LIVE STOCK MARKETS

Dominion, Volume 32, Issue 226, 22 June 1939, Page 6

LIVE STOCK MARKETS

Values At Yesterday’s Sales

Johnsonville

An average yarding of cattle and a large yarding of sheep were offered by Wright, Stephenson and Co., Ltd., and Abraham and Williams, Ltd., at the live stock sale held in Johnsonville yesterday. The bullocks penned were chiefly heavyweight cattle, with a few pens of light and mediumweight. Prime heavyweight bullocks met with keen competition, prices showing a slight firming on last week. Mediumweight cattle were on a par, and lightweight cattle slightly easier. A few pens of prime extra heavy cows and heifers came forward. These met with a ready sale, prices showing no alteration. Unfinished cattle were hard to sell. There was a good demand for prime quality calves, prices being 5/- a head above those ruling last week, and unfinished runners ami vealers were slightly easier. Small calves met with a good sale, prices showing no alteration. No heavy wethers came forward, the penning comprising chiefly lightweight aud unfinished wethers. Prime quality sheep sold readily with prices on a par with last week’s. Plain and unfinished wethers were hard to sell, even at reduced rates. Several pens of extra heavy ewas were yarded. These met with keen competition, prices showing a slight advance on those ruling last week. Lightweight and plain ewes were slightly easier. Lambs met with a good sale with no alteration.

Quotation's are: — Cattle: Prime extra heavy bullocks, £l4/5/- to £l3/8/6; prime heavy, £l3 5/- to £l2/17/-; heavy, £l2/10/- to £l2; light and unfinished, £lO/10/- to £9; extra prime heavy cows and heifers, £8 12/6 to £8; prime heavy, £7/16/- to £7 5/-; cows and heifers, £7 to £6; ex-dairy cows, £4/5?- to £2/10/-; runners and vealers, extra prime heavy, £4/15/- to £2/10/-1 small calves, 30/- to 12/6.

Sheep: Prime extra heavy wethers, 21/9 to 20/9; prime heavy, 20/6 to 19/-; medium, 18/6 to 17/-; prime extra heavy ewes. 19/- to 18/3; prime heavy, 17/10 to 15/6; medium, 14/9 to 13/-; b.f., 2tooths, extra good, 21/7 to 20/-; medium, 19/- to 17/6; extra heavy lambs, 25/10 to 22/-; heavy, 21/6 to 19/3; medium, 18/6 to 14/2; light, 12/9 to 10/3. Addington By Telegraph—Press Association. CHRISTCHURCH, June 21. The improved values recorded during the last few weeks were fully maintained at the stock sale held in Addington today. The tendency was toward a firming for best wethers. The store sheep entry was about 1000. There was quite a fair demand, particularly for wethers. Some two-tooths sold at 12/2, A truck lot of wether hoggets sold at 11/6, with other pens of grown wethers selling at 8/6 to 11/6. About 500 fat lambs were entered, compared with the 580 of last week. There was little change in the market, butchers competing keenly for the small selection of suitable types available. More than 5000 fat sheep were entered, compared with the short penning qf 4200 last week. From the start the demand wes well maintained at the best prices of last week for ewes, and a shade better for best wethers. Extra prime heavy wethers made to 30/4; prime heavy, 25/- to 27/6; prime medium, 22/- to 24/-; light, to 16/6; extra prime heavy ewes, to 27/4; prime heavy, 21/- to 23/-; prime medium, 16/- to 19/6; light, to 13/-. The fat cattle entry numbered 490, slightly less than the average of recent sales. The sale was good, with values for practically all classes definitely better than a week ago. For best steers the improvement was equal to about 20/- a

