LIVE STOCK MARKETS.

Auckland Star, Volume LX, Issue 288, 5 December 1929, Page 4

LIVE STOCK MARKETS.

START OF LAiViB EXPORT.

QUALITY FAIRLY GOOD,

DESPITE TOO MUCH SAIN

Despite some adverse influences the local markets for live stock continue thoroughly healthy, though both sheep and lambs are selling at a few shillings less than was the case at this time last year. The London market for mutton and lamb is described as quiet. However values appear to De maintained at the lower level now ruling with our pork and bacon in keen demand owing to shorter supplies of Home-killed. Local freezing works are still putting through about 2000 pig 3 a week, and these should reach a very satisfactory market. The lamb export season has also commenced. A fair number have already been killed and made ready for shipment. Although continued wet weather has militated against the receipt of really prime, •well-finished animals, the quality on the whole is said to be quite satisfactory. Whether farmers will for the most part sell straight out at the prices now offered by exporters, namely, from Ihid to Bd, or consign on their own account is not yet known. Certainly the market at Home does not at the present time warrant higher rates, and exporters who bought at this time last year lost heavily on their realisations. There is no reason to suppose that farmers would in the long run be more successful in estimating the future trend of the market. Values of stock throughout New Zealand at the present time are on the .whole remarkably buoyant and well above the rates warranted by export conditions as they now appear. The values recorded at yesterday's sale at Addington emphasise this very strikingly. Local clearing sales likewise reflect a keen inquiry for all classes. Recent rains, though unseasonable and certainly embarrassing to the farmer, have brought on the pastures, and stock must be secured to feed it off. Dairy produce prices, unfortunately, continue low in Tooley Street, and the upward trend which market experts have been predicting Iβ still delayed. At Westfiefd. An average entry of beef at "Westfield yesterday sold readily at late rates. Sheep also maintained their price with lambs in keen demand with values unaltered. A good yarding of pigs met with brisk competition and there was an advance in prices for baconers. Calves Bold at last week's rates. The range of prices, together with those ruling the previous week,' was as follows:— This week. Last week. BEEF (per 1001b)— Extra choice ox 42/ 42/ Choice and prime ox 38/ to 41/ 37/ to 41/ Choice and prime cow & heifer 35/ to 39/ 85/ to 39/ SHEEP (per head) — Prime wethers: Shorn 28/6 to 29/6 25/6 to 29/6 Unfinished wethers: . Shorn 24/ to 26/ — Prime ewes: Shorn 19/6 to 23/ 18/ to 22/9 Prime lambs .. 25/9 to 26/9 21/ to 26/6 Unfinished lambs 16/ to 20/ — CALVES (per head) — Eunners 110/ to 185/ 110/ to 150/ Vealers 85/ to 101/ 40/ to 92/ PIGS (per head) — Baconers 70/ to 84/ 62/ to 84/ Porkers ...«.*.. 60/ to 68/ 44/ to 57/ Weaners ~,£; 10/ to2l/ 10/ t022/ Slips :. — 23/ to 27/ Large stores ... 34/ to 46/ 31/ to 40/ ALFRED BUCKLAND AND SONS.

