QUIET BEEF SALE

Waikato Times, Volume 127, Issue 21227, 25 September 1940, Page 11

QUIET BEEF SALE

MARKET AT FRANKTON SHORT SUPPLY OF OX SHEEP USUALLY FIRM A quiet sale was experienced for beef at the Frankton sale yesterday, but the market on the whole waa fully firm. Although fat shoep tended Just a shade cheaper over the early sales, the market improved as the sale proceeded and most sales were made on a firm basis. A large entry of fat pigs showed little change, although pork at times tended just a shade cheaper. The supply or ox was the lightest seen at the yards this season, hut this fact failed to strengthen the market tone. In some cases entries failed to reach vendors’ reserves, but rates were generally firm although In some instances slightly lower values were realised. Heavy prime descriptions were traded from £l2 10s to £l3 5s against £l3 to £l4 5s last week, ■while medium sorts were cleared from £l l is to £l2. Cow’s and heifers, which came forward In average numbers, were usually fully firm although there was variation in values. From £9 to £lO 10s was given for some extra heavy prime sorts against £lO to £ll 10s for the heaviest' last week.

Clarification Wanted At the last meeting of the Auckland executive oif the Farmers’ Union a resolution was carried requesting the Government to clarify the position in regard to the requests that have been made by employers and employees in certain industries to be allowed to work longer hours. In view of the reiterated appeals of the Government for increased production, surprise was expressed by members at the apparently hostile attitude towards such requests that . has been adopted by the Industrial Emergency Council. It was felt that the threat of an actual scarcity of essential goods made it of vital importance that no obstacle whatever should be allowed to hinder the desired increase in production. English Pig Clubs British pig club rules, which were drafted by the Small Pig-keepers’ Council, provided for four members per pig. Householders, cottagers, school children, miners, factory workers and others can join up in pig clubs. The advantages include the bulk purchase cf meal and insurance. Arrangements have been made with the Ministry of Food whereby pig clubs will obtain a fair share of meal available for pigs to supplement the waste material, and the small pig-keeper may kill and cure his pig for his own family’s consumption. Last, but by no means least, there is the recent Order-in-Council which makes it possible for any householder or allotment-holder to keep pigs without reference to local authorities, landlords or amenity agreements—provided, of course, the pigs do not cause prejudice to health and are not a nuisance.

Attractive prime cattle were quoted yesterday from £7 5s to £8 17S 6d, and rat from £•» 5s to £7 is. The entry was a plainer one, and choice cattle were conlined to comparatively few pens. Calves and boner cattle sold with little change in values. Shorn Sheep Predominate For the first time this season shorn entries predominated in the fat sheep market. Bidding was slow over the first two rows, but there was a noticeable improvement later In the sale when rates generally were fully firm. Shorn ewes sold particularly well, maiden sorts making to 29s 3d. Best woolly ewes made from 27< od to i>ss 3d. but there was Ho offering as far as woolly wethers were concerned. Although -shorn wethers were slightly cheaper at the start or the sale, competition was koen Tor good sorts later on. extra prime pons realising from 32s fid to fits fid against 3ts fid to 33-s fid last week. Hoggets sold well and In some cases prices were higher than last week.

Fat pigs were penned In the largest numbers this season, but steady competition from a large bench of buyers kept prices firm. However, In some cases, porkers appeared to be just a shade cheaper. Store pigs were again keenly sought and values wore Tor the most part firm. Price Summary The following table Is a summary or prices realised for fat stock at the Frankton yards at the last two sales:— BEEF (per 1001 b..) This Week Last Week

