TARANAKI STOCK SALES

Hawera Star, Volume LIII, 2 December 1933, Page 10

TARANAKI STOCK SALES

REVIEWS OF THE WEEK FARMERS’ CO-OP. REPORT In its weekly review of the Taranaki 'stock markets the Fanners’ Co-op Organisation Society of New Zealand, L/fcd., ('reports that 'eoiisKkir.ng the time of the year, which is considered one of the most quiet periods in tinstock business', a remarkable amount of business has been transacted. The most important event has ucen the Auckland wool sales, the results ol which were eagerly awaited throughout the Dominion, and realisations were considerably better than antici-r>at-ed. It- is qu.te evident with tilt prices offering lor fat stock and tilt enhanced value of wool, the -beep far mer, at any rate, can look f-orware to a. h '-hter New Year. Rumours, have been active during the week re gard r ng the price of Jamb, but it is apparent from outside-information thai the price in Taranaki isv higher than in nnv other centie. It is expected that from Monday onwards, however the price offered for fat lambs w i recede, and that it is to be fipl. Interest at this time of the yeai centres in sheep, and a number o; sales of two-tooth ewes and wethers have been' made and a few sales o' ewes with lambs at foot have nl-< .been negotiated. The sale of a hie line of Sve-yeatf-old ewes for Febr 1 arv delivery has been made at 14 sfid. and a large number of fat sheet have been disposed of dming theweek. Values for fat ewes have held remarkab'” well. and although th( works price is supposed to be about os, butchers have still had to pa . | from 12s to 14s for their supplies, the ■ewes from which the first drafts oi lambs) were taken not being, qax, ready as yet for butchers’ require ments. A few trucks of fat wether* liave been sold, prices still being from £1 to £1 Is for good sheep. Fat bullocks are very difficult tc sell. The warm weather has directed butchers’ attention to the heifer ami lighter cow, and it is diffi ult to interest them in prime heavy bullocks at present. Concerning the outlook for beef no very reliable information is at present available. Entries at the firm’s yaid sales durin*r the week have been good, and m. nearly everv case have doubled -oirespondin'T entries at last year’s fixtures. A number of buyers have turn > 1 their -attention to sale-yard cows and meaty cows ex the dairy command afigure in excess of works schedule. ”St[orc cattle are 'in demand, / but prices in outside centres seem to bo higher than those ruling- in Taranaki and supplies obtainable in the pro vince are limited. A few sales in this section have been completed, including a line of forward empty cows at £3 and heifers at £2 10s to £3 os. The sale of a good line of store bullock; wa. 9 completed at £4 ss. Sales of in-calf cows and springing heifers are negligible and the demand for weaners is still only nominal, very little business of any moment' being transacted.

A slackening has been; evident in the prices offered for store pigs. General Quotations are: Fat cows to £5, bullocks £5 15s to £8 2s Oil, fat heifers £4 10s to £o; fat shei>) (all quotations relate to shorn sheep} wethers 20s to 21s, ewes 12s to 14s, hoggets 18s fid to 21s 9d •' store sheep, 2-tooth ewes (fair) immediate delivery 21s fid to 225, good 23s 9d (February delivery). 2-tooth wethers lfis fid to 18 fid, 4 and 6-tooth wethers 17s to 13s, 4 and 5-vea-r ewes (February delivery! 14s to 14s fid, 6-tooth ewes (Feb ruary deliver)') 235. For the Kakaramea sale a medium yarding of cattle came forward. Faddock cows (good) realised £2 12s, medium 31s to 375, store cows 25? to 28s and works bulls £3 to £3 10s. At the iManaia sale an excel t onally good varding of cattle and a few pens of sheep.came forward for auction. Pigs realised 12s fid to 14s, yearling heifers r.w.b. £2 14s, fat cattle, good £5 to £5 10s, others £2 10, to £3, paddock cows, good £1 18s io £2 3s, medium 32s to 345, store cows 27s to 30s and works hulls £4 Otto £5 ps. At the Opanake sale a very good yarding of store cows and hulls and a number of very forward cow<s were included in the offering. Many heifer., realised £4 5s to £4 15s, holdover heifers £2. paddock cows £2 Is to £2 6s, fat cattle £3 17s fid to £4 2s fid, store cattle 23s to 38s,* sound bulls £4 5s to £5 and works bulls £2 5s to £4 ss.

