THE STOCK MARKETS.

Manawatu Standard, Volume LVII, Issue 198, 22 July 1937, Page 5

THE STOCK MARKETS.

ADDINGTON SALE. A STEADY TONE. Por Press Association. CimiSTCHURCH, duly 21. f Entries were of normal size at to-day s Addington market and values showed littlo change. Store sheep.—Two-tooth ewes sold to 29s 6d, s.m. to 28s, ewe hoggets to 25s and adult, wethers to 25s 4d. I'at, sheep: Eight wethers wore down by Is a head, but prime sorts, of which there were few, rveio unchanged. Extra prime heavy wethers nia'de to 47s 4d, prime heavy 37s to 425, prime medium-weight 32s to 365, ordinary 28s to 31s, light to 27s 6d; extra prime heavy ewes to 28s 4d, prime heavy 28s bd to 31s, prime medium-weight 25s 6<l to 27s 6d, ordinary 20s to 245, light to las 6d. Eat cattle.—Best beef made to 35s a 1001 b, heavy to 325, medium down to 295; extra prime hcavv steers to £l7 12s od, prime heavy £l3 5s to £l4 15.4, prime me-dium-weight £l2 5s to £l3 ss, ordinary £9 15s to £ll 15s. light to £9_los; extra prime heifers to £l3 12s 6d, prime £8 lt» to £9 15s, medium £6 to £7 15s. ugh’ to £5 15s; extra prime cows to £ll 1“ 6d, prime £6 10s to £O, medium £4 15s to £6, light to £4 10s. Vcalcrs: Prime heavy runners to £6 18s 6cl, heavy £4 to £5. medium £2 10s to £3 12s 6d; prime vealers £3 5s to £4 15s, medium £2 12s oil to £3 2s 6d: small salves, 20s to 50s. Store cat'.e ; There was a good sale tor hotter-class cows. Dairy cattle: A shnip drop in values, approximating £5 a head. The top price for heifers was £9 5s and for cows £9. Fat pigs.—Choppers made 53s 6u to x»o 5,s 6d; light porkers, 28s 6cl to 38s od, medium 39s 6d to 44s 6d, large 46s 6d to 49s 6d, extra heavy 51s 6cJ to 54s 6d, averages price a lb 6£d to 7U; light baconers 54s 6d to £3 6s 6d, heavy £3 8s 6d to £3 16s 6d, extra heavy £4 Is 6d to £4 9s 6d, average price a lb 64C1 to 6-Ul. Store pigs • Small weaners made 11s to 12s 6d, good 13s to 16s: slips, 17s to 18s ! small stores 19s to 21s 6d, medium 22s to 255, large 26s to 30s.

