THE STOCK MAMETS.

Manawatu Standard, Volume LV, Issue 226, 22 August 1935, Page 5

THE STOCK MAMETS.

SALE AT ADDINGTON.* Ter Press Association. CHRISTCHURCH, Aug. 21. At the Addington market a heavy entry of fat cattle to-day caused an easing of prices from 3s to 4s per 1001 b. Fat sheep also wero slightly easier. Store sheep: Romney cross two hoggets from 28s to 29s lid; halfbred to 275; sound-mouthed ewes up to 25s Id; and forward wethers t° 21s. Fat sheep.—46oo wero penned. Thero was an ovor-supply of wethers and thoso cased by Is to Is 6d a head. Good and medium ewes showed littlo change, but light ewes wero easier. Best wethers made from 27s 6d to 31s 4d; good from 24s to 275; and average to 23s 6u; good owes, 22s 6d to 255; medium, 19s to 225; others, to 18s. Fat cattle.—644 were penned, including entries from Povorty Bay, South Westland, South Otago and Southland. Values were down by 30s a head. Best bocf mado from 26s 6d to 28s 6d a 1001 b, and good from 24s to 265. Extra prime heavy steers sold to £l4 7s 6d; primo heavy, £9 10s to £ll ss; prime mcdiumwcight, £8 5s to £lO ss; ordinary, £5 153 to £7 15s; extra prime heifers to £lO 2s 6d; primo, £5 5s to £7 10s; ordinary, £4 to £5; extra primo cows, £9 2s 6d; primo, £5 to £6 10s; ordinary, £3 15s to £4 15s. Fat pigs.—The entry was largo and thero was a good sale. Porkers, 23s to 30s; heavy porkers, 30s 6d to 39s 6d; average price per lb, sid to 6d. Baconcrs, 50s to £3; heavy baconcrs, £3 2s 6d to £3 10s 6d; extra heavy baconcrs to £3 178; choppers, 30s to £4 10s; average price, sid to £>4d.

JOHNSONVILLE VALUES. An average yarding of cattle and a good sheep entry wore forward at the Johnsonvillo stock sale held yesterday by Wright, Stephenson and Co., Ltd., and Abraham and Williams, Ltd. The bullocks comprised mainly primo heavy lots, with a few pons of lighter sorts, and met with keen competition at late rates. There was a good yarding of prime heifers which met with a ready sale, prices being firm. The cows yarded were of very inferior quality, with the result that competition was not keen, and part of the yarding was passed at auction. Thero was an average yarding of prime wethers with a few pons of plain sheep. There was a good demand for the prime sheep, but the unfinished sorts were not wanted. A good yarding of primo ewes met with fair competition at no alteration in prices. There was a short supply of hoggets which mot with a good demand. Cattle. —Prime extra heavy bullocks, £l2 7s (single), £ll 17s, £ll 14s, £ll ss; primo heavy, £lO 15s, £lO 13s, £lO ss, £10; heavy, £9 10s, £9 ss, £9, £8 13s; light and unfinished, £7 15s, £7 12s, £7 10s; extra prime heavy cows and heifers, £8 (single), £7 11s, £7 ss, £7, £6 17s; prime heavy, £6 12s, £6 ss, £6, £5 18s, £5 15s, £5 10s; cows and heifers, £4 15s, £4 10s, £3 7s, £3 3s. Sheep.—Prime extra heavy wethers 26? 9d 26s 2d; primo heavy, 24s 6d; medium, 22s Id 21s 9d 21s 4d: prime extra heavy ewes, 20s 6d, 20s Id, 19s 6d, 19s 2d; prime heavy, 18s 6d, 18s 3d; medium, 17s Bd, 17s 6d, 17s Id; hoavy hoggets, 225, 21s 3d, 20s 6d. LEVIN SALE. There was a much smaller yarding than in the previous week at the Levin sale held by Abraham and Williams, Ltd. This particularly applied to pigs. Store pigs showed a marked decline on the previous week’s prices, while porkers remained firm. There was a good inquiry for sheep, which remained firm at late rates. Beef was in keen demand and prices realised wore very satisfactory. Owing to tho smaller yarding of dairy cattle these prices also showed t an increase on the previous week. Realisations were as follow: —

