CHRISTMAS TRADE

Waikato Times, Volume 125, Issue 20992, 20 December 1939, Page 13

CHRISTMAS TRADE

MARKET AT FRANKTON FIRMER BEEF VALUES VARIABLE SHEEP SALE Buy. s anxious to obtain supplies for the Christmas trade maintained keen competition at the Frankton sale yesterday, when full entries were forward in practically all departments, although total entries were not as numerous as last week. Values in all sections were usually firm to higher.

A good entry of steers sold well at fully firm rates with occasional price changes in favour of vendors. Prime heavy cattle sold from £l2 to £l2 15s against £l2 to £l3 5s last week, but the top-priced entries forward yesterday were lighter than those of the previous sale. The bulk of the entries auctioned made from £9 7s 6d to £ll 10s a head. Although penned in heavy numbers, cows and heifers sold on a buoyant market, values usually being at least 10s a head better. Heavy prime sorts were readily traded from £9 2s to £lO, with a good proportion of the prime quality pens changing hands from £7 to £8 12s. Any good fat descriptions generally made from £5 15s to £6 15s. Market For Sheep A rather variable sale was experienced for fat sheep for although at times competition was inclined to be quiet with slightly reduced values, there were times during the sale that bidding was brisk and values were very firm. Quite a number of wether consignments bro Light from 24s to 25s 3d, while average fat descriptions made from 22s to 23s 9d. Quotations for top-quality sheep were much the same as last week, the variation in values occurring mainly in the auctions of the more inferior sorts. Fewer ewes were on offer and the limit for these was usually 16s. Fat pigs again sold readily, values remaining firm for porkers and baconers, although a slight easing in light porker values was noticeable after lunelp A lighter entry of store pigs sold very firmly. Price Summary The following table is a summary of prices realised for fat stock ai the Frankton yards during the past fortnight:—

Individual Consignments Steers from Mr T. M. Hall, of Ohaupo Road, were auctioned from £l2 2s 6d to £l2 15s, while from £ll 7s 6d to £l2 10s was given for those from Messrs. Willoughby Bros. From £lO 14s to £l2 15s was received by Mr H. Booth, of Te Kowhai, for his

consignment, while from £ll 6s to £l2 10s was given for those from Mr J. C. Potts, of Cambridge. Prices to £ll 9s were given for those from Mr E. H. Wayne. Buyers gave from £7 18s to £9 12s for cows and heifers from Mr J. Searle, of Kaipaki, and from £8 12s to £9 6s for those from Mr J. C. Potts. Those from Mr R. G. Griffen, of Tauwhare, fetched from £7 7s 6d to £9 16s, and those from Mr N. K. Taylor, from £8 Is to £lO. Mr J. G. Reeves, of Waimai, received from 23s 3d to 25s 3d for his consignment of wethers, while those from Mr J. Old sold to 24s 6d. Wethers from Mr J. L. Wallis, of Te Kawa, were knocked down from 24s to 24s 3d, while top price for those from the Weeley Farm, Ngaruawahia, was 24s 6d.

AUCTIONEERS’ QUOTATIONS The auctioneers quote as follows: Farmers’ Auctioneering Company, Ltd. Cattle.—Medium prime ox. £ll to £lt 15s; lig-liter, £lo los to £lO 15s; prime heifers. £8 is 6d to £8 15s; rat cows, £7 2s Od to £7 16s; rat Jersey cows, £5 10s io £0 15s; lighter, £i lis to £5 SS; Polled A tig’ll s runners, ft 5s to £1 10s; vealers, £i 17s 0d: calves, Ss to lis. Sheep.—Eat wethers, 53s Gd to 24s Od; lighter, 2is Gd to 25s 0d; unfinished, 20s Gd to 20s 0d; fat ewes, 15s 3d to IGS; unfinished, lis Gd to 14s Gd; fat twotooths mixed-sex black-faced mutton, 18s to ils 9d; heavy rat lambs, 24s to 275; medium, 21s Gd to 235; light, 19s 6d to ils; store wethers, 10s 3d. Pigs.—Heavy baconers, £3 lßs to £4 3s ; medium, £3 iis to £3 10s; light, £3 5s to £3 l Os; heavy porkers and buttermilk pigs, £2 16s to £:: 3s; medium porkers, £2 10s to £2 15s; light. £2 is to £2 8s; extra large stores, £2 Is to £2 3s Gd; slips, 25s to 28s 6d; weaners, 15s to 15s 6d. G. W. Vercoe & Co., Ltd. Cattle. — Prime Polled Angus bullocks, ex Mr T. M. Hall, or Hamilton, £l2 2s 6d to £l2 15s; prime Polled Angus bullocks, ex Mr H. Booth, of Te Kowhai, to £l2 15s; Polled Angus and Shorthorn bullocks, ex Messrs Willoughby Bros, or Tuhikaramea, to £l2 10s; good quality Shorthorn bullocks, ex Mr J. C. Potts, or Cambridge, to £l2 10s; well-finished light-weight cattle, ex Mr C. Sutcliffe, of Te Rapa, to £ll Ils; Jersey bullocks, ex Mr H. W. Cleland, of Gordonton, to £8 19s. Prime medium-weight bullocks, £l2 to £l2 15s; prime light-weights, £ll to £ll 17s 6d; others, £lO to £lO 15s; plain and unfinished. £8 to £9. Prime cows and heifers, ex Mr R. G. Griffen, or Tauwhare, to £9 IGs: prime Polled Angus cows, ex Mr E. Caddigan. or Morrinsville, to £9 8s; prime Shorthorn cows and heifers, ex Mr J. C. Potts, of Cambridge, to £9 6s; prime Shorthorn cows, ex Mr J. searle, or Kaipaki. to £9 12S; light-weight Polled Angus heifers, ex Messrs. Whewell Bros., of Tamahere, to £8; polled Angus heifers, ex Mr E. P. Smith, of Karamu. to £8 10s. Heavy prime cows, £9 to £9 16s; prime medium-weights, £8 to £S 15s; others, £7

