FOR FARMERS Large Store Lamb Entry

Greymouth Evening Star, 6 February 1947, Page 10

FOR FARMERS Large Store Lamb Entry

Fat Cattle Prices Lower At Addington Another large yarding of store lambs met with spirited competition at yesterday’s Addington market and last week’s good rates were maintained. Fat cattle were forward in large numbers and declined, by about £2 a head. Fat pigs also eased in price. Store Sheep.—Over 15,000 store lambs were offered, the majority being in excellent condition. The best price was 29/-. Fine woolled mixedsex lambs made to 27/7. Values were: Best lambs, 25/7 to 29/-; good, 22/7 to 25/4; medium, 19/7 to 22/10; and small and backward, 14/6 to 19/1. Best adult sheep made 24/10 to 26/6, with medium to good 19/to 24/-. Fat Lambs. — The entry was smaller and prices showed a corresponding rise. The best rose up to 2/- a head and lighter sorts improved 5/-. Values were: Extra prime fat lambs, to 37/1; prime fat lambs, 33/- to 36/6; good fat lambs, 28/6 to 32/6; medium and light fat lambs, 25/6 to 28/-. + . . Fat Sheep. — Prices were up to last week’s rates after a slow start. Values were: Extra prime heavy wethers, to 43/1; prime heavy wethers, 34/6 to 38/6; prime medium-weight wethers, 30/- to 33/6; ordinary and light wethers, 24/- to 28/-; extra prime ewes, to 34/7; prime medium-weigh, ewes, 22/6 to 26/6; extra heavy ewes, 20/- to 23/-; medium ewes, 18/6 to 20/6; unfinished ewes, 12/6 to 16/-•. Fat Cattle. — Best beef made to 57/6 per 1001 b; good beef, 40/- to 47/6; medium beef, 32/6 to 37/6; secondary cow beer, to 32/6. Values were: Extra prime heavy steers, to £2O 17/6; prime heavy steers, £9/10/- to £22' prime medium-weight steers, £l7’to £l9; ordinary and light steers, £l3 to £l6/10/-; extra prime heifers, to £l7/17/6; prime heifers, £l2/10/- to £l5/10/-; medium and light heifers, £9 to £l2; extra prime cows, to £l4/12/6; prime cows, £8 to £11; ordinary and light cows, £t> to £7/10/-. Vealers. —Values were on a par with late rates. The range of prices was: Large vealers, £7/6/- to £lO 8/6; others, £5/13/6 to £7/1/-; best suckers, £5/3/6 to £6/16/-; medium, £3/11/- to £4/16/-; large calves, 52/- to 75/-; medium 30/- to 50/-; and small and rough, down to 18/— Dairy Cattle. — Best second, third, and fourth calvers made £lB to £23; good, £ll to £l7; and aged and inferior, £6/10/- to £lO/10/-. Best heifers made £25 to £32; good £la to £22; and small and inferior £9 to £l3/10/-. i A . Fat Pigs.— Porkers were down 4Zto 6/- a head, choppers £1 to £2 a. head, and baconers 1/- to 2/-. Values were: Light porkers, £2/19/0 to £3/4/6; medium porkers, £3/9/0 to £3/14/6; heavy porkers, £3/17/6 to £4/8/6; choppers, £6/1/- to £ll 18/6; light baconers, £4/19/6 to £5 9/6; medium baconers, £5/10/6 to £5/16/6; heavy boncers, £5/19/6 to £6/4/6; ’ extra heavy baconers, £b 14/6 to £7/3/6; average price per lb, 9|d to 10|d. . Store Pigs.—lncluded in the entry were four sows in pig, which made from £8 to £9. No large stores were entered. Values were: Small weaners, 25/- to 30/-; best weaners, 35/- to 42/-; small stores, 34/- to 40/-; medium stores, 42/- to 48/-.

Top Price Paid For Merino At Dunedin (P.A.) DUNEDIN, Feb. 5. The second main wool sale held in Dunedin this season justified the opinion of those who had judged the clip to be slightly less attractive in quality than would be expected after a normal seson. There was a lull bench of buyers when the first lot was offered to-day, and it was soon evident that the demand, particularly for Merino and halfbred wools, was firm. However, there was an easing in value and the reason was that the clip ctid not fully maintain the quality of the December offering. The sale opened fairly brightly and became brisker during the morning. This tone was maintained for some time in the afternoon, but there was a marked slackening late in the day, and it was then that the easing m prices for medium and ordinary quality crossbred and hogget wool was most noticeable. In comparison with the December sale, the interest shown by buyers was much livelier. Prices were back slightly, probably Id to 2d for crossbred and hogget wool and also medium half bred, although they were firm for fine classes. Except for some specialty lines, the offering was not of the quality of the early shorn wool The top price was 37|d for a choice lot of superfine combing Menno wether. Eight . bins of halfbred brought 361 d. First fine crossbred hogget brought 25d (bins), and 25 bales of crossbred 23’d. The official report stated: —“Compared with the December sale m Dunedin, prices to-day continued satisfactory for merino and fine halfbred, but there was a slight easing on medium to coarse halfbred. Fine crossbreds and crossbreds showed an easing tendency. The bulk of merinos and superfine halfbreds were taken by local mills and *.he Continent. Bradford was the principal buyer of crossbreds. The Continent purchased the bulk of h^ r skirtings, while Bradford sought the coarser grains. . “Bidding was more spirited than at the December sale. The quality and style of the wool were not up to that seen at the previous Dunedin Sa “The total offering was 35,290 bales of greasy wool and 645 bales of stock scoured wool.”