PIGS CHEAPER

Waikato Times, Volume 128, Issue 21362, 5 March 1941, Page 9

PIGS CHEAPER

MARKET AT FRANKTON BEEF PRICES MAINTAINED | WETHER METTON WANTED 'fliere was an average yarding, both in quumy and nuiuners ui ah classes ui stuck at uie Trankton sale yesieruuy, ana prices in general were well maintained. lue best beei - unereu was readily bid fur, but in at least une case tile oner wa, nut quite in accuru wan me vendor s iuea. low and lieiter beef was lutr average quaiuy, but after the tops liao been selected inert was a notlceume slackening In demand. However, p.ices averugeu out fairly \\ ell.’ Prices Unchanged Sheep in all grades were quilted at prices comparable wltn last week, except mat lat ewes were usually cheaper. Extra prime fat wethers were also a little below best prices ui u week ago. fig> main tamed late rates for best sorts, and mere was a good yarding of baconors and porkers for this time of the year. Whereas haveners maintained last week’s l rates, porkers were a lew shillings easier, While slips ami large stores were well below last weeks rates for most lines, though a few well-done pens found buyers at almost last week’s prices. Price Bummary The following is a summary realised for fat stock at the Trankton yards at the last two sales:— I3EEF (a 1001 b)

The top price for prime fat bullocks was £ls for .Mr T. M. Hall s best offering-, hut this was below last sale’s top price, £lO ss, from the same vendor, me line from Mr 11. Booth, To Kowhai, made to £l2 173 Od. Mr b. g. Griffin, Tawhare, gained top price for cow and heifer beef with £lO 7s for a Polled Angus heifer, while £8 10s, £9 2s and £9 4s were obtained from other offerings of the same vendor. Mr J. C. Potts, Cambridge, accepted £1! 4s for his offering of prime Polled Angus steers, AUCTIONEERS' QUOTATIONS The auctioneers quote as follows.— FARMERS’ AUCTIONEERING COMPANY LIMITED Cattle.—Medium prime bullocks from Mr A. Main, Tamanere, £ll to £l2 14s; from Mr H. B. Crunwell, Tuhlkaramea Rd, £lu 12s to £l2 1 Os; light prime bullocks from Mr C. Matthews, Hamilton, £7 His to £Ki is; medium prime bullocks, £ll to £l2 14s; lighter, £7 los to £I () Is; heavy fat cows, £7 to £8 15s; medium. £6 2s to £0 18s; lighter, £5 4s to £5 19s; heavy boner cows, £1 5s to £5 2s; medium. £3 2s lo £4 Is; lighter, £2 to £3; medium potter bulls, £6 u>s to £7 !ss; best vealors. £-2 r,s to £3 12s; others, 28s to 365; small calves. Ifs to 20s. Sheep.— Prime lat welheVs, 25s 3d to 275; medium, 24s to 255; light, 22s od to

