KEEN DEMAND

Waikato Times, Volume 127, Issue 21212, 7 September 1940, Page 3

KEEN DEMAND

VALUES FOR DAIRIES

MARKET AT MORRINSVILLE STORE PIGS BRING MONEY K short entry or dairy cattle at the Mon Insville yards yesterday resulted in an animated demand for this class, tops ol the oirertng- retching- from £l3 to £l4 los an.l otner likely sorts from £lo to £ i 10s. The Improvement in values was estlmaited io be at least £3 a head, the market on the whole being- the best experienced at the yards for some weeks. Iri other departments entries were lig-ht and business was less than usual. Fat cattle sold steadily at llrm rates, while boners were in particularly keen request. A strong- market was shown tor yearlingheifers at often better money, the best realising- from £0 18s to £7. Fewer fat sheep were penned and the entrv consisted mainly or hog-gets. Bidding was ra.tiy steady and in some instanres values snowed a improveand store ultrs proved particularly dear. AUCTIONEERS’ QUOTATIONS The auctioneers quote as follows:—■_ Dalgety and Company, Ltd. Sheep.— Medium rat hoggets 23s Gd. to L £Mj I os. rat Polled Angus liellers £8 is to £8 7s, medium fat Polled Angus cows £7 is Gd to £8 is, fat Holstein cows £7 9s to £8 is, medium lat Jersey cows £0 3s to £7 4s, heavy boner? £3 19s to £4 Bs. medium £2 17s to £3 12s, lighter •27s <>d to £2 4s, quality yearling Jersey lieirers £6 17s 0d to £7 3s, quality springrlug Jersey heirers £ll 10s to £l3 ss, others £8 to £9 ss. Farmers’ Auctioneering Company, Ltd. Sheep.—Fat ewes 255, best Tat hoggets 27s 3d to 295, lighter 2is3d to 26s BU. ‘Cajt tie.—'Medium prime bullocks £lO 10s, medium lat cows £6 10s to £S, lighter £5 to £6 4s, heavy boner cows £4 to £4 17s, medium £3 is to £3 11s, light 39s to £2 16s, empty 2-year Jersey heifers £1 5s to £5 12s, best yearling Jersey heifers £6 4s to £7, small £3 12s to £5 16s. good quality heifers close to profit £l3 10s to £l4 15s, medium quality heifers £ll los to £l2 10s, small £iu to £ll. backward £7 to £9 10s. good young cows close to profit £ll to £l2 15s, aged and backward cows £7 to £8 155. Pigs.—'Heavy choppers £3 10s to £4 Bs, others £2 16s to £3 i-2s, heavy baconers £ i 45 to £4 Bs, medium £3 .18s to £4 2s, light £3 10s to £3 16s, buttermilk pigs and heavy porkers £2 18s to £3 Bs, medium £2 12s to £2 Ifis, light £2 6S to £2

10s, best large stores £2 8s to £2 17s, small 36s 6d to £2, best slips 36s to £2 2s. others 32s to 3 is, best weaners 32s to 375, otihers 20s to 30s, maiden Tam-worth-cross sows close to farrowing £4 103 to £5 15s, others £5 10s to £B, Devon sows close to farrowing £9 10s, Berkshire boars £3 15 s, Taimvorth boars £7 10s.

PRICES AT WAIHOU The Farmers’ Co-operative Auctioneering Company, Ltd., report that at their Walhou stock sale on Thursday a full yarding of all classes of cattle came forward. Values for fat eattio remained on a par with recent sales, whilst yeafling Jersey heirers and empty 2-year-olds were keenly sought at advanced rates. A good yarding of dairy cows and heifers was penned, with bidding very keen from a full bench or buyers, with values fully up to last Walhou sale. An Increased yarding or fat and store pigs came forward, the fat entry consisting mainly of porkers, competition for which was 'Steady with values fully up to recent quotations. In the store section bidding was brisk and a good sale resulted with prices remaining on a par with late rates. Breeding sows were not as keen of sale as previously. Quotations: Sheep.—. Medium rat wethers 3 6s, fat ewes 24s 6cl. Cattle.—Medium rat cows £7 to £B, light £5 10s to £6 10 s, heavy boner cows £4 to £4 17s 6d, medium l £3 5s to £3 15s, paddock cows £5 to £5 16s, yearling Jersey heifers to £6 ss, empty 2-year heifers £4 10s to £5 lis, young empty sound cows £4 to £4 15s, good quality Jersey and Jersey-cross heifers close to profit £l3 15s to £ls 55, Jersey and Jersey-cross heifers, close to profit £lO to £l2 10s, later calvers £6 10s to £9 10s, heifers in milk £lO to £l3 ss, Shorthorn cows close to prollt to £M 10s, Jersey and Jersey-cross cows £4 10s to £7 ss. Pigs.—Choppers £3 9 s to £4, heavy baconers £1 to £4 2s, medium £3 lis to £3 19s, light £3 7s to £3 12s, buttermilk pigs and heavy porkers £2 HBs to £3 ss, medium porkers £2 12s to £2 16s, good quality large stores £2 9s to £-2 14s, large stores £2 2s to £2 7s, smaller stores 35s Gd to £2, Slips 30s to 37s 6d, best weaners 26s 6d to 335, others 21s to 255, maiden sows £5 to £B, older sows £5 to £8 7s Gd.