LIVE STOCK MARKETS.

Auckland Star, Volume LXI, Issue 161, 10 July 1930, Page 4

LIVE STOCK MARKETS.

EXPORT MARKET WEAK.

LOCAL BUSINESS MODERATE

DAIRY CATTLE IN DEMAND.

Export markets at Smithfield show no improvement since last report and while there is a good demand for prime quality lamb at moderate prices, dealers are finding a difficulty in shipping the heavy stocks of secondary lamb and of mutton. At the close of last week sheepskins sales were held in London and a decline in prices was registered, this being quickly reflected both at Wellington and Auckland fortnightly fixtures. This week another series of London wool sales has commenced and. at the outset the market failed to maintain the improvement noted at the previous series. However, to-day cables indicate a better tone. At local live stock sales buyers are insisting upon lower values, with the exception of the dairy classes and pigs, and for these competition continues remarkably keen. With the 1929-30 freezing season practically over the local works are now getting ready for the boneless veal trade and already small quantities are commencing to dribble in. Last year over 200,000 calves were slaughtered in the Dominion for export, and this quantity is likely to be exceeded this season. Last season producers realised an average of about 7/ net, but prices for the coming period are likely to be less, in sympathy with the general fall in the price of meat foods. At Westfield yesterday an average yarding of beef cattle sold at late rates. Fat lambs also held to recent values, but sheep were harder to quit, _ except for really prime, well-finished lines. Calves were in good demand at current values and there was a brisk inquiry for the small yarding of pigs on offer. Porkers in particular realised high prices. The range of values, together with those ruling the previous week, was as follows:— This Week. Last Week. BEEP (per 1001b)— Extra choice ox . 87/ 37/ Choice and prime ox 34/ to 36/ 84/ to 36/ Choice and prime cow and heifer 31/ to 34/ 31/ to 34/ SHEEP (per head)— Prime wethers . 24/ to 31/6 24/ to 31/3 Unfin. wethers . 17/ to 24/0 18/ to 23/9 Prime ewes ... 15/ to 23/ 15/ to 22/ Prime lambs .. 17/ to 26/ 16/ to 24/9 Unfln. lambs ... 8/ to 16/6 9/ to 16/ CALVES (per head)— Runners 95/ to 140/ 85/tol2B/G Vealers 60/ to 126/ 35/ to 111/ PIGS (per head) — Baconers 60/ to 77/ 56/ to 76/ Porkers 55/ to 72/ 31/ to 66/ Weaners 16/ to 26/ 12/ to 22/ Slips 30/ to 38/ 24/ to 26/ Largo stores ... 38/ to 45/ —

DALGETY AND COMPANY.

Dalgety and Co., Ltd., report—At our weekly Westfield -fat stock market yesterday we offered ox beef in well up to usual numbers. The quality was firstclass, and the offering sold under a steady demand at values on a par with late rates. No extra heavy bullocks were yarded. Prime heavy bullocks realised £14 10/ to £14 17/6, the latter price for bullocks from Mr. R. Mitchell, of Whakatane; lighter prime, £13 5/ to £14 7/6; light prime steers, £12 2/6 to £13 2/6; small and unfinished, £9 17/6 to £11. Cow and heifer beef came forward in smaller numbers than usual, apd sold under an improved demand at values very firm on late rates. Good heavy young cows and heifers realised £10 to £10 15/; dairy cows and heifers, £8 12/6 to £9 15/ lighter prime, £7 to £8 15/; other killable cows, £6 5/ to £6 17/6. J Extra choice ox sold to 37/ per 1001b; choice and prime, 34/ to 36/; just killable, 30/ to 33/; prime young cow and heifer, 31/ to 33/; just killable, 24/ to 30/. Sheep came forward in average numbers and drew steady competition for all wellfinished lines. Values were equal to the previous week's rates, unfinished lines being dull of sale. Heavy prime wethers brought 28/9 to 29/; medium, 27/6 to 28/; light and unfinished, 24/6 to 26/6; light prime ewes, 16/6 to 16/9; other ewes, 12/3 to 14/6. Lambs were yarded in usual numbers and sold at late rates. Medium prime brought 21/ to 21/9; light, 16/6 to 19/6. A smaller yarding of calves sold briskly, the demand being good for all classes showing quality. A good proportion of those yarded were plain. Heavy vealers made £4 4/ to £5 5/; medium, £3 5/ to £4; light, £2 2/ to £3 3/; small, £1 1/ to £2. Pigs came forward in lesser numbers than usual and elicited keen competition. Baconers improved on last week, and porkers were considerably dearer. Heavy baconers realised £3 10/ to £3 15/; medium and light baconers, £3 to £3 8/; heavy porkers, £2 18/ to £3 5/; medium and light, £2 10/ to £2 16/.

