MID-WEEK SALES

Hawera Star, Volume LIV, 23 August 1935, Page 12

MID-WEEK SALES

VALUES ADVANCE AT WESTFIELD. (By Telegraph—Press Association.) AUCKLAND.. Aug. 21. Yardings well below the average brought a sharp advance in values t'oi most classes ol' stock at the weekly Westfield sale to-day, prices in. a number of cases being the highest since the corresponding period of last year, when abnormally short yardings ruled. The opinion was general among graziers and dealers that cattle and sheep are making little progress owing to the shortage of feed and colder weather, and that it will he several weeks at least before animals can be brought into marketable condition. Meanwhile prices are expected to advance within reasonable limits.

The offering of beef reached barely 450 head, and included a number of fairly large consignments of excellent quality cattle, tbe best coining from the Waikato. Competition was exceptionally keen, and a sharp rise in prices was general. Although extra choice ox beef was quoted at 29s per 1001 b., with other classes in proportion, values in some cases were well in excess of these. Extra choice ox beef 29s per 1001 b, choice and prime 25s to 28s, secondary and plain 22s to 255, prime’ young cow and heifer beef 24s to 28s, other cow beef 18s to 245. Extra, heavy prime steers made £l2 to, £l3, heavy prime £lO 10s to £ll 15s, lighter prime £9 5s- to £lO 7s 6d, light prime £6 to £9 2s Od, extra heavy prime young cows and heifers £8 15s to £lO os, prime £7 to £8 10s, lighter prime £6 to £6 17s 6d, other killable cows £4 to £5 17s 6d. Although the supply of calves was fair, it included very few heavier sorts, good runners being particularly scarce. Most of the offering hardly reached light vealer standard, the bulk being calves just over the bobby stage. Bidding was brisk and an exceptionally bright sale at improved rates resulted. What runners were penned sold well, a number realising over £5. Three to four-week calves were in strong demand, and sold freely at prices about 30s, runners 50s to 108 s, vealers 30s to. 80s, bobbies 2s to Bs. Less than the average number of sheep was penned, but the quality was good in spite of the recent wet weather. Competition was strong throughout, and values advanced by Is a head in the ease of wethers, while ewes improved still more, prices being fully 2s better than those of a week ago. A small line of exceptional wethers made 335. Lambs, mostly practically at the hogget stage, also met a good demand at slightly advanced rates. A few spring lambs were placed on. the market and commanded keen bidding to sell uj> to 27s 6d. Generally spring lambs are late coming in this year. Wethers, prime 24s to 335, unfinished 21s to 23s 9d, ewes prime 18s to 24s 3d, unfinished 10s to 17s 9d, lambs prime 17s 9d to 28s, unfinished 15s to 17s 6d, spring lambs 25s to 27s <3d.

A reduced offering of pigs of average quality sold in a. firm market. The baconers offered were on the light side, and for these price levels were unchanged, while porkers were .subject to keen bidding and were slightly higher, though generally prices per lb. were not in advance of those ruling recently. Baconers sold at from 5d to 5-Jd a lb. and porkers s}d to old. The few store pigs penned were of poor quality and failed to realise recent values.

THE ADDINGTON MARKET,. CHRITSTOHURCH, Aug. 21. At the Addington market a heavy entry of fat cattle to-day caused an easing of prices from 3s to 4s per 100 lb. Fat sheep also were slightly easier. Store sheep : Romney cross ewe hoggets from 23s to 29s- lid, half-bred to 275, sound-mouthed ewes up to 25s Id, and forward wethers to 21s. Fat sheep : 4600 were penned. There was an over-supply of wethers and these eased by Is to Is 6d a head. Good and medium ewes showed little change, but light ewes were easier. Best wethers made from 27s 6d to 31s 4d, good from 24s to 275, and average to 23s 6d ; good ewes 22s 6d to 255, medium l-9s to 225, others to 18s.

Fat cattle : 644 were penned, including entries from Poverty Bay, South Westland, South Otago and Southland. Values were down by 36s a head. Best beef made from 28s (id to 28s 6d a. 1001 b. and good from 21s to 235. Extra prime heavy steers sold to £l4 7s 6d, prime heavy £9 10s to £ll ss, prime mediuinweight £8 5s to £lO os, ordinary £5 15. s to £7 15s, extra prime heifers to £lO 2s 6d } prime £5 5s to £7 10s, ordinary £1 to £5, extra prime cows £0 2s 3d, prime £5 to £6 10s, ordinary £3 15s to £4 15s. Fat pigs : The entry was large and there was a good sale. Porkers 23s to 30s, heavy porkers 30s 6d to 39s 6d, average price per lb. 5Jd to 6d. Baconers 50s to £3, heavy baconers £3 2s

6d to £3 10s Gd, extra heavy baconers to £3 17s, choppers 30s to £4 10s. average price ssd to s|d. . HEAVY ENTRY AT BURNSIDE. DUNEDIN, Aug. 21. Heavier entries were forward in both the beef and mutton sections at the Burnside sale to-day. Fat cattle numbered 290 head, consisting principally of bullocks and a smaller- proportion of cows and heifers, with the quality generally superior to recent entries. On account of the larger supply there was an easing in values, all prime cattle depreciating fully £1 per bead, and in parts of the sale the drop was even more pronounced, while cows and heifers also eased. In the store cattle section 149 were forward. Steers sold to £5 los, other sorts making late rates. The entry of 32 dairy cows attracted verj r little competition, with only good, young, close to profit- sorts ui demand, and selling to £5. In,the fat sheep section the entry totalled 2200, and were principally ewes, several pens being of outstanding quality. Values were firm on late rates. There was a very small entry of hoggets and very, good quality sorts mot keen demand, prices advancing 2s per head. A smaller entry of fat pigs numbering 94 was offered. Baconers sold,' at slightly enhanced values, while 1 porkers .realised late rates. A small entry of 71 store pigs met an improved market. Large stores sold to £l, and suckers from 10s to 15s, according to size and quality.

BRISK SALE AT WANGANUI. WANGANUI, Aug. 21. Weather conditions were bad, and Freeman R. Jackson and Co., Ltd., had only a small offering at the Wanganui stock sale to-day. The sale was a brisk one, very firm on last week over sheep and cattle, hut porkers were extremely high, prices being almost lOd a lb. Very few store were yarded. Sheep.—Fat owes to 10s scl; light fat hoggets 18s to 18s lOd, fat wethers to 22s 6d, ewes with lambs at foot 255, Down ewes in lamb 225, forward ewes 8s Id to 12s 6d. Cattle.—Fat heavy bullocks £8 12s 6d, £9 7s 6d, light £7, light fat Jersey heifers, good, £5 ss, £6, light fat Hereford heifers £4 10s to £5 15s, prime cows, ex dairy, £5 12s 6d to £C 2s Gd, fat £4 10s to £5 10s, light fat cows £2 15s to £4 ss. Store boner cows 12s Gd to 20s, store cows, good colours, £2 to £2 15s. Dairy cows, close up, £3 10s to £4 ss, backward 01 10s to £3, dairy heifers close up. £2 10s to £3 2s Gd.

Pigs.—A short entry. Heavy porkers £2 11s to £2 19s, porkers 33s 6d to 40s, forward stores 21s to 24s 6d, stores 18s to 20s, good weaners 17s to 19s Gd, poor weaners, small 5s to Bs, sow to farrow £2 17s Gd. Vealers, runners to £2 los, poor vealors 17s Gd to 20s.