THE STOCK MARKETS.

Manawatu Standard, Volume LV, Issue 90, 14 March 1935, Page 5

THE STOCK MARKETS.

ADDINGTON SALE. A SLIGHT EASING. Per Press Association. CHRISTCHURCH, March 13. Entries generally wore larger at today’s Addington market, and in most sections there was a slight easing. Store lambs: A heavy penning of about 15,000, principally backward lambs frem stations. Recent values wore about maintained. Rape lambs sold from 13s to 15s 7d; ordinary wether, 9s to 12s; ordinary ewe, 15s to 16s 3d. Stoic ewes: Another heavy entry included Chatham Island and Nelson sheep. Coed ewes maintained recent rates, but ordinary and inferior sorts were easier. Extra good Romney two-tooths made to 31s 9d; best halfbred to 28s 6d; extra good s.m., 21s to 22s 3d; good s.m., 17s to 17s Sd; medium, 15s 6d to 16s 3d; inferior, 11s to 12s 6cl. Fat lambs.—A smaller entry of 2500 had a weaker sale, schedule rates not being maintained for lighter sorts. Best sold to 29s Id; prime heavy, 22s 6d to 255; others, 18s to 225. Eat sheep: 4250 were penned. The sale was a dragging one. wethers being down by a shilling a head and ewes by Is to Is 6d. Best wethers made 25s to 27s Id; prime, 22s to 245: medium, 19s to 21s 6d; light, 14s to 17. s 6d; best ewes to 23s Id; prime, 19s to 21s; prime, medium weights 15s to 18s 6d; others, 9s to 6d. Fat cattle.—4Bs head were penned and there was an average drop in prices of 10s a head. Extra good steer beef made to 26s per 1001 b; good. 22s to 245; heavy, 19s to 21s Id; and secondary, from 16s to 18s. Extra prime heavy steers sold to £ll 12s 6d; prime heavy, £9 to £lO ss; medium weight, prime, £8 5s to £9 10s; ordinary. £4 5s to £7 ss; extra prime heifers, to £8 12s 6d; prime, £5 to £6 10s; medium, £3 10s to £4 15s; light. £3. Extra prime rows, to £7 12s 6(1; prime. £4 10s to £6 ss: ordinary, £2 15s to £4 ss; light | and aged cows. 30s to £2 10s. | Fat pigs.—A good entry in the fat pig section. Baconers were firm at late rates, but porkers were slightly easier. Choppers, £2 to £4 18s 6d; baecncrs, 47s 6d to 54s 6d; heavy baconers, 57s 6d to £3 6s 6d; extra heavy baconers, £3 8s 6d to £3 12s 6d; average price per lb sjd to 6d. Porkers, 30s to 34s 6d; heavy porkers. 36s 6d to 43s 6cl; average prico pey lb, 6d to 6RI. JOHNSONVILE SALE. An average yarding of cattle and a large offering of sheep and lambs wore forward at the Johnsonville stock sale held yesterday by Wright, Stephenson and Co., Ltd., and Abraham and Williams, Ltd. Bullocks, after opening quietly, mot a keen demand at nnaltored rates. Quality cows and heifers wore firm, with unfinished sorts slightly easier. There was a small