ALFRED BUCKLAND AND SONS

Alfred Buckland and Sons, Ltd., report:—Yesterday at our weekly Westfield fat stock market our beef pens contained 260 head, as against 384 head at last week's market, comprising 174 steers and 86 cows and heifers. There was an improved demand and generally values were slightly firmer. Extra choice ox sold to £1 17/ per 1001b; choice and prime, £1 15/ to £1 16/; secondary and plain, £1 11/ to £1 14/; prime young cow and heifer beef, £1 11/ to £1 13/6. Heavy prime 6teers ranged in price from £15 to £15 12/6 for steers from Mr. H. E. Reed, Waerenga; lighter prime, £13 15/ to £14 17/6; light prime, £12 to £13 12/6; email and unfinished, £9 10/ to £11 17/6; heavy prime cows and heifers, £10 5/ to £10 17/6; lighter prime, £8 to £10; other killable cows, £4 10/ to £7 17/6. There was an average yarding of sheep, which sold steadily throughout, without alteration in values. A total of 912 was sold. Extra heavy prime wethers realised £1 9/6 to £1 10/9; heavy prime, £1 8/ to £1 9/3; medium to heavy prime, £1 6/6 to £1 7/9; light to medium prime, £1 5/ to £1 6rS; unfinished, £1 2/ to £1 4/9; extra heavy prime young ewes, £1 1/ to £13/; heavy prime ewes, 19/6 to £1 0/9; lighter prime 18/ to 19/3; other killable ewes, 16/ to 17/9; other ewes, 10/6 to 15/6. The 193 lambs penned sold at ruling prices. Heavy prime brought £1 2/ to £13/9; lighter prime, £1 to £1 1/9; light prime, 17/6 to 19/6; small and plain, 11/ to 16/6. We had a full yarding of fat and young calves. Bidding was steady, and values for all classes very firm. Runners made £4 15/ to £7; heavy vealers, £3 15/ to £4 6/; medium, £3 7/ to £3 12/; light, £2 16/ to £3 3/; small vealers, £1 16/ to £2 4/; bucket-fed calves, £1 7/ to £1 12/; rough and unfinished, 17/ to £1 4/; small and fresh-dropped, 3/ to 16/; there were 276 calves sold. There was a small offering of fat pigs. Competition for porkers was particularly keen, prices again advancing. In many instances values for porkers were better per head than those received for baconers. Choppers realised £2 12/ to £5 6/; extra heavy prime baconers, £3 10/ to £3 17/; medium, £3 4/ to £3 6/; light, £3 to £3 2/; heavy porkers, £3 8/ to £3 12/; medium, £3 3/ to £3 6/; light, £2 15/ to £3 1/; small and unfinished, £2 to £2 9/. Stores also sold readily at higher rates. Best stores made £1 18/ to £2 2/; good slips, £1 11/ to £1 15/; weaners, £1 to £1 6/; sihall and weedy sorts, 10/ to 15/. A total of 281 pigs was sold.

LOAN AND MERCANTILE,

The 27eiv Zealand Loan aad Mercantile Agency Company, Limited, reports:—At the Westfielcl fat stock market yesterday ox beef was penned in lees than average numbers, and cow. and heifer beef in average numbers. There was a keen - demand for choice and prime

