STOCK SALES

Evening Post, Volume CXIX, Issue 32, 7 February 1935, Page 14

STOCK SALES

WEATHER AFFECTS PRICES

GOOD SORTS SELL WELL

Though- the dry spell resulted in a big percentage of the entries being in poor condition, and prices were consequently affected, lvalues were generally well maintained at yesterday's sales of live stock higher rates being recorded in some instances. A feature of the sheep market was again.the demand for lambs suitable lor rape. At the Addington sale entries were heavier than usual, but prices were generally well maintained. r . There was again an average yardiii" of cattle at the Westfield sale, about°Boo being penned. The shortage of prime ox was again marked, the offering being made up largely of cow beef. Competition was Keener, and values for light and mediumweight cattle improved by Is per 1001b while young cows and heifers" also sold tfeely at late rates, but older sorts were still not in demand. Sheep were in shorter supply, and the demand was decidedly brisk. All prime sheep improved on last weeks quotations, the top price of 28s for wethers being the best for a considerable period. Competition for ewes was also keen, and higher prices were offered. The offering of lambs was about an average one, and export buyers were active, the entry selling under a ready demand. AH good lambs realised recent prices. Fat pigs were yarded in good numbers with a plentiful supply of extra heavy baconers. The demand for these was very keen, and £4 was realised for the first time since November. Lighter baconers also improved, while porkers were very firm at late rates. Few good stores were offered, and the market for these remained unchanged. The entry of fat cattle numbered 250 at the Burnside sale, and a large proportion of the yarding comprised mediumquality bullocks, with fewer consignments than usual of heavy cattle. The market opened on a par with last week's lower rates, but later improved for bullocks by 10s per head. In the fat sheep section there was an entry of 1662, there being only a few. consignments, of heavy wethers, a big proportion of the yarding beinc medium-quality ewes. All heavy sheep sold firm at full late rates, but medium-quality sorts were inclined to ease. All classes suitable for expox-t made- full., schedule rates. In the fat pig section there was dn over-supply; entry of .193, and' lower prices ruled for.both baconers and-porkers, the drop being-5s to 7s per head. JOHNSONVILLE SALE. At the Jolinsohville sale the. hot weather resulted in the demand for all classes of stock beingpqorl Wright, Stephenson, and Co., Ltd., and Abraham and Williams, Ltd., report on the sale as follows:—To an average attendance'of buyers we submitted a. full yarding of cattle . and an average yarding of sheep. Prime bullocks sold on a par with last week's rates, whilst cows and heifers were easier, from 7s 6d to 10s per head. Vealers met with a fair demand.' .Wethers, which were yarded in small numbers, were not of the best quality and met with poor competition. An odd pen of prime sheep sold well. Ewes, which were of good- quality; met with a fair demand at late rates, whilst there was good competition. for prime lambs, poor stock not being sought after. ■ Quotations^ Prime extra heavy bullocks, £9 ss, £9 Is, £9, £8 Iss; .prime heavy bullocks, £8 10s, £8 7s 6d, £8 ss, £8, £7 los; heavy bullocks, £7 Bs, £7.55; prime heavy cows and heifers, £5, £4 15s, £4 10s, £4 ss; cows and heifers, £3 10s, £3, £2,125,- £2; runners.. £3 4s, .£3; vealers, £265,£2 ss, £2 3s, £1 16s, £1 2s, .16s; prime extra heavy wethers, 265, 25s 8d; prime heavy wethers,-23s 7d, 22s 3d; prime extra, heavy ewes, 19s Id, 18s; prime heavy ewes, .17s 3d, 17s, 16s;.medium ewes, 15s; heavy spring lambs, 23s 7d, 23s sd, 22s 6d, 21s; medium spring lambs, 19s 6d, 19s, 185:.9 d, 185,7 d, 17s 9d; light spring lambs, lGs 3d, 15s. .•'■■•. WAIRARAPA VALUES LOWER. • :.Prices were lower all Tourid at the Masterton sale yesterday,' when a-large- yardflig was submitted to "a good attendance.of buyers.'