f.s to £7 17s Gd; prime light. £6 10s to £7 25 6d; light, to £6; prime (heavy) heifers. £9 to £9 12s 6d; lighter prime. £8 5s to £8 15s; light, to £8; prime Jersey heifers. £7 to £7 15s; others, to £6 10s; heavy rat Jersey cows, £6 10s to £7 lo>; medium-weights. £5 10s to £6

7s 6d; light, to £5; well-finished lightweight runners, £1 10s to £5 10s; others, to f 1 ss: heavy vealers, £3 to £3 15s; medium-weights. £0 10s to £2 18s; prime light. 35s to £2 7s 6d; small calves, to 30s; forward-conditioned Shorthorn and Fr'esian store cows. £i 15s to £5 ss; others, to £4 10s; 18-months Jersey heifers. to £4 14s; two-year Jersey heifers, to £{; heaw boners, £4 to £i 15s : mediumweights. £3 5s to £3 175 Gd; light, to £3: putter bulls ( heavy). £lO to £l3; mediumweights, £8 to £9 15s: light, to £7 153. Sheep.—Heavy prime wethers, 24s to 25s Grl; prime medium-weights. 23s to 23s Pd; well-finished light-weights, 22s to 22s 9d; light, to 21 s Gd; prime Southdown wethers, 23s to 24s 3d; others, to 22s 9d; heavy Tat ewes, IG* to 18s; med-ium-weights. l is to 15s fid; light, to 13s. Pigs.— Heavy prime baconers. £4 to £4 4s; heavy, £3 Igs to £3 IPs: mediumweights, €3 12s to £3 15s: light. £3 5s to £3 Its; heavy porkers. £2 18s to £3 3s ; medium weights. £•_■ 12s to £2 17s; light, £0 5s to £2 1ls; choppers, to £3 igs; good stores. 38s to £2 is; others, 34s to 375: good Slips. 395 to 335: others. medium. 20s to 22s Gd; small, to 19s. Wriaht Stephenson <& Co., Ltd. Cattle.—A 1 'ne or 15 well- finished Polled Angus bullocks, ex Government Farm, Whakatane, averaged £1 l 10s. with a top price of £l2 rrjs. Heavy bullocks. £l2 2s Gd to £l2 13s; medium Polled Angus bullocks. £ll 7s Gd to £l2; lighter. £lO 7s Gd and £ll IS: heavy Shorthorn cows. £6 to £6 155; cows, ex dairy. £5 to £5 ITS for weighty sorts; lighter. Ci to £5 2s 6d; vealers. good quality light-weights, 36s to £2: poorer qua lit;.. 20s to 355. Sheep.—Extra heavy wethers, 24s to 25s 3d: heavy wethers. 23s to 245; lighter and unfinished. 20s to 22s 6d. extra heavy lambs, 26s to 28s; good forward quality, 22s to 245; lighter, 18s to 20s. Top prices: Wethers, ex Crabb Bros.. Okoroire. 25s 3d; lambs, ex W. Miers, 28s. Pigs.—Heaw prime baconers. £3 18s to £4 3s; heavy, £3 16s to £3 18s; med-ium-weights. £3 11S to £3 165; light - heavv baconers, £2 18s to £3 3s; medium.'' £2 10S to £2 16s; lighter, £2 to £2 9s; large stove pigs, to 3Gs Cd; medium, 325; small, to 255. Newton King, Ltd. Cattle. —Heavy prime fat bullocks, £ll 5s to £l2 105: light prime, £in 1-2? fid to £ll 2s fid; light fat. £LO to £lO 10s; medium prime P.A. heifers. £7 17s 6d to £8 ss; lighter. £6 15s to £7 13s; light Polled Angus heiTers, £5 7s 6d to £6 2s 6d; heavy fat Shorthorn cows. £6 15s to £7 1s; heavy fat Jersey cows, £5 7-s to £6; heavy boner cows. £3 10s to £3 15s: lighter. £2 15s to £3 SS; light. £2 to £2 75: two-year Polled Angus and Herefordcross heifers. £4 10* to £4 15s. Sheep.—prime Tat wethers. 21s Gd to 9-? s od: light. 20s to 01 >; prime fat blackfaced hoggets, IPs Gd to 21S 3d: heavy fat owes. 15s 3d to 16s 6d: lighter. 13» Gd to 15s; heavy fat lambs, 23s Gd to 25s Gd; lighter. 2ls 3d to 22s 9d Pigs.—Heavy baconers. £3 IoS to £3 185; medium. £3 105 to £3 13 5: light. £3 10 £3 85- heaw porkers and buttermilk pigs. £2 13s to‘£2 18s; medium porkers, £2 83 to £2 125; light, £2 is to £2 SS. OHINEWAI SALE The Farmers’ co-operative. Auctioneering Companv, I.td.. report having held their Oliinewai stock sale on Monday, when a good yarding of all classes of cattle was penned. Competition was steady and values were unchanged on late rates. Quotations. —Eat Hereford cows and heiTers £7 to £7 10s, light rat Hereford heifer* £G 55 to £0 Its. heavy secondquality rows £5 5s lo £5 15s. killahlc rows £i 7s Gd to £ i 15s, heavy boner cows £3 155 to £4 GS. medium £2 10s to £3 ss. runner cows 22s Gd to 355. potter bulls £6 17s Gd to £7 15s. backward dairv heifers £6 10s to £6 15s. empty Shorthorn and Hereford cows £4 16s to £5, Hereford cows and calves £5 3'S, 2 4-year Polled \ngus steers £7, mixed coloured steers £6 125 Gd. Dalgety and Company. Ltd., report having held their usual sale at Ohinewai on Monday, when there was a small yarding of beef and a good yarding of store and boner cattle. Beef sold at slightly better prices, boners also meeting with keen competition. Store cattle were somewhat slow, most pens not meeting vendors’ reQuotations. —Light fat bullocks £9 15s, fat Jersey-cross heifers £7 7 s 6d, heaw boners £3 7s Gd to £4 ss. medium boners £2 5S to £3 55. light 25S to 37s Gd, heavy potter bulls £8 to £lO 2s, others £4 105 10 £6 1 3S. TE KUITI YARDING Abraham and Williams. Ltd., report as follows on" their Te Kuiti sale on December 15:—We had a small yarding or sheep and a fair entry of rattle. The sheep entry consisted of wethers for which the demand was keen. There was only a limited demand for cattle and sale* were difficult to make, values being easier. Quotations. —Forward aged wethers t9s 3d. good 2-tooth wethers 17s 2d to 17s Gd, 4-year rough bred bullocks £7. good 2s-year Polled Angus steers £6 to £g 7s Gd. 18-month Polled Angus steers £4 19*. forward cows £5, 3-yesr Polled Angus heifers £4 15s, 2-year £3 19s. under-sized yearling steers £2 7s, heifers 30s to 32s 6d

