THE STOCK MARKET

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 20190, 5 July 1928, Page 9

THE STOCK MARKET

WANGANUI SALE BUYERS FAVOURED. At their sale yesterday Freeman R. Jackson and Co. had a good entry of sheep and a medium entry of cattle and pigs. There was a good attendance and good competition in the sheep pens, at prices hardly on a par with recent sales, but nevertheless quite satisfactory to vendors. The market generally, the last two sales has, if anything, eased slightly in the buyers’ favour. These conditions were fully expected after the first iough weather experienced this winter. The demand was quite good throughout the sale and it is evident that there arc considerably more buyers than sellers. The cattle section consisted mostly of grown bullocks for which there was no enquiry, this class of cattle being passed at auction. A few pens of Jersey yearling heifers as usual sold very well. Pigs for this season of the year arc low in value and porkers at to-day’s sale appeared to sell at very reasonable figures; however there is still good prices to be had for good finished porkers. To-day’s entry comprised a good proportion of very light unfinished pigs, which would have paid well to have been held and topped up. 4-year ewes to b.f. rams, to 35s 4d; 4 and 5-year ewes to b.f. rams, 33s 3d; 5-year sound-mouth ewes to b.f. rams, 30s; fat wethers, 38s, 39s 39s 6d; forward w.ethers, 31s, 32s 2d; store wethers (small), 26s 2d to 28s; fat ewes, 30s; forward ewes 23s 6d; fat lambs 25s lOd to 27s Id; forward b.f. lambs, 23s to 245; store b.f. lambs, 20s 2d to 225; wether hoggets (good medium) Cattle. Yearling Jersey heifers, £4 Is to £5; yearling Jersey cross heifers £3 to £3 10s; yearling heifers (small) 355; gtd. sound dairy cows, £8 to £9 10s. Pigs. Good porkers, £2 10s; light porkers (unfinished) 265, 28s, 325, 33s 6d to 345; forward stores, 22s to 245; wcaners (no entry). VALUES ADVANCE GOOD SALE AT BURNSIDE [ Per Press Association ] DUNEDIN, July 4. With the exception of lambs, store cattle and pigs, all classes of fat stock sold at advanced rates at the Burnside sales to-day. There was only a slight decline in the ruling prices obtained for lambs. Fat Cattle. —The yarding was 205 of medium quality, about a quarter being prime, with some heavy bullocks. There were also a few heifers and prime cows and steers. There was a good opening for the sale at last week’s values with an indication to firm for best qualities. Prime heavy bullocks made £2O to £2l, prime £l7 to £l9, medium £l3 5s to £l4 10s, heifers £ll 5s to £l2 10s, medium £lO 10s to £ll, best cows £lO 15s to £ll 10s. Prime heavy ox beef sold on the basis of 40s, light 42s 6d, heifers 37s 6d, and cows and light heifers 25s to 30s'per lOOlbs. Fat Sheep. —About 2700 sheep were in the yarding. It was a good entry of all qualities. The porportion of ewes and light prime wethers was very fair, whilst there was a good sprinkling of heavy wethers, with a number of unfinished sorts. Values were on a par with those of last week for all prime sheep. Extra heavy wethers made 49s to 535, prime heavy 44s to 47s 6d, prime light 36s to 38s 9d, light 31s to 33s 6d, extra heavy ewes 38s to 40s, prime 33s 3d to 35s 9d, medium 25s to 275, light 16s to 20s. Prime light wethers sold on a basis of 7d, extra heavy 6d, heavy ewes 4£d, light sd, and old ewes 4d per lb. Fat Lambs.—There were 650 lambs of medium quality. Some heavy primes were penned, the balance consisting of light and unfinished. Extra special sold t.o 50s, prime heavy 37s to 40s, prime 33s 6d to 355, unfinished 23s to 27s 6d. Prime lamb sold on the basis up Is and light and unfinished lid per lb. Store Cattle.—A small entry of about 220. About 50 were steers of various colours whilst the rest were cows and young cattle. The demand was fairly good, cows selling well and steers realising £8 to £9 ss. Pigs.—The 100 fats were, mostly porkers and the 50 stores were made up chiefly of small sorts. The demand for both fats and stores was unchanged. Porkers made about sjd to 6d a lb., and baconers were around sfd a lb. VALUES AT ADDINGTON GOOD PRICES RULE L Per Press AubOciatßn. ♦ CHRISTCHURCH, July 4. Market entries "were much smaller at to-day’s weekly sale in the main sections of fat stock. Fat cattle, as a result, showed an advance in price. Store sheep, mostly adult sheep and i forward hoggets were better by up to , Is 6d a head, ewes and wethers being J unchanged. Other values were: Halfbred ewe hoggets 255; threequarterbred - ewe hoggeu ‘2ss 6d to 27s 6d; extra t good 2-tooth halfbred ewes to 43s 3d; ? extra good 4, 6 and 8-tooth halfbred ewes 37s to 40s 6d; ordinary 4, 6 and 8-tooth half bred ewes to 295; backwards 4, 6 and 8-tooth halfbred ewes I to 225; good 4, 6 and 8-tooth thj-ee- , quarterbred ewes 30s 6d to 33s 9d; t good forward 4, 6 and 8-tooth cross- ) bred ewes 32s to 365; aged ewes 16s to 19s 3d; good 4, 6 and 8-tooth halfbred wethers 30s to 325; ordinary’4, 6 and 8-tooth halfbred wethers 26s Gd to 295; low r conditioned 4, 6 and 8 k tooth half bred wethers to 21s; extra • good crossbred wether: to 355; ordin--1 ary crossbred wethers to 29s 9d. , Fat lambs.—Only 700 were carded,

