LIVE STOCK MARKETS

Dominion, Volume 30, Issue 153, 25 March 1937, Page 16

LIVE STOCK MARKETS

Price Movements At Yesterday’s Sales

AH useful lines of store sheep, of which there was n small yarding, were keenly competed for at Stortforcl Lodge yesterday, one line of lambs making 22/-. Cull and ageing sorts were hard to trade. With a short yarding fat cattle were also iu demand, and a full clearance was made. ' Store cattle were slow and values were well down, many lines being passed. Both fat cattle and fat sheep were in over-supply at Burnside, and sheep prices were down by 1/- to 1/6 a head. Most of a small yarding of fat lambs showed evidence of the adverse season. A small entry of store cattle met with a keen demand, but in the dairy section only voting cows close to profit found a ready market. There was a substantial reduction in prices for fat pigs. Entries at Addington were smaller in practically all sections except. breeding ewes, which were forward in particularly heavy numbers and sold at recent parity. Lambs in store pens were firmer by up to 1/6 and fat lambs also advanced. Prime fat sheep showed little change, but medium and inferior sorts were cheaper by 1/- to 1/6. With a small entry prices for fat cattle improved by 10/- a head. Fat pigs maintained last week’s rates. All sections sold well ar Wanganui, lambs in particular selling more freely than for the past three weeks. All store pigs were at last week's low prices.

Small Yardings at Addington By Telegraph—Press Association. Christchurch, March 24. Entries at to-day's Addington market were smaller in practically all sections except breeding owes. These were forward in particularly heavy numbers, and sold firmly at recynt ewe fair parity. Good two-tooth Romney cross ewes sold at 40/-; good halfbreds. up to 38/3: big lines of sound-mouthed. 24/- to 26/-; four-year-olds, up to 31/-. Lambs in store pens were firmer by up to 1/6. A small entry of fat lambs met with an advance on export rates, due to butchers' competition. In the fat sheep section prime wethers and ewes showed little change, but medium and inferior were cheapr by about I/- to 1/6. Best wethers sold at from 27/- to 30/-: good. 24/- to 26/-: light, down to 22/-: best ewes, from 22/- to 26/-: good, 19/- to 21/-; light, down to 14/-. A small entry of 355 fat cattle found the market improved by 10/- a head. Best steers sold from £l2/10/- to £l5; good. £lO/15/- to £l2/5/-; light, down to £9. Best heifers and cows sold from £8 to £ll. Porkers maintained last week’s rates and baconers also showed little change. Porkers, 31/6 to 47/6 (average price per lb . 51d, to 6d.) : baconers, 44/6 to £4 15/6 (Average per lb., old. to 5Jd.).

Oversupply at Burnside

By Telegraph—Press Association. Dunedin, March 24. Both fat cattle and fat sheep were in over-supply at yhe Burnside stock sale to-day. sellers anticipating -that the Easter holidays would cause an increased demand. There were 210 fat cattle forward. including a few prime quality bullocks, the majority being medium sorts. Prime heavy bullocks made to £l4/12/-: prime. £ll/7/6 to £l2/5/-; medium, £9 to £10; light, down to £6/10/-. Extra prime cows and heifers brought to £9 12/6: pri.me. £7/10/- to £B/7/6: medium. £5/7/6 to £6/5/-; light, down to £3 10/-. A small entry of store cattle met with a keen sale, a p.en of four-ycar steers realising £B.

In the dairy section only young cows close to profit found a ready market. A total of 1300 fat sheep was submitted. only two trucks of prime butchers’ sheep being included. 'Wethers were in the minority. Prices generally were down by .1/- to 1/6 a head. Prime heavy wethers brought to £l/14/3; prime, £1 8/- to £l/10/6; medium, £l/4/9 to £1 6/6; prime heavy ewes, to £l/5/9: prime, £l/1/- to £l/4/3: medium, 17/6 to 19/9: light, down to 15/-. Only 453 fat knobs were offered, the majority showing evidence of the adverse season. Exporters operated at full schedule rates. Primo heavy lambs made to £l/11/-; prime, £l/5/6 to £l/7/6; medium. £l/2/- to £l/3/6.

There was a medium varding of fat nigs and a substantial reduction in prices. Baconers brought from £3 to £4, and porkers from £l/15/- to £2/15/-. Stores wore also easier, large sorts realising to £2.