The Thltlimn sale on Wednesday drew a medium yarding of store cattle. The bidding was keen on fat lines o f stock and a total clearance was effected. The prices realised for works cattle were on a- par with those obtained at recent yard sales. The bidding was keen on vat lines of cattle. Better das' works cows made no to 83s fid, and fat cattle realised from £3 to £4 Ids.' The Haw-era sale on Thursday drew an exceptionally large yarding of cattle, every pen being filled. The yarding reflected the good conditions under yy hi h the cattle have been graz ing. and a large portion of the offering was fat or very forward. In eonsen'en'e fat cattle were difficult to sell, arid the bollocks were all passed •at auction. Good store cows were wanted tor the paddock, and these mace food prices. An offering of about 2( or.es came forward, the mnjo ity of which was disposed of at auction. £2*. to £4O being paid for good heavy horses £4 to £5 for Hacks. £ls to £25 f cr useful farm horses and £4 to £5 for pomem Dairy cattle were difficult to Scil. In the sheen- so'-r.on the yarding was confined to fat hoggets and lambs which met a ready market. Fat hoggets realised 1.7 st--21s Ad .at lambs 19s to 21s. fat cows £3 to I 15s. good prddo'k :o’'s £2 to £2 I Os. .good store cons 30s to 35s n.’id boners 1 5s to 22s fid. ' !ari»" number «•.* wrvks baits wore nfi'c.t'd making from £2 10s to £4 ss.

NEWTON KING REPORT The report of Newton King Limited states: The exceptional rise in wool values recorde 1 at the Auckland sale this week has been the main Look of conversation in the stock world since. Sheep farmers hare every reason to feel gratified, for expectations were greatly exceeded. Taranaki growers now eagerly await the result of realisations at the first wool salt

at Wanganui on January 19, and judging by the healthy tone in the wool trade reported from all parts nf the world it is anticipated that Auckland values will be maintained

As yet there is no evidence of a hardening in sheep prices as a result of the improved wool values, for trading during this ’.reek lias been on a par with last week’s rates. The only likelihood of an appreciation can come through an improvement in the export schedule for lamb and mutton, and at present there is no evidence of this. However, sound trading at present values will result in a very remunerative season’s operations to sheep farmers. The volume of private selling

’has been less during the week owing to limited supplies, sales being recorded of 2-tooth wethers at lfis Od and 17s Gd, 2-tooth ewes 235, 4-tooth ewes (January delivery) 22s fid, and m.s. white-faced lambs (January delivery) 14s fid. Freezing companies are now operating extensively on lamb at 7d a lb. on hook or hoof and for prime wethers (of which supplies are not plentiful) at 18s to 20s The firm has fulfilled butchers’ requirements in truck lots of ewes at 15s, 15s fid and 16s, heavy prime wethers 20s to 20s fid, prime hoggets (woolly) 18s 9d to 20s and 22s fid.

’ Considering that harvesting operai tions are now in full swing the offer--1 ings at the main auction centres have been much larger than usual at this ; time of the year. Cull cows from dairy herds have been plentiful during the ‘week and young and forward-con-ditioned sorts have appreciated considerably in values as a result of animated competition amongst graziers. This is accounted for through the learth of station-bred cattle usually available. Freezing companies have therefore been fully extended in limits • for boner classes. The weakening ami general uncertain state of the dairy produce market is responsible for the lack of con fklence displayed in the dairy heifer trade. At the Inglewood sale the offering totalled 150 head of this class, and although a lair proportion wa; sold, prices appeared to be in buyers favour. Supplies of dairy cattle close to and at profit are negligible and wluit sales are effected are of little account. The fat cattle market remains on a par with last week. All auction offerings, principally of lightweight cows from dairy herds, have sold relatively better than heavyweight sta-tion-bred cow's and heifers by private treaty, resulting from the keenness ol auction competition for good-coloured land forward-conditioned- sorts. The firm • has effected sales in truck lots of Hereford and Foiled Angus cow and lieifers at £4 15s, £5 and £5 os. At the Waver ley sale light fat ewes (shorn) made 11s fid. medium to heave Hereford and Foiled Angus fat heilers £4 15s to £5 forward-conditionei Polled Angus cows £3 10s, yearling Foiled Angus heifers £2 ss. At Ivaponga light fat cows made £c to £3 15s, forward-conditioned cows U2 5s to £2 15s, heavy boners id 12s to ,£1 19s, young store cows £1 10s to £1 15s, heavy boner cows £1 7s fid to £1 15s. At Frenui small yearling Jersey heifers (good colours) made \£2 2-s, light fat cows £3 4s to £3 12s, killable Jersey cows showing age £2 15: to £3, forward-conditioned cows £2 tc. c'2 12s fid, young store cows from 30:to 37s od, medium to heavy boners from £1 10s to £1 15s, light 20s up wards, dairy cows £4 tp £5 15s. At the Stratford sale light fat heifers (prime) made £4 2s, light fat cows £3 to 1.3 10s, very forward cows and 1 heifers £2 15s to £3, store and forward cows from £1 15s to £2 Vs fid. medium forward cows from £1 15s to w2 7s fid, medium works cows £1 7s to £1 9s, heavy up to £1 15s, yearling Jersey heilors (of which the hold-ovei variety comprised the ottering) from LI 12s, £1 14s up to £2 ss. A pen or 15-month pedigree Jerseys made £4 Is. Dairy bulls were in good demand, yearling pedigrees making up to seven and a-lialf guineas, two-year-olds, small, live and a-half guineas and yearling grade Jersey bulls up to £4. Works bulls sold at" from 3Us to £-i 7s 6cl according to weight. Ewes with 150 per cent, lambs made 375. Two hundred and fifty cattle were yarded at Inglewood, of which 125 were yearlings and 15-months Jersey heifers. 'Of the latter class there were no outstanding lines. Best-quality 16month Jersey hotels made £3 to £fc fis fid. medium hewers for size and quality £2 Ids, £2 7s fid, £2 Cs, £U 4s, fairly well-grown heifers (mixed m _olmir) £1 Los to £2, hold-over Jersey lieifers £1 os to £1 15s according to quality, rising two-year Jersey arm Jersey cross heifers r.w.b £1 15s tc :J2 9s. A particularly large offering of store, forward and boner cows was secured mostly by graziers under keen competition. Forward Shorthorn ana B and W.cows made £3 ss, £3 down to £2 5s tor lighter sorts, young store cows £1 10s to £2 os according tt. colour, heavy works cows £1 15s to £2 6s, lighter from 20s upwards, dairv bulls from £3 15s to £5 ss. In the dairy section 25 head were disposed of as follows: Good quality Jersey heifers close to - and at profit £5 ss, £5 2s fid, £5 down to £3 Ills foi smaller sorts, dairy cows from £3 to £5 10s.

