LIVE STOCK MARKETS

Dominion, Volume 28, Issue 255, 25 July 1935, Page 14

LIVE STOCK MARKETS

Price Movements at Yesterday’s Sales

There was a sharp advance in the price of beef at Addington vosterday a. short entry of fat cattle sending values up 2/6 per JOOIh. Good beef made from 27/6 to 29/6 per 1001 b., extra prime heavy steers selling to £l5/12/6 and prime heavy at £ll to £l2/10/-. Fat wethers sold at unchanged rates, but heavy ewes were a shade easier. Prime wethers made 25/- to 32/- and best ewes 20/- to 29/7. Very short yardings at Auckland owing to the floods caused a sharp advance in prices. Cattle improved by from 10/- to 20/a head, extra choice ox beef being quoted at 26/- per 1001 b., the highest price this year. Calves also sold at advanced rates, 85/being paid iu two cases for heavy vealers. Best ewes were about 1/- a head dearer, prime wethers being unchanged. Store pigs met strong competition and sold at higher prices. At Stortford Lodge, Hastings, breeding ewes were easier, but all other classes of stock were firm. Prices at Johnsonville and Wanganui showed little change. Cattle sold at improved prices at Dunedin, prime heavy bullocks advancing 15/- to 20/- and medium sorts 10/- a head. Prime heavy ewes sold well, prices firming 1/- to 1/0 a head.

Addington Prices

By Telegraph.—Press Association.

Christchurch, July 24.

A short entry of fat cattle at Addington market to-day was reflected in a shai-j> advance in the price of .beef, equivalent to 2/6 per 100.5. Mutton values were maintained, and there was a strong demand for all classes of store sheep. Store sheep: Forward wethers sold to 24/1, and the first line of the season of ewes and lambs all counted at 13/8. Pat sheep: 4100 were penned. Wethers maintained their prices, but big ewes were a shade easier. Show wethers made to 40/-; prime, 25/- to 32/-; ordinary, 21/- to 24/-. Best ewes, 25/- to 29/7; medium to good, 22/- to 24/6; others, 14/- to 21/-. j t Fat cattle: 360 head were penned. It was a keen sale with an advance of up to 25/- a head for good steers. Good beef made from 27/6 to 29/6; extra, to 31/-; medium, 24/-to 26/6; and ordinary, 21/to 23/6 per 1001 b. Extra prime heavy steers sold to £l5/12/6; prime heavy, £ll to £l2/15/-; prime medium weight, £9 5/- to £ll/10/-; ordinary, £6/5/- to £8 10/-. Extra prime heifers to £ll/2/6; prime heavy, £6/5/-to £B/1.0/-; medium, £4/15/- to £5/15/-. Extra prime cows to £lO/7/6; prime, £5/10/- to £7/10/-; ordinary, £4/5/- to £5/5/-. Fat pigs: There was an average demand, porkers being slightly easier. Baconers made 42/- to £3/18/-; average price per I’b., sjd. to old.; porkers. 23/to £2/7/6; average price per lib., sjd. to 51d. Johnsonville Sale An average yarding of cattle and a heavy one of sheep were forward at the Johnsonville stock sale held yesterday by Wright, Stephenson and Co., Ltd.. and Abraham and Williams, Ltd. The cattle comprised a few pens of extra heavy bullocks, also a few pens of very light cattle and the balance being good average butchers’ cattle. The offering met with spirited competition at prices on a par with last week. With the exception of one pen, the cows were of very ordinary quality, but sold readily at. late rates. Some exceptionally good quality wethers were penned and realised satisfactory figures. No extra heavy ewes were offered, but the whole yard of good average quality sheep were disposed of at prices on a par with last week. Cattle: Prime extra heavy bullocks, £lO/10/- (single), £lO/5/- (single), £lO/2/6 (single), £lO (single), £9/17/6; prime heavy bullocks, £9/2/6, £9, £B/17/6, £B/12/6, £B/10/-; heavy bullocks, £B, £7/15/-, £7/12/6; light and unfinished bullocks, £7, £6/17/6, £6, £5/15/-; extra prime heavy cows and heifers, £7/12/6 (s), £7 (s) £6/15/-, £6 ; prime heavy cows and heifers. £o/i±/u, £5/5/-, £5/2/6, £5, £4/15/-; cows and heifers. £3/5/-. £2/16/-. £2/5/- £2/2/6; runners, £3/12/-, £3/10/-, £3/6/-, £3, £2/16/-, £2/14/-, £2/13/-; vealers, 38/-, 34/-, 21/-. Sheep: Prime extra heavy wethers, 27/3, 27/-; prime heavy wethers, 24/9. 24/6, 24/-, 23/9; medium wethers, 23/-; prime heavy ewes. 19/-, 18/6, 18/-, 17/7; medium ewes, 17/-, 16/6, 16/-; heavy hoggets, 20/6. 20/-, 19/-, 18/6; light hoggets, 17/6. 17/-, 16/3.

