FARMING AND COMMERCIAL

Manawatu Standard, Volume XLVII, Issue 111, 7 April 1927, Page 5

FARMING AND COMMERCIAL

ADDINGTON MARKET.

LARGE ENTRY OF FAT CATTLE.

FREE SALE FOR FORWARD STORE

LAMBS.

Per Press Association.

CHRISTCHURCH, April 6. There was another heavy yarding of store sheep at Addington market to-day, good entries of fat sheep and lambs, and an exceptionally large entry of fat cattle, the total of 686 being next to the record number. Pigs wero olbo in heavy supply. There was a free sale for forward store lambs, and other sorts met with a good demand from South Canterbury buyers. For locally-bred _ ewes the demand was fairly good, while the best of two-tooth North Island ewes were wanted. Other sorts showed a further decline of Is to 2s per head on last week’s rates. Fat cattle were down £1 to £1 Ss per head, but the supply’was well absorbed by butchers, and there were very few passings. Fat sheep and fat lambs showed little or no change in values. Fat pigs sold well up to late rates, but stores, especially weanera, were much easier. Store sheep.—The entry of store sheep included more lambs than for some weeks past, and with the exception of odd pens of really good lambs the average quality was poor. The West Coast was well represented in the offerings. Forward lambs sold well at firmer rates, and competition from South Canterbury buyera maintained the market for other classes. Ewe lambs were not in much demand. North Island ewes made lip a large proportion of the offerings of grown sheep. There was a fair demand for locally-bred ewes, and the best of the North Island twotooths, and the older ewes from that quarter met with competition from South Canterbury buyers, but this class, as well as the inferior two-tooth, were easier by Is to 2s per head on last week’s prices. The range of prices was as follows: Best forward lambs to lZs, forward lambs 14s to 15s Bd, medium lambs Us 6d to 13s 6d, small and inferior lambs 8s to 10s 9d, eull lambs 5s 6d to 7s 9d, good halfbred ewei lambs to 24s 4d, ordinary halfbred ewe lambs 18s 9d to 2ls, three-quarterbred owe lambs 16s to 19s 6d; best North Island two-toothed ewes 27s 6d to 29s 3d, ordinary North Island two-toothed ewes 24s 6d to 26s 6d, low-conditioned twotoothed Romney ewes 20s to 23s 6d, twotoothed halfbred owes 28s Id, inferior twotoothed halfbred ewes 22s to 255; soundmouthed halfbred ewes 24s to 26s 6d, inferior sound-mouthed halfbred ewes 18s 9d to 22s Bd, failing-mouthed halfbred ewes 12s 6d to 16s 9d; forward two and fourtoothed wethers 18s, four-toothed crossbred wethers 12s 6d to 13s Id; six and eighttoothed crossbred wethers 16s, six and eight-toothed halfbred wethers 16s 6d. Fat lambs.—The yarding of fat lambs totalled 3060, and was of mixed quality, ranging from small and unfinished lambs to hevay butchers’ lots. For the latter the market was again firm, and freezing weights sold without appreciable change. The range of prices was: Extra prime lambs to 30s Id, prime lambs 25s to 27s 3d, medium lambs 22s to 24b 6d, light and unfinished 18s to 21s 6d.

Fat sheep.—There was a heavier yarding of fat sheep than the previous week, some fourteen pens being occupied. There was a fair percentage of prime wethers, including handy-weight fine-woolled races and some heavy crossbreds. Ewes, however, formed tno bulk of the yarding, the quality being mixed. There was a good steady sale throughout at about the samo rates as last week for both butchers’ and exporters’ lines. The range of prices was as follows: Extra prime wethers to 32s lOd, prime wethers 27s to 30s, medium wethers 25s to 26s 9d, light wethers 20s 6d to 24s 6d; extra prime ewes to 26s Id, prime ewes 18s 6d to 235, medium ewes 14s 6d to 18s, light ewes 12s 9d to 14s. Fat cattle.—’The firmer tone of the beef market last week iiad the effect of bringing forward an exceptionally heavy yarding, totalling 686 head —the second largest entry that nas. ever been made in the yards. The market was down ‘about £1 to £1 5s on the average, but the demand kept up well to the end. Extra prime beef sold up to 36s per 1001 b, prime quality steers and heifers 30s to 335, medium 25s to 295, and rough cow beef as low as 20s per 1001 b. The range of prices was : Extra prime heavy steers to £l6 2s 6d, prime medium weight steers £l2 to £i4, medium quality steers £8 5s to £ll 10s, light and unfinished steers £5 12s 6d to. £8; extra primo heifers .to £l3 12s 6d, prime heifers £7 15s to £9, light heifers £4 to £7 10s; extra prime cows, to £ll 12s 6d, ordinary cows £4, prime cows £6 to £B, rough cows £3 7s 6d to £5 ss.