At the Rahotu sale prime fat Jersey toivs made £4 os, light fat cows £3 17s 6d down to £3 ss, forward cows and heifers from £2 to £2 15s, cows with young calves £2 l()s, heavy works cows £1 15s to £2 2s, medium from £1 5s to £1 12s fid, medium 15-month Jersey heifers £2 6s, well-grown 15month heifers (mixed colours) £2 2s fid, works bulls from £2 15s to £4, dairy heifers in milk up to £4 ss. An advance of one farthing is reported in the bacon companies’ schedule tor pork, and as a result business for all classes of pigs remains keen. At the Now- Plymouth Haymarket yesterday 160 pigs were penned and there ... * _ i j.: — l* ..1,4. ...1

was a large proportion of light and medium porkers which all sold up to bacon companies’ schedule and in some cases in advance of it. The penning of weaners and slips was smaller than usual and the quality not quite up to last week’s standard, but prices taken on the whole were fully maintained.! Extra choice weaners made 20s, 19s fid down to 18s fid. ’Good weaners 16s to 17s fid, medium 14s to 15s fid, small 11s to 12s, extra-good slips 21s to 235. medium slips 18s to 20s. small stores 22s to 2Gs, light porkors 28s to 325. medium porkers up to 34s fid, sows in farrow £3 ss, £3, £2 15s.

LOAN AND MERCANTILE The report of the New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company limited states that prices for all (lasses of fiit sheep remain on a- par with last week, and from outsich advices received, this applies to other centres also. A reduction in the lamb ‘•dmdiile by the works operating, is likely to take place very shortly, a ad l , ices from London do not warrant the present schedule being paid here The class of lambs being sent in to tlm works at present is very good, and in most cases growers are getting rid of their first drafts earlier than last year A fair inquiry exists for good wellfinished cattle, but only in small lots. Prices have not receded very much, and it looks as though values will hold at least until after Christmas.

A very good inquiry is evident fos all classes of store sheep, but vendors’ reserves are mainly too high to per mit of much business being done. The rc r 'ont rise in wool values will, in all probability, tend to further harden "o”dors’ ideas of value, and this l'aet will cause buyers to act very cautiously. There is a good demand for young empty cows ex the dairies, but only up to a certain price. This demand is caused by the great flush of grass

on many farms and cannot continue for any length of time. No demand is being made for yearling heifers and it appears that vendors will have to wait until after the New Year before any inquiry is likely. Meantime feed is plentiful, and the heifers as a rule are thriving remarkably well The demand for dairy heifers and cows has ceased, and practically no business is passing. Pigs are in very good demand, par ticularly good, well-bred weaners. which are selling at very nearly up to store price. Good close up sows are in good demand, and are realising from £4 to £5, according to quality. As is usual at this time of the year, very little inquiry is being made foi farm horses, except an odd demand for oldish sorts to he used as spare parboil the farm. This class of animal is selling very well.