COMMERCIAL

Waikato Times, Volume 125, Issue 20910, 15 September 1939, Page 12

COMMERCIAL

ADDINGTON MARKETS SHARP DECLINE IN SHEEP There was a sharp decline in the value of fat *heep at Addington, due i to the excess of entries. J For store sheep there was a slightly l brighter sale. Ewe hoggets made to ! 20s 6d. ewes to 255, and ewes and | lambs all counted to lis 9d. More j than 8000 fat sheep were penned, a I number of lines being from the south, j The market opened 7s to 9s a head ! less than last week’s rates, and slip- ! ped si ill further in the Anal stages by from 8s to 12s, bringing values to a ; lower level than a fortnight ago. Best ! wethers made to 49s 10d; good, 34s | to 40s; best ewes, 32s to 395; good, , 24s to 30s. Passings were heavy to- ] ward the end of the sale. | There was a moderate penning of ! 450 head of fat cattle. A few pens of j tops showed only a minor easing, hut i the hulk of the entry averaged about ; 20s a head lower. Extra prime beef j in a few coses made to 51s per 1001 b., j but the hulk of best quality made from j 45s to 48s. Best steers made from ; £2O to £24 12s 6d; good, £l6 to £18; j medium, £l2 to £l3. Specially good | heifers made high prices, a show beast j realising £22 7s 6d, hut most of the j average to good heifers ranged from £l3 10s to £ls, with cows 20s less. There was a good sale of porkers and baconers. Choppers sold from £3 16s 6d to £7 8s 7d; porkers, £2 7s 6d to £3 5s 6d; average price per lb., 7*d to B*d; baconers, £3 9s 6d to £4 19s Gd; average price per lb, 7d to I Sd. ! IHATAMATA YARDING j The Farmers’ Co-operative Auction- : eering Company, Limited, report that ! at their Matamata stock sale yesterday | the entry of fat sheep consisted of a i large yarding of all classes, with comI petition very keen and prices fully up jto Frankton rates. Good store hoggets ! were keenly sought and realised very j satisfactory prices. Cattle: A large yarding of call classes of cattle. Com- ! petition all round was very keen with j values fully up to any recent outside i sales. Dairy Cattle: A big yarding of j dairy cattle, mostly heifers. For choice j quality heifers good prices were realI ised and a clearance effected, j Pigs.—A full yarding of fat pigs and a medium entry of stores and I weaners. In the fat section the entry ; comprised a number of pens of good ! quality. baconers, for which competition was very keen. Values were in advance of recent sales. Porkers also showed a slight increase. Stores and weaners were in extra keen demand and here again prices showed a sharp rise. Breeding sows and boars also sold well, and on the whole the Sale was one of the best held in recent years. Quotations:— Sheep.—Fat wethers, 29s 9d to 355; fat ewes, 22s 9d to 27s 9d; prime hoggets, 25s 6d to 29s 6d; other killable hoggets, 19s 6d 1o 23s 9d; store hoggets, 13s 6d to l~s 3d. 1 Cattle.—Medium to light Hereford bullocks, up to £l2 2s 6d; heavy Friesian cows, fat, £9 10s to £lO 17s; heavy fat Shorthorn cows, £7 6s to £9 12s 6d; good Jersey cows, £6 5s to £7 17s 6d: medium Jersey cows, £5 5s to £6 2s 6d; heavy boners, £3 18s to £4 17s 6d; others, £3 to £3 15s; service Jersey bulls, £7 12s 6d to £8; I yearling Jersey heifers, 3 4s to £3 17s. j Dairy Cattle.—Choice quality heif--1 ers, £lO 10s to £l2 10s; good Jersey cows in milk, £8 to £10; more backi ward heifers, £6 10s to £8 10s. | Pigs.—Choppers, £2 to £3 7s; prime ! topweight baconers, £4 to £4 3s; heavy ' baconers, £3 15s to £3 18s; medium, £3 ICfs to £3 13s; light, £3 5s to £3 8s; buttermilk pigs and heavy porkers, £2 18s to £3 3s; medium porkers, £2 j 10s to £2 16s; light, £2 4s to £2 8s; | good quality large stores, 37s 6d to | £2 2s; large stores, 32s to 355; choice j quality slips, 39s to £2 6s; other slips, i 27s 6d to 31s 6d; best weaners, 30s to j 25s 6d; other weaners, 15s to 17s 7d; I Berkshire boars, £3 to £3 15s; breedj ing sows, £4 10s to £5 10s. KAUROA SALE The Farmers’ Go-operative Auctioneering Company, Limited, report at i their Kauroa stock sale yesterday, a large entry of cattle, with competition throughout keen, prices for fat and store cattle remaining Arm at late rates. The entry of dairy cattle comprised mainly of poorer-conditioned sorts, with bidding not as keen as usual. Quotations: —Medium fat heifers, to £6; light fat Jersey cows, £4 8s to £5; heavy boner cows, £3 11s to £4 4s; forward two-year Hereford steers, £6 5s to £6 15s; 18-months P.A. steers, £4 6s to £4 8s; yearling P.A. steers, £2 18s to £3 4s; poor-condi-tioned steers, 24s to £2 3s; small mixed coloured steers, 21s to 375; [ low-conditioned heavy potter bulls, £6 ( to £6 11s; medium, £3 to £4 10s. Best Jersey heifers, close to profit, £7 5s to £8; others, £4 10s to £6; Jersey dairy cows, close to profit, £9 7s 6d to £10; Jersey cows, more backward, £7 to £B.