COMMERCIAL NEWS

Waikato Times, Volume 127, Issue 21208, 3 September 1940, Page 9

COMMERCIAL NEWS

STOCK SALES WAINGARO CATTLE FAIR O. W. Vercoe and Company. Ltd., report having- held their annual spring cattle fair at Walngaro on Thursday, when the advertised entry came fonvard. Competition for all classes was keen throughout and prices showed an Improvement. Good quality 3-year Polled Angus steers sold up to £9 12s, good quality 2-year Polled Angus steers £7 to £7 15s, others £6 to £6 PBs, 2-year Red Poll steers £<’. 10s to £7 2'S, 'good quality Polled Angus steer calves £5 to £5 Bs, others £i 10s to £4 18s, Polled Angus heifer calves £i to £4 ss, small crossbred stepr calves to £3, low-conditioned '2-year empty Polled Angus heifers to £4 7s 6d, low-conditioned Polled Angus cows to £5 2s 6d, fat cows £7 to £7 17s 6d, forward-conditioned empty Polled Angus cows to £5 13s, good store-conditioned Hereford empty cows to £3 His, forward-conditioned Shorthorn cows to £6 is, empty 3-year Hereford lielTers to £o 4s MATAMATA QUOTATIONS The Farmers’ Co-operatlre Auctioneering Company, Ltd., report that at their Matamata stock sale on Wednesday a in yarding of fat and store sheep came forward. Heavy prime sorts were not a keenly sought as at previous fixtures, but medium-weights and prime hoggets sold readily at fully equal to late rates. A good entry or forward and store-condi-tioned hoggets also met brisk bidding, a total clearance resulting. A medium yarding or rat and store cattle was penned, the entry of fat cattle Including several pens of prime well-finished cattle, which met a ready sale at rates in advance oi those ruling at this week’s Frankton auction. 'Young sound cows and empty heirers were also keenly sought and realised very firm prices. Boner cows remained at unchanged rates. Fully the advertised number of dairy cattle came forward, the entry comprising a fair proportion of good quality heirers. Competition for early calvers was particularly keen and values generally were in advance or recent rates. More backward heifers, although not so keenly sought, sold fully -on a par with recent quotations. A full yarding of pigs, comprising mostly stores and weaners, met a keen demand. Values remained fujly up to those ruling in other centres. Breeding sows also sold well. Competition for bnconers and porkens was fully up to recent rates. Quotations: — Sheep.—Heavy prime ewes 28s 9d to 3os, medium 26s to 2Ss 6d, heavy prime hoggets 27s 6d to 3 is, medium 24s oil to 275, flight and unfinished 20s to '23s 6d, forward-conditioned woolly wether hoggets 27s to 28s Gd. Cattle.—'Heavy fat cows £8 10s to £9 10s, prime light-weight Polled Angus heifers £9 2s to £9 4s, medium rat cows £7 to £B, light £5 10s to £6 10s, heavy boners £4 to £5 ss, young empty sound cows and heifers £1 is to £5 4s, good quality Jersey yearling heirers £5 to £6. Dairy cattle: Choice 2-yeffr Jersey heifers close to profit £l2 10s to £l4 15s, other early calvers £lO 10? to £l2, more backward £8 to £lO, small and inferior £5 5s to £7, Jersey springing cows £8 to £9. Pigs.—• Choppers £2 2s to £4 7s, heavy baconers £» to £i ss, medium £3 15s to £3 18s, light £3 8s to £3 ti»s, buttermilk pigs and heavy porkers £2 18s to £3 ss, medium porkers £2 12s to £2 16s. light porkers £2 is to £2 1 Os, good quality large stores £2 6s Gd to £2 12s, large stores 33s 6c| to £2 4s. smaller 34s Gd to 36s 6d, slips 32s 6d to 37s Oil, best weaners 26s 6d to 3is fid, others 17s to 2 is, Taniworth and Tamworth-cross sowclose to mi-rowing £5 15s to £ii 12s I'd. sows with litters £7 5s to £lO 10s, Tam* worth boars to £2. VALUEB AT TE AWAMUTU The Farmers’ Co-operative Auctioneering Company, Ltd., report that at their tri-weekly Te Awamutu stock sale on Thursday a good yarding or rat sheep was penned, with competition keen and prices realised remaining on a par with late rates. A medium yarding or cattle came forward. Bidding for beer was not as keen as at recent fixtures and a decline in prices resulted. Boner cows and yearling heirers were keen of sale. There was a medium yarding of rat pigs and a good entry of stores and weaners. Values In the fat section remained on a par with recent quotations, with large stores slightly In advance of Frankton rates, reeding sows met a steady demand, a total clearance in all sections resulting. Quotations: — Sheep.—Fat wethers 38s 9d, heavy prime hoggets 32s to 36s 6d, medium 25s to '2BS, lighter 21s 3d to 22s 4d, l'at ewes 24s to 2Ss, lighter 20s to 225. Cattle.—'Light prime Shorthorn bullocks £ll 4s to £l2 10s, heavy prime Pollen Angus and Hereford heifers £lO to £in 15s, rat cows £6 108 to £7 <'.s, lighter £5 Us to £6 'ss, heavy boner cows £i 2s to £4 19s, medium £3 4s to £3 19s. lighter £2 Is to £3 l?s, Polled Angus store cows £5 12s. yearling Jersey heifers £6 to £6 7s, yearling Ayrshire heifers £5 10s. Pigs.—Medium baconers £3 14s to £3 18s, light £3 6s to £3 12s, heavy porkers and buttermilk pigs £2 18s to £3 ss. medium £2 12s to £2 16s, extra largo stores £2 13'5 to £2 15s (id. largo store£2 6s to £2 11s, smaller £2 to £2 ss, slips 35s to 3 Bs, best weaners 28s to 335. others 17s to 255, maiden brooding sows £5 10s to £5 12s Gd, boars 32s Gd to ;£3 10s. YARDING AT TIRAU The Farmers’ Co-operative Auctioneering Company, Ltd., reDort an average yarding of fat and boner cattle at their Tlrau stock sale on Thursday. Although the market Tor fat cows was ""t ' v' values remained on a par with ruling i ra,’es. A good yarding of dairy cow • and heirers rnet steady competition, a good sale resulting. A light entrv m sheep, comprising mostly light-weight wethers and hoggets, sold at equal to late rates. Quotations: — Cattle.—Medium fat cows and heifer* £7 to £7 ITS Gd, light £4 17s 6d to £5 , 9s, killable cows £4 4s to £4 12s, Heavy boners £3 10s to £4 2s, lighter £2 10s to £3 2s 6d, empty 2-year Jersey heirers to £4 lIS, yearling Friesian heifers to £. : . ss, service bulls £6 10s. Dairy cattfe: Jersey and Jersey-cross heirers close to profit £lO to £l2. and Jersey-cross cows close to profit £6 10s. Sheep.—Fat hoggiv* 26s 3d to 3is.