Alfred Buckland and Sons, Lmited, report: At our weekly Westfield fat stock market yesterday we penned fat cattle to the number of 267 head, as compared with 332 head at last Wednesday's sale, comprising 153 steers and 114 cows and heifers. The quality of the ox beef was first-class. There was a keen demand throughout and last week's values were fully sustained. We quote: Extra choice ox sold to £2 2/ per 1001b; choice and prime ox, £1 18/ to £2 1/; secondary and plain ox, £1 15/ to '£1 17/; prime young cow and heifer beef, £1 15/ to £1 19/; ordinary cow beef, £1 10/ to £1 14/. Extra heavy prime steers ranged in price from £16 to £17, the latter price being for two three-year-old show steers, the buyer being Mr. R. E. Stott, Birkenhead. Steers from Mr. B. Heed, Waerenga, also realised £17 and these were bought by Mr. A. E. Rossiter, Papatoetoe, and T. Scanlon, France Street. Heavy prime steers, £14 15/ to £15 17/6; lighter prime steers, £13 10/ to £14 12/6; light prime steers, £12 10/ to £13 7/6; small and unfinished steers, £11 to £12 7/6; extra heavy prime young cows and heifers, £11 to £12 5/. Eighteen cows and heifers from. Mr. James McNicol, Waiorongomai, averaged £10 5/5. Heavy prime cows and heifers, £9 to £10 17/6; lighter prime cows and heifers, £7 10/ to £8 17/6; other killable cows, £5 10/ to £7 7/6. The highest averages for steers were: From Mr. B. Reed, Waerenga, £16 4/; 9 from Mr. W. W. McLaughlin, Puhunui, £14 19/2; 18 from the Waikato, £14 18/9; 16 local, £14 16/; 20 from' Mr. F. A. Price, Rangamri, Papatoetoe, £14 5/6; 8 from Mr. Frank Freegard, Waerenga, £13 17/6; 20 from Mr. John Mclntyre, Puni, £13 12/; 8 from Ohinewai, £14; 9 from Mr. J. R. Hill, Ohinewai, £1Z 10/6. There was a full yarding of sheep, which met with a steady demand. The values for light-weight first-quality wethers were slightly firmer and other classes unchanged. Extra heavy prime wethers, £1 8/6 to £1 9/9; heavy prime wethers, £1 7/6 to £1 8/3; medium to heavy prime wethers, £1 6/6 to £1 7/3; light to medium prime wethers, £1 5/. to £1 6/3; prime hoggets, £1 7/ to £1 8/9; lighter prime hoggets, £1 5/6 to £1 6/9; light and unfinished hoggets, £1 3/6 to £1 5/3; extra heavy prime young ewes, £1 1/ to £1 3/3; heavy prime ewes, 19/6 to £1 0/9; lighter prime ewes, 18/ to 19/3; other killable ewes, 15 /to 17/9. (1136 sheep sold). Spring lambs were penned to the number of, 215, as against 285 last week. Competition was spirited and at ruling rates. Heavy prime lambs, £1 5/9 to £1 6/9; lighter prime lambs, £1 4/ to £1 5/3; light prime lainbs, £1 2/ to £13/9; small lambs, £1 1/ to £11/9. Fat and -young calves were penned in average numbers. Competition was steady, all classes selling at values fully equal to those ruling last week. Runners made. £5 10/ to £8 5/, for a prime heifer purchased by Mr. F. Johneon, Victoria Street; heavy vealers, £4 5/ to £5 1/; medium, £3 12/ to £4; light, £2 11/ to £3; small, £1 16/ to £2 3/; bucket-fed calves, £1 8/ to £1 15/; rough and unfinished, 18/ to £1 3/; fresh dropped and small, 7/ to 17/. (186 calves sold). We also had an average yarding of pigs. All well-finished sorts sold at prices on a par with late ratea, unfinished pigs not being jn demand, Choppers realised £1 15/ to £4 sf, according to weight and quality; heavy prime baconers, £3 15/ to £4 1/one extra special made £4 4/; medium 52,, £ ? °p keayy porkers, £2 12/ to £2 Z J to £ 2 f 6/ ; ; .small and unfinished, £1 13/ rrL fh A 9 B & res T-fi i offered, Slips made £1 3/ : to £1 6/, hm t weaners, 10/ to £l 1/; sailer, 9 f 13/ {m - . /

' :v> AMD ME^RCAMTHJt. Zealand Loan 'and' Mercantile Agency Co./ Ltd., report: At our Westfield fat stock market yesterday beef was penned inmore thia- aver age- number's. There was a steady demand,' with values very £rm at late- ratea. We quote: Extra choice ox sold to :£2 2/ per 1001b; choice and .prime ox, £1 18/ to £2 1/; ordinary and Slam ax, £1 15/ to. £117/; prime S

