LIVE STOCK MARKETS.

Auckland Star, Volume LXIII, Issue 261, 3 November 1932, Page 4

LIVE STOCK MARKETS.

GREAT PRODUCTIVE SEASON. VALUES TENDING LOWER. LAMB POSITION DIFFICULT. Conditions affecting the live etock markets have ehown little alteration since last review. Another week of ideal spring weather haa made a further contribution to one of the moat favourable seasons roc production that hae been experienced for many years. Feed everyw&ere is luxuriant and atock are thriving. On the other hand, the price level for ail farm products much too low for the financial welfare of the farmers and the country as a whole. At Smithiield the meat markets are congested, and it is obviously a difficult matter for dealers to keep their stoc-Ks of New Zealand mutton and lamb cleared, even at the low rates that have to be accepted. It is under these unfavourable circumstances that gome farmers who have early matured lambs are trying to catch th-i London Christmas market, which, in former years, used to provide "faneyi' prices for choice quality new season's. This year there is but small prospect of even moderately high prices being available, aa Australia and South America havs already loaded up the market with new season's lambs. To make matters worse there ia difficulty in getting the consignments away aa the waterside workers are refusing to load meat on to the Port Giaborne, which was to take the first lots, and which is due in London on December 9. The Opawa, which is due for loading in Auckland next week, is also expected to be in time for the Christmas trade, her arrival date being December 17. It will be tragedy heaped upon disaster if the farmer, while being forced to accept ruinous prices for his produce, is further embarrassed in his efforte to get it away to market. Already the quantities of fat etock available exceed local requirements, and prices are tending downwards. In dairy produce the butter market is rather quiet, but cheese values are holding up very well. At Westfleld. At Westfield yesterday there was a large entry of beef cattle, and in the absence of export trade values showed a further weakening, a drop of 1/6 to 2/ per 1001b being recorded. Calvee also were much cheaper. A good yarding of fat lambe sold readily at late rates, but sheep were in over supply, and prices were lower by 1/6 a head. The decline in values also extended to the pig pens, all classes selling cheaper. The range of values, together with those ruling the previous week, was as follows: — This week. Last week. BEEF (per 1001b) — Extra choice ox 18/ 20/ Choice and prime ox 15/ to 17/6 16/ to 19/ Choice and prime cow and heifer 14/ to 17/ 15/ to 19/ Boner and rough 8/ to 14/ 11/ to 15/ SHEEP (pet head)— Prime wethers . 9/ to 13/ 11/ to 14/0 Unfin. wethera . 6/6 to 9/9 8/ to 11/tt Prime ewes ... 6/ to 11/3 8/6 to 12/G Unfin. ewes ... 3/ to 6/6 5/ to 8/9 Hoggets 8/6 to 12/6 9/ to 13/ Spring lamba .. 8/ to 13/ 0/ to 14/6 Unto, lambs .. 7/ to 8/9 6/ to 8/9 CALVES (per head) — Runner* 30/ to 74/ 35/ to 85/ Vealers 15/ to 68/ 18/ to 76/ PIGS (per head) — Baconers 28/ to 48/ 32/ to 56/ Porkers 18/ to 39/ 20/ to 42/ Weanerj 5/ to 12/ 8/ to 13/ Slips 10/ to 14/ 14/ -to 18/ Large stores .. 15/ to 19/ 17/ to 24/ ]

LOAN AND MERCANTILE. The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company, Limited, report on the sale as follows:— Beef.—Beef was penned in average numbers, including many good quality cattle. The demand was less keen and values eased 10/ to 15/ a head. Extra choice ox sold to 18/ per 1001b; choice and prime ox, 16/ to 17/6; ordinary and plain ox, 13/ to 15/; prime young cow and heifer beef, 14/ to 17/; ordinary cow beef, 10/ to 13/; heavy prime eteers ranged in price from £6 2/6 to £6 10/; lighter prime eteers, £5 10/6 to £6; light prime eteere, £4 15/ to £6 17/6; unfinished and small, £3 to £4 10/; extra heavy prime young cows and heifers, £5 to £5 15/; heavy prime young cows and heifers, £4 to £4 17/6; lighter, £3 to £3 17/6; light cows, £2 5/ to £2 17/6; other cows. £1 10/ to £2 2/6. Sheep.—Sheep were yarded in large numbers, mostly shorn, and although there was a steady demand, values were lower by 1/ to 2/ per head. Heavy prime wethers made 12/9 to 14/; medium prime wethere, 11/3 to 12/6; light prime wethers, 10/ to 11/; small and unfinished wethers, 7/ to 9/9; heavy prime ewes, 9/ to 10/; medium prime ewes, 7/9 to 8/9; light prime ewes, 6/ to 7/6; inferiorly fatted ewes, 3/ to 5/0; prime hoggets, 8/6 to 12/6. Lambs.—Spring lambs were penned in large numbers. There was a steady demand with values about the same as last week. Prime lambs made 9/ to 13/; small, 7/ to 8/9. Pigs.—There was a large yarding of pigfi. Competition was not so keen and values again eased. Choppers sold from 10/ to £2 12/6; heavy and medium baconers, £1 16/ to £2 8/; light baconere and heavy porkers, £18/ to £1 14/; medium porkers and light porkere, £1 to £1 6/; small and unfinished porkers, 15/ to 18/. Values for store pigs were easier. Large stores made 15/ to 18/; elips, 10/ to 14/; weanere, 5/ to 12/. Calves.—A heavy yarding of calvee sold at values easier on last week e quotations. Late calvee were very dull of sale. Runners made £1 10/ to £3 14/; heavy yealers £2 16/ to £3 8/: medium £2 4/ to £2 14/, light, £1 10/ to £2 2/; smaller £1 to £1 8/; email and fresh dropped, 3/ to 16/, rough calvee, 5/ to 10/. ALFRED BUCKLAND AND SONS.

