STOCK MARKETS

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 79, Issue 204, 31 August 1935, Page 15

STOCK MARKETS

THE FEILDING SALE I FIRM TONE MANIFESTED. FAT EWES, STORE HOGGETS AND FAT CATTLE. [ Per Press Association. ] FEILDING, Aug. 30. At the stock sale to-day there was a firm fone throughout, with prices for fat ewes, store hoggets and fat cattle showing a. hardening tendency. . Fat Sheep.—Prime hoggets, 265; good, 22s to 245; fair, 19s to 20s 9d; light, 16s Id. Fat ewes, special prime woolly, 20s; prime shorn, 18s Id to 19s 6<l; good, 17s to 18s; light shorn, from 15s 3d. Wethers, prime heavy. 25s to 265; prime light, to 25s 4<l; light, from 19s 4d; prime two-tooths, 24s 3d to 255. Stores. —Wether hoggets, good quality, 19s 7d to 21s 3d; medium, 17s to 19s 3d; fair, 14s to 16s 3d; ewe hoggets, extra good. 30s 7(1: good, 25s to 26s 6(1; fair, from 23s Id; b.f. hoggets, 17s lid to 18s 6d; four and six-tooth breeding ewes, 38s; empty ewes, culls, 9s 7<l. Dairy Cattle—Springing heifers, pedigree, 5 to 64gns.; grade lines, forward heifers, £5 to £5 10s; others. £1 7s 6d to £4 15s; according to calving dates; springing cows, close to profit, to £4 2s 6d; others, from 30s to £3 17s 6d; heifers in milk, to £2 15s; rows in niilw, to £3 Is. Store Cattle. —Store cows, 13s to 30s; boners, 35s to 435; Holstein steers, £3 6s; weaner heifers, 10s to 245; year ling heifers, 27s to 395; P.A. cows, £3 15s. Fat Cattle. —P.A. cows and heifers, £6 2s 6d; P.A. cows, £5 2s 6d; P.A. heifers, £6 7s 6<i; P.A. bullocks, light, prime, £5 2s to £ff 14s; Jersey steers, £3 7s 6d to £4 7s 6d; dairy breed cows, 60s Io £3 17s 6d. WEEKLY REVIEW The Farmers’ Co-operative Organisation Society of New Zealand, Ltd., in their weekly review, report a steady week of trading with new high levels reached for values of fat cows and heifers locally. The weather for the most part has shown a slight improvement and as far as South Taranaki is concerned, quite a growth has been experienced, especially on pastures topdressed and closed early. Both butter and cheese values, which, last week showed a slight easing, more than regained the ground lost, new high levels of 96s for butter and 49s 6d to 50s for cheese being reached. Both markets, especially the former, have shown quite a gain on values ruling nt the same period last year. T’ie stock position of both commodities remain very satisfactory. Wool values continue to advance, South Island sales showing more interest in fleece wools at slightly firmer rates. Lamb and mutton values on the Smithfield market remain firm with the outlook distinctly promising. Fat Stock. All classes of fat stock continues to harden in values, sales by private treaty being all that quotat:ons will allow. Sales of fat ©wes. since our last report, include 200 prime sheep at 20s and odd trucks at from 19s to 20s, sales of wethers including two trucks at 24s 6d. Quotations of all classes of fat cattle remain distinctly limited, sales since our last report including a truck of extra prime Hereford heifers at £lO, a truck of extra prime P.A. heifers at £9 10s, 36 P.A. heifers and cows at £7 15s, 20 P.A. heifers and cows at £7 10s. Store Cattle. Here again, all classes of s4ore stock remain very difficult of quotation. Quotes of ewe hoggets as high as 30s are reported, with wether hoggets as i high as 20s. Sales of store bullocks of some magnitude is reported at up to £6 15s for 5-year bullocks. Dairy Stock. Business in the dairy section has been practically confined to the yards where values have been slightly easier, due to the inclement weather conditions. Inglewood sale on Wednesday, however, attracted a large entry of deary cattle which met with a very ready sale at up to £6 10s. Yearling Heifers. A very keen entry has existed during the week for good quality yearling heifers, sales by private treaty including 60 good cattle at £2 ss. 49 JerseyAyrshire Cross heifers at 35s and odd trucks at 35s to £2 7s 6d. Yard Sales. Sales at all centres have been well supported, large entries of dairy cattle coming forward. Waverloy Sale, Friday, August 23. — A good yarding of dairy cattie, including a fair yarding pigs was submitted for sale at this fixture. Competition was good throughout and a satisfactory clearance resulted. Realisations were:— Fat cows, £5, £5 17s 6d; store cows, 3ls, 355, to 38s; dairy cows (close to profit), £5 ss, £5 10s, £6, £6 10s, £7, to £7 ss; dairy heifers (close to profit), £5, £5 10s, £5 15s, £6 to £6 ss; more backward sorts, £3 15s, £4, £4 10s, to £4 15s. An offering of 60 wether hog- ■ gets realised 17s 9d and 50 ewe hoggets 23s Id. Tn the pig section, weannrs changed hands at lls 6d, 15s, 16s 6d u ISs. Sale, Monday, August 26. — \ medium yarding of both store and dairy cows came forward to this fixture, both meeting a ready market and •i total clearance being effected under the hammer. Realisations were: Spring rows, £4; calved heifers, £5; springing heifers, £6; boner cows, to 255; works rows, to £2; fat cows, to £5. Manaia Sale, Tuesday, August 27. — \t this weekly fixture, a large yardi i"g of store and’dairy cattle came forward, a good sale resulting in the { former section, the dairies meeting I with a ‘‘sticky’’ sale, on the poorer lots, good quality cattle selling very well. Realisations were: Springing heifers, to £7; calved heifers, to £5 15 s; springing cows, to £5; calved rows, to £6 ss; boners, to 255-, works cows, to £3; fat cows, £4 ss, £1 10s, £■"> 7s. to £."> 11s; weaner pigs, to 18s •id; stores, to l"s, and porkers, to 32s