cow and heifer beef, £1 17/ to £1 19/; ordinary cow beef, £1 14/ to £1 16/. Extra heavy prime steers ranged in price from £15 to £16; heavy" prime steers, £14 to £14 17/6; lighter prime steers, £13 to £13 17/6; light prime steers, £12 to £12 17/6; unfinished and small, £10 to £11 15/; extra heavy prime young cows and heifers, £10 10/ to £11 10/; heavy prime young cows and heifers, £9 10/ to £10 7/6; lighter, £3 to £8 7/6; light cows, £7 to £7 17/; other cows, £5 10/ to £6 17/6; 8 steers from. Mr. Chas. Stewart, Tahuna, averaged £15 8/6; 16 from Mr. W. K. Taylor, Taupiri, £15 0/8; 14 from Mr. Alex Orr, Hoteo, £15 7/6; 24 steers from Mr. Robt. Clark, Waiau Pa, £14 2/. Sheep were yarded in average numbers, and sold at late rates. Heavy prime wethers made £1 8/9 to £1 9/6; medium prime wethers, £1 7/9 to £1 8/6; light prime wethers, £1 6/6 to £1 7/G; small and unfinished wethers, £1 4/ to £1 6/; heavy prime ewes, £1 1/ to £13/; medium prime ewes, 19/6 to £1 0/6; light prime ewes, 17 /to 19/. Lambs were penned in average numbers. There was a keen demand, with values better than last week's sale. Heavy prime, £1 6/ to. £1 7/6; medium, prime, £1 3/3 to £1 5/9; light prime, £1 1/ to £1 3/; unfinished, 16/ to £1. Pigs were penned in average numbers. Competition was keen, and values firmed on last week's quotations. Choppers sold from £1 15/ to £3 14/; heavy and medium baconers, £3 10/ to £4 4/; light baconers and heavy porkers, £3 -to £3 8/; medium porkers and light porkers, £2 4/ to £2 18/; small and unfinished porkers, £1 16/ to £2 2/. A small yarding of store pigs sold at improved values. Large stores, £1 14/ to £26/; slips, £16/ to £1 12/; weaners, 10/ to 19/. There was an average yarding of calves, which met with a keen demand with improved values. Eunners made £6 5/ to £8, for a runner from Mr. C. G. Ore, Pukokawa, and purchased by Miss Heald, Mount Albert; heavy vealers, £5 6/ to £6 6/; medium, £4 6/ to £5; light, £3 10/ to £4 4/; smaller, £2 10/ to £3 6/; small and fresh dropped, 7/ to £2 8/; rough calves, £1 5/ to £2 5/.

DALGETY AND COMPANY. Dalgety and Company, Limited, report: We offered ox beef in larger numbers than last week. The quality was first-class, and values remained firm under steady competition at last week's rates. We eold, on account of Mr. W. Alison, Pakotai, prime bullocks at up to £16, Messra. Cooper and Parkes purchasing at that figure. Bullocks on account of Mr. Maurice Harding, Wellington Park, made £13 5/ to £14 12/6; bullocks on account of Mr. W. McNaughton made £13 7/6 to £14 10/; and bullocks from the Waikato made £13 10/ to £14 10/. Cow and heifer beef came forward in large numbers. All good sorts sold at full late rates, while second quality and poorer sorts were slightly easier" in value. Heifers and young cows on account of Mr. C. G. Orr, Onewhero, realised £7 5/ to £10, Mr. F. D. Parsons purchasing at the latter figure. Cowe from a local fattener realised £6 15/ to £9 5/. A consignment of cows from the Waikato realised £8 to £10 2/6; a prime heifer from a Jocal fattener realised £11 7/C. and was purchased by Mr. D. Brideson. Extra choice ox sold to 42/ per lOOLb; choice and prime, 38/ to 40/; plain and secondary, 33/ to 35/; prime young cow and heifer, 29/ to 39/; just kiliable, 34/ to 36/. An average yarding of fat sheep was offered, competition being steady for all good lines. A fair proportion of the offering was composed of second quality sheep, for which values were easier. Extra prime" wethers from Mr. George Neald, realised 28/ to 29/6, Mr. A. W. Scotting ibeing the purchaser of the latter pen. Prime ewes from the North realised 23/6. Extra heavy prime wethers, shorn, made 29/6;' heavy prime, 29/; medium, 28/; light and unfinished, 25/6; heavy prime ewes, 23/6; lighter, 22/; other ewes, 18/9. A large yarding of lambs was offered. Competition was steady with values at well up to late rates. One truck of lambs from Messrs. Ellingham and Peacock realised 22/6 to 23/9. Heavy prime lamb made 25/ medium, 23/6; light, 22/6. Calves penned in "large numbers eold freely at late quotations. Heavy vealere made £4 to £4 15/; medium vealers, £3.t0 £3 15/; light vealers, £2 3/ to £2 15/; rough vealers, 15/ to £1 10/. Pigs produced sound competition for baconere, but porkers were easier than last week. Choppers made to £2 15/; 'heavy foaconers, £3 12/ to £3 18/; medium foaconers, £3 5/ to £3 10/; light baconere, £2 18/ to £3 3/; heavy porkers, £2 10/ to £2 14/; medium porkers; £2 4/ to £2 8/; light porkers, £1 16/ to £2 2/.

