LIVE STOCK MARKET

Gisborne Times, Volume LX, Issue 9799, 8 May 1924, Page 2

LIVE STOCK MARKET

MATAWHERO YARDS,

The Poverty Bay Stockbrokers’ Association held their weekly .sale at the Matawhero yards yesterday, when there was a good attendance of buyers and bidding was fairly brisk. Good hoggets met with a brisk demand. In fat sheep there was a yarding of 765 head, mostly ewes, prices ranging from 16s 7d for light unfinished owes up to 20s 9d and up to 36s 6d for wot ho/s.

There was a' small yarding of pigs, 26 head, prices ranging from 9s for wenners up to 22s for fight porkers and up to 43s for haconers. •Only two head of fat cattle were brought forward, two Shorthorn heifers being passed in at £0 2s Cd. There was a yarding of approximately 7000 head of store sheep, and prices ranged from 11s 5d for small hoggets up to 18s, 21s to 255. for small 2-tooth wethers; 16s up to 23 for eves in lamb, and 16s to 17s 3d for empty ewes.

The following are the prices secured a.L auction, (p) indicating that the lino was passed in:— Fat sheep.—l.o ewes (p) 17s 9d; 20 wethers (pj 2G's 6d; 7 owes 18s; i 9 do. (p) 19s; 36 do. 18s 6d; 115 do. (prime) 20s 9d; 70 wethers (p) 265; 80 owes (p) 20s 9d; 69 lambs (p) 17s 6d; 38 owes 18s; 69 do., 19s; 72 do. 20s; 24 do. 18s; 31. lambs (p) 17s Gd; 16 ewes 17s ; 12 do. 16s 7d.

Cattle.—2 prime Shorthorn heifers (p) £6 2s Gd. Pigs.—3 purebred Berkshire sows (p) £2 2s; 1 do. (small) £1 Is; 2 slips 20s; 4 weaners 13s 6d; 3 do. 7s; 1 light porker 225; 1 do. (])) 20s; 3 do. 27s Gd; 2 haconers 435; 3 weaners 9s; 3 haconers 41s. Stores.—l 29 .4- to 5-year ewes in lamb (p) 235; 408 m.s. woolly hoggets 11s sd; 209 4, to 5-year ewes in lamb 18s Gd; 172 5-yr do. 18s 3d; 136 empty ewes (p) 16s Id; 208 2 to 5-yr owes in'dumb (p) 21s 3d; 166 woolly hoggets (p) 18s; 40 m.s. shorn dc. 12s; 190 2 and 4-th wethers 25s 3d; 177 woolly wether hoggets 15s 7d; 207 4 to 5-year ewes in lamb i.;~,; 259 2-tooth wethers (small) (p) 21s 9d; 569 small hoggcts(p) 16s 4d; 206 4 to 5-year ewes including 6 rams (p) 20s 6d ; 133 2-tooth small wethers 21s; 29 s.in. ewes including one ram 16s; 14.4 s.rri. shorn hoggets 12s 9d; 95 s.rn. woolly hoggets (p) 17s; 80 fat and forward empty ewes (p) 17s Act; 105 2-tooth wethers (small) (p) 20s od; 20 s.m. hoggets (shorn) 11s 4d; 33 s.m. owes in lamb 12s Gd ; 20 2-th small wethers 15s 8d; 66 2-th ewes 225; 68 culled ewes in lamb 8s 3d; 89 m.a. ewes in lamb 17s Ud; 80 4th wethers 25s lid: 49 small woolly hoggets 10s 4d; 11 syr. ewes in lamb l. 6(1; 20 cull ewes in lamb 11s; 94 s.m. empty ewes' 15s; 99 fat and forward ewes 14s 6d: 136 m.s. small woolly hoggets 7s 4d; 49 f. and f. empty ewes (p) 15s 6d; 31 f. and f. empty ewes 12s lid; 73 do. ewes empty 9s; 254 m.s. woolly hoggets 16s 3d; 230 2th to svr. ewes in lamb 235; 129 do. ewes in lamb including 4 rams 17s Gd; 75 m.a. ewes in lamb 20s; 269 m.s. woolly hoggets 15s 4d; 26 f. and f. empty owes 13s 6d ; 300 m. woolly hoggets (n) 16s fkl; 38 s.m. ewes in lamb (p) 15s; 21 m.a. empty ewes 14s; 13 m.a. empty ewes 13s 3d; 30 s.m. do. 16s Sd; 66 good woolly hoggets (p) 16s 9d; 43 m.a. empty eves (p) 24s 9d ; 123 m.s. woolly hoggets small 10s Gd; 29 1. and*f. ewes empty 15s; 44 do. do. 16s 6d; 59 small "shorn hoggets 9s 7d; 45 do. do. Ss 9d; 25 do. woolly hoggets 9s Gd: 37 do. do. 5s lid; 41 late shorn wethers (p) 22s 9d; 37 s.m. empty ewes 14s; 114 f. and f. ewes empty 15s 6u; 100 2th wethers (p) 20s 9d; 147 4yr. ewes in lamb (p) 22s Cd; 158 e. woolly hoggets (p) 13s 6d; 127 syr. ewes in la ml) 25s Id; 106 2th owes in lamb 23s 3d; 104 s.m. do. 18s 6d; 9 2th wethers 24s 6d; 11 small woolly hoggets Ss Gd; 8 s.m. empty ewes* 12s; 15 Southdown cross hoggets 14s Gd: 20 m.a. ewes in lamb Hs 7d.; 22 m.s. woolly hoggets 18s 9d; 125 m.s. shorn do. ]4s 2d; 97 m.s. woody do. 14s lid; 140 4th to syr. owes m lamb 20s Gd : 105 f. and f. empty ewes 13s 2d; 32 2th wethers (p) 19s Gd ; 31 m.a. ewes in lamb Its (y[ ; 75 2 and 4th wethers 25s 3d: 45 2th wethers (i>) 20s 9cl.

