LIVE STOCK MARKET

Auckland Star, Volume LXX, Issue 21, 26 January 1939, Page 17

LIVE STOCK MARKET

NOT SO GOOD. export values lower. ■TOBB ÜBEF IK DIMANIX Since last review the export markets Have been only moderately good from the Point of view of the New Zealand farmer**, looley Street reports show that butter values are fairly , t .bout 128/ per cwt. bat business is qnfet and deliveries we * k **re much less than for the frevwm period. However, holder* a r* apparently confident of the future, as retail prices of New Zealand are to be ra,wd to 1/3 per lb. Wool values, as disclosed at the Auckland Mle on Taesday, have eased about lHd per lb. Cable. from Smithfield state that trade » comparatively quiet owing to muggy weather and heavier supplies. Lambs are easier, but are still quoted at about the same ru!in ? a year a ?°> but mut--1- *57 cheap " Chilled beef is also selling at lower rates.

nnrYw f r "? Waikato has been favfoJ il though nights are cold ?of year * nd farmers would welcome a few days of warm rain. Of .n the country our Waikato cw i*spondent writes;— The chief topic of interest among WaiKato sheepfarmers to-day ie the purchase of breeding ewes for the coming season. So tar local fairs have been well patronwed end although the number of sheep offering is not quite m large a* test year,

prices on this year's levels are satisfactory, and in many cases better than anti- | cipated a few months ago. An improvement has also been noticed in the store lamb section and prices are hardening on opening sale values. The first of the large consignments of Gisborns aAd East Coast sheep was penned at Mon'insville on Friday and met a good reception before a large and representative bench of buyers. tThe top price for a nice line of two-tooth ewes was 25/3, while medium sorts sold from 22/ to 24/; mixedage ewes ranged ia value up to 20/6, with five-year ewes from 15/ to 18/ B. On this range of values it is difficult to see the Gisborne quotations being maintained and those farmers who purchased sbeep for foirwsrd delivery in Giaborne and paid from 14/ to 20/ for five-year-olds and 25/ tor two-tooths, will find when' apprtxn* matcly 3/ per head is addsd to bring to the Waikato, their purohssss are. not as attractfti iir thsy' first appeared. Advices to hand suggest that laige Quantities of both East Coast and southern sheep will be made available in Waikato during the seat few weeks and farmers should experience no difficulty in filling requirements and will have ample sheep from which to make selections. During the week only oddaaots have been yarded in the store cattle section, these oom prising chiefiy boaer cows. There is still a demand for grown male cattle and no doubt these will be in fair supply from the Gisborne districts, as owing to the dry weather conditions it is certetn large numbers of cattle will be sent forward to Waikato on consignment. Business in the pig section shows no alteration on last week and prices are as keen as ever for all heavy baconers and porkers. WESTFIELD PRICES LOWER. A heavy entry of all clauses of fat stock at the WsatfisW sale yesterday resulted in a general easing in values. Beef prices were lower than they have been before this season owing to an overaupply of cows and heifers. An increased yawing of osdves sold at sharply reduced rates, ami porker pigs were also easier, though baconers were steady, laere a good average entry of Cheep, realising firm prices, while ewes improved slightly on lot week's reduced values. Prime lambs were a shade easier, but Other grades firm. Following Is the range ot prices, together with last week's:— Ibis Week. Last Week. BEEF (per 100H>)— Extra choice ox 37/ mm/ Choice and prime . OX ......... 30/ to 34/ 86/ to 37/ Choice and prime eow and betfer 28/ to 31/ 80/ tojjg/ Boaer sad tough 19/ to 27/ 22/ to SO/ hHEEP (per head)— , Prime wethers . 15/ to 28/ 15/ to 98/ Unfln. wethers . 12/ to 18/6 12/ to 15/6 prime ewes .. T/0 to 18/ 9/6 to 13/6 Unfln. ewes .. 1/ to 8/8 2/ to 1/8 Prime lambs . 17/6 to 24/6 17/ to 27/ Unfln. lambs • 1/ to 17/9 6/ to 17/ nSHS»>> Vealeie ....... 8/ to 132/ 8/ to 120/ t»JB/ 63/ to 81/ $?nm w %i/ "/ M/ EST™ ••••• it/ M |o> 20/ to3o/ Large atovea .. 2#/ *t6M/ 2#/ to 38/ e LOAN AND MERCANTILE. The New 2ealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company, Ltd., reports:— Beef.—At the Westfield fat stock market our yardind of beef waa a large one and there was an over-supplied market. Values were easier, ox beef being about 1/ per 1001b, cows and heifers 2/ to 3/ per 1001b lower. This easing was more pronounced in the heavier cattle. Extra choice ox sold to £1 17/ P« 1001b; choice and prime, £1 12/ to £1 16/; ordinary and plain, £1 5/ to £1 11/; prime young cow and heifer beef, £1 8/ to £1 12/; ordinary, £1 to di Vi extra hun prlM te £11 W/8; llfbt, £9 10/ to £10 15/; plain and eteillfy te £9 5/; ex£. heavy prime young oows and hsifere, £9 to £9 8/jheavy, £8 to d 8 17/6; lighter, £6 17/6 to I7U/[ light, £8 to mnd plain finished eowa, £9 to £4 17/6. Bheep.—An average yarding of sheep met a steady demand, with values on a par with laat weelrt sal*. Heavy prime wethers, £11/ to f I **2 £1 0/9; light, 15/ te !8/t; small and unfinishsd, 12/ to 14/8; heavy prime ewes, 11/3 to 12/6; medium, 10/3 to 11/, light, 9/ to 10/; just killable, 6/ to 8/9; inferiorly fatted, 2/ to 5/9. Lambs.—Lamba in average numbers sold at late rates. Hesvy prime, £12/ to £1 8/fl; medium, £1 to £1 to I 19/0; smaller, 15/ td 17/9; unfinished, best, , 8/ to 18/6; others, «/ to 7/6. Pigs.—Pigs were penned in average numbers and the Mle was rteaft at la»t weelrt I quotations. Choppers sold from £1 10/ to 1 £3 14/; heavy and medium baconers, from I £3 8/ to £817/; light baeeosn end heavy

