BEEF AGAIN DOWN

Waikato Times, Volume 127, Issue 21209, 4 September 1940, Page 11

BEEF AGAIN DOWN

VALUES AT FRANKTON SHEEP MARKET FIRM HIGHER BACON PRICES An over-supply of beef at the Frankton yards yesterday resulted in a further recession of values, the downward trend being more apparent for ox. Almost two rows of bullocks were on offer, while there wa‘3 an overflow entry of cows and heifers in the boner pens. Late quotations were repeated for a considerably lighter penning of fat sheep, but in an increased yarding of pigs more money was given for baconers.

Bullocks were approximately 15s a head cheaper, bidding being restrained right through the auction. Quality was up to standard with a far number of extra heavy prime descriptions. A few extra heavy pern were traded from £l3 5s to £l4 10s. and other heavy sorts from £ll 17 fid to £l2 10s. Light to medium mad from £lO 5s to £ll 17s 6d, and sma'L cattle from £8 to £9 6s. Last week’s top money'was £ls 10s. There was no great difference in the values for cow and heifer beef, and, although the market on the whole tended a shade easier, there were instances when firm values were realised. Light cattle often appeared dearer in comparison with heavier sorts. From £lO 2s 6d to £ll 18:-: was given for a few extra heavyweights, and from £9 2s to £lO purchased heavy prime pens. The bulk of the attractive pens, however, were auctioned from £7 7s to £8 10s. and ordinary fats were knocked down from £6 5s to £7 2s 6d. Little change was shown for an average penning of calves, while competition for bonei cattle usually maintained late rates Light Sheep Entry

The lightest for some weeks, the fat sheep entry consisted of poorer quality sorts and no really heavv choice wethers were shown. How ever, the reduction in numbers allowed late rates to be repeated. Occasionally individual quotations were slightly better than last week, this being noted especially in the case of ewes. From 35s 6d to 36s 6d was usually given for the best of the wethers on offer and from 31s to 34s 6d for fats. Extra prime ewes were quoted from 27s to 30s 9d, against 25s to 27s 6d last week, while fat ewes made from 22s 6d to 26s 9ri in comparison with 20s to 245. Hog- ; gets changed hands at practically the same money. Bacon, which was available in slightly greater supply, was more keenly competed for and values were slightly up, quotations a head being from 70s to 90s, in comparison with 75s to 87s. Porkers remained unchanged. Store pigs were again dear and some classes were often quoted slightly higher. Price Summary

Individual Consignments From £l3 5s to £l4 10s was given for five heavy bullocks from Mr T. M. Hall, of Ohaupo Road. Bids ranging from £ll to £l4 5s bought a consignment of six from the Hinuera Farm, while from £ll 17s 6d to £l4 5s was the money for 10 from Mr J. A. Gower. A pair from Mr W. Cooper-Smith, of Tuhikaramea, sold to a bid of £ll 7s 6d, and a line of 11 from the Waikeria Institute, Te Awamutu, changed hands from £ll to £l2. Three from Mr C. B. Fullerton Smith, of Te Kowhai, made £l2 10s 6d; others from the same vendor realising from £lO 5s to £l2 ss. Shorthorn cows and heifers from Mr J. W. Anderson, of Hinuera, were sold from £lO 19s to £ll 18s. Three Polled Angus heifers from Mr H. Finlayson. of Tuhikaramea, fetched ! £9 17s, and six from Mr R. G. Griffen, of Tauwhare, were bought from £9 2s to £lO 2s 6d. Holstein cows from the Paerangi Estate made £lO 10s. Medium wethers from Mr H. Vickers, of Ngahinapouri, sold at 365, ewes from the same vendor realising 30s 9d. Ewes from Mr F. R. Seddon. of Hamilton, made from 28s 3d to 28s 6d. AUCTIONEERS’ QUOTATIONS The auctioneers quote a> follows: Farmers’ Auct-oneering Company, Ltd. fiat tie.—-Medium prime Hereford bullocks from .Mi- W. Cooper-Smith, Tuliikarantea, to £ll 7 s Ad: Polled Angus heifers rroin Mr 11. J. Finlayson, Tiiinkaramca. £9 o> to £9 17 s 6d : -heavy It ere lord cows from Mr T. M. Hal], Ohaupo, averaged £9 ins; medium prime fat bullocks to £ll 7s 6d. light and unilnishod bullock* t’S to £:> medium prime p..jp-d \ngus heifers £9 Gs u< jy., 17s lighter £1 2s Gd to £8 l-es, heavy Hereford rows £9 to £9 10s, lighter Hereford heirers £0 17s f»d to £7 7s Gd, rat cows £7 17s to £8 10 s, medium £5 to £g is. heavy boner cows £3 13s to £4 12s, medium £2 ids to £3 l is. lighter £2 lo £2 ITS, heavy runners £7 Is to £7 13s, medium veal ers 26s to 33 s, small caJves 1 Is to 1 Bs. Sheep.—Prime medium wethers 34s 3d to 30s 6d. prime light wethers 3 13 6d to 33s Id, unfinished wethers 27s 6d to 30s, prime 2-tooth heavy maiden ewes 3 5s to 36s Gd, he»avy prime ewe* 28s Gd to 29s 84, medium 26a to 38$, light prime

