STOCK VALUES

Southland Times, Issue 23182, 24 April 1937, Page 14

STOCK VALUES

AVERAGE YARDINGS AT LORNEVILLE VALUES MAINTAINED There was nothing of unusual interest at Lorneville this week. The yardings were only of average size and there was no outstanding quality in any section. The fat sheep entry was 1123 compared with 1221 last week, and freezing ewes made up two-thirds of it. There were very few pens of good quality ewes and wethers, and the quality of the whole yarding was mediocre. Taking this into consideration, ewes and wethers sold on a firm market and values for freezing ewes were if anything a shade better. Prime heavy wethers brought up to 33/—, good quality from 27/6 to 28/6, medium irom t 26/- to 27/- and lighter down to 25/-. Prime young ewes made to 24/-, good quality ewes from 20/- to 21/6, medium from 18/- to 19/- and freezing ewes from 17/3 down. There was only a small entry of fat lambs and competition was keen at full export rates. Extra prime heavy lambs brought to 35/-, good quality freezing weights from 27/9 to 29/-, fair quality from 24/- to 27/3, and light and unfinished down to 23/6. * The entry of store sheep was much smaller than that of last week, 2228 compared with 4455, and the bulk of the yarding was comprised of old ewes, with a few pens of lambs. There was a falling-away in the attendance of buyers, and failing-mouthed ewes sold on a slightly easier market. Good fullmouthed ewes were firm, selling at from 21/8 to 28/6. Failing-mouthed ewes in fair condition brought from 15/- to 17/6, and broken-mouth from 8/9 to 13/3. A line of good store lambs sold at 20/9, and cull sorts realized from 10/- to 15/3. A pen or ewe lambs brought 26/3. * * * * The beef entry totalled 165 compared with 162 last week, but fully half of it consisted of medium quality cows. Good quality cattle sold well, there being no change from the values of last week for this class. Medium weight bullocks brought from £9 5/to £lO 10/-, handy weights from £8 5/- to £8 15/-, and lighter from £7 to £7 15/-. Good quality heavyweight heifers made from £ 5 10/- to £6 10/and lighter weights from £4 12/6 to £5 5/-. There was no quality out of the ordinary among the cows, and fair quality sorts brought from £6 to £6 10/-, medium from £5 5/- to £5 15/and poorer quality from £4 to £4 10/-.

Empty cows made up most of the 15/- to £2 15/-, and culls down to £1 5/- to £4 10/-, with others from £1 of the empty cows brought from £3 was only of ordinary quality. The best entry of 153 store cattle, but the yarding 5/-. Empty heifers made from £3 1/to £4 according to condition, and yearling heifers brought from £1 7/- to £1 15/-. A line of three-year-old steers sold at £5 5/-, and 18-month-old steers and heifers realized £2 19/to £3 10/-. * * * *

The pig entry was not a strong one and it did not attract a great deal of interest. Decent heavyweight baconers brought from £3 10/- to £3 13/- with lighter sorts from £2 la/to £3. There were not many stores offered. They sold at from 26/6 to 29/-, with weaners from 4/6 to 10/6.

There was an increased yarding of fat cattle at the Burnside stock sale on Wednesday, the quality generally being only fair. Values for ox beef dropped by 10/- to 11/- a head. Extra crime heavy bullocks made to £l4 7/6; prime, £lO 12/6 to £l2 7/6, medium, £9 7/6 to £lO 7/6; and light down to £6 15/-. Extra P r y}} i e cows and heifers realized to £8 7/6; prime, £5 15/- to £7; medium and light, £4 to £5 10/-. A large yarding of stores included several lines of station cattle. There was a good demand for well-bred sorts, and a line of three-year bullocks realized £8 17/6. The yarding of fat sheep numbered 1517, consisting mainly of medium quality wethers. Extra prime heavy wethers brought to £1 14/-; prime, £1 8/- to £1 11/6; medium, £1 4/6 to £1 7/-; light and unfinished, £1 1/6 to £1 4/-. Extra prime heavy ewes made to £1 4/6; prime, £1 to £1 2/6; medium, 17/to 19/-, and light,' down to 12/-. Only 706 fat lambs were submitted and the quality was only fair. Extra prime heavy lambs brought to £1 15/-; prime £1 8/- to £1 10/-; medium, £1 5/to £1 7/6, and light, down to £l. In the fat pig pens, porkers realized from £2 5/- to £3 and baconers £3 to £4 9/-. Large stores were worth up to £1 15/-.