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Timaru Herald, Volume CXXV, Issue 18201, 28 February 1929, Page 7

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\DDI.NGTON SALE. Bv Telegraph—Press Association. CHRISTCHURCH, February 27. Store sheep made the biggest entry of the year, over 30,000, including lambs, being offered. Other sections were about the same in numbers. About 15,000 North Island ewes were offered in the store pens, and they sold readily at near about last week’s rates, until the final part, when passings were numerous, and values recoded by up to 3a per head. The class, however, was below standard. Lambs sold at about last week’s rates, but the entry was mostly of a class for carrying over. Medium rape lambs made 22s to 245, good mixed sex lambs 22s to 255, medium mixed sex lambs 18s to 20s 6d, inferior mixed sex lambs to 14s 6d, medium ©wo lambs 24s to 26s 6d, medium wether lambs 2ls to 235, ordinary wether lambs 19s to 20s 6d, inferior wether lambs 13s 6d to 17s. Special 2-toofch Romney cross ewes made 43s 6d to 45s 6d, extra good 2tooth Romney cross ewes to 375, ordinary 2-tooth Romney cross ewes 29s to 31s, inferior 2-tooth Romney cross ewes to 28s 6d, good 4-tooth Romney cross ewes to 34s 9d, medium 4. 6 and 8 tooth Romney cross ewes to 30s 6d, good 2-tooth halfbred ewes 37s 6d • to 40s, medium 2-tootli halfbred ewes to 335, inferior to ordinary 26s to 295, extra good 4, 6, and 8-tooth halfbred ewes 344 to 36s 6d, good 4, 6 and 8tooth halfbred ewes 30s to 335, ordinary 26s to 29s 6d, sound and failingmouthed 21s to 235, aged 11s to 16s, extra good 2-tooth crossbred ewes to 37s 6d, good 32s to 345. ordinary to 31s, good 4, 6. and 8-tooth 33s to 355, ordinary to 27s 6d; good halfbred wethers to 26s 6d, ordinary 19s to 225. *

Fat lambs.—An entry of 2150, and a sale at full export rates. Extra prime lambs realised up to 35s Id, prime lambs 29s to 325, medium lambs 26s 6d to 28s 6d, light lambs 24s to 265. Fat sheep.—An average yarding and a. good sale, exporters buying freely. The wether schedule lias been reduced a farthing per pound since last week, but owes remain unaltered. Extra prime wethers fetched 34s to 37s Id, prime wethers 29s 6d to 32s 6d, medium wethers 27s 3d to 29s 3d, light wethers 25s 6d to 275; extra prime ew.es to 32s 7d, prime ewes 24s to 295, medium ewos 21s to 245, light ewes 18s 6d to 20s, aged ewes 16s 3d to 18s. Fat cattle.—46o were yarded, more steers than usual being forward. A slight easing in price occurred, the extent being up to Is 6d per 1001 b. Best beef averaged from 41s 6d to 47s per 1001 b, medium quality 37s to 41s, heavy 34s to 375, good cow and medium heifer 35s to 39s\ plain heavy cow 32s to 345, and rough down to 30s per 1001 b. Extra prime heavy steers made to £2l 17s 6d, prime heavy steers £l6 os to £lB ss, prime medium weight steers £ls os to £l7 ss, medium quality steers £l2 to £l4 ss, light steers £8 to £ll 10s; extra prime heifers to £ls 12s 6d, prime heifers £l2 to £l4, medium heifers £9 15s to £ll 15s, light heifers £6 15s to £9 10s; extra prime cows to £l6 2s 6d, prime cows £ll os to £l3 10s, medium cows £9 to £ll light and aged cows £6 to £8 15s. Vealers.—A good sale. Twelve to eighteen months’ sorts fetched to £ll 16s, vealers £5 to £7 155., calves 2os to £3

Store cattle.—A poor class yarding and a slack demand. Good cows brought £5 to £5 17s 6d, medium cows £3 to £4 10s, inferior 25s to 50s, i 2-year-old heifers £5 7s 6d. Dairy cattle.—A small entry, and a good sale. Best heifers made to £l3 15s, and best cows to £l4 10s. Fat pigs.—A good yarding, and an unproved sale for porkers. Choppers fetched £3 to £5 6s 6d, baconers £3 to £4 18s 6d. The average price per lb was 6£d to 7d. Porkers brought 38s to 58s Od (average price per lb 7-4 d to B*d). 4 4 Store pigs.—Prices showed an advance. Weaners brought 6s to Bs, good 9s to 12s, small stores 15s to 18s, medium 20s to 265, large 27s to 325, and extra large to 355. BURNSIDE STOCK SALE. SLUMP IN EWES. By Telegraph—Press Association. DUNEDIN, February 27. Fat cattle remained firm at the Burnside stock sales to-day, but sheep were not so fortunate. Ewes suffered a marked slump, and wethers were in slow demand at the outset, though the sale brightened a bit later. Lamb values fell slighly, and store cattle met with a fair inquiry. The fat cattle yarding comprised about 165 head of very average quality. There was a large proportion of cows, with only a sprinkling of prime bullocks and prime heifers. Last week’s prices were well maintained, and th*»re was a slight improvement for choice beef, of which there was not much forward.

