LIVE STOCK MARKETS

Dominion, Volume 32, Issue 104, 26 January 1939, Page 16

LIVE STOCK MARKETS

Larger Entries Of Sheep At Yesterday’s Sales

A large yarding of all classes of cattle and a penning of good quality sheep were offered at the Johnsonville stock sale yesterday. Prime heavy bullocks showed an easing tendency of from 5/- to 10/- a head, and there were frequent passings in other sections. Prime quality lambs were sought after, but second-grade lambs were hard to quit. Because of the large yarding of beef cattle at the Westfield sale reduced rates were made in all sections. Ox beef lost 1/- a 1001 b. ami cow beef 2/- to 3/-. Wethers were steady ami ewes regained some of the ground lost last week. Only good runners and best vealers made late rates in a large offering of calves.

Few quality lots, with the exception of a draft of bullocks from Rukumoana Station, were entered at the Stortford Lodge sale. Prices showed no appreciable change. Sheep were yarded in larger numbers than last week, but the sale was a slack one, ewes and lambs showing a further .drop on last week’s prices.

Down cross lambs, though lacking in condition, were .under Keen competition at the Wanganui sale. Prices for fat sheep were just a shade better and beef was firm at late rates.

Large entries of sheep were a feature of the Addington sale. The wether market was lifeless. The entry of fat cattle was in excess of requirements, prices declining on an average by fully 15/- a head. Values for cattle 'showed a marked casing at the Burnside sale. Ewes were well forward in a yarding of 3300 sheep.

Johnsonville

A large yarding of all classes of cattle was offered by Wright, Stephenson and Co., Ltd., and Abraham and Williams, Ltd., at the Johnsonville stock sale held yesterday. Only a few pens of of extra heavy bullocks came forward, the balance of the yarding consisting chiefly of prime mediumweight bullocks with a few pens of light sorts. Prime heavy bullocks showed an easing tendency of 5/- to 10/a head. The yarding of cows and heifers was of indifferent quality. No prime quality cattle came forward, the yarding consisting of plain and lightweight cows. There was little demand with frequent passings. The priaesi were down fully 10/- a head on last week’s rates. Runners and vealers met with a good sale with no alteration. The wethers penned were of good quality with prices on a par with those during last week. A good sale resulted for ewes, with little alteration. Only prime quality lambs were sought after, these meeting with good competition with prices firm on last week and second-grade lambs were hard to sell. Quotations:— Cattle: Prime extra heavy bullocks. £l4/18/- down to £l4/5/-; prime heavy bullocks, £l4 to £l3/5/-; heavy bullocks, £l3 to £l2/6/-; light and unfinished bullocks, £ll/10/- to £11; extra prime heavy cows and heifers, £9 to £8; prime heavy cows and heifers, £7/18/- to £7/10/-; cows and heifers, £7 to £5/5/-; runners, £4/10/- to £4/5/-; vealers, £2/15/- to £2/5/-. Sheep: Prime extra heavy wethers, 21/6 down to 20/3; prime heavy wethers, 20/- to 19/-; medium wethers, 18/10 to 17/3; prime extra heavy ewes, 14/- to 13/3; prime heavy ewes, 13/- to 12/6; medium ewes, 11/- to 9/-; heavy hoggets, 20/6 to 18/6; light 'hoggets, 18/- to 17/-; heavy lambs, 21/6 to 19/-; medium lambs, 18/- to 15/-; light lambs, 14/6 to 14/-. Stortford Lodge Dominion Special Service. PASTINGS, January 25. With the exception of draft bullocks from Rukumoana Station the entry of fat cattle at Stortford Lodge sale today con.tained few quality lots. The entries of cows were very mixed and included some inferior lines, selling generally being very quiet and prices showing no quotable change. Rukumoana bullocks made £lO to £l2/13/-, the best making 30/- a 1001 b. The yarding of fat sheep was larger than last week, but the sale was a very slack one, ewes showing, a further drop on last week. The majority of the ewes offered made 9/6 to 10/6, passings being frequent. Included in the store eattle yarding was a draft of 150 four-year bullocks offered on account of Harris and Yule, which was railed from the' Gisborne district. Competition, however, was very restricted. In the store sheep section lambs were slightly easier for some lines, . the decline being up to 1/- a head for poorer lots. The market for forward wethers was brisker, up to 16/8 being paid for a line from Argyll. The demand for breeding ewes was quiet and there were many passings. Quotations: —

