LIVESTOCK PRICES

Evening Post, Volume CXXII, Issue 68, 17 September 1936, Page 23

LIVESTOCK PRICES

SOME HEAVY YARDINGS

-The recent high prices for livestock showed a tendency to slacken at the sales held in the Dominion yesterday, generally because of heavier yardings. The entries at Johnsonville were large but prices suffered little in consequence, increases being recorded for some classes of stock. Heavy entries at Addington caused a sharp decline' in beef and a slight fall in fat sheep. Beef values. remained firm at Westfield although;few good-quality beasts were offered. More sheep of good allround quality were sold. Ewes predominated and were easier by up to 4s a head, wethers remaining firm. A good dem«nd for pigs arrested the recent decline. Large yardings were forward in the' major sections at the Bumside sale. Beef prices were easier, while mutton sold at late parity. JOHNSONVILLE PRICES.

Wright. Stephenson. and Co.. Ltd., and Abraham and Williams, Ltd., report' on the Johnsonville sale held yesterday:—The bullocks comprised chiefly heavyweight cattle with a few pens of prime medium weights. Prime heavyweight bullocks met with a keen sale at prices firm, on those ruling last week, prime mediumweights firm to the extent of 5s per head, light and unfinished no .alteration. The yarding of cows and heifers was of. exceptionally good quality, with only a few pens of light and unfinished station .cows. Extra prime heavy cows and prime cows sold readily at prices 5s to 10s per head up on last week's quotations. Medium and unfinished cows were hard to sell, with a drop of 10s per head.* There was ozily a few pens yarded of cows ex. dairy. These met with little demand at prices showing no alteration. A. keen sale resulted for runners and vealers, with prices firm oh last week's rates. There was an average yarding- of prime heavy-, weight to-medium quality'wethers, and a large yarding of all classes of ewes, with a heavy yarding of hoggets. Extra, prime heavyweight ewes met with a ready sale, with prices slightly easier than those ruling last week, while light to mediumweight sheep were Is to 2s per- head easier. Hoggets sold well at prices firm for goodquality sheep, and 6d to Is per head easier, for inferior sorts. The . first spring lambs this season were also, offered. These met with spirited. competition, prices being well, up to those obtained for. the first lambs that came forward last-season. ■ Cattle.—Prime extra heavy bullocks, £15 10s to £14. 2s 6d (single); prime heavy bullocks, £13 15s to £13 2s 6d; heavy bullocks, £12 > 15s to £11 12s; medium- bullocks, £11 2s 6d to £10 15s; light and, unfinished bullocks, £10 5s to £3 17s 6d; extra prime heavycows and heifers, £10 17s 6d to £10; prime heavy cows and heifers. £9 18s to £8 15s; cows and heifers, £8 10s to £7 16s; cows, ex dairy, £6 5s to £4 12s 6d; runners (extra good), £5 12s 6d to £4 18s; vealers, £2 10s down to 275. Sheep.—Prime:extra heavy, wethers, 40s 3d down to 39s 6d; prime heavy wethers, 38s 6d down to 37s 9d; medium wethers, 37s 3d down to 32s 6d; prime extra heavy ewe's (good to prime leavy young ewes), 38s 6d, 36s 6d, to ;3556d; prime heavy ewes,,34s 6d down lo 32s 9d; medium ewes, 31s down to 29s 6d; light ewes, 26s 6d down to 21s 9d; heavy hoggets- (extra good), 33s 6d down, to 31s 3d; hoggets, 28s 6d down to 275; heavy spring lambs, 33s to 32s Sd; spring lambs, 31s 6d down to 30s 9d; light spring lambs. 20s down to 27s 6d.