LIVE STOCK MARKET

Auckland Star, Volume LXVI, Issue 288, 5 December 1935, Page 19

LIVE STOCK MARKET

expokt conditions.

DAIRY PRODUCTS LOWER. freezing works busy. SUMMER AT LAST. Since last review the export markets have moved adversely against New Zealand producers. Butter has shown a persistent and substantial decline, almost 10/ per cwt in the week. Cheese also has eased in sympathy. So marked a fall is hard to ■understand, as sales of New Zealand butter and cheese have been heavy, and stocks of the former are unusually light.

At Smithiield fat lambs from this Dominion continue to suffer from the competition of home killed, which are available in large quantities, ana supplies of Australian and Argentine new season's are fairly plentiful. Local export dealers have accordingly dropped their schedule rates %d per lb.

Wool is maintaining the recent advances, but hides have shown an easing tendency. In the country the general outlook is quite good. A belated summer has at last definitely arrived, and stock and pastures everywhere will benefit accordingly.

Local freezing works are now well into their 6wing for a new season. The bobby calf trade is practically over, but lambs have come on remarkably well in the last ten days, and large quantities are being handled daily. Pigs were slow in coming forward, but these too ar« now being deait with in increasing numbers. Beef cattle— both chillen? and boners —help to swell the total. With a continuation of the present spell of warm weather the various works are in for a busy time. Of conditions in tthe country, out Waikato correspondent writes: —

"There has been a decided lull in the 6tock market during the week. Whether this is due to the elections or not it is hard to say, but farmers who were inquiring for store cattle a short time ago have now decided to wait and see. The improvement in the weather will also be welcome, especially to sheep farmers, and although export price has shown a further decline a few days' sunshine would materially affect the lambs. From indications to hand it would appear that percentages are not nearly so good as previous seasons, so that the number of lambs to be handled during the rush period will tie easily accommodated at the various works, and there will not be the congestion that sometimes takes place. So far killing sheets have been very satisfactory, although the nunibers going forward are smaller than previous years.

" In the cattle section botn ox and cow beef still maintain their value, while store cattle, although being sought after, are not quite so buoyant as a few weeks ago. One noticeable feature of the sales is the increasing numbers of cull and boner cows being yarded, and exporters are paying considerably more than schedule rates for boner cows and bulls.

"In the pig section large yardings arceverywhere coming forward, and, with the recent improvement in schedule announced this week, better prices, especially for pork, will no doubt be realised." At Westfield. There was a much larger entry of fat cattle at Westfield yesterday, the total being about 900 head. There was a good percentage of unfinished lines and for these the market was easier. Choice light weights sold readily at late rates. Competition was brisk for prime vealers and runners, but plainer sorts were easier. There was a larger entry of fat sheep. Wethers and hoggets held to late rates, but ewes showed a decline in values. An average yarding of fat lambs sold readily at recent values. There was an extra heavy yarding of pigs. Porkers improved in price, but baconers were again rather dull. The range of prices, together with those ruling the previous week, was as follows:—

This Week. Last Week. BEEF (per 1001b) — Extra choice ox 34/ 34/ Choice and prime ox 30/ to 33/ 30/ to 33/ Choice and prime cow and heifer 29/ to 33/ 29/ to 33/ Boner and rough 21/ to 28/ 21/ to 28/ SHEEP (per head) — Prime wethers . 22/6 to 28/9 22/6 to 28/ Unfin. wethers . 17/6 to 22/3 17/6 to 22/3 Prime ewes 16/3 to 21/6 17/ to 22/6 Unfinished ewes 9/ to 16/6 9/6 to 16/0 Hoggets 12/6 to 25/3 13/9 to 26/ Spring lambs . 12/ to 25/6 15/9 to 26/6 CALVES (per head) — Runners 48/ to 150/ 60/ to 114/ Yealers 40/ to 81/ < 48/ to 83/ PIGS (per head) — Baconers 45/ to 62/ 48/- to 62/ Porkers 32/ to 45/ 32/ to 44/ Weaners 5/ to 15/6 5/ to 12/ Slips .. 13/ to 22/ 13/ to 20/ Large etores ... 20/ to 30/ 21/ to 32/ LOAN AND MERCANTILE.

