LIVESTOCK MARKETS

Taranaki Daily News, 6 September 1935, Page 14

LIVESTOCK MARKETS

JOHNSONVILLE PRICES SMALL ALTERATIONS. HEAVY SORTS IN DEMAND. Johnsonville, Sept. 4. A large yarding of cattle and a good offering of sheep were forward at the Johnsonville stock sale held yesterday by Wright, Stephenson and Co. Ltd. and Abraham and Williams Ltd. The bullocks comprised chiefly medium-weight cattle, very few heavy cattle being penned. There was a keen sale for heavy cattle at prices firm on last week s rates; plain and unfinished sorts were slightly easier. The yarding of cows and heifers was of exceptionally good quality, all classes selling well at slightly increased prices as compared with last week. The runners and vealers were of mixed quality; very few prime sorts came forward. A good sale resulted with no alteration. The yarding of both wethers and ewes was of good quality. There was a keen demand for wethers at late rates, while ewes were up Is per head, Very few prime hoggets were yarded. There was a good sale for heavy sorts, while plain hoggets were hard to quit. Cattle: Prime extra heavy bullocks, £ll 15s, £ll 12s, £ll ss, £ll, £lO 18s 6d; prime heavy bullocks, £lO 10s, £lO 6s, £lO 2s, £9 18s, £9 14s, heavy bullocks, £9, £8 16s; extra prime heavy cows and heifers, £9 ss, £9, £8 15s, £8 Bs, £8 ss; prime heavy cows and heifers, £7 16s, £7 10s, £7 ss, £7, £6 12s 6d; cows and heifers, £5 Is, £4 4s, £4, £3 18s, £3 Ils, £2 18s; runners, £3 18s, £3 12s, £3 ss, £2 17s, £2 15s; vealers, £1 Ils, £1 Bs, £l, 11s 6d. Sheep: Prime extra heavy wethers, 27s 6d, 27s 3d, 26s 9d, 26s 6d; prune heavy wethers, 265, 25s 6d; prime extra heavy ewes, 20s 8d; prime heavy ewes, 18s 2d, 18s, 17s lOd; medium ewes, 17s, 16s 9d; heavy hoggets, 22s 9d, 22s 6d, 21s lid, 21s 6d; light hoggets,. 19s 6d, 19s Id. BURNSIDE SALE ONLY MODERATE YARDINGS. SHARP RISE IN PIG PRICES. ' -- Dunedin, September 4. There was a moderate yarding in the major sections at the Bumside sale today. The entry of fat cattle numbered 272 head, the quality being slightly superior to last week’s offering. The sale opened with values firm at late rates, and continued on a fairly even basis throughout. In the store cattle section 123 head were forward, including a consignment of four and five-year good-con-ditioned steers from the north, which, under keen competition, sold from £6 to £7. These were the only store cattle in demand. The entry of 30 dairy cOws was an indifferent lot, and buyers showed preference for young cows close to profit, which sold to £6 2s 6d. In the fat sheep section 1771 were penned. The wethers were not up to recent standard, with only odd trucks of prime sheep. Ewes comprised the bulk oi the yarding, several -onsignments being of outstanding quality. Prime heavy ewes and wethers appreciated Is per head, but there was no alteration in values for medium quality sheep, while light and unfinished wethers were not in demand. The first spring lambs made their appearance. Two were forward, but only one was offered, and the price obtained was 28s. The entry of fat pigs numbered 76, and on account of the short supply baconers and porkers appreciated 5s per head in the first sales, but as the sale progressed values declined. A small entry of 46 store pigs was readily disposed of, large stores selling from 19s to 245. WESTFIELD TONE GOOD VALUES GENERALLY FIRM. SHEEP OF GOOD QUALITY. Auckland, Sept. 4. A very good tone was the feature of the weekly Westfield fat stock sale today. Generally values were very firm, baconers being the only class to ease slightly, while advances were made in a number of cases. Well finished stock are getting harder to procure, and the present levels are likely to hold. There was an increased offering of cattle, the total being about 750, at least one-third being comprised of steers, the quality of which was again exceptionally good. In spite of the heavier yarding competition remained very strong throughout the sale, and last week’s advanced values were fully sustained. Cow and heifer beef was also in good demand, and values remained very firm. The top prices of £l6 10s for a teer and £ll for a cow were for show cattle. Extra choice ox beef made 30s a ?001b; choice and prime, 26s to 295; secondary and plain, 23s to 255; prime young cow and heiferbeef, 26s to 295; other cow beef, 17s to 255. Extra heavy prime steers, £l5 to £l6 10s; heavy prime, £l2 10s to £l4 17s 6d; light prime, £lO to £ll 17s 6d; light prime, £8 15s to £9 17s 6d; small and unfinished, £6 to £8 10s; extra heavy prime young cows and heifers, £9 to £11; heavy prime, £7 15s to £8 17s 6d; lighter prime, £6 to £7 12s 6d; other killable cows, £2 10s to £5 17s 6d. A full supply of calves did not include many heavier weights. A keen demand ruled and price levels again held. Lighter calves also sold well at fully recent rates. Runners, 50s to 120 s; vealers, 30s to 84s. Sheep of good quality were penned in. under average numbers, the short supply bringing about an advance in prices amounting to Is for wethers and 2s for ewes. Hoggets were in fair supply and also sold well at improved rates. Very few spring lambs were offered, the local graziers finding it hard to bring them to condition. Wethers, prime, 25s to 35s 3d; unfinished, 20s to 24s 9d; ewes, prime, 18s to 255; unfinished, 8s 6d to 17s 9d; hoggets, 16s to 265; spring lambs, 20s to 30s 6d. Fat pigs came forward in good numbers. Owing to the recent reduction in schedule rates for baconers, the demand for these was inclined to the easier, few selling above 5d a lb. Porkers, on the other hand, met with brisk competition at values fully firm on last week, prices being from sid to s?d a lb. A shorter yarding of stores was the subject of keen demand at well up to late rates. ADDINGTON SALE MARKET RECOVERS SLIGHTLY. SMALL ENTRY OF SHEEP. Christchurch, Sept. 4. Entries were of normal size at to-day’s Addington market. Store sheep and fat cattle recovered slightly, but mutton was cheaper. ' Store sheep; A small entry and an ini-