Pigs.- Woancrs, 7s to 13s; light stores, 13s to 17s; medium, 17s to 19e; heavy, 19s to 265; porkers, light, 26s to 335; medium, 33s to 375; heavy, 37s to £2 6s; baconers, £2 11s to £2 17s 6d. Sheep.—Fat ewes, 15s 6d to 16s 6d; hoggets, 19s 9d to 20s 6d; store ewes, 11s to 11s 6d. Cattle—Fat cows, £2 to £2 10s; heavy, £2 10s to £3; extra heavy, £3 to £4; prime extra heavy, £4 5s to sgns; store cows, 17s to 255; 'bulls, 18s to 345; heifers, 30s to 2gns. Dairy cattle. —£210 s, £3 12s 6d, £3 17s 6d, £4, £4 10s, £4 15s, £5, sgns, £5 12s 6d, £5 15s, £6 to £6 10s. The N.Z. Loan and Mercantile Agency Co., Ltd., quote the following realisations: —Cattle: Prime fat cows, £7 to £8 2s 6d; fat cows, ex-dairy, £2 10s, £3, £3 10s, £4, £4 10s, £5; light fat Jersey heifers, £3 10s, £4 10s; medium quality vealers, £2 19s; others, 22s 6d to 37s 6d; store cows, 12s 6d to 30s. Dairy stock: Springing cows, £3 to £5 2s 6d; springing heifers (good), £6 ss; late calving heifers, £2 to £2 10s. Pigs: Baconers, £2 10b; choppers, 21s to 365; porkers, 30s to £2 Is; stores, 16s to 22s 6d; small weaners, 8s to 10s. STORTFORD LODGE SALE. Per Press Association. HASTINGS, Aug. 21. Quality cattle were at a premium in the fat cattle section at to-day’e sale at Stortford Lodge, prices realised for good lines of cows and heifers showing an advance of up to 10s. The entry totalled 356 head. Store cattle totalling 356 head made rates on a parity to improved with the quality somewhat mixed. Fat sheep were in short supply and prices rose Is to Is 6d a head on owes, wethers and lambs being steady to firmer. Store sheep were in moderate supply and made late rates _ on ewes, hoggets being easier with a quiotcr demand. Fat cattle. —Bullocks, medium to primo, £9 to £ll 12s; others from £6 14s; cows, medium to prime, £5 10s to £6 18s; others from £4; heifers, medium to prime, £6 to £7 15s. Store cattle: Steers to £5 2o; bullocks to £6 8s 6d; heifers to £3 12s 6d. Fat sheep.—Ewes, medium to prime, 15s 6d to 18s 4d; others from 13s 6d; wethers, 19s 6d to 255; hoggets, 19s to 22s lOd. Store sheep: Ewes to 225; ewe hoggests to 245; wether hoggets to 20s 6d. HIGH PRICES AT WESTFIELD. Per Press Association. AUCKLAND, Aug. 21. Yardings well below the average brought a sharp advance in values for most classes of stock at the weekly Westfield sale to-day, prices in a number ot eases being the highest since the corresponding period of last year, when abnoimally short yardings ruled. Ihe opinion was general among graziers and dealers that cattlo and sheep are making little progress owing to the shortage of feed and colder weather, and that it will be seveial weeks at least before animals can be brought into marketable condition. Meanwhile, prices are expected to advaneo within reasonable limits. The offering of beef reached baiely 450 head and included a number of fairly large consignments of excellent quality cattle, the best coming from the Waikato. Competition was exceptionally keen, and a sharp rise in prices was general. Although extra choico ox beef was quoted at Ms per 1001 b, with other classes in proportion, values in some cases were well in excess of these. Extra choice ox beef made 29s per 1001 b; choice and prime 25s to 28s; secondary and piain, 22s to 255, prime young cow and heifer beef. 24s to 28s; other cow beef, 18s to 245. Bxtia

