BRIGHTER TONE

Waikato Times, Volume 127, Issue 21221, 18 September 1940, Page 11

BRIGHTER TONE

HIGHER SHEEP RATES VALUES AT FRANKTON FIRMER FOR COW BEEF Price levels were higher In practically all .sections of the Frankton stock sale yesterday. Cow beef was slightly dearer, while an Improvement in quotations was also recorded in the fat sheep and pig departments. The supply of ox beef was smaller and here values were very firm. Extra heavy sorts were traded from £l3 to £l4 5s a head ag-alnst £l2 10s to £l3 15s last week, while heavy prime descriptiuns changed hands from £ll 15s to £l2 19s, and light to medium from £lO 8s to £ll. The tone of the market was brighter than last week although there was hardly any quotable advance in prices. Choice quality sorts comprised a good proportion of the cow and heifer beef seetitSh where an average supply was forward. The improvement in this section amounted to approximately 10s a head. Extra heavy prime cattle were quoted from £lO to £ll 10« In comparison with £9 lus to £ll 3s at last week’s sale. Yesterday’s top money was realised for a pen of six. Heavy prime were traded from £8 12s to £9 15s, and prime from £7 15s to £8 7s fid. Calves and boner cattle again sold keenly. Sheep Sell Well Extra buyers in the fat sheep section made a difference to the market In favour or vendors. Wethers were up by at least is fid to 2s a head, while ewes showed an advance of often just over 2s. Shorn entries appeared to be selling better in comparison with the woolly descriptions. Best woolly wethers were quoted rrom 35s fid to 38s, as compared with 35s fid to 37s last week. Few choice ew'es were on orrer, good rat sorts realising rrom 24s to 27s with a Tew* odd heavy choice sheep making to as much as 3 ss. Choice shorn wethers sold particularly well from 31s Gd to 33s fid. The entry, which was shorter than last week, comprised the largest proportion of shorn sheen seen at the yards this season. The inquiry was particularly active for fat pigs, porkers showing a rise of at least. 2s a head and baconers being often better by is a head. Store pigs were again dear, usually at last week’s rates. Price Summary The following table Is a summary of prices realised Tor fat stock at the Frankton yards at the last two sales:— BEEF (per 1001 b..) This Week Last Week

made from STins to 81gns., and averaged just over 68gns. Mr Smith’s three great sorts made from 77* to 120gns, and averaged no less than 97gns. The four from Mr Bones averaged just over 55gns.

Individual Consignments Ten heavy prime Polled Angus bullocks from Messrs. Taylor Brothers, Taupiri, were auctioned from £l2 15s to £l4 5s and made an average of £l3 10s. A pen from Mr T. M. Hall, Ohaupo Road, sold to a bid of £l3 7s fid, and six from Mr W. Cooper Smith, of Tuhikaramea. were knocked down from £l2 15s to £l2 19s. From £lO 8s to £ll was given for a consignment of lighter sorts from the Waikato Racing Club, and ten from the Tokoroa Farm made from £ 11 15s to £l3. Six heavy prime Hereford heifers from Mr T. M. Hall sold at £ 11 10s apiece, another pen or six from the same vendor realising £lO. A consignment of 12 cows and heifers from Mr H. J. Finlayson, of Tuhikaramea, sold rrom £8 7s fid to £lO 17s. From £7 to £lo 15s was given Tor those from Mr A. Mazengarb, of Motumaoho, and from £8 4s to £9 12s 6rl for those front Mr R. G. Griffon, of Tauwhare. Those from Mr A. L. Storey made front £8 16s to £9 15s, and those rrom Mr F. Uuck rrom £8 5s to £9 10s. Wethers rrom the Waikato Agricultural and Pastoral Association sold at 38s, and 37s 3d was given for those from Messrs. Van Houtte and N’owlette. Shorn wethers from Mr N. Tapp realised 3 3s 6d and lighter sorts from Mr D. Johnstone, Whatawhata, 30s 6d. AUCTIONEERS’ QUOTATIONS The auctioneers quote as rollows: Farmers' Auctioneering Company, Ltd. Sheep. —•'Heavy fat woolly wethers 3 83 prime fat shorn weathers 31s fid to 345, lighter 29s fid to 30s fid, light and unlUtished fat woolly ewes 19s 9d to 2 5s fid, young fat shorn owes 2 5s Gd to 275. Tat shorn ewes 22s fid to 24s Gd. fat woolly hoggets 26s Gd to 28s G.d, lighter ■2 is to 25s fid, store woolly hoggets 2 3s to 2 1 5 s 6d, shorn store 4-tooth wethers Cattle.—Medium-weight fat steers £l2 10s, prime PollPd Angus heirees £9 5s to £lO 17s. light Hereford heifer’s £3 Js fid to £3 lfiis, fat Polled Angus cows £9 2s fid to £lO 15?, light fat Shorthorn heifers £8 is, fat Shorthorn cows £8 16s. fat Jersey cows £fi gs to £7 ss, runners £5 Is to £-5 19s, lighter £4 to £4 lls, boner cows £:: 15s to £4 10s, stores £2 Ss to £3 ss, paddocic cows £i 5s to £5. best yearling Jersey heifers to £7 9s, medium £5 5s to £5 15s. small £3 18s. Pigs.—’Heavy choppers to £5, others £2 is to £2 18s, top-weight baconers £4 9s to £4 lls. heavy baconers £4 ,4s to £4 7s. medium £3 IGs to £4 2 s, light baconpts £3 10’S to £3 15s, buttermilk pigs and heavy porkers £3 to £3 ss, medium porkers £2 US to £2 l BS, light £2 8-S to £2 12s. good quality large stores £2 8s fid to £2 Ills fid. large stores £2 2s to £2 7s, smaller 36s fid to £2, slips 33s fid to 37s Gd, best weaners 2is fid to 32s 6d, others 1 7s fid to 22s fid. Dalgety * Company, Limited Sheep.—Medium fat woolly wethers. £1 13s to £1 15s Gd; prime fat shorn wethers, £1 12s to £i 13s fid; medium, £1 7s to £1 10s 3d; heavy ditto ewes, £1 4s to £ l Ss fid; medium to light ©horn ewes, £1 is fid to £1 3s; medium woolly hoggets, £1 5s to £1 fis 3d. Cattle.—Medium heavy rat steers, £l2 75 fid to £l3: medium. £ll 5s to £ll 15s; medium heavy fat heifers, £lO to £lO 1 Os; ditto COWS, £lO 5s to £lO 17s fid: light Tat cows. £'\ 10s to £8 17s fid; heavy boner cows, £1 10s to £5 ss; medium, £3 to £3 10s; two-year Polled Angus steers, £7 to £7 12s; medium Jersey weaners, £5 10s to £G ss; others, £4 to £4 ss. Pigs.—Prime top-weight baconers, £4 85 to £4 Us; heavy baconers, £4 to £4 8s;

