JOHNSONVILLE PRICES.

Evening Post, Volume CXVII, Issue 127, 31 May 1934, Page 14

JOHNSONVILLE PRICES.

Wright; Stephenson, and Co., Ltd., and Abraham and Williams, Ltd., report on the • Johnsonville sale, held yesterday, as follows:—To a large attendance of buyers wo submitted a full yarding i' cattle and average yarding of sheep., The cattle yarding comprised mostly medium-weight bullocks with a few pens of heavier sorts and prime cows and heifers. Prices for heavyweight bullocks, cows, and heifers were on a par with' last week's rates, whilst lighter and secondary bullocks were firmer Vealers, which were yarded in-;the usual numbers, met with a good demand. The sheep yarding was of good quality ud a keen sale resulted at.pi'iccs on a par.with last week's rates. Good Quality lambs sold readily, whilst plainer sorts, were not in demand.

We quote:—Prime extra heavy bullocks, £8 10s, £8 6s, £8 Is, £7 15s; prime'heavy1 bullocks, £7 10s, £7 6s, £7 2s, £7. £C 16s; heavy bullocks, £6 Is, £5 18s, £5 Gs; light and unfinished bullocks, £4 15s, £4 2s Gd, £3 18s; prime heavy cows and heifers, £5 11s, £5 Bs, £5 4s, £4 19s, £4 las, £4 11s; cows and heifers, £3 19s, £3 12s, £3 Bs. £3 2s, £2 14s; runners, £3 3s, £3 Is, £3^'£2 18s, £2 16s; vealers, £2 ss, £2 Is, £1 17s, £1 12s. Prime extra heavy wethers, 28s 9d, 28s 3d, 28s; prime heavy wethers. 26s lOd, 26s 6d; medium wethers, 25s Cd, 25s 3d, 255; prime extra heavy ewes, 22s 9d, 22s 3d, 225, 21s 9d; prime heavy ewes. 21s 3d,.215, 20s 6d; medium ewes, 18s 4d; heavy lambs, 255. 24s 7d. 24s Gd, 23s 4d. 235, 22s 3d; medium .lambs. 21s sd, 20s 3d; light lambs, 17s 6d, 15s lOd. : " WAIRARAPA RATES. . The Farmers' Co-op, Distributing Co., Ltd., report that the market for fat sheep improved slightly at the Masterton sale yesterday, while ewes in lamb to Southdowns were keenly competed for, and sold at better values. The hoggets yarded were only of medium quality, meeting with a fair demand, with a slight easing of prices. ~; The Farmers' Co-op. Distributing Co.'s offering of 1043 sheep, 34 head cattle, and 33 r-gs, realised the following prices: —Fat sheep: Fat wethers, 23s' Gd to 255; fat b.f. two-tooths, 21s 6d to 255; fat ewes, 19s to 19s 9d; unfinished, 16s Gd to 16s,9d;fat lambs, 20s to 225. Store Sheep.—Account Beetham Bros., mixed aged ewes, r.w. S.D., 23s Gd; five and six-year ewes, 19s; Lincoln ewes, r:w. S.D., 21s Gd. Other venders: Fourtooth to five-year ewes, 19s to 19s 9d; four and five-year ewes, 18s 4d to 20s-2d; twotooth to four-year ewes, 21s; wether hoggets, 12s 2d to 15s 6d; b.f. hoggets, 15s 9d to 16s 6d; store ewes, 16s 2d; cull lambs. 7s Gd to 9s Gd.

Cattle—Fat dairy cows, £1 13s to £2; cows, due spring, £1 to £1 10s; store cows, 17s to 27s 6d; small weaner Jersey heifers, 11s; Jersey heifers, r.w.b.', £1 155., ■ ■

Pigs—Porkers, 22s- to 265; slips, 10s; weaners,'6s to 7s. Associated Live Stock Auctioneers, Ltd., report the following prices:— ' Sheep.—Fat wethers, 25s 6d; -woolly wether lambs, 15s 2d; lambs, 14s; twotooth wethers, 21s 9d to 235; two-tooth ewes, 26s 4d; five-year ewes, 20s to 23s 3d. Cattle—Bullocks. £5 10s t, £6; fat cowe, £4 6s to £5 2s: forward cows, £2. : ■■... ■■■ ■■■■.■■ '•■-■ ■