The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company, Limited, report:— Beef.—An average entry of ox beef met with steady competition. The extra heavy and heavy prime steers were inclined to ease in value, but medium and light-weight choice quality 6old at late rates. A large yarding of cow beef, the numbers being in excess of demand, were easier in valua. Extra choice ox sold to £1 14/ per 1001b; choice and prime ox, £1 10/ to £1 13/; ordinary and plain ox, £1 3/ to £1 9/; prime young cow and heifer beef, £19/ to £1 13/; ordinary cow beef, £1 to £1 8/; extra heavy prime steers ranged in price *rom £13 to £13 12/6; heavy prime steers, £11 12/6 to £12 15/; lighter prime steers, £10 to £11 10/; light prime 6teers, £8 to £9 17/6; unfinished and small, £6 10/ to #717/6; extra heavy prime young cows and heifers, £7 17/6 to £9 17/6; heavy prime young cows and heifers, £6 10/ to £7 15/; lighter, £5 2/6 to £6 5/; light cows, £3 15/ to £5; other cows, £1 10/ to £3 10/. Sheep.—We had a large entry of sheep, and, although there was a steady demand throughout, values for all classes were lower, fat and unfinished wethers by 1/ to 2/, and fat ewes, 2/ to 3/ a head. Heavy prime wethers, £1 5/ to £1 6/; medium prime wethers,- £1 3/9 to £1 4/9; light prime wethers. £1 2/6 to £1 3/6; small and unfinished wethers, 17/6 to £1 2/3; medium to heavy hoggets, £1 2/ to £1 5/3; small to light, 18/6 to £1 1/6; unfinished hoggets, 12/6 to 18/. Prime maiden ewes, 19/6 to £1 1/; heavy prime ewes, 17/9 to 19/; medium prime ewes, 16/3 to 17/6; light prime ewes, 14/ to 16/; interiorly fatted ewes, 5/6 to 13/9. Lambs.—An average entry of lambs met with a ready sale, with values on a par with last week's sale. Heavy prime, £1 4/to £14/9; medium prime, £1 to £1 3/9; light prime, 19/ to £1 1/6; unfinished, 12/ upward.

Pigs.—There was an extra heavy yarding of pigs. Values for porkers remained very firm, also for baconers, but extra heavy baconers were easier in value. Choppers sold_ from £1 to £3 each: heavy and medium baconers, from £2 14/ to £2 19/; light baconers and heavy porkers, from £2 5/ to £2 12/; medium porkers and light porkers, from £1 13/ to £2 3/; small, from £15/ to £1 11/, Values for store pigs were firmer on last week's quotation. Large stores. £1 4/ to £1 8/; slips, 14/ to £12/; weaners, 5/ to 15/6.

Calves.—Calves were penned in average numbers. Competition was steady, with values firm on late quotations. Runners, £2 to £4 17/6: heavy vealers, £4 to £4 11/; medium. £3 10/ to £3 18': light. £2 18/ to £3 8/; smaller. £2 to £2 16/; small and fresh dropped, 7/ to £1 15/; rough calves, 10/ to £1. DALGETV AND COMPANY, LTD. Dalgety and Company. Limited, report: Beef.—We offered 182 head of beef, comprising 14 steers and 168 cows and heifers, against 159 head last week. The quality of the ox beef was not so good as last week, but all well-finished lines sold under good competition and realised late rates for light and medium-weight cattle, while the rates for heavy and poorly-finished sorts were easier. Extra choice ox sold to 34/ ner 1001b: choice and prime ox, 30/ to 33/; just killable. 24/ to 29/; prime younit cow and heifer beef, 29/ to 33/; just killable, 21/ to 28/. Extra heavy prime steers ranged in price from £ 14 to £15, for

steers from Mr. H. E. Reid, Waerenga; heavy prime steers, £13 to £13 15/; lighter prime steers, £11 to £12 15/; light prime steers, £9 10/ to £10 15/; small and unfinished steers, £6 15/ to £8-5/. Extra heavy prime young cows aud heifers, £7 to £8, for heifers from . Messrs. Holdsworth Brothers, Wliakatane; heavy prime cows and heifers, £5 15/ to £6 15/; lighter prime, £4 5/ to £5 5/; other killable cows, £2 to £4.

Sheep.—Sheep were penned in full numbers, with a large proportion of the entry comprising ewes. Well-finished wethers sold on a par with last week, but ewes, while selling freely, did not reach late rates. Prime heavy hoggets, 23/6 to 24/9; medium, 21/ to 23/; extra heavy prime wethers, shorn, 26/ to 27/3; heavy prime, shorn, 24/0 to 25/9; medjum, shorn, 23/ to 24/3; light and unfinished, shorn, 22/ to 22/9; heavy prime ewes, shorn, 19/ to 21/6; lighter, shorn, 17/ to 18/0; other ewes, shorn, 15/ to 16/6. Lambs. —A rather small entry of lambs sold under good competition at rates fully on a par with last week. Heavy prime lamb, 22/ to 23/9; medium, 20/ to 21/6; light, 17/ to 19/6. Calves. —Calves were yarded in well up 'to average numbers. All good quality sorts were in demand and sold at values firm on late rates. Plainer calves were easier. Our yarding did not include any heavy prime runners. Heavy vealers, £3 15/ to £4 2/; medium, £2 14/ to £3 10/; light, £2 8/ to £2 12/; smaller, £1 13/ to £2 2/; rough calves, 15/ to £1 5/; bobby, 4/ to 8/. Pigs.—Pigs were again yarded in heavy numbers. Porkers sold steadily at values firm to slightly better than last week, while baconers were about on a par with late rates. Heavy baconers, £2 18/ to £3 2/; medium, £2 13/ to £2 16/; light, £2 8/ to £2 11/; heavy porkers, .£2 1/ to £2 5/; medium, £1 17/ to £2; light, £1 12/ to £1 15/; small and unfinished, £1 4/ to £1 10/.

