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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 74, Issue 280, 26 November 1931, Page 9

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THE WANGANUI SALE GOOD CLEARANCE EFFECTED Messrs. Freeman R. Jackson and Co., Ltd. report as follows on yesterday Wanganui sale: —The entry in all sections was a medium one, over which wo had a very fair sale at prices on a par with late rates, with practically a total clearance. Quotations: — Sheep.—Fat lambs, 15s 3d to 16s; fat 2-tooth wethers, Ils, Ils 4d to Hs 6d; fat ewes, 8s 3d to 9s. Cattle.—Light fat cows, ex dairy. £3 10s to £4 12s 6d; store cOws, ex. dairy, £1 4s, £1 6s to £1 10s; good empty S.H. cows, £3; 2-ycar steers, £2 ss; 2-year heifers, £2 3s fid; mixed sex Hfd. yearlings, £1 10s; yearling Jersey heifers, £2 10s to £3 2s 6d; yearling Jersey-cross heifers, £1 7s fid to £1 15s; good dairy cows, to £6 ss; called dairy cows, £3 to £4. Pigs.—Good porkers, 31s, 33s to 345; porkers, 26s to 30s; forward stores, 23s to 255; stores, 18s to 21s; slips, 14s to 16s; weaners, 14s fid to 16s; vealers, 24s to 335; calves, fls to 10s. MARTON SALE Associated Auctioneers report oil their Marton sale held on Tuesday as follows: —We yarded a medium entry of sheep, cattle and pigs. Two-tooth ewes, small, 7s 8d; 2-tooth wethers, small, 7s 3d; 4-tooth wethers, shorn, passed at 9s Bd. Ewes with white face iambs at foot, all counted 9s 6d. Cattle: Store cows and heifers, 225! killable cows, Jersey sorts, 37s 6d; yearling Jersey heifers, 32s 6<l to £2 15s; spring ing heifers, late ealvers, £3 15s; weaner pigs, 17s to 20s. VALUES AT ADDINGTON EAT SHEEP AND LAMBS IMPROVE FAT CATTLE STILL LOWER L Per Pi-ess Association. ] CHRISTCHURCH, Nov. 25. Smaller entries were the rule to-day at Addington. Fat sheep and fat lambs improved slightly in value, but fatcattle and store sheep were easier. Store Sheep.—The entry was much smaller and consisted chiefly of ewes and lambs. Ewes and lambs were slightly easier but wethers were down one shilling a head. Medium ewes and lambs 7s 9d and 9s 6d, ordinary 6s and 7s 6d, backward 4s 7d, ordinary wether hoggets 7s and 7s 9d, medium 4 and 6tooth wethers 9s to 10s 4d, ordinary 7s and 8s 4d. Fat Lambs. —1150 were yarded. Show lambs made 24s 4d, prime 18g fid to 21s 6d, medium 16s Id to 18s 3d, light 11s 9d to Ifis.

Fat Sheep.—An entry of 3300 compared with 5100 last week. There was an average advance of up to Is 6d a head. The works open on December 1 but there were no operating export buyers. Extra prime heavy wethers to 20s lOd, prime wethers 17s 6d to 20s. medium 14s 6d to 17s, light Ils to 14s, extra prime heavy ewes to 18s Cd. prime ewes 14s to 17s, ordinary 10s to 13s fid, light 6s o 9b 6d. Fat Cattle. —A smaller entry of 375 head, practically all Canterbury fat tened. A very dragging sale. Prices were the lowest for years. Best beef made to 25s per lOOlbs; ordinary to good 19s to 235. The quality of the entry was good. Extra prime heavy steers to £ll 7s 6d. prime heavy £8 15s to £lO 12s 6d, medium weight prime £7 to £8 10s, ordinary £4 10s to £6 15s, light £3 5s to £4 ss, extra prime heifers to £lO 2s 6d. prime £6 5s to £9, medium £4 to £6, light to £3 15s, extra prime cows to £lO 2s fid, prime £5 to £8 15s, ordinary £3 10s to £4 15s, agod £2 10s to £3 ss. Fat Pigs.—A slightly better demand Choppers 55s to £4 fis, baconer s 44s to 555; average price per lb. 3d to 4Jd. Porkers 33s to 39s 6d, average price per lb. ssd to Store Pigs.—A heavy entry and easier prices. Small weaners 15s to 17s Id, others 18s to 22s Id, sows in pig £5 15s. SALE AT WESTFIELD MOST CLASSES FIRMER [ Per Press Association. ] AUCKLAND, Nov. 25. There was a firming tendency hi most classes at tho Westfield fat stock sale to-day and yarding were lighter for some weeks, the re-cent ruins having improved the feed available. Beef values generally increased Is per lOOlbs. and sheep were up Is a head. The demand for lambs was keen and a considerable increase in price was registered. The pig market was dull and baconers fell slightly, others maintaining late levels. Extra choice ox sold to 24s per 1001 b choice and prime ox, 21s to 235; secondary and plain ox, 18s to 20s; prime young cow and heifer beef, 20s to 235; ord. cow beef, 12s to 19s. Extra heavy prime steers ranged in price from £9 13s fid to £lO 10s, heavy prime steers £8 10s to £9 15s, lighter prime steers £7 to £8 7s 6d, light prime steers £6 to £fi J7s 6d, small and unfinished steers £4 5s to £5 17s 6d, extra heavy prime young cows and heifers made £G to £6 15s, heavy prime cows and heifers £5 to £5 17s fid, lighter prime cows and heifers £3 15s to £4 17s fid. other kil lable cows £1 10s to £3 12s fid. Runner calves made £1 17s to £6 2s heavy vealers £2 12s to £3, medium £2 8s to £2 10s, light £1 8s to £1 16s, small vealers 18s to 245, rough calves 7s to 12s, bobby calves Is to ss. Wethers made up to Ifis d, ewes to 13s, and lambs to 17s. Baconers sold at. from 29s to 41s and porkers from 20s to 38s.