STOCK MARKET

Wairarapa Times-Age, 9 July 1942, Page 5

STOCK MARKET

SALE AT ADDINGTON LATE RATES MAINTAINED. KEEN DEMAND FOR FAT SHEEP. (By Telegraph—Press Association.) CHRISTCHURCH, July 8. The Addington market was firm and the prices ruling at last week’s market were fully maintained today. Competition for all lines of sheep was keen and prices comparaeively high. The fat sheep entry was not as big as last week and the demand was very keen, specially for wethers, which, on the whole, were not up to the quality of a week ago, but nevertheless sold readily at an advance of about Is a head. One truck of 44 twotooths sold from 41s 4d to 50s 7d. There were numerous other sales between these figures. The fat cattle market in the early stages was a little firmer than the average a week ago, but soon settled down to last week’s parity, at which the demand was very firm. The porker entry was larger than last week and excellent prices again obtained for best quality types, but unfinished pigs were easier by 6s to 7s a head. PAHIATUA SALE VALUES REMAIN FIRM. The Associated Auctioneers report on their Pahiatua sale as follows:—A medium yarding of sheep and station cattle were offered to a medium attendance of local and outside buyers. Values in these sections remained firm on late rates. A nice pen of 50 4-year bullocks offered on account of A. Hoggard and Son made £lO 13s, while a pen of good yearling steers on account of T. C. Moore, realised £5 Bs. Fat cattle met with a ready sale at rates in advance of our last sales. Dairy cattle were not in demand, arid realisations were down. All classes of sheep sold well, a total clearance being effected at late rates. Quotations: —Station cattle: 4-yr. bullocks, £lO 13s; steers, £8 to £7 12s; 3-yr. heifers, £6; weaner steers, £5 8s; vealers, £3 12s; fat P.A. cows, £7 17s 6d to £6; fat heifers, ex-dairy, £6 to £4 10s. Sheep: Ewes, r.w. S.D. rams, 19s; w. hoggets, 18s 9d to 17s; b.f. lambs, 15s 6d; fat wethers, 31s to 27s 9d; fat ewes, 17s. Dairy cows, £8 15s to £5 10s; springing heifers, £6 10s to £5 10s. MASTERTON SALE HIGHER RATES PREVAIL. FAT SHEEP FIRMER IN PRICE. A very firm market, with higher rates prevailing in all sections, was a feature of yesterday’s Masterton sale, for which a total clearance was effected, to an average attendance of buyers. In the fat section wethers and ewes were firmer by Is to Is 6d per head, whilst in the store sheep section, which comprised mainly hoggets, the market was fully .Is 6d to 2s per head firmer for woolly and shorn wether hoggets. Prices were as follow: Fat sheep: Wethers, 27s 6d, 29s 4d, 31s 4d to 32s lOd; ewes, 16s 3d, 17s, 19s, 19s 4d 1o 19s 7d hoggets, 19s 7d, 20s 21s to 24s 9d. Store sheep: 2th, 4th and 6th ewes r.S.D., 25s 4d, 26s lOd; sth and 6th ewes r.S.D., 20s 6d; ewe hoggets, 19s Id, 19s 7d, 22s 9d, 24s Id; sh. w. hoggets, 18s, 19s; w.w. hoggets, 20s, 20s 3d; b.f. lambs, 15s 7d, 16s Bd. Purebred Southdown ewes: 1 shear ewes, 2’/2gns, 3gns.