Masterton Sale

Dominion Special Service.

Masterton, July 24. Prices for fat sheep were on a par with recent sales at the weekly Masterton eale to-day, while ewes in lamb were easier than of late, when the quality of the offerings was taken into consideration. Dairy cows and heifers showed a distinct improvement. The New Zealand Farmers’ Co-operative Distributing Co Ltd., submitted a yarding of 685 sheep. 65 head dairy cattle and 15 pigs to a small attendance of buyers, realising the following prices:— Sheep: Fat wethers. 22/6 to 24/-; fat maiden ewes, 18/-. 21./- to 22/-; fat ewe?. 14/-. 15/- to 15/7: light ewes, 12/7 to 13/6: fat hoggets, 16/S. 18/- to £1; 5-vear Lincoln, r.w. Southdown ram, 26/-: m.a. ewes. r.w. Southdown ram. 26/to 27/6: 4-tooth ewes, r.w. Southdown ram, 23/6; aged ewes, r.w. Southdown ram. 13/6, 14/- to 15/-: b.f. hoggets, 14/6 tl> Cattle: Springing heifer.*. £2/10/-. £3, £3/10/- to £4: heifers in milk, £3: springing .Tersev cows. £2/15/-. £3, £3/1.0/-, £4 to £5/10?-: empty Jersey heifers. £l/5/to £l/10/-: weaner Jersey heifers, £l/12/-: Potter cows, 10/-, 18/- to £l. Pigs: Slips. 15/-, 16/- to 18/-: 3montli.s Berkshire bontw. £2/2/-. Messrs. Wright Stephenson and < o„ Ltd., had a fair yarding of sheep at the above Mile, effecting a clearance at the following range of prices Sheep ; Ewe homrets, 20/- to 22/7; wether hoggets to 18/10; woolly wether hoggets, to 19/-; ewes, r.w. Southdown ram. to 14/-; b.f. hoggets, to 15/6.

Burnside Sale By Telegraph.—-Press Association

Dunedin, July 24

There was an improved market in the beef section at Burnside to-day. The entry numbered 232 head, and comprised medium quality bullocks with odd consignments of prime heavy cattle and the usual proportion of cows and heifers,

