LIVE STOCK MARKET

Dominion, Volume 29, Issue 221, 15 June 1936, Page 16

LIVE STOCK MARKET

Gisborne Sale Dominion Special Service. Gisborne, June 13. At the Gisborne stock eale fat sheep were unchanged. Ewes, extra, 20/-, good, 17/10 to 18/7; lambs, email, lu/3; prime, good weights, 19/4; second-grade ewes, 13/- to 14/-. , Stores: Au entry of 4000 met a keen eale, the market unexpectedly improving generally after several slack sales. Breeding ewes, sound mouth, 19/8; most four and six-tooth, 21/- to 22/10, wethers, small, 20/-; good size and condition, 21/2, 21/6 to 22/6; hoggets good woolly, 17/4 to 18/-; good shorn 17/2 to 17/6; all ewes, fairly good, 19/-; good, 20/10 to 22/-; Downs, good size and condition, 15/8 to 16/9., Beef: Con’s, unfinished station lots, 90/- to 92/6; good Jerseys, 55/- to 6a/-; vealers to 40/-. Feilding Sale Prices At the Feilding stock sale on Friday Abraham and Williams, Ltd., made the following sales:—Fat sheep: Fat ewes, 16/- IS/- to 19/6; fat, wethers, 24/6, 25/3; fat lambs, 19/-, 19/7, 20/4, 20/8, 21/3, 21/4, 22/4, 26/-. Store sheep: Two-tooth ewes, r.w. S.D 31/1; four mid five-year ewes, r.w. S.D., 2J/4, -9/0, five-year ewes, r.w. S.D., 17/9 ; agert ewes, r.w. S.D., 24/7; wether lambs, 1<,1; ewe lambs, 28/8. Fat cattle: Runners £3 10/-. £4/15/-, £5/2/6; vealers t2 £2/2/6. £2/10/-, £4; P.A. cows, £t»/10/- .1 bullocks, £B/17/6; fat cows £o, £3/2/6, £3/10/-, £3/15/-, £4 £4/10/-, £5, £a/5/-, £6/10/-. Store cattle: Cows, 20/-, 30/-, 36/-, £2, £2/2/6, £2/4/-, £2/9/-. Dairy cattle: Spg. ped. Jensey cows 4Jgns., oi gns., 6gns.; spg. CO "VV/% V 7vio/6 £7/10/-; heifers, r.w.b., £2/o/-, £3/12/6, £4/5/-, £4/14/-, £4/15/-, £5/6/-, £6. Dalgety and Co., Ltd., report sales as under: Fat lambs, 17/5, 17/9, 18/-( 18/3, 18/5, 18/7, 18/9, 18/11, 19/-, l?/2, 20/-, 21/- 23/6;' fat ewes, lt»/-, W-, 16/1, 20/3 21/-, 21/2; fat wethers, 23/-; fouryear’ ewes, r.w. S.D. rams, 24/7; fiveyear ewes, r.w. S.D. rams, 19/4, 21/- to 23/1; four to five-year ewes, r.w. S.D. rams, 25/8; aged ewes, r.w. SD. ram, 13/- 14/- 14/3, 16/6, 17/6; store ewes, 5/ q ’B/3, 8/6; b.f. lambs, 10/10, 12/4, 14%, 15/-, 17/6; w.f. lambs, 15/-, 17/6; woolly lambs, 15/3; m.s. lambs,, 6/4, 11/3, 14/3, 14/9, 15/2; ewe lambs, 24/9. wether lambs, 18/9; two-tooth wethers, 22/3. Dairy cows, r.w.b., £2/5/-, £2 12/6, £3, £4/5/-, £5, £5/5/-, dairy heifers, r.w.b.. £4. £4/2/6, £5/17/6; dairy heifers, in milk, £3; dairy cows, in milk, £2/4/-, £2/7/6; fat cows, dairy sorts, £2/10/-, £2/17/-, £3 17/6; store cows, £l/18/-, £2/6/-. £2/7/-, £2/7/6, £2/8/-, £2/10/-, fill/-, £2/14/-; ylg. Jersey heifers £3; P.A. empty cows, £4/14/-, 4,16/-, fat cows £5/12/6, £6; fat heifers, dairy sorts, £3, £3/2/6, £3/17/-. ' The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co., Ltd., made sales as follow Fat ewes, 15/10, 16/4, 16/9,19/-to 21/-, fat wethers, 24/6. 24/9, 25/-to 20/8; fat lambs, 17/9, 19/8, 20/3, 22/2 to 22/9: breeding ewes, in lamb to S.D. rams, four and five-year, 24/10, 25/11, 26/- 26/a to 26/10; four-year, 26/7, 28/-.; two-tooth, 31/6, 33/-; four and six-tooth, 26/-; fiveyear, 19/-, 22/-, 24/6, 25/- to 25/9, wether lambs, 15/6, 16/6, 17/-, 17/3 to 17/10; b.f. lambs, 15/- to 17/3; ewe lambs, 20/3, 21/6 to 24/-; fattening ewes, 10/- to 13/-. Springing heifers £o 10/-; £4/7/6, £5/3/-, £5/10/- to £6/2/6; springing cows, £3/7/6, £4, _£4/10/- to £5/17/6; cows in milk, £4/15/-; weaner Jersey heifers, 25/-, 39/-, £2/12/-, to £3 1/-; fat dairy cows, £3/2/6, £3/10/-, £3 14/-, £4/10/- to £5; store cows, 27/6. 35/-, £2/10/-, £2/15/- to £2/17/-. The New Zealand Farmers’ Co-op. Dist. Co., Ltd., report the following sales:— Fat sheep: Fat lambs, 17/9, 18/-, 18/4, 18/9, 19/6 to 22/8; fat wethers, prime, 26/6 to 29/6; iplain and unfinished, 24/4 to 25/-; fat ewes, prime and heavy, 21/1 to 22/8; fat ewes, prime, 20/- to 20/11: plain, 17/- to 18/6; two-tooth ewes, r.w. S.D. rams (small), 25/3 to 29/-; five-year ewes?, r.w. S.D. rums, 23/6 to 26/6; aged ewes, r.w. S.D. rams, 18/6 to 20/3; best wether lambs, 17/6 to 19/1; med. wether lambs, 14/7 to 16/3; small ditto,, 8/6 to 11/9; medium ewe lambs. 21/- to 22/-: small ditto, 16/- to 16/6; b.f. lambs, 16/1 to 17/3;' store ewes, 5/- to 12/0. Far cattle: Fat P.A. cows, £5/10/- to £6; far cows ex dairy, £3/10/- to £4/l§/-; potter cows, £2/1/- to £2/19/-; dairy heifers, close to profit. £5/10/- to £6/5/-; backward dairy heifers, £3 to £4/10/-.