There wer& over 2600 fat sheep, and the quality was fairly good, the percentage of ewes being large. Heavy wethers sold at from 3s to 4s less than last week, a’t> the outset, but the demand firmed up a bit towards the end of the sale. Prime sorts were finally about below par, and ordinary butchers’ stuff were about 2s a head cheaper. All classes of ewes were much cheaper. with the result that passings were not uncommon. Best wethers made up to 40s, and prime from 28s to 38s. Th© best ewes could not command more than about 365. Butchers’ good wether mutton up to about 561b5., made up to 6£d per lb., hut the general run of stuff brought from 5d to 5f per pound. There were over 500 lambs penned, and Tlie quality was from medium to prime. Values were about Is per head lower than those of last week, light primes making up to 9£d per lb., and heavier sorts bringing in the vicinity of Bj-d. Best heavies made 335, and liglu primes 30s. A yarding of 280 store cattle, made up of cows, heifers and some good lines of young steers of fair to good quality. There was a very fair sale, three-year-old steers making up to £9 15s, and two-aiid-a-half-v ear-olds up to £B. Cows were practically unchanged, and mixed yearlings met with only an indifferent demand. The pig entry was not large, there being about 150 fats and 28 stores. Baconers were easier by about 5s per head, on last week's rates, and porkers suffered almost as great a decline. Stores met with only a fair demand. GLENAVY STOCK SALE. Harvesting operations were responsible for a smaller entrv than usual at ibis week’s sail' at (llenavy. hut any good lines forward sold readily at full market rates. The following wore some of the principal sales:— Fat Lambs. —3 at 25s 6d; 2 at 26s 7d; 1L at 275; 22 at 28s 9d: 11 at 27s 3d: 8 at 255; 20 at 29s 6d. Fat Sheep.—42 owes at 20s; 9at 17s 6d ; 10 at 19s; 14 wethers at 26s ; 1 at 30s 6d. Cull Ewes.—39 at 5s Id; 51 at 9s Gd : 44 at 10s.

LOCAL GRAIN AND PRODUCE MARKET.

As was the case last week, very little business is passing on the South Canterbury grain and produce market. Threshing is in full swing, but only a minor number of sales have been made. Yields, on the whole, are fairly good, with promise of a good average. In Tuscan and Hunters, yields are from 35 to 52 bushels per acr<*. On the other hand, oats are not yielding so well. It is understood that one line in the Pleasant Point district yielded 100 bushels per acre. In cases,, however, yields have been n low that farmers «ave ceased threshing, the cost of this, in one instance at least, being about Is per bushel. The dry weather experienced has had a bad effect on rape and turnips, while it appears that a fair amount of green feed will be sold, such as Algerians, Duns, ryegrass and Cape barley. A good rain, however, would do away with this possibility. Milling wheat does not show a great deal of activity. It is understood that an order has been placed, and filled, for a good deal of wheat. Generally a fair amount is offering, but the above is the only outlet for its disposal. The prices, it is understood, were: Tuscan 5s Bd, Hunters 6s, and Velvet 6s 6d to 6s Bd. Values procurable today, however, are: Tuscan 5s 7d, Hunters 5s lOd, and Velvet 6s Bd, delivered. Generally the sample is very’ good —the best offered for some jfears. A good quantity has been shipped to the North Island, while, at this time last year, very little had gone north. This goes to show that samples have been of a high order. A good deal of fowl wheat was offering earlier in the week, at 5s 6jd, but the market has since firmed, and the price is now os 3d, on trucks. A fair demand is coming from the North Island, where a drop has been recorded of Id. Northern opinion is that the market there will further drop. The oat market does not show much change. A’s are quoted at 2s 9d, and B’s at 2s 6d. Tt is very difficult to get farmers to accept these prices, however. Good bright Algerians are worth 2s 6d, on trucks, dark, heavy Duns 3s 2d to 3s 3d, also on trucks. The North Island is not yet on the market for potatoes, which makes the (Inland from that quarter much later than last year. In the North Island, the supply is good, but the quality poor, and there is a remote possibility of southerns being required for the Island trade, because of the absence of rust, and their better keeping qualities. If this business does eventuate, it will be solely for the Islands, as there are ample potatoes on hand for northern consumption. Locally, there are sellers of April-June at £5 17s 6d, f.0.b.,5.i., and July-September at £5 15s, witi buyers offering £4 1 5s and £5 l2s 3d respectively. In Auckland, April-Jun© are freely quoted at £4 15& i.0.b.,5.i., without resopnse from merchants, who are offering in the region of £4 10s. It is not expected that much movement will eventuate in the pea market for some time. It is understood peas were sold in January, to a foreign market, at 6s, f.0.b.,5.i. Locally, it js expected No. l’s will open at from 5s to 5s 3d per bushel. There is little demand, however.

