DROP FOR BEEF

Waikato Times, Volume 124, Issue 20743, 1 March 1939, Page 13

DROP FOR BEEF

DECLINE AT FRANKTON SHEEP RATES REPEATED BETTER INQUIRY FOR PIGS Although better quality cattle were forward, there was no Improvement in the demand for fat cattle at the Frankton sale yesterday and values again dropped. Fat sheep were again traded quietly, but late quotations were generally repeated. Competition appeared a little sharper in the fat pig section, but values were generally the same as last week. Only a small entry of bullocks was available, hut quality was more attractive, several pens of handv-weight sorts being included. Competition was very restrained and the auctioneers had no easy task in drawing bids. Prices were at least 10s per head down,. while the price per 1001 b. was back in most cases by approximately is. Yesterday’s top bid was £l2 15s against £l2 4s. hut yesterday’s cattle were better quality sorts. Other good medium-weight cattle realised from £ll 2s 6d to £l2, with light sorts changing- hands from £8 t-o £lO 2s 6d. The sale was the poorest since the spring rise despite the fact that the supply was limited. Cows and heifers were also cheaper, but not so noticeably as bullocks, good heifers occasionally selling at late rates. Best sorts were traded from £6 10s to £8 10s, but the bulk of the entry sold below £5. The market for boner cattle and potter bulls was not as strong as last week. In the calf market the top price was £8 12s 6d in comparison with £8 11s last week, values for a smaller entry being much the same. Little Change For Sheep There was little change for fat sheep, which were forward in lighter numbers. Top price for wethers was 20s 6d against 20s 3d last week, the range of values for top lines generally being from 17s 6d to 19s 9d. Extra prime ewes made from 8s 6d to 10s 9d, which was practically the same as last week, with a few pens of njaiden ewes realising up to 15s. The yarding was probably the smallest for some months, but as with last week lirriHed supplies failejd to stimulate competition. Lambs were not up to the quality of those last week, but several good lines were available and values were practically the same. One line of 210, which included a number of good sheep, was knocked down at 16s 6d. Light-weight pigs and butter-milk pigs were slightly brighter of sale and occasionally prices for these seemed a little better. Baconers were again quoted from 60s to 725, but porkers made from 30s to 58s, with a top bid of 60s, against 30s to 725. A lull sale was experienced for store pigs and ail classes cheaper. Price Summary The following table Is a summary of prices realised for fat stock at the Frankton yards during the past fort-

Indivldual Sales Top price for bullocks, £l2 15s, was realised for a pair of good sorts from Mr J. McKay, of Newstead, the same vendor selling others from £ll 2s 6d to £l2. A pen from Mr P. Dingle was knocked down at £ll 2s 6d. Mr T. M. Hall again topped the market for runners, selling one at £8 12s 6d and another at £8 ss. A line of 50 wethers from Mr T. Platt changed hands at 20s 6d, while 20s was the figure for those from Mr F. Norrish, of Kaipaki. For a consignment of 51 from the Waikato Racing Club the same price was given. Wethers from Messrs. Taylor Bros, sold from 18s to 19s 6d, while 19s was given for a consignment from the Boyd Estate, Matangi. Lambs from Mr W. Sklenars, of Whatawhata, sold to the bid of 22s 3d. E\fces from Mr C. G. Tapp, of Iluntly, realised 11s 6d. AUCTIONEERS’ QUOTATIONS The auctioneers quote as follows: Farmers’ Auctioneering Co., Ltd. Cattle. Medium-weight Jersey cross steers, to £-9 10s; heavy fat cows, £7 10„s to £7 19s; lighter fat cows, £6 5s to £7; heavy second qualsey cows, £6 8s to £7 6s; lig'hter fat Jersey cows and heifers, £4 10s to £5 7s 6d; heavy boner cows, £3 5s to £4 6s; lighter boner cows, £2 7s 6d to £3 is; heavy potter hulls, £7 12s to £9; medium potter hulls, £5 15s to £7 2s 6d; lighter, £4 5s to £5 8s; yearling hulls, £3 5s to £3 16s; best vealers, £3 to £3 8s; other \ealers, £2 2s to £2 10s. Sheep.—Prime, fat wethers, 18s 6d to £i; prime medium-weight wethers, ! 17s to 18s; prime black-faced twotooth wethers, 16s 6d to 18s; prime two-tooth black-faced ewes, 14s Gd lo 16s; heavy fat ewes, 9s to 10s 6d; medium fat ewes, 7s to 8s; light fat ewes, 5s to 6s 6d; heavy fat lambs, 20s to 225; medium fat iambs, 18s 6d to 19s 6d; light fat lambs, 15s to 17s 6d. Pigs.—Heavy baconers, £3 11s to ] £3 14s; medium baconers, £3 6s to £3 ! 10s; light baconers, £3 Is to £3 ss; i heavy porxers and buttermilk pigs, ; £2 12s to £3; medium porkers, £2 5s ; to £2 10s; light porkers, 38s to £2 3s; i unfinished porkers, 32s to 365; large stores, 27s to 345; slips, 22s to 255; I best weaners, 11s 6d to 16s Gd; other . weaners, 6s to 9s.