Alfred Buckland and Sons, Ltd., report on the sale as follows: — Beef —Our beef pens contained 307 head, as against 291 head at last Wednesday s market, comprising 215 steers and 92 cows and heifers. The major portion of the ox beef was of excellent quality. There was a sluggish demand, with a further decline in values, heavy cattle suffering most, Extra choice ox sold to 18/ per 1001b; choice and prime ox, 15/ to 17/; secondary and plain ox, 13/ to 14/; prime young cow and heifer beef, 14/ to 16/; ordinary cow beef, 8/ to 13/; extra, heavy pnme steers ranged in price from £7 to> £717/0; heavy prime eteers, £6 to £6 17/6; lighter prime steers, £4 15/ to £5 17/6; light prime steers, £4 to £4 12/6; small and unfinished steere, £2 10/ to £3 17/6; extra heavy prime young cows and heifers, £o 2/6 to £6, for an extra special heifer from Mr W. G. Ellett, Ihumatao; heavy prime cows and heifers, £3 10/ to £4 15/; lighter prime cows and heifers, £2 to £3 7/6; other killable cows, £1 to £1 17/6. Sheep.—There was a heavy yarding of sheep, and values for all classes were easier by 1/ to 1/6 per head (1625 sheep were sold). Extra heavy prime wethers, shorn, made from 12/ to 13/; extra heavy prime wethers, woolly, 14/ to 15/6; heavy prime wethere, shorn, 11/ to 11/9; heavy prime wethers, in wool, 12/6 to 13/6; medium to heavy prime wethers, shorn, 10/ to 10/9; light to medium prime wethere, shorn, 9/ to 9/9; unfinished wethers, shorn, 6/6 to 8/9; ertra heavy prime young ewee, woolly, 9/ to 11/3; extra heavy prime young ewee, shorn, 9/6 to 10/3; heavy prime ewes, shorn, $/ to 9/3; lighter prime ewes, 6/9 to 7/9; other killable ewes, 5/9 to 6/6. Lambe.—The lamb pens contained 485 head, as against 429 at last week's sale. Competition to keen at fully last week'e rates, lleavy prime lambs made from 11/6 to 12/9; lighter prime lambs. 10/6 to 11/3; light priiS- lambs, 976 to 10/3.

