COMMERCIAL NEWS

Waikato Times, Volume 127, Issue 21229, 27 September 1940, Page 12

COMMERCIAL NEWS

MATAMATA QUOTATIONS The Farmers* Co-operative Auctioneering Company, Ltd, report: At their Matamata stock saie on Wednesday, a small yarding of sheep came forward, competition for which was steady, ami values remained firm at late rates. Cattle: A Tull entry of all classes with bidding very keen ami values well up to recent rates. Fat cattle found a ready market, a good sale resulting. A good entry or yearling Jersey heifers was the source of attraction lo buyers and round a ready sale, a line rrom .Messrs R. and G. Dunlop made £7 17s fid, all others also being keenly competed for. Dairy Cattle: A light entry or dairy cows and heirers came forward with good qualify heirers soiling well, but backward sorts were not so keenly sought. Pigs: A good yarding or all classes with the demand very keen. P.aconers and porkers were fully up to late rates, stores and weaners also met a spirited sale. Quotations: Sheep: Fat wethers, 28s; Tat woolly ewes. 22s 3d to 255; best woolly hoggets. 27s sd; others, 24s 3d. Cattle: Heavy rat Shorthorn rows, £7 16s to £8 4s; fat Jersey cows, £6 13s to £7; light fat Jersey cows and heifers, £5 5s to £6 ss; killable cows. £4 15s to £5; heavy boner cows, £4 to £4 14s; lighter, £3 3S to £3 18s; store cows, £2 to £2 17s; paddock cows. £i 10s to £5 13?; two-year empty heifers and young cows, £5 to £5 10s; best yearling Jerspy heifers. £7 to £7 17s 6d: other good yearlings. £6 4s to £6 15s; small, ft 7S 6d to £5 16S. Dairy Cow?: Jersey and Jersey cross heifers, £I4 5s to £ls ins; others. £lO 5s to £l2 10s; backward sorts. £fi 10s to £9 ss; heifers in milk, £0 to £ll 15s; Jersey and Jersey cross cows. £8 to £0 15s. pigs: Choppers. £:! 15s to £3 18s; heavy haconers. £1 5s to £i 9?: medium haeoners. £ { to £ i SS; light. £3 12s to £3 18s; buttermilk pigs and heavy porkers. £2 iss to £3 tOs: medium porkers, fi 12s to £2 169; light. £2 *’>s to £2 10s; good qualnt.v large stores. £•» ins to £2 15s 6d; large stores. £■• 4s to £j 8s : smaller. 38? M to £2 2s: best Slips. 37s fid to £2 55 c,d: others. 32s to 35s fid; best weaners. 23s fid to 3is fid; others, 16s Gd to 21s. CAMBRIDGE QUOTATIONS The Farmers’ Co-operative Auctioneering Company, Ltd., report that at thp Cambridge stock sale held on Monday a small yarding of sheep, comprising mainly hoggets, was keenly sought. A good en try of cattle came forward to meet brisk bidding with values remaining nrm. Boner cows remained steady throughout. Dairy cattle al*o were yarded in good numbers and here az-ain competition was keen ann prices realised were fully up to late rates. A* medium entry of pigs comprised mostly porkers, buttermilk pigs and large siorp? Buyers were present In large number? and competed very keenly at rates easily on a par with recent sales. A total clearance was effected. Quotations:—