Messrs. Dalgety & Co., Ltd. Sheep.—Heavy fat wethers, 18s 6d to 20s 3d; medium ditto, 17s to 17s 9d; light and unfinished, 15s to 16s 3d; good Southdown cross wethers, 16s to 17s 3d; light ditto, 14s 6d to 15s 9d; good fat heavy ewes, 10s to 11s 6d; medium ditto, 8s 6d to 9s; light ditto, 6s to 7s 9d; heavy fat lambs, 22s 3d to 22s 6d; . medium ditto, 18s to 19s 3d; light ditto, 16s to 16s 9d. Cattle.—Medium fat steers, £lO 10s to £ll ss; good heavy' fat cows, £7 to £7 17£ 6d;’ medium ditto, £5 10s to £6 15s; heavy boner cows, £3 10s to £3 17s 6d; medium ditto, £2 5s to £3 2s Gd; others, 38s to £2; heavy potter hulls, £8 10s to £lO 3s; medium ditto, £6 to £7 10s; medium vealers, £2 to £2 17s 6d; light ditto, 25s to 325; medium Jersey hqifers, yearlings, £2 to £2 10s. Pigs.—Prime heavy baconers, £3 12s; heavy ditto, £3 10s to £3 12s; prime medium ditto, £3 8s to £3 10s; medium baconers, £3 6s to £3 8s; prime light ditto, £3 3s to £3 6s; light ditto, £3 to £3 3s; heavy buttermilk pigs, £2 15s to £3; medium ditto, £2 10s to £2 15s; light ditto, £2 5s to £2 10s; p-rime heavy porkers, £2 2s to £2 ss; heavy porkers, £2 to £2 2s; prime medium, 36s to £2; light porkers, 30s to 365; best slips, 30s to 345; medium ditto, 25s to 30s; small ditto, 20s to 255; best slips, 16? to 20s; medium, 12s to 16s; best weaners, 6s to 12s. Loan and Mercantile Agency Cattle. —Small Polled Angus bullocks, £lO 12s 6d: Polled Angus and Hereford heifers, £8 to £8 12s; lighter sorts, £7 to £7 2s 6d; Polled Angus cows, £6 17s 6d to £8; unfinished cows, £5 10s to £6 12s 6d; vealers, £1 11s to £2 8s; Shorthorn runners. £6 7s to £7 18s; boner cows, £2 iOs to £3 6s; young, fresh-conditioned paddock cows, £3 13s to £4; light fat Jersey cows, £4 12s to £5 10s; fat Holstein cows, to £6 10s; heavy potter hulls, £8 2s Gd to £10; mediumweights, £6 5s to £7 15s; light hulls, £4 2s to £5 15s. Sheep.—Heavy wethers, 18s 6d to 20s; lighter, 15s 6d to 17s 3d; first quality lambs, to 235; smaller, 18s 6d to 20s 9d. Pigs.—Heavy baconers, £3 8s to £3 12s; medium, £3 1-s to £3 6s; light, £2 17s to £3; heavy porkers, £2 12s to £2 16s; medium, £2 5s to £2 lls; light, £1 19s to £2 3s; choppers, £2 to £2 8s; stores, slips, £1 3s to £1 14s; weaners, 9s to 19s; others, £4 to £B. Messrs. G. W. Vercoe & Co., Ltd. Sheep.—Prime fat wethers, 20s to 21s 3d; light prime, 18s 6d to 19s 6d; medium-weight wethers, 17s to 18s; light, 15s to 16s 6d; unfinished, to 14s; prime maiden ewes, to 15s; heavy fat ewes, 9s Gd to 10s; mediumweights, 7s to 9s; light and unfinished, to 6s; heavy prime lambs, 23s to 245; prime medium-weights, 21s to 22s 6d; light prime, 19s to 20s 6d; mediumweights, 17s to 18s; light, to 16s. Cattle. —Heavy runners, £6 10s to £8 12s 6d; lighter, to £5 ss; heavy vealers, £3 to £3 15s; mediumweights, £2 to £2 18s; small calves, up to 355; prime medium-weight bullocks, £l2 to £l2 15s; prime lightweights, £ll to £ll 10s; light-weights, to £10; Jersey cross bullocks, to £8 14-s; prime medium-weight heifers, to £8 10s; well-finished light-weights, to £7 2s 6d; others, to £6 12s 6d; heavy fat cows, £7 10s to £8 2s 6d; lighter, to £7 ss; light, to £5 15s; heavy fat Jersey cows, £5 10s to £6; medium-weights, £4 15s to £5 ss; light, to £4 12s 6d; fair quality Jersey heifer calves, £2 5s to £2 14s; small, to £2; 18-months Jersey Cross steers, to £3 12s 6d: 18-months crossbred heifers, to £3 15s; heavy boners, £3 10s to £4; medium-weights, £2 15s to £3 7s 6d; light, to £2 10s; extra heavy bulls, £l2 19s; heavy bulls, £9 10s to £lO 10s; medium-weights, £7 to £8 10s; light, to £6 10s; good quality Jersey heifers (early calvers), £7 10s to £8; more backward, to £7 ss; inferior, up to £5; fair quality Jersey cows (in milk and close to profit), £6 15s to £7 10s; others, to £6. pjg-s.—Heavy baconers, £3 10s to £3 12s; medium-weights, £3 5s to £3 9s; light, £3 to £3 4s: heavy porkers. £2 14s to £2 19s; mediumweights, £2 5s to £2 12s; light, 38s to £2 4s; unfinished, to 375; heavy choppers, to £3 15s; lighter, up to £2 10s; large stores, 28s to 3ls; smaller. 25s to 275; good slips, 22s to 265; smaller, 17s to 21s; best weaners, 1 0s to 14s; others, up to 9s; sows in pig, to £4 2s 6d. ,