Vealers. —The vealer pens were well filled, a good percentage being well finished sorts, and included among them were several pens oft primo Hereford cross runners. The range of prices was as follows:—Large sorts to £6 10s, best vealers £5 to £5 ss. modium vealers £2 to' £4 15s, small ana inferior calves 10s to 30s.

Store cattle.—There was a fairly large mixed yarding of store cattle, ranging from calves to old cows, and including a few small lots of big steers and a number of bulls. Sales were made at the following rates. Four and five-year-old steers £8 12s 6d,' two-year steers £3 15s 6d, yearling steers £2 10s to £3 7s 6d; best cows £2 to £3 2s, aged and inferior 21s to 355, Jersey calves 10s, bulls £3 Is to £7 10s. Dairy cattle.—The entry of dairy cows totalled 79 head, and inferior sorts were more plentiful than at late sales. Good sorts sold well Best second, third and fourth calvers mode £9 10s to £l4 ss, medium sorts £6 10s to £9, inferior sorts £4 to £6; springing heifers £4 IQs to £9 10s.

Fat pigs.—Thoro was a good entry of fat pigs, there being again a large proportion of the offering sent in from the West Coast. There was a good demand for porkers. Sales were made at the following rates: Choppers £3 to £7 9s 6d, extra heavy baconers to £4 10s, heavy baconers £4 to £4 6s, lighter £3 10s to £3 15s (equal to s}d to 6Jd per lb) ; largo porkers £2 15s to £3 6s, light, porkers £2 5s to £2 _l2s (equal to 7d to 8d per lb). Store pigs.—There was a large yarding of store pigs, and a fair attendance of buyers. The market was easier, and weaners especially wero dull 'of sale at lower prices. The range of values was: Weaners 12s 6d to 16s, slips 17s to 245, medium stores 26s to 31s, large store 32s to 38s 6d, extra large stores to £2 Bs, sows in pig £2 12s to £3 ss; ten-months-old boars, to £2 12s 6d.

STOCK MARKET.'

Abraham and Williams, Ltd. and Wright,, Stephenson and Co., Ltd., report as follow on yesterday’s Johnsonvill* sale: —A heavy yarding of sheep, lambs and vealers came forward, also a medium yarding of bullocks. The sale was inclined to drag throughout, most lines selling well within their values. We quote: Bullocks, £9 15s. £lO, £lO ss, £lO 7s 6d, £lO 12s 6d, £lO 17s 6d, to £11; vealers, 28s, £2 ss, £2 7s 6d, £2 10s, £2 14s, £2 14s 6d. £3, £3 2s to £3 3s: cows (plain), £3 10s to £4 10s; wethers, 21s, 23s Id, 23s 6d, 23s 7d, 245, 26s to 26s 3d; ewes, 15s 4d. 15s to 16s; lambs, 18s 6d, 21s 6d, 225, 22s 9d to 23s 6d. Levin and Co., Ltd., report: —At Feilding on Friday we had a fair yarding of all classes. Late values were fully maintained. Prices -improved as the sale proceeded. Quotations: Fat shorn b.f. lambs, I/s 2d, 18s 2d, 19s 5d to 20s Id; fat wethers, 24s Id, 25s 9d to 27s 3d; fat ewes, 16s; fat maiden ewes, 255; shorn b.f. rape lambs, 13s 10d, 14s to 16s Id; Romney wether lambs, 11s lOd, 12s. 14e to 14s 8d; medium b.f. lambs, 8s 6d, 12s 12s Id; small woolly b.f. lambs, 8s 2d, 9s 7d; 4 and 5-year ewes, 13s 4d ; small m.s. 2-tooths, 20s 6d; f.m. S.D. rams, 2 gna.

