THE STOCK MARKET.

Manawatu Standard, Volume LX, Issue 124, 24 April 1940, Page 14

THE STOCK MARKET.

ADDINGTON SALE. VALUES AGAIN FIRM. Per Press Association. OJIUISTCHURCU, April 23. Smaller entries again caused a firming in prices at the Addington sale to-day. Thu holding of the sale a day earlier was tho I outcome of Anzac Day falling on 'lhurs- | day. ‘ i The store sheep sale was the best since the ewe fair last season. The entry totalled 6000, as compared with 8000 last week. | An improved teed position was tiie main fuctor in tho recovery, and last week’s advance continued, with a rise of 2s to 3s | for the fmc-woolled sorts. Farmers came freely on the market as a result of the improved feed position. There was little change in the prices for coarse-woolled sheep. Chatham two-tooths brought 30s, and older Chatham ewes 26s 6d. Finc-woolled ewes brought 20s 6d to 24s 3d ; and fouryear halfbreds 12s 3rl to 12s 4d, with failingmouthed sorts at 7s 4d. The best wethers brought about 15s. Nine pens of lambs were entered, these showing- an improvement of 2s to 3s. Forward rape lambs sold at 19s 3d, and medium at 16s 6d. The fat lamb entry, of which the quality was poor, dropped from a total of 1200 to 800. Butchers’ sorts sold up to Is above the schedule rates. Freezing works buyers were active at jchedulc rates. In the fat sheep section ini entry of 5000 was forward, a small proportion being prime wethers. All classes appreciated in price. Prime wethers were better by Is to Is 6d. The scarcity of butchers’ sheep caused a firming of up to 2s a head for the primest sorts. Best-quality lines brought from 28s to 325, with the tops going at 35s 10d. Ordinary wethers made from 225; good ewes from 23s to 265, with prime pens at 29s 7d; arid medium ewes, 18s to 225, with export sorts from 12s 6c! to 15s. Four hundred and thirty cattle were yarded, a larger number than usual. Wellfinished steers wero in freer demand, and goou cattle met with an appreciation of 10s to 15s a head. Where the quality appealed, butchers competed actively. Good beef made 36s lo 38s a 1001 b. Medium to heavy steers made £ll 15s to £ls 15s, .vith rough down to £8 10s; best, heifers, £lO 10s, medium £6 10s to £8 ss, and light £6. Cows made from £5 10s to £l3 2s 6(1. A small entry of porkers was forward, and there was little change on last week’s values. Porkers Were in short supply, baconers in medium, and choppers in heavy. Chopper? made £3 to £6. , Porkers made from £2 5s lo £3—an average price a lb. of 7d lo 7id, and baconers made £3 5s lo £5 Bs—an average price a ib. of 63 d to 72(1. GOOD VALUES AT® WESTFIELD. Per Press Association. AUCKLAND, April 23. Spirited bidding for less than an average entry of beef at the Westfield sale to-day brought firm lato rates. Extra choice ox beef sold for 36s a 1001 b. ; choice and prime. 31s to 355; prime young cow and heifer beef, Z3s to 325; secondary and plain, 22s to 265; extra Ireavy prime steers, £l3 10s to £ls; heavy, £l2 10s to £l3 10s; medium, £ll 10s to £l2 10s; extra heavy prime young cows and heifers, £8 15s to £9 2s 6d ; heavy, £3 to £8 15s; medium, £6 10s to £7 10s. Bidding was brisk for a smaller yarding of calves, and values improved all round. Runners brought £3 10s to £7 4s; heavy vealers, £3 16s lo £5 Is; medium, £3 6s to £4 2s. _ ... An average entry of pigs maintained late rates generally. Choppers made £2 14s lo .£4 ss; heavy baconers, £4 4s to £4 12s; medium, £3 12s to £3 18s; heavy porkers, £2 12s to £3; medium, £2 6ns to £2 10s. Baconers averaged 6id to 6id a lb, and porkers 6jd to 6|d. Values for a fair sheep offering remained firm. Extra heavy prime wethers sold for 28s to 31s; heavy, 27s to 2Sis; medium, 26s 6d (o 27s 6d: extra heavy prime ewes, 20s to 22s 6d; heavy, 13« to ’2os; 17s to 18s. Lambs, in small numbem, sold Ircel.v at late quotations. Extra heavy prime lambs made 27s lo 29s 3d; heavy, 24s to 25s 6d; medium, 22s 6d lo 245. LEVIN QUOTATIONS. Prices at flic Levin sale this week were: Pigs—Light jiorkers, 30s, 32* 6d, 355, 37s 6d, £2, £2 s*; medium do., £2 7s 6d, £2 10s, £2 12s 6d. £2 15s; heavy do.. £3, £3 3s, £3. ss. £3 10s; baconers, £3 12s 6d, £3 15s, £4. £4 2s; store*, 14s, 17s 6d, 21s. 255, 27*. Sheep.—Fat lambs, 19s, 20s 6d to 23s 7d; fat hoggets, to 235; store lambs, 13s 2d to 13* 6d; store ewes, lo 9*. Cattle.—Vealers, £2. £2 7s 6d. £2 12s 6d, £2 17* 6d, £3: fat cows (ex-dairy), £3 12s 6d, £3 15s. £4, £4 10s, £5, £5 10s to £6 ss; store.cows, £2, £2 7s 6d, £3 7* 6d: P.A. wcancr steers. 355; Jersey weancr heifers, £2 to £3 7s 6d; springing cows, £7 s*, £8 17s 6d, £9 to £11; heifers (r.w.b.),' to £4 5s