LIVE STOCK MARKET

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXIV, Issue 19455, 14 October 1937, Page 11

LIVE STOCK MARKET

WESTFIELD SALE STEADY VALUES RULE SHEEP IN SHORT SUPPLY (I’ur Truss Association.) AUCKLAND, last night. Steady values for beet at recent high rates were maintained at the Westfield stock market to-day. The yarding showed a slight increase in numbers, and while the ox quality was satisfactory, that of cows was below standard. Extra choice ox beet sold at 41s per 1001 b.. choice ana prime 37s to 40s, unfinished 27s to ■JGs; extra heavy steers ranged from £l6 7s Gd to £lB 15s; heavy £ls to £l7: medium, £l3 10s to £ls 17s Gd; light, £ll 5s to £l3 17s Gd; unfinished £8 10s to £ll 15s; extra heavy cows and heifers, £ll to £l3 16s; heavy, £ll 15s; medium, £8 to £lO 15s; light, £6 to £8 15s; unfinished, £3 10s to £7. There was a short supply of sheep, which lacked prime quality, but all values were very firm. Shorn sheep predominated. Heavy woolly wethers sold, at from 39s to 41s Gd; medium. 17s to 395; light, 33s to 37s Gd; unfinished, 29s to 345; heavy shorn wethers, -31 s Gd to 34s 9d; medium, ills Gd to 335. light, 29s Gd to 31s 3d; unfinished, 28s Gd to 29s 3d; extra heavy woolly ewes, 34s to 37s Gd; heavy, 32s to 345; medium, 29s Gd .o 31s 9d; light, 24s to 295; unfinished, is to 255; extra heavy shorn ewes, .4s to 28s; heavy, 22s to 265; medium. 20s to 245; prime woolly hoggets, 23s id to 395; shorn, 24s Gd; unfinished, )Gs to 235; spring lambs, 22s to 36s Gd.

A full entry of calves again included a few prime runners and '.eavy vealers, which made firm late •ales. Plain and smaller sorts'declined by about 3s a head. Runners .old at from £3 12s to £8 Us; heavy /eaters, £5 5s to £6 8s; medium, £4 3s to £5 3s; light, £3 10s to £4 7s; mailer. £3 7s to £3 9s; unfinished, 19s to 38s; rough, 15s to 445; bobby, is to 15s.

There was an increased yarding ol ;ood quality pigs and a steady sale or porkers and baconers, which •ealised firm prices. Stores sold under cecn competition at improved values. Choppers made from £1 15s to £4 IDs: heavy baconers, £4 4s to £4 lGs; nedium. £3 15s to £4; light, £3 4s to £3 9s; heavy porkers, £2 18s to £3 is: medium, £2 8s to £2 14s; light. £2 2s to £2 6s; small and unfinished, £1 16s to £2; stores, £1 9s to £2 Gs; Mips, £1 4s to £1 17s; weaners, 12s 'o £1 Bs. Baconers averaged Gld to Rijd per lb., and porkers, 7d per lb.

ADDINGTON MARKET LARGER ENTRIES OF FATS EASING IN FAT SHEEP (Per Press Association.) CHRISTCHURCH, last night. Entries were larger at the Addington 1 stock market to-day, particularly in the fat sheep and fat cattle sections. Fat cattle fully maintained their values, but. heavy woolly sheep met with a sharp decline. Shorn sheep sold well. Store sheep comprised mostly .vether hoggets and ewes and lambs. The best of the latter, all counted, for Romney cross, sold to 24s 4d, good wether hoggets, to 22s Gd; shorn wethers, to 18s Gd; best ewe hoggets, .o 37 s.

There was a small entry of 110 head of spring lambs, which sold from lid per lb. to nearly 12d. The market could have taken more. Close on 5000 head of fat sheep were yarded. The casing in skin values had a marked effect on the sale, big woolly wethers being down by up to 4s a head, and woolly ewes by up to 2s a head. Shorn sheep fully maintained recent values. Tht best wethers made to 49s Id; prime heavy, 38s to 42s Gd; good medium weights, 36s to '3Bs; best ewes, to 47s 4d; good ewes, 84s to 38s; prime medium weight, 21s to 33s Gd.

A total of 485 fat cattle was penned, which was mors than for some virne. However, there was no easing in values, best beef selling from 38s to 40s per 1001 b., and in some instances up to 42s (id; medium to good, 30s to 38s; heavy steers, to £l9 17s Od; good prime heavy, £l4 to £l7; others down to £10; best heifers, to £l4 17s Od; good, £lO to £l2; best cows, £lO 3 0s to £l2 10s; others down io £7 ss. There was an easier demand for vealers, but good lines sold well, the best, runners going to £8 18s Od, and vealers from £2 10s to £5 10s. There was a slow market for the poor quality of dairy cattle offering. A few good pent ol straight coloured steers in the store cattle section sold up to £7 0s and £7 11s for two-year-olds and £8 13s Od for three-year-olds. There was a good market for fat pigs, there being little change in the values. Light porkers made from 42s 0d to £3 8s Od, the average 7id to B.id per lb. Baconeis sold from

£3 Gs Gd to £5 11s 6d, the average price per lb. being 71 d to Bd. Store pigs met with a brisk sale throughout, weaners selling from 10s ild to 225; stores, 23s to 395; sows in pig, £4 to £G ss.