porker®, from £2 15/ to £3 6/; medium porkers and light porkers, from £2 4/ to £2 12/; small, £1 12/ to £2 2/. Store pigs were penned in average numbers. Large stores, £1 12/ to £1 15/; slips, <61 V/ U £1 H>/; weanem, 14/ to £1 4/. Calves.—Our entry of calves was a large one. The demand was poor and competition was very erratic. In a few instances extra good quality calves made tip to last week'-s rates, but values were easier, Materially for plainer sorts. Runners, to £10, for an extra choice steer from Mr. W. Rowe, Waiuku. Heavy vealers, £5 to i £6 2/; medium, £3 10/ to £4 18/; light, £2 to £3 "6/; smaller, £1 10/ to £1 16/; small, £1 to £1 7/; rough calves, 10/ to £1; fresh-dropped to two-weeks-old, 7/ to 18/. ALFRED BUCK LAND AND SONS. Alfred Buckland and Sons, Limited, report:— Beef.—At our weekly YVestfield fat stock market our total yarding of fat tattle numbered 409 head, as against 369 head last week, comprising 96 steers and 313 cows and heii'ers. The demand for ox beef was not keen, and values were easier by !9° lb - A very (heavy yarding of cow and lieifer beef met a dull sale, and prices eased by fully 20/ to 30/ a head. Extra choice ox sold to £1 17/ per 1001b; choice and prime ox, £1 14/ to £1 16/; secondary an<l plain, £1 10/ to £1 13/; prime young cow and heifer beef, £1 W/ to £1 13/; ordinary cow beef, 19/ to £1 4/. Extra heavy prime steers ranged in price from £14 5/ to £14 15/. Eight steers from Mr. H. J. Mills, Rangiriri, averaged £13 18/. Heavy, £13 5/ to £14; ligihter, £12 5/ Co £13; light, £11 to £11 10/; small and unfiiurhed steers, £7 to £9; extra heavy prime -young cows and heifers, £8 15/ to £9 10/; heavy, £7 to £7 15/; lighter, £5 10/ to £6 5/; other killable oows, £4 to £4 15/. Sheep.—Sheep were penned to the number of 1381. Bidding was steady throughout the sale, and last week's quotations were maintained. Extra heavy prime wethers, £1 2/ to £1 3/; heavy, £1 to £1 1/6; medium to h*avy, 18,6 to 19/6; light to medium, 16/6 to 17/6; unfinished, 13/ to 15/6; extra heavy prime young ewes, 13/ to 15/; heavy, 11/6 to 12/6; lighter, 10/ to 11/; other killable ewes, 7/6 to 9/; other ewes, 6d to 5 6. Lambs.—Our total yarding of lambs numbered 769 and sold freely at fully last week's rates. Extra heaw prime lambs, £1 3/6 to £1 4/6; heavy, £1 2/ to £1 3/; lighter, £1 to £1 1/; light, 17/6 to 19/; small and plain, 3/ to 15, 6. Calves.—We had an extra heavy yarding of calves, including many good lines <3 station-bred vealers. Extra good quality 'heavy runners and vealers sold at late quotations, but the demand for all other classes was very slack, and values were Considerably lower. Plain, unfinished and late sale calves were Very hard to dispose of, and values were fully 15/ to £ 1 a head lower. Extra heavy prime runners, £7 10/ to £9 1/; plain and unfinished, £4 to £6 5/; heavy prime vealers, £5 5/ to £6 12/ for an outstanding vealer; medium, £4 to £4 15/; light, £2 15/ to £3 14/; smaller, £2 to £2 10/; small, 16/ to £1 16/; bobby calves, 4/ to 15/. (A totai of 356 calves was sold.) Pigs.—There was a full entry of fat pigs. All prime baconers and good quality porkers sold at recent quotations, but there was an easing in the demand for light and unfinished sorts, and values for these were lower. Choppers realised £2 5/ to £4 7/, according to weight; heavy prime baconers, £3 14/ to £3 18/; medium, £3 8/ to £3 11/; light, £3 2/ to £3 6/; heavv porkers, £2 14/ to £3; medium, £2 7/ to £2 11/; light, £2 to £2 4/; mnall and unfinished. £1 10/ to £1 16/; stores, £1 6/ to £1 14/; slips, £1 3/ to £1 B,'; weaners, 12/ to £1; sows due to farrow, £2 5/ to £3 10/; bnc-oners sold from 6%d to 6Vsd per lb, and POTkers averaged to 7d per lb. A total of 008 pigs was sold. DALGCTY AND COMPANY. Dalgety and Company, Ltd., report: — Beef.—At our weekly Westfield fat stock Mlarket Our offering of beef totalled 243 head, comprising «0 steers and 177 cows and heifers, against 133 head last week. The quajity of the ox beef was firut-class, but met with a weaker demand. Values eased fully 1/ per 1001b. A heavy yarding of cows and heifers met. a weak demand, and here also values wire decidedly easier. Extra choice ox sold to 37/ per 1001b; choice and prime ox, 30/ to 33/; just killable, 30/ to 33/; prime young cow and heifer beef, 30/ to 33/; just killable, 20/ to 25/. Extra heavy prime eteei* ranged ill price from £13 10/ to £15 for steer! from the Native Department, Te Kuiti. Heavy, £12 5/ to £13; lighter, £11 10/ to £12; light, £10 2/6 to £11 5/; small and unfinished, £6 15/ to £9 5/; extra heavy prime young cows and heifers, £9 7/6 to £10 7/6; heavy, £7 5/ to £8 5/; lighter, £6 to £7; light prime cows and heifers, £9 to £5 13/; other killable cows, £4 to 15 /- , « 1 * vSheep.—Sheep were again yarded in big -numbers, and selling under steady competition last week's rates were maintained for wethers. Ewes were in better demand and realised improved prices. Extra heavy prime wethers, £1 1/6 to £1 2/; heavy, £1 to £1 1/; medium, 18/6 to 19/6; light and unfinished, 16/ to 18/; heavy prime ewes, 12/6 to 13/; lighter, 10/6 to 12/; other ewes, 6/ to 9/.

