BIG BEEF ENTRY

Waikato Times, Volume 125, Issue 20986, 13 December 1939, Page 15

BIG BEEF ENTRY

VALUES EASE SLIGHTLY MARKET AT FRANKTON LITTLE CHANGE FOR SHEEP Cows and heifers were forward in the largest numbers for some months at the Frankton sale yesterday, fully two and a-half rows being occupied, while steers were also forward in increased numbers, these taking up well over one and a-half rows. Although values were back, the sale was a very satisfactory one under the circumstances. Steers were usually back a few shillings per head, but the quality of them was hardly as attractive as previous weeks. Prices per head foil top quality sorts were much the same as last week, yesterday’s heavy entries selling from £l2 10s to £l3 5s per head and medium to heavy descriptions realising from £ll 9s to £l2 2s 6d per head. Meaty sorts changed hands from £lO 16s to £ll ss, while light cattle were knocked down from £9 2s 6d to £lO 15s. Cows and heifers were back by 10s to 15s per head in the majority of cases, but in view of the very heavy entry a more substantial decline in values would not have been surprising. All classes sold particularly well under the circumstances and although prices were down the market itself compared very favourably with previous markets when lighter entries were forward. Heavy prime sorts were auctioned from £8 7s to £9 Is per head, and other attractive descriptions from £7 2s 6d to £8 3s. halves and boner cattle showed little variation in values. Sheep and Pigs The fat sheep market was again heavily supplied. Although the tone of the market did not appear as aright as last week and competition sometimes lacked spirit, the market was usually firm at last sale’s improved values. In some cases values were back, but the quality of the sheep, which was not usually as good as last week, had to be taken into account. Best wethers were usually traded from 23s 9d to 25s 3d, while good ewes were quoted from 17s 3d to 19s, the money in both cases being practically the same as last week. A larger entry of store sheep met with an exceptionally keen demand and often the advanced prices recorded showed surprisingly little difference from fat sheep levels, good forward wethers making to 20s 7d. The demand was again very keen for fat pigs and values were just a shade firmer, baconers making from 63s to 84s against 61s to 82s last week, and porkers from 45s to 62s in comparison with 44s to 60s. Store pigs also sold briskly and were often dearer.

Price Summary The following table is a summary of prices realised for fat stock at the Frankton yards during the past fortnight:—

Individual Consignments Shorthorn steers in the consignment from Mr A. Ramsay, of Hillcrest, were in brisk demand from £l2 10s to £l3 ss, while Polled Angus from Mr T. M. Hall, of Ohaupo Ropd, sold readily from £ll 10s to £l3. From £ll 9s to £l2 2s 6d was given for those from Mr D. E. Scott, of Cambridge and, £ll 9s to £ll 18s for lighter sorts from Mr W. I. Taylor. Heifers from Mr H. K. Clark, of Peria, were good buying from £7 17s to £9 Is. Buyers gave from £7 to £8 7s for cow t s from Mr T. M. Hall, and from £7 5s to £7 17s 6d for those from Mr R. G. Grififen, of Tauwhare. A Morrinsviile vendor, Mr F. Donny, sold his consignment from £7 10s to £8 12s 6d, and Mr E. W. R. Leslie, of Putaruru, obtained from £6 17s to £8 3s. Wethers from Mr J. B. Stewart, of Tauwhare, realised 25s 3d, while 24s