JOHNSONVILLE VALUES. Large yardings of cattle and sheep were offered' at the Johnsonville stock ea'c yesterday. Extra prime heavy bnllccks met with a, keen sale at prices firm on last week, and heavyweight cattle showed no alteration. Light and unfinished medium bullocks were .5s better. All classes of cows and heifers met with a ready sale at prices firmer by 10s a head on extra heavy cowo and 5s on heavy, and light- | weight cattle were firm at late rates. 'I here was a keen demand for runners and vealers at prices ruling on up-country rates. Extra prime heavy wethers mctw ith spirited competition at prices showing a finning tendency to the extent, of Is to Is 6d a head, and prime medium-weight wethers were also in demand at prices ruling on late quotations. Extra prime heavy ewes sold readily at prices firm to Is a head. Only prime lambs were sought, these meeting with a good demand at prices firm a head on last week. The range of prices was as follows: — Prime extra heavy bullocks, £ls 5s to £l3 2s 6d (single) : prime heavy. £l2 18s to £l2 12s- 6d; heavy, £l2 5s to £ll 17s 6d; lighter. £ll 6d to £IU 8s; light and unfinished. £lO 2s 6d to £9 2s. Extra prime heavy cows and heifers. £lO 5s to £9 2s 6d: prime heavy. £9 to £8 5s (single) ; lighter, £8 to £7 ss. Cows, ex dairy, heavy, £6 12s 6d to £5 18s: lighter. £5 5s to £3 15s. Boner cows, £2 12s 6d to £1 11s. Runners, £4 17s (extra good), £4 5s to £3 2s. Vcalcrs (small), £1 7s to 18s. Small calves, 12s 6d to Bs. Prime extra heavy wethers. 40s to 37s 6d; prime heavy. 36s 9d to 35s 6d; lighter, 34s 6d to 28s 6d. Prime extra heavy ewes (voting), 34s 3d to 3356 d: prime heavy, 33s to 31s 10d: lighter, 31s t 0 26s lOd: light. 24s 6d to 18s lOd. TTcavv lambs, 30s to 28s 9d; lighter. 27s 6d to 23s lOd. LEVIX SALE: LEVJX. July. 21. ...At the Levin yards t-hcro*■•Avetoa. medium yardings of pigs and cattle and a email entry of sheep, all of -\\hicli sold at full late rate*. Quotations: —Pigs: Light pork ers 30s to 355, medium 37* 6d to £2, heavy £2 2 s * to £2 12s 6d; choppers, 39-s to £2 10s; slips, 16s 6d to 19s; small store's, 22s 6d lo 22is, medium 25s to 28s 6d. Sheep: Fat hoggets, 23s Id <0 250 2cl; fat ewes, 235; small lambs, 10s 6d to 14s Id. CattleMedium fat cow*. £3 10s to £5, heavy £5 7s 6d to £6, prime £6 7s 6d to £7 17* 6d; vealers, £2 to £3; runners, £3 10s to £5 8s; store cows. 30s to £3: potter hulls, £4 to £5 7s 6d; wcaner heifers, £2 6b Dairy stock: Cows, £5 7* 6d to £6. TAIHAPE DISPERSAL SALE. At a dairy sale at Tail tape on _ Wednesday ♦ he New Zealand Farmers’ Co-oncrative Distributing Company submitted 250 dairy cows and heifers, comprising the complete herds of clients who arc going out of dairying. There was a large attendance and buyers were present from Manawatu. Taranaki and Main Trunk district*=. A total clearance was effected as the following prices:— Account Mr D. X. Collins. August ealvers, £9 to £11; September. £5 5s to £B. Account Mr C. Cleaver: A line of 80 best sort* lip to £lO 10s, medium £7 10s to £8 10s, late cal vers £4 to £6. Account Mr A. YV. Biekncll: Best cows up to £9. medium £6 10s to £7 15s, late ealvers £4 10s to £5 10s. Account. Mrs B. Thurston: Best cons £6 10s to £7 10s, medium £4 10* to £6. kite ealvers £3 10s to £4. best dairy heifers £6 15* to £7, medium £5 5s to £6; late ealvers £4 15s: unsound cow* £2 10s to £3; yearling heifers 30s to. 45*; Jersey bulls to £4 10s. - P AIII AT U A SALE. A good yarding of sheep came forward and met with good competition. Prices: Six-year owes r.w. S.D. ram, to 30s 2d; poor condition ewes. r.w. S.D. ram. 16s 2d to 20s"8d ; small b.f. lambs, 13s 9d; good woolly lambs to 23s 6d ; medium wether lambs, to 17s 3d; b.f. ewes, r.w. S.D ram, 26s 9d: other lines, rn.a. ewes, r.w. Romney rams, 28s 6(1; woolly wether lambs, 20s to 20s 6d. STORTFORD LODGE. Per Press Association. HASTINGS, Jidy .21. Unusually small yardings in all sections were offered at Stortford Lodge to-day, the outstanding feature being the selling of fat cattle which showed a phenomena rise to false price levels. Entries showed a general rise of 30s to 35s a head. Ux beef made 40s a. hundred pounds, cows 30s heifers 365, and secondary quality cow's 255. AH sorts, including the poorest quality, were readily sought. Store cattie were not penned. The store sheep consisted chieflv of breeding ewes which maintained last week’s improved rates. Quality was mot featured. Hoggets again sold readily, commanding keen competition, poorly-grown and backward sorts selling surprisingly well. Wethers were not penned. There was no change in the market for fat sheep. Best prune wethers made from 36s to 38s lOd, medium 30s; heavy prime ewes Mv, medium heavy 30s, light 20s 6d to 245, Southdown twotoolhs 30s 6d. WESTFIELD VALUES. Per Press Association. AUCKLAND, .Tilly 21. Although quoted firm, beef values were inclined to he slightly easier at Westfield to-flav .A heavy yarding was. sold, including fewer steers, arid quality generally was not ns prime ns at the previous sale. Extra choice ox beef sold at 33s ~a 1001 b, choice and prime 29s to 32s unfinished, 26s lo 28s; pri «-* cow and heifer beef 26s to 295, unfinished 18s to 25«; extra . heavy steers £l3 5s . to £l4 -Oi, heavy, £l2 to £l3: medium, ill to £ll 17s 6d: light, £8 10s to £lO 15s; unfinished £5 to £8 15s; extra heavy cows and heifers £3 10s to £lO 15s. heavy £7 10s to £8 15s, medium £6 to £7 7s bd. i light £4 15s to £6 7s 6d, unfinished £2 < 10s to £4 15s. , ‘ Heavy wethers made 37s 3d lo 39s 9d, | medium 34s to 375. light 30s to 33s unfm-, , ished 25s to 29s 9d; heavy ewes 31 6ci to :

