VALUES FOR EWES

Waikato Times, Volume 124, Issue 20728, 11 February 1939, Page 13

VALUES FOR EWES

TYVO=TOOTHS EASIER OLDER SHEEP SELL WELL MARKET AT MORRINSVTLLE Another heavy penning of breeding ewes was forward at the Morrinsville stock sale yesterday, some 15,000 store sheep of all classes being on offer. The only alteration of note was in the demand for two-tooth ewes, buyers not showing the same pitch of enthusiasm as last week. The older sheep, however, experienced a brisk sale. The sheep were again principally East Coast consignments. The top money for two-tooths was 26s 9d in comparison with 29s 6d last week. Yesterday’s top bid was obtained for a line of 225 good twotooths from the Panekau Station. A draft from the same line sold at 26s 3d the same price being paid for another line from a different vendor, sold earlier in the sale. A small line of 50 from the Moko Moko Stations sold at 255, while 6d above this figure was paid for a small line from Mr W. T. Metcalfe. Lines of small two-tooths were traded from 20s Id to 235. Values For Other Ewes There was little slackening in the demand for older ewes. Five-year-olds generally made from 18s to 22s 2d, the latter figure being given for an attractive line of 162, probably the best line of five-year-olds seen at the yards this year. Good lines of mixed aged ewes were traded readily from 18s 4d to 225, while several lines of 4-tooths w’ere marketed from 23s 6d to 25s 4d. A line of 635 six-year ewes sold at 17s sd, while a line of mixed aged ewes from North Auckland sold for 15s. There was again a ready demand for lambs and values showed a further improvement, prices in many instances being Is per head better than last week. One line of good ewe lambs made the top money of 17s 6d, while other entries of this class were marketed from 12s 9d to 15s 9d. Good wether lambs were bought from 10s to 13s 4d, while smaller descriptions were cleared from 6s 3d to 9s. A routine market was experienced for fat stock and few price changes were recorded. Fat sheep prices showed no alteration from last week, while for a small supply of plain quality beef the market remained firm. Boner cattle and stores were forward in full average numbers, and, while values for these classes remained unchanged, potter bulls tended a shade easier. A heavy penning of fat pigs met with a brisk demand and vendors in the majority of instances obtained late Frankton rates. Store pigs, however, were slow of sale, but there was no drastic alteration in values. Auctioneers’ Quotations The auctioneers quote as follows: — Farmers’ Auctioneering Company, Ltd. Sheep.—Medium fat wethers 16s 6d to 17s 9d, lighter fat 2-tooths 14s lOd to 16s 3d, fat ewes 13s, forward conditioned ewes 7s to Bs, heavy fat lambs up to 20s 7d, medium fat lambs 17s 6d to l'Ss 3d, ewe lambs 16s 8d to 17s 6d, smaller 15s 3d to 15s 9d, best wether lambs 12s 2d to 13s, smaller wether lambs 9s 5d to 10s Id, cull lambs 7s 7d to 8s 3d. Breeding ewes: Ex Waingakia Station, 136 mixed age ewes 20s 3d, 180 5-year ewes 18s, 463 6-year ewes 17s 7d to 17s lOd, 135 2-tooths 265; ex Moko Moko Station, 272 mixed age ewes 24s