Lambe. —An average entry of lambs sold under good competition, with values on a I level with laet week. Heavy prime lamb, I £1 2/ to £1 3/3; medium, £1 to £l 1/6; lighter, 18/ to 19/6; light, 14/ to 17/. Calves.—A lange yarding of calves came forward. E*tra choice quality runners and heavy Vealers met with good competition and realised late rates. For the remainder at the yatding and especially on small calves the bidding was dull, and a further drop in valuee is reported. RnnnerS, £5 1/ to £0 1/; heavy vealers, £4 15/ to £7 17/; medium, £3 10/ to £4 fl/; light, £2 19/ to £3 6/; smaller, £1 15/ to £2 9/; small, £1 5/ to £1 12/; unfinished and bucket-fed, 18/ to £1 5/; bobby calves, 3/ to 12/. Pigs.—A good average yarding of pigs came forward, and met with steady competition, values for bacon remaining firm, while Values for pork had an easing tendency On last week's quotations. Choppers. £3 7/ to £3 13/; heavy baconers, £3 14/ to £3 18/; medium, £3 9/ to £3 12/; light, £3 4/ to £3 8/; heavy porkers, £2 14/ to £2 18/; medium, £2 8/ to £2 12/; light, £1 18/ to £2 6/. Store pigs met with steady competition, with Values easier on recent quotations. Stores, £l 7/ to £1 14/; slips, £1 1/ to £1 4/; weaners, 12/ to £1.

