TARANAKI STOCK MARKETS.

Hawera Star, Volume L, 20 December 1930, Page 10

TARANAKI STOCK MARKETS.

PAST WEEK’S SALES

FARMERS’ CO-OP. REVIEW

The Farmers’ Co-operative Organisation Society of New Zealand, Limited, reports: There has )>een a .slight hardenino- tendency throughout our district durn?" the last week, but whether due to the fact that these were the last stock sales prior to the Christmas hoildays, -or whether reflecting the hardening tendency reported in last week s cables regarding butter and wool, it is difficult to "judge, it seems, hownear rock bottom, and a return of confidence in all sections would be welcomed by the whole farming community The large number of farmers who have this year consigned lambs on their own account are anxiously awaiting the results of the first. sales of new season’s lambs on the Miutofield market. Fat cattle. —A hardening tendency probably due to the fact that the.e are no .sales until after the New rear. Good quality cattle offered met with competition within defined limits. Best bullocks made £ll and £ll 10s medium £9 15s to £lO ss, extra prime cows £8 15s to £9 15s, good cows £7 12s 6d to £8 os, lighter sorts £6 to £7. . Fat sheep —No change m the market from last week. Supplies not quite »o plentiful. Prime heavy weathers to 18ts 6d, heavy wethers 17s to 18s, _ prune 2-tooth Wethers 16s >Gd to. 17s oil, prime ewes 11s to 12s 6d, lighter 10s to 10s 6d, prime fat lambs 17s to 18s 6d. . Store cattle. —Fair yardings of empty cows coming forward, with a few lines of rising 2-year heifers. Best forward cows and heifers £6. lighter £4 to £5. boners, cows, £2 to £3 15s, boners, bulls, £3 to £7 (according to weight), yearling heifers r.w. Jersey bull, £4 IQs to £5 5s (good medium sorts), hold-over heifers £2 7s 6d to £3 2s 6tl, run cows with calves at foot £4 os to £5. Only odd sales are being made in other sections. Store sheep—Market a. little brighter with a tendency for a few farmers to purchase their annual requirements of ewes forward delivery. Best station lines of 4-year ewes are quoting from 13s 6d to 15s 6d and 5-year ewes from Us to 13s 6d, and a few sales have been made between these ranges. A better inquiry for 2-tooth wethers and prices range from 11s for medium to 13s 3d for good 2-tooth wethers; 4tootli wethers less inquiry, and wethers offering from 13s 6d to 15s according to quality. For 2-tooth ewes the market is brighter, with a good demand for immediate delivery, at about 18s to 19s, but sellers are few at the money offering. Sales were made at 18s 6d and 20s. . Dairy cows and heifers.—Odd lots are coming forward and selling at between £5 and £7 10s. Pigs.—The market is brighter, with a good demand and total clearances of offerings at all sales and some private sales of weaners in lots. Porkers 31s 6d to 40s, stores 26s to 335. best weaner pigs to 2.55, weanev pigs 8s 6d to 15s 6d.

X HAY TON KING’S BKPOHT. No improvement in values for stock in Taranaki has been in evidence since last week, Newton King, Dtcl., reports. Little interest is displayed m either paddock quotations or olterings at auction. Competition under the hammer is very dragging and all classes are nard to quit. Good entries of cow anti heifer beef have been yarded during the week, but a further decline in values has been noticeable, especially for second quality cattle, and works buyers Have been absorbing at reduced rates the good numbers of Jersey and Jersey cross sorts that have come forward. Values for best fat bullocks range from £l2 to £l3, while good lighter weights are being absorbed at from £lO IDs to £ll. Lest quality young fat cows realise from t 8 10s to £O, good quality lighter sorts x. 7 to £7 Ids, others £6 to £8 10s. Values iu the mutton section are not steady, prices showing a declining tendency. Requirements for North Taranaki consumption are being fulfilled at practically works rates. Best wethers make from 17s to 18s, lighter ■ 16s, best young fat ewes 12s on, others 10s to 11s. The reduction announced last week in the prices ottering by freezing companies for fat lambs has resulted in an easing in drafting operations, fatteners preferring to hold their supplies with the hope of evening matters i>y way of weight. continued quietness is the order in the store sheep section, store wethers (being practically the only class in | which sales of any account are reportled. Values for 4-Fooths range from 14s to 14s 6d, best two-tootlis from It's to 13s, and smaller sorts 10s to 11s. it is difficult to arouse interest in the store cattle section and private sales have been reduced to practically nil. Oddments continue to constitute the yardings at Newton King’s fortnightly sales, and except for small numbers of young paddock cows the ollerings for the most part are absorbed by works buyers, but competition Jacks keenness and values are reduced. Good conditioned works cows make from £2 15s to £3 ss, while boners realise from £1 10s to £2. Brices for good paddock cows range from £4 to £4 15s. .Fifteen-month heifers are yarded in fair numbers, but little interest is displayed and few change hands. Good quality fawns that have been mated realise up to £5 ss, while crossbred cattle of size find a market at from £3 15s to £4. It is difficult to find buyers for the other classes. Dairy cattle are yarded in small numbers, hut the disinterest is continued in this section, which results in cattle being hard to quit-. At Lupper ton on Tuesday a clearing sale of a small herd was conducted, but competition was by no means keen, the top price being £9. The majority changed hands at between £C> and £7 10s. There was a yarding of about 50 pigs at the New Plymouth havmarket yesterday and prices for weonors showed an advance. Larger pigs remained on a par. Quotations are: Weaners 19s 6d, 20s, 21s 6d and 22s 6d; slips, 25s ~6d; small stores, 275; medium stores, 31s; porkers, 365. “Her suffer'iip .aided with the day.” —Aldrich. But if you arc suffering from a cough or cold you don’t have to wait till nightfall for relief —Baxter’s Lung Preserver will soothe and remedy from the very first dose. You should keep this fine old specific always in the house. Its tonic properties tone up your system against any chance of a relapse. “Baxter’s” is now obtainable with a new screp cap which preserves the contents. All chemists and stores. Economical family size, 4/6; smaller sizes at 2/6 and 1/6. —Advt.