Cattle: Account Rtikumoana Station, 40 bullocks, £lO/6/- to £l2/13/-, a line of unfinished bullocks £7/10/-, an entry of young Aberdeen Angus heifers, well finished, £8; account King Bros., Te Pohue, six .small-grown Aberdeen Angus' heifers, light condition. £5/1/-; account George Gunn. Fernhill, an entry of dehorned Hereford-shorthorn-cross heifers, in good order. £B/10/-; account same vendor, Aberdeen Angus-shorthorn-cross primefinished heifer. £B/16/-; six medium-fram-ed Aberdeen Angus-cross cows, well finished, £6/15/-; five well-finished young Aberdeen Angus cows, showing quality, £7 10/-; entry mixed-bred plain quality cows showing age £6/7/6; five aged Aberdeen Angus cows, medium finish, £7; a pen of small-framed Aberdeen Angus-cross cows from Te Pohue in light order, £5/8/6; account George Gunn, Fernhill, an entry of dehorned Hereford-cross small to me-dium-framed cows, good order, £6/17/-; account same vendor, an entry of well-fin-ished Aberdeen Angus cows. £B/6/-: G. C. Glenny, two pens Aberdeen Anguscross cows, medium finished. £7/5/-; a line of Aberdeen Angus-Hereford-cross bullocks, very forward. £9/12/6 to £9 Sheep : Prime ewes, 9/6 to 10/6 : wetJiers, up to 18/6; prime Down-cross twotooths, 17/6 to 19/3; two-tooth ewes, 14/6; lambs, 19/- to 22/-; account W. Kinross White, Omarunui, 301 guaran.teed five and six-yea r ewes, sound constitution, were passed in at, the only bid of 8/-; a line of 357 guaranteed soundmouthed breedings ewes were passed in at 10/-, afterward being sold at 10/-; account Estate W. Gilmour, Elstliorpe. 157 early-shorn four and five-year ewes splendid condition, were passed in at 13/6; from the same source, 185 five-year ewes, also early shorn, 10/-: account Angus Mackinnoii, Arapawanui. 205 woolly Romney-cross medium-grown Aether lambs, fair condition. 12/-; account K. Ruddenklau, 192 medium-grown Downcross lambs, forward condition, were passed in at 15/-; account'Estate W. Mackinnon, Arapawanui, 176 mediumgrown woolly Romney-cross wethers, mixed in size, and condition, 13/3: account Harold Beamish, Whanawhana, 149 wellbred woolly Romney-cross wether lambs, medium grown, good order, 14/2; account Graham Bros., Mangatahi, 159 ewes, late shorn, 10/-; a line of 130 early-shorn I wo and four-tooth wethers, forward condition, 16/7; a line of 175 well-framed late-two-tooth ewes, 21/8; an offering of 165 well-grown fat and forward earlyshorn two-tooth wethers, splendid order. 16/8; account. A. P. Arnold, Kaiwaka, 162 small to medium woolly Romneycross _ wether lambs. 12/1; account S. .Menzies, 116 lafc-sliorn five-year ewes. 10/4; account .1. Hartree, Waihou. an entry .of medium-grown woqlly Romnevcross wether lambs, good order, 14/1 ; account Morea Station, an entry of welltrained two-tooth wethers in forward condition, l;>/8; a line of medium-grown woolly Romney-cross wether lambs in medium condition, 12/-; account J. Hartree, Waihou, 112 lambs, 13/2; an entry of small-grown woolly Romueyreross wether lambs, light order, 9/9; account F. Hammond. Kaiwaka, 82 small-grown Down-cross light to medium-condition, 12/9; account of same vendor, an entry of woolly Romney-cross wether lambs, 12/2; account Lee Bros,, Kaiwaka. 115 woolly Romney-cross medium-growu wether lambs, 12/2.

