LIVE STOCK MARKET

Dominion, Volume 27, Issue 190, 10 May 1934, Page 4

LIVE STOCK MARKET

Prices at Burnside By Telegraph. —Press Association, Dunedin. May 9. With the exception of lambs, yardings in the major sections of to-day's Bumside sale were in excess of butchers requirements Three hundred and thirtythree fat cattle were penned, and generally the quality was medium. Medium bullocks and heifers averaged 10/- less than last week’s rates, while aged cows were difficult to sell at still lower values. Toward the end of the sale ox beef unproved from 5/- to 10/- a head. Extra heavy prime bullocks sold to £l2/2/6: prime heavv, from £lO to £9/10A: prime, £7 to £8: light and medium. £5/10/- to £6/15/-; best heifers and young cows sold to £6/7/6; medium. £3/10/- to £4 10/-; aged and light. £2 to £3. The quality of the; 936 lambs penned was medium to good. Exporters operated on the lower schedule for heavy lambs, and as butchers were interested only to a minor degree, prime heavy lambs showed a drop of 1/- on last week’s rates. Medium arid light weights sold at recent ruling values. Extra prime heavy lambs sold to 27/9: prime heavy. 24/- to 25/-; prime. 22/6 to 23/6; light nnd medium, 19/- to 22/-. -