Sheep.—Fat hoggets 27s 9d to 30s 3d lighter 25s 7d to 26s Bd, ewe hogget? 28s to 30s. Cattle.—'Fat Shorthorn and Polled Angus bullocks £ll io? to £l2 12s 6d. lighten fat Shorthorn bullocks £l-0 10s, heavy fat ■ beer cows £9 123, medium £8 5s to r« j 12s 6d. light £7 to £7 4s, heavy fat Jer- 1 sey cows £6 5s to £.’> 7s, medium £5 12? 6d to £♦’>, light £5 to £5 10s. store heirers £3 153 to £4 9s. heavy boner cow? £3 14* to fi 4S. medium £3 to £3 10s. light £2 *ss to £2 17s fid. 3-year Jersey service bull £l2, yearling Jersey heifer£4 ss. l>atry Cattle.—Springing Jersey heifer? £l3 5s to £ls 55. Jersey heifers < early calvers) £l2 to £l3. springing Friesian heirers £ll 10s to £l2 10.?, springing Jersey rows £9 to £lO 10?. Pigs.—Heavy baroners £3 17s to £4 45 medium £3 9s to £3 14?. light £3 5s to £3 Ba. heaw porkers and buttermilk pigs £2 19s to £3 33, medium porker? £2 15s to £2 18s. light £2 12s to £2 14?. extra large store? £2 ss to £-2 11s fid, large stores £2 3s to £2 fi?. smaller 39s fo £2 j 2s, slip? 36s fid to 35s 6d. best weaners 30* to 3ls, others 22s to 27s 6d. \ VERCOE3 BULL SALE Messrs G. W. Vercoe and Company. Ltd , 1 report having held their annual bull sale In conjunction with their weekly stock and pig sale at Te Kauwhata on Monday, when the advertised entry came forward Competition was keen and a very satlsfac tory clearance resulted at full market rates. Quotations: — Hereford bulls to £l2. 2-year to 3-year Stonthorn bulls £ll los to £lB. pedigree yearling Jersey bulls 9 to 22 gns, 2-year to 3-year Jersey bulls £9 to £2O, yearling Ayrshire bulls £3 10s to £lO, 2-year Polled Angus bulls to £l2 10s, medium fat cows £6 10s to £7 10s, lighter £5 tos to £fi, heavy turners to £* 10s, light to £3 ss, choice *2-year empty Jersey hellers to £6 2s. choh-e springing heirers tc £l3. others £8 to £ll los, more backward to £7 10k Pigs.—Heavy baconers £1 to £1 5?. light £3 12s to £3 18s, heavy porkers £3 3s to £3 10?. medium £2 18? to £3 lighter £2 10? to £2 15?, good stores 27? to 295 6d. others £2 2s to £2 ss. slips 32s to 375. good weaners 27s to 30s others tos to 255, Inferior to 12s. sows with litters to £7. 0 VALUES AT FRANKTON The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company. Ltd., reports a good yarding or ox and cow beer at Frankton on Tuesday. There was also a good entry or boner cattle and yearling heirers Both ox and cow beer sold on about a par with last week and boner cattle sold In accordance with laie rates. Quotations:— Medium prime ox beer £l2 to £l2 is light to small £ll to £ll ss, plain heavy Holstein cows £7 Bs. prime Jersey cows £7 to £7 lls, light prime Jersey hetrer? £6 to £6 2s Gd. heavy boner cows £4 fis to £4 17s, medium boners £3 g? to £3 19?. empty 2-year heifers £4 10?. medium qualtry yearling Jersey heirers £6 16s. smaller £b 10? to £5 17s fid. rheep.—There was an average yarding of ?heep. All well-finished sort? so'd readily at slightly Improved rate* on last week? quotation®. Shorn wethers on account Mr? R. Bovd. Te Akau. 33s fid; woolly hoggets on account 11. Wans. 355; woollv ewes on account W. Cooper-Smltn 28s 3d; fat shorn hoggets (small; 235. woolly hoggets < small) 2fis 6dPigs.—An average yarding or rat and store pigs came forward which sold before a keen bench of buyer.? at late rate?. Buttermilk pigs £2 15s to £3 5?, light baconer? £3 10s to £3 17?. heavy £i to £; gs. weaner? 16s 6d to 245. medium stores £2 to £2 Ids.

ADDINGTON MARKETS LOWER PRICES OBTAINED A much heavier yarding of fat sheep at ! Addington brought prices or all classes ( except hoggets down by 2.? a head. | The offering generally \va? or poor qual- i Ity, except Tor consignments or southern Sheep. Best wethers made to 56s 4d; good. 10? to 493; best ewes, to 50s; good, 30s to 4 I*. The cattle yarding of 111 head was the be?t selection offered thi? year and included several outstanding lines from the West Coast. Considering the high qual-

tty of the entry, prices kept up well and wprf little different from last week. Good beef. sfi.?. with best up to 57? fid; bp.?t ?toor?. to £2 1 17s fid: good. £l4 to £-2-2; he-i heifer?, to £-?n 7? fid: good. £l2 to £l7; best cows, to £l7 2s id; good. £9 to £1 t. There was a larsrer store sheep yarding and values of all elasses were Is below those of repent sale?. \ ?mall entry of pork met an excellent sale at nil average or 8d to 94(1 per lb There was a heavy supply or baconer.? and price? were easier, the average being 74d to Sd per lb.