GRAIN AND PRODUCE THE AUCKLAND MARKETS AUCKLAND, WednesdayFollowing is an official market report, issued by the Auckland Grain, Seed and Produce Merchants’ Association. The prices named are f.o.r. or f.0.b., Auckland:— Onions: Supplies of Canadian j onions are now being contributed, j This is the last shipment of import- j

ed onions, but it is anticipated that local production will be sufficient to cater for the demand early in the New Year. Wheat: A steady demand for wheat is continued, ex store values remaining at 7s 3d to 7s 4d a bushel. Maize: There are no definite advices as to when the South African supplies will be arriving, but it is more than likely that it will be early in the new year before these are available. I Barley: Ex store values remain unj changed at 4s 7d to 4s 9d a bushel I for unclipped and 5s Id to 5s 3d for | clipped.

BEEF fpep 1001b.) This Week Last Week Extra prime . 37/- to 38/6 37/- to 38/6 Prime ox Plain and 34/- to 36/34/- to 36/inferior ox Extra choice . 27/- to 33/27/- to 33/and heifers 33/6 to 35/33/- to 3 4/6 Primp cows . 28/6 to 33/28/- to 32/’cows 24/6 to 28/-l.is-'ni cows and 24/- to 27/6 heifers . 21/- to 24701/- to 23/MUTTON (a head) wethers . 24/- 10 25/3 24/- to 25/3 Fat wethers Unfinished . 22/- to 23/22/- to 23/9 wethers Extra prime 18/- to 20/19/- to 20/6 1 5/6 to 16/16/6 to 19/Fat ewes I nilnUhed ewes . 13/-to 15/PIGS (a head) 13/- to 16/9/- to 13/3 Dae oners 63/- to 83/63/- 10 84/Porkers . . . . 4 5/- to 62/45/- to 62/Weaners 10/- to 18/0 10/-to 18/6 Slips 20/- to 25/Large stores . 31/- to 4 2/31/- to 45/-