ALFRED BUCKLAND AND SONS. | Alfred Buckland and Sons, Limited, report:— Beef. —We yarded fat cattle to the number of 424 head, against 270 head last | week, comprising 115 steers and 309 cows , and heifers. Our yarding of ox beef was j much larger than last week. The quality ; generally was well up to the usual i standard. Bidding was brisk lor lightweight cattle, while heavy and plain sorts . were inclined to ease slightly. Our heavy | yarding of cows and heifers included many I lines of inferior cattle which cased con-1 siderably, while choice quality showed little or no alteration on recent sales. Extra choice ox sold to £1 14/ per 100*b; choice and prime ox, £1 10/ to £11-/; secondaiy and plain ox, £1 7/ to £1 9/; prime voung cow and heifer beet, £1 10/ to £1 13/; ordinary cow beef, £1 to £i 6/. Extra heavy prime steers ranged in price from £13 5/ to £13 12/6; 13 steers from Mr. H. E. Reed, Waerenga, averaged £13 1/6; 16 steers from Messrs. lrewin Brothers, Marohemo, averaged £11 10/1; nine steers from Mr. R. J. Monk, Helensville averaged £11 10/6; heavy prime steers, £12 to £13; lighter prime steers, £11 to £11 15/; light prime steers, £9 5/ . to £10 10/; small and unfinished steers, £6 15/ to £8 10/. Extra heavy prime, young cows and heifers, £7 to £8; heavy j prime cows and. heifers, £6 to £bIU/>, lighter prime cows and heifers, £4 15/ to j £5 10/; other killable cows, £3 to £4. , Sheep.—Altogether 1007 sheep were i yarded. Competition for wethers and hog-1 gets was keen at late rates, while ewes' eased by about 1/6 a head on last week s sale. Extra heavy prime wethers, £1 6/ to £1 8/9; heavy prime wethers, £1 4/o to £1 5/6: medium to heavy prime wethers, £1 3/6 to £1 4/3; light to medium prune wethers, £1 2/ to £1 3/; unfinished wethers, 17/9 to £1 1/. Extra heavy, prime young ewes, 19/ to £1; heavy prime ewes, 17/6 to 18/6; lighter prune ewes, 16/6 to 17/3; other killable ewes, 15/ to 16/; other! ewes, 9/ to 13/6. ! Lambs.—Lambs were penned to the number of 241. Bidding was free and prices showed a slight advance on last week. Heavy prime lambs, £1 4/ to £1 5/6; lighter prime lambs, £1 2/ to il J/o, light prime lambs, £1 to £1 1/6; small and plain lambs, 18/ to 19/6. Calves.—Eat and young calves were m full supply. The demand for all prime sorts was firm, but slackened slightly for unfinished and rough calves. Runners made £2 10/ to £7 10/ for an extra heavy prime heifer from Mangere; heavy vealers, £3 12/ to £4 2/; medium, £2 14/ to £3; light, £2 6/ to £2 10/; small £1 13/ to £2 2/; unfinished and bucket-fed, 14/ to £1 5/; bobby calves, 4/ to 8/ (altogether 218 calves were sold). _ . c Pigs.—We had an extra large offering ot fat pigs. The inquiry for baconers was attain weak and our quotations show no improvement. The demand for porkers improved and prices ruled from firm to slightly better. Choppers made £1 5/ to £3; heavy prime baconers, W ™ 2/; medium, £2 11/ to £2 14/; light, £2 8/ to £2 10/; heavy porkers, £2 2/ to £2 5/; medium, £1 18/ to £2 1/, light, £1 14/ to £1 17/; small and unfinished, £1 7/ to £1 12/; good stores realised late rates, while values for slips and weaners were lower. Best stores, £1 6/_t o £1 IJV, smaller, £1 to £1 3/; slips, 13/ to 17/, weaners, 6/ to 11/; baconers realised an average of 5d per lb, and porkers 5%d to 5%d per lb. (A total of 780 pigs was sold).