RAPIDLY INCREASING. YARDINGS AT ADDINGTON. <By Telegraph.—Press Assoc La Hon.) I CHRISTCHURCH, Wednesday. With the approach of autumn, and now that the height of the freezing season has been reached, the entries for the weekly stock market at Addington are increasing rapidly. To-day there was a total of about 24,500 store and fat sheep and fat lambs. The store sheep entry was the largest of the season, comprising about 14,500. Lambs numbered about 11,000 and wethers were more numerous than usual. For forward and average rape lambe there was a brighter sale at about 6d a head dearer. A number of moderate-sized pens made. 16/9 to 19/10, these being bought by com-1 panics for freezing. Rape lambs made I 12/6 to 14/10, but there was little change for the 10/ to 12/ class add this was also 1 the case for small and backward adult wethers. The market was lifeless and most of the entry was passed in. Few ewes were forward. They were unattractive and sold accordingly. A line Of wether lambs brought 19/10, another 19/1, and a third 18/4. A pen of first cross two-tooth ewes sold at 14/, and one of four and five-year ewes at 10/3. The,fat lamb efttry totalled about 3700, against 3200 last week. Quality ranged from very good to light. The demand was unexpectedly keen and the majority made above the export schedule rate of 7%d per lb for first grade. Exporters, as well as butchers, participated in a keener market, freeeing purchases showing an advance of 6d to 1/, and lambs for the trade slightly more than 1/ in some cases. About S7SO fat sheep were penned, an increase of about 750 on last wash. Quality waa fair

