VALUES DECLINE

Waikato Times, Volume 127, Issue 21197, 21 August 1940, Page 11

VALUES DECLINE

LARGE ENTRIES FORWARD KEEN FRANKTON MARKET GISBORNE SHEEP CONSIGNMENT Attracted, no doubt, by last week’s healthy market, the yarding in all sections at the Frankton sale yesterday was the biggest recorded for several weeks and prime ox and store cattle showed an easing tendency. Fat ‘sheep dropped 2s to 3s a head, a feature of the offering being a large consignment from Gisborne. Baconers met with a ready sale and with exporters operating they sold at up to 7s in advance of last week’s rates. A large yarding in all classes of beef was forward with prices showing an easing tendency with little alteration on last week’s rates. Extra prime ox declined Is per 1001 b. in some instances and prime also dropped off slightly owing to the scope for competition provided. Cows and heifers showed little alteration while stores remained firm at late rates, j The best price for wethers was 35s | paid for a pen on behalf of Mr A. j C. Cameron, of Morrinsville, this ! figure being approximately Is 6d a ! head in advance of the best of the ' balance. Good quality shorn weth- I ers fetched up to 35s 6d. A line of | prime ewes, on behalf of Mr P. Bre- j mer, of Tamahere,- were secured for j 375, but this was several shillings more than the best prices generally j ruling. A consignment of 1000 j sheep from Gisborne was on offer i but did not meet with the spirited \ market anticipated. Full-mouth j ewes sold to 29s 3d and ewes with ; lamb at foot up to 32s 3d. Small | ewe hoggets made up to 26s and wether hoggets up to 235. The yarding of pigs was the larg- j est for several months and, while j heavy baconers showed a sharp rise, • porkers, weaners, slips and stores dropped several shillings a head. I l Price Summary The following table is a summary I of prices realised for fat stock at the

AUCTIONEERS’ QUOTATIONS The auctioneers quote as follows: Farmers’ Auctioneering Company, Limited. Sheep.—Prime fat wethers, 40s to 43s 3d; medium, 37s fid to 395; light, 32s to | 355; unfinished, 27s 6d to 30-s; medium shorn wethers, 32s 6d; heavy prime fat ewes, 35s fid to 375; medium, 32s Gd to 3 4s; light fat ewes, 25s to 3 0s; heavy fat hoggets. 33s to 37s Gd; medium, 28s to 30s; light, 24s to 26s Gd; forward-condi-tion wether hoggets, 22s Gd; good woolly ewe hoggets, 3is. Cattle.—Heavy prime ox, £l4 19s to £ls 17s 6d; medium, £l3 18s to £l4 12s Gd; lighter, £ll 15s to £l2 19s; medium prime Hereford heifers, £9 18s ; light, £8 15s to £9 is; heavy fat Friesian cows, to £l2: medium fat Jersey cows. £8 12s Gd to £8 19s; light, £7 to £7 17s Gd; medium fat Jersey heifers, £6 18s to £7 12s; light, £0 3s to £6 10s; heavy prime runners, £G 19s to £7 GS; medium, £6 Its to £ti 16s; vealers, £2 4s to £2 7s; others, l is to 20s; heavy honer cows. £i 19s to £5 1 oS; medium, £4 to £4 15S; light, £2 13s to £3 13s; forward-conditioned three and a-half-year Shorthorn-cross steers, £lO 12s: Shorthorn steers, to £lO 14s; good duality yearling Jersey heifers, £G ss; mixed-coloured yearling Jersey heifers. £5 12s Gd; others, £4 1 is. Pigs.—Heavy choppers. £5 4s; others, £2 1 Os to £3 «is; heavy baconers. £ 5 3s to ~ 5 13s: light, £3 1 Gs to £i Is; buttermilk pig s and heavy porkers. £3 8s to £3 14s; medium. £2 10s to £3 ss; best large Stores, £2 75 Gd to £2 12S; others, 3 8s Gd to £2 48; Slips. 32s to 3GS Gd; best weaners, 24s to 3us; others, 15s to 225. Dalgety and Company, Limited. Sheep.—Heavy prime rat wethers, £2 os 6d to £2 2s; medium, 35s to 395; light fat wethers, £i 11s to £] 13s; yo''-.:-prime fat ewes, to £1 15s Gd; heavy prime fat ewes, £l Ss to £1 Ms; prime fat hogget-;. 29s to 305 Gd; heavy fat larubs, 26s to 285.: medium, £i 3s tu £1 5s Gd. Cattle.—Light Foiled Angus bullocks, £lO 12s Gd to £ll 55; medium Hereford