quality, which improved in value. Other classes sold at late rates. Extra choice ox sold to 37/ per 1001b; choice and prime, £1 14/ to £1 16/; ordinary and plain, £1 11/ to £1 13/; prime young cow and heifer beef, £1 11/ to £1 14/; ordinary cow beef, £17/ to £1 10/. Heavy prime steers realised £14 to £15; lighter prime, £13 to £13 17/6; light prime, £11 15/ to £12 17/0; unfinished and small, £9 to £11 10/; heavy prime young cows and heifers, £9 to £10 7/6; lighter, £7 15/ to £8 15/; light cows, £6 10/ to £7 10/; other cows, £4 10/ to £6 5/. Sheep were yarded in large numbers with prime quality slightly easier in value. Plain and unfinished wethers were dull of sale and considerably lower in price. Extra heavy prime wethers brought £1 10/ to £1 11/6; heavy prime, £1 8/ to £1 9/9; medium prime, £1 6/ to £1 7/9; light prime, £14/ to £1 5/6; small and unfinished, 17/ to £1 3/9; heavy prime ewes, £1 to £1 2/9; medium prime, 18/ to 19/9; light prime, 15/ to 17/9; inferiorly fatted ewes, 7/6 to 14/9. Lambs were penned in large numbers and eold at late rates. Extra heavy prime realised £1 4/6 to £16/; heavy prime, £1 2/9 to £1 4/3; medium prime, £1 to £1 2/6; light prime, 17/ to 19/6; unfinished, 8/ to 14/. A email yarding of pigs miet with spirited competition. Values improved considerably, porkers making more money than baconers. Choppers sold from £2 10/ to £3 7/; heavy and medium baconers, £3 5/ to £3 9/; light baconers and heavy porkers, £3 6/ to £3 11/; medium porkers and light porkers, £2 16/ to £33/; small and unfinished porkers, £2 7/ to £2 14/. Store pigs were' penned in small numbers; values were firm at late quotations. Large stores made £2 to £2 5/; slips, £1 10/ to £1 18/; weaners, 16/ to £1 4/. Calves were penned in large numbers and values improved on last week's quotations. Runners brought £5 5/ to £6 11/; heavy vealers, £5 10/ to £6 6/; medium, £4 18/ to £5 8/; light, £4 to £4 16/; smaller, £3 to £3 16/; small and fresh dropped, 7/ to £2 15/; rough calves, £1 5/ to £2 10/.

IN THE COUNTRY.

Alfred Buckland and Sons, Ltd., report: During the week we held cattle sales at Westfield, Pukekohe, llunciman, Kumeu and Wellsford, pig sales at Pukekohe and Waruku, and two clearing sales. Average yardings of cattle at all centres sold at ruling values. Pigs were in short supply and sold at about Westfield rates. Best dairy cows and heifers realised £15 to £19 10/; good cows and heifers, £10 10/ to £14 15/; other dairy cows and heifers, £4 10/ to £10; empty young cows and heifers, £3 to £5; store and boner cows, £1 10/ to £5 5/; fat cows and heifers, £5 10/ to £10 7/6; fat steers, £10 10/ to £13 I*o/; three to four-year-old .steers, £8 to £95/; two to three-vear-old steers, £G 10/ to £8; yearling to 18-month-old steers, £4 10/.to £6 5/; well-bred yearling dairy heifers, £5 5/ to £7; other yearling heifers, £2 10/ to £4 15/; cows with calves, £6 to £8 10/; heavy bulls are not wanted and sold at from £4 to £o 15/; sound young herd bulls, £4 4/ to £8 8/; other bulls, £1 10/ to £4. The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company, Ltd., report: —Sales were held during the week at Westfield, Papakura, Waiuku (pig sale), Hauraki Plains (two clearing sales) and Clevedon (clearing sale). All classes of cattle sold at late quotations, with the exception of backward springers, which are slightly easier in value. We quote: Best oairy cows and heifers, £10 to £15 10/; others, £7 to £9 15/; aged cows and inferior heifers, £4 to £6 15/;' bulla, £2 10/ to £7, according to weight; boner and store cows, £2 10/ to £5 17/6; weaner heifers, £2 5/ to £4 5/; weaners steers, £1 15/ to £4 10/; yearling to 18-month 'heifers, £4 10/ to £6 15/; yearling to 18-month steers, £4 15/ to £5 17/6;. two to two and a half-year steers, £6 to £7 7/6; three to three and a 'half-year steers, £7 10/ to £8 15/; grown steers, £9 to £10 5/. Beef and pigs sold at fully Westfield rates. Messrs. Dalgety and Company, Limited, report having held sales during the week at Arapohue, Broadwood, Paparoa, Matamaita, Morrinsville, Putaruru, Te Kuiti and Piopio, when good average yai'dings of stock came forward and sold at well up to ruling rates. _ First quality dairy cows and heifers continue to realise high or ices. Best dairy cows and heifers made £15 35/ to £17 10/; good dairy cows an:l nei'fers £11 10/ to £15 10/; second grade dairy cows and heifers, £7 10/ to £10 10/; aged and inferior, £3 10/ to £7 5/; fat cows and heifers, £5 5/ to £10; empty young cows and heifers, £3 10/ to £5 5/; boner and 6tore cows, £3 to £5 10/. At the Farmers' Co-op. Auctioneering Company's stock sale at Matamata _ on Wednesday, late rates were maintained throughout. Beef cattle were yarded in average numbers, while there were .small yardings of store cattle, sheep and fat pigs. Store pigs were yarded in large numbens. Prices were: — Beef.—Fat cows, £7 to £8 16/; light fat cows, £5 5/ to £6 7/6; forward conditioned cows, £4 10/ to £5; store .cows,, £3 to £43/; boners, up to £2 5/; good quality Jersey yearling heifers, £4 3/ to £4 10/; others, £1 18/ to £2 19/. Sheep.—Killable hoggets, 14/; store ewes, 10/. ... Pigs.—Heavy porkers and light baconers, £2 10/ to £3; light porkers 35/ to £2; good store pigs, 33/6 to 36/; slips, 27/ to 31/; weaners, 17/6 to 24/; small weaners, 12/ to 14/. Dairy.—Jersey, Jersey-cross heifers, close to profit, £10 to £14 10/: backward sorts, £7 15/ to £9 5/; best Shorthorn heifers, £10 to £14/; best Jersey cows, up to £12.