several peuuings of the latter being of exceptional quality. The sale opened with prices firm, but the market quickly improved, prime heavy bullocks selling from 15/- to 20/- above last week’s prices. Medium bullocks appreciated about 10/- a head, cows and heifers selling firm on late rates. A very small entry of 60 bead was offered in the store cattle section. The offering included odd pens of steers which met a keen demand, while vealers, on account of a short supply, found ready buyers. There was no appreciable change in prices. „ , . In a small entry of 19 dairy cows, of mixed quality, any young cows close to profit were in demand, top price being £7/5/-. In the sheep section there was a medium entry of 1481, mostly ewes, with a few consignments of withers and a sprinkling of hoggets. Despite the short supply of wethers there was no appreciable change in prices, but prime heavy ewes showed an increase of from 1/- to 1/6 a head. Medium quality ewes were a shade firmer, but light unfinished sorts were not in demand. Hoggets sold firm at late rates. There was a large entry of 179 fat pigs of mixed quality, with only a small percentage of really prime sorts. Good baconers were in demand, and lighter grades were readily sold at firm prices. Store pigs numbered 61, and met an improved market, good stores selling at from 14/to 18/-. Pahiatua Prices Dominion Special Service. Pahiatua, July 24. The demand for the better class of cows was keen at tihe weekly Pahiatua sale yesterday, while ordinary sorts were only in limited demand. The New Zealand Loan and' Mercantile Agency Co.. Ltd., offered a full yarding of dairy cattle to a large attendance of buyers, making the following realisations: —Springing grade Jersey cows, £6 to £8; springing heifers, £3/5/-, £3/17/6 to £4/10/-; weaner heifers, 35/-; springing cows, £3; empty cows, 22/- to 26/-; a pen of b.f. hoggets made 17/-. Messrs. Dalgety and Co., Ltd., submitted a fair yarding of sheep and dairy cattle at the above sale, effecting a clearance at the following range of prices:— Sheep: Wethers, to 21/4; ewes, r.w. Southdown rams, to 20/3; ewe land’s, 10/10 to 20/3; wethers, 8/4 to 15/10. Cattle: Dairy cows, £2 to £5/15/-; springing heifers, £l/15/- to £3/2/6; heifers, £l/10/- to £2/7/6; heifer calves, to 8/-. Values at Wanganui Dominion Special Service. Wanganui, July 24. At the Wanganui sale Freeman R, Jackson and Co. had a good entry in all sections, with a heavy yarding in the dairy section. Prices generally were fully firm on last week over all sections except the dairy cattle. Heavy rain affected the attendance, and sales were very hard to make. Although the winter has been a mild one, feed is short, and most dairy-farmers are fully occupied at present, and not having any abundance of grass will not by all appearances be wanting any replacements in their herds until there are signs of some appreciable growth of their pastures. All fats, both sheep and cattle, were fully firm at late rates. A light entry of porkers sold well, and all store pigs sold keenly at last week’s rates.

Sheep: Prime ewes, 16/- to 16/7; fat, 14/6 to 15/9; fat wethers, 21/- to 22/-; fat hoggets, extra good, to 26/-; fat, 18/to 21/6; f. and f. ewes, mated Downs, 16/3 to 17/3; ewe hoggets, 24/4; wether hoggets, 16/4; small wethers, 16/2; fattening ewes, 9/-. Cattle: Fat run-bred cows, £4/10/- to £5/7/6; fat ex dairy cows. £3/10/- to £4/2/6; light cows, £l/15/- to £3/5/-: ’store Polled Angus cows, £2/10/- to £3; empty young Holstein cows, £2/14/to £2/15/-; boner cows, 14/- to 25/-; bulls, £l/15/- to £3; young dairy cows, close up, £3/5/- to £4; backward, £1 15/- to £2/10/-; Jersey heifers, close up, £2/10/- to £4; backward, £l/15/- to £2 5/-. Pigs: Porkers, light weights. 23/- to 28/6; sows, to farrow, to £4/5/-; good slips, 19/- to 22/-; slips, 14/- to 18/6; weaners, 14/- to 16/-; small, 11/- to 12/-; poor stores, 10/- to 15/-;'fair stores, 18/- to 22/-. _ Vealers: Fair vealers, £l/10/- to £2 5/-; vealers, £l/2/- to £l/12/6; poor runners, £l/10/- to £l/10/-.

Westfield Prices Higher By Telegraph.—Press Association

Auckland. July 24. The abnormally wet weather of the previous three days and the floods in North Auckland 'were responsible for very short yardings of cattle and calves at the Westfield sale to-day. Actually no stock arrived from the north, in consequence the demand was very brisk, and a sharp advance in price levels resulted. Cqttle were yarded to tbe number oi only about 450, the bulk coming from the near Waikato district and local graziers. The quality was good and competition ruled very strong, all classes improving by from 10/- to £1 a head, and up to 2/- per 1001 b. Extra choice ox beef was quoted in all three markets at 26/- per 1001 b., the highest price this year. Values for cows and heifers also advanced a corresponding amount. Extra choice ox beef, 26/a 1001 b.; choice and prime, 22/- to 25/-; secondary and plain. 18/- to 21/-; prime young cow and beifer beef, 21/- to 25/-; other cow beef, 13/- to 20/-. Extra heavy prime steers, £lO to £ll/2/6; heavv prime, £9/5/- to £10; lighter prime. £B/5/- to £9/2/6; light prime, £7 to £B/2/6; small and unfinished, £4 to £6 17/6 Extra heavy prime young cows and heifers. £7 to £9; heavy' prime, £5 5/- to £6/17/6: lighter prime. £4 to £5 2/6’ other killable cows. £2/10/- to £3 17/6. , , , , The supply of calves was iar below iequirements. and the greater part of the offering consisted of ‘‘bobby” and less than one month old calves. The few heavy vealers in the market were keenly competed for, and the exceptional figure of 85/- was obtained in two cases for genuine heavy vealers. Bobby calves sold for as much as 8/-, and those suitable for the butchers’ trade reached 30/-. Runners made 45/- to 97/6; vcnlers, 26/- to 85/-; and bobby calves, 2/t 8/" ° Sheep were yarded in fair numbers. Competition was good for prime wethers and ewes. All prime wethers were lisposed of at prices fully up to those of a week ago, while there was an improve-

