SHEEP PRICES

Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XXI, Issue 306, 10 December 1931, Page 11

SHEEP PRICES

KEEN DEMAND. BTOBTFOBD LODGE SALE. There was a keen demand for store sheep at Stortford Lodge yesterday, in great contrast to the sale at Waipukurau on the previous day, when buyers seemed to be utterly indifferent. Three thousand six hundred stores were disposed of yesterday in a few minutes, auctioneers having no difficulty in getting a starting bid. The class of sheep offered were mostly station drafts of wethers and ewes, sent in for absolute sale. This gave buyers confidence, and vendors may be congratulated on receiving satisfactory prices. The district generally has been relieved of large quantities of stock by freezing companies; therefore, it is reasonable to expect that there should be a free demand at future sales for al] classes of sheep., At the same time, the present outlook does not warrant any optimism in looking for * rise in prices. Prices for dairy stock were much en a par with recent sales, but heifers close to profit still find buyers at much about spring prices. BROKERS’ REPORTS A full yarding of fat cattle, including a good proportion of cow and heifer beef, came forward at Stortford Lodge yesterday. Ox beef sold at prices on a par with last week’s report, but cow and heifer beef was slightly easier Fat sheep were yarded in good num bers, all lines selling at late rates. Store sheep were well represented, included being a good offering of 2 and 4- wethers, which sold at increased rates on last week’s values, under keen competition. Average prices were as follow; Fat bullocks (heavy) £8 12s to £9 2s, light and medium £7 Is to £8 ss, fat cows £3 7s to £4 7s, heifers £3 15s to £5 7s, vealers 15s to 255, fat ewes 6s 3d to 9s, wethers 10s 5d to 11s Bd. fat lambs 12s to 14s, m.a. wethers 7s 3d to 10s Id m.a. owes 10s id to 10s lOd. Individual brokers’ reports are as follow:— New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co., Ltd. —1 store heifer £2, 4 forward cows 27s fid, 3 yearling Hereford heifers 255, 1 Hereford bull £3 2s fid, 2 empty cows £1 Is, 6 fat bullocks £4 2s 6d, 1 Jersey cow £4 17s 6d, 1 at 22s 6d, 4 Jersey heifers £2, 1 yearling Jersey heifer £2, 25 fat ewes 6s lOd 19 fat Southdown cross wethers Ils sd. 12 fat wethers Ils, 117 at Ils 6d, 5 fat 2-ths Ils sd, 25 fat ewes Bs, 37 at 7s, 147 mostly 2-th wethers Bs, 248 m. a. wethers 10s Id, 154 6-th and 4 and 5- 9s Id, 186 2-th ewes 10s lOd 54 4-th ewes 9s lid, 5 rams 2s 3d, 14 2-th ewes 5s 6d. 30 2-th wethers 9s Id, 4-th ewes 9s Id, 24 m.a. Wethers 7s lOd, 8 mostly 2-th wethers 4s 7d, 26 m.a. ewes 5s 9d. Hoadley, Son and Stewart, Ltd. — 1 heifer and calf £l, 1 cow in profit £l, 1 springing heifer £5 17s 6d, 1 at £4 2s 6d, 2 vealers ss, 2 fat cows £3 ss, 1 fat heifer £3 17s Cd, 1 vealer £l. 6 store cows 16s, 1 forward cow 30s, 1 Jersey bull £3 15s, 1 at £2 17s fid, 1 at £2 7s, 2 at £1 7s 6d, 2 heifers in calf £1 7s 6d, 3 yearling dairy heifers £2 15s, 16 fat ewes 9s, 20 at. 6s 6d, 45 at 7s 4d, 22 at 6s fid, 60 at 6s 7d, 45 at 7s 4d, 20 at fis 6d. 40 fat weds 10s fid, 30 at Ils 7d, 7 fat ewes 6s, 12 fat lambs I4s, 4 at 14s, 8 at 14s, 10 at 14s Id, 30 at 13s, 11 ewes 9 lambs, all counted i 6s sd, 105 f and f weds 10s. Dalgety and Co., Ltd.— 2 fat bullocks £7 10s, 2 at £7 Is, 4 at £B, 2 fat heifers £4 3 at £3 15s, 2 at £4, 3 at £4 10s, 2 at £4, 3 at £4 7s, 6 fat heifers, £4 ss, 3 at £3 17s, 17 fat ewes 5s lid, 750 2-th wethers Bs. De Pelichet, McLeod and Co.. Ltd.— 1 fat bullocks £9 2s, 2 at £8 12s, 3 at £8 ss, 1 fat heifer £5 7 s, 12 fat cows £3, 3 fat cows £4, 1 at £2, 1 at £1 ss, 1 fat heifer £2, 1 at £1 10s, 19 fat wethers Ils Bd, 19 at Ils sd, 35 at Ils 6d, 4 fat ewes 6s sd, 4 at 6s fid, 1 at 8s 6d, 1 at 6s 3d, 410 f and f wethers 9s, 12 forward wethers 7s lOd, 9 forward ewes 4s Id. Murray, Boberts and Co. Ltd. —1 fat heifer £4 12s 6d, 3 fat cows £3 7s, 1 Jersey cow £1 ss, 2 fat cows £3 7s fid, 2 at £2 17s fid, 1 fat heifer £5, 3 fat cows £3 J 3s 6d, 3 at £3 19s, .1 at £3 10s, 3 at £2 13s, 1 at £2 4s, 1 fat Jersey £1 4s, 3 vealers 345, 1 at 255, 4 fat heifers £3 10s, 1 at £4 18s, 1 .at £4,65, 3 fat cows £3 10s, 2 at £3 9s, 2 at £3 16s, 2 heavy Hereford bulls £4 Bs, 1 P.A. bull £3 Ils, 1 fat steer £4, 1 at £3 10s, 1 fat Jersey cow 30s, 2 Jersey Heifers £1 7s 6d, 1 dairy cow £1 2s fid, 1 spg. heifer £3 15s, 2 Hereford cows, 20s, 53 fat weds Ils Bd, 5 at 12s 3d, 25 fat weds Ils 2d, 37 at 6s Id. Williams and Kettle, Ltd.—697 4-th weds a/c Olrig Station 9s 3d, 600 4/6/8-th weds a/c Big Hill Station 7s 4d, 130 4/6/8-th weds 7s 3d, 1 fat 2-th ewe 9s 9d, 8 wethers 6s fid, 72 store owes 2s 2d, 3 fat lambs 12s, 4 fat sheep 10s lOd, 1 pig Bs, 5 store ewes 3s 6d, 1 ewe and lamb 8s 7d, 2 fat wethers 10s, 1 fat lamb Ils 3d, 1 fat cow £2 12s 6d. H.B. Farmers’ Co-operative Association. —5 fat bullocks £B, 2 at £7 2s fid, 2 at £7 12s, 1 at £8 2s, 1 at £B, 2 at £7 9s, 2 at £7 ss, 1 at £7 10s, 6 fat heifers £4 14s 6d, 3. at £4 ss, 3 at £4 3s 6d, 3 at £4 4s, 1 fat cow 355, 1 at £4 10s, 1 at £3 15s, 2 at £2, 3 at £1 16s, 3 at £3 14s, 2 at £8 10s, 1 fat Jersey cow £l, 3 Jersey heifers 30s, 3 at £2, 3 at £3 10s, 1 at £3, 2 at £3, 2 at £1 7s 6d, 1 dairy cow £2 ss, 1 at £3 7s 6d, 1 at £3 2s 6d, 1 at £3 17s fid, 2 at £5 10s, 20 fat ewes 8s Id, 64 at 7s,■ 25 at 6s Bd, 17 at 6s 4d, 12 fat 2-ths Ils fid, 26 fwd. weds 8s 6d, 4 fat lambs 12s, 20 fat ewes 5s 9d, 1 B.D. ram ss, 2 E.L. rams 3s 6d. ADDINGTON STOCK SALE MARKET REASONABLY BUOYANT Christchurch, Dec. 9. The effect of the prolonged spell of dry weather was evidenced by the general poor quality of the entries in the fat stock sections at the Addington market to-day. With the exception of fat cattle, the sale market was reasonably buoyant, and an advance in fat lamb values was welcome to vendors. Store sheep: A medium sized entry consisting in the main of station wethers, with no alteration in values which were ordinary. Prices were: ewes and lambs to 6s 2d, good four tooth Romney wethers Ils 6d to 12s 6d, ordinary 4 and 6 th halfbred wethers 5s 6d to 7s 6d, medium 4 and 6-th half bred wethers 7s 3d’ to’9s, ordinary twotooth half-bred wethers 6s 8d to 7s*3d, •extra good three-quarter bred ewe hoggets to 17s 6d, extra good three-quar-ter bred wether hoggets to 14s 4d, otd--1 inary two tooth ewes 8s 8d to 9s 6d,

