LIVE STOCK MARKET

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LX, Issue 18068, 20 April 1933, Page 9

LIVE STOCK MARKET

ADDINGTON SALES POOR DEMAND TOR STORES

PIGS AND BEEF DEARER (Per Press Association.) CHRISTCHURCH, last night. The prolonged period without rain is having an effect on the stock entered at tlie Addington market, and the quality generally is indifferent. Store sheep and. lambs are not in demand as the result of tlie general shortage of feed and water. Fat lambs and sheep were linn at late rates, while cattle supplies were decreasing in numbers and quality. Store sheep.—Mostly inferior or travelstained types came forward, and there was a small entry. Good sheep sold up to late rates, but other sorts showed a decline in values. Store lambs declined Is to 2s per head. Forward m.s. Jambs made 5s 9d to 6s lOd, medium 3s to ss, inferior Is 6d to 2s 7d, good crossbred ewe lambs to 7s 4d, good 2-th half bred ewes to 15s Bd, medium 12s to 13s, ordinary to 9s, good 4 and 6-th crossbred 12s 4d to 13s 6d, medium to 11s 3d, good 4-year old crossbred to 10s, ordinary to 4s, inferior 6d to 2s 9d, hnlfbred wethers 4s to 6s 3d. Fat lambs.—The entry totalled 2800. Butchers were a little keener than last week, while freezing buyers operated at the export schedule, which varies from 4|d to 5d for twos. Extra prime heavy lambs made to 17s Id, prime heavy 13s 6d to 15s, prime medium weight 10s 6d to 13s, light 8s to 10s. Fat sheep.—The entry of 5100 head maintained late rates. Extra prime heavy wethers sold to 18s 7d, prime heavy 15s to 16s 6d, medium weight prime 12s 6d to 14s 6d, ordinary quality 10s 6d to 12s, light 9s to 10s, extra prime ewes to 12s 4d, prime 9s 6d to 10s 6d, medium weight 7s 6d to 9s, ordinary 6s to 7s, light 4s 6d to 5s 6d.

Fat cattle.—The entry of 300 head was the smallest for some time. The quality was mixed. Very best beef advanced up to £1 a head, hut other .sorts were unchanged. Best beef was worth 17s to 20s per 1001 b, beavy-weierht and medium beef 14s 6d to 17s, good heifer 15s to 18s, good cow 13s to 16s, secondary cows 10s to 13s, rough down to 7s Extra primt steers made to £9 17s 6d, prime heavy £7 to £8 10s, prime medium weight £6 10s to £B, ordinary quality £4 10s to £6. light £2 5s to £4, extra prime heifers to £7 12s 6d,' prime £4 5s to £6, medium £3 to £4, light £2 to £3, extra prjme cows to £6 17s 6d. prime £3 10s to £5, light and medium £1 7s 6d to £3. Fat pics.—There was a very small entry and the shortness of supply caused a keen sale, with a sharp advance in values. Dunedin, the North Island, and export buyers were represented, but the keenness of tlie sale prevented them from entering the market. Choppers made 30s to £4 16s, baconers 40s to 47s 6d. heavy 37s 6d to 56s 6d, extra heavy to £3 Is 6d, average price per lb, 3i?d tn 4 l d: porkers. 26s 6d to 32s 6d, heavy 33s fid to 38s 6d. average price per lb, 44 d to sd.

WESTFIELD MARKET

SMALLER YARDINGS BEEF AND MUTTON ADVANCE (Per Pfps* Apstv’latinn.^ AUCKLAND, last night. The yardings in most classes at the Westfield sale were shorter than the average. Tlie beef quality was patchy, there being few first-class animals, and as a result there was a brisk demand for the better sorts, prices rising from about Is per 1001 b. Unfinished animals, however, showed little change in values.

Extra choice ox made to 20s per 1001 b, choice and prime ox 17s to 19s, secondary and plain ox 14s to 16s, prime young cow and heifer beef 13s to 15s, ordinary cow beef 9s to 12s. Extra heavy prime steers made £8 to £8 15s, heavy- prime steers £7 to £7 17s 6d, lighter prime steers £5 10s to £6 12s 6d, light prime steers £4 to £5 7s 6d. small and unfinished steers £2 to £3 17s 6d; c,xtra heavy prime young cows and heifers €4 to £4 ss, heavv prime cows and heifers £3 5s to £3 17s 6d, lighter prime cows and heifrt'S. £2 10s to £3 2s 6<l, other killablc cows £1 10s to £2 7s 6d. There was an average entry of fat and young calves. All prime light weight vealers met a ready sale at fully late rates, except in odd instances for extra good quality calves. Values for heavy vealers and runners were lower. Runners made, 22s to 525. heavy vealers 32s to 38s, medium 27s to 30s light 22s -to 765, small 15s to 19s, rough and bucketfed 7s to 11s, bobbv calves 3s to 6s. Tlie offering of sheen was also rathe smaller than usual, lmt the quality was good. The local demand’ was keen, values rising Is to Is 6d. Extra heavv orimo wethers made 16s to 17s 6d. medium-prime wethers 14s to 15s 9d, light prime wethers 12s to 13s 9d. unfinished wethers 10s to 11s 9d, prime- maiden ewes 11s to 14s. heavy prime ewes 9s 6d 10s Pd. lighter 7s to 9s 3d, inferior 2s upwards.

Lambs were in average numbers and sold readily, values being firm at late quotations. Heavv prime made 13s to 15s 6rl, medium 9s to 12s 6d, lighter ■ss 3d to 8s 9d.

There was an ayerage yarding of pigs, and values generally''eased. Choppers made 20s to 38s. baconers 30s to' 525. porkers 23s to 30s, largo stores 14s, to 18s, slijis 7s to 11s, weaners 3s 6d to Bs.