LIVESTOCK MARKETS

Taranaki Daily News, 19 June 1937, Page 18 (Supplement)

LIVESTOCK MARKETS

TARANAKI CONDITIONS BUOYANT TONE IN ALL SECTIONS. VALUES CONTINUE TO ADVANCE. The Farmers* Co-op. in a weekly review says that not for many a year has such a buoyant tone ruled in all sections of the stock business. Values for all classes of dairy catle continue to show an upward tendency, the series of clearing saies and heifer fairs conducted by the society during the past week or two exceeding the most optimistic expectations. The ideal weather rulinj£ has played its part in ■ the good condition in which cattle have come forward at auction, pastures early top-dfessed and closed for spring feed showing a con- ■ siderable growth. Dairy produce values continue to remain firm, auguring well for the success of the Government in the guaranteed price plan.

Values for both fat ewes and wethers remain firm • on; those ruling in the last report, with indications of a hardening tendency. Saies of truck lots of fat ewes have been effected from 25s to 26s withi best fat wethers f rom 30s to 32s - 6d. Fat cows- and heifers remain firm in value,' ; a spasmodic inquiry ruling at &1 15s to, ,£8 5s i for extra prime cattle. • Fat cows from the dairy are quoted at £5 to £5 10s. An exceedingly keen demand exists for both ewes and wether : hoggets, the difficulty being to obtain quotations. Best ewe : hoggets are to 32s 6d, with best wether hoggets from 20s to 22s for extra good sheep. Saies of young ewes mated to Southdown rams include a line of 275 2-tooth ewes at 39s. The market for store cattle remains quiet due to a lack of quotations, saies of P.A. cows in-calf to P.A. bulls including a line of 45 at £6 10s. One of the most buoyant tones ruling for many years exists in the dairy section of the stock business, really top heifers being now most difficult to procure other than at auction. Private saies during the week included 12 extra choice 2-year heifers £11, 17 extra choice 3year heifers £10, 12 extra good 2-year heifers £9, 39 good 2-year heifers £8 4s, 28 meflium 2-year heifers £6 10s, 45s 2year heifers at an average of £7 10s and odd trucks of 2 and 3-year heifers from £7 to £8 5s. Wearier heifers continue to find favour, saies including 120 at an average of £3 17s 6d to go outside Taranaki, together with' 40 at £3 10s. Surprisingly good entries have come forward at all yard saies, strong competition con-

tinuing on good meaty cows. The Taranaki series o£ heifer fairs opened on June 8, wjien Mr. F. Sattler, Kapuni, offered 160 good 2-year ' heifers at the Manaia saleyards. Bidding was hrisk throughout, Waikato clients being particularly strong and the 90 head sold realising the satisfactory average of £8 17s, top , price "heing . £10 10s. This was followed by the Wavei'ley heifer fair on June 14, when 200 2 and 3-year heifers were. offered on account of various clients in the Waverley district. A. total of 154 head was sold under the hammer, bidding . being very spirited at an average of £7 15s, top price being £11. Competition ; was keen ariti suistained from first tb'last. " The series of clearing : saies to be held by the : sodety operied with Mr. . B. E. Fevill's sale of grade cows at Tikorangi. An exceptjonally keen sale resulted, the average over the 54 cows being £11, top price being £15. Bidding was strong throughout. This was followed by Mr.. G. Barkla's sale at Pihama on Friday. The cows came forward rather heavy in condition and with no calving dates given, the average heing £7, top price being £12 10s. A very satisfactory sale resulted. ' Mr. R' K. Thomas's sale at Auroa attracted considerable interest, the herd of .55 cows, averaging £8 15s, top, prjce being £15, and several cows bringing double figures. A large offenng of implements and usual farm sundriqs met with a ready sale. Mr. H. Pennington's sale at Oaonui on Tuesday. attracted great interest, an extrerhely large hench of buyers .befijg present. The whqie herd of ?5 cows averaged £10 2s, top price being £15 10s. Bidding was extremely brisk and - sustained throughoiitl Tlie sale held on account of the e^tate of M. Landers at the Manaia yards; comprised a herd, of 34 Jersey , cows. Tlie whole offering averaged £9 9s, top price ! being £12 10s. The herd Vwas. a quaiity one : and attracted considerable interest. . lifr. A., C. Morecraft's sale at Manaia of 35 covs was ^ well atteiided, an average of £8 2s 6d being obtainqd., Bidding was keen on the ; young; cqws. ^the Rercentage of older cows holding back; the average. Mr. T. Hooper's sale at Auroa attracted considerable interest. ■ The herd came fbrward ■ :in'- firstrclass vorder, individual dates and butter-fat returns being availablei ;T^e -.saie was;: extremely1 spiirited, an average of £11 being. obtained, top price being £15: v' ;: . Mr. H. • Foreman's sale at the homestead, 'Tikorangi, of 75! tested cows attracted;, intef est ; f rojn far ajid wide, the, whole offering averaging £12 5s 6d, top price. being. £20. . The sale was exceptionally spirited from first to last, , the public : expressing their appreciatibh of his first-class herd in the manner in whiph they bid. individual dates and butter-fat returns were available. , . Mr. A. Pennington's sale of 45 tested cows was a source of interest to buyers from far and wide, the whole herd averaging - £14 2s, top price being £17. Bidding was exceptionally spirited throughout. Mr. Lockley's sale of 34 cows at Te Kiri realised an average of £8 2s 6d, top price being £12. The sale was a good, solid one throughout. The dispersal of Messrs. J. Blair and Sons' herd of 45 tested cows at Maxwell attracted considerable interest, bidding being sustained . from first to last, an average of £9 15s resulting, top , price being £16. The heifers realised from £7 10s to £10 10s. Mr. J. Syme's herd of 60 cows attracted a large bench of buyers, an average of £8 10s resulting, top price being £13 10s. The sale was spirited, bidding being solid throughout.