A London cablegram states that ( in consoquonce of an over-eupply of British hops, the Growers’ Association has decided to plant 4805 acres less.

PALE AT BURNSIDE.

SHEEP SLIGHTLY DEARER. ,

Per Press Association.

- DUNEDIN, April 6. At Burnside to-day heavy sheep and best ewes were Is dearer than last week’s, and butchers’ lambs and those suitable for freezing sold at from par to Is advance. Opening dates for prime light cattle were up some shillings, but lat cattle prices declined towards the finish, and sold at equal to last week's rates. Fat Cattle.—A yarding of 324 of all qualities, compared with 281 last week. The proportion of prime heavy cows, and heifers was large, and some nice consignments of finished bullocks were forward.' The demand opened at par to 10s advance for light prime sorts, with heavies unchanged, but owing to the size of the yarding prices declined on the opening dates at the close. Extra prime heavy bullocks made £l6 10s, prime heavy £l3 5s to £l4 ss, prime light £lO 5s to £l2 10s; best heifers, £7 5s to £8 10s; best cows, £7 10s to £8 15s. Extra prime ox beef sold at equal to 30s per 1001 b, light ox beef to 28s, heifer beef to 255, and cows rfnd light heifers' 18s to 22s 6d.

Fat Sheep.—A penning of 2081, compared with 3309 last week. The proportion of ewes was large, though many were of indifferent quality. The number of prime wethers was modedate, and mediumweight sheep were of average supply. The opening demand was fair; heavy sorts and best owes improved Is per head, but rates for the balance of the entry were unchanged. The sale finished with best sheep selling fairly well. Prime heavy wethers made 28s to 31s 6d, medium-weight prime 26s to 27s 3d, light 24s to 25s 6d; best ewes 20s 3d to 245, medium 15s to 17s, light Us to 13s 6d. On a per pound basis, prime heavy wether mutton sold at 4jd, prime light wethers at s£d, extra heavy ewes at 3jd, and primo light ewes 4d.

Lambs.—A small entry of medium quality. Some prime heavies were included, but there was a fairly big sprinkling of unfinished sorts. Butchers’ lambs and those suitable for freezing met with good inquiry at from par to Is advance; other sorts were unchanged. Heavy lambs made 27s 9d to 295, prime medium 23s to 24s 6d, unfinished 15s 6d to 18s.

Store Cattle. —A big entry of fully 350, made up for the chief part of well-oon-ditioned cows and heifers, but featuring some 50 very forward two and three-year-old steers. The usual buyers were operating, and the demand and prices were much on a par with last week’s. The steers realised from £6 5s to £8 9s.

Pigs. —A penning of 11 fats and 76 stores. Porkers were dearer by about 5s a head, and baconers were a shade firmer. Small sorts mostly comprised the store entry, and in general store pigs were a few shillings cheaper.

BUTTER AND CHEESE.

The latest circular issued by the Dairy Produce Board contains the following information:— The board has received the following market report from its London agency dated Ist April, 1927, showing prices for that date and those for March 25th in parentheses:— Butter.—New Zealand ealted, 1525, 154 s (150 s, 1525), unaalted 160 s, 164 s (160 e, 1625; market finishing quietly steady. Week’s quota well sold up. Australian: Salteefc 150 s, 154 s (150 s, 1525), unsalted 1565, 162 s (1565, 160 s); Argentine: Finest salted 1525, 156 s (148 e, 1525). Dutch: Unsalted 1765, 178 s (1765, 178 s). Danish: 182 s, 184 s (178 s). Retail prices unchanged. Continental markets continue quiet. Cheese.—New Zealand coloured 77e, 78s (78s, 80s), white 765, 78s ( ); market steady but quiet. Canadian: White and coloured 925, 94s (945, 965); market steady. English, finest farmers, 120 s, 124 s (stocks small); retail price reduced to lOd. Sales.—For the period from 18th to 26th March (inclusive) the following quantities of daii-y produce under the control of the board have been sold in Britain:—