Westfield

By Telegraph—Press Association 1 AUCKLAND, January 25. Following continued dry weather and the consequent shortage of feed, large yardings of beef cattle came forward at the Westfield stock sale yesterday, and reduced rates were made in all sections. Ox beef lost 1/- a 1001 b., and cow beef 2/- to 3/-. Extra choice ox beef made 37/- a 1001 b.; choice and prime, 30/- to 36/-; secondary and plain, 25/- to 30/-; prime cow and hqifer. 28/- to 33/-; boner and rough, 19/- to 27/-. Extra heavy prime steers made £l3 to £l5; heavy. £l2 to £l5; medium, £ll to £l3; light, £9 10/- to £ll/10/-; unfinished, £7 to £9 o/-; extra heavy prime cows and heifers. £B/15/- to £lO/7/6; heavy, £7 to £8 17/6; medium, £5/10/- to £7/15/-; light, £5 to £6/15/-; unfinished, £3 to £4/17/6. 'Wethers were steady in a full though average yarding of sheep, and ewes regained some of the ground lost last week. Under steady competition extra heavy wethers made 22/- to 23/-; heavy, 20/to 22/3; medium. 18/6 to 20/9; light, 15/- to 18/9; unfinished, 12/- to 14/9; extra heavy prime ewes, 12/6 to 15/-; heavy, 10/6 to 12/6; medium, 6/- to 10/6; light and unfinished, 1/- to 5/6. Lambs came forward in average numbers and made slightly less than late rates, prime lambs making 17/6 to 24/6, and others 3/- to 17/9. Values slumped sharply for a large yarding of calves, only good runners and best heavy vealers making late rates. Runners made £2/10/- to £lO, and heavy vealers £-1/15/- to £6/12/-; medium. £3 10/- to £4/16/-; light, £2 to £3/6/-; smaller, £f/10/- to £2/9/-; small, £1 to £l/12/-; bobby and rough. 3/- to £l/5/-. Porkers suffered most in the decline which followed desultory competition for a good average entry of pigs, baeoners being quoted steadily. On the average choppers made £1 /10/- to £4/7/- ; heavy baeoners, £3/14/- to £3/18/-; medium. £3/8/- to £3/12/-; light. £3/2/- to £3 8/-; heavy porkers. £2/8/- to £3; medium. £l/18/- to £2/11/-: light, £2 to £2 4/-; stores, £l/6/- to £l/16/-; slips, £1 1/- to 1/10/-; weaners, 12/- to 24/-. Average quotations were 6}d. to 6Jd. a lb. for baeoners and 6Jd. to 7d. for porkers. Burnside By Telegraph — I’rvsjJ Association. DUNEDIN, January 25. There was a marked easing in values for cattle at the Burnside stock sale today, when a very large yarding of 432 head came forward. Three or .four trucks of prime quality bullocks were included but the remainder or the offering was not of good quality. Prime heavy bullocks made to £2O/12/6, prime £l4 10/- to £l6, medium £lO/15/- to £l2/5/-, light down to £B/10/-; extra prime heavy cows and heifers were worth to £l2/17/6. prime £9/5/-' to £lO/7/6, medium £5 12/6 to £7/2/6, light down to £4/7/6.. Up to £lO/4/- was paid for the best three and four-year steers offered in the store eattle section.

