FIRM SALE

Waikato Times, Volume 122, Issue 20513, 1 June 1938, Page 19

FIRM SALE

VALUES AT FRANKTON BEEF AGAIN FIRM EAGER TRADE FOR PIGS A lively market for fat cattle resulted In fully firm values for beef being recorded at the weekly Frankton stock sale yesterday when all factions were fairly well supplied, the store pens also holding a good average entry of cattle. A full bench of butchers and export buyers operated mainly on last week’s basis.

Larger framed cattle were included in the penning of steers and for these j the demand was animated at values that were sometimes Just a shade firmer than last week. The top price was £ls against £l4 last week, a line of six heavy prime sorts changing hands at an average of £l4 17s 6d. Medium pens were quoted from £lO to £l2 ss, while from £8 12s 6d to £9 10s was paid for smaller descriptions. For the fourth week in succession the best ox was quoted up to 39s per 1001 b. Plain quality was represented by the bulk of the entries in the cowand heifer section, but some pens of choice cattle were available. The latter incited keen competition and one particularly choice line sold from £lO to £l2. Ordinary quality descriptions changed hands readily and the prices realised were generally on last week’s level, good prime cattle clearing from £7 to £9 and smaller cattle from £4 10s to £6 ss. Boner cattle were traded at generally unchanged rates, while the same money was paid for calves. Sheep and Calves The quality in the fat sheep section was barely up to standard, but competition was generally unrestricted. Wethers were perhaps just a shade easier than last week, selling from 25s 6d to 345, but ewes, if anything, appeared a little firmer. Fat ewes were traded from 18s Gd to 24s and unfinished lines from 12s to 15s Gd. The demand was good for lambs and these also tended to be a shade firmer. Late rates were repeated for the heavier sorts in the fat pig section, while a fillip to the trade for lighter I lines was given by butter-milk buyers | who re-commenced buying. There I was little change for store pigs, but any changes favoured vendors. Price Summary The following table is a summary of prices realised for fat stock at the Frankton yards during the past fort-

Individual Consignments The top of Messrs Taylor Bros.' consignment of steers realised the best ' market value of £ls, a line of six | heavy sorts from these Taupiri vendors averaging £l4 17s Gd. Lighter descriptions on account of Mrs F. C. ' Johnstone, of Waitetuna, were cleared | from £9 17s Gd to £ll 10s, while other [vendors realised from £8 12s to £l2 I ss. Messrs Taylor Bros, sold a pen ot heifers at £l2 and a pair of lighter sorts at £lO 17s. Smaller sorts from Mr N. K. Taylor, of Gordonton, were auctioned from £7 5s to £9 12s Gd. For wethers from Mr B. G. Young, of Gordonton. buyers paid from 33s 6d to 345, while those from Mr G. A. Johnstone were knocked down at 325. A Putaruru vendor, Mr H. A. Lopdell. obtained 31s 3d for his wethers and 23s for lambs. Farmers’ Auctioneering Company The Farmers’ Co-operative Auctioneering Company Limited report on the sale as follows : A heavy yarding of sheep included only a small proportion of prime quality, the bulk of the entry comprising light-weight and unfinished wethers. A small entry of ewe mutton sold readily, and fat lambs showed a slight improvement on'late sales, whilst the offering of store wethers and lambs I was also cleared at satisfactoryvalues. There was an exceptionally heavy yarding of all classes, with the exception of ox beef which was in short supply. For a very heavy yarding of fat cows competition was not as keen as last week and values showed a slight decline. A full offering of boner cows, and an average yarding of potter bulls met with a ready sale, values remaining firm. A good entry of vealers sold under keen competition with values in this section on a par with late rates. A fair entry of store cattle elicited a good enquiry. A medium yarding of fat pigs came forward. Baconers were firm at late quotations, and porkers were keenlysought by butchers, while farmers were buying lighter pork for wintering purposes and prices in this section showed an improvement. A medium yarding of store and weaner pigs was offered with large stores selling at late quotations, while slips and weaners were in keener demand, values being in advance of last sale. Quotations :

Sheep: Medium fat wethers, 28s 6d to 31s 3d; light, 25s 6d to 26s 9d; small and unfinished, 23s to 255; fat ewes, 18s to 23s Gd; killable ewes, 12s to 16s: fat woolly lambs, 18s Gd to 225; shorn lambs, 17s Gd to 19s 3d; store lambs, 10s Gd to 11s 3d; cull lambs. 4s to 6s Gd; forward condition wethers, 2Gs Gd; store 2-tooth wethers. 245.