THE ADDINGTON MARKET.

CATTLE FROM NORTH. (By Telegraph.—Press Association.) ,CHRISTCHURCH, Wednesday. A feature of the weekly metropolitan market at Addington to-day was the inclusion in the fat cattle entry of 130 head of steers from the North Island. This was the third consignment to be brought down this winter, and like others were attractive prime heavy cattle. They sold fairly well. There was little alteration in the basis of values compared with last week. There was a small entry of store sheep, and the sale was a dragging one with little alteration in values. Entries of fat lambs are decreasing each week,, and to-day's entry, 765, was the smallest to date. They sold fairly well at late .rates, although the lighter sorts were a little easier. Fat sheep were forward in large numbers, and over an irregular sale the basis of values was on a par with that ruling at last week's market. However, the sale closed firmly at advanced rates. Store Sheep.—Extra good four-tooth Corriedale ewes brought to 31/9; good twotooth Corriedale ewes, to 25/9; soundmouth halfbred ewes, to 15/11; ordinary, 4, 6 and 8-tooth halfbred ewes, 13/6 to 16/; good sound-mouthed three-quarter-bred ewes, to 20/10; good ewe hoggets, to 16/1; ordinary ewe hoggets, 11/ to 13/6; wether hoggets, 5/ to 8/. Fat Lambs—An entry of 765 compared with 1355 last week. Extra prime realised up to 31/10; prime, 25/ to 28./; medium, 21/6 to 24/6; light, 17/6 to 20/6. Fat Sheep.—An entry of 4700 compared with 4250 last sale. Extra prime wethers realised up to 33/10; prime, 26/ to 29/; medium, 22/ to 25/; light, 16/ to 21/; show ewes, to 29/7; extra prime ewes, 22/6 to 25/6; prime, 19/ to 22/; medium, 15/ to 18/; light, 12/ to 14/. Fat Cattle.—An entry of 425 head compared with 445 last week. Best handyweight steer and heifer beef made up to 41/ per 1001b; best heavy-weight steer beef, 33/6 to 36/6; medium quality, 31/ to 34/6; good cow beef, 30/ to 33/; secondary, to 28/6. Fat Pigs.—Entries were considerably larger than at the previous sale, and everything sold firmly throughout on a basis of recent ruling values. Choppers made £4 to £6 15/; extra heavy, to £11 1/; porkers, 47/6 to 56/6; heavy porkers, 58/6 to 73/6 (average price per lb, BM:d to 9%d); baconevs, £3 14/6 to £4 17/6; heavy baeoners, to £5 14/6 (average price per lb, 7'/id to B'/kl).

