LIVE STOCK MARKET

Gisborne Times, Volume LXV, Issue 10377, 7 April 1927, Page 2

LIVE STOCK MARKET

ADDINGTON MARKET.

LARGE ENTRY OF FAT CATTLE.

FREE SALE FOR FORWARD STORE LAMBS. GOOD 2-TII N I. EWES WANTED. CHRISTCHURCH, April 5. At Addington market there was another heavy yarding of store sheep, good entries of fat. sheep and lambs and an exceptionally large entry of fat cattle, the .total of 686 being next to the record number. Pigs were also in heavy supply. There was a free sale for forward store lambs and other sorts met with a good demand from South Canterbury buyers. For .locally-bred ewes the demand . was fairly good, while the best of 2-th North Island cw'es were wanted. Other sorts showed a further decline of 1/- to 2/- per head on last week’s rates. Fat cattle were down £1 to

£1 5s per head, hut the supply was well absorbed by butchers, and there were very few passings. Fat sheep and fat lambs showed little or no change in value. Fat pigs sold well up to late rates, hut stores, specially weaners, were much easier. Store sheep.—The entry of store sheep included more lambs than for some weeks past and, with the exception of odd pens of really good lambs, the average quality was poor. The West Coast was well represented in the offerings. Forward lambs sold well at firm rates, and competition from South Canterbury buyers maintained the market for other classes. Ewe lambs were not in much demand. North Island ewes made up a large proportion of the offerings. Of grown sheep there was a. fair dcmand for locally-bred ewes and the best of the North Island 2-tlis* and the older ewes from that quarter met with competition from South Canterbury bjuvers, but this class, as well as the inferior 2-ths, were easier by II- to 2/- per head on last -Week’s prices. The range of prices was: Best; forward lambs to 17s; forward lambs 14s to 15s 8d; medium lambs 11s 6d to 13s 6d; small and inferior lambs 8s to 10s 9d : cull lambs 5s 6d to 7s 9d; good half-bred ewe lambs to 24s 4cl; ordinary half-bred, ewe lambs 18s 9d to 21s; three-quarter bred ewe lambs 16s to 19s 6d : best North Island 2-th ewes 27s 6d to 29s 3d; ordinary North Island 2-th ewes 24s 6d to 26s 6d; low-conditioned 2-th Romney ewes 20s to 23s 6d; 2-tli halfbred rnyes 28s; inferior 2-th hnlfbml ewes 22s to 255; sound mouthed halfbred ewes 24s to 26s 6d; inferior sound-mouthed halfbred ewes 18s. 9d to 22s 8d: failing mouthed linlibred ewes 12s 6d to 16s 9d; forward 2 ami 4-th wethers 18s: 4-tli crossbred wethers 12s 6d to 13s Id: 6 and 8-tlp crossbred wethers 16s; 6 and 8-th halfbred. wethers 16s 6d.

Fat lambs.—(The yarding of fat lambs totalled 3060 and was of mixed quality, ranging from small and unfinished lambs to heavy butchers' lots. For the latter the market was again firm and freezing weights sold without appreciable change. The range of prices was: Extra prime lambs to 30s Id; prime lambs 25s to 27s 3d; medium lambs 22s to 24s 6d; light and unfinished 18s to 21s 6d.

Fat sheep.—There was a heavier vnrding of fat sheep than the previous week, some fourteen pens being occupier. There was a fair percentage of priyie wethers, including handy weight fine woolled and some heavy. Crossbred ewes, however, formed the bulk of the yarding, the quality being mixed. There was a good steady sale throughout at about the same rates ns last week for both butchers’ and exporters’ lines. The range of prices was: Extra prime wethers to 32s lOd; prime wethers 27s to 30s: medium wethers 25s fo 26s 9d ; light wethers 20s 6d to 24 s 6d: extra nrime ewes to 26s Id; prime ewes 18s 6d to 235: medium ewes 14s 6d to 18s 6d ; light ewfcss 12s 9d to 14 s 6d. Fat cattle.—The firmer tone of the beef market had the effect of bringing forward an exceptionally heavy yarding, totalling 686 head, the second largest entry that has ever been made in the yards. The market was down about £1 to £1 os on the average, but the demand kept up well to the end. Extra prime beef sold up to 36s per 1001 b.; prime quality steer and heifers 30s to 33s ; medium 25s to 295; and rough cow beef as low as 20s per 1001 b. The range of prices was: extra prime heavy steers to £l6 2s 6d; prime medium weight steers £l2 to £l4; medium quality steers £8 5s to £l2 10s; light and, unfinished steers £5 12s 6d to £8; extra prime heifers to £l3 12s 6d; prime heifers £7 15s to £9; light heifers £4 to £7 10s; extra prime cows to £ll 12s 6d; ordinary cows £4; prime cows £6 to £8; rough cows £3 7s 6d to £5 ss.

