FIRM SALE FOR FAT STOCK

Taranaki Daily News, 1 November 1935, Page 14

FIRM SALE FOR FAT STOCK

SHARP ADVANCE IN STORE CATTLE. ADDINGTON MARKET REPORT. Christhurch, Oct. 30. Entries at to-day’s Addington market were slightly larger, but there was a firm sale for fat stock and a sharp advance for store sheep. A much smaller entry of spring lambs sold at an advance, values being about 9d a lb. Store sheep: This section was in small numbers, and there was a sharp advance of 2s for ewe hoggets, and to Is 6d for wether hoggets, with ewes and lambs slightly firmer. Ewe hoggets sold to 345, and wethers to 24s 4d. Fat sheep: A heavier entry of 3400 head. Wethers improved by 6d to Is, and ewes by Is. Extra prime heavy wethers sold to 28s 6d; prime heavy, 22s 6d to 24s 6d; prime medium weight, 20s to 22s 3d; ordinary, 17s 9d to 19s 9d. Extra prime heavy ewes, to 28s Id; prime heavy, 19s 6d to 21s 6d; prime medium weight, 17s 6d to 19s; ordinary, 16s to 17s 3d. Fat cattle: 460 head of good quality were penned, and with the exception of a few pens from the West Coast values were unchanged, . the sale concluding firmly. Best beef made 31s to 33s per 1001 b. Extra prime heavy steers sold to £l5 17s 6d; prime heavy, £ll 5s to £l4; medium prime, £lO to £l2 ss; ordinary, £7 15s to £9. Extra prime heifers sold to £l2 2s 6d; prime, £7 10s to £9 10s; ordinary, £5 10s to £7 ss. Extra prime cows sold to £lO 17s 6d; prime, £7 to £8 15s; ordinary, £5 10s to £6 15s. Fat pigs: The sale all round was easier. Baconers made 44s to 53s 6d; heavy, to £3 7s 6d; average price per lb, to 514 d. Porkers made 26s to 325; heavy, 34s to 41s 6d; average price per lb, 4%d to s’Ad. FIRM, BUT EASIER LATER FAT CATTLE AT BURNSIDE YARDS. BRISK DEMAND FOR WETHERS. Dunedin, Oct. 30. The entry of fat cattle at the Burnside sale to-day numbered 228, and comprised for the most part medium quality bullocks. The market opened firm with prices equivalent to late rates, with a slight improvement as the sale progressed, but over final races values eased to the extent of 10s per head. The entry of 150 store cattle, which included several pens of steers, met with a ready sale for the three and four-year-old steers, which sold to £7 3s, and the younger cattle from £5 5s to £6 17s, according to size and breeding. Prices for boner and grazier cows remained unchanged. The 46 dairy cows penned were of mixed appearance, only a few good animals being included in the offering. The best of these sold to £7, but aged and backward-conditioned sorts were difficult to sell. In the fat sheep section 1992 were penned, about a third of the yarding being shorn; Wethers were forward in smaller numbers, and the quality was inferior to that of the previous week. On account of the shorter supply there was a brisk sale for this class, prices appreciating 2s per head. The entry of ewes comprised principally medium quality sorts, with only an odd consignment of prime heavy ewes and a percentage of light and inferior. Values generally were firm at the average rates obtained at the previous sale, although sellers over the final races met the worst of the market, prices receding at this stage fully 2s per head for all descriptions. The fat lamb entry numbered 80, and met a keen demand for all prime sorts, best lambs selling to 30s 6d. The entry of 119 fat pigs met a dragging market in the early part of the sale. Best baconers sold to £3 19s, but values receded considerably later, and over the concluding stages sales could only be effected at prices showing a drop of fully 5s per head for baconers and porkers. The 111 store pigs offered met good competition, and satisfactory prices were obtained. SHORT HASTINGS ENTRY RISE IN FAT CATTLE PRICES. STORE RATES ALSO APPRECIATE. Hastings, Oct. 30. A short yarding of fat cattle was penned at Stortford Lodge to-day, when values for finished quality lots, which were in limited supply, showed an appreciation on previous rates. The store cattle totalled 1009, and values advanced, useful lots off the hilly country and forward bullocks meeting keen connpetition. Fat sheep were in short supply, values being fully firm. A moderate yarding of store sheep showed a degree of improvement. Several lots of ewes with lambs at foot were offered. Bullocks: Medium to prime, moderate weights, £1 15s to £11; one outstanding heavy, well-finished, £l4; others, from £8 10s; cows, medium to prime, £7 to £8 2s 6d; others, from £5; heifers, £6 10s to £8; one outstanding, £9 15s. Store cattle: Bullocks, to £8; cows, to £l4 10s; heifers, to £4 ss. Sheep: Ewes, medium to prime, shorn, to 17s 6d; unshorn, 235; others, to 15; wethers, shorn, to 225; hoggets, to 25s 6d. Store sheep: Wether hoggets, to 27s 8d; ewes and lambs, all counted,’to 16s 3d; shorn wethers, 21s.