The ffieep yarding also was an exceptionally large one, 3300 head being forward, with ewes in the majority. There was a decline of 2/- a head from the start and there was a further easing later. Prime heavy wethers brought to 26/6. prime 21/6 to 23/6, medium 18/6 to 20/-, light down to 15/-, prime heavy young ewes to 20/-. prime 16/6 to 18/6. medium 11/6 to 13/-, light down to 7/6, 1 100 fat. lambs fortyard, mainly of average ‘quality extra prime heavy sorts, made to 29/9. prime 23/- to 25/6, medium 19/- to 21/- and light down to 16/6. Both porkers and baconcrs were firm at late rates. Pahiatua Dominion Special Service. PAHIATUA. January 25. A good attendance of buyers was offered a good yarding of lambs by the New’ Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co., Ltd., at the Pahiatua stock sale yesterday. The lambs met with average competition, though buyers’ limits were restricted for good quality lambs, and the top lines showed a depreciation ill value from previous quotations. The medium and eull lambs met with a good sale and were dearer than last week. A few good fop lines of lambs were offered. An attractive pen of woolly wether lambs on account of IV. llull.'Kohinui, realized 14/6. The top prices for woolly wether lambs were realized for J. Bryaiit, Woodville, at 15/4 and R. Bamford, Konini, at 14/2. There was a good inquiry for ewe lambs mid I his class sold under good competition. There were 1680 lambs yarded and principal sales were as under:— Account IV. Hull, Kohinui, woolly wether lambs, 14/6; account Checkley Estate, woolly wether lambs, 12/6; shorn wether lambs. 12/2; two-tooth wethers, account W. Hull, 16/8 down lu 15/-; account J. Bryant, woolly ewe lambs, 14/1; woolly wether lambs, 15/4; account C. C. Tolley, ewe lambs, 15/8; account S. F. Smith, shorn wether lambs, 12/-; account Mrs. Wileox, shorn ewe lambs, 14/-; shorn wether lambs, 9/6; account R. K. Bamford, woolly wether lambs, 14/2; account S. Purvis, shorn wether lambs, 10/6: account Mrs. Cheekley. shorn wether lambs, 10/6 to 9/1 ; ewe lambs. 12/2 fo 10/1 ; store ewes, 8/10 to 7/10; (wo-tooth wethers, good, 1.6/8 to 17/-; others, to 15/-, and cull lambs, 8/- to !)/- Gisborne Dominion Special Service. GISBORNE, January 25. At the Gisborne ram fair, 1500 Romneys were quitted at an average price of 5 guineas. The highest price, 12 guiueats, was secured by T. E. Crane, of Kiwitea, and the next of Ell guineas by A. M. Henson, Feilding. The highest price for a local breeder was secured by G. V. Smith, 10 guineas'. A good part of the entry brought indifferent competition, though Soulhdowns were iu better demand, the average being 5j guineas, the highest of 108 guineas being secured by S. Hughes, Maxwellfown. The highest local breeder. J. C. Whitehead, secured 8 guineas. Border made. 4| to 5 J guineas.

Addington

By Telegraph—Press Association.

CHRISTCHURCH, January 25. With the approach of autumn and the height of the freezing season having been reached, entries at the weekly stock market at Addington are increasing rapidly. Today there were about store and fat sheep and fat lambs, lhe store sheep entry was the largest of the season, comprising about 14,500, lambs numbered about 1.1,004.1 and wethers were more numerous than usual. 1' or forward and average rape Jambs there was a brighter sale at about 6d. a head dearer and a number of moderately sized pens made 16/9 to 19/10, these being bought bv companies for freezing. Rape lambs made 12/6 tb 14/10, but there was little change for the 16/- to 12/- class and this also was the case for small and backward sheep. The wether market was lifeless and ‘most of the entry was passed in. A few ewes forward were unattractive and sold accordingly. A line of wether lambs brought 19/10, another 19/1, and a third 18/4, u pen of first cross two-tooth ewes sold at 14/-, and oue of four fiveyear ewes at 10/3. The fat lamb entry totalled about 3700 as against 3200 last week. The quality ranged from very good to light and the demand was unexpectedly keen, the majority making above the export schedule rate of 7|d. lb. for first grade. Exporters as well as butchers participated, a keener market for freezing purchases showing an advance of 6d. to 1/-, and lambs for trade made slightly more than 1/- in some cases. About 5750 fat sheep.were penned, an increase of about 750 ou last week. The quality was fair considering the large entry and heavier wethers showed an easing as the sale progressed and declined on an average of about 1/a bead. Bigger ewes maintained late values and all light wethers and ewes showed little change, export ewes actually being a shade firmer. Up to 11/was paid for these by the export trade and to 19/- for wethers, extra prime heavy wethers making to 24/10, prime heavy 21/- to 23/6, prime medium 19/to 20/6, light to 16/-. extra prime heavy ewes to 18/10, prime heavy 16/- to 17/6, prime medium 13/9 to 15/9, light to 10/-.