23s 6d; unfinished wethers, 21s 9d to 235; mixed sex 2-in black face mutton, 19s 0d *" young fai ewes, lis to 15s 0d: fit I2s 9(1 |u 13s 0d; light. lOS 0d lambs, 22s Od to 25s 3d; lighter, I9s od to 2ls ml; lat shorn lambs, ids to 23s 9d. Pigs—Choppers. £3 os to £4 I7s: prime heavy baconers, £i 12s to £i ]os; Heavy baconers, £ f i> to £\ tus; medium. £3 10s to £ i 2S: light. £3 IDS lo £3 14s; buttermilk pigs and heavy porkers. £2 18s to £3 8s; medium porkers. £2 IDs to £2 1 os; tight. £2 to £2 8s; unfinished porkers. 32s lo 375: large stores. 24s 0d to 3n>:, smaller, iss o<i to 2is od: slips, f ns Devon boars, to 4gns; pedigree Berkshire boars, to f] gns. Dalgety and Co. Sheep.—Prime rat 2-tli wethers. £1 5s to £1 6S 6(1: uoavy fat ditto, £1 3s 3d to |-l 4s 9d; light and unfinished, 19s to £1 i 3s; heavy canner ewes, 12s Od to 13s Od; 1 others, 10s 6d to 12s; heavy Tat lambs, j £1 5s io £1 G.s od; medium, £1 3s to £i j is 0d: light. £1 to £1 2S 9(1. 1 Cattle.—Medium fat. bullocks, clO 17s J fid to £li 12s Od; light, £lO to £lO 10s; medium fat cows,. £.; 17s Od to £7 7s; i diito heiTers. £7 to £3 I is; heavy boners, £3 18s to £4 15a; medium, £2 17s to £3 Ms; lighter. £1 5s to £1 15s; quality Jersey calves. £3 15s to £i 4s. Pigs.—Prime topweignt baconers. £4 15s to £ t 16»: heavy baconers. Cl 5s to £4 J ss; medium. £3 10s to £4 ss; light, £3 to £3 10s; heavv porkers, £2 ins to £3; medium. £2 to £2 10s: light. 303 to £2; small. 25s to 30s; medium choppers, £2 to £4 10s: medium stores, 15s to 20s; slips. 10s to 15s; weane'-s, os to 10s; I sows to farrow, £1 10s. G. W. Vercoe and Co., Ltd. Cattle.—Two heavy prime bullocks ex 1 Mr T. M. Hall, Hamilton, averaged £ls; prime medium-weight P.A. bullocks, ex Mr 11. Booth, Te Kowhai, to £l2 17s Od; P.A. bullocks, ex Mr J. C. Potts, Cambridge, averaged £ll 4s; 45 lightweignt P.A. bullocks, ex M- Wilfred Johnstone, ; to £lO 15s, averaging £10; prime cows 1 and heifers, ex Mr R. G. Griffin. Tauwhare, to £lO 7s; prime Hereford cows and heifers. ex Mr J. Eyre, Waimaf; prime cows, ex Claudelands, to £9 ss; P.A. heirers, ex Mr J. C. Potts, to £8 16s; S.H. cows, ex Mr T. M. Hall, to £8 ss. Heavy prime bullocks, to £ls; prime medium-weights, 1 £l2 to £l2 17s Od; well-finished lightweights, £ii to £ll 15s; others, £io to; £lO 15s; small ami unllnished, to £9 10s; heavy prime heifers, £9 10s to £lO 7s; prime medium-weights, £3 5s to £9 7s 0d; prime light, £7 lus to £8 2s 0d; others ! to £7; heavy prime cows, £9 to £9 16S; j prime medium-weights, £8 to £8 15s; I well-ilnislied llgntweights, £7 to £7 17s I 6d; light, to £6 15s; heavy fat Jersey cows, \ £0 to £? ss; others, to £5 15s; heavy runners, £i to £4 10s; others, to £3 15S; ! heavy veaiers, £2 15s to £3 IDS; medium- j weights, £2 to £2 12s od; light, 30s lo ■ 3ss; small calves, to 255; heavy boners, £1 IDs to £5 SS; medium-weights, £3 15s. to £ 1 7s Od; light, to £3 Ids; potter hulls, i to £lO ss. Sneop.—Heavy prime wethers, 26s Gd ! to 2Ss»; prune medium-weights, 25s to : 20s 3d; prime light, 24s to 24s 9(1; light, j 0d; medium-weights 3 , Ms to 12s Od; light,! to ids o(t; heavy prime lambs, 25s to 27s od; medium-weights, 23s to 2 1s Od; light, 20s to 21s 9d; unllnished, to 19s. Piigs.—Jieavj prime baconers, £4 10s to £1 I os; heavy, £i to £i 9s; mediumweights, £3 15s to £3 19s; light, £3 bs to £3 14s; heavy porkers, £2 15s to £3 53; ; medium-weights, £2 lus t’o £2 14s; light, £2 to £2 8s; small and ujillnished, 32s to 3ss; good stores, 22s to 275; others, 17s lo 2is; slips, lls to 1 os; weaners, to 9s od. PRICEB AT CAMBRIDGE The Farmers’ Co-operative Auctioneering Company, Limited, report that at their Cambridge stock sale on Monday, a medium yarding of cattle came forward to meet steady competition with prices remaining fully up to recent sales, excepting in the ease of putter bulls, the demand lor which was easier. There was a large yarding or fat and store pigs with j competition for lat pigs keen and values ! easily on a par with recent sales. Stores and weaners were not so eagerly sought, and values were accordingly slightly eas- I ter. The advertised entry of large black | boars and sows on account of Mr. G. E. | CulTe of I’ukeroro, attracted a large bench ■ of buyers with the result lliat bidding was spiriled, u total clearance being effected. quotations.— Cattle.—Large imlltiishod Friesian steers, j £8 12s 0(1; P.A. heifers and cows, £8 10s 1 to £9 IDs; medium cows and hellers, £0 to £0 19s; lighter, £5 5s to £5 Iss; heavy boner cows, £\ 5s to £5 2s; medium, £3 is to £1 Is; lighter. £2 3s lo £3 28; medium potter bulls. £5 5s to £0 0s; lighter, £1 5s to £5 2s Od. Pigs.—Medium baconers, £ 1 2s to £4 ss; light, £3 IDs to £3 188; heavy porkers and buttermilk pigs. £3 to £3 0s; medium, £2 5s to £2 12s; lighter, 35s to £2; large stores, 25s to 325; medium, 20s to 245; slips, 14s to 18s; weaners, 4s to 12s 6d; choppers, £3 15s Gd to £4 ss; large black stores. 7 to Sgns; smaller, 5 to Signs; large black empty sows, 6 to 7 gns. I

Tills Week Lust Week fix. prime ox 35/-to 30/- 35/-to 36/Prime ox ... 32/-to 34/- 3*!/- to 34/Plain & Inr. ox 27/- to 26/- 2 o/- to 26/fixtiu choice young cows and hellers 27/- to 30/- 27/- to 30/Prime cows . 25/- to 20/0 25/- to 27/Second quality cows .... 22/- to 2 i/6 23/- to 24/6 Light cows & heifers ... 20/-to 2 1/0 22/- to 24/6 MUTTON ( a 'mead) — wethers . . 25/- to 27/- 25/- to 28/F;i! wethers 23/- to 2 1/0 23/0 ti»2f/0 Inlln. w’lh’rs 21/-to 23/- 21/0 to 23/l ut ewes ... J S, - to 15/9 11/ - to 18/9 Putin, ewes . 9/- lo 12/0 9/- to 12/0 PH»S (a head) — Baconers ... 00/- to 90/- 70/- to 90/Porkers .... 40/- to 00/- 5(i/- to 08/Hips 12/- to 17/- 18/- to 28/l arge stores 20/- to 28/- 30/- to 39/Individual Consignments