Cattle: Light prime steers to £tl Is; heavy fat. cows, £7 10s to £8 7s Gd: lighter, £C to £7 4s: fat Jersey cows. £5 5s to £5 17s fid; lighter, £4 7s Gd to £5 is; medium vealers, £2 16s to £3 2s; small. 30s to £2 4s; heavy boners, £4 2s to £4 JGs; medium, £3 5s to £3 18s; lighter, £2 3s to £3; Jersey bulls to £7: 21-year Friesian steers to £6 2s; 2-year Shorthorn steers to £5 10s: 18-mths. Shorthorn steers, £4 5s to £i 8s; yearling Friesian steers to £2 7s; 18-mths. Jersey heif-e-s. r.w.b., to £5 8s; small Jersey heifer calves, 31s to £2 4s; good coloured store cows, £5 9s to £5 16s. pigs: Best baconers, £4 2s to £4 8s; medium, £3 15s to £4; lighter, £3 8s to £3 14s; unfinished, £2 18s to £3 ss: heavy porkers, £2 8s to £2 15s; medium porkers, £2 2s to £2 7s; light, 36s to £2; unfinished, 28s to 335; large stores, 24s Gd to 265; smaller, 22s to 23s 6d; slips, 15s to 20s 6d; weaners, 9s 6d to 13s Gd. Messrs Dalgety A Co. Ltd. Messrs Dalgety and Company Limited report on the sale as follows: A medium yarding of both fat and store sheep came forward. Competition on all classes of sheep was somewhat prices being easier than at recent sales. Prime fat wethers sold from 30s 9d to 325; medium, 27s 6d to 295; good store wethers, 24s to 265; light store wethers, 21s to 235; prime fat ewes, 18s to 225; lighter, 16s to 17s 6d; prime fat lambs, £1 to £1 3s; lighter, 16s to 18s; store lambs, 12s to 14s. A full yarding of all classes of cattle came forward resulting in an easing of values all round. Prime heavy fat bullocks made £l2 10s to £l4 17s Gd; lighter, £lO 10s to £l2 ss; prime heavy cows, £8 5s to £9 10s; medium, £7 to £8; lighter, £5 to £6 10s; boners, £3 to £4 10s; others, £1 10s to £2 15s. On account of Mr C. D. H. Rout we offered two pens of outstanding vealers which made £4 2s, £5 2s, £5 ss, £5 12s. Others sold from 30s to £4 15s.

Only a small yarding of pork, bacon and store pigs came forward. Heavy baconers brought £4 2s to £4 8s; medium baconers, £3 10s to £4; light baconers, £3 to £3 9s; heavy porkers, £2 10s to £2 19s; medium porkers, £2 2s to £2 8s; light porkers, 36s to £2; good store pigs, 19s 6d to 255; medium stores, 15s to 17s 6d; good slips, Its 6d to 13s 6d; weaners, 6s to 10s 6d.