The entry of fat eattle was far iu excess of requirements, comprising 585 as compared with 428 last week. There was a decline in quality, the proportion of medium and inferior cows dominating the entry/ Steers eased 10/- and good heifers also sold at a slight decline. The excess of cows met with the greatest decline, averaging fully 15/-. The slip was no more than could be expected for such a heavy penning of this class and the sale petered out at the finish. Price for cattle are

Extra prime heavy steers to £l6/17/6, prime heavy £l4 to £l5/5/-, prime medium £l2/15/- to £l3/15/-, light to £9/5/-, extra prime heifers to £l4/2/6, prime £9/10/- to £lO/10/-, medium £7 to £9, light £lO to £6/15/-, extra prime cows to £l2/12/6, prime £7/10/- to £9/5/-, medium £5/10/- to £7, light and aged to £5/5/-. The yarding of fat pigs in the pork section was heavy though the quality of much of the entry was poor. Good quality porkers remained on a par with last week but second grade and inferior were easier by 3/- to 4/-. Choppers came forward in medium numbers, and again met an excellent sale considering the period of the year. The baeoners penned were small in number, and in spite of a drop of another id. a lb. in the export schedule, prices showed' little change, porkers making 33/6 to 57/6, an average price a lb. of Gjd. to 6fd. Baeoners sold at 57/6 to £4/9/6, an average price of 6d. to 61d. Choppers brought £3/3/6 to £4 13/6. Wanganui Dominion Special Service. WANGANUI, January 25. To an excellent attendance of buyers, Freeman 11. Jackson and Co. offered 7000 sheep and la nabs, with fair entries in all other sections. Fat sheep were just a shade better than last week, and beef was firm at late rates. The good entry of store sheep was mostly lambs in good condition. Both Lown cross and crossbred sold well under keen competition, more particularly so Down cross lambs. However, a 'big percentage of the lambs, though well enough grown, lacked condition, and in several instances were in decidedly' poor condition, and at the prices sold at, provided the buyer has the right feed, should prove good buying. This class of lamb was perhaps selling slightly below last week’s rates. AM classes of pigs sold well, and a heavy entry of vealers sold in buyers' favour. Quotations: — ■Sheep: Fat two-tooth wethers, 18/6 to 19/1; light b.f., 15/- to 17/3; prime ewes, 10/- to 10/10; fat lambs, heavy to 22/3, average .17/- to 19/-; store Down cross woolly 1 nmbs, forward 13/6 to 15/7, average 10/6 to 12/1, poor 8/6 to 10/-, culls 3/- to 7/6; ditto shorn, forward 14/S to 15/8, culls 5/3 to 8/1; shorn wether lambs, very fair to 13/4, average 11/6 to 12/3, well-grown but poor, 9/to 11/-, good culls 7/- to 8/3, small 3/to 4/6; ewe lambs, average 15/10 to 17/9, good medium 12/3 to 13/4, small 9/2 to 11/6, poor culls, very small, 3/7 to 4/9; two-tooth wethers, 16/-; b.f. ditto, 12/6 to 14/3, forward mixed age wethers to 17/11; two and four-tooth ewes, to 22/-. . Cattle: Prime P.A. cows, £7/2/6 to £B/5/-; fat Shorthorn-Hereford cows, £6 17/6; prime, good coloured, ex-dairy, £5 15/- to £6/7/6; prime Jersey cows, £5 5/- to £6; fat, £4/19/- to £5 ; good boners, £3/10/- to £4/2/6; average, £2/15/- to £3/7/6; heavy bulls, £5/15/- to £6. Pigs: Heavy porkers, £2/5/- to £2 £2/12/-, good £l/17/6 to £2/4/-, light 34/- to 37/-, stores 25/- to 27/6, good weaners 18/- to 21/-, average 14/- to 16/6.