FARMING NEWS

Manawatu Standard, Volume LXI, Issue 199, 24 July 1941, Page 4

FARMING NEWS

THE STOCK MARKETS. ADDING'I'ON VALUES. (PrOaij Assn.) UIIRIiiTUUURUH, July 23 Firm markets were tlic rule la-day at the weekly Addington market. Eat eatllo improved in value, particularly ler best quality. Store sheep were more than double tile entry of last week, being mostly cues and genera.ly of good class, 'lliese were about Is 6d to 2s a bead easier, the buying capacity being oversupplied, ijalfbred eight-tooth made to 25s 6d, sound-mouthed Corrictlales 24s to 25s 3cl, uiuJ twotootn Uorriodalos lo 27s 3d. Goed wethers made from I9s to 21s fed. In the l'at cattle there was a smaller entry of 452 head, which included muchexcellent quality. I here was a furthei advance of from 20s to 25s a head for best qualitv and other classes to 15s. Host beef brouglit from 44s to 46s per 1001 b, medium 39s to 425, and rough down to 325. One truck lot of Banks Peninsula steel's averaged £22 10s, and nine heifers £l4 19s. In the fat sheep section there was a larger varding, tlio total being 4000 head. Much of it wa, ol excellent quality, aim there was a good sale except for heavy owes, which wero back by about Is a head. Exceptionally good lines of sheep were forward from South Canterbury, Good wethers made from 32s to 355, tops to 395, medium 28s to 31s, good ewes 24s to 275, (ops to 30s, light and ordinary 19s to 22s 6d. Fat pigs.—l’orkers were easier by 3s a head, and in an uneven sale haconers were inclined also to he weaker. Porkers made £1 18s 6d to £2 19s 6d, the average price per lb being 7ijd to B3< 1. liaeoners made £3 3s 6d to £5 2s 6d, the average per lb being 6*d to 7Jd.

WESTFIELD RATES. (Press Assn.) AUCKLAND, July 23 There was a further increase cl Is per 100 b in rates for beef at Westfield, when a medium yarding of good quality ox beet was offered. Improved rate; for extra choice ox wero 41s 1001 b, choice ana prime 37s to 40s, secondary and plain 34s to 365; extra prime young cow and heifer, 31s to 355, choice and prime 28s to 30s; ordinaiy, cow beef, 23s to 275; extra heavy prune steers. £ls 10s to £l7 ss; heavy, £l4 10s to £ls, lighter £l3 to £l4, light £ll 10s to £l2 10s, small and unfinished £6 10s to £ll- extra heavy prime young cows and hdlfcro, £lO ICh to £l2 17s 6d: heavy prime, £8 0s to £9 0s; lighter, £7 10s to £B. Sheen. —Extra heavy prime wethers. 30s 6,1 to 335; heavy, 29s to 30s; medium, 27s 6J to 28s 6d; light, 25s 6d to 26s 6d; plain and unfinished, 23s to 24s 6d; extra heavy prime young and maiden cues, 19s 6,1 to 21s 6d; heavy prime, 18s to 19s; lighter, 16s to 17s. . Pigs.—Choppers, £1 18s to £4 12=; heavy haeoners, £4 7s to £4 12s; medium, £3 18s to £4 ss; light, £3 11s to £3 16s; heavy porkers, £3 4s to £3 8s; medium, £2 133 to £3; light, £2 4s to £2 10s. RURAL ~ BAKINGS Australia’s wool cheque for the 1940-41 season was £55,251.000. Appraisal was made of 3.506,000 halos, equal to 1,044,039,5001 b weight. . . Australia’s wool receipts during two years of war totalled £126.056.311, a l-ehiin approximated only once in any previous two-year period, states \\ iiichconib, Carson, Ltd., Sydney. Conditions continue buoyant in practically all sections of tbe \\ aik.ato stock market’and values have shown a further improvement for some classes. The inquiry for store cattle remains keen, and, although there has been a number of large yaadmgs at various yards. buyers arc still numerous, with the result that recent high quotations have been fu ly maintained. “When the marketing procedure was being discussed in the early days of the war provision was made, at the boarc. s request, for the continuance of the open door’ so that, if a farmer were not satisfied with the prices offered, he could soil direct to the Government, subject of course to reasonable minima quantities, ’ says the annual report of the Meat Producers Board. “The board attaches considerable importance to this provision and has drawn the attention of all freezing companies to the requirements of the iMeat Act 1939, which provides that it is a condition of every meat export slaughterhouse license that tho works shall, at all time , receive for slaughter all sucll stock as is otfered on. behalf of a producer.”