LIVE STOCK MARKETS

Dominion, Volume 28, Issue 114, 7 February 1935, Page 5

LIVE STOCK MARKETS

Price Movements at Yesterday’s Sales

No marked change in li ve stock Unices was seen at tlie principal Dominion sales yesterday. Entries were heavier at Addington, but prices generally were maintained. Store lambs were up 1/- to 1/6 on a small entry, and fat lambs advanced 1/6. Butchers’ ewes improved 1/-, but light sorts were easier by that amount. Fat cattle showed a slight improvement. At Auckland good fat cattle ' were better by 1/- per 1001 b., making 25/-. Prime sheep advanced, wethers making up to 28/-, the best price for a long time. Pigs \ were verv firm, prices advancing. At Dunedin tat cattle rose 10/a head. ‘Prime lambs and heavy sheep sold at improved rates. Tlie yai’dinss at Masterton were of poor quality and all prices were down * Store lambs and wethers went back by 2/- to 2/6 a head. Cattle were hard to sell, 'there Was a poor demand at Johnson- . ville owing to tlie dry weather. Prime bullocks made late rates. but cows and heifers were 7/6 to 10/- down. Prime lambs were well competed for. Fat stock at Wanganui made late rates, but store sheep were easier. At Stortford Lodge prices showed little change.

Addington Market By Telegraph—Press association. Christchurch, February 6. Entries were heavier at to-day’s Addington market, but values generally were maintained. Store lambs: A much smaller entij and better sale by 1/- to_l/b a Rape lambs made from 15/- to I'/-’ medium, 10/- to 14/-; cull, </- to J/bStore sheep: An indifferent quality entry and a good clearance. Two-tootli ewes made to 25/9, and four and sixtooths 23/- to 23/6; forward wethers. 19/-. Fat lambs: 3700 penned. All weights of firsts lambs are selling at 7id. ana seconds at 7d. Heavy lambs sold at 1/b advance on last week. Fat sheep: 4400 were penned. Butchers’ ewes were up 1/-, and light e'tes were down by up to 1/-, and wethers were unchanged under a steady export demand. Extra heavy wethers to -8/< . prime, 23/- to 24/6; prime mediumweight, 21/- to 22/6; medium quality. 18/- to 20/6; light to 17/6; extra , '.me ewes to 25/4; prime heavy, 18/-Jo 20/-; medium-weight prime, 15/- to 17/6; ordinary ewes. 12/6 to 14/-: light ewes to 11/6. , , „ Fat cattle: 500 were penned, and a slightly improved sale resulted for best medium-weight steer beef, .with average beef unchanged and inferior cheaper. Best beef made to 25/- per 1001 b.; good. 21/- to 23/-: heavy. 17/- to 18/6; and secondary, 14/- to 16/-. Extra prime heavy steers sold to £lO/12/6;. prune heavy, £B/10/- to £9/10/-; mediumweight prime, £8 to £9; medium quality, £4/15/- to £7; light, £3/10/- to £4/10/-. Extra prime heifers to £7/17/6; prime, £5 to £7; ordinary, £3/5/- to £4/10/G light to £3. Extra prime cows to £7; prime, £5 to £6: ordinary, £2/15/- to £4: light and aged to £2/10/-. . Fat pigs: A heavy entry, but it included a big proportion of unfinished sorts. For prime pigs there was a good demaud, with a little improvement for porkers. Exporters secured 170 head. Choppers. 50/- to £4/13/6; baconers, 43/6 to 48/6; heavy. 52/6 to £3; extra heavy. £3/2/6 to £3/13/6; average price per lb.. 5Jd. to 5Jd. Porkers. 30/- to 34/6; heavy porkers, 36/6 to 42/6; average price per lb., sjd. to 64d. Masterton Sale Dominion Special Service. Masterton, February 0. An all-round decrease in prices was noticed at the weekly Mastertoil sale to- ■