Southdown ewes 22s Gd. extra heavy prime hoggets 3 5-s Gd, prime heavy hoggets 2-6 s to 2'B'S, prime medium hoggets 23s Gd to 255, prime light hoggets 20s to 2ls, store wether hoggets 22s 9d. Pigs.—i’leavy baconers to £4 Gs, buttermilk pigs and heavy porkers £2 17s to £3 os, medium porkers £2 IDs to £-2 l'ss, light £2 4s to £2 Ss, good quality large stores £2 7s to £2 its, large stores £2 2s to £2 ss, smaller 37s 5d to £2, slips 30s to 36s 6d, best weaners 23s Gd to 27s 6d, others 15s Gd to 2is. Loan and Mercantile Agency Company Cattle.—On account Mr Fullenton Smith, prime ox beef £l2 is to £l2 10s. medium prime ox £ll 7s to £ll 18s. light £lO 153; Troth Waikeria Borstal, big plain ox beef £l2, unfinished £ll to £ll 3s, medium prime ox £ll 2s Gd to £ll 10s, Polled Angus heifers from Mr T. M. Hall, £ll 12s Gd: medium prime heifers from Mr C. C. Parry, £8 to £-S Is, small £6 1 is to £7 ss, medium runners £5 10s, small £3 1-9 S; from .Mr F. Duck, small runners £1 lis ; rrwm .Mr p. t. Powell, heavy prime Jersey cows £6 10s to £0 17«: prime Jersey cows ex Mr W. CooperSmith £5 7s Gd to £0 is; liglvt prime Jersey cows ex Mr E. 11. Eilliott £4 12s' Gd to £'), light prime Jersey heifers ex Mr K. IV. Broad £5 7s Gd; from Mr 11. Dallance 'Smith £5, heavy boner cows £4 to £! 9s, medium boners £3 4s to £3 11s, yearling Jersey heirers £6 15s, medium sorts £.7 12s. Sheep.—Fat woolly wethers ex Waikato Pacing Club, 3-5-s to 35s Gd; fat wethers fr-.ni s. Holmes, 355, and from Houchen Bros, 3.35; rat shorn wethers ex Airs Boyd, 2'6-s Gd; fat woolly hoggets ex D. J. McCorcfuiiKlale, 30s: -rat ewes ex F. -R. Sedrion, 2Ss 3d. Prime Tat wethers, woolly 35s to 35s 6d, medium 33s to 355, light unfinished 30s 'to 335, prime fat shorn wethers 2-Gs Gd; prime fat ewes, woolly 275 Gd to 28s 64; medium fat OWf-E woolly 265 to 27S Gd; light umillished woolly 24s to 2-6 s, prime Tat woolly hoggets 3os, medium 225, light unfinished sorts 19s Gd to 225. Pigs.—Heavy baconers £4 4s to £4 ins, medium £3 irs to £3 19s Gd, lighter £3 10s to £3 15s. heavy porkers £3 8s to £3 145, medium £3 lo £3 ss, lighter £2 13s to £2 18s Gd, heavy stores £2 to £2 ss, medium 39s to 365, lighter 23s to 2ss Gd. good slips i-ss Gd to 2-ts, medium weaners 13s Gd to 17s, sow»s due to farrow to £’s 10s. Dalgety and Company, Ltd. Sheep.—Heavy fat wethers 35s to 36s Gd. medium 3 l-s Gd to 335, light and unfinished 2-6 s to 29s 3d, good fat. shorn wethers lo 29s 9d, prime fat eaves 26* to 28s >7.d, fait ewes 22s to 24s Gd, unfinished 13s its, medium fat hoggets Cattle.—'Medium fat bullocks £M to £1 2 55. prime fat heifers £lO to £io 15s. light-weight Shorthorn heifers, fat i £> to £8 ss, light Jersey and Jersey-cross i heifers and young cows £6 10s to £6 17s : Gd, forward-condition young Jersey and j Jersey-cross cows £5 to £5 17s Gd, heavy i boners £3 10s to £4 45, others £2 to £-3 ss, empty young Jersey oows, sound, £4

