LIVE STOCK MARKET

Dominion, Volume 28, Issue 121, 15 February 1935, Page 6

LIVE STOCK MARKET

Eketahuna Prices Eketahuna, February 14. There was a considerable improvement in the demand for sheep nt the weekly Eketahuna sale to-day. She New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co., Ltd., offered a medium entry of sheep to a good attendance of buyers, making a clearance at the following range of prices:—Sheen: Woolly ewe lambs, 16/7 to 11/3; woolly wether lambs, 15/6. 13/1 to 7/5; f.in. ewes, 15/- to 15/10; 1shear Romney rams, Signs, to 4gns. Pigs: Weaners, 7/- to 12/-. Dalgety and Company report keen competition for a yarding of 450 sheep, prices increasing on last week’s rates. Shorn wether lambs, 13/10; small wether lambs, 11/6; small '.ewe lambs, 5/- to 11/-; two-tooth ewes, 16/2; four-tooth four-yea r ewes, 16/6.,

Sheep Easier at Levin

Levin, February, 13. At the sale held by Abraham and Williams, Ltd., yesterday, "there .were average yardings in both quality and strength, although results proved -’somewhat . disappointing.,There was an' easing tendency in the sheep section as regards ewes, while pigs showed a "similar inclination to lower prices. Cattle brought prices on a par witli late rates. The various results of the sale were as follow:— Pigs: Weanei-s, 4/6 to 8/6; porkers, 21/to 32/-; baconers, £2/7/- to £2/11/-. Sheep: Aged ewes, 9/7 to 10/6; store lambs, 10/- to 11/6; fat ewes, 14/9 to 16/3; fat lambs, 18/- to 20/6; fat wethers, 23/- to 23/9; rams, 10/- to 12/6; Southdown do., ligns. to 2gns.; Romney do., lfgns. to 3gns. Cattle: Vealers, 10/to 15/-; store cows, 11/6 to 16/-; bulls, 7/6 to 20/-; fat cows, £2 to £2/7/6.

Taihape Sale

At the Taihape sale the N.Z. Farmers’ Co-op. Distributing Company, Ltd., offered 4250 sheep, 20 cattle, and 30 pigs. Half the yarding comprised breeding ewes and the balance lambs. The .majority of the ewes were secured by Waikato buyers. Competition on good ewes was keen, but inferior lines were not in demand. Lambs sold freely at late rates. A total clearance was made as follows: —-2-tooth ewes, 30/- to 30/6; 6-tooth ewes, to 26/-; 4-year ewes, to 22/2; m.a. ewes, 20/3 ; 5-year ewes, 15/-, 16/2, 16/7, to 18/-; s.m. ewes, 14/5 to 18/5; aged ewes, to 9/3; ewe lambs, 16/6, 16/10 to 18/2; medium ditto, 14/1 to 15/10; best w.f. w. lambs, 14/2 to 14/6; medium lots, to 11/9 ; small lots, 7/5 to 8/-; forward woolly b.f. lambs, to 15/11; forward 2-tooth wethers, 22/6; fat. ewes, to 16/7; weaner pigs, 8/6 to 11/-; dairy heifers, £3. Martinborough Sale Dominion Special Service. Masterton, February 14. Ewes, which formed the bulk of the yarding at Martinborough sale yesterday, were keenly sought after. Several pens of lambs met a good market," selling at very satisfactory rates. Wright, Stephenson’s offered a large yarding, which sold as follows: Four and five-year ewes, 16/- to 21/1; five-year ewes, 18/to 19/1; four-year ewes, 23/7; six-year ewes, 14/- to 157-; cull ewes, 12/6 to 13/8; b.f. lambs, 15/9 to 16/3; small b.f. lambs. 13/- to 14/6; w.f. lambs, 13/3 to 16/-: small w.f. lambs, 8/9 to 11/6.