LIVE STOCK MARKETS.

Auckland Star, Volume LXVI, Issue 22, 26 January 1935, Page 4

LIVE STOCK MARKETS.

HEAVY YARDING AT FEILDING

MARKET HOLDS FIRM.

KAPE LAMBS ADVANCE. Notwithstanding an exceptionally heavy yarding of store sheep, prices held firm at Feilding yesterday, and in the case of good lambs an advance was shown. Cattle were in quiet.demand, good fats, however, making a better sale than hist week. The following arc the details: — Fat Sheep.—Values in the fat pens held very steady, and where quality was good a rise was shown. Lambs found the market in need of stocks, and all available lots were snapped up at good rates. Wethers also were in demand. Ewes were mainly in small lots, and were taken by butchers. Extra prime lambs, 23/2 to 23/6; prime, 22/5 to 22/10; good weights, 19/ to 20/6; small to light, 16/ to 18/1; prime heavy wethers, 25/4; medium weights, 23/4 to 23/9; light, 21/3; best heavy ewes, 16/ to 16/3; average lines, 14/ to 15/; extra prime maiden ewes, 24/6.

Store Sheep.—Drawn from the Wairarapa, Hawke's Bay, and other outlying districts, an entry of some 20,000 sheep and lambs was offered to buyers, the attendance being the largest at the sale for months. Most of the offerings were showing the effects of the prolonged drought, but generally speaking condition was better than had been expected. Where mouths were good, buyers bought freely in regard to ewes. With the lambs condition and size set the standard of value. Good rape lambs went up about 1/ per head, while for ewes the demand hardened on recent sales. Best ewe lambs, 15/9 to 16/; others, 11/9 to 13/; white faced wether lambs, good lines, 16/6; fair sorts, 12/6 to 13/6; small, 11/3; black faced lambs, extra good, 20/2; well grown,- 18/ to 18/11; average lines, 15/ to 17/; smaller sorts, 13/6 to 14/9; medium quality two-tooth ewes, 24/6; poor, 21/ to 22/; best four or five-year ewes, 17/0

to 18/9; good, 16/ to 17/1; others, 15/ to 15/5; sound mouthed live-year ewes, 10/5 to 18/5; broken mouthed, 14/3 to 15/10; good two-tooth wethers, 18/2 to 18/4; extra good fat and forward wethers, 22/1; four and six-tooth ewes, 20/ to 20/11.

Fat Cattle. —Prices hardened all round in this section, both ox tint! cow beef meeting with a better demand. Ox beef made to 22/ per 1001b, and heifer beef to approximately 17/0, both prices being a distinct improvement. Prime P.A. heiiers, £5 12/6; prime Shorthorn heifers, £5 15/; prime finished Red Poll heifer,-3, £0; light dairy breeds, £2 12/0; prims cows, ;€4 5/ to £4 15/; good, £3 13/ to £3 17/6; others, £2 5/. to £3 5/; light Hereford bullocks, best weights, £5 17/; others, £4 10/; well grown vealers, £1 7/6 to £2.