ment in ewes by as much as 1/- a head. The only weak sign in the market was in the case of unfinished wethers, which were inclined to be a shade easier, M others. prime. 23/- to 28/6; unfinished, la/to 22/9 Ewes, prime, 16/6 to 21/3; unfinished, 8/- to 16/3. Lambs, prime, 16/- to 25/-; unfinished, 10/6 to la/9. An average yarding of pigs f° r P le time of year included a good proportion of urime baconers. Early in the sale both'porkers and baconers realised last week’s values, but later price leveis receded by fully 2/- in the ease of porkers, buyers having filled their requirements. Store pigs were again the subject of strong competition, and prices made a further advance. The price per lb for porkers eased a fraction to from 5Jd. to 5Jd., while baconers "remained at fren 5d to s{d. Baconers made 48/- to 73/-; porkers, 29/- to 47/-; large stores, 23/- to 29/-; and. weaners, 7/- to 18/-.

Stortford Lodge Values By Telegraph.—Press Association. Hastings, July 24. Steady selling was the keynote oT the sale in the fat cattle section at to-day s sale at Stortford Lodge, when a smaller entry of improved quality was offered. Bullocks sold firmly throughout at late rates, while cows and hefiers made improved prices at the commencement, coming back to parity values in the closing stages. The sale was very satisfactory, peak prices being reached for some lines. Store cattle were few and sold at unchanged rates. Fat sheep were in shorter supply and of better quality generally. Values in consequence rose, ewes appreciating 1/- to 1/6 on butchers’ sorts. Wethers and lambs were firm at late rates. Store sheep -were penned in greater numbers with the quality rather mixed. Breeding ewes were variable, with lower prices obtaining. Hoggets .sold well at slightly improved rates, while wethers were steady. Fat cattle: Bullocks, medium to prime heavy, £B/12/6 to £lO/18/-; others, from £6/13/-; cows, medium to prime, heavy, £5/5?- to £6/5/-; others, from_£4; heifers. medium to prime heavy. £5/10/- to £7/15/-; others, from £3/15/-. Fat sheep: Ewes, medium to prime. 15/6 to 22/-; others, from 13/6; wethers, to 23/-J lambs, to 22/-. Store sheep: Ewes, two-tooth, to 25/-; four- and fiveyear. to 24/-: wether hoggets, to 19/4; wethers, to 20/-.

Levin Sale Levin, July 24. At the stock sale held by Abraham and Williams, .Ltd., at the Levin saleyards, there were large yardings in all sections, and an excellent sale resulted. There was brisk bidding, and a total clearance was effected at full late rates. Prices were as follow :—

Pigs: Weaners, small 5/-. medium 11/6 to 12/6; slips, 15/- to 19/6; medium stores. 20/6 to 24/-; larger do., 25/- to 29/-: light porkers, 27/- to 30/-: medium do, 34/- to 37/6: heavy do.. 3S/- to £2 S/-; choppers, 34/-; sow to farrow, £2 5/-. Sheep: Extra prime b.f. wether.*. 25/-; do. hoggets. 24/6 to 25/9: fat lambs, 18/to 19?-; fat ewes, 16/6 to 17/3; ewe hoggets. 22/8; wether hoggets. 17/-. 17/6; store 2-tooth wethers. 19/S to 21/-. Cattle: Fat cows. £2/10/- to £3/10/-: heavier do., £4 to £5/4/-; vealers, 28/to £2/17/-; yearling heifers, 20/- to 30/-; store cows. 12/6 to 27/6. Daiiw stock: Springing dairy cows, £2/15/- to £3/15/-; high g_rade springing Jersey heifers, close to profit. £5 to £7: calving do., £3/10/- to £4/1/-.