COMMERCIAL NEWS

Waikato Times, Volume 125, Issue 20911, 16 September 1939, Page 11

COMMERCIAL NEWS

EAST COAST SHEEP MORRINSVILLE STOCK SALE The Farmers' Co-operative Auctioneering Company, Limited, report that at their weekly Morrinsville stock s-ale yesterday a good yarding of fat sheep met with keen competition, with values of fat wethers and hoggets on a par wth Frankton quotations. Fat ewes showed a slightly easing tendency, and an entry of store hoggets ex East Coast realised very satisfactory prices. Cattle: A full yarding of cattle, including a medium entry of fat and ldllable cows with an average penning of store and boner cows. Values for all classes remained on a par with late quotations. Dairy cattle: The entry included mostly heifers with a scarcity of good quality animals. The demand was keen with an improvement in values, a total clearance being effected. A small offering of dairy cows also sold readily. Pigs: A medium yarding of fat pigs, and a light entry of stores and weaners. The demand for baconers and porkers was not as keen as at previous sales with values accordingly slightly easier. Stores and weaners sold fully up to late rates. Breeding sows were in keen demand and realised satisfactory prices. Quotations.—Sheep : Prime fat wethers, 31s 6d to 335; light fat wethers, 26s to 28s; unfinished, 21s 6d to 235; heavy fat ewes, 20s to 225; lighter, 14s to 18 s 6d; cull ewes, 6s 6d to 10s 9d; prime fat hoggets, 26s to 30s; fat hoggets. 22s 6d to 23s 3d; light, 19s to 20s; woolly white face wether hoggets, 15s to 16s Id; smaller, 10s 3d. Cattle: Heavy fat Jersey cows, £lO 15s; medium, £7 15s to £8 17s 6d; light Polled .Angus and Hereford cows, £6 18s to £7 15s; light Jersey cows, £6 10s to £7 ss; other killable cows, £4 18s to £5 15s; light fat Jersey heifers, £4 Is to £4 16s; heavy boner cows, £3 10s to £4 4s; medium, £2 8s to £3 ss; light. 35s to £2 2s; cull cows, 15s to 255; good quality empty two-year Jersey heifers, £3 2s Gd to £3 15s; others, £.2 5s to £2 16s; wellgrown yearling Jersey heifers, £4 to £4 ss; smaller and poor conditioned yearling heifers, £2 14s; yearling Jersey hulls, £6 10s. Dairy cattle: Best dairy heifers, close to profit, £9 10s to £ll 10s; others, £8 to £9 2s 6d; smaller and poor conditioned, £6 15s to £7 12s; poor conditioned and backward heifers, £4 10s to £5 15s; best calved heifers, £8 to £9 10s; others, £6 5s to £7 10s: inferior calved heifers, £4 10s to £5 15s: best dairy cows, £9 to £l2 15s; medium, £7 5s to £8 10s; calved cows, £5 10s to £7 10s. Pigs: Heavy choppers, £2 14s to £3 4s; others, 29s to 275; best baconers, £3 12s to £3 15s; medium, £3 7s to £3 10s; light, £3 to £3 ss; heavy porkers and buttermilk pigs, £2 12s to £2 18s; medium porkers, £2 5s to £2 10s; light, 39s to £2 3s; large stores, 36s 6d to £2; medium, 29s 6d to 34s 6ri; best slips, 32s to 37s 6d; others, 24s 6d to 28s 6d; best weaners, 20s to 26s 6d; others, 12s to 18s; maiden sows, close to. farrowing, £4 to £4 12s 6d; others sows, £2 J 5s to £3 10s; sows with litters, £4 to £7. Loan and Mercantile Agency Cattle: Medium qualify steers ex • Mr C. Martin, of Walton, averaged I £ J 2 Is; medium cross-bred steers ex Mr J. H. McNaul, of Walton, averaged £lO 8s; medium condition P.A. bullocks to £l2 Is; medium condition cross-bred steers to £lO 8s; fat Jersey cows, £6 10s to £7 ss; medium fat cows, £5 12s 6d to £6 ss; heavy boners, £4 10s to £5 7s 6d; medium boners. £3 5s to £4 7s 6d; others from £2 to £3 2s 6d; cows with calves at foot, £3 to £4 ss; empty 2-year-old Jersey heifers, £3 7s 6d to £3 19s; others £2 10s to £3 ss; service bulls, £8 to £9 12s Gd; medium quality yearling Jersey heifers, £3 to £3 15s; small heifers, £2 to £2 10s; medium quality Jersey heifers, £8 to £9 10s; backward sorts, £6 to £7 15s; medium quality dairy cows, £7 10s to £8 15s; inferior sorts, £5 to £6 15s. Sheep: Medium fat ewes, 19s; small 2-tooth wethers, £1 3s 3d; fat hoggets, 19s 6d to 12s 6d; medium quality porkers, £2 9s to £2 12s; lighter porkers, 35s to £2 ss. TE AWAMUTU BALE The Farmers’ Co-operative Auctioneering Company, Ltd % report having held their tri-weekly Te Awamutu stock sale on Thursday, when a good yarding of fat sheep came forward, late rates being maintained throughout. Cattle: A medium yarding with bidding keen and prices fully up to any recent sales. Dairy cattle: A light yarding of dairy cows and heifers, the majority of the penning comprising 'medium and low conditioned animals. Competition was steady and values remained firm on late rates. Pigs: A small yarding of all classes, comprising mostly light baconers and porkers. Bidding in all sections was keen and a total clearance effected under the hammer. Quotations:— Sheep.—Fat wethers 25s 6d to 325, extra prime heavy hoggets to 31s, fat hoggets 19s to 265, store hoggets 15s to 17s 3d. Cattle.—Light medium prime steers £ll 7s to £l2 15s, prime heavy Jersey cows £8 10s to £9 2s 6d, heavy Jersey cows £7 5s to £8 2s 6d, other killable cattle £4 10s to £7 Is. boners £3 5s to £4 7s 6d, forward conditioned Polled Angus steers to £8 17s. Dairy Cattle.—Best Jersey heifers in milk £8 to £l2, poorer conditioned £3 15s to £'4, good Jersey heifers £8 to £9, medium quality £6 to £7, backward £4 to £5 1,55, dairy cows to £6 ss. Pigs.—Medium-weight baconers £3 to £3 7s, light £2 15s to £3, buttermilk pigs £’2 10s to £2 16s, porkers £2 5s to £2 Bs, large stores 35s to £2 2s, medium 28s to 335, slips 22s to 255, best weaners 25s to 295, others 18s to 225. WAIHOU YARDING The Farmers' Co-operative Auctioneering Company, Ltd., report that at their fortnightly Waihou stock sale on Thursday a full yarding of cattle, the beef entry comprising mostly second quality cows which sold at firm late rates. Store and boner cows also realised late quotations. A good penning of yearling Jersey heifers sold