The yarding of 2036 sheep included a fair selection of medium to prime wethers. The quality of the ewes was excellent. with a big proportion of prime heavies, but values showed a drop _ of from 1/6 to 2/- a bead on the previous week. Extra prime heavy wethers sold to 28/3; prime heavy, 25/- to . 26/-; prime medium. 23/- to 24/-: light and medium. 19/- to 22/-. The store cattle market attracted a large entry of 347 head, which sold at late rates, the top price being £O/11/- for a nen of good-conditioned four-year-old Shorthorn cross steers. In ti small entry of dairy stock any good young cows close to profit were keenly Competed for and sold to £7/12/6. In t]je pig section 151 fats were ottered, and bacouers, which comprised a small percentage of the yarding, met with good competition, and sold to £3/12/-. Pork” ers were not in demand, and sold at reduced rates. Enhanced values were obtained for a medium entry of store pigs. Suckers sold from 10/- to 16/-. and latge stores to 23/-. Westfield Sale By Telegraph.—Press Association. Auckland, May 9. There were large yaixliugs of all classes at the Westfield fat stock sale to-day. Price levels were largely unchanged, although there was not the same bright tone as at last week’s sale. Cattle were offered in average numbers, with more good quality cows and heifers. Competition was steady, and all classes were firm on late quotations. There are still a large number of poorer sorts on the market, as many as 7a per cent, of the cows being for the boner market. Extra choice ox beef made 21/- per WOlb,; choice and prime, 17/- to 20/-; secondary and plain, 14/-; prime, young cow and heifer beef, 15/- to 19/- ; other cow beef, 10/- to 15/-. Extra heavy prime steers, £B/15/- to £9/7/6; heavy prime, £7/10/to £B/12/6; lighter prime, £6/5/- to £7 7/6; light prime, £5 to £O/2/6; others, £3/10/- to £4/17/6: extra heavy prime eows and heifers. £5 to £5/15/-: heavy prime, £3/15/- to £4/17/6; light prime, £2/15/- to £3/12/6; other killable cows. £l/10/- to £2/12/6. f There was a heavy. .yarding oi calves, with the supply exceeding the demand, and values were about 2/- easier than those at last week's sale. Runners mad® 35/- to 70/-; vealers. 17/- to 55/-. An average yarding of sheep inet with a firm demand, and price levels tended to improve. Good ewes realised prices higher than for some time. Wethers, prime, 23/- to 29/6; unfinished. 18/6 to 24/-: ewes, prime, 16/- to 24/-: unfinished. 11/6 to 19/6. . The lamb pens were well filled and to) good quality sorts competition was again keen. Lambs, prime. 16/- to 28/9: unfinished, 10/- to 16/6. The offering of pigs was slightly below tho average, with the quality hardly as good as at recent sales. Price levels showed a firming tendency, and improved in value. Baconcrs. 43/- to 71/-; porkers, 18/- to 30/- : large store?. 15/- to 22/-. Johnsonville Sale At the Johnsonville sale yesterday, the cattle yarding ineluded good quality bullocks, cows and heifers, and a larger offering than usual of prime vealers. Wright, Stephenson and Co., Ltd., and Abraham and Williams, Ltd., report that prices of heavy bullocks were on a par w'ith last week’s rates, while medium and lighter weights were slightly easier. Cows and heifers showed a decline pit late rates, while vealers met with fl ready sale. . ■ ' Sheep met good .competition, wethers being on a par with late rates, while ewes. i£ anything, were slightly firmer. Lambs, which were yarded in smaller numberß than usual, met a poor demand. Cattle: Prime heavy bullocks. £S, £7 15/-, £7/13/-. £7/10/-, £7/5/-, £7; heavy bullocks. £6/15/-. £6/10/-. £6/6/-. £6 4/-, £6, £5/17/0; prime heavy cows and heifers. 5/3/-, £5. £4/157-. £4/9/-. £4 3/-; r cows* it nd heifers. £3/2/-, £3/1/-• £2/.13A. £2/2/-. £l/17/6: runners. £3 SA, £3/1/-, £2/19/-. £2/16/-, £2/11/-. £2/10/-. £2/9/-. £2/2/-: vealers, £l/15/-. £l/14/-. £l/13/-. £l/9/-. 16/-. Sheen: Prime extra heavy, wethers. 27/4, *JG/R, 26/4; prime heavy wethers,. 24/6, 24/3; nrimc extra heavy ewes. 22/4. 22/3. 22/-: prime heavy ewes. 21/3, 21/-: extra heavy iambs. 27/-. 26/-: lambs. 20/(1: light lambs. 18/Masterton Sale Dominion Special Service. Masterton. May 9. A yarding of' 450 sheep. 56 head of cattle, and 33 pigs was .submitted nt the Masterton sale to-day by the N.Z. Farmers’ Distributing Company. The few fat sheep yarded sold well, as also did store sheep, in fact, slightly in advance of. recent sales. Cattle sold at late rates, and pigs sold at somewhat bettor prices. Prices were Fat sheep: Prime fat wethers, 25/-; lighter sorts, 21/- to 23/6; extra prime heavy ewes, 22/6; good ewes, 17/6 to 1.8/6; fat lambs. 20/- to 22/-: fat b.f.’s, 22/9. Store sheep: Fat and forward wethers. 21/- to 22/3; good shorn wether, lambs. 17/9 to 19/-; woolly wether lambs. 14/9 to 16/-; ewe lambs. 14/- to .15/1; good b.f. lambs. 19/-; store ewes. 8/6 to .10/-, Cattle: Springing eows. £3 to £3/10/-; fat cows, ex dairy. £2 to £2/15/-; forward cows. 22/- to 27/6; potter eows, 10/- to 20/-; wetihor Jersey heifers. 12/Io 19/-: Jersey bulls. £2/11/- to £2/16/-. Pigs: Good wenners, 8/- to 9/-; smaller do., 6/6 to 7/6: light porkers. 20/- to 21/-; good slips. IS/-. Wanganui Sale Prices Dominion Speciai ServiciWanganui, May* 9. At the Wanganui sale. Freeman R. Jackson and Co. offered a moderate entry in all sections. Prices were on a par with recent sales. I Sheep: Prime ewes. 20/6 Io 21/6; lai I ewes. 17/- to 20/-; fat lambs, second I quality, 18/- to 19/-; light wethers, 20/I to 22/-: aged ewes. to S.D, rams. 17/6 ■ to 22/(>; cull ewes. .*,/(> to 9/6: wether i lambs. 15/- io 15/10. i Cattle: ’.’rime run eows. 15/- per 100 lb., £4. £4/12/6: fn.t eows. 12/6.per 100 lit.. £3 to £3/15/-. Second quality, 8/to 11/- per lOOib., £2 to £3; light bullocks, £4 to £5; store eows. £l/5/- to | £l/15/-: boner eows. IGA to 24/-: good I P.A. weaner steers, £2. | Pigs.: Light Iwoiiers. 33/- to 40/-; I heavy porkers, 30/- Io 32/-: porkers, i 26/- to 29/-: lighter. 22/(1 to 25/6; good weaners, 9/6 to 10/-. Vealers. heavy runners. £2/4/- to £3; good vealers. 31 A Io 40/-: vealers y I"' ei-l-e-. . I i/. i , 20/-. I . .... .... . , (Addington Market Report on Page 16 )