provement in hogget and ewe values of Is a head. . Fat sheep: The previous weeks prices were scarcely maintained over the greater part of the sale, and slipped over the final . stages. Extra prime wethers sold to 33s 3d; prime heavy, 2js 3d to 295; prime medium weight, 24s to 25s 6d; ordinary, 20s to 235. Extra prime heavy ewes, to 29s 7d; prime heavy ewes, 21s 6d to 235; prime medium weight ewes, 17s to 20s 6d. Fat cattle: Heavy steers made big prices, and best quality recovered by up to one shilling per 1001 b, other qualities being unchanged. Extra prime heavy steers sold to £1417s 6d; prime heavy, £9 10s to £ll 10s; prime medium weight, £8 10s to £10; ordinary, £5 5s to £7 10s; extra prime heifers, to £lO 12s 6d; prime, £5 10s to £7 10s; ordinary, £4 to £5 ss; extra prime cows, to £9 12s 6d; prime, £5 to £6 15s; ordinary, £3 15s to £4 10s. Fat pigs: A shortage of both baconers and porkers, and values advanced. Light porkers made 24s to 30s; heavy, to £2 Ils; average price per lb, to Gd. Light baconers, £2 8s to £2 12s; medium, £2 12s 6d to £3; heavy, £3 Is to £3 7s 6d; extra heavy, to £3 16s; average price per lb, 5Jd to 5Jd Choppers, £2 18s to £3 3s 6d. STORTFORD LODGE VALUES WELL MAINTAINED. SHEEP ENTRIES DECREASE. Hastings, Sept. 4. At the Stortford Lodge sale to-day values were fully firm on last week on all prime finished cattle in an entry of 310 he d. Travelled and lightly finished cattle showed an easing tendency in the early stages of the sale. Keen competition at firm values was seen in the store cattle section, where an entry of 930 head included excellent drafts of wellbred stock. The sale was a keen one with Manawartu interests purchasing. In a short entry of fat sheep, prime ewe mutton advanced Is to Is 6d a head, while wethers and hoggets made parity rates. There was a variable tone on v,-ether hoggets in the store sheep section, while forward wethers sold well.

Fat cattle: Bullocks, medium to prime, £l9 to £ll 10s; others from £6 7s 6d; cows, medium to prime, £5 10s to £7 4s; others from £3 4s; heifers, medium to prime, £5 15s to £7 14s; others from £4. Store cattle: Steers to £6 12s; heifers, to £3 8s; cows, r.w.b., to £3 4s.

Fat sheep: Ewes, medium to prime, 17s 6d to 20s; others from 15s; wethers, to 255; hoggets, to 245. Store sheep: Wether hoggets, to 20s 7d; wethers, to 21s 9d.