34s 6d, medium 26s to 30s, light 30a lo 255, unfinished 3s lo 19s; prinio lambs, 20s lo 41s 6d. unfinished 10s to 20s 6d.

Runner calves brought 3 10s to £7 10s; heavy vealers, £4 7s to £6 Is, medium £3 16s (o £5 7s, light £3 5s to £4 6s, smaller £2 18s to £3 15s, unfinished £1 8s to £2 14s, rough 15s to 30s, bobby 4s to 14s. Choppers made £2 to £4 10s; . heavy baconers £4 6s to £5 Is, medium £3 16s to £4 2s, light £3 10s to £3 15s; heavy porkers, £2 16 sto £3 ss, medium £2 9s to £2 16s, light £2 to £2 Bs, small and unfinished, £1 4s to £2 6s; stores, £1 4s (o £2; slips, 16s to 28s; weaners, 10s to 21s. Baconers averaged 7d a lb and porkers 6jd to 7d, BURNSIDE SALE. ' Per Press Association. DUNEDIN, July 21. Bullocks were numerous at the Burnside sale to-day, and there was an casing in values. Extra prune heavy bullocks made to £l6 7s 6d, prime £l3 12s 6d to £ls 2s 6d, medium £lO 12s 6d to £l2 12s 6d, light down to £7 12s 6d; extra prime show heifers to £l2 7s 6d, prime heavy to £ll 12s 6d, medium £7 12s 6d to £3 17s 6d, light down to 1 £5 17s 6d; extra prime heavy cows to £lO 17s 6d, medium £7 12s "bd to £8 17s 6d. light down to £5 12s 6d. There was a general easing to 10s a head for store cattle. Extra prime heavy wethers made to £2 8s 9d, prirno £2 to £2 3s, medium £1 15s to £1 17s 6d, light down to £1 8s; extra prime heavy young ewes lo £1 18s 6d, other extra prime heavy ewes to £1 15s 6d, prime £1 11s to £1 13s 9d, medium £1 6s to £l 9s 6d, light down to £1 Is. Best baconers made from £4 5s to £4 19s, and porkers from £2 10s to £3 ss.