STOCK MARKETS

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 79, Issue 196, 22 August 1935, Page 11

STOCK MARKETS

THE WANGANUI SALE A VERY LIGHT YARDING . Freeman R. Jackson and Co., Ltd. report as follows on yesterday’s Wan ganui sale: There was a very light yarding of sheep, cattle and pigb. Porkers again rose higher. Weather conditions weic unfavourable lor yesterday’s slock sale. A heavy cold gale blew strongly throughout the day and the yards were affected by a week’s continuous rain. Entries were naturally very low, forming the smallest offering for some months which was confined almost to fat stock. The sale was brisk and very firm on last week over shevp and cattle, but porkers were extremely high, prices being almost 104 a lb. Very few stores were yarded. (Quotations:— ►Sheep.—Fat ewes, to 16s sd; light fat hoggets, Bs, 8s lOd; fat wethers to 22s fid; ewes with lambs at foot, 255; ’Down ewes in lamb, 225; forward ewes 8s Id, 12s 6d. Cattle.—Fat heavy bullocks, £8 12s fid, £9 7s fid, light, £7; light fat Jer sey heifers (good) £5 ss, £6; light fat Hereford heifers, £4 10s. £5 15s; prime cows, ex dairy, £5 12s fid, £6 2s fid, fat £1 10s, £5 J 0s; light fat cows, £2 15s, £1 ss; store boner cows, 12s 6d, 20s; store cows, good colours, £2, £2 15s; dairy cows (close up) £3 10s, £4 ss, backward, £1 10s, £3; dairy heifers (close up) £2 10s, £3 2s 6d. Pigs (Short Entry). —Heavy porkers, £2 Ils, £2 19s: porkers, 33s 6d, 40s; forward stores, 21s, 24s 6d; stores, 18s, 20s; good weaners, 17s, 19s 6d; poor weaners (small) ss, 8s; sow to farrow. £2 17s 6d. Vealers.—Runners to’£2- 15s; poor vealors, 17s 6d, 20s. VALUES AT ADDINGTON PAT CATTLE EASIER STORE EWES MAINTAIN VALUES [ P«r Press Association. ] CHRISTCHURCH, Aug. 21. At the Addington market a heavy entry of fat cattle to-day caused an casing in prices of from 3s to 4s per lOOlbs. Fat sheep were also slightly easier, as were aged, but store ewes maintained values. Store Sheep.—Romney-cross pwe hoggets sold at from 28s to 29s lid; halfbred, to 275; sound-mouthed ewes sold at up to 25s Id, and forward wethers to 21s.

Fat Sheep (4600 penned).—There was an over-supp]y of wethers and these eased by Is to’ls 6d a head. Good and medium ewes showed little change but light ewes wero easier. Best wethers made from 27s 6d to 31s 4d; good, from 24s to 275, and average, to 23s 6d. Good ewes sold at from 22s 6d to 255; medium, 19s to 225; others, to 18s. Fat Cattle (644 penned).—These included entries from Poverty Bay, South W estland, South Otago and Southland. Values were down by 30s a head. Best beef made from 26s ftd to 28s 6d, and good from 24s to 265. Extra prime heavy steers made to £l4 7s 6d; prime, heavy, £9 10s to £1 ss: prime, mediumweight, £8 5s to £lO ss; ordinary, £5 15s to £7 15s ; extra prime heifers, to £lO 2s fid; prime, £5 5s to £7 10s; ordinary, £4 to £5. Extra prime cows made £9 2s 6d; prime. £5 to £6 10s; ordinary, £3 15s to £4 15s. Fat Pigs.—The entry was large and there was a good sale. Porkers made 23s to 30s; heavy porkers, 30s 6d to 39s 6d; average price per lb., s|d to C»d; baconers, 50s to £3: heavy ba'-oners £3 2s fid to £3 10s 6d; extra heavy baconers, to £3 17s; choppers, 30s to £4 10s; average pr\', s}d to spl. WESTFIELD SALE SHARP ADVANCE IN BEEP SHEEP PRICES IMPROVE [ Per Press Association. ] AUCKLAND, Aug. 21. Yardings well below the average brought a sharp advance in values for most classes of stock at the weekly Westfield sale to-day, prices in a number of cases being the highest since the corresponding period last year, when abnormally short yardings ruled. The opinion was genera) among graziers and dealers that cattle and sheep are making little progress owing to the shortage of feed and the colder weather, and that it will be several weeks at least before animals can he brought into marketable condition. Meanwhile prices arc expected to advance within reasonable limits. The offering of beef reached barely 450 head and included a number of fairly largo consignments of excellentquality cattle, the best coming from the Waikato. Competition was exceptionally keen and a sharp rise in prices was general, although extra choice ox beef was quoted at 29s per lOUibs, with other clashes in proportion. Values in some cases were well in excess of these. Hxtra choice ox boot made 29s per 100 1b; choice and prime, 25s to 28s; secondary and plain, 22s to 255; prime young cow and heifer beef, 24s to 235; other cow beef, 18s to 245. Extra heavy prime steers made £l2 to £l3; heavy, prime, £lO 10s to £ll 15s; 'lighter, prime, £9 5s to £lO Zs fid; light, prime, £6 to £9 2s fid; extra heavy prime young cows and heifers, 18 15s to £lO ss; heavy, prime, £7 to £8 10s; lighter, prime, £G to £6 17s fid; other killable cows, £4 to £5 17s 6<l. Although ihe supply of calves was fair, it included very fow heavier sorts, good runners being particularly scarce. Most of the offering hardly reached the light vealers’ standard, the bulk being calves just over the bobby stage. Bidding was brisk and an exceptionally bright sale at, improved rates resulted. What runners were penned sold well, a number realising over £5. Three to four-week calves were in strong demand and sold freely at prices about 30s. Runners made 50s to ll)8s; 5 cal era, 3Gs to 80s, and bob bies. 2s to Bs. Less than the average number of sheep was penned but. the quality was good in spite of the recent wet weather. Competition was strong throughout ami values advanced by Is a head in the case of wethers, while ewes improved still more, prices being fully 2s belter than those of a week