COMMERCIAL NEWS

Waikato Times, Volume 127, Issue 21211, 6 September 1940, Page 10

COMMERCIAL NEWS

ADDINGTON MARKETS FAT CATTLE EASIER j Fat cattle were easier at Addington. Values were £1 to 25s below those of last week. Good beer sold to 47s 6d, best to 555, best steers £l4 5s to £27 2s 6d, others to £l4, best heiTers £l2 to £ 1 ) 7s 6d. others from £7 10s, best cows to £l6 l?s rd. others from £6. Store sheep were slightly lower than last week. Fat sheep values, after a spectacular rise early, settled down to about par. Medium to prime wethers 4is to s?s 6d, others from 325, medium to prime ewes 31s 6d to 52s 6d. others i from 21s. ; Porkers were at the best rates or th< season and averaged 8d to 9d. Baconers averaged 6id to Bd. DAIRIES AT FRANKTON ! Dalgety and Company, Ltd., report harving sold at their weekly Frankton dairy sale on Wednesday as follows:—A smaller yarding than last week, but a good bench of buyers was present and a very satisfactory sale resulted for all classes. Medium Jersey hellers £l2 to £l2 los, inferior and backward heifers £7 10s to £lO ss, good young Jersey-cross cows £l2 to £l4, older cows £8 to £9 15s, ! three-quarter cows £6 10s to £7 ss. ! VALUES AT MATAMATA Dalgety and Company, Ltd., report having held their usual fortnightly sale at Matamata on Wednesday, when a small yarding of sheep and a medium yarding oi cattle came forward. Prices were on a par with recent sales. Store cattle on account of Messrs A. and B. IM. Giddings attracted a good deal of Interest and met keen competition. Dairy heifers were again In demand. Quotations: — sheep.—'Medium fat ewes 20s, fat hoggets 245 9a to 295. Cattle.—Light Tat Jersey heifers £5 5s to £5 1 6s, heavy fat Shorthorn cows £9 5s to £lO 23 6d, heavy boners £3 17s to ; £i 7s, medium £2 17s 6d to £3 12s, 1 Uight 25s to 355, 3-year Polled Angu-s steers £s to £9, 2-year £6 13s 1 to £7 12s 6d, yearling Polled Angus steers £5 14s, springing Jersey heuers (.quality; £ll lus to £l3, others £8 io £9 os. Pigs.—A very lull yarding of ah classes pigs came rorward and a total , i clearance was eilected at full late rates. Prices were ilrm on full late rates. 'Light baconers and heavy buttermilk pigs £.i ; 10s to £3 lSs, builermilk pigs and heavy porkers £3 to £3 los, medium porkers £2 10s to £3, light £2 to £2 10s, large store pigs £2 to £'2 ss, medium 3 0s lo £2, good slips 30s to 365, weaners 2os 1 to 3us, small weaners 15s to 2os, chop- ( pers £3, sows to farrow £4 to £6 12s od. VALUES AT WAIHOU

The Farmers’ Co-operative Auctioneering Company, Limited, report that at tlielr Waihou stock sale on Thursday a fu.l yarding of ail classes of cattle came forward. Values for fat cattle remained on a par with recent sales, while yearling Jersey heiTers and empty two-year-olds were keenly sought at advanced rates. Dairy cattle: A good yarding of dairy cows and heifers was penned, with bidding very keen from a full bench of buyers, and values fully up to last Waihou sale. Pigs: An Increased yarding of fat and store pigs came forward, the Tat entry consisting mainly of porkers, competition ror ! which wa> steady with values fully up to i recent quotations. In the store section bidding was brisk and a good sale resulted with j>ri<•*• - .-•■Miaitinig on a par with late rates. Breeding sows were not a* keen ot .-ale a ; previ msly. Quotations: — Sheep: Medium fat wethers, 365; fat ewes, 2 is 6d. Cattle: Medium fat cows, £7 to £8: gilt £5 10s to £6 10s; heavy boner cows, £i to £1 17s id; medium. £3 5s to £3 15.-; p.idd'*' k cows, £5 to £5 1 0 -; yearling Jerse%- heifers to £6 ss; empty two-year heifers. £» 10s to £•*. I1s ; young empty . sound cows. £i to £i 15s. ! Dairv cattle: Good quality Jersey and 1 Jersev-cross heifers, close to prollt, £l3 j !5S to £ls ss: Jersey and Jersey-cross I heifers, close to prollt, £lO to £l2 1-; * later cal vers, £6 10s to £9 10s; heifers in milk. £io to £l3 5.-: shorthorn cows, close to profit, to £lO los; Jersey and JerseyI cross caws, £$ 10s to £7 ss. Pigs: Choppers, £3 9s to £4; heavy baconers, £i to £4 2s; medium. £3 14s to £3 19s; light. £3 7s to £3 I2s ; buttermilk pigs and heavy porkers. £2 18s to £3 ss; medium porkers. £2 12s to £2 16s; good quality large stores, £2 9s to £2 1 is; large .-tores. £2 2s to £2 7s; smaller stores, 35s 6d to £2; slip-. 3 n - t 1 37s 6d; best weaners, 26s 6d to 335; others, 21s to 255; 1 maiden sows, £5 to £8; older Sows, £5 to 1 £8 7s 6d.