. heavy primo steers, made £l2 to £l3, ■ heavy £lO 10s to £ll 15s, lighter £9 5s to I £lO 7s 6d, light £6 to £9 2s 6d; extra | heavy prime young cows and heifers, £8 1 15 sto £lO ss; heavy, £7 to £8 10s: lighter £6 to £6 17s 6d; other killable 'cows, £4 to £5 17s 6d. Three to fourweek calves were in strong demand, and ' sold freely at prices about 30s; runners, ■ 50s to 108 s; vealers, 30s to 80s; bobbies, ; 2s to 8s ’ Less than the average number of sheep was penned, but the quality was good in 1 spito of the recent wet weather. Competition was strong throughout, and ’ values advanced by Is a head in the case 'of wethers, whilo ewes improved still more, pricos being fully 2s better than 1 thoso of a week ago. A small lino of ex- | ceptional wethers made 335, Lambs, 1 mostly practically at tho hogget stage, also mot with a good demand at slightly advanced rates. A few spring lambs were placed on the market and commanded keen bidding to sell up to 27s 6d. Generally, spring lambs are late coming in this ] year. Wethors, primo, 24s to 335; un- | finished, 21s to 23s 9d; ewes, prime, 18s ■to 24s 3d; unfinished, 10s to 17s 9d ; lambs, prime, 17s 9d to 265; unfinished, 15s to 17s 6d; spring lambs. 25s to 27s 6d. A reduced offering of pigs of average quality sold in a firm market. Baconors sold at from 5d to sid a lb and porkers sjd to 5 3-4 d. The few store pigs penned wore of poor quality and failed to realise recent values. BURNSIDE SALE. Per Press Association. 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 hoifers, with tho 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 head, and in parts of the sale the drop was even more pronounced, while .cows and heifers also eased. In tho store cattle section 149 wero forward. Steers sold to £5 15s, other sorts making late rates. Good, young, close to profit dairy cows were in demand, 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 vor ( v good quality sorts met keen demand, prices advancing 2s per head. A smaller entry of fat pigs numbering 94 was offered. Baconors sold at slightly enhanced values, while porkers realised lato rates. A small entry of 71 store pigs met an improved market. Large stoics sold to £l, and suckers from 10s to 15s, according to size and quality. WANGANUI WOOL SALE. GENERAL ADVANCE ON APRIL RATES. CRUTCHINGS SELL WELL. WANGANUI, Aug. 21. The Wanganui wool sale to-night proved very satisfactory for a winter sale, all wools being from ljd to ljd over the April closing rates. The catalogue consisted of 3340 bales, about 1500 being of fleece wool and tho rest rrutchings, pieces, bellies, and oddments. There was a largo and representative bench of buyers. It was a very good salo for crutchmgs, which brought from 6id to 7d, and, in isolated cases, 7id. Scouring wools sold well up to recent sales at other centres. Fleece portions free of seed were fully lid over April rates for good parcels. Medium and lower qualities of fleece wore dull of sale, whilo seedy and inferior brought from 4d to 4jd, well up to laito rates. Fair parcels of lambs’ wool sold fairly well. As with the Wellington sale, fleece wools were not keenly sought after, and a number of lots were passed, it being obvious that growers’ estimates were over buyers’ values. Tho liighost price for good class fleece was lid.

DAIRY PRODUCE

BUTTER AND CHEESE STEADY

W. Weddcl and Co., Ltd., report dated London, August 20: —Butter market quiet. Danish, 108 s. New Zealand finest, 9te. Kangaroo finest, 935. Chceso market steady. Now Zealand, white, 495; coloured, 48s. The New Zealand Producers’ Coo-pcra-tivc Marketing Association’s weekly cabled market report from London August 20 is as follows-.—Butter market steady. Now Zealand, finest grade, 945; first grade, 935. Danish, 108 s. Cheese market steady. New Zealand, white, 48s 6d to 495: coloured, 47s 6d.

EXPORT BUTTER. RANGIWAHIA-RUAHINE’S SUCCESS. To top the list of brands of butter exported through all New Zealand ports is the distinction secured by the RangiwahiaRuahine Dairy Coy., Ltd., of this district for the past two seasons. The average grade secured by this company for the 1933-34 season was 94,875 and for this last year 94.904. The Dominion list of factories with their averago grades of butter and cheese is published in the Agricultural Journal after the end of each season. farming Yews. RURAL RAKINGS. At the Rangitaiki dairy factory’s suppliers’ meeting an enquiry was made as to the profit made by the pig farm in relation to the supply of butter-milk. The reply was that the rate worked out at 8s 3d per ton, which was very satisfactory in view of the fact_ that before establishing the farm the highest price obtained for buttermilk was at tho rate of 4s 6d per ton, and the Inst occasion on which it .was offered for sale they were unable to get 2s 6d for it. The Te Aroha-Thames Valley Co-opera-tive Dairy Company has, on the advico of its London agents, decided to pack export butter in tinfoil. The increase in cost will be 5s per ton, but better prices might be realised by resson of uniformity in colour, as it has been shown that tho outside portion of box butter has opened up in London discoloured.

Speaking at the annual meeting of the Rongotea Dairy Company, yesterday, the secretary, Mr H. V. Caverhill, said that it wan unusual, although it was so last season, for farmers who had their cows in production in July and August not to secure the same returns as those whoso herds had come in during September and Octoher. The late cows had an increased supply when the rains came in the autumn, whereas tho other cows had not been affected to the same degree. In one instance a farmer with 55 late cows had done as well as a neighbour with 70 early It was mentioned by Mr J. G. Brechin at tho annual meeting of the Papatawa Dairy Company, this week, that coal, which cost 9s 6d per ton at the mino, cost 20s 9d to land at Woodville. An excellent sample of kapoe has been grown on Mr T. S. Ferguson’s farm at l’ycs Pa, near Tauranga. The plant was grown in a sheltered position facing north, and it has a total of 78 ripe pods. The pods are sin long, but in their green state they wore about 9in in length. Tho silky fibre is a splendid sample. The plant came from Australia.