Palmerston Pigs and Poultry Palmerston North, June 13. There was a further increase in the demand for all sorts at the Dominion Auctioneering Company’s weekly sale this morning, when a fair yarding of pigs was offered to a good attendance of buyers. Weaners maintained a steady demand, and there was a fair inquiry for slips and stores. Taken all round, prices showed quite a fair rise on those realised last week. The inquiry for pouutry was also very good, all lines being cleared at prices which were practically on a par with those obtained at last week’s sale. Pigs: Weaners, 9/- to 13/-; slips, to 16/-; stores, to 23/-; porkers, 25/-; sows to farrow, 70/- to 75/-; sows and litter, 85/-. Poultry: White hens, 3/6 to 5/-; black hens, 4/- to 6/-; cockerels, 4/6 to 8/-; ducks, 2/8 to 5/-; pullets, 5/- to 9/- (all prices per pair). Turkey hens, 5/- to "iJ- each; turkey gobblers, 6/- to 8/6 each; geese, 2/9 to 4/- each. Prices at Waikanae There were large yardings of both sheep and cattle at the Waikanae sale held last week by Abraham and Williams Ltd. The sheep offered consisted principally of breeding ewes, and a total clearance was made at full late rates. Sheep: Five and six-year ewes r.w. S.D. rams, 21/8; five-year-old ewes, 22/-; two-tooth ewes r.w. S.D. rams, 33/6; two-tooth wethers, 21/9, 22/3, 23/3; fat ewes, £1; store lambs, 16/3, 16/6, 17/1, small lambs, 10/-, 13/-, 15/-. Cattle: Fat cows, £3/2/6, £4, £4/5/-, £5, £5/12/6; P.A. weaner heifers, £4/2/to £4/4/-; P.A. weaner steers, £5; Short-horn-Polled Angus runners, £3/17/- to £4; heifers r.w.b., £3/15/- to £4 ; springing cows, £7 to £7/5/-; springing heifers, £5/10/-, £6, £6/12/6. Values at Mangaweka At the Mangaweka sale last Thursday the N.Z. Farmers’ Co-op. Distributing Co., Ltd., had a yarding of approximately 1200 sheep and 150 head of cattle. There was a good attendance, and everything, with the exception of a few odd dairy cows, practically the whole yarding was disposed of under the hammer. Sheep: Good 2-tooth ewes, 32/1, 33/8 to 35/7; good m.a. ewes, 27/7 to 29/3; small 2-tooth ewes, 21/6; fat wethers. 28/-; 5-year-old ewes, low condition, 21/-; good medium ewe lambs, 21/5 to 24/1 ; good medium wether lambs, 15/7, 16/8, to 17/1. Cattle: Good weaner steers, £4/10/- to £5/1/-; ditto heifers, £3/12/-; fat. heifers, £4/5/- to £4/1.(/-; forward cows, 30/- to £2; dairy cows, £4/5/-, £4/10/- to £5; backward sorts, £2 to £3/10/-; Jersey weaners, 38/-; 2year heifers, £3/10/-. Raetihi Sale At the Raetihi sale last Thursday Freeman R. Jackson and Co., Ltd., offered 600 sheep and 200 head of cattle. lhe latter comprised some well-bred lines of Polled Angus young cattle, and these all met with good competition at prices well up to the autumn sales. The line ot oO weaner P.A. heifers on account of Morikail Station were only their late ana small calves, and realised the very satisfactory price of £3/5/-, while their steers calves of the same quality fetched £4. A couple of pens of P.A.-cross heifers on account of Mr. Fred McNie