heifers, £lo 10s to £ll 10s; light, £9 to £9 105; light fat Shorthorn cows, £7 10s to £8 12s Gd; medium fat Jersey cows, £6 10s to £7 7s 6d; forward-condition cows and heifers, £5 5s to £5 17s Gd; heavy boners, £4 to £4 Gs; others, £2 to £3 17s, according to weight and condition; empty two-year heifers, £4 5s to £4 11s; good runners, £5 to £5 8s; vealers, 35s to £2 18s; two-year Polled Angus steers, £6 18s; 18-months Polled Angus heifers, £3 19s; good yearling Jersey Heifers, £G 2s fid; heifers, £6 2s 6d; cross-bred yearling heifers and smaller sorts, £4 to £4 17s fid. Pigs.—Buttermilk pigs and large baconers, £3 5s to £3 12s; buttermilk pigs, £2 10s to £3 ss; heavy porkers, £2 12s to £2 13s; medium, £2 5s to £2 12s; light, 38s to £2 SS; light stores, £2 to £2 10s; medium, 30s to £2; smaller, 25s to 30s; slips, 30s to 345; best weaners, 25s to 325; others, lfis to 255; breeding sows, £5 to £7 15s; sows with litters, to £l2. G. W. Vercoe & Company, Limited. Cattle.—Heavy fat bullocks. £l4 10s to £ls ss; medium-weights, £l3 15s to £l4 7s 6d: prime light, £l2 10s to £l3 ss; light. £ll 10s to £l2 7s fid; prime medium-weight cows, £lO 5s to £ll 10s; lighter, £9 155 to £lO 2s fid; heavy fat cows. £9 to £9 12s Gd; medium-weights, £8 5s to £8 17S fid; light, to £8; prime medium-weight heifers, £lO to £11; prime light, to £9 15s; heavy rat Jersey cows, £8 5s to £9 2s fid; medium-weights, £7 5s to £8; light, to £7; store-conditioned three-year Polled Angus and Hereford steers, to £9; good quality two-year Hereford steers, to £7 14s; forward-condition young Shorthorn cows, to £•> ss; others, to £5 15s; heavy boners, £4 5s to £4 18s; medium-weights, £3 15s lo £4 2s Gd; light, to £3 10s; heavy runners, £7 to £8 2s Gd; lighter, £5 to £6 10s; heavy vealers, £3 15s to £3 10s; medium-weights, £3 to £3 12s Gd; light, £2 5s to £2 18s; small calves, 25s to 3 Bs. Sheep.—Heavy prime wethers, 43s to 455; prime medium-weights, 39s to 425: prime light, 36s to 38s; others, to 355; heavy prime ewes, 34s to 378: lighter prime, 30s to 335; medium-weights, 27s to 29s Gd; light, to 265; heavy prime hoggets. 30s to 3 is; lighter prime, 28s to 29s fid; medium-weights, 25s to 275: light, to 2-ls; full-mouth ewes, in lamb to Southdown rams, 29s to 29s 3d; aged ewes, to 255: ewes with lambs, to 32s 3d; store-conditioned two-tooth wethers, lo 2fi s; store-conditioned wether hoggets, to 23s id; small ewe hoggets, to 2Gs Pigs.—Heavy prime baconers, £4 10s to £4 13s: heavy, £4 5s to £1 9S; mediumweights, £ l to £ i 4S; light, £3 15S to £3 19s: heavv porkers, £3 lfis to £3 14s; medium-weights. £3 4s to £3 9s; light, £2 Iss to £3 3s; best stores, £2 ns to £3 1 is; medium, £2 to £2 Ps; small. 37s to 395: best slips, 35s to 38s; smaller, 29s to 345; best weaners. 28s to 335; medium. 2is to 275; small, up to 1 Ss; maiden sows In pig, to £7 175 fid; young Berk- , sliire boars, to £4 7s Cd.