Vealers.—The vealers’ pens were. weH filled, a good percentage being well finished sorts and included among them were several pens of prime Hereford-cross runners. The range of prices was: Large sorts to £6 10s; best vealers £5 to £5 15s; medium vealers £2 to £4 15s; small and inferior calves 10s to 30s. Store cattle —There was a fairly large mixed yarding of store cattle, ranging from calves to old cows, and including a few small lots of big .steers and a number of bulls. Sales were made at the following rates: Four and five-year-old steers £8 12s 6d ; 2-yr. steers £3 13s 6d; yearling steers £2 10s to £3 7s 6d ; best cows £2 to £3 2s ; aged and inferior 21s to 355; Jersey calves 10s; bulls £3 Is to £7 10s. Dairy cattle.—The entry of dairy cows totalled 79 head and inferior sorts were more plentiful than at late sales. Good sorts sold well. Best second, third and fourth; cal vers made £9 10s to £l4 ss; medium sorts £6 10s to £9; inferior sorts £4 to £6; springing heifers £4 10s to £9 10s. Fat pigs-—There whs a good entry of fat pigs, there being again a large proportion of the offering sent in from the West Coast. There was a good demand for porkers. Sales were made at the following rates: Choppers £3 to £7 9s 6d; extra heavy haconers to £4 10s; heavy baconers £4 to £4 ss; lighter £3 10s to £3 15s—equal to s}d to 6}d per lb.j large porkers £2 15s to £3 6s; light porkers £2 5s to £2 12s—equal to 7d to 8d per lb. Store pigs.—There was a large yarding of store pigs and a fair attendance of-buyers. The market was easier and weaners specially were dull of sale at lower prices. The range of values was: Weaners 12s 6d to 16s; slips to 17s to 245; medium stores 26s to 31s: large stores 32s to 38s 6d; extra large stores to £2 8s; sows, in pig, £2 12s to £3 ss; 10-months-old boars to £2* 12s 6d.—• P.A.

WESTFIELD MARKET

FIRM PRICES FOR BEEF. AUCKLAND, April 6. At the Westfield sale beef was «u average; yarding, prices bein g very firm at last week’s rates. A. line of extra choice light-weight heifers on account of Mr. G. Alley (Katikati) averaged £6 2s 6d. Extra choice ox sold to 27s per 1001 b.; choice and prime ox 24s to 265; just kill able „ox 21s to 235; prime young cow and heifer beef 235; just killable 20s to 235. Sheen.—An average yarding, there heing little or rio change in values. Extra heavy prime wethers, "shorn, made'£l 6s 9d;- heavy prime wether? £l.'4s 6d to £1 ,6s 9d: medium weth-; ers .£1 3« to £l.4s; light .{ind unfinished wethers £1 to £1 2s 6d; heavy pfime eves 17s- 6d to 19s 3d: lighter 14s to 16s 6d; other ewes 9s to 12s r v •

Lambs.—A normal yarding, selling at late rates. Heavy prime lambs made £1 3s to £1 4s 6d; medium prime lambs £1 Os 6d £l 2s 6d; light prime lambs £1 Is to £1 2s. Calves., —A good yarding. Good qualtiy calves sold under good competition, but inferior were not wanted. Runners made £2 10s to £2 13s : heavy vealers £3 4s to £3 12s; niea'ium vealers £1 10s to £2 4s; light vealers £2 4s to £2 9s; rough vealers 9s to 12s; fresh dropped 4s to 16s. . ' , Pigs.—A small yarding, values being unchanged. Choppers made from £3 to £4 4s; heavy baconers £3 8s to £3 13s; medium baconers £3 os to £3 7s; light baconers £3 to £3 4s; heavy porkers to £2 13s; sight porkers £2 3s to £2 10s.—P A.