Individual Consignments Nine good bullocks lrom Mr A. Ramsay, of Hillcrest, sold from £l2 10s to £l3 ss, and eight from Mr H. Booth, of Te Kowhai, retched from £ll 5s to £l2 15s. A small lot from Mr N. Jack, of Eureka, made from £1 t 5s to £l2, and three from Mr W. C. Humphrey, of Te Awamutu, realised £l2 Is. Another Te Awamutu vendor, Mr W. C. Murphy, sold three at £ll. Buyers gave rrom £ll is to £l2 Ss for eight from Mr W. Harhutt, of Fencourt. Six Polled Ang*us heifers rrom Mr T. M. Hall, or Ohaupo, were knocked down from £9 19s to £lO 10~, while six from Mr R. O. GrifTen. of Tauwhare. realised from £7 Ifis to £9 Is. Messrs. Johnstone Bros., of Whatawhata, sold a pen from £7 4s to £8 17s fid. while from £7 13s to £7 19s was given for cattle from Mr W. J. Lusty, of Te fku. Shorn wethers from the Estate Walter Seaville. Waingaro. sold to the hid of 34s fid. From 32s Od to 33s fid was given for shorn wethers rrom Messrs. Wilson Bros., of iVaiirial. For a line of 40 shorn ewes, Messrs. Van Houtte and Xowlette, of To Fku, received 2fis fid. Maiden r-mr and six-tooth ewes from the Taerangi Estate sold at 29s 3d. The auctioneers quote as follows: Farmers’ Auctioneering Company, Limited. rattle.—Medium prime Polled Angus bullocks, from Mr F. E. B. Lovelock, Eureka, £9 3s to £lt 2s fid; light-weight Rolled Angus and Hereford cows and Hereford cows and heifers, from Whakatane, £7 19s to £9 12s 6d: medium prime Polled Angus cows from Mr W. J. Lusty, 1

Te Uku, £7 13s to £8 11 s; runners from the same vendor, to £7 7®; medium prime bullocks, £9 3s to £ll 2s Gd; medium prime Shorthorn heifers, £8 12s Gd to £9 12s Gd; Pulled Angus heirers, to £9 3s; Polled Angus cows, £7 13-s; l'at cows, £5 4s to £6 2s; heavy boner cows, £i 2s to £4 19s; medium £3 Is to £i; light, £2 3s to £2 19s; best runners, £7 Gs to £7 7s; small vealers, £2 4s to £3 17s Gd; calves, 5s to 17s; forward-conditioned three-year Polled Angus and Hereford steers, £8 14s to £9 75; others, to £7 18s; best yearling Jersey heifers, £7 to £7 12s; others, £i 9s to £fi 17s. Sheep.— Prime shorn wethers, 32s to 34s fid; fat shorn wethers, ?Ss fid to 30s 9d; unfinished, 26s fid to ?7s fid; fat woolly ewes, 25s to 275; young fat shorn ewes, 23s fid to 27s fid; Tat ewe?, 19s 6d to 2 2s 6d; unfinished shorn ewes, 175 to 19s; fat woolly hoggets, 2f>s fid to 32s 6d. Pigs.—Choppers, to £,' 19s; heavy baconers. £4 5s to £i os; medium, £4 to £4 3s: light. £3 its to £3 IPs; buttermilk pigs and heavy porkers, £2 18s to £3 12s: light and medium, £2 5s to £2 16*; good quality large stores, £2 10s to £2 15s: large stores, £2 2s to £2 8s: slips, 31s fid to 3fis fid; best weaners, 23s 6d to 30s; other-8, 16s 6d to 00s. Newton King, Limited. Cattle.—Top cattle, to £7 17S; others, £7 4s to £7 14s; fat Jersey cows, £7 to £7 ss; lighter, £5 15s to £6 1 os; heavy boners, £4 10s to £5 5«; lighter, £3 to £1 ss. Sheep.—Fat shorn wethers, to 9 8s 6d; others. 26s to 27s 9d: fat shorn ewes, to 1 9-s; the special advertised entry of shorn ewe hoggets. 31 s 9d. Pigs.—Heavy haconers, £f to £4 10S; lllfhter. £3 Ifis to £3 18S; heavy porkers and buttermilk pla-s. £2 18s to £3 5«; lighter. £2 10* to £2 Ifis: large stores. £2 2s to £2 8S; slips. 34s Gd to £2; weaners, 25s to 28s Gd. G. W. Vercoe Sc Company, Limited. Cattle.—prime bullocks, ev Mr A. Ramsay. of Hillcrest, £l2 10s to £l3 ss: prime bullocks, ex Mr 11. Rooth, or Te Kowhai, to £l2 15s; good quality Polled Angus bwllorks, ex Mr W. Harbutt. of Cambridge, to £l2 8*; prime Polled Angus heirers, ex Mr T. M. Hall, of Hamilton, £9 19s to £lO 108; heavy fat bullocks, £l2 10s to £l3 ss; prime medium -weights.