Business in the seed market has not increased to any extent, as very little demand lias come from the North Island. There have been some good lines of early white clover threshed. The price is Sd per lb. A line of good quality linseed also was sold at a good increase on the contract price. There has been a good clearance in chaff, and there is quite a good demand for good quality. Good heavy chaff is worth £4 to £4 ss, on trucks, sacks extra. TEMUKA LIVE STOCK SALE. There were only medium yardings in sheep at the Teinuka live stock sale on Tuesday. The freezing companies procured the bulk of the big entry of fat ewes, heavy weights declining iu price to the extent ol 2s to 3s per head. Only one pen of store lambs were yarded, and a few pens oi store wethers were sold at slightly reduced rates. The following are amongst the sales that were made : Sheep:—Fut lambs, 2 at 28s; 106 at 28s 7d; 189 at 29s 3d; 100 at 26s 6d; U at 275; 5 at 295; 64 at 295; 23 at 28s od; 54 at 27s 3d. Fat Ewes:—s at 225; 32 at 22s 6d; 2 at 21s 8d : 20 at 21s 7cl; 22 at 22s ; 17 at 22s 3d; 28 at 21s lOd; 82 at 21s 7d • 21 at 23s 2d; 19 at 225; 39 at 21s 9d ; 17 at 23s 4d ; 1,8 at 22s Id ; 14 at 22s 6d; 2 at 20s; 14 at 2os; 23 at 22s Gd; 15 at 21 s 6d; 20 at 21s. Id; 16 at 19s 0d; 8 at 22s Gel; 20 at 21s 7d• 8 at 23s 4d; 4 at 20s: 15 at 245; 10 at 24s 8d; 18 at 24s 7d; 11 at 265; 22 at 23s 9d; 1/ at 23s lOd; 11 at 21s 4d Fat Wethers —24 at 30s 6d; 7 al

27b; 11 at 325; 47 at 29s 4d; 6 at 265: 16 at 295; 29 at 20s 6d- 32 at 30s; 15 at 23s 4d; 17 at 27s Ba. Stores: —89 2-tooth ewes 365; 34 do. at 345; 28 wethers at 22s lOd; 28 do. at 22s 9d; 8 2-tooth ewes at 23s 6d: 23 2- tooth ewes at 22s 3d: 89 do. at 365, 35 m.s. lambs at 17s lOd; 18 wethers at 21s 9d; 15 do. at 18s lOd; 20 do. at 23s 2d; 32 do. at 21s 2d; 1 ewe at 235; 15 wethers at 17s; 51 ewes at 11s 6d; 46 do. at 8s 7d. Fat Cows:—Each, £7 10s; £6 10s; £9 ss; £9 15s; £9 2s Od ; £9; £8 15s; £7 17s Gd; £8 os; £9 17s 6d; £8 12a Od: £6 7s 6d; £8 10s; £9 17s 6d; £7 7s'6d; £8 12s Gd: £lO 7s 6d; £9 10s; £8 7s 6d; £9 12s 6d; £lO 10s; £6 10s; £6 7s; £6; £9 10s. Steers —£9 17s Cd; £8; £6 15s; £7 15s; £5 12s 6d; £l3; each. Heifers:—2 at £9 10s; 1 at £6 ss: lat £5 ss; lat £6 12s 6d; lat £6: 1 at £9 10s. Stores: —One yearling heifer at £2 ss; 3 m.s. cattle at £3 6s 9d; 1 calf at £2 2s 6d; 1 vealer at £2 2s 6d ; 10 yearlings at £3; 2 calves at £2. Dairy Cattle: —Springing cows at £9 12s 6d and £B. Pigs:—Weaners 7s to 12s 6d; stores 20s to 30s; porkers up to 40s.