THE MEAT MARKET

Evening Post, Volume CXIX, Issue 152, 29 June 1935, Page 12

THE MEAT MARKET

LAMB PRICES ADVANCE

The Bank of New Zealand, produce department, has received the following advice from its London office as &x close of business this week:—There is a better demand for lightweight wethers. The market for ewes is dull. The market for lambs is firm. There is a good demand for prime lambs. The demand for beef is affected by low prices of chilled. Trade generally affected by hot weather. Wethers, light 3 5-8 dto 4 5-8 d per lb, heavy 3d to 3 3-8 d; ewes, 2 l-8d to 3id; lambs, 2's G|d to 7d, 8\« 6-Jd to 7d, 4's 6 5-8 - to G^d, seconds 6d to 6.1 d; ox hinds 3id to 3:,' d, fores 2^d to 2Jd. LIVESTOCK- SALES BREEDING EWES WANTED (By Tclusrayb—l'rees Association.) FEILDING, June 28. A keen demand for breeding ewes was evident at the stock sale today, ewes r.w. Southdown rams advancing by 2s to 3s a head. There was a fairly heavy yarding, some lots being in specially good condition. The advances in prices apparently indicate good prospects for wool and lamb in the near future, and a very satisfactory sale resulted. Prices for fat lambs were easier by 2s a head, with fat ewes and wethers at last, weeks level. The large entry of run cattle h d very few sales at auction, but considerable clearances privately afterwards. For a heavy yarding of fat cattle prices were at about the previous week's level, and were not very satisfactory to venders. There was a good demand for dairy cattle, with a successful sale, the demand being specially keen for cows and heifers at drop. . . Sheep: Lambs, prime heavy, special small line, 255; prime, 23s 4d to 24s Gd; good, 21s to 22s 6d; fair, 18s to 20s 3d; inferior, 15s 7d to 17s sd; fat ewes, prime, heavy, 15s 3d to 15s 9d; good weights, 14s to 14s 9d; inferior, 12s 9d to 13s lOd; fat wethers, prime heavy, 23s to 23s 9d; good, 21s 9d to 22s 9d; fair, 18s lOd to 21s; fat b.f.'s, 20s 6d. Store sheep: Ew.es r.w. Southdown rams, two-tooth, 30s, 30s 3d, to 325; two-tooth to four years, 20s; four-five-year, -275, 28s 6d, to 29s 7d; poor condition, 13s 9d; five-year, 19s to 22s Id; five-six-year, 21s 6d to 24s 6d; m.a., 26s to 295; aged, 10s to 16s; b.f. lambs, 14s 3d to 14s lOd; ewe lambs, 17s 6d, 18s, to 20s; wether lambs, 15s 9d to 16s 2d; cull lambs, 7s to 8s; cull ewes, 7s to 9s. Cattle: Store cattle, P.A/ cows, £2 10s; ditto, heifers, £2 9s 6d to £3 8s; 26 months P.A. steers, £3 10s to £4 7s; P.A. cross steers, £5 10s; Shorthorn steers, £4 ss; mixed colours, steers, £4 to £4 7s 6d-; Jersey bullocks, £8 IDs; weaner heifers, 5s to 15s; yearling heifers, 245; store cows, 22s to 395; fat and forward cows, 40s to' £2 10s. Vealers, 30s to £3 15s. Dairy springing heifers, close to calving, £4 15s to £5 10s; others, 30s to £4, according to calving dates; specially good heifers, £6; springing cows, £2 10s, £3 17s 6d, £4 10s, to £4 15s; second calvers, £5. Fat cattle, P.A. cows, £3 7s 6d to £5 7s 6d; Hereford cows, £3 11s; Shorthorn cows, £2 12s 6d to £4 ss; dairy breed heifers, £3 to £4 15s; ditto cows, £2 17s 6d to £3 12s 6d; P.A. bullocks, £6 9s to £7 4s; store bullocks, £6 16s; mixed bullocks, £5 7s Gd to £7 10s; vealers, 35s to £2 lls. Poultry: Hens, Is 6d to 2s lid; pullets, 2s 6d to 4s 9d; ducks, 2s Id; turkey hens, 3s 9d to 4s 3d; gobblers, 5s 6d to 7s 3d. . Pigs; Weaners, 7s to lls 6d; slips, 10s to 15s; stores, 15s to 255; porkers, small, 295. — ' ■ j The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co., Ltd., reports an improvement in the store-sheep section at Feilding yesterday. . Good young ewes sold at 2s per head above the rates recently .ruling. The