day, when a large yarding was submitted to a good attendance of buyers. Most of the fat sheep offered were of poor quality, a result of the extremely dry weather conditions which have prevailed in the district for r nimiber of weeks, cut. in spite of tills, prices for fats were fairly satisfactory. However, store lambs, of which the. yarding mainly consisted, met with practically 110 demand, values going down on last week's sale bv from to 2/C per head. Wethers also met a dragging market, prices for these animals decreasing by about 2/fi per head on late rates. Cattle were difficult to quit, and even then only returned verv low values. Pigs also decreased in price on rates ruling at late sales. Despite the considerable decreases in prices, all tlie vendors met the market, and the New Zealand Farmers’ Co-opera-tive Distributing Co., Ltd., effected a total clearance at the following range af prices:— Sheep: Fat owes, 15/- to 16/6: fat unfinished ewes, 10/6, 11/9 to 13/1; fat lambs. 18/- to 20/-: light unfinished wethers, 18/9 to 19/8; two-too'tli wethers, 16/5; small two-tooth wethers. 14/1: other wethers, 17/6 to 18/1: b.f. rape lambs, 12/2, 12/5, 12/7. 13/-, 13/6. 15/10, 16/1 to 16/11: w.f.. wether lambs, 10/10 to 12/6: small b.f. lambs. 9/6, 10/3. 11/- to 12/6; five-year ewes, 17/-: two-tooth ewes, IS/2: aged ewes. 8/-. 10/- to 10/6. Pigs: Weaners. 4/-, 4/6, 5/-, 6/- to 6/6. Cattle: Store P.A. and Hereford cows, 14/-: bulls, 16/- to 34/-; Jersey steel, 25/-; fat Jersey cow. 20/-. Sheep submitted bv Dalgety and Co., Ltd., at the Masterton sale were showing the effects of the dry spell, and in most cases prices were easier. A total clearance was effected at the following prices:— Sheen: Shorn f. and f* lambs, 16/-; f. and f. lambs, 16/8; b.f. lambs, 14/8 to 17/2; woolly wether lambs, 9/10; shorn wether lambs, 10/3; smaller lambs, 7/- to 9/4; five-year ewes, 14/3. Firm Sale at Woodville Dominion Special Service. Palmerston North, February 6. At Woodville Abraham and Williams Ltd. offered a particularly heavy yarding of sheep and lambs at the weekly stock . sale. The offering comprised mostly sheep from the coastal area, which met with a particularly good sale. In the ewe sections there were some particularly choice lines of four and five-year ewes, which were cleared under the hammer at prices in favour of the vendors. In the four and five-year class the top price was 22/2 for a line of chiselled-mouth Romney cross ewes. Any lambs carrying good condition were keenly sought after. The greater portion of the lamb offering comprised: white face shorn wether lambs. The range of prices was as follows:—Four and five-year ewes, 22/2, 20/1, 19/9. 17/C, IC/7, 16/C: four, six and four-year ewes, 21/1/20/-, 19/C: twotooth ewes, 25/-, 23/-; two-tooth wethers, ls/3. 18/1, 18/-. 17/9; w.f. shorn wether lambs. 13/C, 13/2. 12/C. 11/-: b.f. lambs, 13/4, 11/C; cull lambs, 9/C, 9/4, 8/7, 7/3.