head, and for medium, 10/- to 15/-. Other sorts also sold a little more freely. Good beef ranged from 36/- to 37/6 a 1001 b. Extra prime heavy steers made to £l7/17/6; prime heavy, £l3/15/- to £l5; prime medium. £ll/10/- to £l3 10/-; light, to £9; extra prime heifers, to £l2/17/6; prime, £9/10/- to £lO/15/-; medium, £6/10/- to £B/10/-; light, to £6/5/-; extra prime cows, to £ll/12/6; prime, £7/5/- to £B/15/-; medium, £5 10/- to £6/15/-; light, to £5/5/-. Tiie porker entry was smaller than last week, but values showed very little improvement. Choppers were in small supply and met an excellent demand. Baconers were forward in medium numbers and the sale was again good, last week’s rates being fully maintained. Porkers made 31/6 to 54/6, an average price a lb. of 6id. to 63d.; and bacouers made 59/6 to £5/1/6, an average price a lb. of 6jd. to 7d. Stortford Lodge Dominion Special Service. HASTINGS, June 21. The market was firm for store sheep at today’s stock sale held at Stortford Lodge, when a yarding of 3000 was penned. Competition was keen for all lines except aged lines showing poor mouths. Hoggets sold at rates very firm on last week’s prices. Guaranteed sound-mouthed fiveyear in-lamb ewes brought 16/-. Six-year ewes did not compare with those offered at Waipukurau yesterday, making 9/J. Aged in-lamb ew_es, very poor mouthed, were as cheap as 4/6. Mixed aged brought 15/9. Medium-grown woolly wether hoggets sold well at 11/8 in view of their condition. The ewe lambs penned were only of medium quality and realized 14/-. Wethers in good store condition made 12/9. A large yarding of 2700 fat sheep met a slightly weaker market, and it is probable that there would have been a noticeable drop in prices had it not been for export interests buying strongly in lines which were expected to be the weakest selling. Prime ewes sold at 14/to 16/-, a drop of 1/- a head on last week’s sale. Lambs and wethers sold at easier rates. Prime lambs in very forward order 21/-, medium prime quality 17/2 to 18/-, and lighter sorts 16/10 to 15/--The recent improvement in store cattle prices was well maintained. A better inquiry was shown for rising three-year steers and young bullocks, and competition generally was brighter. The first offering of the season of cows with calves at foot sold at £4/10/-. Very forward rising A.A. three-year -steers sold at £8 6/-. The market was not tested for good quality younger steers, and the weaners penned were much below the standard of those offered at the last two sales. Dehorned Hereford steers brought £6/14/-, and Hereford cows and bullocks £7/15/-. A line of rising three-year A.A.-Hereford heifers in good forward condition brought £4, lighter sorts bringing £2/18/-, and small-grown weaners 30/-. Quality pens were not featured in the Stortford Lodge fat cattle market, the yarding of 240 sta-tion-bred sorts including a large number of plain quality pens wliich could hardly be ranked as killable. Prime pens sold strongly, but other pens were difficult to quit, some failing to attract even a single bid. Extra prime heifers sold at from £8 to £9/15/-, prime £7 to £7/15/-; extra prime quality cows £7/10/- to £B/2/6, medium quality cows £5/10/- to £6/15/-, inferior and poor in condition £3 to £3 15/-. A feature of the yarding was the offering of vealers. In exceptional order and -just off their mothers, these sold at from £2/15/- to £5. Late in the sale several more pens wei’e offered, but, as requirements had been filled, prices dropped back. Two extra well-grown Aberdeen Angus vealers just off their mothers sold at £5, and two others in the same pen sold at £4/13/-. Three young mediumgrown Aberdeen Angus cross bullocks, in good order, sold at £9/10/-, and a medium to heavy well-finished prime Hereford bullock at £9/17/6.