under spirited competition with satisfactory prices resulting. Dairy cattle: A medium yarding of heifers came forward to a large bench of buyers. Competition for good quality heifers was brisk, a good sale resulting. Pigs: A small entry of fats met keen bidding, values showing no alteration from those realised at other centres. Stores and weaners sold well, a total clearance resulting. Quotations: — Cattle. —Medium fat Jersey cows £7 17s to £8 10s, light £5 15s to £7, light fat Jersey heifers £4 to £5 15s, heavy boner cows £3 17s to £4 Bs, medium £2 10s to £3 10s, light 37s to £2 ss, cull cow’s 10s to 255, empty 2-year Jersey heifers £2 15s to £3 6s, others 38s to £2 10s, w’ell-grown vearling Jersey heifers £4 2s 6d to £4 ss, others to £2 17«. Dairy Cattle. —Choice Jersey heifers close to profit £9 15s to £l2, later calvers £8 5s to £9 10s, Jersey and Jersey-cross heifers (more backward) £7 to £B, poor conditioned heifers (backward) £5 H>s to £6 ss, Jersey and Jersey-cross cows £7 2s 6d to £7 10s. Pigs.—Top-weight baconers £3 19s to £4 3s, medium £3 14s te £3 17s, light £3 5s to £3 10s, buttermilk pigs and heavy porkers £2 16s to £3 2s, medium porkers £2 8s to £2 13s, light £2 to £2 6s, large stores 35s 6d to £2 Is, medium 27s 6d to 325, slips 20s to 245, best weaners 23s to 25s 6d, others 11s 6d to 14s 6d. POULTRY, BUTTER AND EGGS THE AUCKLAND MARKETS AUCKLAND, Saturday j At the city markets there was keen ' demand for a heavy offering of poultry, prices being unchanged. Prices were:— Poultry.—Cockerels, heavy breeds, j prime. 5s to 7s each; not prime, 3s to 4s; light, prime, 4s .to ss; not prime, 2s to 3s; fat roosters, heavy, prime, 3s to 4s 6d; light, 2s 5d to ' 3s; fat hens, heavy, 4s 5d to 5s 6d; ; light, 3s to 4s; laying hens, heavy, 3s ; to 5s 6d; light, 4s to 6s; pullets# • heavy, best, 3s to 6s; smaller, 5s up; j

light, best, 3s to 6s; smaller, ss; drakes, young, prime, 3s; smaller, 5s up; old, 2s 6d to 3s Gd; ducks, young, 3s to ss; old, 2s to 3s 6d; geese, 4s to 7s; turkey hens, 4s to 7s; gobblers, 8s to 13s. Eggs and Butter. —Eggs, hen, first grade, Is 6Jd a dozen; B, Is 4sd; C, llAd; duck, first grade, Is 6£d; B, Is s£d; C, llid. Farmers’ butter, Is Id to Is 6d per lb. PRODUCE IN AUSTRALIA i (By Telegraph.—Press Association) SYDNEY, September 16 The wheat market is slack. The nominal buying quotation is 2s lOd a bushel, including all charges, but little business is reported. Flour, £l2 10s a ton; potatoes, Tasmanian, £2l a ton; others, £l9 10s; onions, Egyptian, brown, £25 a ton; New Zealand, £26 to £27; American, w’hite, £3O; maize, yellow, 4s 3d a bushed; white 4s sd.