LIVESTOCK MARKETS

Evening Post, Volume CXXVI, Issue 6, 7 July 1938, Page 25

LIVESTOCK MARKETS

MOST CLASSES DOWN

Prices -for cattle, as well as; most other classes of stock, were generally lower at the livestock sales held in the Dominion this week. Ox beef receded another shilling a hundred pounds at Westfield yesterday. It is 11 months since a similar range of values, to 375, ruled at Auckland. A smaller entry lacked quality and steers declined by as much as 15s a head, but cows and heifers sold at firm late rates, tending to improve. The largest supply of sheep for some time more than fulfilled requirements and the slack demand resulted in a considerable reduction in values for medium and Tarifinished sheep, good quality grades Trot reflecting the decrease in the same measure. A small entry of calves resulted in prices increasing by 5s to 10s a iiead. Competition was particularly Iceen. Pigs were scarce and light baconers and all porkers improved in value by about 8s a head. There was only a small proportion of good quality fat cattle in the entry penned for yesterday's stock sale at Burnside, the remainder being medium descriptions, with cows and heifers predominating. Competition was keen from the start, and prime sorts rose by £1 |o £1 5s a head, while medium sorts were firm at late rates. The entry of stores included a line of stationbred steers from the Lakes district, which in keen competition brought to £9 15s. Wethers were in short sup- i ply, only a few trucks of prime qual- ] ity sheep being forward. Extra heavy! sorts met with a good demand at late rates, but the market for all other descriptions was erratic. JOHNSONVIIXE SALE. Wrght, Stephenson, and Co., Ltd., and Abraham and Williams, Ltd., report that an average yarding of all classes of stock was offered at the Johnsonville sale yesterday. Bulocks consisted chiefly of light weight and in- ! ferior quality* only a few pens of good! quality coming forward. Prices for good quality cattle were down about 10s, while other, sorts met with a dull sale, and were hard to sell. The cows and heifers were of good quality, and sold at prices showing no alteration. No runners or vealers were offered. The wethers yarded were of good quality, and sold well at late rate's. Ewes were of mixed quality, prices being down by Is ahead on last week's rate. There was a large yarding of lambs, only good quality sorts being sought after. Quotations are as follows:— Prime extra heavy bullocks, £15 10s to £15 2s 63; prime heavy bullocks, £14 10s to £14; heavy bullocks, £13 10s to £12 15s; light and unfinished bullocks, £11 to £9 ss; extra, prime heavy cows and heifers, £9 15s to £8 17s 6d; prime heavy cows and -heifers, i £8 10s to £7 17s 6d; cows and Tieifers, £7 7s Bd to £tf 15s. Prime, extra heavy wethers, 30s to 295; prime heavy wethers, 28s 66. to 27s 9d; medium wethers, 25s 7d to 255; prime extra heavy ewes, 23s 3d to 225; prime "heavy ewes, 21s to 20s 3d; medium ewes, 19s to 18s; heavy lambs, 22s I 4d to 21s M; medium lambs, 18s 7d; light lambs, 15s to 13s 7d. WAIRARAPA VALUES. The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company, Ltd.. offered a ' good yarding of cattle to a fair' attend- | ance at the Masterton sale yesterday, i Prices, which compared with late rates,' ranged as follows:— I Cattle: Fat dairy cows, £4 5s to £4 10s; young cows, £4 11s to £4 15s; forward cows, £3 10s to £4; potter cows, £2 15s to £3; Jersey steers, £5; Jersey heifers, empty, £3 5s to £3 15s; weaner heifers, £2 to £2 15s; cows, in mirk, -£4 to £4 10s; springing cows, jEhe New Zealand Farmers' Co-op-erative Distributing Company reports that they offered a good yarding of' sheep. Fats and breeding ewes show-1 ed a slight rise. Realisations were:— Fat black-face ewes, 22s to 245; twotooth breeding ewes, 295; four-tooth and six-tooth breeding ewes, 29s 9d. Parkers,.to 30s; slips, 18s 6d; weaners, 7s. Dairy cows, £5. Sheep dogs, £4 iX5s to £8. ' Wright, Stephenson, and Company report that small woolly hoggets made slightly better values, but breeding ewes were on par with late rates. Prices were:-— Sheep: Fat wethers, 24s to 24s sd; small ewe lambs, to 15s 7d; small wether hoggets, 7s 2d to 13s ,10d; fat b.t. two-tooths, 21s to 225; five-year ewes, r.w. S.D. ram* to 21s lOd. Cattle: • Springing heifers, to £6 ss; springing cows, £5 to £6 1fls; yearling Jersey' heifers, 37s 6d to £2 10s. .