' Store C'attlo. —With sheep forming tlic main centre of attraction, not much ' interest was taken in the store cattle ' penning and some good stock went ' cheaply, although some vendors refused ! to accept market prices. Good tliree-ye:ir J*.A. heifers, £4 to £4 5/; medium-sized two-year Hereford heifers, £2 19/; good conditioned Hereford cows, £3 2/; forward dairy cows, £2 14/; mixed cows arid heifers, fair sorts, £2 15/; 18-month-old Jersev heifers, £ 1 10/; boner cows, best weights; £2 5/; others. £1 to £1 12/0; potter bulls, large, £2 15/; others, £1 to £1 7.0. Dairy Cattle.—A light entry with most lines passed. Best springing cows sold to £2 17, 0, and cows in milk to £1 7/0 Pigs.—There was a good entry of pigs at the Fcilding mart and prices held well up to recent rates. Good weaners, 12/; small, 5-'; fair-sized slips,# 15/ to 17/; others, 12/ to 14/; best stores, £1 5/; lighter, 19, ; porkers, £1 11/. MORRINSVILLE PRICES. BREEDING EWES IX DEMAND. The Fanners* Co-operative Auctioneering Company report having held their weekly stock sale at Morrinsville on Friday, when the offering included 7000 breeding ewes and 500 store cattle from East Coast districts. There was a good yarding of all classes of fat and store sheep. The fat sheep entry comprised mostly fat lambs, for which there was keen competition from exporteis. and prices realised were in advance of recent schedule rates. The advertised lines of breeding ewes from East Coast districts attracted a good deal of attention, buyers being present from many outside districts. The yarding of ewes was the best so far ottered this season at Morrinsville sales, and this fact was rcllected in improved competition from a large bench of buyers, so that a particularly successful sale can be recorded. The top price for this season for five-year-old ewes from the East Coast was secured by Mr. A. J. H. Kirkham for a line of 85 well-grown, sheep, which realised 21/10. Other leading prices were as follows: £1 for .'192 five-year ewes, on account of Mr. B. C. Watkins; 20/5 for 250 ewes, on account of Ludbrook Bros. A number of young ewes from East Coast districts, chiefly four and six-tooths, realised 23/ to 23/9. Some good lines of two-tooth ewes were offered, and these attracted better competition than at last Morrinsville sale, the top price of 25/2 being paid for a line of 327 sold on account of Mr. G. E. Cotterill, of Tokoniaru Bay. A special entry of grown bullocks from Gisborne attracted a good attendance. The quality of the cattle was first class, and they came forward in good order and condition. Considering the dry weather prevailing in the Waikato competition was quite good, and although the whole of the entry did not change hands under the hammer the majority of the cattle were sold at quite satisfactory prices. Several pens of ox beef showed an improvement in value, while good quality cow and heifer beef was also in good demand. Second quality and boner beef sold at late rates. A medium entry of fat pigs and a full yarding of store and weaner pigs came forward. Baconers showed a slight increase on late rates, while porkers were firm. Stores and weaners showed an improvement on last sale's quotations. Quotations:— Fat Sheep.—Fat wethers, 25/S; fat hoggets, 19/2 to 23/10; fat ewes, 13/8 to 15/; heavy fat lambs, up to 23/; medium fat lambs, 20/5 to 20/8; lighter fat lambs, 17/9 to 19/7; woolly store lambs, 12/7 to 13/10; medium store lambs, 0/5 to 10/S, cull lambs, 7/ to 8/2. The following prices were realised fny breeding ewes from Tokomaru Bay:— 224 four-tooth, ex Ludbrook Brothers, 23/; 102 six-tooth ewes. 23/0; 82 four-year ewesi 20/0; ex J. H. Taplin, 180 four-tooth at 23/9, 74 six-tooth to four-year at 23/2, 113 1 six-tooth at 20/11; ex G. Cotterill, 38 I four-tooth at 23/0, 130 six-tooth to four- ] year at 23/3, 02 five-year at 21/1; ex B. C. Watkins, 121 four-tooth at 21/, 85 six- - tooth and four-year at 23/3; ex I\. Ford, !)3 four-tooth at 23/, 80 six-tooth at 23/9, j 159 four-year at 21/. Five and six-year- j old ewes sold at 17/5 to 19/5; sound- / mouth ewes, 14/9 to 10/10: two-tooth ewes, 400 at 25/, 149 at 23/7; others at 20/8; two-tooth wethers, IS/!); small two- * tooth ewes, 10/3 to 19/0. s

Fat Cattle.—Medium fat bullocks, £9; light fat steers, £6 17/0 to £7 15/; lighter steers, £5 12/6; prime young cows and heifers, £5 to £6 2/; medium fat cows, £3 7/0 to £4 7/0; light fat cows, £2 to £2 10/; boner cows, 14/ to 20/; bulls, 15/ to 25/. Gisborne Bullocks.—Polled Angus fouryear bullocks, £5 15/ to £0 1/; lighter conditioned Polled Angus steers, £5 11/ to £5 16/; Polled Angus-Hereford cross bullocks, £5 14/ to £0 4/; three-year Polled Angus cross steers, £5 8/ to £5 13/; four-year Hereford steers, £5 5/ to £5 12/; three-year Hereford steers, £5 to £5 3/: Hereford cross steers, £i 12/ to £4 19/; mixed coloured steers, £3 6/ to £3 7/6.

Pigs.—Prime heavy baconers, £3 12/ to £3 16/; medium baconers, £3 6/ to £3 10/; light baconers, £2 16/ to £3 3/; unfinished baconers, £2 6/ to llffi heavy porkers, 39/ to £2 5/; medium porkers. 33/ to 38/; light workers. 28/ to 34/; unfinished porkers, 22/ to 26/; large stores. 21/ to 26/; slips, 12/ to 15/; best weaners, 10/ to 13/6; smaller weaners, 5/ to 8/6.