, £4 4s to £4 8s; heavy, £3 ins to £4 2s; medium, £3 14s to £3 18s; light baconI ers, £3 6s to £3 12s; unfinished baconers, £2 16s to £3 4s: heavy porkers, £2 9s to £2 14s; medium, £2 2s to £2 6s. light porkers, 36s to £2; unfinish- i ed, 30s to 345; large stores, 23s to 28s; medium, 18s to 21s 6d; slips, 12s to 16s; weaners, 7s 6d to 10s 6d. Loan and Mercantile Agency New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company Limited report un the sale as follov;s : j An extra heavy yarding of cattle was offered, including the advertised line of store -cattle. Values for fat cattle were well up to recent quotations, a steady demand for which existed throughout the sale. Store and boner Jersey cows also sold well, values remaining unchanged. The ad- : vertlsed line of store cattle did not elicit the competition expected, with a result that prices did not reach ven- ; dors’ reserves in a number of cases, i However, the passed-in lots were disposed of by private treaty after the sale, with a resultant total clearance. Medium quality fat Hereford heifers sold from £6 9s 6d to £6 17s 6d; fat Jersey cows, £6 5s to £6 10s; fat Jersey heifers. £5 17s 6d to £6 8s; lighter fat cows and heifers. £5 7s 6d to £5 18s; killable cows, £4 16s to £5 ss; store cows, £3 19s to £4 12s; others, £3 5s to £3 15s: heavy boners, £2 12s to £3 2s; lighter, £1 18$ to £2 8s; others from £1 7s 6d: 2£ to 3-year-old Shorthorn steers, £7 7s to £8 9s; medium quality P.A. steers, £7 to £7 ss; 1} to 2-year-old Shorthorn P.A. steers, £6 to £6 18s. well-bred P.A. breeding cows, up to £6 ss; mixed aged Hereford breeding cows, £5 5s to £5 10s; j good quality well-grown yearling Jer- | sey heifers, £3 15s to £4 4s; smaller, | £3 8s to £3 12s.

Messrs Dalgety and Company, Ltd. Messrs Dalgety and Company, Ltd., report on the sale as follows: There was a full yarding of cattle which sold at late market rates before a good bench of buyers. Forwardconditioned Holstein and Shorthorn cows brought £G to £7 7s Gd, light fat Shorthorn cows £G 10s to £7 ss, good young fat Jersey cows and heifers £5 10s to £G 15s, forward-conditioned young cows and heifers £ 4 5s to £5 ss. heavy boners £3 12s to £4 7s, others £1 10s to £3 10s according to weight and condition, potter bulls £5 j 12s to £G 10s. The advertised line of • young cattle sold under keen competi- | tion. medi.um-sized Polled Angus weaner sleers from £i 7s, mediumsized Polled Angus weaner heifers £3 15s. two-year epiply heifers, small £3 12s, small heifer calves £2 12s. TE AWAMUTU STOCK SALE New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company Limited report as follows on their Te Awamutu Stock Sale held on Thursday:— An exceptionally heavy cattle yardi ing came forward, the yards being ! fllle d to capacity. Fat ox were forj ward in average numbers, no prime ox being offered. Medium quality ox i met with a good demand, values realised being on a par with recent rates. The offering of cow beef was heavier than usual, with a number of lines of very good quality beef, competition for which was keen with Tuesday’s Frankton rates being fully maintained. The yarding of store cattle was very heavy, competition generally being good for store cows. Medium-quality Shorthorn cows made to £5 7s Gd. Store and boner Jersey cows were sold at values on a par with recent rates, with an excellent clearance. Medium fat ox brought £9 15s to £9 17s 6d; light and unfinished, £9 to £9 7s 6d; medium fat 'PA. heifers, £8 10s to £9; fat Shortj horn heifers, £8 17s Gd to £9 7 s; (lighter, £G 15s to £6 10 S ; heaw fat Shorthorn cows. £8 15s to £9 9s; tned- J ium fat cows. £7 10s to £8 ss; light,! |£G 10s to £G 18s; heavy fat Jersey I i cows, £7 10s to £8 2s Gd ; medium, £G ' j 5s to £7 ss; light. £5 10s to £6; rued- j ium quality Shorthorn store cows, £ii 'lßs to £5 7s Gd; others, £4 3s to £4 ! j 9s; medium store P.A. cows, £5 5s to ! (£5 12s. fair -quality S.H. cows with I (calves at foot. £5 11s to £5 15s; rtore ! ! Jersey cows, £4 2s to £4 12s; others, i j £3 10s to £4; heavy boners. £2 15s to ’ £3 7s Gd: others. £1 Jss to £2 10s; j medium Shorthorn yearling steers up! to £4 2s; others, £3 to £3 10s; 2-i year-old Jersey-cross steers, £5 3s;! medium quality Shorthorn yearling heifers up to £3 12s; good ‘quality ! weaner Jersey heifers. £3 18s to £4 7s; others. £3 5s to £3 12s Gd; heavy; potter hulls, £8 7s 6d to £8 15s; med- i lum. £6 to £7; others, £4 to £5 10s. j The advertised herd of dairies came ; forward in fair order, there were no quality cows in the offering, but quite good competition was shown for med- ■ ium quality dairies. -\Yp aj so offered , a large number of in-calf Jersey heif- j ers. choice and good quality numbers i meeting with a koen enquiry. Medium ! and inferior quality sorts however.' were nof mm’li sought after, bidding : - - - oj reaching the cows, early culvers, made £8 5s 5d to £8 15s: medium quality. £7 to £7 17s Gd; medium quality, poorer condition, £G to £7; inferior and poor condition,' £5 15s to £6 10s. An average yarding of fat pigs was , offered. We offered no prime heavy- ' weight baconers, good heavy bacon ! making to £4 2s. Values were on a! par with Frankton rates on Tuesday, j competition being good. Heavy bacon- , ers sold from £3 18s to £i ss. med- 1 ium. £3 10s to £3 17s: light. £3 4s to £3 9s; heavy porkers, £2 17s Gd to £3 :

!s; mcdiusi, £2 6s to £2 15s; light, £1 j

16s to £2 ss; unfinished, £1 13s to £1 15s. A moderate yarding of store pigs met with a good enquiry, prices showing a slight advance over recent sales. A total clearance was effected in this section. Large stores realised 26s to 2Ss 6d; medium, 22s to 255; light, 18s to 22s 6d; slips, 13s to 15s 6d; best weaners, 10s to 12s Gd; smaller, 7s to 8s 6d; others to 6s. PUKETURUA CLEARING SALE Messrs Dalgety and Company, Ltd., report as follows on a clearing sale at Puketurua on account of Mrs E. W. Logan:— The cows came forward In quite good condition and met with keen Competition from a good attendance of buyers from all parts of the district. The average price of the cows was in excess of £8 10s. The complete milking plant made a very satisfactory price and sundries sold at late rates. Early calvers made £lO to £ll 7s 6d, later calvers £8 to £lO, others £5 to £B, springing heifers £5 to £9, heifer calves £2 10s, Jersey bulls £4 ss.