HASTINGS QUOTATIONS CATTLE FROM GISBORNE STORE SHEEP PRICES UP (Pur Press Association.) HASTINGS, this day. With an entry of exceptional quality numbering 150, including many from Gisborne, the market for fat cattle was fully firm at yesterday’s stock sale at otortford Lodge. Passings were infrequent, the bulk of die entry selling readily at rates at full parity with last week. A double market was held at the sale yesterday, there being no sale next Wednesday because of the Spring Show. The quality of the entry generally showed an improvement on recem sales, there being some particularly fine drafts of station cattle, well bred and finished, on offer. Competent stockmen were of opinion that the entry was the best this year for quality, the majority of the cattle being of prime finish. A big draft Of Gisborne cattle arrived by rail on account of Hair Bros. Gisborne, and sold at prices ranging from £ls to £l9 ss. These cattle, all dehorned Ilerefords, met with a brisk mquiry and all met the market. A particularly good entry was a draft of P.A. heifers, down by lorry from Turihaua, Gisborne, on account of Mr. H. B. Williams, which met with exceptionally keen inquiry, selling at £l7 10s and £l7.

Store cattle met with a quiet sale, an entry of some 900 head being yarded. Sideling was restrained, and buyers were apparently not prepared to go above certain limits. In consequence, there were a number of passings. Toung cattle were principally on offer .vith a number of useful lines of two-year-olds meeting with quite a good demand. The sale, however, was not a spirited one, and until the weather breaks and more rain falls it will probably remain quiet. Only a moderate entry of approxinately 3500 store sheep came forward. Bidding was good, particularly on hoggets in the wool, and good sales were effected at prices on a parity with recent sales.

Fat sheep values showed a distinct advance. A moderate entry came forward. Butchers competed strongly, and prices rose as much as 4s a head on prime sorts. Quotations:— Fat Cattle. —Bullocks, medium to prime, £l4 to £l9 ss; cows, medium to prime, £lO to £l3 14s; heifers, medium fo prime, £l3 to £l7 10s. Store Cattle.—Two-year steers, to £7 9s; 3-year, to £8; 2-year heifers, to £4 17s Gd; breeding cows, to £5 ss; grown bullocks, to £9. Store Sheep.—Woolly wether hoggets, to 345; ewe hoggets, to 3Gs 7d; shorn 2-tooth wethers, to 22s 2d. Fat Sheep.-—Prime heavy wethers, to 12 10s Cd; prime heavy ewes, to £2 5s ■d; others, from 255.

STRONG DEMAND ABERDEEN AUGUS BULLS HIGHER AVERAGE (Per Press Association.) DANNEVIRKE, last night. The annual sale under the auspices of the New Zealand Aberdeen Angus Cattle Breeders’ Association, which was held in Dannevirke to-day, indicated a strong demand for quality bulls. Of the 125 head catalogued, some of which did not appear, 105 were sold, there being only a few passed in. Buyers were present from all parts of the Dominion. A healthy lone prevailed throughout the sale. The top price of 355gns. was paid by the well-known Akitio breeder, Mr. F. Armstrong, for Jully of Kowhiwhi, a two-year-old, offered on account of Mr. L. A. P. Sherrill, of Taihape. Offered on account of the estate of Mr. A. S. G. Carlyon, a Gwavas yearling, Sussex of Gwavas, was bought by Mr. Henry Thacker, of Okain’s Bay, Banks Peninsula, for 330gns., while another yearling, Suffolk of Gwavas, was bought by Mr. J. E. Richardson, Waikato, for 300gns. Other prices realised ranged from 250gns., 210gns., 180gns., 165gns., lGlgns., 150gns., 130gns., 120gns., and lOOgns. downwards. The top price last year was 200gns. and the average GG 2-3gns. This year the average was 75 2-3gns. There was a bigger offering.

FRANKTON VALUES STORE CATTLE DEMAND At the Frankton sale on Tuesday a full yarding of all classes of fat sheep came forward, including many pens of prime quality sheep. Values in some cases were not as good as last week, but generally speaking wether mutton was steady, with ewe mutton weaker. All classes of fat shorn and woolly hoggets were keenly sought. An extra heavy yarding of all classes of cattle was penned. Competition for ox beef was steady, and a total clearance was effected at rates on a par with last week. Few good quality cows and heil'ers came forward, values remaining the same. All classes of store cattle met with a ready sale.

MATAWHERO CATTLE FAIR TOTAL OFFERING, 5530 The total offering of all classes of stock at the two days oi the Matawhero Cattle Fair was 5530, as compared with 4350 at the September fair. The store entry on the second day was 2157, as against 1847 in September. There was a fair-sized offering of Jersey cattle at yesterday's sale and the quality was generally good. Although values in the two-year heifer class were maintained, fhe condition of this part of the yarding was in most cases unattractive. The market was easier for Jersey store cows. The following is a range of prices for Jersey cattle, with September values in parentheses: Yearling heifers, £2 17s Od to £3 10s, with small and light condition at £2 Is (September, £2 5s for fair condition, £3 7s for medium condition, and £4 for a good line); mixed one and two-yetfr heifers made £3 17s (£4 9s); store cows. £1 10s to £1 15s for medium condition, £2 to £2 5s for fairly good, and £2 11s for good to forward condition.