LIVE STOCK MARKET

Dominion, Volume 29, Issue 305, 21 September 1936, Page 3

LIVE STOCK MARKET

Gisborne Cattle Fair Dominion Special Service. Gisborne, September 19. At the Gisborne cattle fair, on the second day, the female entry totalled 2700 good-conditioned sorts. Outside buyers were again active, securing a good proportion of the entry. Competition was very lively at high values. Empty cows, light, £4 to £4/5/-; ordinary store condition, £4 to £5, good £5/10/- upward, extra £6/6/-; grown heifers, attractive entry, £6 to £7/10/-; two-year heifers, generally £5 to £6/1/-, extra £7/2/-; cows with calves, £6 to £6 10/-; yearling heifers, £4 to £5/3/-; empty Jersey cows, medium, £2/2/-; breeding cows, medium, £5, good. £6/1/to £6/7/-. The total entry for the two days was 6050. Feilding Sale Prices At the Feilding stock sale on Friday, the New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Co., Ltd., made the following sales: —Fat ewes, 27/-, 30/-, 31/10, to 34/-; fat hoggets, 21/6, 23/-. 24/1, 24/9, 25/- to 26/9; fat wethers, 33/- to 35/6; ewe hoggets, 29/6, 31/-, 32/6, 34/-, to 36/-; wether hoggets, 21/3, 22/6, 22/9, 23/-, to 24/7; b.f. hoggets, 19/11, 20/6 to 23/1. Store cows, 37/6, £2, £2/5/-, to £3. Fat dairy cows, £3/7/6, £3/15/-, £4, £4/10/-, to £6; fat dairy heifers, £4, £4/15/-, £5/7/6 to £5/15/-; fat bullocks, £9/7/6, £9/10/-, to £10; springing heifers, £3/10/-, £4, £4 10/-, £5/10/- £5/15/-, £6/2/6, £6/7/6, to ; springing cows, £3, £3/7/6, £3 10/-, £4/5/-, £4/15/-, to £5/17/6; cows in miik, £3, £3/15/-, £4/5/-, to £6. Abraham and Williams, Ltd., report sales as under: —Fat sheep: Fat ewes, 15/9, 17/-, 19/-, 20/2, 24/6, 26/-, 28/-, 28/6, 29/-, 30/6, 31/6, 31/9, 34/9; fat hoggets, 24/6, 25/-, 25/2. Store sheep: Ewe hoggets, 31/9, 32/11, 33/-, 34/6; b.f. hoggets, 16/3, 20/7; wether hoggets, 21/2, 22/-, 22/1, 25/1.; ewes and lambs, 14/6. Fat cattle: P.A. heifers, £7/2/6; P.A. cows, £B/7/6; R.P. cows, £9; shorthorn heifers, £7/12/6, £8; vealers, 31/-, £3/16/-; fat heifers, £4/10/-, £4 15/-, £4/17/6, £5; fat cows, £3/12/6, £4 2/6, £4/15/-, £5/5/-, £5/15/-, £6, £7, £7/10/-, £9, £9/12/6. Store cattle: Cows, 28/-, 30/-, £2/5/-, £2/7/6, £2/8/6, £3/7/6, £3/13/6, £3/15/-, £4/7/6; yearling Jersey heifers, £2/10/-, £2/12/6, £3 15/-, £4/7/6, £4/12/6; R.P. steers, £8 6/-. Dairy cattle: Springing heifers, £3 5/-, £3/17/6, £4, £4/10/-, £4/15/-, £5, £5/5/-, £5/7/6, £5/15/-. £6/2/6, £6/6/-, £7, £7/2/6, £7/5/-, £7/10/-, £8; springing cows, £3, £3/10/-, £4/5/-. £4/10/-, £5, £6/10/-, £7/10/-. Dalgety and Co., Ltd., made sales as follows:—Fat hoggets, 24/-, 25/11; fat ewes, 28/6, 30/3; wether hoggets iu the wool, 24/11, 25/2; ewe hoggets, 31/-; ewes and lambs. 16/7 all counted ; store ewes, 4/-. Yearling Hereford steers, £6 6/-; two-year P.A. steers, £7/5/-; twoyear Jersey steens, £3, £3/5/-; fat I’. A. cows, £6/17/6, £7/5/-; fat Jersey hgifers, £4, £4/10/-, £6/7/6; fat shorthorn heifers, £5/2/6, £5/10/-; fat Jersey cows, £4, £4/7/6, £5/7/6, £6/5/-. £7/2/6; potter cows, £2/1/-, £2/8/-, £2/12/6, £3 .12/6; young, sound Jersey cows, £3, £3 17/-, £4/11/-; yearling heifers. £2/2/-, £2 15/-, £2/18/-, £3/17/6; two-year empty heifers, £3/17/6; shorthorn bulls, yearling, £2/13/-; potter bulls, £2/15/-, springing heifers, better quality, £4/12/6, £4/17/6, £5/12/6, £6/5/-, £6/7/6. £7; springing heifers, smaller and backward, £2/17/6, £3/5/-; dairy cows, £5/5/-, £6. The New Zealand Farmers’ Co-op. Dist. Co., Ltd., report the following sales:— Fat sheep: Fat hoggets, 23/-, 24/-, 24/8, 25/7, 26/4, 27/1 ; fat wethers, 30/-, 33/-, 35/-, 36/6. 37/6, 39/2; fat ewes, 26/-, 28/6, 29/6, 30/-, 31/6, 32/6. Fat cattle: Fat. cows, £4. £4/10/-. £5/5/-. £6. £6 15/-. £7, £7/10/-. £B/17/6; fat heifers, £l, £4/17/6, £5/10/-. £6/5/-, £6/l 5/-. Store sheep: W.f.w hoggets, 22 '6. 23/-, 23/9, 24/6, 26/4; b.f. hoggets. 20/-, 20/6. 21/-; ewes with lambs at foot (all counted), 15/-. 15/10, 16/3; ewe hoggets, 30/-. 31/6. 32/- 33/6. Store cattle Yearling P.A. steers, £6/5/-. Dairy cattle: Snr-’niinr heifers. £4. £4/15/- £5. £5/15/-, £6 £6/17/6. £7. £7/5/-; spring; ing cows, £3/10/-, £4/5/-, £4/10/-, £i> 5/-. i Marton Sale At the Marton sale, the New Zealand i Farmers’ Co-op. Distributing Co., Ltd.,