I Burnside Sale I By Telegraph—Press Association. Dunedin, February 6. n The entry of fat cattle numbered 250 at the Burnside sale, and a large proportion of the yarding comprised medium quality bullocks, with fewer consignments than usual of heavy cattle. Tlie, market opened on a par with last week's lower rates, but later improved for bullocks by 10/- per head. Extra prime heavy bullocks to £ll/7/6; prime heavy, £8 2/6 to £9/17/6; medium quality, £6/17/6 to £7/17/6; light, to £5/17/6; prime heifers. £6/17/6; and prime cows, to 15/-. In the fat sheep section there was al: entry of 1662, there being only a few consignments of heavy wethers, a big propi.it' tion of the yarding being medium quality ewes. All heavy sheep sold firm at full late rates, but medium quality sorts were inclined to ease. All classes suitable for export made full schedule rates. Extra prime heavy wethers, to 28/-; prime heavy, 24/6 to 25/6; medium quality, 23/- to 24/3; light, down to 20/-; extra prime heavy young ewes, 23/3; extra primj heavy ewes, 19/- to 21/-; prime heavy. 17/- to 18/G; medium quality, 14/6 to 16/-; light, down to 12/-. The yarding of fat lambs numbered 1169, and quality was indifferent, showing the effect of the dry weather. All prime lambs were keenly competed for, and sold at advanced rates.’ Light and unfinished sorts diJ not attract much competition. Extra prime heavy lambs made to 27/9: prime heavy, 22/6 to 24/C; medium quality. 20/6 to 21/9; light, down to 17/-. In the fat pig section there was an over-supply entry of 193, and lower prices ruled for both baconers and porkers, the drop being 5/- to 7/- per head. The store pig entry was a small one of only b 4. and prices were unchanged. The store cattle entry of 304 met witli a poor demand, with prices considerably easier. In the dairy section there was only a small entry, and for young cows close to profit good competition, values ranging from £4 to £5/10/-. Marton Sale At the Marton sale on Tuesday, the New Zealand Farmers’ Co-operative Distributing Company Limited had a yarding of 3150 sheep. 20 cattle and 50 pigs. The yarding included a fair proportion ot breeding ewes, hut the hulk of the entry, was comprised of lambs. The continued dry weather restricted buying limits to a certain extent, and prices were a shade easier compared witli those of a fortnight ago. However, witli the exception of two pens there was a total clearance. Prices were: Best woolly b.f. lambs, 14/2 to 15/-; forward shorn b.f. lambs. 14/8; medium w.f.w. lambs, 10/7 to 11/9; medium b.f. ditto. 21/1; small woolly in.s. lambs, 9/7 to 10/5: cull lambs. 5/1 to 6/10: fat lambs, 18/6; forward wethers, 15/6 to 16/9; 6-tooth ewes, medium condition. 21/4: m.a. ewes, 13/-; low-condi-tioned ewes, 8/6 to 8/9; best weaner pigs, 7/- to 10/-; smaller sorts, 4/6 to 6/6. There was practically no demand for cattle of any description. Johnsonville Sale A full yarding of cattle and an average one of sheep were forward nt the Johnsonville stock sale held yesterday by Wright, Stephenson and Co.. Ltd., and Abraham and Williams, Ltd. Owing to the continued hot weather the demand for all classes of stock was poor. Prime bullocks sold on a par with last week's rates, whils cowt and heifers were easier front 7/6 to 10/per head. Vealers met with a fair demand. Wethers, which were yarded in small numbers, were not of the best quality and met with poor competition. An odd pen of prime sheep sold well. Ewes of good auality met with a fair demand at late rates, while there was good competition for prime lambs, poor stock not being sought after. Cattle.—Prime extra heavy bullocks, £O/5/-, £9/1/-. £O, £B/15/-; prime heavy bullocks, . £B/10/-. £B/7/6. £B/o/-, £B, £7/15/-; heavy bullocks, £7/BA, £7/5/-; prime heavy cows and heifers. £5, £4/15/-, £4/10/-, £4/5/-: cows and heifers. £3/10/-, £3, £2/12/-, £2: runners, £3/4/-, £3; vealers, £2/6/-, £2/5/-, £2/3/-, £l/16/-, £l/2/-, 16/-.' Sheep.—Prime extra heavy wethers, 26/-,

25/8; prime heavy wethers. 23/7, 22/3; prime extra heavy ewes, 19/1, IS/-; prime heavy ewes, 17/3. 17/-. 16/-: medium ewes, 15/-; heavy lambs. 23/7 , 23/5, 22/6, 21/-; medium lambs. 19/6. 19/-, 18/9, 18/7, 17/9; light lamlis, 16/3, 15/-.