. Most of: the fat sheep, offered were of poor .quality, a. result of the extremely dry;weather conditions which have pre-.. vailed- in —the district for a number of weeks, but in spite of this, prices for fatswere, fairly satisfactory. However, stoi-e lambs,'of which the yarding mainly consisted, met with practically no demand, values going down on last week's sale by from 2s to 2s 6d per head. Wethers also met a dragging marked prices for these animals decreasing by about 2s fid per head on late rates. Cattle were difficult to quit, and even ±henr only returned very low values. Pigs also decreased in price on. rates ruling at late sales. Despite the considerable decreases in* prices, all the venders met the market^ and the New. Zealand Farmers' Co-operative Distributing Co., Ltd., effected a total clearance at tho following range of prices:— Sheep.—Fat ewes, 15s to' -16s 6d; fat unfmislied ewes, 10s 6d, lls 9d, to 13s Id; fat lambs, 18s to 20s; light unfinished wethers, 18s 9d'to;l9s 8d; two-tooth wethers, lGs sd; small two-tooth wethers, 14s Id; other wethers, 17s 6d to 18s Id;: b.f.-rape lambs, ,12s 2d, 12s sd, ]2s 7d, 135,, 13s 6d, 15s lOd, 16s Id, to 16s lid; w.f. wether lambs,"-10s lOd to I2s 6d; smallb.f. lambs, 9s 6d,'los 3d, lls, to 12s 6d; five-year ewes, 17s; twotooth ewes, 18s 2d; aged'ewes, Bs, 10s, to 10s 6d. Pigs.—Weaners, 4s, 4s 6d, ss, 6s, to 6s 6d, - ■' .. ■ : -.- -.-;■ ; Cattle. —Store P.A. and. Hereford cows, 14s; bulls; 16s to 345; Jersey steer, 255; fat Jersey cow, 20s. ■ Sheep submitted by Dalgety and Co., Ltd., at the Masterton sale were showing the effects of the dry spell, and in most cases prices were easier. A total clearance was effected at the following prices:— Sheep.—Shorn f. and f. lambs, 16s;-f. and f. lambs, 16s 8d; kLJambs; 14s 8d to 175.2 d; woolly wether lambs, 9s lOd; shorn, wether lambs, 10s 3d; smaller lambs, 7s to' 9s 4d; five-year ewes, 14s ;3d. . WOODVILLE SALE. Abraham and Williams* Ltd., offered a particularly heavy yarding of sheep and lambs at the weekly stock sale at Woodville. The.offering comprised mostly sheep from the coastal area, which met with a particularly good sale. In: the ewe sections there were some particularly choice lines' of four and five-year ewes, which were cleared under • the hammer at prices in favour of the venders.- In the four and five-year, class the top price -was 22s 2d'for a line of chisel-mouthed., Komney cross ewes. Any lambs carrying good condition, were keenly sought after. The greater portion of the lamb offering comprised white-face shorn wether lambs. The range of prices was as follows:—Four and fiveyear ewes, 22s 2d, 20s Id, 19s 9d, 17s 6d; 16s 7d, 16s 6d; four, six,« and four-year ewes,-21s-Id, 20s, 19s 6d; two-tooth ewes, 255, 235; two-tooth, wethers, 18s 3d, 18s Id, 18s, 17s 9d;'-w.f. shorn'wether lambs,. 13s 6d, 13s:2d, 12s 6d,;115; b.f. lambs, 13s 4d, lls 6d; cull lambs, 9s 6d, 9s Id, 8s 7d/7s 3d.' ,; "..■- - ' ".--■ ■ v ; MART.ON SALE. The New Zealand' Farmers' Co-operative Distributing Company, Ltd., had: a • yarding- of 3150 sheep, 20 cattle, and 50 pigs" at the Marton sale on Tuesday. The yarding included a fair proportion of breeding ewes, but thebulk of.the entry was.comprised of lambs. The," continued s dry weather restricted buying.limits to a certain extent, and prices were a shade easier compared with those of ago. However, with the exception of two pens there,was a total clearance. Prices were: Best woolly b.f. -lambs,: 14s 2d to 15s; forward shorn b.f. lambs; 14s Sd; medium w.f.w. lambs, 10s 7d to lls'9d; medium b.f. ditto, 21s Id; small woolly m:s. lanibs, 9s 7d to 10s sd; cull lambs, 5s Id to 6s lOd; fat lambs, 18s 6d; forward wethers, 15s 6d to ,16s 9d; 6-tooth ewes, medium condition, 21s 4d; m.a. ewes, 13s; low-conditioned ewes, 8s 6d to 8s 9d; best weaner. pigs, 7s to 10s; smaller sorts, 4s 6d to 6s 6d. There was practically no demand for cattle of any description. . . ;