Messrs. Wright, Stephenson & Co. : Sheep.—Prime fat wethers, 19s to j; 20s; fat. wethers, 17s 9d to 18s Gel; ! j fat ewes, 8s to 9s; killahle ewes, 6s j to 7s 6d; fat lambs, 21s Gd to 23s 3d; , medium lambs, 19s Gd to £l. Cattle. —Boner cows, £3 4s lo £3 I 15s: lighter, £2 16s to £3; cutis, 25s j to £2; Jersey calves. £2 10s to £2 15s; Red Poll heifers, up to £3 10s. Pigs.—Baconers, £2 18s to £3 3s; weaners, 10s to 12s Gd; smaller, 8s i 6d to 9s 6d.

night:— BEEF (per 1001b.) Prime ox .. This week Last Week 29/-to 34/- 30/6 to 34/Plain and inferior ox . , 23/- to 28/- 23/- to 28/Prime cows . 25/-to 27 T- 26/-to 27/Second qualitycows .... 21/-to 24/6 21/-to 24/6 Light cows and heifers . 19V- to 22/- 19/- to 22/MUTTON (per head) Extra prime wethers 1 9 /U to 20/6 19/9 to 20/3 Fat wethers . 15/6 to 17/6 15/6 to 16/9 Extra prime ewes 8/6 to 1079 8/6 to 10/Fat ewes 6/-to 8/- 6/-to 7/6 Fat lambs . 17/6 to 22/3 18/6 to 22/Shorn .... 15/-to 16/6 PIGS (per head) Baconers 60/- to 72/- 60/- to 72/Porkers 30/-to 58/- 30/-to 57/Weaners 6/- to 15/6 8/-to 15/Slips 16/-to 21/- 16/6 to 22/Large stores . 26/6 to 34/- 27/- to 36/-