MID-WEEK STOCK SALES

Hawera Star, Volume LIV, 7 March 1935, Page 10

MID-WEEK STOCK SALES

VALUE'S AT ADDINGTON (By Telegraph—Press Association., CHRISTCHURCH, March 6. Values were well maintained at today’s Addington market. Store lambs: Forward lambs sold well, hut backward sorts were easier. Good ewe lambs made to 225; good rape, 45s 6d to 17s; medium, 13s to 15s; ordinary station lambs, 9s to 10s.

Store ewes: About 15,000 were penned, and last sale rates were maintained. Extra good two-tootlis made to 30s 9d; good, 27s to 28s Gd; medium, 24s.fid to 265. Gel; extra good s.m., 23s fid; good, 18s to 19s;' medium, 15s to 16s 6d; inferior, 11s to 13s* fid.-

Fat lambs: Three thousand four hundred were penned. The export schedule has been reduced this week to 7id and 62-d, and a good sale at revised schedule resulted. One of the export firms did not operate. Best lambs made from 25s to 30s; medium, from 20s to 245; and light down to 16s fid.

Fat sheep: Four thousand one hundred penned, and a slightly better sale. Etxtra prime heavy wethers, made to 34s Id; prime heavy, 25s to 28s; prime medium weight, 23s to 24s medium quality, 19s to 225; light, 14s to 18s 6d; extra prime heavy ewes, to 25s 4d; prime heavy, 20s to 22s Gd; prime medium weight, 16s Gd to 19s; ordinary, 12s 6d to lfis; light, to 11s.

Eat cattle: Four hundred and sixtyfive penned, very few prime cattle being included. For .good sorts the market was better by 10s to 15s a head; others were unchanged. Good, beef cost 23s "to 25s per 1001 b; baby beef, to 27s 6d; medium, 20s to 22s 6d; heavy, 19s to 225; and other classes, down to 11s per 1001 b. Extra prime heavy steers made to £l2 12s 6d; prime heavy, £9 5 s to £lO 10s; medium weight, prime, £8 10s to £9 15s; medium quality, £4* 10s to £7 15s; light, to £4 ss. Prime heifers made £5 5s to £7 ; medium weight, £3 10s to £5; light, to £3; extra prime cows to £7 7s fid; prime, £5; ordinary, £2 los to £4; light and aged, 30s to £2 10s. Fat pigs: A large entry and little difference in the market except that baconers were slightly easier. Choppers made £2 to 3J4 :13s 6d; baconers, 48s fid to 55s fid; heavy, i£3 to £3 7s Gd; extra heavy, to £3 13s fid .average price per lb, 5} to fid; porkers, 80s to 34s fid; heavy, 36s 6d to 44s 6d .(average price per lb, fid tofild).

BURNSIDE YARDING DUNEDIN, March 6. There were large entries in both the fat cattle and sheep sections at the Burnside sale to-day. The entry of cattle numbered 280 head, and comprised medium quality bullocks, with only an odd consignment of heavy cattle. The heavy cattle were keenly competed for throughout at an advance of 10s per head. Medium quality bullocks also participated in a similar rise. Young cows and heifers sold at slightly firmer rates. Eixtra prime heavy bullocks sold to £ll ■ 12s fid, prime heavy £9 2s fid to £lO 7 s 6d, medium £7 7s fid to £8 17s fid, light down to £5 17s fid; extra prime lieifers to £7 7s fid and rrime cows to £6 7s 6d.

Vealers comprised the bulk of the store cattle entry of 220, and oi account of the large supply current values were barely maintained. A pen of three and four-year-old steers icalised £4 12s 6cl. The usual assortment of culls .and graziers’ lines showed no variation in price. An entry of 50 dairy cows, mostly of indifferent quality. Any good young cows close to profit met w:lh good competition, realising ipr :o £6 10s., The entry of fat sheep totalled approximately 3000, and comprised principally ewes. Heavy wethers were in the minority, and on account of the short supply sold at firm rates. The offering of ewes included several consignments of outstanding quality, hut as the entry was in excess of requirements reduced prices from Is 6d to 2s 6d per head had to be accepted for this class, and over the final races the tendency for values to drop was even more pronounced. Extra prime heavy wethers sold to 295, prime heavy 24s to 265, medium 22s to 23s 6d, light down to 19s; extra prime heavy young ewes to 235, extra prime heavy 08s to 21s, prime heavy 16s to 17s, medium 14s to 15s 6d, light down to 11s.