5s to £ 4 12-s, runners £i to £4 6s, lightweigni ve-alers X2 to £3 2s, veal calves Ids to 265, empty Jersey-cross hellers £4 12s to £4 17s 6d, yearling Jersey lien ers £4 los to £5 15-s.

—Top-Avei-glu baconers £4 10s to I £4 lls, heavy baconers £4 5s to £4 10s, , medium £3 -ißs to £4 ss, light £3 10s j to 16 TSs, heavy porke-rs and buttermilk ' pigs £3 to £3 10s, medium porkers £2 ! 108 to £3, light £2 to £2 los, large store; pigs £2 to £2 los, medium 3os to £2, choice s-llps 3os to 3'Ss, best weaners 26s j to 3 Ots, others 20 s to 26 s.

Wright, Stephenson A Co., Ltd. ■ Cau le.-—Lxtra prime heavy bullocks, I account Taylor Bros., Taupiri, to £l4medium bullocks, account Robertson Bros.! I Te Puke, £ll 15s to £l2 ss; extra heavy' cows, account Robertson Bros., up to £ll- ! account Paerangi Farm, up to £ll 2s Gd; account Taylor Bros., up to £iu is; med- i iuin station cows, £7 5s to £9 10s; un- ! llnished, up to £7; heavy cows, ex dairy, | £o lo £8 12s; lighter, £i to £5 10s; extra good Jersey yearling heifers, £0 6s to £i 25; smaller, £3 to £5 15s; empty two- : iear Jersey heifers, £4 to ££s 2s; boner cows, £2 10S to £4 ss; Polled Angus heifers, two years, £4 12s Gd to £4 18s. -beep.—prime wethers, 3Gs Gd to 395: medium, 33s to 355; lighter, 3is to 32s I 9d; prime heavy ewes, 29s 6d to 30s 3d; , lighter, up to 26s Gd; store hoggets, up i to 22s 3d. 1 , P >K.B. —Heavy prime baconers, £4 5s to i Yt mediumr£4 is to £4 4s; lighter,: £3 l<s to £4; prime heavv pork, £2 16s to £3 IS; medium, £2 12s to £2 14s; lighter, up to £2 9s; medium-weight buttermilk pigs, up to -£3 ss; heavy-weight stores, from £0 2s to £2 9s; medium, 39s to £2 is; weaners, up to 30s 6d. ! G. W. Vercoe A Company, Limited. Cattle, —Heavy prime bullocks, ex Mr T M. Ilall, of Hamilton, to £l4 10s; prime ; bullocks, ex Mr J. A. Gower, of Gordon- • ton, to £l4 ss; prime bullocks, ex Hlnu- i fipa farm, to £l4 ss; prime Polled Angus 1 bullocks, ex Mr W. Cooper-Smith, or Tuhi- 1 karamea, averaged £l2 2s 6d; prime rows : and heirers. ex Mr J. w. Anderson, of ! Tirau, to £ll 18s; prime cows, ex Tai- I rangi Estate, averaged £io 10s. Heavy i Tat bullocks, £l4 to £l4 10s; prime med-ium-weights, £l2 15S to £l3 10s; others, 1 £l2 to £l2 12s Gd; prime light, £lO 10s | to £ll 15s; small and unfinished, to £9 i 15s; heavy prime heifers. £lO 10s to £ii ! 18s; prime medium-weights, £p to £lO r>s; I well-finished, light-weights, to £8 15?;’ i heavy prime cows, £lO to £lO 14s: prime 1 medium-weights, co to £9 15s; lighter,' £8 5s to £8 17s Gd; light, up to £8; heavy prime Jersey rows, £7 10s to £8 ss; prime medium-weights, £6 15s to £7 ss; light, to £G; heavy prime runners, £7 to £8 3S; medium. £5 10s To £G 15S; light, £4 5s to £5 ss; heavy vealers. to £4 ss; medium. £2 15s to £3 7s Gd; small calves, to £3; the advertised line of 130 twoyear Bed Polled steers, to £8 ss: forwardconditioned young Shorthorn rows, to £G; i yearling Jersey hetfers, £6 10s; empty i two-year Jersey heifers, to £5 ss; heavy i boners, £4 to £4 15s; medium, £3 10s to £3 188; light, to £8 SS. i Sheep.—Heavy prime wethers, to i

