STOCK MARKETS

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 74, Issue 138, 13 June 1931, Page 9

STOCK MARKETS

THE EEILDING SALE. , i A.\ lAI. PROVING MAKE I. I’. i| I Per Press Association. | • FEILDING, June 12. ■ j A jump of 3s per head in the prici ’ i of fat lambs marked the Eeilding steel 1 j sale, when there was a \ cry large oft’ei ing. Freezing company representative- - were the chief buyers. The prices real ised equal to 7d per lb, which is ovo • export price. Tho top price was 23 1 L 9d for a specially prime heavy line. Fa I b.f. two-tootbs also sold well and weth 5 ers were promptly bought. Ewes show ed no particular improvement. Th( range of prices was: Fat lambs—Extr; ; prime. 23s 9d and 235; very good 20s am . 2Js; good 18s 7d to 19s 6d; fair 14s t< I 17s; poor from 13s 4d. Fat wethers—- . good to 14s Id. Fat b.f. two-tooths—- . very good 14s 4d; good 12s 9d; mediun Ils. There was a very heavy yarding o; dairy stock, including some good linos Cows and heifers found some improve rnont in the market, though prices hav< not by any moans recovered to the leve of a year ago. Cows in milk brouglr from £7 to £8 Is; cows at drop to £B. heifers at drop £7 15s; late culvers fron £4 to £7. SALES OF THE WEEK The I 1 armors’ Co-op. Organisation Society of New Zealand, Limited, report as follows: The markets at Home continue to appreciate, both meat and dairy produce looking much better than they have done. At piesent, however, there is a slight easing in dairy produce, butter quoted 113 s, cheese 55s to 58s. The feed situation, however, affects our markets and with the winter coming on and farmers in most cases being fully stocked there are only a few operating. In the store sheep section there is a better demand for ewes and still a keen demand for ewe hoggets. The demand L>r 2-th wethers still continues but there are j very few offering and the works have been cleaning up all wethers with any I condition on them. Tho same applies to lambs, works buyers have been very keen on all lambs with any meat on them at prices ranging from 10s to 13s 6d and a surprisingly largo number

have gone to the works quite recently. Wo quote in this section ewes r.w. S.D. rains: 2-ths 14s 9d to 17s 6d; mixed age 12s to 13s 6d; good 4 and 5-year 12s; medium 8s to 10s; ewe hoggets 11s to 13s; aged wethers (medium) 9s 6d to Ils. Fat sheep: Works buyers keen and numbers of lambs going in from 10s to 13s; fat ewes arc becoming harder to find and command Ils to 12s for very primest good quality ewes, others 8s to 10s 6d. Fat wethers on ! the average are worth about 14s to the works, with the butchers paying slightly more to fill their requirements ami supplies becoming harder to find. Fat cattle in slightly better demand with very little alteration in price, the best fat cows £5 to £5 10s; good cows £4 to £4 15s. Dairy cattle: Most of the cows arc now dried off and farmers are thinking about replenishing their herds. Each week slightly more business is being done but it is very evident that dairymen are realising that it is cheaper to buy only the very best stock. Good quality young cows make reasonable money wherever offered but the inferior or aged beast is exceptionally difficult to sell at any price at all. The clearing sale season starts in earnest this week and clients are re commended to attend some of the scries of genuine sales to be conducted in the next fortnight. The heifer market is still very dull with practically no business going through, we successfully disposed of some very choice heifers during the week to a Rangitikei purchaser at big money but in this case each heifer was tattooed and individual records of the dams went Tip to 5001bs. fat. There arc purchasers, however, for heifers at £6 to £7, but vendors are holding off for bigger prices and it seems doubtful if business is to be done whether more money will be obtained. The Hawera Jersey Cattle Club sale on June 3 drew a good entry of cattle, the demand was restricted and vendors in some cases accepted low money. It would appear to us that the date, June 3, is unsuitable for the public and the date too early for a female sale to be held with confidence.

Mrs Bunting’s clearing sale at Maxj well drew a large attendance, the cows being of fair quality, but as no informI ation was available regarding dates, | production, etc., the average was low. i The likeliest looking young cows j brought £7 to £8 ss, others from £4 10s to £6; ewes r.w. B.D. rams 9s 3d, and a very large number of implements and sundries at the usual rates. The sales conducted for Messrs Long and Bennett at Auroa was quite successful and we disposed of eevrything under the hammer. Tho Kohuratahi special dairy heifer fair drew a large entry of heifers, buyers being present from Waverley, Hawera, Wtratford and North Taranaki. The bidding on the best heifers was right up to the prices ruling outside but backward and low conditioned heifers were almost unsaleable. Hawera Sale.—A small yarding of sheep with a fair yarding of fat store cattle; fat ewes (medium) 7s 6d to 9s 8d; fat cows £4 to £5 2s 6d; sound empty cows 34s to 50s; stores 30s to 425; weaner heifers 36s to 50s; guaranteed dairy cows £5 15s to £7 ss. Waverley Sale.—A fair entry of sheep and a few cattle met a dull sale and a number of fat and forward cows did not reach vendors l reserves and were passed in: 191 f.m. wethers account Annabell Bros., Ngamatapouri, 10s 4d; forward lambs 10s 4d; fat ewes 8» to 10s; store bullocks £4 15s; store cows 32s to 40s; weaner heifers 37s Gd. Hawera Horse Fair on Saturday at tracted a larger entry than advertised, over 100 horses coming forward. We were able to dispose of the majority of these at a fair price, in fact num bers of the good quality horses met a ready sale, but ordinary sorts were very difficult Io quit; good unbroken were in demand from £2O to £23; the lop price for horses to all work was £35, and we report sales at £35, £32 10s, £3l, £2B, £23 10s, £2L £l6.