it being the last sale of the export season. Values were scarcely up to last week’s, but the entry was a very mixed lot. Fat sheep: Ten races as against 13Jt last week. It was a sound sale until the final race, when values eased by about a shilling. Extra prime wethers brought 44s to 50s Id; prime wethers 39s to 42s 6d; medium wethers 35s to 38s; light wethers 29s to 345; extra prime ewes to 43s 10d; prime ewes 33s to 375; medium ewes 29s 6d to 325; light ewes 25s to 295; aged ewes 20s to 235. Fat Cattle: There was a small entry of 408 head, as against 615 last week. Prime handy weight beef was better by 30s per head; other quality to 20s; prime beef 39s to 425; extra to 43s per lOOlbs; medium 35s to 38s; heavy 35s to 375; best heifer 38s to 41s; best cow 35s to 38s; secondary 31s to 335, and rough down to 275; extra prime heavy steers to £23 7s 6d; prin heavy steers £l6 10s to £l9; medium weight prime steers £l5 10.. to £l7 10s 3d; ordinary quality steers £ll to £l4 10s; light steers £9 to £l5 15s; extra prime heifers to £l7 17s 6d; prime heifers £ll 5s to £l3 10s; ordinary heifers £9 5s to £11; light heifers £6 to £9; extra prime cows to £l3; or dinary cows £8 to £lO ss; aged cows £5 to £7 10s. Vealers: There was a very small entry and spirited sale, 12 to 18 months’ making to £lO, and good vealers £6 10s to - £7 15s. Store cattle: There was a very small entry. Three-year steers made to £8 16s; bulls £4 to £9; cows £4 to £4 ss. Dairy cows. Good cows at the drop were wanted, but others were easier, second to fourth calvers £lO to £l3 15s; others £6 to £9 10s; good heifers £lO 6s to £ll ss; others £5 to £8 10s. Fat pigs: There was a medium intry, and slightly easier sale. Choppers brought 5s to 7s 8d; baconers £3 10s to £5 7s 6d; average prime, per pound, 6d to 7d; porkers 32s to 55s 6d; average per pound 6sd to 7Jd. Store pigs: There was a largo entry, and prices were unchanged. Wcaners brought 10s to 14s; stores Jss to 225; largo stores to 295; extra to 32s 6d. TAIHAPE SALE A SATISFACTORY AUCTION. The Associated Auctioneers held a sale at Taihape yesterday, when a fair entry of sheep and cattle were submitted to a satisfactory attendance of buyers. Bidding was not quite up to expectations and consequently a number of lines were passed. Some quotations are as follows:—28 fat wethers, 34s 6d; 54 m.a. ewes r.w. Romney rams, 295; 25 s.m. ewes r.w. Southdown rams, 22s 6d; small pen m.a. ewes, 25«; 28 empty ewes, 19s; 6 fat ewes 28s; 43 m.a. ewes r.w. Southdown rams, passed, 24s 6d; 126 m.a. ewes, r.w. Southdown rams (good), 31s 7d; 30 low conditioned wethers 16s; 47 empty ewes (poor), 8s; 43 prime ewes, 35s 3d; 18 s.m. ewes r.w. Southdown rams, 24s 8d; 315 ewe lambs, passed, 28s 3d; 150 good wethers, passed, 35s 6d; 99 wether lamb®, 17s 3d; pen two-tooth to 5-year ewes r.w. Romney rams, passed, 32s 6d; 6 fat wethers, 35s 3d; 8 fat wethers, passed, 27s 6d; 23 fat wethers, passed, 345; pen lambs, JBs; pen fat ewes, 295.