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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXX, Issue 21554, 27 July 1933, Page 5

Lambs.—A small yarding of lambs e.jld on a par with last report. Extra heavy prime lambs, 19s to £1 2s 9U; heavy prime lambs, 17s 3d to 19s 3d; lighter prime lambs, 15a to lGs Gd; light prime lambs, 12s 9d to 14a Gd; small and plain lambs, 9s 9d to 12a; 241 lambs were sold. Calves.—-Calves were yarded in numbers insufficient for requirements. Bidding' was particularly spirited, and values for all good quality sorts soared. No extra heavy runners were offered. Medium-weights made *; to £3 lGs; heavy vealers, £3 4s to 7 medium, £2 12s to £3; light, £1 12s to £2 4s; small, £1 5s to £1 10s; rough and bucket-fed, 13s to £1; bobby calves, 3s to Bs. (A total of 155 calves was sold.) • had an average offering of pigs. Choppers sold readily at improved values. Baconers realised last week's rates, wuile prices for porkers were slightly firmer. Choppers made £1 15s to £3 19s, according to weight; extra heavy baconers, £3 ss; bacon ers, £2 13s to £2 17s; medium. £2 2s to £2 Gs; light, £1 15s to £1 19s; heavy porkers, £1 12a to £1 15s; medium, £1 9s to £1 lis; light, £1 Gs to £1 83; ™ ""d unfinished, 19s to £1 4s. Stores sold at late rates. Best made up to £1 2s; slips 13s to lGs; good weaners, 10s to 12s; smaller, Gs to 9s. (A total of 429 pigs was sold.) DALGETY AND COMPANY Dalgety and Company, Limited, report on the sale as follows: Beef.—Ox beef was yarded in well up to average numbers. The sale opened steadily, but values firmed in the closing stages Is per 1001b. Cow and heifer beof also carne forward in average numbers, for which the demand was good, and values improved on late rates. Extra choice ox Bold to 21s per 1001b.; choice and prime ox, 18s to S.(r; just killable ox, 15s to 17s; prime young cow and heifer beef, 17s to 20s; just killable cow beef, 13s to lGs. Lighter prime steers, £G 15s to £7 7s Gd; light prime steers £5 10s to £6 12s Gd; small and unfinished steers, £4 5s to £5 ss; extra heavy prime young cows and heifers, £5 2s Gd to £5 7s Gd; heavy prime cows and heifers, £4 to £5; lighter prime cows and heifers, £3 to £3 17s Gd; other killablo cows, £2 to £2 17s 6d. Calves.—Calves were yarded in short numbers, the offering comprising very few good quality calves. Competition for all classes was very keen, and values show a considerable rise on last week's quotations. Runners made £1 17s Gd to £3; heavy vealers, £2 17s to £3 9s; medium vealers, £2 9s to £2 15b; light vealers, £1 18s to £2 Gs; small vealers, £1 9s to £1 17s; small and fresh dropped, 5s to £1 3s; rough calves, 103 to £1 i!s. Sheep.—Sheep were yarded in under average numbers, for which the demand was keen, and a brisk sale resulted, with values for wethers up 3s to 4s per head. Ewes also sold under keen competition and values firmed on late rates. Maiden ewes, 22s to 245; extra heavy primo wethers, 25s to 2Gs Del •. heavy primo wethers, 23s 3d to 24s 9d; medium prime wethers, 22s to 235; light and unfinished wethers, 18s to 19s 9d: heavy primo owes, 19s 3d to 21s 9d; lighter primo ewes, 12s 9d to 13a 9d. Lambs.—A small entry of lambs sold under good competition at full late rates. Heavy prime lamb, 19s Od to 22s 9(1; medium prime lamb, 16s 3d to 19s Gd. Pigs.—An average yarding of pigs came forward. Baconers sold at values on a par with Inst week's sale, while porkers were a little firmer. Heavy bnconerj made £2 8s to 12 lGs; medium baconers, £2 2s to £2 Gs; light baconers, £1 lGs to £2; heavy porkers. £1 12s to £1 14s; medium porkers, £1 8s to £1 lis; light porkers, £1 3s to i'l ss; small and unfinished, 18s to £1 Is. RATES AT ADDINGTON BETTER PRICES FOR BEEF BREEDING EWES SELL WELL fny TELEGRAPH —PRESS ASSOCIATION'] CHRISTCHURCH, Wednesday Entries were of average size at the Addington stock market to-day. There wra an improved sale of fat cattle and store ewes, with fat sheep and dry stores maintaining last week's rates. Store Sheep.—A smaller entry was forward and the class generally was indifferent. Ewes near lambing were in keen demand at an advance in price, wethers and lambs showing no change. Medium ewe lambs made to 10s; good wethers, 9s to lis; others, to 8s Gd; extra good two-tooth halfbred ewes, to 225; good fine woollcd six and eight-toothed, lGs 7d to 17s 4d; gooj fine woolled sound-mouth ewes, to 14s 6(1; ordinary, to 12s: aged, to ss; two-tootll halfbred wethers, 8s 4d to 10s Id. Fat Sheep.—A total of 4000 was yarded including some outstanding Otago and Southland lots. It was a sound sale for prime sheep. Extra prime heavy wethers realised up to 30s; prime heavy. 