Burnside

By Telegraph—Press Association. DUNEDIN, June 21. The entry of fat cattle at the Burnside stock sale held today numbered 353 compared with the 449 of a week ago. Only a few trucks of prime heavy bullocks came forward, medium and lightweight cows and heifers preponderating. Values were firm from the beginning for prime cattle, but. for others showed a slight decline. Extra prime heavy bullocks made to £lB/17/6, prime £l2/17/6 to £l6 2/6, medium £lO/7/6 to £l2/2/6, light from £7/7/6; extra prime cows and heifers to £ll/12/6, prime £7/7/6 to £9 2/6. medium £5/2/6 to £6/7/6, fight from £3/2/6. A small yarding of 210 stores met with good competition. Steers, two to two-anrl-a-lialf-years, made £7/12/- to £8: well-bred young cows to £5/12/-; heifers to £5/6/-. Forty-five dairy cows were forward. Some were good sound cows close to profit and were eagerly sought. Late calvers were hard to quit. Best dairy cows, at profit, made £ll/5/to £l2/2/6, medium £7/2/6 to £B/12/6; spring calvers £4/2/6 to £6/7/6. A small penning of 1289 fat sheep was forward, compared with the 2039 of a week ago. The proportion of prime quality was higher than usual and the sale opened with values up by 1/- to 1/6 a head. The tendency was firm, and as the sale progressed prices went up a further 2/- to 2/6 on all classes.., Extra prime heavy wethers made 33/-, prime 24/6 to 29/9, medium 21/3 to 23/9, light from 15/-; extra prime heavy ewes to 25/-, prime 17/6 to 20/-, medium 12/9 to 15/3, and light from 7/3. A very small yarding of 194 fat lambs was submitted, the quality being only fair. Practically the whole entry was purchased by butchers at rates above schedule. Extra prime heavy lambs made to 30/9, prime to 24/6, medium 16/9 to 18/9, light from 12/9. The offering of fat .pigs was heavier than at the previous sale, 162 head being forward. Porkers and light baconens comprised the bulk of the yarding. Heavy baconers were not in keen demand though most of the pigs submitted met with a ready sale at firm prices. Heavy baconers made to £5/5/-, lighter £3/15/- to £4 7/6; heavy porkers £3/15/- to £4/7/6. Only 44 stores were offered and competition was good throughout. Large stores made to £2; weaners 13/- to 15/-; slips 17/- to 22/-. Westfield By Telegraph—Press Association. AUCKLAND, June 21. At the Westfield stock sale held today steady competition steadied values at late rates in the sale of a heavier yarding of ox beef. Cow and heifer prices eased slightly, the supply being heavy, and extra choice ox beef made 33/- a 1001 b. Choice and prime made 30/- to 32/-; prime cow and heifer, 25/- to 28/-; boner and rough, 18/- to 22/-. Extra heavy steers made £l2/10/-‘to £l4; heavy, £ll/10/- to £l2 15/-; medium, £ll to £ll/15/-; light, £lO to £lO/15/-; unfinished, £5 to £9 10/-: extra heavy prime cows and heifers. £8 to £lO/10/-; heavy, £7 to £9/2/6; medium, £6 to £8; light, £5/15/- to £6

17/6; unfinished, £3/7/6 to £5/10/-. Prime quality did best in a depressed ealf sale. Runners made £3 to £5/10/-; heavy vealers, £4 to £5/10/-; medium, £3 5/- to £4; light, i’l/d/- to £3/8/- ; smaller, £l/15/- to £2/14/-; small, 15/to £l/18/-; bobby and rough, 1/- to 26/-. A sharp rise in pork prices resulted from keen competition for a light entry of bacon which sold at late rates. Choppers made £2 to £3/9/-; heavy baconers, £3/10/- to £4/10/-: medium, £3/5/- to £3/15/-; light, £2/18/- to £3/8/-; heavy porkers, £2/14/- to £3/4/-; medium, £2 5/- to £2/10/-; light, £l/16/- to £2; stores, 22/- to 31/-; slips, 15/- to 23/-; weaners, 10/- to 19/-. Baconers averaged 61d. a lib., porkers ssd. to 6id. An average entry of sheep sold steadily at firm late rates. Extra heavy prime wethers made 26/9 to 2S/3; heavy, 25/9 to 27/r; medium, 23/6 to 25/9; light, 20/- to 23/9; unfinished, 12/- to 19/9; extra heavy prime ewes, 19/- to 24/-; heavy, 17/6 to 18/9; medium, 15/9 to 17/3; light, 13/- to 15/6; unfinished, to 12/9. Lambs were forward in fewer than average numbers and realized late rates. Prime made 12/- to 27/3; not prime, 4/- to 11/9.