IN THE COUNTRY. Alfred Buckland -and Sons, Limited, report:—During the week we held sales at Westfield, Pukekohe, Kumeu and Tuakau, pig sales at Pukekohe and Waiuku, and two clearing sales. There were full yardings at all centres, and there continues to be a good demand for all classes of cattle. Best dairy cows made £15 to £18; good cows, £12 to £14 15/; second grade, £8 to £11 15/; aged and inferior, £4 10/ to £7 17/6; best springing heifers, £12 to £15 10/; good heifere, £9 to £11 15/; small iheifers, £6 10/ to £8 10/; empty young cows and heifers, £4 10/ to £6 10/; store and boner cows, £2 10/ to £6 15/; cows with .calves, £7.10/ to £12 15/; best, 15 to 18-months-old dairy heifere, £7 10/ to £8 17/6; one pen of extra special realised £10; smaller heifers, £5 10/ to £7 7/6; other heifere, £3 10/ to £5 7/6; fat eteers, £12 to £15 15/; heavy prime young fat cows and heifers, £8 10/ to £11.10/; lighter fat cows and heifere, £6 10/ to £8 7/6; four-year-old steers, £9 10/ to £10 5/; three to four-year-old steers, £S 10/ to £9 10/; two to three-year-old eteers, £7 10/ to £8 10/; yearling to 18-month-old eteers, £5 10/ to £7 7/; heavy bulfe, £8 10/ to £12 12/6; sound young herd bulls, £6 6/ to £12 12/; other bulls, £3 10/ to £6; heavy yardinge of pige at Pukekohe and Waiuku sold at fully Westfield quotations.

The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company, Limited, report:—Sales were held- during the past week at Westfield, Papakura and Waiuku (pigs). We report good sales with values firm for all classes of cattle and eheep. Beet dairy cows and heifers, cloee to profit made £12 to £15 10/; others, £8 to £11 10/; backward springers, £7 to £9 15/; aged cows and inferior heifers, £4t0.£6 10/; bulls, 4gns to 15gns, according to breed and quality; 6tore and boner .cows, £4 5/ to £7 10/; yearling to 18-months heifere, best, £6 to £8 15/; others, £4 to £5 17/6; yearling to 18-months eteers, £4 10/ to £7 5/; 2 'to 2%-year steers, £7 7/6 to £8 15/; 3 to 3%-year steers, £9 to £10 7/6; 4 to 4%-year eteers, £10 10/ to £11 15/; grown steers in forward condition, £11 17/6 to £12 10/; beef and pigs at Westfield quotations; store wethers, £1 5/ to £1 6/6.

