LIVE STOCK MARKET

Dominion, Volume 30, Issue 159, 2 April 1937, Page 7

LIVE STOCK MARKET

Waipukurau Horse Fair

Dominion Special Service. Waipukurau, April 1. Horses were in good demand at the Waipukurau fair to-day, when the majority of offerings reached figures satisfactory lo vendors. The top price realised was £5l/10/- for a hay draught gelding. A fotir-year bay gelding, good shatter, brought £47/16/'-: nine-year gelding. £4l, eight-year bay. £4O; nine-year, all paces, £37; eight-year. £36; six-year black. £36: eight-year mare, good worker, well mouthed., £33; aged gelding, £3l 10/-; ten-ycar mare, hack, £l4; black hack, good pacer, £l2/15/-; quiet mare, good pacer. £B/5/-. Johnsonville Sale At the Johnsonville stock sale on Wednesday Wright, Stephenson and Co., Ltd., and Abraham and Williams Ltd. offered an average yarding of all classes of cattle, a small yarding of wethers and ewes and a large yarding of lambs. The bullcrcks comprised chiefly prime medium to heavyweight cattle, with a few pens of light and unfinished 6'orte. W ell-finir?hed cattie met with a ready sale at late rates, but plain and lightweights were hard to sell. The cows and heifers yarded were of good quality and met with keen competition, prices for heavy cows and good quality heifers being firm on late rates, unfinished easier by 5/- a head. Only a few calves ex dairy came forward, and these sold readily. On account of the short yarding of ‘wethers prices were firmer by 1/- to 1/6 a head. Few pens of heavy ewes were offered, the yarding consisting mainly of light to medium-weight sheep. All classes sold at latS rates, with a total clearance. Owing to the continued wet weather lambs have not fattened well, and the majority coming forward are second quality lambs, good prime, heavy sorts being hard to procure. Considering the quality, it was a good sale at prices well above export parity. Prices were as follows: — Primo extra heavy bullocks, £l3/18/(single). £l3/9/-, £l3/7/-, £l3/5/-, £l3 1/-, £l3. £l2/19/-, £l2/18/6; prime heavy bullocks, £l2/15/- (single), £l2 14/- (single), £l2/12/-, £l2/10/-, £l2 8/-. £l2/6/-, £l2/5/-, £l2/2/-, £l2/1/-, £l2; heavy bullocks, £ll/6/-, £ll/4/-, £ll/2/-. £11; light and unfinished bullocks, £lO/13/-, £lO/12/-, £lO/3/-, £9 12/6; extra prime heavy cows and heifers, £9/15/- (single), £9/12/- (single), £9/1.1/-, £9/10/-; prime heavy cows and heifers, £B/15/-. £B/14/-, £B/12/6, £8 11/-, £S/10/-, £B/7/6, £B/5/, £B, £< 12/6, £7/12/-; cows and heifers, £b. £o 10/-; runners, £2/5/-, _£2/4/-, £2/1/-; vealers, 25/- down to 15/-. Prime extra heavy wethers, 31/-, 00/l, 30/-; prime heavy wethers. 29/4; medium wethers, 27/3, 26/9, 26/6; prime extra heavy ewes, 22/9, 22/6, 22/-; prime heavy ewes. 21/9 down to 21/-; medium ewes, 20/10, 20/7. Heavy lambs, 26/9 25/8, 25/6, 25/5. 25/3, 25/1; medium lambs, 24/9, 24/4, 24/3, 24/-, 23/10, 23/6; light lambs, 20/6.