I yarding of runners and vealers, which mot I with a keen sale. Tho yarding of wethers was of better quality. Prime heavy weights and well-finished medium weights sold well at late rates. Plain and unfinished wore not wanted. The quality of the ewes yarded was not up to tho usual standard, consequently prices declined a 1 shilling per head for' heavy weights and _ a shilling to one and sixpence lor light ~ and unfinished. There was a large yarda ing of lambs of indifferent quality, only i well-finished lambs being wanted by but- ’ chers. Plain sorts wore unsaleable. Cattle.- —Prime extra heavy bullocks, £9 12s; single, £9 9s; single, £9 ss, £9’ £8 18s; prime heavy, £8 12s, £8 Bs, £8 ss, £8 . 3s, £d; heavy, £7 15s, £7 12s, £7 6s, £7; ’ prime heavy cows and heifers, £5; single, . £4 lbs; single, £4 12s, £4 10s, £4 ,ss; ' cows and boilers, £3 IDS, £3 Bs, £2 16s, ' 0 £2 10s; runnels, £3 2s, £3, £2 15s £2 10s, £2 os; vealers, £2, £1 17s, £1 12s, 3 Sheep.—Prime extra heavy wethers, 27s ’ 3d, 275, 26s 6d; prime heavy, 25s Bd' 25s I 6d, 24s 9d; medium, 24s Id; maiden owes. . 23s 3d, 22s 3d, 225, 21s ?cl; prime extr:, l heavy owes, 20s 6d; small pen, 19s sd. 19s, 18s 6d, 18s 3d; prime heavy, 17s 6cl, 17s 3d; medium, 15s 7d, 15s 3d, 14s; heavy s lambs, 20s bd (small pen), 19s 6cl, 19s s 3d, 19s Id; medium, 18s 7d, 18s 3d 17s '9 6d; light, i6s, 15s 6d. s s 0 LEVIN SALE. :1 Thore was an average attendance of f buyers at the Levin stock sale hold on Tuese day. Messrs Abraham and Williams, Ltd., , report;—There was a very small offering s of pigs which met with fairly good prices, :1 while good yardings of sheep and cattle ; came forward, tho former selling with keen ; competition, while the latter also induced - fair returns. Prices realised ranged as 1111- ; der:—Pigs: Woaners, 6s 6d, 7s, 7s 6d, Bs, t 9s, 9s 6d, 10s; slips, 63 6d, 7s 6d, Bs, 5 8s 6d, 9s, 10s; stores, 12s, 13s, 14s, 15s 6d, f 16s 6d, 17s, 18s, 19s, 21s, 22s 6d, 235; porkers 275, 30 3, 31 s, 32,s 6d, 335, 33. s Get; ' baconers, 375, 38s, £2, £2 2s 6d, £2 ss, ’ £2 10s. Sheep: Store lambs, 7s, 7s Id, 7s ■ 3d, 7s 6d, Bs, 8e 3d; store ewes, 7s 9d, 9s, J 11s, J2s, 12s 6d, 13s 6d; black-fuced lambs, 11s 6d, 12s 3d, 12s 6d, 12s 9d; fat ewes, 17s, 17s 6d, 17s 7d, 17s Bd, 17s 9d, 1 18s, 18s 3d; fat lambs, 17s 6d, 235, 255; fat : wethers, 235, 23.5 3d, 23s 6d, 23s 9d; four- * tooth ewes, 23s 6d; two-tooth ewes, 24s 6d, Cattle: .Store cows, 12s, 15s, 16s, 16s 6cl, 17s; heifers, 345, 355, 37s 6d, 38s; fat cows, 365, 37s 6d, 395, 39s 6d, 40s, 41s, 42s 6d; dairy cows, £3 12s 6d, £3 15s, £4, £4 ss, j £4 7s 6d; P.A. bullocks, £6. STORTFORD LODGE VALUES. i Per Press Association, HASTINGS, March. 13. V ith a moderate entry of 232 fat cattle values improved up to 10s a head 011 cows and heifers at to-day’s sale at Stortford Lodge, when tho demand was well* maintained at the improved levels. The quality of. tho entry was very mixed, with few prime cattle offering and a fair proportion of medium finished cattle. Bullocks were few and of poor quality. The entry of 302 store cattle sold steadily at late rates, there being increased activity. A moderate entry of fat sheep met with steady competition, with ewes improving bq Is to Is 6d a head, while wethors and lambs sold steadily at late rates, there heing more export competition. Tho 15,000 store sheep offered realised good prices for lambs and store ewes, but breeding ewes wore variable according to quality. Wethers were in increased supply and were sticky, there being a number of passings. ; Fat cattle.—Bullocks to £7 15s; cows, medium to prime. £5 5s to £6 10s; others, from £3 2s 6d; heifers, medium to prime, ' £5 10s to £6 ss; others, from £4. Store . ' cattle: Bullocks to £6 10s; steers to £3 19s; J ’ cows to £3 Is. | 1 Fat sheep.—Ewes, medium to prime, 18s | to 22s 6d; others from 13s; wethers, medium ! to primo to 235; lambs to 24s 6d. Store sheep: Two-tooth ewes to 2Su; four and 1 six-tooth to 265; five-year to 18s 6d; store 5 and fattening to 12s 6d; wethers to 22s 6d; J lambs to 15s 6d. • c WESTFIELD SALE. j Per Prose, Association. £ AUCKLAND, March 13. There was again a large yarding of beef f at Westfield to-dav, the number penned • being about 800 head. Ox beef was not s plentiful, but the quality was good and 1 competition wae again very steady, with recent values fully sustained. The cow and a heifer pens were well filled, the standard q showing an improvement on recent yard- f ings. Late rates ruled. Extra choice ox j, beef made 25s for 1001 b; choice and prime, t 21s to 245; secondary and plain, l(ss to 20s; t prime young cow and heifer beef, 20s to n 24s'; other cow beef, 12s to 19s. Extra heavy 2 prime steers made £lO to £lO 15s; heavy j ; prime, £8 15s to £9 17s 6d; lighter, £7 10s 1 to £8 15s; light, £6 5s to £7 12s 6d; small and unfinished, £5 to £6 ss. Extra heavy j, prime young cows and heifers, £7 to £8 ( 10s; heavy prime, £5 10s to £6 15s; lighter, |. £4 2s 6d to £5 7s 6d; other killable cows, 1. £1 5s to £4. Calves were in full supply, ], there again being good quality vealers. The J, demand was strong at the beginning of e the sale, but cased off considerably toward the end, though well-done sorts continued j to sell well. Runners, 30s to 695; vealers, a 20s to 58s. t