quality was a good deal better than usual. Aged ewes remained at about late rates. Store lambs sold exceptionally well, good w.f. lambs meeting with the best demand. Ewe lambs also showed an appreciation of Is per head. Fat lambs sold freely at about 9d to Is per head above schedule. There was a good yarding of run cattle, but the demand was not very keen, consequently there was not much ' sold at auction. Fat cattle again met with a keen demand at late prices. Following are some of the prices realised: —70 2-tooth and 4-year ewes at 20s, 76-aged ewes at 13s 9d, 69 4 and 5-year ewes 20s, 50 s.m. ewes 16s, 88 2-tooth ewes at 30s 3d, 58 w.f.w. lambs at 16s 2d, 20 fat lambs at 18s 9d, 62 fat lambs at 17s 3d, 23 fat lambs at 16s 3d, 48 fat lambs at 16s Id, 14 fat lambs at 22s 6d, 20 fat lambs at 23s 4d; fat cows, £2 15s to £5 7s 6d; boner cows, medium sorts, 23s 6d to 255; vealers, £2 lls. CARTERTON VALUES. Wright, Stephenson, and Co., Ltd., report that sheep again sold well at the weekly Carterton sale yesterday, when store hoggets were keenly sought after. Cattle and.pigs maintained late rates, meeting a good market. A small yarding of sheep, cattle, and pigs was submitted to a good attendance, making the following realisations: — Sheep: B.f. hoggets, 13s 4d to 15s: w.f. wether hoggets, 14s to 15s; fat lambs, 18s 6d to 20s; fat ewes, to 16s; f.m. ewes, run with Southdov/n-rams, to 13s. Cattle: Springing heifers, £3 7s 6d to £3.17s 6d; heifers, due August, £2 10s to £2 17s 6d; springing cows, £2 2s 6d to £3 10s; fat cows, £2 14s to £3 12s 6d; fat heifers, to £3 3s; forward cows, 28s to £2 ss; store cows, 17s to 225; heifers, r.w.b., to £2 2s 6d. Bulls, 30s to £2 12s. Pigs: Weaners, 10s to 12s; slips, 12s 6d to 15s; store pigs, 16s 6d to 19s 6d; porkers, 21s to 30s 6d: sows to farrow, to £3 12s 6d; p.b. Tamworth boars, 2gns to 2Jgns. SHEEPSKINS DEAEER PRICES AT YESTERDAY'S SALE Competition was very spirited at the fortnightly sale of sheepskins and hides held by Wellington woolbrokers yesterday, when average catalogues were submitted to the usual bench of buyers. Sheepskins sold readily at prices showing a slight advance on last sale's level. Hides were in good demand, with keen competition but at a somewhat lower range of prices than a fortnight ago—most weights showing a decline of id per lb, only extra heavy ox hides, of which very few are offering, and calfskins holding the last sale's figures. The range of prices is as follows: — Dry sheepskins: Halfbred, 6d to 83d per lb; fine crossbred, 5Jd to 8d; medium, sid to lid; coarse, 3Jd to 6id; half wools, 3Jd to" 7Jd; quarter wools, 2id to 5Jd; pelts, 2d to 4id. Salted skins: Three-quarter wools, 4s 3d; lambs, 2s 6d. Hides: Ox, 331b to 441b, 4Jd to 4 7-8 d; 451b to 521b, 4d to s£d; 531b to 591b, 5.I,d to 6 3-8 d; 601b to 691b, 6£d to 7 l-8d; 701b and over, s;]d to 7 7-8 d; cow, 331b to 391b. 2d to sd; 401b to 481b, 3d to 43d; 491b and over, 3id to 4 7-8 d; kip, 251b to 321b, 4 l-8d to 5 l-8d; 171b to 241b, 3d to 6d; yearling, 111b to 161b, 4Jd to 7 7-8 d; calf, 91b to 101b, 6 3-8 d to 6Jd; 61b to 81b, 6 3-8 dto 93d; lib to 51b, 4d to 8 7-Bd. Tallow: In casks, etc., 26s 6d to 28s per cwt; in tins, 19s {o 21s. Sundries: Cow tails, IOJd per 3b. Horse hair, 14id to 20jd. CANADIAN WHEAT ADVANCE IN FUTURES t - (Copyright.) (Received June 29, 8 am) , WINNIPEG, June 28. Speculative enthusiasm, whetted by reports-of serious rust damage in the United States, advanced wheat futures as much as 21 cents a bushel with net gains of 1 3-8 and 1J cents. Prices were:—July 82.} cents, August 83£. Wheat was up 5 cents in Chicago, closing at 4J to 4 2-5 cents hiahcr.