STOCK REPORTS

Dominion, Volume 16, Issue 179, 17 April 1923, Page 5

STOCK REPORTS

SOME RECENT SALES The New Zealand Farmers’ Co-opera-tive Distributing Co. Ltd. report having held a supplementary sale at the Glenside yards on Tuesday, when they offered 4000 sheep and 110 cattle to a very large attendance of buyers. Competition was keen, and'we report a total clearance with the exception of 150 ewes. The following are the prices:-—Four , and 5-year ewes, running with S.D. rams, 265. I<M., 205.; good 2-tooth wethers, 275. 6d.; smaller 2-tooth wethers, 255. Id., 235. 3d.; ewe lambs, 20s. 6d-, 195., 18s. 3d.; wether lamOs, 18s. 6d., 175., 15s. 6d. ; small lambs, Ils., 10s. 3d., 9s. 6d.; cows running with Hereford bull, £5 10s.; cows run with S.H. bull, £5 bs.; weaner calves, 30s.

Also at the Colombo Road yards, on April 10, th© firm offered a good yarding of sheep and cattle; store ewes 165., 14s. 6d.; rape lambs, 16s. 9d., 155.; potter rams, Gs.; spring tows, £lO, £7, and £6. Messrs. Levin and Co., Ltd., report as follows on stock sales for the week ended April 14: —On Monday the weather was exceptionally rough and only two small pens of lambs came forward to the Bulls sale. Quotations: Medium m.s. lambs, 32 at 16s. 3d., 34 at 15s. At Apiti on Tuesday we had a fair yarding of sheep, all of which were lambs. There was a good attendance, and we had a total clearance at prices on a par with Feilding quotations. Quotations : Medium b.f. lambs, 105 at 16s. ; fair Romney ewe lambs, 59 at 19s. lid.; fair Romney wether lambs, 61 at 17s. 3d.; good woolly wether lambs, 12 at 18s. Bd., 36 at 17s. 4d.; medium lambs, 46 at 165.; small lambs, 17 at 10s.; 6-tooth Romney rams, 3 at 245.; 4 ducks at 2s. 6d.; small weaner steers, 3 at 20s. At Feilding on Friday, we had a good yarding of sheep and a medium one of cattle. Fat sheep were not in good demand and prices were somewhat easier than at late sales. On lambs, though still in good demand, bidding was not so free as,-at recent sales, and prices declined from last Friday, particularly on the higher-pr eed lots. Wethers sold under good competition. Wo had a good clearance of cattle at lato rates, bullocks being still in poor demand. Quotations: Romney f. and f. wethers, 155 at 28s. 2d.; medium Lincoln f. and f. wethers, 22 at 255.; good Romney wether lambs, 237 at 205., 226 at 18s. lid., 50 at 17s. lOd.; medium Romney wether lambs, 131 at 16s. Id., 51 at 15s. 3d.; mixed b.f. and w.f. lambs, 41 at 17s. 7d. ; small lambs, 26 at 10s. Id.: good fat ewes. 30 at 225. 6d., 18 at 21s. 6d., 7 at 21s. 6d.; good m.a. fat wethers. 120 at 325., 12 at 315., 41 at 295. Id.; prim© young «wes, 15 at 30s. ; springing 2-year Shorthorn heifers, £6 10s., £3; August calverts, no guarantee, £3 10s.; forward cows, £2 175., £2, 38s. 6d.; store cows, 345., 80s., 195., 125.; fair Jersey weaner heifers, £3 75.; good fat Shorthorn cows, 6 at £4, 3 at £4 35.; old cows, £3 10s., £3; ligjht fat bullocks, 4 at £5 155.; f. and f. 4 and 5-year bullocks, 16 at £5. Messrs. Dalgety and Co., Ltd., Palmerston North, report having a fair entry of sheep and cattle at their Feilding sale oft,Friday, April 13, practically all of which changed hands. Quotations: Light fat wethers, 295. 2d.; fat lambs, 255. 3d.; fat ewes, light, 19s. 6d.; fat ewes, 225. Gd., 225. 7d.; cull lambs, 7s. 3d.; small lambs, 12s. 7d. to 13s. 4d.; empty store ewes, 135.; small w.f. woolly lambs, 17s.'; good' w.f. lambs, 205.; springing heifers, £8; dairy cows, winter calvers. £5 10s.; fat cows, £3 195.; forward cows, £2 7s. 6d.; store cows, 305., 325.; 20-month steers, £3 Bs.; 2J-year steers, £3 Ils.; stags, £2 Is.; bulls, £4 7s. 6d.; small Jersey cross weaner heifers, £3 Is. Messrs. Abraham and Williams, Ltd., report as follows on the Feilding sale, held on April 13: —We had a heavy yarding of all classes of stock, the fat sheep pens being particularly well filled. A good sale resulted, sheep being keenly competed for and grown cattle showed an improved tone. Dajry heifers were inclined to be dull, 'fjie bulk of the entry changed hands under tho hammer. Wo quote : Fat wethers, 295.; fat ewes, 20s. 3d. to 245.; 4tooth ewes, in lamb to Romney rams, good, 345. 6d.; 4-year ewes, in lamb to Romney rams, 235. 3d. to 245. Id.; lambs, 10s. 2d., Ils. 6d., 15s. Id., 16s. 10<l., to 17s. Bd.; store ewes, 9s. 3d., 13s. to 13s. 7d.; 3-year £5 to £5 55.; 4-year bullocks, £4 ss. to £5 55.; fat bullocks, £5 15s. to £6 Ils.; fat cows, £2 10s., £2 155., £3, to £4; fat heifers, £4 Is. to £4 65.; forward heifers.. 355., £2 Is., to £2 55.; weaner heifers, 305., 355., £2 to £3 17s. Gd.,; springing heifers, £6 10s. to £8 6d.; springing cows, to £7; bulls, £3 2s. 6d. to £3 7s. 6d. Messrs. Abraham and Williams, Ltd., report on the Palmerston North sale, held on April 12, as follows: — There was a fair entry of both sheep and cattle. IVe quote: Store cows, 13s. 6d. to 18s.; 2-tooth ewes and wethers, 21s. Id.; springing cows, £5. £7, £9 7s. 6d., to £9 10s.; empty cows, 305., 325. Gd. to 355.; forward cows, £2 155.; fat cows, .to. £4 2s. 6d.; weaner heifers, 345.

The Loan and Mercantile Agency Co., Ltd., report:—At the Feilding sale on Friday we had fair entries of both sheep and cattle. The demand for sheep of all descriptions was not so keen as of late, and prices showed a tendency to ease. The cattle market was also dull, the demand (particularly for grown bullocks) being very weak. However, we have to report a total clearance under the hammer at the following rates: —F.M. ewes, r.w. Southdown rams, 205., 215.; aged ewes, 10s. 6d.; fair b.f., 17s. 4d.; fair Shorthorn springing cows, £5 12s. 6d.; fair Shorthorn springing lheifers, xto £5 2s. 6d.; good 3-year steers, £4 195.; 2-year Hereford steers, to £3 65,; good Jersey crosp weaner heifers, £3 Bs.; weaner heifers, 305.. 355. 6d., £2 3s. 6d.; store cows, to 30s.