The yarding of sheep was the largest for some time and included some nice mutton. Tho increased yarding caused an easing of demand, and price levels did not reach those of lust week. A small lot of extra choice two-tooth ewes made up to 25s 6d. Lambs were yenned in average numbers and sold readily at late rates. Wethers, prime, 22s 6d to 31s; unfinished, 18s to 22s 3d; ewes, prime, 17s to 24s 9d; unfinished, 7s 6d to 16s 6d. Fat pigs of good average quality came forward in larger numbers. Generally, the demand for both baconors and porkers remained unchanged. Stores, which were much more plentiful, realised recent values with a tendency to easier prices. Choppers, 30s to 545; baconers, 50s to 755; porkers, 54s to 48s; large stores, 19s to 255; price per lb for baconers, s|d to s£d; and for porkers, s|d to std. BUIIXSIDE SALE. Per Press Association. DUNEDIN, March 13. There was a largo entry in the fat cattle section and a medium yarding of fat sheep to-day at Burnside. The fat cattle numbered 354 head, resulting in an oversupply and a consequent casing in prices. Competition was not very keen at any stage except for an odd pen of good cattle. The market opened with prices showing a general fall, and passings at (he start of the sale were fairly frequent. The market closed with good prime beef down 10s per head, and ordinary unfinished hoof down by 15s to 20s per head. Extra prime heavy bullocks sold to £ll 7s 6d; prime heavy, £8 12s 6d to £9 12s 6d; medium, £6 17s 6d to £7 17s 6d; lighter sorts, £5 to £6 7s 6d; prime cows and heifers, £5 2s 6d to £7 2s 6d; medium, y £3 12s 6d to £4 7s fid. There were 227 head of store cattle forward. Three and four-year-old steers in good condition made £4 17s. Vcalers sold at slightly lower rates than last week. The entry of 44 dairy cows included a few of good quality, and up to £6 was realised for young cows close to profit. A medium entry of 1700 fat sheep was composed chiefly of ewes. The bulk of tho owes - were of good quality, and 'the sale was steady throughout, prices showing little variation on last week’s. A small entry of wethers also met with a firm sale. Prime heavy wethers sold at 28;; medium, 22s to 245; lighter, 18s to 20s. Prime ewes sold to 20s fid; prime medium, 15s to 17s; and lighter sorts, 12s to 14s. The fat lamb entry numbered 1130, chiefly of medium quality. • Exporters operated freely at full schedule rates, and secured the bulk of the yarding. Extra prime heavy butchers’ lambs made to 275; good freezing lambs, 20s to 235; light and unfinished, 16s to 18s. A small yarding of 82 fat pigs had a good sale; baconers making up to £4 15s, and jjorkers from £2 to £2 15s. A small yarding of 51 store pigs met a good market, best making up to 18s, and suckers from 9s to 13s.