medium. £3 15s to £4; light, £3 10s to £3 IBs; buttermilk pigs. £3 t< £3 1 os; heavy porkers, £2 15s to £3 ss; medium. £2 ms lo £2 15s; light, £2 5s lo £2 10s; large store pigs, £2 5s to £2 10s; medium, £2 to £2 ss: small, 3 5s to £2; slips, 30s to 3 ss; weaners, best, 30s to 35*; medium, 25s to 30s; small, 18? to 255; sows to farrow, £4 to £6: sows with litters, £4 0 12s to £ll ss; service boars, £4. G. W. Vercoe and Company Cattle.—Prime Polled Angus buiJorks ex Messrs Taylor Bros., of Taupiri. to £l4 ss; prime short-horn bullocks ex Mr T. M. Hall, Hamilton, averaged £l3 7s Gd; prime Hereford bullocks ex Mr W. Cooperfimith, or Tuhikaramea, to £l2 •Shorthorn bullocks ex Mr F. Donny, or Morrlnsvtlle, £li ms to £ll 12s Gd; lightweight cattle ex Mr G. A. Eyre, of Walmai, to £l2 195; prime Hereford heifer? ex Mr T. M. Hall, or Hamilton, averaged £ll 10s; Shorthorn and Hereford heifer? ex Mr A. Maze.nganb, of Morrinsvllle, to £ 10 15S. Heavy prime bullocks £l3 7s fid to £l4 ss. prime medium-weights £l2 10s to £l3 ss. prime lighter-weights £ll 15s to £l2 7s fid, well-finished lightweights £lO 10s to £ll 10s, light and unflr.lshed £9 10s to £lO ss, Jersey bullocks to £9 2s Gd; heavy prime heiTers £lO 105 to £ll 105, prrme mediumweights £9 5s to £lO 7s fid, well-finished light-'weights £8 to £8 16-s, others to £7 ins, heavy fat cows £9 fis to £lO, me-dium-weights £8 5S to £9, light £7 105 to £8 25 fid, prime medium-weight Jersey heifers £7 15s to £8 7s Gd, lighter prime £fi 105 to £7 53, light to £'••, heavy fat Jersey cows £6 10s to £7 2s fid. mediumweight© £fi to £6 7s fid, light to £5 15s. heavy runners £6 10s to £7 12s, lighter £5 to £6 ss, heavy vealers £4 to Ct ISs, m odium -weigh, t£ &3 5a to £3 4 ss, well-