3d, 166 5-year ewes 18s, 228 5 and 6-year ewes 17s, 500 6-year ewes 15s 7d to 15s lOd, 466 2-tooths 245; ] ex Williams Station, 162 5-year ewes 22s 2d. Other mixed age ewes e\ ; Hicks Bay 21s to 24s 6d. with 5-year j ewes from 19s to 20s 6d, and 6-year I ewes 15s lOd to 17s, 4 and 5-year I ewes ex North Auckland 17s 6d, local ! mixed age ewes 23s 6d, 10-cal 5-year ! ewes 19s to 20s, cull 2-tooth ewes j 16s 6d to 19s, cull local ewes 9s 6d 1 to 13s, Southdown rams 2 \ gns. Cattle.—Pat Hereford and Short- ( horn cows £6 10s to £B. fat Jersey j cows £4 15s to £5 10s, light £4 Is to £4 12s, heavy boner cows £3 16s to j £4 4s, medium £3 3s to £3 1 Is, light ; £2 5s to £3, cull cows 15s to 355, ; Jersey cows £2 to £3 Is, heavy potter j bulls £8 to £lO. medium £5 to £7 ss. • light £3 to £4 17s 6d, yearling service bulls to £3 4s. Pigs.—Choppers £2 5s to £3 16s, best baconers to £3 4 3s, medium £3 8s to £3 10s, light £3 2s to £3 6s, buttermilk pigs and heavy porters £2 14s to £3, medium porkers £2 7s to £2 10s, light £2 to £2 ss, large stores and unfinished porkers 32s to 37s 6d, meduim 24s 6d to 31s, slips 17s 6d to 22s 6d, best weaners 10s to 15s, others 5s to Bs, Tamworth sows close to farrowing £3 15s. Messrs Daigety and Co., Ltd. Sheep.—-Medium 2-tooth ewes 25s 6d to 26s 3d, medium 4-tooth ewes 22s 3d to 23s 6d, medium 4-year ewes 20s to 21s 3d, good 5-year ewes 20s 6d to 21s 2d, good 5-year ewes 17s 9d to 18s 6d (all ex Gisborne) ; 5 and 6-vear ewes lis Id to 14s (ex Coromandel); 5 and 6-year ewes 15s to 16s 3d, cull ewes 8s 6d to 10s (ex North Auckland). Cattle.—Medium fat heifers £6 5s to £7 10s, medium fat Jersey cows £5 6s to £6, light £4 5s to £5, fat cows £3 15s to £1 2s 6d, heavy boner cows £2 15s to £3 10s, light 35s to £2 ss, medium potter bulls £7 17s 6d to £9, light £5 to £5 10s, medium heifers running with bull £4 to £4 7s. Pigs.—Heavy choppers £4 to £4 12s, baconers £3 4s to £3 11s, porkers £2 9s to £2 12s, light porkers 30s to 355, medium store pigs 20s to 225. Loan and Mercantile Agency Sheep.—Medium 2-tooth ewes 23s 6d to 26s 6d, maiden 4-tooth ewes to 26s 6d, 5-vear ewes ex Gisborne to 18s 6d, 5-year ewes ex Waingaro to 18s, 6-vear ewes ex Gisborne 17s to 17s 6d, w.f. wether lambs 8s 6d to 10s, w.f. ewe lambs up to 12s 9d, b.f. lambs to 11s 9d, aged ewes 8s to 11s. TE AWAMUTU STOCK SALE Messrs Daigety and Co., Ltd., report as follows on their Te Awamutu sale held on Thursday:— A medium yarding of sheep came forward, composed mostly of lambs with a sprinkling of 2-tooth ewes and older ewes. The fat sheep sold at fully up to late rates, while the better class of store lambs sold well; cull and old ewes were dull of sale. A total clearance was made under the hammer. Fat wethers made 17e 6d to 18s, light fat wethers 16s 6d to 17s, Southdown cross fat sheep 15s to 15s lOd, good fat ewes 10s 3d to 11s, medium fat ewes 7s 6d to 9s, good fat lambs 18s 3d to 19s sd, medium fat lambs 16s to 16s 9d, light fat lambs 15s to 15s 6d, good Romney shorn wether lambs 12s lOd to 13s sd, medium 10s 3d to 11s 9d, small 7s -6d to 9s 6d, good Romney woolly lambs 11s 8d to 12s Id, medium 8s 3d to 10s 6d, good Romney ewe lambs 15s to 17s 3d, medium Romney ewe lambs 11s 9d to 13s 3d, cull lambs 4s 6d to 6s 3d, 2-tooth ewes (very mixed wool) 22s to 22s 9d, small 16s to 17s 6d, small 2-tooth wethers 12s 6d to 14s 9d, cull ewes 4s 8d to 5s 3d, aged Southdown rams 1 to 2 gns. Cattle: Good Polled Angus fat bullocks, £ll 17s to £l2; fat Polled Angus cows, £7 5s to £7 18s; fat Shorthorn cows, £7 2s to £7 7s; fat Jersey cows, £5 11s to £5 17s 6d; fat cows, £4 5s to £4 12s 6d; others, £3 15s to £4; heavy boner cows, £3 5s to £3 40s; boner cows, £2 5s to £3; cull cows, 30s to 37s 6d; medium heavy potter bulls, £7 10s to £8 ss; medium potter bulls, £5 10s to £6 15s; light potter bulls, £3 5s to £4 15s; springing cows, £6 to £6 15s; springing heifers, £5 to £6 ss. Pigs: Prime heavy baconers, £3 10s to £3 12s; heavy baconers, £3 5s to £3 10s; prime medium baconers, £3 6s to £3 8s; medium baconers, £3 4s to £3 6s; prime light baconers, £3 2s to £3 4s; light baconers, £3 to £3 2s; buttermilk pigs, £2 15s to £3; prime heavy porkers, £2 10s to £2 15s; heavy porkers, £2 6s to £2 10s; prime medium porkers, £2 2s to £2 6s; medium, 38s to £2 2s; prime light, 36s to 38s; light porkers, 32s to 365; shoppers, heavy, £3 to £3 10s; choppers. med.um, £2 to £3; best larre stores, 30s to 355; medium stores, 25s to 30s; small stores, 20s to 2>ss; best slips, 16s to 20s; medium slips, 12s to 16s; best weaners, 14s to 17s; others, 6s to 12s; sows to farrow, £4 to £4 ss. BRADFORD TOPS (United Press A^sn.—Flpc. Tel. Copyrtc-Tit) LONDON. February 9 The following are the current quotations on the Bradford tops market : Merinos: Seventies, 26d; sixty-fours, 25d: sixties, 24d. Crossbreds: Fiftyeights,. 21 d; fifty-sixes, 19d; fifties. 17s; forty-sixes, 16d (nominal); forty-fours, 16d (nominal). The I market, is fully steady, with rather more demand.

AUCKLAND POULTRY MARKET The following are the prices ruling for poultry on the Auckland market: Cockerels, heavy breeds, prime 4s 6d to 6s. not prime 2s up: light breeds, prime 2s 6d to 3s 6d. not prime Is 6d up; fat roosters, heavy breeds, prime 2s 6d to 3s; light, breeds. Is 9d to. 3s; fat hens, heavy breeds 2s 6d to 4s, light breeds Is 6d to 2s 6d: laying hens, heavy breeds 3s 6d to 4s 6d. light breeds 3s to 4s; pullets, heavy’ . breeds, best 6s 6d to 7s, smaller 3s to ss: light breeds, best 6s 6d to 7s, j smaller 2s to 3s: drakes, young, prime j 2s to 3s. smaller Is 6d up, old 2s up: | geese, 4s: turkey hens 7s fid. gobblers i 10s to 15s; guinea fowls, 3s 6d to : 4s fid.