SLACK MARKETS

Waikato Times, Volume 124, Issue 20737, 22 February 1939, Page 13

SLACK MARKETS

VALUES AT FRANKTON SLOW SALE OF BEEF FAT PIGS IN FAIR REQUEST Entries were lighter and values slightly lower at Frankton yesterday when quality In some sections was below the average standard. The quality of the fat steers forward was the poorest seen at the yards for some months, the bulk of the small penning comprising light and rough sorts. Buyers were restrained in their bidding for steers, the paucity of good sorts being no small factor in their lack of enthusiasm. A few pens of medium to heavy Friesian steers were available, entries of this class making from £lO to £l2 4s, the latter figure being the top price for ihe day’s sales. Small and rough sorts sold from as low as £6 to £9 10s. The price per 1001 b. for ox rarely touched 345, the limit generally being 33s with most sales being made below 30s per 100 lb. A few good cows and heifers were available, the tops changing hands from £7 to £8 11s, with a top bid of £9 7s 6d. From £4 to £6 was paid for the bulk of the others. There was an overflow entry of calves, mainly vealers, and the increased entries forward had a slightly depressing effect on prices. Top price for runners was £8 11s, hut this was almost 20s in advance of the next best figure. Sheep and Pigs Dull inquiry again marked the fat sheep market, the smaller entry having no beneficial influence. Occasionally values changed slightly in buyers’ favour, but on the whole there was no very material alteration hi quotations. Best wethers generally made from 17s 9d to 20s 3d with one good line being knocked down at 21s, this being 1« in advance of last week’s top money. Ewes were hard to quit at anything like satisfactory values. The general range of prices for the best was 8s 6d to 10s with one or two lines making from 10s 6d to 11s. Fat ewes were marked down as low as 6s to 7s 6d. Fat lambs, however, were every bit as good as last week. No improvement on the lower values registered last sale were experienced for fat pigs, which sometimes showed a further slight drop. The top price for baconers was 73s against 74s last week, but the former figure was recorded for only one pen, 72s being the general limit. For porkers 57s was the limit to most bids, the top quotation last week being 60s. Store pigs were brighter of sale, large sorts making from 27s to 30s. Sows were dull of sale. Price Summary The following table is a summon,' of prices realised for fat stock at the Frankton yards during the past fort-

A consignment of good Friesian steers came forward from Mr N. K. Taylor, three of ihe line selling at £l2 4s, one at £l2 and three at £ll ss. From Mr J. Steele came cattle, which sold from £9 5s to £lO 7s Gd, while attractive cows and heifers from the same vendor realised from £7 to £9 7s 6d. A pair of runners from Mr T. M. Hall sold at £S 11s and £7 17s. Wethers from Messrs. Wilson and Wright cleared at 21s, while from 19s to 19s 6d was paid for those from the Piri Land Co. A line from Mr A. M. Watkins was knocked down at 20s, with 3d below this figure being given fo-r Mr A. V. Masters’ consignment. Ewes from Mr B. Copeland Smith sold from 9s to 11s, while 10s Gd was the price for those from Mr J. Penniket, of Rukuhia. A line of very attractive lambs from Mr J. Perrow. of Rukuhia, changed hands at 245.

AUCTIONEERS’ QUOTATIONS

The auctioneers quote as follows:—FARMERS’ AUCTIONEERING CO. The Farmers’ Co-operative Auctioneering Company Ltd, report: At the Frankton sale yesterday a small on try of fat sheep came forward and sold at rates on a par with last week’s quotations. A large yarding of store sheep with competition for store lambs remaining on a par with last sale, whilst values for breeding ewes showed no alteration. Cattle: A full yarding of all classes of cattle comprising a fair proportion of fat Jersey cows and heifers, which met with keen competition. values being very firm. ,\ gnod yarding of boner cows and potter hulls met with a ready sale, values being fully up to schedule rites. Runners and vealers were penned in average numbers, but values in this section

