LIVE STOCK MARKET

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXI, Issue 18579, 13 December 1934, Page 8

LIVE STOCK MARKET

ADDINGTON SALES MOST VALUES DECLINE l ‘ ’ MARKET OVER-SUPPLIED (Per Press Association.) <v CHRISTCHURCH, last night. The drop in the export, schedule for lambs and wethers was the. chief item of interest at Addington to-day. .Lambs sold slightly easier, but had a steady sale. Wethers ■ sold • well up to last week. Fat ewes were weaker by R to Is 6d. The beef market was heavily over-supplied, and prices fell 15s. There was a good demand for store wethers 1 . . '

Store sheep.—The entry was;, mainly wethers and there was a steady sale at late rates. -Young wethers carrying condition were .keenly bought. Good 4*th wethers 'made .IBs to IBs l0d; mednm 2-tli half bred 15s 6d to 16s lOd; ordinary Y4s to 15s 3d; backward 12s to 13s 9d. _ Fat lambs.—The yarding totalled 12C0 and the sale was mainly in the hands of the butchers. The new schedule of 7d for under 361 b., 6pi for up to 421 b. and 6d for overs and seconds was in operation. Values were better than these, and occasionally went up per lb. The quality was fair. Extra prime heavy lambs made to 26s 7d, prime heavy 22s to 24s lOd; ordinary 19s 6d to 21s 6d; light 16s to l9s. Fat sheep.—The entry totalled 5500, and the quality was good, though a number of lines offered showed signs ot the hot-spell. Wethers sold particularly well throughout, and l did not appear to suffer. There was a drop of 3-16 din the export schedule. Values were unchanged from last week. Ewes were not. so keenly sought and prices were down by Is. to Is 6d. Extra prime heavy wethers, made to 26s Id; prime heavy 23s to 24s 6d; medium weight 21s to 22s 6d; ordinary 19s to 21s 6d; light to 18s 6d; extra prime heavy ewes to 21s lOd; prime 16s'to 17s 6d; ordinary 14s to 16s. 6d; light to 13s. Fat cattle.—The yarding totalled head, far too • many for the market during the hot weather, and prices dropped a further 15s all round. Secondary and cow beef was very hard to sell. Best beef made 22s 6d to 24s per 1001 b.; good 19s to 225; heavy 17s to 19s; medium 14s to 16s 6d; light down to 10s; extra prime heavy steers sold to £lO 17s 6d; prime heavy £8 15s to £10; medium weight £7 19s to £9 10s; ordinary £4 to £6; light to £3 15s; extra prime heifers to £6 12s 6d; prime £4 Is to £6; medium £2 10s to £4; light, to £2 se; extra prime cows to £7; prime £4' 10s to £5; medium £2 to £3 ss; light, to £1 15s. Vealers.—There was a very heavy entry of vealers and only the best met, any competition, the top price being £4 Is. Store cattle.—There was a small entry and little competition from graziers, and the sale was dull. Fat pigs.—A large entry of porkers and baconers. came forward, and for suitable sorts there was keen export competition. The offering contained a fair proportion, of light and unfinished, which were taken Ot- slightly lower rates. Prices .were, well up to recent values. Choppers made 30s to £2 16s; porkers 31s 6d to 36s 6d; heavy 38s 6d to 43s 6d ; average 5.1 d to s£d; haconers 48s 6d to 52s 6d; heavy 55s 6d to 59s 6d; extra to £3 6s 6d; average . fid to 63d. Store pigs.— There was a. heavy entry and a large attendance of buyers. Prices were down generally.

WESTFIELD MARKET

SHEEP PRICES FIRM

CATTLE MUCH CHEAPER (Per Press Association.) AUCKLAND, last night. With exceptionally large quantities oi jeef corning forward at the Westfield fat stock sale, prices receded approximately 15s a head from last weok s quo tations. The quality of the ox beef was generally oi a high standard, hut the number of unfinished cows offering was very much in excess of the requirements, especially in view of the large stocks of ooned beef already held by freezing companies. Some of the cows sold for as low as 255. Extra choice ox beef made 25s per lOOlbs, choice and prime 22s to 245; secondary and plain 18s to 20s; prime youngi cow and heifer beef 19s to 235; other cow beef 11s to 17s. Extra heavy prime steers made from £lO til £lO 10s; heavy prime £8 10s to £9 10s; lighter prime £7 to £8 2s Cd; light prime £6 to £6 15s; small and unfinished £3 2s 6d to £4 15s ; extra heavy prime young cows and heifers £5 to £6 10s; heavy prime £4 5s to £4 15s; lighter prime £2 15s to £3 15s; other killable cows £1 5s to £3 ss. The yarding of calves was very full, and although the quality was fair, the offering was in excess of the requirements. The sale opened firmly, but towards the end prices slumped heavily. Runners made £1 13s to £4 10s; heavy vealers £2 12s to £2 18s; medium vealers £2 5s to £2 9s; light vealers £1 4s to £l.Bs; bobby calves 2s 6d. Sheep were forward in rather Jess than usual numbers, and the demand was firm, prices remaining on a par with last week’s values. Exporters were present, but were not able to operate to any great extent, most of their buying being confined to ewes. Heavy prime wethers made 25s to 265; medium' prime 23s to 24s 9d; light prime 21s to 22s 9d ; unfinished 17s to 20s; maiden ewes 17s to 18s 6d; extra heavy prime ewes 15s to 16s 9d : heavy prime 13s 9d to 14s 9d; light prime 12s 6d to 13s 6d; unfinished 8s to 12s; extra heavy prime hoggets 20s to 235; light prime 11s to 19s 6d. The entry of lambs was larger, and although butchers will depend on next week’s sale for their Christmas stocks, there was a firm demand, and prices wore maintained. Prime lambs made 16s to 21s 6d ; smaller 13s to 15s 6d. The yarding of pigs was large, and although competition was steady values tended to ease somewhat. Choppers made £1 12s to £2 10s; heavy baconefs £3 to £3 15s; medium haconers £3 5s to £3 8s; light haconers £2 16s to £2 19s; heavy porkers £2 9s to £2 11s; medium porkers £2 3s to £2 ss; light porkers £1 16s to £2 Is; large stores £1 $s to £2 13s; slips £1 Is to £1 4s.