THE STOCK MARKET.

Manawatu Standard, Volume LX, Issue 154, 30 May 1940, Page 12

THE STOCK MARKET.

ADDINGTON SALE. PAX LAMBS IN DEMAND. Per Press Association. CHRISTCTI URC'H, May 29. The Addington* live stock market today showed little change from last week’s except that fat cattle lost more than the advance of last week because of an extremely heavy entry. Fat sheep sold at par to a shade better, and there was a keen sale for tat lambs. Store sheep scarcely maintained recent values, but there was a slightly better inquiry for the few pens of wethel's available. One small pen of six and eigtittooths made 17s 3d, but other uverago linos made only 9e to 11s. The 'best of the ewes sold to 17s, with ordinary pens making 13s and culls from 6s 3d. Ordinary pens of wethers rnude 10s 6d to 12s 6d, witn good lines going at 17s. With a shorter yarding, the fat lamb market developed into the beet of the season. The quality was better, and with the keen competition of exporters butchers found it diffi-’ cult to fill their requirements. Exporters operated on the 9 l-8d schedule, and they exceeded this rato for a good proportion of the yarding. The fat sheep entry declined from the 6000 of last week to about 5500. The best of the wethers sold at from Is to Is 6d better, and other classes maintained values. In most cases there was a good deal of buying of freezing sheep, up to 17s to 18s being paid. Prime heavy wethers brought 31s to 33s 6d, with the tops going at 36s 4d and ordinary arid medium weights brought 23s 6d to- 295. The best of the ewes made 24s 6d to 275, with specially good pens making 34s 4d, medium-weight sorts 20s to 245, aiid lighter grades 15s to 19s. The cattle section had an excess entry of 739, compared with the 450 of last week. A good proportion of prime sorts was forward but the improvement of 20s last week was more than lost in the values dropping by about 265. The sale ended slackly. Good beef made 36s a 1001 b, and medium 345. Prime steers made from .£l2 10s to £ls 15s, heavyweights £l7 17s 6d, and lighter sorts from £8 10s upward. Good heifers brought £8 15s to £lO ss, with extra prime sorts going at £l3 7s 6d and poorer pens at from £6 ss.' The porker entry was the lightest of the season, and toward the end there was a rise in values of ss. For porkers the average price a lb was 7|d to 7*d, and for baeoners 7d to 7id, JOHNSONVILLE RATES. The yarding of bullocks forward at the sale at Johnsonville comprised chiefly heavyweight cattle, together with a few pens of lightweight steers. Extra prjme heavy bullocks sold readily, with little alteration .in prices ruling last week, though medium and lightweight sorts were 5s to 10s a head easier. The cows and heifers penned were of exceptionally good quality. The prices for heavyweight sheep were firm on those ruling lust week, though lightweights and mediuimveights were slightly easier. Only prime quality sheep wore sought, and plain ewes were hard to sell. All cla'sses. ; of lambs met with a good sale at prices showing no alteration. Prices: Cattle. —Prime extra heavy bullocks, £l4 15s to £l4 ss; prime heavy, £l3 18s to £l3heavy, £l2 17s 6d to £l2 2s 6d ; light and unfinished, £ll 10s to £9 8s; extra prime heavy cows and heifers. £9 15s to £8 ss; prime heavy, £8 to £7 ss; cows and,heifers, £6 10s to £5; runners and vealers, £3 5s to.£l 10s. Sheep.—Prime extra heavy wethers, 31s to 28s 7d ; prime heavy, 28s to 275; medium, 26s 6d to 245" 3d; prime . extra heavy ewes, 23s to 20s; prime heavy, 19s 6d to 18s; medium. 17s 6d to 12s 6d; heavy lambs. 24s 6d to 225; medium, 21s to 18s 7d; light, 17s 6d to 16s.

PAIIIATUA QUOTATIONS. Prices at this week’s Pahialua sale were: Sheep.—Fat wethers, good 30s to 255; medium, 24s to 235; light, 22s 3d to 21s; fat ewes. 19s to 17s; breeding ewes, two tooth r.w. Southdown rams, jj ! 3os to 255; four and five-year, 21s 6d to 19s; fiveyear, 16s 6rl to 15s Id; ewe lambs, medium, 18s 7d to 17s; ’small, 14s to 12s; store wethers, 229 3d to 19s 6d; b.f. lambs, 16s 6d to 16s; wether lambs, medium, 15s to 13s; small, 11s to 8s 9d. Cattle.—Eighteen-month steers, £4 15s to £3 9s; P.AI heifers, light, £4 15s; empty station cows, low condition, £3 2s; cows ex dairy. -£5 to £3 10s. STORTFORD LODGE. Hastings, May 29. A strong market was shown for beef cattle at the Stortford .Lodge sale to-day. Young Red Polled bullocks, the dearest beef of the day. made closo on 40s a lb. Heavy cows in first-class order brought to £9 Ewe lambs in good order were in demand and strong competition was shown for the fat and forward wethers, these making to 23s 7d. WESTFIELD -VALUES. Per Press Association. AUCKLAND, May 29. A smaller beef yarding, at the Westfield sale to-day maintained late rates under keen competition. - Cattle. —Heavy prime steers, £l2 to £l3 17s 6d: medium £lO 15s to £ll 15s; extra heavy prime young cows and heifers, £9 to £11; heavy, £8 to £8 17s 6d; medium, £6 17s-6d to £7 17s 6d; runners 15s; heavy vcalors, £3 18s to £4 18s; medium, £3 3s to £3 17s. Pigs.—Choppers, £2 to £6 10s; heavy haconers, £4 to £4 16s; medium, £3 to £3 19s; heavy porkers, £2'l6s to £3; medium. £1 10s to £2 10s. Sheep.—Extra heavy prime wethers, 33s 9d to 35s 3d; heavy, 32s 9d to 34s 6d; medium, 30s to 32s 9d; extra heavy prime v.oung and maiden owes, 27s 6d to 295: lioavv. 23s 6d to 27s 3d; medium, 20s to 24s 9d; extra heavy prime lambs, 29s to 365: heavy, 26s to 28s 6d; medium, 23s to 25s 6d.