Westfield Values By Telegraph. — Press Association. Auckland, February (». There was again an average yarding of cattle at the Westfield sale, about 800 being penned. Tlie shortage of prime ox was again marked, tlie offering being made up largely of cow beef. Competition was keener, and values for light an' 1 , medium weight cattle improved by 1/per 1001 b., while young cows and heifers also sold freely nt late rates, but older sorts were still not injlemand. Extra choice ox beef made 25/- a 1001 b.: choice and prime, 21/- to 24/-; secondary and plain, 17/- to 20/-; prime young cow and heifer beef. 20/- to 24/-; other cow beef, 10/- to 19/-. Extra heavy prime steers made £9/10/- to £lO/5/r; heavy prime, £S/10/- to £9/7/6; lighter prime. £7/12/6 to £B/7/6; light prime, £6/2/6 to £7/10/-; small and unfinished. £4 to £6; extra heavy prime young , cows and heifers. £6 to £7; heavy prime, £4 15/- to £5/10/-: lighter prime, £3 to £3 .15/-; other killable cows, £l/7/6 to £2 5/-. Calves were penned in average numbers, genuine heavy runners being in short supply. 'The demand at the start was good, and last week’s values were easily maintained, but there was again a weaker tone toward the end of the sale. Runners. 30/- to 83/-: vealers. 20/- to 61/-. Sheep were in shorter supply, and the demand was decidedly brisk. All prime sheep improved on last week’s quotations, the top price of 28/- for wethers being the best for a considerable period. Competition for ewes was also keen, and higher prices were offered. The offering of lambs was about an average one, and export buyers were active, the entry selling under a ready demand. All good lambs realised recent prices. Wethers, prime, 21/- to 28/-; unfinished, 15/6 to 20/9; maiden ewes,- 21/- to 23/6; prime ewes, 14/- to 20/-; unfinished. 3/- to 13/6; lambs, prime, 16/- to 24/6; unfinished, 9/6 to 15/9. Fat pigs were yarded in good numbers with a plentiful supply of extra heavy baconers. The demand for these was very keen, and £4 was realised for the first ’ time since November. Lighter baconers also improved, while porkers were very firm at late rates. Few good stores were offered, and the market for these remain unchanged. Baconers, 55/to 80/-; porkers, 35/- to 49/-; large stores, 18/- to 23/-; prices per lb., baconers and porkers 51d. to 5Jd. Stortford Lodge Values By Telegraph—Press Association. Itastings, February 6. Fat cattle values were steady at late rates on all except light and inferior lines of cow beef, which eased at to-day’s sale at Stortford Lodge. The quality of entry was very mixed, and competition was not so readily' forthcoming on unattractive lines. The buying was chiefly local, with export operators taking an interest on suitable bullocks. The entry totalled 470. Tlie entry of 200 store cattle sold at satisfactory prices. The store sheep entry totalled 7000, a decline on recent sales. With steady competition prices for breeding ewes and wellconditioned lines of wethers and lambs were s’teady, with poorer lines somewhat easier, wethers declining about 1/- a head and lambs being variable, ranging from 6d. to 1/- down. The 600 fat sheep met a keen sale from local butchers and export operators witli prime butchers' lines showing an improvement and freezing sorts unchanged at export parity. Bullocks: Medium prime to £B/5/-; others from £5/15/-; cows, medium prime to £4; others from £2/2/6; heifers, medium prime to £4/10/-; others from £2/6/-. Store sheep-: Two and four-tooth ewes to 21/2; five-year, ewes to 14/9; aged to 12/-; forward wethers to 20/10; store wethers to 17/10: forward lambs to 15/-; store lambs to 12/9; fat sheep, ewes, medium to prime.

16/3 to 19/-; others from 13/6; wethers, medium to prime, 22/2 to 23/7; others from 18/6; iambs to 22/6. Wanganui Values , Dominion Special Service. Wanganui, February 6. At Wanganui Freeman R. Jackson and Co.. Ltd., offered slightly over 5000 sheep, prices being down slightly on last week, due no doubt to the continued dry weather. Only sheep or lambs carrying good condition sold at all freely, backward and poorer conditioned sheep being dull of sale. However, vendors were prepared to meet present conditions, and although passings were fairly heavy early in the sale at. the end of the day’s business little remained unsold. Pigs, fat sheep and fat cattle sold at late rates. Sheep: Fat lambs, 17/- to 23/6; fat wethers, 23/- to 26/-; fat ewes, 16/- to 18/5; four-year ewes to 20/-; five-year ewes, 15/- to 17/3; four and five-year ewes. 13/6 to 14/-; cull ewes. 6/- to 10/6: b.f. shorn lambs, 15/5 to IS/-: medium ditto, 10/6 to 13/9: medium woolly b.f. lambs, 12/- to 13/10; shorn wether lambs, dry appearance 10/6 and 12/-: woolly wether lambs, 9/6 to 13/6: cull lambs. 8/- to 9/6; medium owe lambs, 11/9 to 13/6: aged wethers, 16/3. Cattle: No well-bred fat cattle were offered. Prime ex dairy cows. £2/10/- to £3/2/6; fat cows. £l/16/- to £2/5/-; light bullocks, unfinished. £5/6/-; store cows, 10/- to 22/6; 15-months dairy heifers, 24/to 27/-. Pigs: Baconers, £2/2/- to £3/1/-; heavy porkers. 32/- to 37/6; porkers, 26/tn 30/-: forward stores. 16/- to 21/-; stores, 8/- to 14/-: good slips, 9/- to 12/-; weaners, 5/- to 9/6. Vealers, good runners, £2/1/-; good vealers, 28/- to 35/-: good calves. 17/- to 24/-; others, 12/- to 18/-.