NEWTON KING REPORT

Hawera Star, Volume LIII, 4 November 1933, Page 10

NEWTON KING REPORT

Newton King Limited’s stock market report lor the week ■states: Trading in sheep hat constituted the bulk of the business during the week and much enthusiasm has entered into this important branch of the stock business. Calculations as to prices are based entirely on pre-sent-export figures for lamb, the favourable pricely likely to follow, the present unusually” sound' state of mutton values on the Brktish markets and the great recovery that yvool values have made- throughout the yvorld.

Store sheep .supplies are, however, limited, but with the shearing of drysheep now in full swing it is expected that a freer supply will be available in the immediate future. Sales made during the yveek have included 300 shorn 2-tootli ewes at 2.15, 150 b.f. m.-S. 2-tooths shorn 16s, 250 shorn 2tooth wethers 16s, 130 ewes Vith b.f. lambs 325. 240 ewes yvitli b.f. lambs 30s, 280 at 30s, m,s. w.f. lambs (forward) 16s. In 5-year ewes extensive business could be done if more quotations at about this figure of good sheep were available. Freezing companies are absorbing what lines of fat lambs a.re offering at approximately BJ-d, but the majority of graziers prefer to hold for weight. Butchers’ supplies, although not plentiful, are sufficient, and no appreciation in values can be recorded, sales effected being wethers (woolly) 24 s, ewes (woolly) 17 s 6d to 18s 6cl, ewes (shorn) 14s 6d to 15s 6d.

The warm rains experienced during the yveek have had a most beneficial effect on pastures, and if a set-back does not follow in the way of drying winds the excessive feed problem yvill accentuate the present supply and demand range in cattle values. Station cattle are limited in numbers, a position that has been in ey’idence for some time, and for all supplies ay-ail-able for private treaty and at auction prices are firm. PRICES FOR YOUNG CATTLE.

i As usual jit this season of the year, young cattle are realising more in proportion to grown sorts. Con'sequerillv more attention is being directed at the regular salevard centres to young store and fresh-conditioned cows I suitable for fattening. Sufficient sup- ! plies of fat cattle are available for. hutr-hers’ requirements, and values remain at last week’s figures. Sales ; made include a line of 60 heavy sta- ; tion-bred cows and heifers at £fi ss, and at auction heavy cows from dairy herds range from £3 15s to £4 10s and medium £3 to £3 10s. Dairy farmers’ boners and second-grade cows are offering in good supply at the various centres and the freezing companies ! are operating freely as follows: Second grade cow beef £1 15s to £2 ss. men tv boners 27s fid to 32s fid, I others £1 to 255, and bulls in the | vicinity of 10s per 1001 b. Yearlintr and two-year empty Jersey he’fers have not shown any recovery during the week. Present values are approximately £1 to £1 10s per head lower than at this period last year, and one is tempted to state that at present prices Jersey heifers are the soundest buying on the cattle market to-day. There are large supplies available, the tops of which are being euetod a+ £3 to £3 10s. Best quality Jerseys have made £2 15s to £3 os, good quality of medium size £2 os to £2 12s fid, good quality hold oveia £1 10s to £2, medium to well grown crossbreds £1 10s to £2. Two-yea l empty Jersey heifers and sound emptycows have declined in sympathy with yearlings, but less importance is attached to these because of the smaller

