STOCK MARKETS.

Hawera Star, Volume XLV, 3 October 1925, Page 10

STOCK MARKETS.

FAT STOCK HIGHER. GOOD DEMAND FOR DAIRY 1 HEIFERS.

The weather conditions have shown a slight improvement, but there is little growth yet, and will not be for some time. Fat cattle are still scarce, and show another advance in price. They are quoted at up to £2O, and this makes the position still more acute. Dairy heifers close up to profit were selling well last week, and some lines have been sold. Farmers are showing more confidence in the future. Fat sheep are scarce and dear, and hoggets have shown a tendency to clear, many lines having been quitted during the week. The position, though somewhat improved. is still a difficult one for farmers and stock people generally. If the weather improves the position should better itse'f at an early date. STOCK SALES. The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company, Limited, Havera branch, report as under: At Opunake on September 28 we held our fortnightly sale, when a small yarding of .store cattle and a good entry of dairy stock was .submitted to a good attendance of buyers. Prices were on par with late sales, and all. the yarding was disposed of. We Quote : —Empty store cow.s, £8 Ids to £4 15s; aged .store cows, £1 10s to £2 10s; best springing heifers (close-up), £6 10s to £8; inferior and backward sorts, £4 to £6.

Ait Palmer Road on the 2nd inst. we conducted our fortnightly sale. A good entry of -store cow.s and a large entry of dairy heifers came forward. Prices were for all classes ol .stock, una heifers clo-se to profit realised up to £ls. We quote: —Good w.f. hoggets to 30s; fat cows, £8 15s to £9 7-s 6d ; forward cows, £5 5s to £6 10s; stoie cows, £3 to £4 ss; best cilose-up heifers, £l2 10 to £ls; good close-up heifers. £9 to £l2; backward heifers £5 to 10s. ' „ ■ ~„ _ We also quote:—l‘at wethers, £2 3s to £2 os; fat ewes to £1 18s; best romney hoggets, 30s to 31 ; lat bullocks £l6 to £lB 10s; fab cows, £9 10s to £10; store cows, £3 10s to £4 10.

The Farmers’ Co-op. Society reports as under: — The past week has been rather quiet, not many big lines of stock changing hands. Yardings have been very fair and store cattle have remained firm at late rates. Fat cattle arc very scarce and are still rising in price. A very choice line sold privately by us during the week realised over 25s per head. There is not an over supply of fat sheep, but are a little easier to procure than a few weeks back. Dairy stock has been better this past week, but the quality offering is not quite up to the standard as earlier in the season.

At -Kakaramea on Monday,! the 28th ult., we had a small yarding and a fair clearance at late rates. We quote: Pigs, stores 25s to 28s (id, empty cows £.3 to £3 ss, good quality heifers £8 10s to'£9, good heifers £6 to £7. At Okaiawa on Tuesday, the 29th ult., we had a good yarding and a real good sale, having a good clearance at prices in vendors’ favour. We quote: Hoggets 28s 2d, fat cows £fi 14s to £9 18s, forward cows £5 12s to £(J 10s, good empty cows £3 10s to £3 15s, lower conditioned £2 to £2 15s, good yearling heifers £3 11s to £4 9s, dairy, good springing cows, good £l4 10s to £ls, others £8 10s to £lO, good springing heifers £9 to £lO 10s, others £7 10s to £8 10s.

At Hawera on Thursday we had a fair yarding and a real good sale over the store pens. What few cows that were yarded sold exceptionally well. In the dairy pens we had a very fair sale and a very good clearance. Pigs met with a better sale, and wo had a total clearance of between 70 and 80 head under the hammer. We quote: Porkers £2 7s (id to £2 10s, empty cows £2 7s (id, good stores £2 to £2 2s, stores 33s to .355, smaller 275, weaners 19s, fat cows £7 to £l3, forward cows £5 to £(i 10s, good store cows £4 to £4 15s, empty cows £3 to £.5 10s, works and boner cows at late rates, good quality yearlingheifers £4 11s to £5, smaller £2 7s (id to £3 7s, small 2-year sters £4. Dairy: Good spring dv. cows £8 to £8 10s, good quality heifers £ll 10s to £l4 15s, good heifers £8 10s to £lO 10s, backward £5 15s to £7 15s, low conditioned £4 10s to £5.

