LIVE STOCK MARKETS

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXIII, Issue 19140, 8 October 1936, Page 12

LIVE STOCK MARKETS

SALES AT WESTFIELD BEEF STILL IX DEMAND SHREI? VALUFiS EASIEU (Por Press Association.) AUCKLAND, last night. Beef cattle sold steadily up to 36s per 1001 b. for the seventh successive week at Westficld to-day. The yarding was slightly heavier, although the quality was only fair, there being many lines of plain entile. Extra choice ox sold at. 30s per 1001 b.; choice, and prime, 30s to 355; secondary and plain, 26s to 31s; prime young cow and heifer beef, 2!>s to 355; ordinary, 22s to 28s. Extra heavy prime steers ranged from £l3 10s to £ls 10s; heavy, £l2 10s to £l4 ss; lighter, £ll ids to £l3 ss; light, £9 l()s to £ll 15s; small and unfinished, £7 10s to £0 ss. Extra heavy prime young cows and heifers made from £lO to £l3 ss; heavy, £S to £lO Ss; lighter, £6 15s to £8 15s; light, £5 to £7 ss; other killable cows, £2 to £4 15s.

Only a moderate entry of sheep was offered, comprising mostly owes, with a few good quality wethers. In spite of the steady demand, values were fractionally weaker. Hoggets were scarce, but some choice lines appeared. Spring lambs wore also less plentiful, previous rates being well maintained in both sections. Heavy prime woolly wethers made .'Uis to 38s 3d; medium, 33s to 375; light, 30s to 35s (id; unfinished, 2(!s to 30s (id; extra eavy prime shorn wethers, 31s to 33s (3d; medium, 2Gs to 325; light, 24s Gd to 30s; unfinished, 2.3 s to 27s Cd; extra Iheavy prime woolly ewes, 34s (id to -30 s; heavy, 33s to 34s 6d; medium, 30s to 32s iUl'; light, 25s to 30s; unfinished, 10s to 245; prime shorn o\vo.fi ) 20s to 23s Cd; extra heavy prime hoggets, 33s to 41s; heavy, 27s 3d to 345; medium, 25s to 28s !)d; shorn, 21s f)d .to 22s Dd; small and plain, 19s to 235; spring lambs, 15s to 23s od. . Few heavy vealers were available and a smaller consignment of calves, which improved in value, under brisk bidding by an average of 2s per head. Runners made £2 10s to £7 14s; heavy Vealers, £4 10s to £5 10s; medium, £3 16s to £4 10s; light, £3 to £3 16s; smaller, £2 8s to £3 3s; unfinished and bucketfed, £1 8s to £2 Ss; "Bobby and rough, 0s to 30s. Pigs were in full supply, the demand over the entire sale producing firm values. Choppers made £1 10s to £3 Gs; heavy baconcrs, £3 12s to £4 3s; medium, £3 5s to £3 ]ss; light, £2 12s to £3 7s: heavv porkers, £2 13s to £2 lSs; modi urn," £2 to £2 12s; light, £1 17s to £2 4s; small and unfinished, £1 Os to £1 ISs; stores, £1 4s to £2 2s; slips, 10s to 30s; wcanors, lis to 265; young boars, £3 3s to £5 las Gd; sows, £2 10s to £6 (is. Baconors averaged (id per lb. and porkers OJd per lb.

ADDiNGTON MARKET

, ALL SHEEP DEARER FAT CATTLE DECLINE (Per Tress Association.) CHRISTCHURCH, last, night. i There wns a firm market for (ill classes of sheep at to-day's Addinglon market, but a drop in fat cattle values. Store sheep.—There was a muesli smaller entry. Willi a. larger attendance of buyers, wether hoggets more than recovered last, week's drop of Is 6d, whilst ewes and lambs showed a further slight firming. The best of these sold to 22s 6d. Wether hogget* made to 26s 9d, and ewe hoggets to 35s 9d. Spring lambs.—The entry of 150 sold spiritedly at 2s increase in value, recovering last week's drop. Fat- sheep.—About 4000 were penned. and with a smaller entry a. much improved sale was witnessed, wethers being better by 2s and ewes by 2s 6d. Best wethers made 36s to 40s; medium 31s to 555: best ewes 30s to 37s ; medium 25s to 295.

Fat cattle--509 were penned, mostly of excellent quality. The over-supply caused an easing of 20s to 25s a head for steers and less for cows and heifers. Best beef made from 36s to 38s per 1001 b, Rood 34s to 35s 6d, and inferior down to 30s. A show steer made £2O 2s 6d; but other heavy weights ranged from £ls to £l7 7s 6d : good, .£l2 10s to £l4 10s; best heifers, £ll to £l3 10s; good, £9 to 610 10s ; best cows, £9 10s to £l2; good, £8 to £9 ss. Fat pigs.—Values were scarcely up to those of last week. Porkers made from "SCs 6d to 50s 6d, average price per lb, 5d to 6gd ; bn Conors, 52s 6d to £4 13s 6d ; •iverage price per lb, s»d to 6id. HASTINGS SALE EAT CATTLE VALUES FIRM Values for fat cattle remained firm at the Hastings stock sale yesterday, with prime quality in particularly keen demand. The yarding totalled 200 head, a smaller number than usual. Prime bullocks sold to £l3 l3s, other prime beasts from £l2 5s to £l3 lis, with good sorts ranging from £lO 10s to £ll 16s. Extra prime heavy cows sold from £8 i?.s to £9 12s, others from £4 6s to £7 4s, while heifers brought up to £9 12*.

FRANKTON AUCTION

FAT SHEEP PRICES LOWER

. All classes of sheep wore in heavy supply at the Frnnkton saleyards on Tuesday. Competition for both shorn and woolly wethers was not as keen as at recent sales and prices were lower. Fat

ewes were in brisk demand at recent quotations. Hoggets also sold at late ruling rates. There was a full yarding .;f ox beef, comprising mostly well'nished medium and light-weight cattle. (Competition was good, with prices firm. Cow and heifer beef was offered in smaller numbers, with good quality in short supply. The demand was again good and values firm.