RANGIRIRI SALE The Farmers’ Co-operative Auctioneering Company, Ltd., report that at their monthly stock sale at Rangiriri on Monday, the advertised entry or cattle was penned, competition for which was fairly steady. Btdding In the beef section was not quite as keen as at recent sales, but store cows were in demand, a total clearance resulting. Store steers and yearling cattle were also keenly sought at satisfactory values. Quotations: — Cattle.—Medium fat Polled Angus cows to £lO 105, light rat Hereford cows £S is to £9 10s. light rat bullocks to £li 10s, light fat. heifers £7 9.« forward-condi-tioned steer* £lO Gs, fat\Jersey cows £G

14s to £7 4s, lighter fat cows £5 10s to £6 r»s, good-conditioned 3-year Polled Angus steers £8 l'Bs, others £8 7s cd. forward-conditioned 24-year Polled Angus steers £8 2s Gd to £8 4s, others £7 10s, 2-year to 24-year Polled Angus steers £0 15s, 24-year shorthorn steers £7 12s, Hereford-cross and Red Poll 2-year steers £0 Gs to £6 12s, young good-conditioned in-cair Hereford cows £6 tos to £7 4s, others £5 14s to £O, Polled Angus in-calf cows £G 4s to £6 9s, others £5 10s to £•'. lGs, poorer conditioned £5 2s, in-rall Red Poll cows £5 11 s, mixed coloured cows with calves £7 4s, good-eonditioncu empty polled Angus ami Polled Angus cross cows £0 2s to £G ss, others £5 12s fid to £5 19s. Hereford cows £6 Is to £0 2s, Red Poll cows £5 15s, poorer conditioned empty mixed coloured cows £4 19s to £5, 18-months Hereford and Shorthorn heifers £5 3s to £5 is. 15moiiths mixed coloured heifers £4 11s to £ i 13s, yearling Polled Angus steer calves £4 3s to £4 12s. yearling Polled Angus and Hereford heifers £3 lus to £3 17 s. Dairy Cattle.—Springing Jersey and Shorthorn cows £9 to £lO ss, others £7 os to £S 15s, backward £5 10s to £6 105. ■

GRAIN AND PRODUCE MARKETS IN AUCKLAND AUCKLAND. Wednesday. Following is the olTtcial market report or the Auckland Grain, Seed and Produce Merchants’ Association. Prices named are f.o.r. or r.0.h., Auckland. Wheat.—The price remains unaltered. Deliveries e.v merchants’ stores, 7s 3d to 7 s 4d a bushel. Barley.—Undipped, 4s lOd to 4s lid a bushel; clipped. 5s 3d to 5s sd. Maize.—The price through merchants* stores is 7s 4d lo 7s 5d a bushel. ChafT and Oats.—£l2 to £l2 15s a ton. Graded oats are in short supply, and the market remains Arm at from 5s 9d 10 Gs id a bushel. Australian Bran and Pollard.—Merchants* stocks are light and it Is not possible to secure a quotation from Australia. Wheatnieal.—Minimum ton lots are of fered at £io 7s fid a ton net ex mill or r.o.r. or r.0.b.. Auckland Smaller quantities through merchants’ stores, £ll 5s to £ll 10s a ton.

Demand For Pig-s The lightness of fat pig entries at recent rales has made it difficult to gauge the strength of the market. Yardings have consisted principally of light sorts, which have been in brisk request by fatteners. With the milk supply daily increasing, this demand has become even keener. In the store section, false values have been returned, reported quotations being frequently out of all proportion to true values. However, at Frankton, yesterday, the yardine was the biggest for months and 1;week’s values showed an easing tendency over the greater sect’nn.

Frankton yards at the last two sales: BEEF (per 1001b.. ) This Week Last Week Extra prime 35/6 to 37/35/6 to 38/Prime ox .. 33/- to 34/33/6 to 35/Plain and inferior ox Extra choice 27/- to 30./28/- to 32/6 young- cows and heifers . 30/- to 35/6 30/- to 36/6 Prime cows . Second quality 27/6 to 29/28/- to 29/6 24/- to 27/25/- to 27/6 Light cows and heifers 22/- to 24/22/- to 24/6 MUTTON (a head) Extra prime wethers 40/- to 45/42/- to 48/6 fat wethers . Unfinished 37/- to 39/37/6 to 41/6 wethers 28/- to 35/6 29/6 to 36/Extra prime 33/6 to 35/6 28/6 to 34/6 Fat ewes Unfinished 27/- to 32/6 25/-to 27/6 ewes .... 16/- to 20/Fat lambs 29/- 10 35/26/- to 31 /- Light .... 30/- to 39/IS/- to 23/6 PIGS (a head) Baconers 75/- to 03/71/- to 86/Porkers 56/- to 70/56/- to 70/Weaners 15/- to 30/1 8/- to 32/6 30/- to 38/32/- to 10/Large stores . 40/- to 52/41/- to 56/-