£ll 15* to £l2 8s; prime light, £ll to £ll 12s Gd; light and unfinished, to £lO IS; heavy prime hellers, £9 lus to £lO lus; prime medium-weights, £8 5s to £9 7s Gd; prime light, £7 los to £8 2s 6d; heavy fat cows, £8 5s to £8 19S; mediumweights, £7 10S to £8; light, £6 10* to £7 7s 6d; heavy lat Jersey cows, £0 10s to £7 5s medium-weights, £5 los to £0 ss; light, to £5; heavy boners, £4 to £4 1 8S; medium-weight*, £3 10S to to £3 17s; light, to £3 ss; runners, to £0 18s; heavy vealers. £4 to £4 15S; medium-weights, £3 to £3 17s 6d: light, £2 5s to £2 15s; small calves, up to £2; the adverti-sed line of 200 store, bullocks, ex East Coast, to £9 17s; yearling Jersey heifers, to £7 1 Os; extra choice yearlings, to £8 Is. Sheep.—Prime ehorn wethers, 32s to 33s 6d; medium-weights, 30s to 31s 9d; light, to 2 9s fid; prime maiden ew’es (shorn), to 20s 8d; heary prime ahorn

ewes. 25s to 2«s Gd; lighter, 2S« to 23s 9d; light, to 225 ; prime woolly hoggets, to 3is Gd; others, to spring Jambs offered on behalf of Mr W West, or Cambridge, 35s *.d to 3*>* Od: best quality woolly ewe hoggets, to 3fis 9d; others, to 29s Gd; woolly wether hogget:-, *4s to 2fis 3d; shorn w«tln r liogg* ts, 22* to 23s Gd; ehorn Southdown hoggets, lgf to 21s Gd; cull hoggets, to 17; mixed aged ewes with lambs, 14s, all counted. Pigs.—Heavy prime baconers, £4 7s to £4 l Os; heavy, £4 3s to £4 «.s, medium* weight*, £3 188 to £4 2S ; light. £3 108 to £3 17«; heavy porkers, £3 5s to £3 9S; medium-weights, £2 18s to £3 4s, light, to £2 17s; large stores, £2 10s to £2 16s, others, £2 3s to £2 8s; good slips, 80s to £2 2s; smaller, 29s to 345; good weaners, 26s to 295; medium. 21s to 255 ; small, to 20S; young sows In pig, to £7 17s 6d; Berkshire boars, to £6.

Extra prime 35/-to 36/35/- to 36/Prime ox Plain and 33/-to 34/-33/-to 34/inferior 27/- to 30/27/- to 30/Extra choice young - rows and heifers . 30/- to 35/30/- to 35/Prime cows . Second quality 27/6 to 29/6 27/6 to 29/6 cows .... 2 4/- to 27/24/- to 27/Light cows and heifers 22/- to 24/22/- to 24/MUTTON (a head) Extra prime wethers Extra prime 35/6 to 38/shorn wethers 32/6 to 34/6 31/6 to 33/6 Fat wethers . Fat shorn 32/6 to 34/6 wethers Unfinished 28/9 to 31/28/6 to 30/6 wethers 25/6 to 27/Extra prime 27/9 to 28/3 Extra prime shorn ewes 23/6 to 26/6 Fat ewes 24/- to 27/24/- to 27/Fat shorn 21/6 to 23/l nflnished ewes .... 14/-to 13/6 Fat hoggets . 22/6 to 31 /6 25/C to 23/3 PIGS (a head) Parnners 7 f/- to 01/71 /- to 01 /- Porkers 55/- to 70/55/- to 70/Woaners 15/- to 20/1 5 /- to 30/Slips 30 /- to 30 /- 30/- to 30/Large stores . 40/- to 48/40/- to 50/-