9d was given for those from the Wheeley Farm. A pen from Mr F. W. Hubbard, of Hamilton, realised 245. The final bid on a choice lot of ewes from Mr W. I. Taylor was 19s. On account of Mr H. C. S. Hughes, of Kereone, were sold wethers that realised from 24s 9d to 255, while those from Mr T. Pickering, of Pukeroro, were auctioned at 24s 9d. For a pen from Messrs. Speake Bros., of Te Kowhai, 24s 6d was given, while ew'es from Mr A. Henderson, of Kio Kio, made from 17s 9d to 18s 6d. AUCTIONEERS’ QUOTATIONS The auctioneers report on the sale as follows: Farmers’ Co-operative Auctioneering Co. sheep.—Heavy prime fat wethers, 24s to 25s ad; medium, 22s 9d to 23s 6d; lighter, -j is to 225; unfinished wethers, iys 6d to 2os tid; fat evvo-s 10«» 9d to ISs 6d; medium, us to 16s; light and unfinished, 10s to 13s 3d; Tat lambs, 22s lo 24S 9d; lighter, 17s 3d to 20s 6d; store wethers, 17s 6d; cull wethers, 13s 9d. Cattle.—Heavy prime bullocks, to £l2 ss; medium, £lO to £11; ligbter, £9 8s to £9 19s; heavy prime Polled Angus heifers,- £8 10s to £9 1s; medium, £7 17s it) £8 is; heavy fat cows, £7 to £7 18S; medium, £6 2s to £0 18s; lighter, £4 18s to £5 17s; heavy boner cows, £3 18s to £4 12s; medium, £2 15s to to £3 14s; lighter, £2 is to £2 12s: heavy potter bulls. £7 15s to £8 15s- lighter, £4 9s to £5 12s. Pigs.—Heavy choppers, £3 15s to £4 19s; lighter, £2 10s to £3 10s; heavy baconers. £4 to £4 14s; medium, £3 12s to £3 18s; lighter. £3 5s to £3 11 s; heavy porkers and buttermilk pigs, £2 *lßs to £3 4o; medium porkers, £2 12s to £2 16s; lighter. £2 5s to £2 10s; extra good quality large stores. £2 to £2 5s 6d; large stores. 32s to 38s 6d; best slips. 26s to 29s 6d; others, 18s 6d to 245; weaners, 10s to 16s. Newton King, Limited Cattle.—Light rat Hereford Heifers. £6 2s 6d to £7; heavy rat Jersey heirers, £6 15s to £7 ss; heavy rat Jersey cows. £6 5s to £fi 17s 6d: lighter rat Jersey rows, £5 5s to £6; heavy boner cows, £3 15s to £4 11s 6d; lighter boner cows. £2 15s to £3 ss; fight, £2 to £2 10s; heavy potter bulls. £7 2S 6d to £9 12R 6d. Sheep.—Heavy fat wethers, 21s 6d to 23s 3d; lighter fat wethers. 18s 6d to 21s; heavy Tat ewes, 15s 6d to 16s 9d: lighter Tat ewes, 13s 6d to -158; prime heavy fat lambs, 21 s 6d to 235; good four-tooth store wethers. 20s to 20s 7d. Pigs.— Heavy baconers, £3 18s to £4 2s-, medium baconers. £3 10s to £3 16s; light haconers. £3 to £3 8s; heavy porkers and buttermilk pigs. £2 14s to £3; medium porkers. £2 5s to £2 10s; light porkers, to £-2 4s; large store. 34s to 3 8s; good slips, 25s to 30s; weaners. 15s 6d to 20s 6d; Devon sows, to farrow, £5 6s to £5 18s. G. W. Vercoe A Co., Ltd. A drart or prime Shorthorn bullocks ex Mr Andy Ramsay, of Hlllcrest. sold from £l2 10s to £l3 SS; prime Polled Angus bullocks, ex Mr T. M. Hall, or Hamilton, sold from £l2 7s 6d to £l3; one truck of good quality bullocks ex Mr G. A. Eyre or walmal. sold to £ll 18s. A consignment or prime Polled Angus bullocks, ex Mr W. I. Taylor, or Ohaupo. averaged £ll 10s; Hereford bullocks, ex Mr R. W. Fos ler. of Hlllcrest. sold to £lO io«. the lat. ter price also being realised by Mr F. C. Hansen, or Eureka. Tor his consignment f ight-weight Shorthorn cattle, ex Mr T Church, or Te Rapa, sold to £lO 9s: light Shorthorn bullocks, ex Mr G. Parfltt, of Gordonton. to £lO. Cattle.—Prime medium-weight bullocks, £l2 to £l3 ss; lighter prime, £ll to £ll 18s: well finished light-weights, £lO 103 to £lO 17S 6d: light, £9 10S to £lO 55; plain and unfinished. £S to £9. Heavy prime cows. £8 to £8 12s 6d; well-finished medium-weights. £7 to £7 15S; lighter, £6 to £•', 17s 6d; light and unfinished, to £5 15s; prime medium-weight heirers. £9 to £8 7S 6d; prime light. £7 to £7 15s; small, to £6 12s 6d; heavy prime jersey rows. £6 10s to £7 7 s 6d; mediumweights. £5 10s to £6 SS; light, to £5. Calves.—Medium-weight runners, £4 10S to £ i IBS: light, £3 15s to £4 7S 6d; heaw vealers, £3 to £3 19s 6d; mediumweights, £2 5s to £2 18s; small but wellfinished, 35s to £2; small calves, to 30s. Store Cattle. Forward-conditioned Shorthorn and Friesian cows. £4 10s to £5; others, to £4 ss; yearling Jersey heirers, to £4 11 s; empty two-year Jersey hetrers, to £3 5«; heavy boners, £3 15s to £4 10s; medium-weights. £3 5s to £3 12« 6ri? light, to £3; potter bulls (heavy). £8 to £lO os; medium-weights, £6 to £7 15s; light, to £5 15s. cheep.—Heavy prime shorn wethers sold from 24s 6d to 05s 6d well-finished medium-weights, 23s to 24s 3d; light, to •2 2s 6d; heavy prime ewes, 17s to 19s; heavy 15s to lfis 6d; medium-weights, 13s ‘to 14s 9d; killable. to 12s; prime maiden ewes, to 225; others, to 17s 3d; heavy fat lambs. 23s to 258: mediumweights. 21S 6d to 235; light, to 21s. Pigs.—Heavy prime baconers sold from £ { to £4 4S; heavy. £3 16s to £3 19s, medium-weights, £3 i-2s to £3 15s: light, £3 6s to £3 lls; heavy porkers, £3 to £3 5?; medium-weights. £2 12s to £2 18«; light. £2 5S to £2 10s; choppers, to t\ 9s. A full yarding of store pigs sold readily at rates in advance or those or la*t week. Large stores. £2 2s to £2 ss; smaller. 36s to £2; good slips, 32s to :555; others, 27s to 31s: best weaners. 275 to 30s 6d; medium. 22s to 265; small, 18s to 21s; sows In pig, to £1 12s.