were slightly easier, most vendors, however, met the market. Pigs: A small yarding of fat pigs. Bidding was keener than last week and prices a shade firmer. An extra large entry of store pigs, with prices in advance of last week’s rates. Quotations: Sheep: Heavy fat wethers, 19s 6d to 20s 9d; medium, 18s 6d to 19s 3d; heavy fat ewes, 9s 6d to 11s; medium 8s to 9s; killable, 5s 6d to 7s; prime fat lambs, 22s to 23s 6d; heavy, 19s to 21s; medium, 16s to 18s; forward conditioned black-face lambs, 10s 9d to 12s; woolly store lambs, 9s to 10s 3d; shorn wether lambs, 9s to 10s 6d; smaller, 7s 6d to 8s 6d; 2-tooth breeding ewes, 22s to 265; smaller 2-tooth ewes, 18s 6d to 21s; s.rn. ewes, 11s 6d to 13s; culls, 3s to 4s 6d. Cattle: Fat Friesian s'teers, £9 10s to £lO ss; light Jersey cross steers, £6 15s to £7 ss; fat Friesian cows, £7 to £7 10s; lighter fat cows, £5 16s to £6 12s; fat Jersey heifers, £5 16s to £7; lighter, £4 5s to £5 ss; fat Jersey cows, £5 11s to £6 8s; lighter, £4 10s to £5 6-s; heavy boner cows, £3 10s to £4 8s; lighter, £2 10s to £3 7s; heavy potter bulls, £8 17s 6d to £9 ss; medium, £7 5s to £8 10s; lighter, £4 5s to £6 6s; sound young bulls, £3 15s to £4; good runners, £6 Is to £7; smaller to £5 12s 6d; good vealers £2 15s to £3 11s; medium, 35s to £2 9s; smaller, 235. Pigs: Prime baconers, £3 10s to £3 13s; medium, £3 6s to £3 9s; lighter. £3 2s to £3 ss; heavy porkers and ■ buttermilk pigs, £2 10s to £3; medium porkers, £2 5s to £2 8s; light, 36s to £2 2s; unfinished, 28s to 355; large stores, 30s to 33s (jrl; medium, 23s 6d to 275; slips, 18s Gd to 21s; weaners, 11s 6d to 16s Gd; pedigree Devon boars £3 to £5. Messrs. Dalgety and Company, Ltd. Sheep.—Fat wethers. J7s 9d to 20s Gd; fat ewes (good;. 10s to 12s 3d; medium, 8s 6d to 9s 3d; fat lambs, heavy, 22s fid to 24s Gd; lighter, 18s 6d to 20s 3d; shorn wether lambs, 10s to 10s 10d; smaller, 6s 6d to 8s; two-tooth ewes, good quality, 25s to 26s 3d; smaller, 21s Gd to 235; five-year-old ewes, 16s to 18s. Cattle,—Light fat bullocks, £lO io £ll 2s Gd: light, fat Polled Angus cows, £5 15s T'i £6 3s: fat Shorthorn cowrs, £7 JOs lo £ 8 6s: light fat Jersey cows and heifers, £5 to £6 2s Gd; forward-conditioned young cows, £4 to £4 10s; heavy boners, £3 5s to £3 others, 30s to £2 10s; potter bulls, £6 to £8 7s; Jersey heifer calves, fair quality, £2 7s 6d to £2 15s; two-year-old heifers, r.w.b., £4 to £4 7s Gd; vealers, 30s to £2 Bs.

Pigs.—Prime heavy baconers, £3 10s to £3 13s; lighter, £2 18s to £3 fis; buttermilk pigs, £2 10s to £2 16s; heavy porkers, £2 5s to £2 fis; light, 37s to £2 Is; good stores, 28s io 335; best slips, 23s to 265; others from 16s to 18s; weaners, from fis up to 15s.

Messrs. Wright, Stephenson & Co., Sheep.—Heavy prime ewes, 10s to 10s 6d: medium prime, 8s Gd to 9s 3d; killable ewes, 6s fid to 7s Gd; fat wethers prime , 19s Gd to 20s 3d; medium fat wethers, 18s Gd to 19s; fat lambs, lGs to 17s; six-tooth ewes, 17s 6d to 22s Gd; Southdown rams, £2 2s to 2} guineas.

Cattle.—Vealers, £3 4s to £4; lighter, £2 7s to £2 15s: calves, £1 to 265; boner cows, .'i3 to £3 17s; lighter, £2 16s to £2 19s; culls, 10s to 355; springers, £5 15s to £6 10s; cows in milk, £5 to £6 17s 6d; three-year-old in-calf Jersey heifers, up to £7.

night:— BEEF (per 1001b.) This week Last Week Prim© ox 30/6 to 34/30/6 to 35/Plain and Inferior ox . 23/- to 28/23/- to 29/6 Prime cows . 26/- to 27 J26/- to 27/6 Second quality cows .... 21/- to 24/6 21/- to 24/6 Light cows and heifers . 19/- to 22 J19/- to 22/MUTTON (o«r head) Extra prime wethers 19/9 to 20/3 17/9 to 20/Fat wethers . 15/6 to 16/9 15/3 to 17/Unfinished wethers 13/9 to 15/Extra prime ewes .... 8/6 to 10/9/- to 11/Fat ewes 6/- to 7/6 7/- to 8/6 Unfinished ewes 4/- to 6/6 Fat lambs 18/6 to 22/17/- to 24/Shorn .... 15/9 to 16/6 16/- to 19/3 PIGS (per head) Baconers 60/- to 72/61/- to 74/Porkers 30/- to 57/33/- to 60/Weaners 8/- to 15/7/6 to 14/Slips ..... 16/6 to 22/16/6 to 22/Large stores 27/- to 36/26/6 to 35/Individual Sales