had a yarding of approximately 1000 sheep, 60 head, of cattle, aud 130 pigs. There was a large attendance, and an excellent all-round sale resulted. The sheep entry comprised principally hoggets, with several pens of fat ewes, and the hoggets elicited keen competition, and were practically all purchased by outside buyers. Fat ewes were slightly easier than previous sales. In the cattle section the fat cows sold exceptionally well, and also dairy heifers. In . fact, all dairy sorts showing quality were firm on recent sales. The over-supply of pigs caused the market to ease somewhat, but practically everything in the yard was sold. Good ewe hoggets, to 38/3;.small ditto, to 27/6; b.f. ewe hoggets, 25/-; best wether hoggets, 25/3; b.f.. ditto, 23/- to 23/10; fat ewes, extra prime, to 32/-: prime ditto, 29/6 to 31/3: fat wethers, 36/6; prime fat. cows, £6/1/-, £6/10/-, to £7/2/-; good medium sorts, to £5/15/-. forward cows, ex dairy, £3/2/- to £3 17/-; best dairy heifers, £7/7/6 to £8 5/-; good medium sorts, £5/12/6 to £6; backward sorts, £4 to £4/10/-; best dairy cows, to £7/10/-; others, £4/10/- to £5 10/-: late calvers. £2/15/- to £4. Best weaner pigs, to 22/-; good medium. 16/to 18/-; others, 12/- to 14/6; slips, to 26/-; good stores, to 35/-; porkers. £2: breeding sows, to £3/10/-. Carterton Prices Carterton, September 20. Messrs. AV right, Stephenson and Co.. Ltd., offered a large yarding of sheep, cattle arid pigs to a good attendance Rt the weekly Carterton sale, making the following values: - Sheep; Fat wethers, to 33/10; fat b.f. hoggets. 24/- to 20/-: fat ewes, to 28/6; ewes with lambs at foot. 1.8/•; woolly wether hoggets, 23/6 to 2-1/-: small woolly wether hoggets, 20/4 to 21/-; b.f. hoggets, 20/J) to 21/3. Cattle Three-year .Tersey cross heifers on drop, £4/17/6 to £6/10/-; 2-year Jersey heifers on drop, £4/10/- to £6/10/-; springing Jersey heifers. £4/2/6 to £5: fat cows, £4 to £5/10/- ; forward cows. £2/5/- to £3/12/ ; store cows, 30/- to £2 1/-: cows and calves. £3/10/- to £5/5/-: bulls, £3/10/- to £4/10/-; yearling Jersey heifers, to £3/5/PigS; Good weaners, 17/6 to 10/-: med ium weaners, 13/6 to 17/-: small weaners, 8/- to 12/6- slips. 17/- to 21/-; store pigs, 22/- to 26/-; porkers, 27/6 to 38/6; choppers. to 27/-; empty sows, to 20/-; sows with litters. £4 to £7/15/-.