LIVE STOCK PRICES

Dominion, Volume 33, Issue 118, 12 February 1940, Page 12

LIVE STOCK PRICES

Store Sheep Values Decline

At Gisborne

EFFECT OF DRYING WINDS Dominion Special Service GISBORNE, February 10. Fat sheep values were unchanged at the Gisborne sale, ewes making 13/6 to 16/9 and medium lambs 16/6. The store sheep entry numbered 4000. Parching winds, seriously affecting pastures. resulted in a general decline in values. Lambs were easier by 1/6 a head. Good lambs made 12/- to 14/6, generally 8/9 upward. Fattening ewes met a poor demand, the best selling for 8/9. and with sound mouths 12/-. Down lambs, big and forward, made 13/3 to 14/6, and good sorts 10/6. Forward two and four-tooth wethers brought 17/3, and two-tooths 15/-. . The beef market, was hrm. Station cows sold to £B, Jerseys to £5, and station vealers to £3.

Porker Prices Advance At Palmerston Sale

Dominion Special Service. PALMERSTON N., February 10. A small entry of pigs came forward at the weekly market in Palmerston North, and prices for porkers were- considerably in excess of the previous week’s realizations. A total clearance was made. Poultry was in the usual supply. .Quotations: — Pigs: Best weaners. 11/- to 16/-; small. 7/- to 10/-: heavy stores. 33/- to 37/6; porkers, £2/3/- to £2/15/-. Poultry: Best W.L. hens. 4/- to 5/a pair; best 8.0. hens, 6/- to 7/-; light hens. 3/- to 3/6: cockerels, heavy, 7/- to 9/- a pair; medium, 5/- to 6/-; small, 2/- to 4/-: pullets, forward, 6/- to 7/2 each; backward. 3/- to 5/-: ducks. 2/6 to 5/- a pair. Upper Hutt Sheep Fair Al a sheep fair held at Upper Hutt on Thursday, prices well up to rates ruling in other districts were received and a satisfactory clearance was effected. Quotations: — Four and five-year ewes, 18/10 to 21/6; aged ewes, 5/6 to 14/9; small two-tooth ewes, 18/6 to 22/-; two-tooth wethers, 16/- to 17/1 : small woolly ewe lambs, 12/- to 13/-: woolly wether lambs, 10/1 to 15/-: b.f. two-tooths, 19/7. Two-shear Romney rams,' 4gns.; twoshear S.D. rams. '2gns. to Signs.

Late Rates Realized At Carterton Sale Dominion Special Service. CARTERTON, February 10. A good yarding of sheep, cattle and pigs was offered to a large attendance of buyers at the stock sale in Carterton yesterday. Prices were on a par with late rates, realizations being:— Sheep: Fat wethers 21/6; fat lambs 23/6 to 27/-; fat ewes 14/- to 15/-; b.f. rape lambs 13/7 to 1.6/6, woolly wether lambs 12/5 to 15/8; wether lambs 9/-; medium b.f. lambs 10/9 to 11/3, small 7/6 to 7/7; small wether lambs 7/-; m.s. lambs 11/3; m.a. ewes 15/6 to 24/-; fan. ewes 5/4 to 6/4;. four and five-year ewes 16/6; cull ewes 1/7 to 2/9. Cattle: Fat cows £5 to £7; fat heifers £4/1/- to £6/11/-; forward cows £3/10/to £4/16/-; store cows £2 to £3/1/-; cows and calves £5/1/-; wcaner Jersey heifers £2 to £3; heifers r.w.b. to £3/11/-; bulls £6 to £l2; vealers £2/15/- to £3. Pigs: Weaners, good 10/- to 12/-, medium 7/- to 9/6. small 5/- to 6/6; slips to 17/-; stores 18/- to 26/-: light porkers 29/- to 33/-, others 35/- to £2/1/-; baconers £2/19/- to £3/10/. Restricted Bidding At Ewe Fair In Martinborough Dominion Special Service. MARTINBOROUGH, February 10. Some good lines of ewes were offered to a large attendance at the ewe fair held in Martiuborough on Thursday by the Wairarapa Live Stock Auctioneering Association. There waa a full yarding, and though few outside buyers were present a total clearance was effected, but bidding was restricted and slow, specially on the older ewes. Some good quality two-tooth ewes were keenly, competed for. Burt Bros, again yarded a quality pen of two-tooth ewes, which realized 30/3. A similar line on account of Eslate A. 'Locker realized 30/3, and another pen from the same vendor of finer woollcd twotooths made 28/6. Other two-tooth ewes made from 22/6 to 26/-. A good sound line of four-year ewes on account of Mr. S. H. Oates topped the market in this sectiou under keen competition at 25/3. On account of the same vendor a line of five-year ewes made 22/3. Other sales are : — Account Mr. D. A. W. McConnell: Five-year ewes at 22/-. Account McGaifin Estate: LO/-. Account J. G. Gaudin: Four-year ewes 22/3. Account W. B. Martin : 1’ ive-year ewes 21/-. Account Stoney Creek: I) ive-year ewes ■’()/-• six year ewea 16/9; m.a. ewes 19/0. " Account Estate A. Toeker: Four aud five-year ewes 19/-.. Account W- Wagg: tour and five-year Estate A. Toeker: Four and five-tooth ewes 24/6. f Ewes down in the mouth were hard of sale and changed hands at from 10/6 to 14/-.