JOHNSONVILLE PRICES. (By Telegraph.—Own Correspondent.) WELLINGTON, Wednesday. Messrs. Wright, Stephenson and Company,, Limited, and Abraham and Williams, Limited, report on the Johnsonville sale-to-day as follows: —To a large attendance we submitted -a email yarding of cattle, this being accounted for by two consignments not coming forward. The eheep. yarding was up to the usual (numbers, while lambs were yarded in larger numbers than previously. ■ A good sale for beef resulted at prices on a par with last week's rates. Wethere met with a good demand at • last week's limits, but ewes were dull o£ sale, prices showing a reduction of ■ 1/' a head on late rates, txood lambs eold, freely, inferior sorts being hard to quit. Quotations: Extra 'heavy . ,£l6. -15/ to £17 2/6; heavy bullocks, £15 7/6 to £10 10/; extra ewes 20/ tr."oi / ' ■?• '"■ heavy shorn

MATAMATA. Dalgety and Co. report having held their usual fortnightly stock sale at-Mata-mata on Wednesday last, when a full yarding of cattle and a fair yarding of sheep and pigs was offered. Cattle: Beef, prime fat bullocks, £12 12/6 to £13 10/; prime fat heifers, £11 1/; good fat cows, £8 to £9 5/; fresh conditioned cows, £6 4/ to £7 17/6; store cows, £4. 10/ to £6; two year steers, £6 5/ to £6 16/; yearling Jersey heifers, £6 10/; yearling Shorthorn heifers, £5 15/ to £6 12/; yearling Shorthorn steers, £6 10/; bulls, £8 to £9. Dairy: Cows, £9 to £10/. Pigs: Light baconers, £2 14/; large stores, 30/ to 32/; best weaners, 25/ to 28/6; others, 12/6 to 20/. Sheep: Prime fat shorn ewes and wethers, 26/ to 27/; prime fat shorn ewes, 21/; good shorn lambs, 18/ to 19/8; store shorn ewes, 16/9; ewes and lambs, 17/9 (sold per head including lambs). THE ADDINGTON MARKET. (By Telegraph.—Press Association.) CHKISTCHURCH, Wednesday. At the weekly market at Addington both beef and mutton 7 prices showed increases on those of last week's sale. There was a large entry of fat cattle, but in the fat eheep section there was a short supply, the smallest for some time. Fat lamb values firmed on recent rates, but the fat pig prices showed no alteration. Store Sheep.—An average yarding, with wethers in good eupply. The market was much firmer for all classes. Wethers improved 'by 1/6 to 2/ a head. Values were: Good 4 and 6-toothed Romney wethers, 25/6 to 27/; medium good 4 and 6-tooth Romney. wethere, to 25/6. Good 4 and 6-toothed halfbred wethere, to 25/6. Ordinary half bred wethers, to 20/3. Backward to " 15/. Good halfbred ewe hoggets (woolly), to 29/3. Medium Corriedale ewe hoggets (woolly), to 20/. Halfbred wether ewe -hoggets (woolly), to 20/11. Halfbred wether ewe hoggets, 15/7 to 18/2. Small j halfbred wether hoggets, to 14/. Soundmouthed ewes with lambs (woolly), 15/10 to 17/. Merino wethere (woolly), 7/ to 11/3. Fat Lambs. —A total of 511 were entered, a much smaller yarding than at recent sales. The market was firmer by up to 1/6 a head over a keen sale, the average price per lb being 9d to 9%d. Fat Sheep.—An entry of about 2500 head and a very firm sale, through short supply. Prices for all classes increased on late rates by up to 2/ a head. Extra prime shorn wethers made to 37/7; prime, 32/ to 34/6; medium, 27/6 to 31/6; light, 22/6 to 27/; extra prime shorn ewes, 30/6 to 33/1; prime, 25/ to 29/6; ordinary, 22/ to 24/; light, 19/ to 21/6; woolly wethers, to 38/7; best wooly ewes, to 39/10.

Fat Cattle.—A total entry of 400 head, with no "outside" cattle. Prices improved on those of last week's sale by up to £1 a head for all classes,' especially primer sorts. Beet medium-weight prime beef per 1001b made from 46/ to 48/; good mediumweight prime beef, from 42/ to 45/; and heavy eteer beef, from 41/ to 44/. Good cow beef made to 42/; secondary, 34/ to 37/; light and rough, to 33/. Fat pigs realised from 6%d to 7d per lb for baconere, and '7%d to B%d for porkers.