21s Gd to 245; medium-weight prime, 18s Gd to 21s; ordinary. 15s Gd to 18s; light, to 15s: extra prime heavy ewes, to 25s 4d; prime heavy, 17s Gd to 21s; medium-weight prime, lis Gd to 17s; ordinary, lis to 14s; light, 7s Gd (o 10s Gd. Fat Cattle.—The entry was 428 head and tho quality was good. Values were from 15s to 20s a head better than last week for prime cattle and 10s to 15s for second grade. Good primo beef mado from 21s to 25s per 1001b., with some special pens of young beef to 275; medium and heavy, 18s to 20s per 1001b.; secondary, down to 15s 6d. Extra prime steers made up to £l2 17b Gd; prime heavy, £9 5n to £lO 15s: medium-weight prima, £7 15s to £9 15s; ordinary. £5 5s to £7 10s; light, to £4 10s; extra prime heifers, to £9 2s Gd; prime. £5 15s to £7 15s; ordinary, £3 15s to £5 10s; light, to £3 10s; extra primo cows, to £8 7s Gd; prime, £5 9s to £G 15b; ordinary, to £4 15s; light, to £3 ss. Fat Pigs.—There was a smaller entry and a slightly bettor sale for porkers. Choppers mado 30s to 4Gs Gd; baconers, 40s to 59s Gd (avenge price per lb.. 3Jd to 4d); porkers, 18s Gd to 35s Gd (average price per lb., 4d to 4}ci). ____________ VALUES AT HASTINGS GOOD DEMAND FOR BEEF [BY TELEGRAPH —PRESS ASSOCIATION] HASTINGS, Wednesday . A short yarding of fat cattle met with an exceptionally good demand at,the Stortford Lodge sale to-duy. Cow and heifer prices advanced by approximately 10s a head, while those for bullocks advanced in lesser degree. The quality of tho entry w«s average, with a few better-finished lines of rattle entered. The fat cattle entry totalled 100 head, this being one of tho shortest yardings of fats for some months, and this was the main reason for prices moving upward, butchers and export buyers bidding well for tho majority of the offering. Values were:—Bullocks, medium to prime. £G 12s Gd to £8 18s; others, from £4 18s: cows, medium to prime, £1 7s (id to £5; others, from £2 ss; heifers, medium to prime. £4 8b to £5 2s; others, from £2 12s. Ewe and wether values were again on the rise, a yarding of 1988 fat sheep meeting with a bright market. Ewes advanced 3s to 4g and wethers 2s to 3s. _Outside competition, particularly from Wairarapa and Wellington buyers, was keen. Values were:—Ewes, medium to prime, 17s Gd to 21s Gd: others, from lis Gd; lambs, medium to prime, 17s to 21s; others, from Us fid: wethers, medium to prime. 18s Gd to 2T>s; others, from 14s. Breeding ewes were in poor demand. Forward hoggets sold well. In the store sheep section 2100 head were yarded The demand for breeding ewes has definitely eased off, and the quality of the entry was inferior to previous sales. Wethers made to 12s; ewes, 8s Gd to lis 4d; lambs, 7s lid to 15s lOd NORTH AUCKLAND VALUES [from our own correspondent] WHANGARET, Wednesday Tho North Auckland Farmers' Co-opera-tive, Limited, reports having held its monthly slock sale at Maungakarnmea yesterday. There was a largo yanjing, mostly of dairy cattle, which met with a snle slightly in advance of late rates. Dairy cowb, close to profit, mado £1 15s to £G: backward sorts, £3 to £3 10s; dairy heifers, up to £<i 10s; backward sorts, £3 10s to £3 17: i Gd; fat cows, up to £3 8s; boner cows. 17s Gd to £1 9s; mixed-sex yearling calves, up to 16s. _ . . Dalgety and Company, Limited, report that at Maungakaramea yesterday a large yarding of dairy cattle came forward and there were averago yardings of other dosses. Competition was again dull in tho dairy classes, with prices below late rates. All other classes sold on a nar with ruling rates. Light fnt bullocks made £4 to £4 ss; light and unfinished cowb, 35s to £2 ss; dairy cows, backward and inferior, £1 to £1 12s fid, Dalgety and Comrmny, Limited, report having held the monthly stock sale at Waipu on Monday, when a very heavy yarding of dairy cows and heifers canie forward. All other classes were yarded in average numbers. Tho attendance was large, and competition for nil classes of dairy stock was animated, values being slichtlv below late rates. All other classes eold under fair competition at late rates, with tho exception of beef, which was in keen demand at, au ad vance on late rates. Values were:—Backward iTersey heifers. £2 10s to £3 ss; good forward sorts. £3 10s to £4 10s: dairy cows, close to profit. £1 10s to £3 ma; backward and inferior sorts, 30s to £2; Shorthorn dniry cows, rloso to profit. £Q 10f* to £4: backward and inferior. 20 s to 355; li"J't tat Vifors. £3 to £4; two-vear steers £9 14s; boner cows, £1 lb £1 10s: 15-months Shorthorn heifers, £1 9s <o £1 10«: yearling Jersey heifers £1 <o £1 ss: yearling Jersey bulls. 255. Pi'<rs: Slips, lis Gd to 15s Gd; weaners, 9s to 10s.