CAMBRIDGE QUOTATIONS The Farmers’ Co-operative Auc- * tioneering Company Limited report having held their tri-weekly stock sale at Cambridge on Monday, when a full yarding of cattle came forward. Bidding was very keen and values remained firm at late rates. A good penning of potter bulls made late rates, but dairy cattle which were penned in smaller numbers were not in demand. A small yarding of sheep sold keenly. A good yarding of all classes of pigs came forward and bidding was fair, prices remaining firm at recent quotations. Quotations. —Cattle: Prime light fat steers, to £9 15s: heavy fat heifers, £7 3s to £7 14s; light, £4 17s to £5 16s; medium fat cows, £5 19s to £6 10s; light fat cows, £4 15s to £5 9s; heavy fat boner cows, £3 16s to £4 4s; medium, £2 17s to £3 6s: light, £2 2s to £2 12s; yearling Jersey heifers, r.w.b., £4 14s to £5 2s; heavy potter bulls, £7 to £8 18s; others. £1 4s to £6 10s; Jersey heifers, calved, to £7 ss; springing Jersey cows, to £7 ss; springing Jersey heifers, £5 j 10s to £6. Sheep.—Fat ewes, to 15s 6d; light ' fat woolly hoggets, to 20s 9d. Pigs.—Choppers, 25s to £3 7s; heavy baconers, £3 12s to £3 17s; medium baconers. £3 7s to £3 10s; light. £3 Is to £3 4s: heavy porkers and buttermilk pigs, £2 13s to £2 18s: medium porkers, £2 7s to £2 lls; light, £2 to £2 ss; store pigs, 31s to 34s 6d; slips, 22s to 265; weaners, 14s to 20s; others, 8s to lls.

BEEF (per 1001b.) This Week Last Week Extra prime Prime ox 34/- ■ to'3 6/34/- to 36/Plain and inferior ox Extra choice • 27/to 33/27/- to 33/and heifers 3 3/to 34/6 33/6 to 35/6 prime cows . 28/to 32/28/6 to 32/6 second quality to 27/6 24/6 to 28/Eight cows and heifers . 21/to 23/21/- to 23/6 MUTTON (a head) Extra prime wethers 24/ - to 25/3 24/6 to 26/6 fat wethers . 22 / - 22/- to 24/- • nflnished wethers Extra prime . 19/to 20/6 19/- to 20/6 . 16/6 to 1 9/16/6 to 19/Fat ewes . 13/to 16/14/ - to 16/Unfinished 9/to 13/3 8/- to 13/Fat lamhs PIGS ( a head) 19/- to 27/6 Baconers . 63/tO 8 4/64/ - to 82/-’ Porkers . 4 5/to 62/4 > - to n/Weaners . 10/to 18/6 10/- to 20/-.-flips 20/to 2 5/Large stores . 31/10 45/30/- to 40/-