WESTFIELD YARDS

AUCKLAND, May 7. There was a large yarding of boot which sold at late quotations. Extra choice ox made up to 30s per IUUIb, die ice and prime 26s to 295; plain and unfinished 22s to 255; prime young cow and heifer 24 s to 265; other cow 18s to 235; rough beef _l2s to 17s. Heavy prime steers realised £ll 5s to £l3 15s; medium £9 to .£11; light £7 to £7 17s Gd; smaller and unfinished £5 ios to £6 17s_G(l; heavy prime cows and heiters £7 to £6 17s Gd; medium £5 15s to £6 15s; light £4 to £3 10s; forward cows £2 IDs to £3 17s Gd; poor £1 5s to £2 5 s

Calves were yarded in less than the averages numbers. Late quotations prevailed, ltunners made £3 15s to £ I 7s ; heavy vealers 53s to 745; medium 36s to 51s; light 2ds to 355; smaller 13s to 18s; small and fresh diopped os to 10s; rough 15s to 28s. Figs.—There was a smaller yarding and prices were firm at last wcck s rates. Choppers made 65s to 84s; heavy and medium baconers and heavy porkers 64s to 755; medium and light porkers 525, to 635; large stores 27s to 31s; slips 20s to 265; woaners 12s to 235.

Sheep.—There was an average yarding which sold under steady competition at late rates. Heavy prime weathers made 37s 9d to 33s 9d; medium 36s to 37s 6d;-.-light 34s to 35s 9d; smaller and unfinished 80s to 33s 9d; heavy prime ewes 31s 3d to 33s 9d; medium 29s to 31s; light 26s 6d to 28s Gd; inferiorly fatted ewes 18s to 2os.

Lambs were penned in average numbers and sold at late quotations. He avy prime made 27s Gd to 29s 9d; medium 25s 6d to 27s 3d; light 23s to 255; unfinished best 17s to 225; others 12s to 16s 9d.—P.A.

ADDINGTON MARKET

BEST SALE OE SEASON FOB, LAMBS.

CHRISTCHURCH, May 7. At Addington market the yarding to-day of l'at cattle and sheep was one of the largest on record, due, no doubt, to the burst of winter last week making holdern of forward stock apprehensive about feed resources. Store sheep: Old ewes predominated and there was. a good sale for all quality sheep, particularly wethers. Good two-toothed half-bred ewes 42s Gd; • ordinary 33s 3d to 355; soundmouthed half-bred ewes 29's 9d; soundmouthed crossbred ewes 28s sd; sound and failing-mouthed half-bred ewes 25s to 26s Id; aged lialf-bred ewes 14s lid to 21s; aged half-bred empty ewes 15s Id to 16s_9d; aged crossbred owes, good, condition, 18s 6d to 22s 3d; lower condition 14s to 17s Gd; good forward four, six-toothed halfbred wethers 32s 6d to 34s 2d; lour, six and eiglit-toothed lialf-bred wethers 30s 8d to 31s 3d; good forward two-toothed half-bred wethers 32s 6d; ordinary two-toothed half-bred wethers 25s- to 27s lid; forward threcquartcr bred lambs 22s to 25m 3d; ordinary 18s to 21s; good mixed sexed lialf-bred lambs 24s 3d; tliree-quarter-hred ewo lambs 25s 8d to 275; half-bred ow y, lambs 23s to 28s ; small crossbred ewe lambs 22s 8d; small and inferior lambs 14s Gd to-17s 6d. Fat lambs: An average yarding oi 3130 bend and a keen sale, easi y the best of the season. Prime lambs made from 105 d to lid per lb; overweights and light weights l.Od t>' V y' Fat sheep: A very heavy yarding of 13 races, the average being about nine, and a. good sale.' Exporters were operating freely J and the big

yarding was cleared. Extra prime wethers '6os, a tew special 57s 6d to 625; prime 37s 6d to 42s 6d; medium 33s 6d to 36s 6d; liglit 3Us to 335; prime ewes 31s t 0 .345; medium 27s 6d to 30s 6dj light 23s to 275; old JLOS to 225.

Eat cattle: About the biggest yarding on record, comprising 670 head. A lot of light stuff was included, but all good ueef sold with freedom. J.'rimo hecr made fiom 3is to 34s per tUUlbs; medium 27s to 30s 6d; hght 24s to 26s Od ; and rough down to 455. Special steers made from £lB to £2vJ; good. £42 to £l6; medium £8 to £11; prime heifers £7 to £lO 16s; prime cows £6 10s to £lO os. Venders • Some good station lines forward and sold well. Runners £5 to £6; good vealers £3 10s to £4; good calves £2 to £3 6s; small calves os to 2bto.

Store cattle: A very heavy yarding, mostly of poor class and a lair sale. Some 3 ypar steers made to £5 10s. Dairy cows: A large yarding, and springers sold well, cows making to £ll and heifers to £lO 10s; interior down to 3Us.

lab pigs: A good entry. liaconers sold lirmly, but porkers were weaker. The average price of bacon per lb was lid to 63d; porkers 7td to Bid. " Store pigs : Slack sale. Large stores 40s; medium 26s to 30s; slips 11s to 14s.—1 J . A.