IN THE WAIKATO

EAT STOCK CHEAPER,

(Prom Our Own Correspondent.) HAMILTON, Wednesday,

The most noticeable feature of -the stock market during the past week has been the big slump in fat cattle and sheep. At Frank ton sale fat bullocks showed a considerable decline over the previous week, and fat sheep were especially low. No doubt this was due, to some extent, to the very large yarding, but it would appear that prices for all classes of fat stock will not reach the high level this season that a lot of people anticipated. No doubt in the case of beef another six weeks to two months will show a marked difference in the price, but farmers are still holding a good number of fat sheep, and it looks highly improbable that they will reach a very high level this winter. Dairy cattle still continue to realise very satisfactory averages at the various sales, and springihg heifers are also being more sought after. Quotations are as follow: — Beef. —Heavy yardings of beef still continue to come forward, and at most of the country sales cow beef is more than holding its own. However, at Frankton this week butchers did not appear to be anxious for ox beef. Best quality ox beef is making 35/ per 1001b; second quality, 32/ to 33/; prime young cow and heifer, 30/ to 32/; cow 'beef, 28/ to 29/; canner cows, 16/ to 18/. Fat Sheep.—No doubt owing _to the heavy yardings the prices in this section have shown a decided decrease. There still appears to be a plentiful supply of both fat wethers and fat ewes, and the expected shortage, especially in fat ewes, does not seem as though"rt will be realised. Fat wethers have been making from 26/ to 27/6; medium, 25/ to 26/; prime fat ewes, up to 19/; medium, 17/ to 18/; fat lambs, up to 18/; medium, 16/ to 17/. Store Cattle.—There is still an inquiry for all classes of grown cattle, although very few are coming forward to the yards. A demand has also set in for yearling Jersey heifers, but so far not many good quality heifers are coming on to the market. There is also an inquiry for breeding cows, but here again quotations are hard to get. Grown steers, in forward condition, have been making up to £10; three-year-old steers, from £7 15/ to £8 15/; two-year-old, £5 15/ to £6 10/; weaners, £3 5/ to £4; forward conditioned cows, £4 10/ to £5 5/; boner cows, £2 to £3 15/; Jersey heifer calves, £4 to £5; smaller, £2 10/ to £3; Shorthorn heifers, £2 to £2 10/. . , Store Sheep—A few lines of genuinely farmed ewes in lamb are changing hands at satisfactory" prices, but store hoggets and wethers are not sought after. Young ewes in lamb have been making up to 25/; five-year-old ewes, 18/ to £1; sound mouth ewes, 15/ to 16/; two-tooth wethers, 18/ to 19/; mixed sex woolly hoggets, 12/ to 13/; mixed sex shorn hoggets, 10/ to 11/; small ewes, 7/ to 8/. ' Dairy Cattle—There is still a keen demand for good dairy cows. The reports of recent clearing sales are still _ very satisfactory, and a fair amount-of buisness is being done by way of paddock sales. Now that the majority of the clearing sales are over it looks as though attention will be given to springing heifers, and in all probability these will show a better return to the seller than what they have during the past month. Best cows have been making from £15 to £18; average cows, £12 to £14, while the majority of whole herds average from £10 10/ to £12; in-calf heifers, from £12 'to £13 10/; medium quality in-calf heifers, from £10 to £12; backward, £7 to £8. Pigs.—Very small entries of fat pigs and porkers are coming forward, and the prices for these classes remain much the same. There is a keen demand for all classes of store pigs, and breeding sows have been bringing record prices. Heavy baconers have been making from £3 10/ to £3 16/; medium, £3 to £3 5/; heavy porkers, £2 10/ to £2 15/; light, £2 to £2 5/; best sows, in pig, £8 10/ to £10; medium quality, £6 -to £7; slips, 25/ to 30/; weaners, 10/ to 15/.

PRICES AT JOHNSONVILLE.

At the Johnsonville sale yesterday, there was an average yarding of grown cattle and a larger yarding than usual- of vealers. Sheep came forward m smaller numbers than had been the case for the last few sales. Prices for all classes of 6tock showed no alteration as compared with last week's rates. A few pens of lambs offered met with a keen sale. Vealers were also in demand. Quotations were: —Heavy bullocks, £14 10/ to £15 10/; bullocks, £9 to £14; extra heavy heifers, £10 to £11; heavy cows, £8 to £10; cows, £4 10/ to £7; runners, £5 to £6 5/; veailers, £2 5/ to £4 15/; heavy wethers, 27/ to 30/; wethers, 24/ to 26/; heavy ewee, 18/6 to 20/; ewes, 15/6 to 17/; lambs, 13/6 to 23/.