brought £4/7/- for the 2j-year-olds and £4 for the 20 months. Sheep: 2,4, and 6-tooth wethers, 23/1; aged cull wethers, 17/1; wether lambs, 16/4 to 17/8; small black-faces, 14/-; aged, in-lamb ewes, 20/-. Cattle: Weaner P.A. heifers, £3 to £3/5/-; small and inferior, 30/-; weaner P.A. steers (small), £4; fat. P.A. cows. £6; light ditto, £5; 500 others, £5/17/-; P.A. cows, r.w.b., £4/4/-; empty cows, £4/0/6; 21-ye.ir I’.A.-cross heifers, £4/7/-; 20-month do., £4; small, £2/15/-; grown bullocks. £5 5/- to £6; 3-ye.ar steers, £5/12/-; bulls and boner cows at lute rates. Poultry Prices Wanganui, June 13. F. C. Atkinson and Co. report the following prices at the Friday mart sale:— Light table fowls, 2/-, 2/3 each; heavy table fowls, 2/6, 3/3 each; cockerels, 2/11, 3/3 each ; pullets, 2/3, 2/9 each; roosters. 2/-, 3/- each ; drakers, 2/4 each ; ducks, 3/- each: Turkeys, 7/6 each; dressed fowls, 2/6 each. There was an entry of about 45 pens. The demand was very keen, prices being considerably in advance of those ruling recently,