Czlves. —We again had a full yarding or calves. The demand was not keen, and values for all classes were again lower. Runners made from £2 to £3; no heavy vealers were penned; medium vealers, £2 4/ to £2 11/; light, £1 13/ to £2; small, 15/ to £1 3/; rough and bucket-red, 10/ to 15/; bobby calves, 2/ to of. (A total of 223 calves was sold.) Pigs.—Considerably more than an average number of pigs came forward to a dull market, values receding on last week's quotations. Choppers brought from £1 5/ to £1 16/; extra heavy baconers, £1 19, to £2 4/; heavy, £1 14/ to £1 18/; medium and light, £1 8/ to £1 12/; heavy porkers, £1 5/ to £1 8/; light and medium, 18/ to £1 3/. The value for stores was also lower. Large made from 16/ to 19/; slips, 11/ to 14/; best weaners, 8/ to 10/; email and weedy, 3/ to 7/. Ttfe advertised boars realised from IVigs to 3gs. (761 pigs were sold.) DALGETY AND COMPANY. j Dalgety and Company, Limited, report j on the sale as follows:— J Beef. —We offered beef in larger numbers than iast week, the total entry being 221 head, comprising 98 steers and 123 cows and heifers. A weak demand resulted in j values for ox beef falling 2/ per IOOIb. Extra choice ox sold to 18/ per 1001b; choice and prime ox, 15/ to 17/; secondary and plain ox, 13/ to 14/; prime young cow and heifer beef, 15/ to 17/; ordinary cow beef, 10/ to 14/. Heavy prime steers made from £6 5/ to £6 7/; lighter prime, £5 17/6 to £6 2/6; light prime, £4 17/ to £5 15/; small and unfinished, £3 10/ to £4 15/; extra heavy prime young cows and heifers, £4 12/6 to £5 7/6, for heifers from Mr. J. A. Hill, Ohinewai; heavy prime, £3 15/ to £4 10/; lighter prime, £2 15/ to £3 12/6; other killable cows, 2-5/ to £2 12/6. Sheep.—The yarding of sheep was again a heavy one, and although the demand was steady values did not reach last week's level and were easier by 1/6 per head. Extra heavy prime wethers, shorn, made 12/9; heavy, prime, shorn, 11/6 to 12/6; medium, woolly, 11/3 to 12/6; shorn, 10/ to 11/; light and unfinished, shorn, 9'9 to 10/9; heavy prime ewes, woolly, 10/G; shorn, 8/6 to 9/; lighter, shorn, 7/6 to 8/3; other ewes, shorn, 5/6 to 6/3. Lambs. —The offering of lambs was on a par with last week and found a ready sale at values fully equal to late rates. Heavy prime lamb. 11/3 to 11/9; medium, 10/ to 11/; light, 8/ to 9/9. Calves.—The yarding of calves was a particularly heavy one and values eased considerably on late rates. Runners made £2 to £3" 10/; heavy vealers, £2 18/ to £3 3/; medium, £2 8/ to £3; light, £1 14/ to £2 2/; small, 15/ to £1 4/; rough, 8/ to 14/; small and fresh-dropped, 2/ to 13/. Pigs.—Pigs were again penned in large numbers and prices were considerably below last week's values. Choppers, 10/ to £1 "I; heavy baconers, £2 1/ to £2 8/; light baconers and heavy porkers, £19/ to £1 19/; medium and light porkers. £1 1/ to £1 8/; small and unfinished porkers, 16/ to 20/. THE ADDINGTON MARKET. LAMBS MUCH CHEAPER. (By Telegraph.—Press Association.) CHRISTCHURCH, Wednesday. The Addington market this week was a "double" one prior to the carnival week of the New Zealand Racing and Trotting Cup meetings. Entries in all the major sections were very large and consignments came forward from all parts of the South Island and some from the North Island. A feature was the sharp decline in tat lamb values to the level of 3'/4d to 4d a pound. Store Sheep.—There was a small entry of mixed quality. Ewe hoggets were in keen demand and sold at an advance of 1/ to 1/6 on late rates. Values for other classes were unchanged. Values were: — Good ewe hoggets, 15/9 to 16/4; medium ewe, to 13/; shorn wether, small, to 8/6; two-tooth shorn ewes, dry, to 12/; shorn wethers, 7/9 tc 10/2; ewes and lambs, 4/10 to 6/8. Fat Lambs.—The entry totalled 200 head. A sharp decline in values averaged from 2/ to 3/ a head. The average price per pound was 3V£d to 4d. Top price for show lambs was 19/10 and for extra prime lambs, 15/10. Fat Sheep.—An entry of 7000 met with a steady sale. Prices for ewes were unchanged and for wethers advanced 1/6 on late rates. Southland, Otago and South Canterbury fattenere were heavily represented. Values were: —Extra prime heavy wethers, to 15/10; prime heavy, 13/6 to 15/; medium-weight prime, 11/6 to 13/; ordinary, 10/ to 11/; light, 8/6_ to 9/6; extra prime heavy ewes, to 15/4; prime heavy, 11/ to 12/6; medium-weight prime, 9/6 to 10/6; light and ordinary, 7/6 to 8/0; extra prime heavy woolly wethers, to 18/10; medium, 15/ to 17/; light, 13/6 to 14/6; extra prime heavy woolly ewee, to 15/1; medium, 12/6 to 14/; light, 10/. to 12/. Fat Cattle.—There was an entry of 588 head, with Southland, Otago, the West Coast, South Canterbury and the North Island represented by large consignments. Heavy cattle were easier by up to £1 a head. Other weights, except best heifers, which were unchanged, were back 10/ to 15/ a head. A North Island consignment of cows and heifers averaged £6 8/6 a head. Best beef made to 24/ per 1001b; good prime, 20/ to 22/6; heavy, 16/6 to 19/; secondary, 14/ to 17/; inferior, to 13/. Fat Pigs.—The demand was a little weaker for a medium entry of baconers. Pork wa3 in good supply, although the offering was mixed, and values were unchanged. Values were: —Choppers, 25/ to £4 13/6; baconere, 38/6 to 47/6; heavy, 50/ to 59/6; extra, to £3 9/6; average price per lb, 3%d to 4%d; porkers, 25/6 to 31/6; heavy, 32/6 to 37/6; average price per lb, 4%d'to 514 d.