| number available. i Limited numbers of dairy cattle I close to orofit and at profit are offering, land although /inquiry has not the sting usual at this time of the year fair values are obtained for all cattle showing quality. The Tnglowo-oc sale afforded the largest offering during the week, including a complete herd, mostly at profit, and the sale created much interest. At the AVaverley sale the offering was fairly representative of all classes. Fat wethers (shorn) made IPs fat ewes (shorn) 13s 9cl to 14s ficl. fat hoggets (shorn) 17s. Yearling Jersev heifers constituted the bulk ci the cattle entry, the tops' of which sold for £3 ss. Good ho'd-over sort; made £° to £2 2s and small and inferior £1 10® to £1 15s. KAPONGA SALE. At Ka-ponga forward conditioned cows and heifers made £2 8s 6d, youn; paddock cows 27s fid. boner cows 20 to 345. pedigree bulls up to £8 8s g’ade bulls £5 os to £6 10s, springing heifers £5 to £5 ss. At Urenui fat ewes (woolly) mad; 18s, light fat ewes (shorn) ~l3s 8d light fat hoggets 17s, woolly 20s, year ling Friesian steers 38s, well-bred 3 year pedigree Jersey bulls up to 1! guineas, yearling grade Jersey bull; £2 10s to £3 ss, medium size good quality <-earlin.g Jersey heifers £2 t< 02 Os fid. dairy heifers in milk £■ •ss. dairv cows in milk £4 ]2s fid. i ! medium entry of works and pedigree Jersey bulls 12 to 15 guineas, the range given above. The store pens were well filled a J the Stratford sale. The dairy entrwas small and several lines of sheej on me foiward. Ewes and lambs n the wool made 28s, shorn ewes witi lambs 23s- 7d, fat mixed sex hogget(woollv i 20s to 235, fat cows £3 tc £3 15s, lighter £2 3s fid to £2 15s 2-year empty Jersey heifers £2 9s good quality Jersey heifers iJ3 4s to £3 5s medium £2 7s fid to £. 17s fid. well-grown hut mixed coloured ■orts £2 2s t-r> £2 4s, 2-vear pedigre terse- bulls 12s to 15 guineas, year ings fi guineas, grade yearlings £3 ti 04 ss,' springing cows‘,£s 10s to £fi "lived cows £5, heifers in milk £• 15s to £6. The entry at Inglewood comrnisec 100 yearling Jersey heifers, a fid] pen ling of fat and boner cows, -sovera >1 sheep and a good entry of daily •attfe. Ewes and lambs made 29; Id to 30s. fat ewe hoggets 21s Id at ewes (woolly) 17s to 17s fid. Year ing heifers did not sell freely, onb 'nlf o,' the entry being disnosed of ’■est-qual-it-v heifers madei £2 11s ti 13 3s. medium-size lieifers of goo< [iiality £2 to £2 fis, medium to wellgown heifers (mixed colours) 32s fid to

£2, good quality hold-over heifers £1 5s +•-> £1 12s, heavy fat Jersey cows £3 9s to £3 15s, medium £2 12s 6d to £3. fat heifers £3 5s to £3 10s, ■sound empty cows £1 11s to £1 15s. The large entry of boner and paddock cows was competed for at the abovementioned rates. Yearling grade Jersev b’dls made £1 15s to £2. The principal attraction in the daily section was the sale of a dairy herd on behalf of Mr E. Hale. The majortv of the cows were in milk and sold froelv at an average (everything in) of £5 ss. The best cows realised from £5 10s to £7 15s, while several old cows and two weak in quarters tended to bring the average clown. On behalf of other vendors good quality ■springing Jersey hei.ors sold at from £5 5s to £6 7s Gel. calved heifer up to £5 2s 6d and springing cows £3 10s to £6 os. At the Rahotu sale fat cows made £3 to £3 15s. Boner ancl forward cows, of which there was a good entre. sold freelv at the above rates. 'Llie yearling Jersey heifers consisted wholly of small sized cattle and all sold at values up to £2 'in accordance with quality. Springing Friesian heifers of good quality made £4 17s 6cl to £O, springing cows £4 5s to £5, year-] lino pedigree Jersev bulls made up to, aligns, grade yearling Jersey bulls, I well-grown and good quality, up to 6 guineas smaller grade bulls £2 10s to £3 10s. Considerable 'business continues to he don?- with pigs, the main centres aittracitinor capacity ya.rcXngs, which are being keenly competed for. Two hundred and fifty pigs were penned nt + he Nwv Plymouth haymarket yesterday. all classes being evenly represented. AVennecs and .slips of good quality sold particularly well; in fact, at an advance on last week’s quotations, which were considered good. Stores and light porkers were also up to late rates, but medium to heavy porkers receded a few shillings compared with last week. Values for the latter were, however, up to companies’ schedule and in many cases "better. Very small weaners made 10s 6d toi 12s. small to medium weaners 13s 6d toi 14s fid extra good weaners' 16s to 20s medium slips 15s to 17s. Extra, good I slips up to 21s 6d, medium stores 20 s to 225, large stores 23s to 275, light | porkers 23s to 265, medium up to j 32.5, heavv up to 365. I