good 4-th Bomneiy cross ewes to Ils 9d. Fat lambs: The entry of 866 was the smallest for a long time. Best lambs advanced 3s a head and lower grades Is a head. The price per pound for best lambs rose about 6d. In the case of some butchers’, purchases. Values were: Extra prime lambs to 24s 4d, prime lambs 18s to 20s, medium lambs 15s to 17s fid, light lambs 18s to 14s fid. Fat sheep: An entry of 4200, the general quality of which was not as good as at recent sales. The market was flrm with an advance of Is per head. Values were.—Prime heavy wethers to 20s 10d, medium weight prime 16s 9d to 18s fid, ordinary 14s to 16s, light 10s fid to 13s 6d, prime heavy ewes to 17s 4d, medium weight prime 12s 9d to 14s 9d, ordinary 10s to 12s, light 8s 6d to 9s 6d. Fat cattle-: An entry of 350 head with a steady sale for good beef at an advance of 10s per head, but poor and unfinished sorts were not in demand. Best beef made from 24s 6d to 27s per lOOlbs, good beef 22s to 245, heavy beef 19s to 225, inferior beef down to 16s, rough down to Ils. Values were: Prime heavy steers £9 10s to £ll 17s fid, prime medium weight £7 to £9, ordinary £4 15s to £6 15s, light to £4 ss, prime heifers to £8 2s 6d, medium £4 5s to £6 ss, light £2 10s to £3 15s; extra prime eow to £lO 7s 6d, prime £5 to £B, medium £3 10s to £4 15s, light £1 15s to £3. Fat pigs: There was an over supply of pork in the fat pig pens and the demand was again weaker. The market for medium weight bacon was firmer. Values were: Choppers 48s 6d to £4 6s, baconers 37s 6d to 44s 6d, heavy baconers 47s 6d to 52s 6d, The average pricb a pound was: heavy 3d to 3jd, medium 3Jd to 4jd, porkers 27s 6d to 32s 6d, heavy porkers 33s 6d to 54s 6d; average price a pound 44d to sjd. WAIPUKURAU STOCK SALE BBOKEBS’ BEPOBT H.B. Co-operative Association.— 2 fat cows £2 17s 6d, 1 fat Jersey heifer £4, 6 at Ils, 2 at £2 ss, 1 at £1 7s 6d, 1 Jersey steer £l, 1 Jersey bull £1 2s 6d, 1 Jersey cow 15s.