Loan A Mercantile Agency New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company Limited, Hamilton, report on the sale as follows: Our offering in the ox beef sections was an average one, and consisted mostly of light and unfinished beef. Values were firm on last week’s sale. A large yarding of cow beef was offered. Competition for quality sorts was good, the market remaining firm. Second quality beef however, met with a slow sale due to the heavy supply, values consequently showing a marked decline. Competition for store and boner cows was good, a slight easing in values being noticeable. Unfinished j bullocks made £8 4s to £9; prime j heavy fat cows, £8 10s to £9 10s; medium fat cows, £7 to £8; heavy ! second quality fat cows, £6 5s to £7 2s Gd; medium, £5 12s Gd to £6; others, I £4 18s to £5 8s; heavy store cows, £3 ; 13s to £4 Is; medium, £3 2s Gd to £3 •11s; heavy boners, £2 14s to £3 2s; I others, £ 1 12s to £2 3s. I Our offering in the fat sheep section | was only a medium one, the offering ; showing an improvement on quality on ! recent sales. Competition was good j early in the sale, but tended to slacken off somewhat towards the end. Fat i wethers realised 2Gs Gd to 28s Gd; fat 'ewes, 22s Gd to 24s Gd: lighter, IGs I Gd to 19s; medium-weight fat lambs, 18s Gd to 2 0s Gd. * The yarding of fat pigs was a small one, finished porkers and baconers meeting with keen competition with baconers and porkers showed a slight increase in values. Prime Imaw baconers brought l”. 3s to 1”, 7s'; Bs'“l.7“£ : :f 12s: unfinished a ml l7;wv porkers. £2 17s !<> £3 6s: medium porkers. £2 Ss lo £2 15s: light. £1 |Ss In £2 ss: unfinished. £1 I n s In £1 I os. .-lore pigs were yard»d in fair numbers, competition generally lining good with Mips and weaners realising slight I v higher prices than those of last week'. Large store pics did not elicit as mudi _ competition as recent sales, values

showing a slight drop. . Best stores made 26s to 28s Gd; medium, 23s to 255; small, 21s to 2*2s 6d; slips, 15s to 21s; good weaners, 10s to 14s; smaller, 6s to 9s. Messrs G. W. Vercoe A Co., Ltd. Messrs G. W. Vercoe & Co. Ltd. report on the sale as follows: A large yarding of fat sheep came forward and prices generally showed an improvement. Heavy prime wethers sold from 33s to 345, medium prime, 31s to 32s 9d; medium-weight wethers, 28s to 30s; light and unfinished, 26s to 27s Gd; prime maiden ewes, 25s to ?Gs 9d; heavy fat ewes, 22s to 23s 9d; well-finished medium-weights, 18s to 21s; light and unfinished, 14s to 17s; medium-weight lambs, 18s to 225; light and unfinished to 17s. Competition for a large yarding of | calves was hardly as keen as last week jand prices showed a decline. Light [runners sold from £4 to £4 IGs; prime vealers, £3 to £3 15s; mediumweights, £2 to £2 18s; small calves, j 15s to 355. Ux heef was penned in ! full numbers and met with a ready sale al. prices fully equal lo those of last week. A draft of prime bullocks ex Messrs Taylor Bros, of Taupiri sold to £ls and averaged £l4 17s Gd; lightweight cattle ex Mrs. Campbell Johnstone of Whatawhata sold to £l2 ss. Heavy prime bullocks made £l4 15s to £ls; well-finished medium-weights to £l2 ss; light, £lO 10s to £ll 10s; unfinished, £9 17s 6d to £lO ss. A large yarding of cow and heifer beef created a keen Inquiry and prices remained fully equal to those of last week. Prime heifers ex Messrs Taylor Bros, of Taupiri sold from £lO 17s to £l2. Prime medium-weight cows brought £9 to £lO ss; medium-weights, £8 to £8 15s; well-finished light-weights, £7 5s to £7 15s; others, £G 10s to £7; heavy prime heifers, £lO to £l2; light prime, £8 to £9 2s Gd: others to £7 10s: heavy fat Jersey cows. £7 15s to £8 10s; medium-weights, £G to £7 ss; light, £5 5s to £5 15s. A large entry of store cattle met with a steady sale and prices obtained differed little from those of , last week. p.A. heifers (3 and 4-year-old) running with P.A. bulls realised £6 to £6 10s; empty Hereford heifers to £4 10s; yearling Hereford cross heifers to £3 ss; 2-year-old Jersey steers to £3 6s; good quality Jersey heifer calves, £4 to £4 75.; others, £3 to £3 15s; cross bred heifer calves, £2 to £3; small mixed coloured heifers, 35s to £2 ss; empty 2-year Jersey heifers to £3 ss; forward-condition S.H. and Friesian cows, £5 to £5 15s; others, £4 to £4 17s 6d; heavy boners, £3 15s to £4 10s; medium-weights, £3 to £3 12s 6d; light, 30s to £2 15s; good quality Jersey heifers (early calvers) to £9; more backward to £7 ss; Jersey and Jersey-cross dairy cows, fair quality, t 0 £7 10s; backward and Inferior to £5 ss.