Average price on

London market, Creamery butter 101,604 boxes 143/ Cheese 58,296 crates 76)

Wbev butter # (15th to 26th) 2,378 boxes 137/5 The fixed weekly quota- for the week ending 2nd April has been sold at on average price of about 150 s for blitter and 76s for cheese, but details will be given in the next circular. For the guidance of factories the following is the general position:— Second Butter Pool.—Gradings up to approximately the first week in December have been sold at' an average price of 158 s per cwt on the London market, equivalent to approximately Is 3d per lb f.o.b. Cheese Pool.—Cheese has been sold up to approximately the middle December gradings at an averag*. price of 84s 9d on the London markAjtr

Whey Butter P 001.—14,409 boxes have been sold out of 15,420 boxes arr rived in the United Kingdom to date at an average price of 146 son the London market, or equivalent to Is l|d f.0.b., covering gradings to approximately the middle *of December. At present whey butter is selling at equivalent to 12}d f.o.b. Directors will, of course, bear in mind that any subsequent sales at a lower price, than the average shown above will reduco the general average of the pool.

RECORD DAIRY OUTPUT

PRODUCTION IN AUCKLAND,

LARGE TOTAL OF BUTTER-FAT,

AUCKLAND, April 6,

The remarkable increase in the production of dairy produce in the Auckland province this season is again emphasised by the returns of the butter and chee6e received by the Auckland Farmers’ Freezing Company from July 1, 1926, to March 31, 1927. (jfhe receipts of butter for the nine months totalled 1,606,104 boxes and those of cheese 148.20-4 crates, compared with 1,381,638 boxes of butter and 137,937 crates of cheese in the previous season. The increases are 224,466 boxes of butter and 10,267 crates of cheese. The reduction of these returns to butter-fat reveals the striking increase of over 11,000,0001 b. in the season’s output. The total production to the end of last month was '84.379,1281b., as compared with 73,213, 2061 b. for the same period last season, an increase -of 11,165,9221 b. A comparison of the returns for March, 1926, with those for March, 1927, shows that the increase was well maintained during last month. The total production of butter-fat in March 1926, was 8,694,455, as against 10,877,5921 b. last month.

Regarding the manufacture of cheese, the figures show that while 74,486,8881 b. of butter-fat have been used this season in the manufacture of butter only 8,922,2041 b. were used in the production of cheese. ’ The following table shows the monthly receipts of butter at the grading stores for the first nine months of

the current season and its two predecessors: —

Total 1.606,104 1.381,638 1,472,938 : IMPORTS INTO GREAT BRITAIN. Imports into Great Britain for the month cf January were: —

BUTTER.

1926-27. 1925-26. 1924-25. Boxes. Boxes. Boxes. Ju y 9,815 9,706 14,435 August 48,497 43,466 48,560 September 125.333 111,226 121,968 October 209,097 183,459 205,457 No vember 258,099 220,950 234,891 December 296,033 263,163 259,257 J anuary 246,152 203,927 244,384 February 208,211 185,456 186,240 March 204,816 160,285 162,746

1925. 1926. 1927. Cwt. Cwt. Cwts. Ilu -sia 708 — — I 'Li land 15,000 J.4,077 12,948 gw :den 4,652 11,341 13,782 Peunark 116,682 143,023 151,769 Netherlands 3,513 3,804 3,108 Frrnce /.... 188 455. — Ui ited States' ... 5,761 — . itr 'entino 54,391 75,586 77,377 ]ri h Free State 3,720 6,467 11,706 At itralia 168,478 137,900 63,796 N< w Zealand ... 164,495 267,815 139,428 Ci nada 777 271 3 Otiier countries . 2,510 6,912 1,824 Total 540,875 672,651 475,741 CHEESE. 1925. 1926.. 1927. Cwt. Cwt. Cwt. Netherlands 10,894 15,358 19,050 It ly 12,011 9,898 12,650 Q .ited States ... 1,953 853 57 13,650 9,965 3,558 170,452 259,275 208,646 57,606 48,379 31.023 Q her countries . 5,413 4,133 3,376 Total 271,979 547,761 278,360