LIVE STOCK SALES

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXIII, Issue 19134, 1 October 1936, Page 10

LIVE STOCK SALES

WESTFIELD YARDING EASING IN BEEF PRICES RATES FOR EWES ADVANCE 4 (Per Proas Association.) AUCKLAND, last night. Although quoted on a par with the values of the past six weeks, there was an easing tendency in beef at Westfield to-day, and this in spite of a shorter yarding and generally excellent quality. Extra choice ox sold to 56s per 1001 b; choice and prime. 50s to 555; secondary and plain 25s to 31s; prime cow and hbifer, 30s to 35s ; ordinary, 21s to 325. Extra heavy steers made £l3 10s to £ls 10s- heavy, £l2 10s to £l4 17s 6d; lighter, £l*l 10s to £l3 12s 6d; light, CIO to £l2 12s 6d; small and unfinished, £4 10s to £10; extra heavy prime cows and heifers. £9 7s 6d to £ls ss, the best since September, 1928; heavy, £8 to CIO ss; lighter. £5 to £8 10s; other (tillable. £2 to £5.

The quality all round was first class in sheep, the pens containing a smaller number than a week ago. Ewes advanced as much as 2s a bead, wethers and hoggets maintaining steady rates. Extra heavy primci woolly wethers made from 40s to 43s 9d; heavy, 37s 6d to 7 9s 9d ; medium, 33s to 3fs 9d ; light, 30s to 35s 3d; unfinished, 25s to 30s; heavy shorn. 30s to 33s 9d; light, 25s to 29s 9d; extra heavy prime ewes, 54s 6d to ,36s 6d: heavy, 32s to 345; lighter, 30s to 325: other killahle, 22s to 29s 6d; others, 3s 6d to 16s; prime shorn. 24s to 26s 3d; extra heavy prime hoggets. 30s to 365; heavy, 50s to 31s sd; medium, 25s to 29s 9d; light, 24s 6d to 2os 6d ; small and plain, 18s to 22s 6d: heavy shorn, 22s to 28s. The largest offering of spring lambs for the season was penned, and values eased by 3s a head. Heavy made 30s to 335. medium 25s to 295. light 23s to 26s fcd, small and plain 18s 9d to 22s 6d. In the calf, pens the quality improved and a steady demand produced firm quotations. Light vealers showed a recovery of 4s of the decline of the previous sale. Runners made £3 to 12s; heavy vealers, £5 to £5 los: medium, £4 to £4 18s; light, £3 to £3 18s; smaller. £2 18s; unfinished and hucicetfed. £1 8s to £2 4s; bobby and rough. 4s to SSs.

Pigs of medium quality were plentiful and brisk competition kept prices firm. Choppers made £1 10s to £3 8s; heavy crime baconors, £3 11s to £4 6s; medium £3 4s to £3 13s; light, £2 10s to £3 10s; heavy porkers, £2 10s to £3 17s; medium, £2 to £2 8s; light, £1 15s to £1 19s; small and unfinished, £1 4s to £1 17s; stores, £1 3s to £1 15s: slips, 16s to 245 ; weaners, 10s to 255. Baconors averaged 6d per lb. and porkers 6Jd. ADDINGTON ENTRY CATTLE PRICES ADVANCE RATES FOR HOGGETS DROP (l’or Press Association.) CH'RI&TCHURCII, last night. There was little change in values at Addington to-day except in the fat cattle and spring lamb sections and in some classes of store sheep. Cattle improved as a result of the short entry and wether noggets declined because of over supply. ,Spring! lambs were also in excess of numbers and these eased by 2s a head. Store sheep. —A heavy entry of wether hoggets, which were weaker by Is 6d a .lead. Best ewe, hoggets sold at 31s 6(1; best wethers at 23s 6d and an outsland,ng line of four-tooth owes and lambs, all .•minted, at 24s

Spring lambs.—lso penned and an easing of 2s. Rates were from 9Jd to iOd per lb. Fat sheep.—A heavy entry, including many southern lines, had a good sale until near the final stages, when values weakened by Is a head. Best wethers made 35s to 445; good and medium weights 30s to 335; other wethers down to 275. Best ewes made from 28s 6d to 36s 10d : good and medium weights 24s (i 235; others down to 18s.

Fat, cattle.—A very small entry of 325 lead and an improvement in values of 5 55. Best cattle made from £l4 to £l7 '.7s 6d : good and medium weights, £ll 15s to £l3 15s; light steers to £9 10s; host heifers, £lO to £l4 ; good £8 to £9 ,0s; extra prime cows £9 to £l3 17s 6d; others down to £5 Fat. pigs.—The lies! porker sale for Home months, values being from 6.Jd to 7d and baconors 6d to 6J,d. FRANKTON STOCK SALE FIRM DEMAND FOR BEEF Fat sheep were penned in smaller numbers at the Frankton saleyards on Tuesday. A good yarding of hoggets sold at rates slightly lower than (hose ruling last week. There was again a. fnil yarding of ox beef, including a good proportion of finished quality. Competition was keen and prices firm. Cow and heifer beef was again in good supply, with a large proportion of finished cattle. The demand was not as- brisk as at recent sales, however, and prices showed an easing tendency. Second quality lines bowed little variation. ' HASTINGS SALE FAT CATTLE STEADY Values for fat cattle were steady at the Hastings stock sale yesterday, when there was a. yarding of 200 fat cattle, indueling a number of attractively finished lines. There was a large attendance of buyers, and competition was keen. Prime heavy bullocks sold from £l2 to £l3. with others down to £7 15.«. Cows sold from'£7 7s 6d to £9 Is. and heifers to £9 7s 6d. A champion Large White pedigree boar is to be offered for sale at the Matawhero saleyards to-morrow by the Now Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company, Limited, on account of Mr. I!. C. barker, llangaroa. The boar is Waione Master Monte, who lias won championships and several first prizes at New Zealand shows.