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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LX, Issue 18236, 3 November 1933, Page 8

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FIRMER MEAT MARKET SALE AT MATAWIIERO / VERY SMALL VA It DINGS Very small yardings came forward in all sections at the Matawhero stock sale to-day, and all business was completed at the luncheon adjournment. Fat sheep values showed an upward tendency, the best price of the sale being 16s 6d for a pen of five solid wethers. The store sheep offering was particularly small, arid was disposed of in short order under good competition, some types being a little dearer than recently. BEEF In a yarding of about 50 beef cattle, cows want to £3, heifers to £3 ss, .Jersey cows to £3 ss, and vealers at ZEs. Prices: • One good .Jersey-cross brimile bullock at £4 7s 6d ; 2 Hereford vealers, fairly good weight, 295; 4 good Hereford speyed cows, £3; 2 good Hereford cows, £3; 3 Hereford cows, smaller frames, £2 7s 6d; 1 good Jersey-cross briudle bullock, £4 7s 6d ; 4 good heifers, £3 ss: 4. cows, some plain, £2 17s 6d ; 3 cows, £3: 1 good Jersey cow, 255; 3 heifers. £2 10s; 1 prime Jersey cow, 355. FAT SHEEP The entry of fat sheep totalled 2-Hi. The sale was keen, with an improvement in values. Ewes sold from 13s 2d to 15s 4d, and shorn ewes 11s 3d to 12s. A few ; solid wethers made Ids Od. Second grades sold from 11s to 12s 7d for woolly and 10s Id for shorn. Prices:— Ewes. —7 at 13s 2d; 42, shorn, Ms 3d; Ms; -1, extra good, Ids 4d; 4 do.. Ids 4d; 73, Ids; Id, Ms 2d; 11, shorn, 12s; 11, 13s 2d; 18, 14s f)d. Wethers. —d, solid, Ids dd. Second grade ewes.—l 4,11 s 4d; 2, 12s; 3,11 s; 3, J2s; !», 12s 7(1; 2, shorn, Ids Id. STORE! SHEEP Only 395 store sheep came forward. Competition was good throughout, and in some cases sheep sold better than similar quality lias done at recent sales, some examples of this being ewes with fairly good lambs at 23s 3d and shorn old ewes, in medium condition, at 9s. Shorn 2-tootli ewes, mostly fat, were passed in at 15s. Old woolly ewes in fairly good order made 11s and 11s Id. and those in medium condition went at 9s. Fairly good woolly hoggets made 15s lCd and 16s, and shorn Soutlidowns, in good order, 12s 6d. Ewes with lambs sold to 23s 3d, and ewes with newlvarrived lambs 17s 4d and 18s Id. Prices: Ewes.—lß6 4-tooth, shorn, all about fat, 15s; 9, in fairly good order, 11s;; 27 do., 11s Id; 14, medium condition, 9s; ll„ shorn, in fairly good condition, 9s. Hoggets.—7o, fairly good size and condition, 15s lOd; 12 do., 16s; 28 shorn Southdown 2-tooths, good condition, 12s i 6d. Ewes and lambs.—3 ewes and 3 lambs, 17s 4d; 5 do., 18s Id; 8 of each, all fairly good, 23s 3d. DAIRY COWS \ Prices for dairy cattle were :—8 good yearling Jersey heifers, 345; 1 empty, medium condition Hereford cross cow, 21s; 1 Holstein heifer, just calved, good show, £4. LOWER BUTTER PRICES MARKET NOW STEADIER The butter market lias suffered somewhat of a debacle in tile last fortnight, ill which the value of New Zealand butter lias declined by 14s per cwt. To-day’s advice shows finest down to 88s, but the market is regarded as steadier. Messrs. Dalgety and Company report having received the following advice from Ixindon dated November 2: —"Butter: The market is steadier. Quotations: Danish, 116 s to 11.8 s; New Zealand finest, 83s to 88s; Australian finest, 80s to 87s. Cheese; The market is steadier. Quotations: New Zealand, white 48s to 495; colored 47s to 48s. Large quantities were sold this week, butter at 82s' and cheese at 455.”