LIVE STOCK MARKET

Dominion, Volume 29, Issue 100, 22 January 1936, Page 6

LIVE STOCK MARKET

Johnsonville Sale -Average yardiugs were forward at the Johnsonville stock sale, held yesterday by Wright, .Stephenson and Co., Ltd., and Abraham and Williams, Ltd. The cattle yarding comprised good quality heavyweight bullocks, and prime quality cows. Bullocks met with a good demand at prices firm on last week’s rates, while cows sold on a par. A small offering of vealers of inferior qualify met with a keen demand. Wethers which were of good quality met with a dragging sale with little demand. Ewes, which came forward in usual numbers sold at prices from 1/to 1/6 per head decline on last week’s rates. Lambs met with a ready sale at late rates.

Cattle: Prime extra heavy bullocks, £ll 15/-, £ll/12/-, £ll/7/-, £ll/2/-; prime heavy bullocks, £lO/15/-, £lO/11/-, £lO 5/-; extra prime heavy cows and heifers, £B/5/- single, £B/2/6 single, £7/15/-, £7 9/-; prime heavy cows and heifers, £6 15/-. £6/12/6, £6/5/-; cows and heifers, £5/2/-, £4/3/-, £3/15/-; vealers, £2/17/-, £2/7/-. £2, £l/18/-, £l/12/-, £l/5/-. Sheep: Prime extra heavy wethers, 25/6, 24/9; prime heavy wethers, 23/3, 23/1; medium wethers, 20/10, 20/6; prime extra heavy ewes, 16/8. 16/6, 16/-; prime heavy ewes, 15/10, 15/6; heavy lambs, 22/4, 21/3. 21/6, 21/-, 20/6; medium lambs. 19/6, 19/3, 18/9; light lambs, 17/6, 17/-.

Waipukurau Sale Waipukurau, January 21. At the Waipukurau sale there was a fairly large yarding of store sheep, a small entry in the fat section, and also small fat ami store cattle entries. Prices generally were akin to recent values. Prime wether lambs sold to 22/-; do. wethers, 24/- for line of fifty; 74 medium two-tooth wethers, 20/-; 61 Southdown cross f. and f. rape lambs, 20/-; 273 forward do., 19/7. Five prime Hereford bullocks. £9/7/6; eight P.A. ditto. £9/14/-; 71 prime fouryea r P.A. bullocks. £9/12/-; 9 do. cows. £6/13/6; three medium do. heifers, £6 12/-; five yearling Jersey heifers, 28/-. Masterton Values Masterlon, January 21. Competition was keen at. the weekly Masterton sale to-day, but b.f. rape lambs were slightly easier than last week. The New Zealand Farmers’ Co-operative Distributing Co., Ltd., submitted a good yarding of sheep, cattle and pigs, effecting a clearance at the following range of prices:— Sheep:. Fat wethers. 23/9; fat ewes, 13/10, 15/- to 16/6; fat lambs, 17/-. £l. to 21/-; good b.f. lambs, 18/6, 19/- to 19/10; medium b.f. lambs, 12/3, 13/6 to 15/8; small b.f. lambs, 10/6 to 11/-; good woolly w.f. wether lambs, 14/4, 14/10 to 18/6; woolly w.f. wether lambs, 11/3 to 12/6: good shorn w.f. wether lambs. 14/4. 14/10, 15/4 to 16/6; medium w.f. wether lambs. 13/2 to 13/6; 2-tootb ewes. 25/to 25/6; 4 and 6-tooth ewes, 26/-; 4-year ewes. 24/-; store ewes, 11/6. Cattle: Fat heifers. £7/2/6; fat cows, ex dairy, £3/2/6 to £5/12/6; fat heifers, ox dairy. £2/15/- to £3/15/-; cows with calves. £3/5/-; store cows. £2/10/-; springing heifers, £3/15/- to £4. Pigs: Small weaners, 13/6; good weauers, 19/6; ‘slips, £1 to 25/-. Norsewood Sale At the Norsewood sale the Hawke’s Bay Farmers’ Co-op. Assn., Ltd., offered a big yarding of both sheep and cattle, the sheep entry comprising mostly lambs, which sold at prices in advance of any previous sales held in the district this season. Prices were: —70 shorn lambs, 18/2; 54 b.f. lambs, 18/9; 80 b.f. lambs, 18/-; 104 shorn wether lambs, 17/-; 117 do., .17/8; 107 do., 17/3; 134 do.. 17/3; 25 do., 17/2; 35 ewe lainlxs, 17/1; 33 medium b.f. lambs, 16/5; 29 medium shorn wether lambs, .15/5; 19 ditto. 14/-; 29 ditto, 13/7; 38 ditto. 14/7; 31 ditto. 14/10; 25 ditto, 14/-; 31 ditto. 13/5; 41 ditto, 12/-; 15 ditto, 12/9; 23 ditto, 10/9. Fat cows, £3/3/- to £3/10/-; bulls,'£3/5/- to £7/2/-; Jersey heifers, r.w.b., £2/10/-. Weaner pigs. 11/- to 14/-. _ Williams and Kettle, Ltd., made sales

as under: —Forward b.f. lambs, 19/6: medium b.f. lambs, 15/- to 17/4; medium wether lambs. 14/5; store ewes 10/-J s.m. ewes. 17/9. Jersey fat cows, £3/3/to £4/1/-: store cows. 31/- to r2/</-: potter bulls. £2/10/- to £3/7/-; springing cows, £3/12/6. Good weaner pigs. £l/0/o to £l/2/-; weaner pigs, 12/- to 15/6.

The Waipukurau Agricultural and Pastoral Association has decided not to interfere with the arrangements for the annual show to-morrow.