Good Sale at Wanganui Dominion Special Service. Wanganui. March 24. At the Wanganui sale Freeman R. Jackson and Company offered 11000 sheep. 500 head of cattle and 160 pigs to an excellent attendance of buyers. 'l'he sale was a very good one in al.l sections, better than anticipated. Store sheep sold freely and lambs i.< particular sold more freely than for the past three weeks. The cattle pens were well filled with a general assortment of station-bred cattle and although the prices realised were hardly up to what one would expect, when comparing realisations- with spring sales, vendors met the market, and there was practically a total clearance under the hammer. Fat cattle were hardly up to last week, when heavy buying took place and due to the Easter break this week butchers’ requirements wore not too heavy. Vealers sold well, as did porkers. All store pigs were at last week’s low prices.

Prices wore as follows:—Good vealers, £2/10/-, £3/11/-; vealers, £l/5/-'to £2 5/-. Fat wethers, 23/- to 26/-; fat ewes, 18/- to 20/1; light, 16/6 to 17/6; fat lambs, 21/- to 24/-; light, 16/- to 20/-; small two-tooth ewes, 28/1 to 28/7; m.a. ewes, 24/- to 26./-; four and five-year ewes, low conditioned. 22/6 to 23/1 ; s.m.

ewefl. .17/6 to 20/'-; fattening owes, .10/3 to 16/-; fair ewe lambs, 2-1/1 to 2S/-; medium to cully. 16/- to 21/-; wether lambs, 16/- to IS,'2; culls, 10'- to 14/6; b.i. lambs. 16/- to 18/2; culls, 10/- to 14/-; two-tooth wethers. 22/- to 24/-; small, 20/9 to 21/6; one-shear down rams, to 4gns.: aged. 20/- to 30/-. Prime P.A. heifers. £7/15/- to £B/5/-; fat Jersey cows. good. £5 to £6/3/6: fat, £3/10/- to £4/15/-: light. £3 to £3/10/-; good fat and forward four-year bullocks, £S/5/-, £B/10/- to £9/1/-; three-year steers. £7/5/- to £S/4/-; rising two-year P.A. steers, £6/10/- to £7/15/-; crossbred. £6 to £6/7/6: ill-bred. £4/15/- to £5/10/-; Jersey cross. £3 to £4/2/6; run bred empty cows" and heifers, £5 to £5 10/-; aged and poor, £3 to £4/5/-; store cows, £2 to £3; boners. £l/5/- to £2; bulls. £3/10/- to £4/12/6; small Jersey weanens. 30/- to 45/-; S.H.. 20/- to 35/-; dairy cows, at drop, £6 to £7. Baconers, to £3/4/-; heavy porkers, 35/- to 40/-; porkers, 28/- to 34/-; stores. .15/- to 19/-; good slips, 8/- to 1.1/-; weaners, 5/ to 8/-. Stortford Lodge Dominion Special Service. Hastings, March 5. Store sheep were in demand at Stortford Lodge to-day, and all useful lines were keenly competed for. Black-faced lambs containing a percentage of killable sorts were keenly sought, making the splendid figure of 22/-, but cull and ageing sorts in poor order were hard to trade. 'The yarding was a small oue, being only about 5000.

Realisations were as follows: —Fat and forward black-face lambs, in exceptional order, 22/-; shorn white-face wether lambs, in very poor order, 8/-; twotooth wethers, well woolled, in very good store condition, 25/5 and 25/-; good, 22/6: Down cross two-tooths, forward, passed at 20/9. but afterward traded at a satisfactory figure: aged ewes, poorlymouthed, light condition, 11/-.

A rise on late rates was shown in the fat cattle section, a short yarding possibly accounting for the brisk demand. Quality lots were limited, and competition was very keen, a full clearance being made. Female sorts advanced by up to 25,'- a head.

Store cattle, on the other hand, were slow, and although a number of wellbred lines in good store condition were offered, values were well down, and sales were not affected. . An exceptionally firm line of extra prime Hereford heifers offered on account of H. R. Campbell, Poukawa, attracted animated bidding, and finally sold at £lO/15/-. One or two pens of prime heavy cows made to £9 10/-.

Following prices were realised : —Ox beef: Small to medium-framed young Aberdeen Angus bullocks, extra prime, £lO/15/-. £10: slightly older, £ll/17/6, £ll/2/6: shorthorn bullocks, in good order, killing at 7501 b.. £l2. Cow beef: Extra prime Aberdeen Angus-Hereford cross cows, £9/8/6: sjpaller-framed, but equally finished. £B/10/-: Jersey cross cows, well finished, £6/18/6: well-covered aged shorthorn cows, £5/10/-. Heifer rates: Extra prime, solidly-finished Hereford heifers, to £lO/15/-; lighter build, but extra prime. £9/10/-: medium-framed prime‘finished. £8 to £9/6/-; well-grown vealers, in good order, up to £3.