36s 9d; prime medium-weights, 32s to 345; well-finished light-weights, 29s to 31s; untlnlshed, to 28s; heavy fat ewes, 25s to 26s 3d; lighter, 22s to 245; light, up to 2is; heavy rat hoggets. 27s to 295; medium-weights, 24s to 265; light, to 23s 6d. Pigs.—Heavy prime baconers, £4 5s to £4 10s; heavy, £4 to £4 4«; medlumweights, U id* to U lesj light, £9 lSs

I to £3 15s; heavy porkers. £3 5s to £3 108; medium. £2 15s to £3 3*; light, to £2 I4s ; choppers, to £4 10s: large stores, £2 10s to £2 15s; medium, £2 5« lo £2 95; small, : £2 to £2 4s; be.-t slips, 37s to 395; smaller, i 32s to 36<s; best weaners, 27s to 3ls; medium, 2ls to 965; small, up to 18s; ► choice quality young Devon sows, to £lO 3s 6d; others, to £8: young Devon boars, i to U lfia.

The following table is a summary of prices realised for fat stock at the Frankton yards at the last two sales: BEEF (per 1001b. This Week Last Week Extra Drlme 35/- to 36/G 33/- to 33/6 35/6 to 37/33/- to 34/Prime ox Plain and inferior 27/- to 30/-27/-to 30/Extra choice young cows and heifers . 30/- to 35/6 30/- to 35/0 Prime cows . Second quality 27/6 to 29/6 27/6 to 20/0 cows .... Light cows and 24/- to 27/24/- to 27/heifers 22/- to 24/22/- to 24/MUTTON (a head) Extra prime wethers 37/6 to 42/0 1 at wethers . Unfinished 31/6 to 36/6 31/6 to 36/wethers Extra prime 26/- to 29/25/6 to 29/0 Fat ewes Unfinished 27/- to 30/9 22/6 to 29/6 25/- to 27/0 20/- to 24/ewes .... 12/- 10 18/13/- to 17/0 fat hoggets . Llg-ht ditto 25/- to 30/25/- to 30/. 20/- to 24/PIGS (a head) Baconers 70/- to 90/Porkers 54/- to 08/54/- to 68/15/- to 32/0 15/- to 32/6 'lips 30/- 10 39/30/- to 38/Large stores . 40/- to 55/40/- to 54/0