LIVESTOCK SALES

Evening Post, Volume CXIX, Issue 126, 30 May 1935, Page 16

LIVESTOCK SALES

lIITTLE CHANGE IN PRICES

£RIME SORTS SELL1 WELL"

'.'• Prices lor livestock showed little change at the sales held in the Dominion yesterday. At the Johnsonville sale prime bullocks and wethers had a good sale, but light and unfinished were hard to quit. At Addington there was a small yarding of sheep, which sold at better prices, and an over-supply of ,beef, which^was consequently easier. ' There was a larger yarding of cattle at Westfleld, close on 1000 head being offered, with, a tendency to a shortage in the o'x> beef section. Some very prime. offerings were included, and with competition very keen, all choice and-prime quality cattle firmed in value by a further Is per 1001b. A large.yarding of cows and heifers also met brisk bidding, and best sorts sold well.' .'Older, and inferior cows "were inclined <to be easier . than at last week's sale, A good average yarding of sheep "met •rather a dull sale, especially 'in the case of wethers. At' the commencement ewes were inclined to maintain late' rates, but later they eased--by- 'about Is a head, while wethers" throughout realised lower prices, The offering of lambs was on the small side. Good quality sorts sold readily at late rates, the sale on the whole being satisfactory. Thftre were large entries in the major sections for the double market at Burftside. The fat. cattle entry totalled 490, the. top price realised being £13 17s 6d. All prime heavy cattle; both -bullocks and heifers, appreciated about 10s, other sorts remaining unchanged. In the store cattle section there was an entry of 338, and price? generally showed little variation: In the fat sheep section approximately.. 3000 were submitted to auction, the offering including heavier consignments, of-heavy and medium wethers, and'qn account of butchers purchasing supplies elsewhere, these, classes showed' a drop of 2s per head. PRICES. AT JOHNSONVILLE. : Wright, Stephenson, and Co., Ltd., and Abraham and Williams, Ltd., report that there wias not much ■ change in prices at Johnsonville sale held yesterday.. The offering: comprised a large yarding of cattle, an average entry of ewes and wethers, and ,a small entry of lambs. .Prime heavy and well-finished medium-weight bullocks met with a good,'sale,.prices being . firmer on lasj; week's rates. Unfinished bullocks were >not' wanted; and were hard to quit even at, low prices. Good heavy, station cows and heifers were up ssper. head, medium weights sold: at late rates; and dairy sorts met with a gooddemand with no alteration in prices; There was a" :keen; demand for- prime vealers, plain and light calves being slightly;easier. ... -~ „ Prime heavy and medium wethers met with a good sale, with no alteration oh last week's'prices. .Light>and unfinished'were Is per head easier. There :Vfas;kee]a competition for extraheavy "ewes, prices being firm at lat6 rates. Medium weights showed no alteration.- Lambs were yarded in smaller numbers, there being little demand for them. Cattle.—Prime extra heavy bullocks, £9-15s, £9 10s, £9 ss, £9 2s, £9;----prime heavy bullocks, £8 15s, £8 12s. £8 10s, £8 7s, £8 2s; heavy bullocks; £7 125,: £7; 10s; light and unfinished' bullocks, £6 10s, £6; extra prime" heavy cows, and heifers, £5 10s, £5 6s, £5; prime heavy cows and heifers, "£4 10s, £4 ss, £4 2s, £4; cows and heifers, £3 ss, £3, £2 ss, £2 3s, £1--16s;: runners, £2,175, £2 12s, £2 10s, £2 Bs, £2 7s; vealers, £2,. £1 17s 6d,, £1 15s, £ 1.125, £1 7s. Sheep.—Prime extra heavy1 wethers, 25s 3d, 24s 9d, i24s 6d, 245, Id; 'prime heavy wethers,. ,23s 9d, 23s ,6d, ,235;. prime extra. heavy ewes, 19s; 18s ,9d, 18s 6d,: 18s 3d; prime heavy ewes,. 17s 9d, 17s ;6d. ,17s 2d, 17s; medium ewes, 16s 9d, 16s 6d, 16s; heavy lambs, 20s 6d; 20s, 19s 6d, 19s; medium lambs, 18s 6d, 18s, 17s. 6d; light lambs, 16s 95,; 16s 6d, i6s.- -'■ .. " ~.;■■:-. ~. ■-■•; ~ WAIKARAPA VAIiUES. The New Zealand' Farmers' Cooperative' Distributing Co., Ltd;,^report that store sheep were in keen demand at the,'weekly - Masterton sale yesterday, when prices for fat lambs were'higher than those at, previous sales, in sympathy with the rise ih export prices.. Fat-: sheep, particularly ewes r w'ere> considerably ■ easier. The company''submitted 935 sheep, 35 cattle, and 130 pigs to a iiarge attend-. ance'bi-buyers; effecting a .clearance at the following range of prices:-rSheep: Fat ■ weth,ers, .225; light J^t- wethers, 19s 6d; fat ewes, 13s, 13.3-6 d, 14s, to 16s, 6d; prime fat lambs, 23s'3d; Ught, fdt lambs, 14s 6d, 16s 6d, to 17s;. fat arid f orwardwetliers, 20s 4d; m.a. ewes, r.w. Southdown ram, 21s 3d; purebred woolly ewe lambs, 22s lOd; ewe lambs, 15s 6d, 16s, to 18s; small ewe lambs; 14s 6d; medium wether lambs, 10s 6dS 10s 9d, to Us Id; forward b.f. lambs, 13s 3d to 14s. Pigs: Slips, 12s to 15s. Cattle: Heifer just calved,. £3 10s; springing cow, £3; cows, due August, 30s to 37s 6d; weaner Jersey heifers, 10s, 13s, to 15s; 18-month coloured steer's, 30s; heifer, r.w/bull, 30sj > Wright,1, Stephenson, and Co., Ltd., entered affair "yarding of sheep, effecting a total clearance at.the following prices:—Sheep: Fat lambs, 20s 3d; store two-tooth wethers, 18s 4d; forward conditioned ewes, 12s 6d to 13s. PAHIATUA SALE. The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co., Ltd., report that competition for all lines was keen at the weekly Pahiatua sale on Tuesday, prices being on a par with those of recent sales. The company offered a small yarding 'of sheep, together with a few cattle, to ; a.large attendance of buyers, effecting a total clearance at the following,prices:— ■ . ; Sheepi B.T. lambs, 13s lOd to 15s 3d; W;f. wether lambs, 14s 2d to 15s; fouryear ewes r.w. Southdown ram,. 20s 9d; medium lambs, 12s* 6d. Cattle: IJyear dairy heifers, 335..