considering the large entry. Heavier wethers showed an easing as the sale progressed %od declined on an average about 1/. Bigger ewes maintained late values and all light wether* «nd ewes showed little change, export ew*e actually being a shade firmer, up to 11/ being paid for these by the export trade and to 19/ for wethers. Extra prime heavy wethers made to 24/10; prime heavy, 21/ to 23/6; prime medium, 19/ to 20/6; light, to 16/; extra prime heavy ewes, to 18/10; prime heavy, 16/ to 17/6; prime medium, 13/9 to 15/9; light, to 10/. The entry of fat cattle was far in excess of the requirements, comprising 585, compared with 428 laet week. There was a decline in quality, the proportion of medium and inferior cows dominating the entry. Steers eased 10/. Good heifers also sold at a slight decline. The excess of cows met with the greatest decline, averaging fully 15/. The drop was no more than could be expected for euch a heavy penning of this class. The sale petered out at the finish. Extra prime heavy steers made to £16 17/6; prime heavy, £14 to £15 5/; prime medium, £12 15/ to £13 15/; light, to £9 5/; extra prime heifers, to £14 2/6; prime, £9 10/ to £10 10/; medium, £7 to £9; light, to £6 15/; extra prime cows, to £12 12/6; prime, £7 10/ to £9 5/; medium, £5 10/ to £7; light and aged, to £5 5/. The yarding in the pork section was heavy and the quality of much of the entry was poor. Good quality porkers

remained on a par with last week, but second grade and inferior were easier by 3/ to 4/. Choppers were forward in medium numbers and again, met an excellent aale, considering the period di the year. Baconers were penned in small numbers and, in spite of a drop of another farthing per pound in the export Schedule, prices showed little change. Porkers made 33/6 to 57/6; average price per lb, 6%d to «%d; baconers, 57/8 to £4 9/6; average price per lb, Od to IR4d; choppers, £3 3/6 to £4 13/6.

IN THE WAIKATO. (Prom Our Own Correspondent.) HAMILTON, Wednesday. Conditions are as follows:— Beef. A good yardhvg of all classes of beef came forward to Frankton on Tuesday, and prices were steady with last week's values fully maintained, even second quality beef being keenly sought after. Heavy-weight ox sell up to £13; mediumweight, to £11 10/, with lighter cattle, £10 to £11; heavy prime heifers, £8 10/ to £10; heavy prime cows, £7 10/ to £8 15/; second quality cows to £6. Fat Sheep. Again a full yarding of fat sheep was penned at central yards on Tuesday with prices, if anything, lower, and exporters

were able to operate m both mil ewes. Fat lambs realised schedule rates. Extra prim* Wtthm, to «/5; wiMte wethers, 17/6 to -18/; light-and unfinished, 18/3 to 16/8; prttoe tat vwm, »/ to 11/; medium, 8/ to ♦/«; Irtsavy lambs, 22/ to 24/6; light, W/« to »/«. Store Cattle. There is an inquiry for all classes of grown cattle, as roost graziers are Oteadily unloading their lata to the exporters for chilling purposes. Naturally, these have to be replaced, and the tendency seems to be that graziers prefer grown eattle to two-year-olds, which would have 'to be carried until next spring. 'Few .local cattle art ottering, but it will not be long before adequate supplies will be available from the East Coast district. Weaner heifer calves have also Started to make their appearance, and realise from £2 10/ to £3. An odd sale or two of In-calf heifers has been made during 'the week, values running from £3 to £7. Store 'Sheep. The supply of store lambs this year has been much Smaller than usual, and it is< not surprising to see prices hardening. Best shorn wether lambs make from 12/ to 14/, with ewe lambs from 15/ to 18/6; smaller lambs, 10/ to 12/, and -culls, 6/ to 8/. Store Wethers, which have been dull of sale, are now creating more -interest, ahd even on to-day's low prices appear to be good buying. Best two-tooth wethers realise 15/ to 16/; others, 12/ to 14/.

-heavy jwriiic -ef -eU rlssess of pios we cooubg forward, and in the fat efceWen »rfec» ha*e Wfcaiaed ■Very lit Mt week* rate*. «ij» afel Tedtti, if anything, have shown a slight decline, hut this is no doubt due to setMMl <£>nditiown. Besvy WeMM make Op to £3 17/; medium, £3 W/ to £3 15/; lifht. £3 4/ to £3 8/; heavy porkers and butttt: tailfc pijw. £2 15/ to £3 1/; mediutK,£s 5/ to £2 11/; large utores. 32/ to J»/; medium, -27/ to 30/; 15/ to 20/.