REVIEWS OF THE WEEK

Hawera Star, Volume LIV, 15 June 1935, Page 7

REVIEWS OF THE WEEK

TREND IN LOCAL MARKETS FARMERS’ CO-OP. REPORT.

One -of the busiest weeks of trading for many a year has just resulted, states the Farmers’ Co-operative Organisation Society of New Zealand, .Ltd., in its weekly review of the stock market. The weather has been extremely wintry, cold, boisterous southerlies accompanied by hail storms making conditions very hard on stock generally. Dairy produce values have shown further improvement on those ruling in the last report. A welcome feature. has been the rise, though small, in cheese values, with increased interest being shown in offers for end-of-season make. The butter market has continued active, today’s values be-, ing 80s, with offers as high as 10 5-8 d being submitted for balance of season’s output. Wool values remain firm on last week’s report, with a distinctly brighter tone prevailing. Both lamb and. mutton continue firm, with a very satisfactory demano ruling, consumption being well .maintained. A feature of, the week’s trading has been the number of cleaving sales and heifer fairs, conducted throughout the district. Taking weather conditions into account, very satisfactory averages ruled at practically' all sales.

HARDENING IN CATTLE PRICES

Values for all classes of fat stock remain much on a par with those riding in the last report. Values for fat ewes remain firm at from 17s to 18s 6d, with fat wethers at 22s 6d to 24s 6d! Fat cattle are inclined to show, if anything, a hardening tendency with perhaps a limited supply in view for the next few months. Since the last report the firm has disposed of a line of 60 extra prime P.A. cows at £6 10s for delivery until t.he end of July, with a line of 20 prime P.A. cows at £6. Other sales include truck lots of P.A. cows and heifers at from £0 12s 6d to £6 6s. Great activity has been shown in the store sheep section during the week. Both ewe and wether hoggets have been keenly sought, sales of the former including a line of 120 at 22s (extra good sheep) and a line of 400 wether hoggets at 16s 6d. Ewes mated to S.D. rams are keenly sought, sales including 160 six-tooth and lour-yenr ewes at 26s Pd, 160 four and five-year ewes at 2.35, 200 six-year ewes at. 21s, with a line of 200 very good four-year ewes at 265.

Little inquiry has existed for store station cattle during the week, and values remain on a par with previous quotations. Jersey wenner heifers command attention at from 30s to £2 5s for top cattle, and quotations for this class of cattle are 'limited.

A very keen interest has been displayed at the series of heifer fairs being conducted by the society throughout the district, which commenced with a sale of heifers on acocunt of the J. F. Stevenson estate at Manaia on Tuesday, where, taking t]ie weather into account, the very satisfactory average of £5 os resulted. Consequently upon the number of sales being held business per medium of the paddock for this section has been limited, sales including a line of 20 medium heifers at £4 4s, with odd sales of two and three-year heifers at frfjn £4 10' to £5 5s taking place. SATISFACTORY CLEARANCES. Sales at all centres have been well supported and satisfactory clearances have resulted. Kakaramea sale on Monday attracted a yarding of 100 head of store cattle, which showed a ■slight easing on recent sales. Fat Jersey cows realised £3 5s to £3 los, forward cows 37s 6d to £2 10s, stores 17s 6d to 265. Mr H. E. Allen’s clearing sale of 60 young dairy cows, which, for convenience of sale was held at the Kakaramea saloyards, attracted interest. The cows were a choice lot, mostly young, and came forward in good order. The satisfactory average of £5 10s .resulted, the top price being £7. The Manaia sale oil Tuesday attracted a very large yarding of store cows, with a full entry of dairy heifers and cows. The store entry met a very ready sale: Best fat oc.ws to £5 15s, others £3 os to £4 ss, forward cows £2 10s to £3 ss, stores 22s 6d to 27s 6d. The special entry of three-year dairy heifers came forward in firstclass order and mot a ready sale, resulting in an average of £5 ss, with the top price of £7. The specially advertised sale of dairy cows on account of Mr J. H. McNamara drew keen competition. Fifteen dairy cows were included in the offering and were disposed of at satisfactory prices. July cal vers made £6, £6 ss, £6 10s to £6 15s, August cal vers £5, £5 10s to £6 15s. The Opunake fixture drew a good yarding of store and heavier cattle, works’ buyers operating at slightly advanced prices. Realisations wore: Fat cows £3 10s, £3 15s, £4 ss, £4 15s. £5 10s, to £0 Is; paddock cows £2 15s, £2 17s to £3 ss, works cows 37s 6d, £2, £2 5s to £2 10s, boners 12s, 16s, £1 to 2.15. In conjunction with Messrs. Newton King, Ltd., the firm conducted a clearing sale of 00 cows on account of Mr J. Lander. Ohangni. The cows came forward in good condition and were of good quality, averaging L‘s 10s. Young duly cal vers made from £8 to £O, August calvors £5 10s to £7, while cows that were backward realised from £3 10s to £4 10s. A fiveyear draught gelding realised £SO, and a six-year mare £4O.

LARGE HAWERA YARDING. A very large yarding of all classes of stock came forward to the Hawera sale on. Thursday. The- specially advertised line of 60 choice three-year-ohl heifers on account of Mr J. E. Sole' came forward in good order, early calvers meeting keen competition, but anything at all backward not being so keenly sought after. Included in the offering were five trucks of fat cows and heifers which met keen competition and sold well. A very big yard-

ing of store cows sold at rates on a par with previous sales, and a few lines of fat. ewes, lat wethers and a truck of fat hoggets met a good sale. In the pig section a medium yarding came forward and met a ready sale. Realisations were: Dairy heifers (best), £5, £5 5s to £0 10s; others £4 10s to £4 los, the average for the whole line being £5 5s and the top price £6 ss; l'at P.A. and Hereford cows £5 4s .to £5 Hte to £6. lat heifers £6 to £6 7« 6d, fat cows ex dairy £ 1 to £4 LAs to £5 2s, forward conditioned paddock cows £2 13s, £2 18s to £4, works cows changing hands at late rates. Fat 'ewes realised 17s 4d, 18s to 18s 6d, fat wethers 225, fat b.f. maiden ewes 23s 9d, fat hoggets to 19s 6d, wenner pigs 7s to 9s 6d, medium stores 13s to 14s, gcod stores to 18s 6d, sows to farrow £2 17s 6d to £3 ss.