JOHNSONVILLE PRICES

Taranaki Daily News, 22 February 1935, Page 16

JOHNSONVILLE PRICES

SPECIAL LINES IN DEMAND. SHORT YARDING OF BEEF. Wellington, Feb. 20. At Johnsonville to-day Wright, Stephenson and Co., Ltd., offered a large yarding of sheep and lambs and an average yarding of cattle. Prime heavy bullocks met keen competition with no alteration in prices and prime medium-weights sold well at late rates. Owing to a short yarding of ox beef there was a good demand for cows and heifers, prices being firmer to the extent of 5s per head for heavyweight cattle. Vealers met a keen sale. There was little demand for wethers, only well-finished sheep being sought after; plain and unfinished sorts were not wanted. Heavy ewes sold well at late rates, light and plain sheep being hard to quit. The lambs were of mixed quality; prime heavyweights met with good competition, while plain and lightweight lambs were hard to sell. Cattle: Prime extra heavy bullocks, £9 10s, £9 ss, £9; prime heavy bullocks, £8 15s, £8 9s, £8 ss, £8 3s; heavy bullocks, £7 13s, £7 12s, £7 ss, £7; extra prime heavy cows and heifets, £6, £5 16s, £5 Ils, £5 9s; prime heavy cows and heifers, £5, £4 15s, £4 12s; cows and heifers, £3 14s, £3, £2 17s, £2 14s, £2 10s, £2 ss. Vealers, £2 12s, £2 Bs, £2 3s, £1 18s, £1 17s, £1 15s, £1 Ils, £1 Bs, £1 ss, £l. Sheep: Prime extra heavy wethers, 26s 6d, 26s 3d, 265, 25s 9d, 25s 3d; prime heavy wethers, 24s 6d, 24s 3d, 245, 23s 6d; prime extra heavy ewes, 18s 6d, 18s sd, 18s 3d, 18s Id, 17s sd, 17s 2d; prime heavy ewes, 17s, 16s 7d, 16s 6d, 16s 2d; medium ewes, 14s 9d, 14s 6d; heavy lambs, 23s Bd, 22s 9d, 22s 7d, 21s lOd; medium lambs, 19s 2d, 18s 9d, 18s 3d, 18s, 17s 7d; light lambs, 16s 6d, 16s, 15s 9d. STORTFORD LODGE SALE MARKED RISE IN CATTLE. 20,000 STORE SHEEP OFFERED. Hastings, Feb. 20. With an entry of 200 head fat cattle took a marked rise at to-day’s sale, Stortford Lodge cows and heifers appreciating 20s and more a head, with bullocks selling firmly to 10s advance on last week’s rates. The quality of the entry was mixed, with relatively few prime cattle. Fat sheep met a very keen sale, ewes touching the highest prices that have been obtained for a long time, values advancing 2s 6d to 5s a head. Wethers and lambs also sold firmly, with a smaller degree of improvement. Local butchers took most of the offering. The entry of 20,000 store sheep made rates on a par with the recent ewe fair on the good lines of ewes, inferior sorts being somewhat easier. Lambs and wethers sold steadily, with some pens making improved prices. Bullocks, medium to prime £7 5s to £9 2s, others from £6; cows, medium to prime £5 12s to £7, others from £2 10s; heifers, medium to prime £5 to £6 18s, others from £4 15s; fat ewes, medium to prime 23s 6d to -26 s 3d, others from Ils 2d; wethers, medium to prime 24s to 26s 4d,others from 19s 6d; lambs, 15s 6d to 265; breeding ewes, five-year to 19s lOd, four and six-tooths to 235, aged to 12s lid; wethers to 21s; lambs to 15s Bd. YARDING AT WESTFIELD STEADY DEMAND FOR BEEF. LATE RATES MAINTAINED. Auckland, Feb. 20. Beef cattle were again offered in average numbers at the Westfield fat stock sale, a shortage of ox beef being balanced by a larger supply of cows and heifers. Recent rains have not yet brought on a substantial pasture growth and it may be some weeks before full yardings can be expected. There was a steady demand throughout and all classes sold readily at last week’s values. Extra choice ox beef, 25s per 1001 b; choice and prime, 20s to 245; secondary and plain, 16s to 19s; prime young cow and heifer beef, 19s to 245; other cow beef, 12s to 18s. Extra heavy prime steers, £lO to £lO 17s 6d; heavy prime, £9 to £9 17s 6d; lighter prime, £8 to £8 17s 6d; light prime, £6 15s to £7 17s 6d; small and unfinished, £5 10s to £6 10s; extra heavy prime young cows and heifers, £6 to £7 17s 6d; heavy prime, £4 15s to £5 17s 6d lighter prime, £3 to £3 15s; other killable cows, £1 7s 6d to £2 ss.

There was a smaller yarding of calves, resulting in a better demand, with competition keener than it had been for some time Values improved by fully 2s a head. Runners, 30s to 85s; vealers, 18s to 70s.

Sheep came forward in increased numbers, although the quality was only fair. There was a steady demand for wethers, with little or no alteration in values. An improved demand by breeders caused prices for all classes of ewes to improve by Is to 2s per head. A smaller yarding of both fats and store lambs sold readily at late rates. Wethers: Prime, 21s 6d to 295; unfinished, 18s to 21s 3d; ewes, maiden, 21s 3d to 245; prime, 16s 3d to 225; unfinished, 3s 3d to 16s. Lambs: Prime, 16s 6d to 26s 6d; unfinished, 13s to 16s 3d. There was an average yarding of pigs. The demand for porkers was rather easier, though prices were more or less unchanged, but baconers eased fully 2s per head. Stores were difficult to sell and were again cheaper. Baconers, 53s to 78s; porkers, 34s to 495; large stores, 18s to 235. Prices per lb: Baconers, s£d to 53d; porkers, 5Ad to 51d.