A small entry of fat pigs sold under keen competition and prices throughout remained firm. Heavy prime baconers sold from £4 5s to £4 8s; heavy baconers, £4 to £4 4s; medium-weights, £3 12s to £3 18s; light. £3 3s to £3 10s; heavy porkers, £2 15s to £3; mediumweights, £2 5s to £2 12s; light, £2 to £2 4s; light and unfinished, 35s to 38s; heavy choppers to £3 15s; lighter to £2 10s. A fairly large entry of store pigs met with a spirited demand and prices advanced. Good stores sold from 24s to 28s; smaller, 21s to 23s 6d; 13s to 17s; good weaners, 9s to 13s; others up to Bs. VALUES AT CAMBRIDGE The Farmers’ Co-operative Auctioneering Company, Limited, report having held their Cambridge stock sale yesterday, when a full yarding of all classes of cattle came forward. An average offering of beef, comprised mostly medium quality cows, there being only a small proportion of finished cattle. A pen of medium prime steers offered on account of Mr Geo- Douglas, of Maungatautiri, averaged £ll Is. Competition was keen and values remained on a par with Frankton quotations. A full offering of .boner cows sold in advance of schedule rates. A full entry of dairy cattle included the advertised herd of Ayrshire and Ayrshire cross dairy cows offered on account of Mr J. Campbell, of Cambridge. The cattle came forward in good condition with competition for early calvers firm, values remaining on a par with recent clearing sale quotations. Backward cattle were not so keenly sought but values were fully up to expectations. An average yarding of pigs included a small proportion of fats. Bidding was firm for all classes and quotations remained firm. Medium prime ni.tr. steers mad-- to £I I Is; light prime Shorthorn heifers, £7 (is to £7 I us: heavy second quality cows, £fi Ills to £7 ss; fat .lersev cows, £.*> 18s to £<*i 12s fid: lighter .lersev rows and heifers. £ « lUs to £5 Lis'; I,raw bom-r rows. £ i to £. 1 fi s ; irn-d um. £•'» to £-•{■ 15s: lighter. £2 to £2 17s fid: 2-year P \. heifers, r.w.b.. to £fi : I 5-,Months P.A. heifers, r.w.b., to £ i fis: 2-year Jersey heifers, r.w.b.. is ins to £s t2s: Jersey heifer calves, £2 17& Gd to £3 2s. Dairy cattle:

Ayrshire and Ayrshire cross cows, early ca'lvers. £8 15s to £lO ss; other early calvers, £7 5s to £8 10s; backward and aged cows, £5 10s to £6 Jos; Friesian cows, early calvers, £9 to £4 0; Jersey and Jersey cross cows, early calvers, £8 15s to £9 4 ss; backward/£5 15s to £0 10s; 2-year Ayrshire heifers, £9 to £9 10s; smaller, £8 to £8 ss; calved Friesian heifers, to £lO 10s. Pigs: Medium porkers. £2 2s to £2 9s; lighter, 35s io £2; large stores, 25s to 30s; medium, 18s to 235; slips, 12s 6d to 17s; best weaners, 11s to 13s Od; others. 5s to 10s. CLEARING SALE AT KIO KIO The Farmers' 'Co-operative Auctioneering Company, Limited, advise having held a clearing sale at Kio Kio yesterday, on account of Mr E. MV. Tozer. A good bench of buyers was present, representative of the surrounding districts, with competition especially keen from Waikato farmers, who purchased a good percentage of the dairy herd. The cattle came forward in exceptionally good condition, and realised the satisfactory average of £lO 15s. Implements and sundries sold at usual clearance sale rates. Good quality Jersey dairy cows, July calvers, made £ll to £l3 ss; August calvers, £9 to £lO 11s; later calvers, £6 10s to £8 15s; 2year Jersey heifers, July and August calvers, £9 15s to £11; choice weaner Jersey heifers, £4 19s; smaller, £3 7s; bulls, £5 15s to £6 15s; 4-year bay gelding, £4O; sows to farrow, £2 10s to £3 3s; store pigs, 12s to 21s. DISPERSAL AT HINUERA The Farmers' Co-operative Auctioneering Company, Limited, report having held a dispersal sale on account of Mrs O. C. Cowan, of Hinuera, yes* terday. A full bench of buyers was in attendance and competition for good sound dairy cows was keen, a satisfactory average being obtained for the herd of 107 cows. A line of 27 heifers averaged £7 9s. Realisations were;—Jersey and Jersey cross dairy cows, early calvers, £lO to £ll 15s; later calvers, £7 to £9 15s; more backward, £5 to £6 ss; pedigree Ayrshire bulls, 9£gns to 17gns; Jersey bulls to £6 15s; Jersey and Jersey cross heifers, early calvers, £8 15s to £9 2s 6d; later, £0 15s to £8 2s 6d; sows due to farrow, £2 to £3 ss: draught horse, all farm work, £42 10s; light bay geldings. £2O and £24. Farm implements sold at satisfactory clearing sale rates. PUTARURU YARDINGS The Farmers' Co-operative Auctioneering Company, Limited, report having held their usual slock sale at Putaruru yesterday, when a good yarding of cattle came forward. Competition was brisk, and values were on a par with recent quotations. A medium entry of pigs sold at unchanged values. Da'rv cattle, which were yarded in average numbers, did not evoke keen competition. Heavy fat cows made £6 (is to £0 J2s‘. medium fat cows, £ i 14s to £5 10s: light fat cows, £ i Ds to £4 12s; heavy boners, £3 in* to £4: light 35s to £2 JOs. Dairy cattle: Med’um quality Shorthorn heifers, backward, £<> to £6 10s: medium quality Jersey heifers, backward, £0 to £7; small Jersey cross heifers, backward, £5 to £6. Pigs: Light porkers. 38s to £2 4s: good stores, 27s Od to 30s: medium, 22s to 255: slips, 10s to 90s; weaners. 8s to 12s.

night:— BEEF (per 1001b) This week Last week Extra prime ox 37/- to 39/-37/-to 39/Prime ox 31/6 to 36/31/6 to 36/Plain and inferior ox 24/* to 29/24/- to 29/Extra choice young cows and heifers . 31/- to 34/31/- to 34/Prime cows . 25/- to 30/25/- to 30/Second quality cows .... 23/- to 24/6 23/- to 24/6 MUTTON (per heed) Extra prime wethers 32/- to 34/-33/-to 34/6 Fat wethers 28/- to 30/6 28/6 to 30/Unfinished wethers 25/6 to 26/9 26/6 to 27/6 Smaller 23/6 to 24/9 Extra prime ewes .... _ 23/- to 24/6 Fat ewes 18/6 to 24/18/6 to 21/- ; Unfinished | ewes 12/- to 15/6 11/-to 14/Fat lambs . 18/- to 23/6 19/6 to 22/6 PIGS (per head) Baconers 66/- to 88/66/- to 89/Porkers 30/- to 63/30/- to 63/Weaners 6/- to 13/6 6/- to 11/Slips .... 15/- to 20/6 12/-to 16/Large stores . 22/- to 26/20/- to 27/-