In the fat lamb section about 1000 were yarded. Export buyers operated at reduced schedule, and butchers entered into the market for aIL heavier grades. Extra prime heavy butchers’ lambs sold to 275, prime heavy 22s 6cf to 24s 6d, medium 20s 6d to 21s Od, light down to 17s. 1

There was a yarding of 041 fat pigs, but the sale, although opening firm at last week’s rates, had an easing tendency. The closing prices showed a reduction of 5s per head for both baconers and porkers. A large yarding of 147 store pigs sold at slightly reduced rates.

WANGANUI REALISATIONS. WANGANUI, March 6. Freemand IL Jaelcson and Co., Ltd., report as follows on their Wanganui sale: We had a good yarding in all sections and a very good attendance

of buyers. Prices were on a par with recent sales, with good competition on good breeding ewes. Generally speaking the lambs yarded were very poor and mostly tail-end lots, and in many cases will take a lot of care and attention to avoid a heavy death rate this winter. Fat sheep ■ were a shade dearer than last week, while fat cattle and butchers’ pigs wbre ,at. late.rates. Top price of the day was for a pen of Air G. M. Currie rs, weli-bred Romney in.a. cast ewes, 'which nia'dc 365. Sheep: Good two-tooth ewes to 31s Cd, small and inferior 20s to 255, culls 14s, good m.a. ewes (special) 3Gs, others 19s to 22s 6d, fair four and five-year ewes 19s 2d to 21s, full-mouth ewes 16s to 18s 3d, fattening ewes (poor) 5s to 9s, medium ewe lambs 14s to los 6d, culls 7s to 12s, cull wether lambs 6s 6d to 9s 3d, m.a. wethers 17s 9d, prime ewes 17s, 17s 6d to ISs Id, prime wethers 24s to 24s 7d, lighter 21s to 22s Gd, prime lambs 22s to 24s 6d, lighter ISs to 19s. Cattle: Fat Hereford cows £4 6s to £4 14s, fat Jersey heifers (good) £3 16s to £4 12s, prime ex dairy cows £3 5s to £3 17s 6d, fat cows £2 to £3, light cows £1 2s 6d to £1 17s 6d. Pigs: Baconers £2, £2 ISs to £3 2s, heavy porkers 28s to 31s, porkers 23s to 27s 6d, light porkers ISs to 225, choppers to £1 10s, forward stores 18s to 20s, stores 12s to 17s, weaners 6s to 7s, small 3s to ss.

Vealers: Good P. A. runners £2 3s to £2 14s, good P.A. calves 245, good Jersey vealers £1 3s to £1 11s, Jersey heifers 20-month runners £2 to £2 16s.

COAIPETITION AT WESTFIELD. AUCKLAND, March 6. The improvement in pasture conditions was reflected in the large offering of cattle at the Westfield fat stock sale to-day. About 200 steers, mainly of good quality, were sold under steady competition, with values fully up to those of last week. The offering of cows and heifers totalled over 700 and included a large number of. fattened dairy cows. Prime heifers maintained recent prices, but medium and inferior cows were again a shade easier. Extra choice ox beef made 2os per 1001 b., choice and prime 20s to 245, secondary and plain 16s to 19s, prime young cow and heifer beef 20. s to 245, other cow beef 12s to’ 19s. Extra heavy prime steers made £lO to £ll 12s 6d, heavy prime £9 to £9 17s 6d, lighter prime £8 to £8 17s Gel, light prime £7 to £7 17s Gd, small and unfinished £5 to £6 17s Gd, extra heavy prime young cows and heifers £6 10s to £7 2s 6d, heavy prime £5 15s to £6 ss, lighter prime £2 15s to £4 12s 6d, other killable cows £1 5s to £2 10s.

Calves were again in full supply, and although competition was fair for extra choice and small vealers at unchanged prices, heavier sorts suffered from the slacker demand and were again easier. Runners made 30s to 675, vealers 16s to 60s.

Sheep were offered in fewer numbers, and there were practically no heavy prime sorts in the market. Competition was consequently very brisk and price levels made another decided rise for both ewes and wethers. What store sheep were offered also met with a good sale. Prime wethers 23s Gd to 32s 3d, unfinished ISs Gd to 235, prime ewes ISs to 25s 3d, unfinished 7s to 18s.

An average yarding of lambs sold well and were very firm at late rates. Prime lambs made 17s to 26s 9d, unfinished 10s to 16s Gd.

The yarding of pigs "was well below the average. The demand for baeoners again eased, and last Aveek’s reduced prices Avcre barely maintained. Porker's sold under keen competition and shoAved a firming tendency. Store pigs, which were scarce, Avere in good request. There was an exceptionally good demand for wmaners, reflecting the improvement in the milk supply. Generally, there Avas a sharp rise in values. Practically no large stores were offered. Baconers made 50s to 70s, porkers ?>4s to 4Ss, ’ small stores 20s to 235. Prices per lb.: Baconers, od to skl, porkers skl to ss-d.