finished light-weights £2 5s to £3, small calves to 3 ss, forward-conditioned Shorthorn and Friesian cows £5 15s to £fi 4s others £4 10s to £5 ss, good quality yearling Jersey heifers £fi 5s to £7 2-* fid others to £5 15s, empty 2-year Jersey heifers £4 10s to £5 5 s, heavy boners £1 5s to £4 15s, medium-weights £3 10s to £4, light to £3 7s fid. Sheep.—Heavy prime wethers 36s P 37<s fid, prime medium-weights 31s tc 3 5-s 9d, well-finished light-weights 3 2s to 33s fid, others to 3 Is, heavy prime shorn wethers 32s to 33s fid, medium-weight-' 30s to 3ls 9(1, light 28s to 29' fid. heavyrat ewes 2fis to 28s, medium-weights 24* to 255, light 21s to 225, heavy fat ewes (shorn) 24© to 25s fid. lighter to 225, good quality woolly 2-loom ewes to 3 33d, small to 275, small 2-tooth wethers (shorn) to 22s fid, small Southdown hoggets to ißs id. small Romney hoi-gets to 18s fid, cull hoggets to lfis, aged ewes with lamb? ins all counted. Pigs.—Prime heavy baconers £4 8s to £4 10S, heavy £4 1> lo £i 7s, niediumwelglrts £3 15* to £l, light £0 10* to £3 14s, heavy porkers £3 4s to £3 Bs, medium -axeights £2 16s lo £3 3s, light i: 10s to £2 15s, choppers to £i 10s, large stores £2 10* to £2 lls, medium £j Gs to £2 10s, small £2 to £2 ss, good slips 3fis to 39*. others 32s to 355, best weaners 28s to 335, medium 2 is to 2<vs, small up to 19s, maiden sows to £6. young Berkshire boars to £5 SS, aged boars lo £3. Wright, Stephenson and Company, Ltd. Cattle. —-Prime heavy bullocks from Taylor Bros., £ll 18s to £l2. light bullocks from A. R. Mounsey £9 10s, extra heavy Hereford helfens from the same vendor £it ss. medium-weight Polled Angus cows from Robertson Bros. (Te Puluj £7 to 11# M, outer cows tod bell-

ers £fi 15s to £9 12s; forward 8-year bullock* £8 10s to £9, store condition 17 15 - to £ * s*, Polled Angus rows running with bull £5 12* fid. empty 2 year Polled Angus heifers (poor) £5, ditto Hereford* £ i 17*. good Polled Angus yearling heifers £8 15s to £4 28, small £2 18* to £3 ss, small Jersey yearling heifers, £5 15s to £ • 4s. boner rows -heavy) £4 5® to £5 12*. light £2 10S to £3 3s, Sheep.— prune shorn medium-we4*ni wether* 27s 3d to 3c-. unfinished 24,s to 265. heavy woolly wethers 34s to 37». Pig*.— Heavy baconers £4 28 to £4 14« llßll't £3 7s fid to £*. porkers £2 10« VO £3 15s, good stores £2 to f? 10s, medium 30-s to 388, poor Bouts £1 lo £1 4* fid. Newton King, Limited. Cattle. —Heavy fat cow#, £8 to £8 10»: lighter cow.-, £7 5* to £7 17s Gd; heavy boners. £4 to £4 14s; lighter, £3 to £3 15s; choice Jersey yearling heifers, £« 10a to £fi leg; -mailer. £5 ir.s to ffi ss. Sheep.—Prime rat wethers, 34* to Sfia fid: Tat wether-. 32s to 33- fid; unfinished, 80S to 31s Gd; prime fat ewes, 33i 6d to 35 s. Pigs.—Heavy baconers, £4 lo £4 8a; lighter, £3 IGS to £3 I9S; heavy porkers and buttermilk pigs. £< ss to £3 14*; medium porkers. £2 18s to £3 ss; light, £2 10s to £.' 15s; large stores. £2 3s to £2 8s; slips, 36s Gd to £2 2s; meaner*. 22* fid to 27ft fid; sows to farrow’, £6 «a 64 to £7. _____

Extra prime ox 35/- to 36/- 35/- to 36 /- Primp ox .. 33/- to 3-i/- 33/-to 34/T* lain anrl inferior ox 27/- to 30/- 27/- to 30/Extra rhoire young - rows anrl heifers . 30/-to 35/- 30/-to 34/6 prime cows . 27/6 to 20/6 27/6 to 29/G Second quality cows .... 24/- to 27/- 24/-to 27/Lltrlit cows and heifers 22/- to 24/- 22/- to 247MUTTON (a head) Extra prime wethers . . 35/6 to 38/- 35/6 to 37/Extra prime shorn wethers .. 31/6 to 33/6 Fat wethers . 32/6 to 34/6 32/- to 35/Fat shorn wethers .. 28/6 to 30/6 27/- to 31/3

Unfinished wethers .. 25/6 to 27/- 25/3 to 26/6 Extra prime ewes 26/6 to 27/6 Fat ewes .. 24/-to 27/- 22/-to 26/Fat shorn ewes .... 22/- to 23/Unflnlshed ewes .... 14/-to 18/6 12/- to 18/Fat hog-g-ets . 25/6 to 28/3 25/6 to 28/3 Lisht ditto . 19/-to 24/6 P1G8 (a head) Baconers .. 71/-to 91/- 70/-to 90/Porkers ... 55/-to 70/- 54/-to 68/Weaners ... 15/-to 30/- is/-to 32/Sllps 30/-to 39/- 30/- to 39/Lanre stores . 40/- to 50/- 40/- to 55/-