At Waverley on Friday, the 2nd inst., we had a medium yarding and a fair sale, sales being made as follows: Pigs, good forward stores 35s to 3(is, sow with litter £<i, stores 25s to 2(is, weaners 15s to Kis, good to 20s; sheep, fat wethers 42s to 455, fat hoggets 325, fat anil forward maiden ewes 335, small hoggets 22s Oil; good empty cows £3 10s to £4 2s, empty store cows £2 13s to £3 2s (id, Jersey bulls to £l2, yearling heifers £3 ss, dairy heifers £7 10s to £B, backward and low conditioned £4 to £O.

WESTFIELD MARKET. (BY TKI.KGttAPFT. I'hksh ASSOCIATION.) AUCKLAND, Sep. 30. At Westfield sale to-day there was an extra short yarding of beef, and values were again considerably higher, both ox £md cow beef meeting with competition. Extra choice ox realised £2 15s per 1001 b. choice and prime £2 10s to £2 14s, other £2 os to £2 9s, prime young cow and heifer beef £2 3s to £2 9s. other £1 15s. Sheep.—Heavy prime wethers made £1 4s 6d to £2 6s. medium prime £2 2s to £2 4s, light £1 19s to £2 15s 6d, others £1 15a to £1 18s 6d, best heavy prime ewes £1 16s to £2, medium £1 12s to £1 15s. Spring lambs were penned in increased numbers, selling at late rates. Best heavy prime made £1 15s to £1 18s, medium £1 12s to £1 14s. light £1 8s to £1 11s. Pigs.—Choppers made £3 10s to £5 10s, heavy and medium baconers £4 16s to £5 6s, light baconers and heavy oorkers £4 10s to £4 15s. medium and light porkers £3 5s to £4 Bs. AtDD'INGTOX QUOTATIONS'. CHRISTCHURCH. Sep. 30 Ait Addington miarkeb there was a steadying i to-day in the prices of most classes of stock, fat entitle being the exception. They showed a further advance. Store Sheep.—On account of lack of feed there was a very big entry for this time of the year, principally hoggets, with lines of ewes and lambs. Prices were easier and an‘unusual proportion wfas passed. Spring Lambs.—Sold at from 33s Gd to 44-s 2d. Fat Sheep.—Extra prime wethers, 55s to 625; prime, 47s to 52s ; medium, 42,s to 52s 6d ; iligh.t, 37. s to 41 s 6d : extra prime ewes, 48s 7d to 51s Id; prime, 38s 6d to 43s ; medium, 34s 6d to 38s; light, 31s to 345; b.m. aged, 24s to 345; prime hoggets, 38s 6d to 43s 9d ; medium, 35s to 38s. Fat Cattle.—‘Extra prime, heavyweight steers, £27 10s to £3l 17s Gd ; •special, to £37 10s; prime heavy, £23 10s to £27; medium weight, £2O to £23; light, £l6 10s to £l9 10s; rough,

£lO to £l4 10s; extra prime heifers, to £2l 7s 6d; prime, £ls to £18; ordinary, £ll ito £l4 Ills; light prime cows, to £2l 12s 6d; prime, £l4 10s to £l7; ordinary, £lO 10s to £l4; light, £8 15s to £lO ss; aged, £5 to £B. Dairy Cows. — A dragging sale, J lie entry being poor. Quality passings were frequent. .Best springers, £6 to £8 10 s. Fab Pigs.—Choppers, £3 to £7 10s; ba rollers, £4 15s to £8 16s for extra heavy (average price per lb., 9-Jd to 10'd); pork era, 52s to 84 s for extra heavy (average price per lb., lOd to 10id).