ADDINGTON MARKET. DROP IN VALUES. (By Telegraph.—Press Association.) CHRISTCHUROH, Wednesday. An excess of entries in the fat cattle and fat sheep sections at to-day s Addington market caused a drop in values. Store Sheep.—Ewes and lambs met witn a better sale by about 1/ a head. Uiy sheep were 1/ cheaper Best ewes and lambs sold at 18/ to 20/, all counted, and adult wethers' at 20/ to 22/. , Fat Laiubs.—A heavier entry than butchers required caused a slight easing in the fat lamb section, values being xroni 7%d to 7%d per lb. The freezing works open on Tuesday. . , Fat Sheep—A heavy penning of good wethers and ewes were down by 1/0 a head,. a nd lighter ewes by 2/ to 2/b. Exporters did not operate at the P™** ruling. Best wethers sold at 24/ to -»/, and freezing ewes at 14/ C to 18/. Eat Cattle.—There were 440 penned, which created an over-supply in the hot weather which has now set in. there was an easing of 20/ a head for all classes, except medium-weight prime steers. Best beef made from 28/ to 30/ per OOib; prime light-weights, a shade more; heavy beef, 2.3/ to 27/; medium quality to 20/6, good heifer, to 27/6; good cow, to -o/C; and inferior down to 18/ per 1001b. Extra prime heavy steers sold to £16 2/6; prime heavy, £10 5/ to £13; prime mediumweight, £9 10/ to £10 15/; ordinary, £7 15/ to £95/; extra prune heifers, £9 10/, prime, £6 10/ to £8 5/; ordinary £o 5/ to £6 5/* extra prime cows, to £9 10/; prime, £6 5/ to £7 15/; ordinary, £5 to £6. Fat Pigs.—Baconers \v,erc firm, and there was a slight improvement for porkers. Export buyers were in .the market, and paid full values for anything that fell to them. Choppers made 30/ to £4 18/6; baconers, 45/6 to 52/6; heavy, 50./6 to 58/6; extra heavy. £3 8/6. The average value per lb was 4%d to sd. Porkers made 30/ to 34/6; heavy, 36/6 to 39/6; extra heavy, to £2 3/6. The average price per lb was 5%d to 6d.

IN THE WAIKATO

HAMILTON", Wednesday,

Conditions are as follow:— Beef. —Only medium entries of ox beer are being yarded and exporters who are requiring cattle for chilling purposes have been securing their supplies by way or private treaty. Good quality cow beet is also scarce, although there are larger numbers of fat Jersey cows coming forward. At Frankton on Tuesday ox beef made up to 33/ per 1001b; medium quality made 28/ to 29/; prime young cow and heifer beef, 29/ to 30/; medium, 25/ to 26/; light, 19/ to 20/; boners, 10/ to 12/6. Fat Sheep—A good yarding of fat sheep came forward this week and wethers especially fully maintained recent values. There was, however, a decided drop in the price of f«it ewes and it is expected that this class of mutton will come back to export value. There has been a strong demand for fat hoggets, the butchers preferring the light weight mutton. An average yarding of fat lambs realised export values. Heavy fat wethers

make up to 27/; medium, 22/ to 23/; heavy fat ewes, up to 17/9; medium, W to 16/; heavy fat hoggets, up to -6/, lighter, 21/ to 22/; heavy fat lambs, up to 23/9; lighter, 20/ to 22/. Store Cattle.— Although fewer numbeis of store cattle have been ofiered during the week, a special entry from the .Last Coast submitted at Morrinsville realised satisfactory prices, but perhaps competition was hardly as keen as previous sales There is, however, a keen inquiry foi all cattle for chilling purposes, while graziers are also absorbing all young Jersey cows and heifers suitable to go into the fat tening paddock. GoQd conditiQned gro bullocks make up to £8 10/, thieeyear old steers, £6 10/ to £7; two-year-old, PI 5/ to £6; yearling steers, £4 w> Sfg; S-trff wf two-ye"'r-old h £2 e s/ tto £3 15/f forward empty cows, £4 to £4 10/ ; good cond,£3& iVto & V; good S °s\ore £ Sheep o—This/0 —This / section has been particularly quiet during the week, although one or two yardmgs of stoic wethers are scheduled to come forward in the near future. So far this season graziers have been prepared to give pi actually fat prices for all store wethers submitted, although it is anticipated that as time goes on prices will go back more in keeping with export values. Piers —Heavy yardings are everywhere comfng forward, with .schedule values being more than maintained at all saleyards. Prime heavy baconers make up to £2 19/; medium, £2 14/ to £- 17y, light, £2 6/ to £2 11/; heavy porkers £2 to £2 10/; medium, 35/ to £2 l/, gooci stores, 25/ to 30/; slips, 15/ to 20/; weaners, 10/ to 10/.