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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 79, Issue 13, 16 January 1936, Page 11

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THE WANGANUI SALE GOOD COMPETITION IN LAMBS CATTLE BUYERS CONFIDENT Messrs. Freeman R. Jackson and Co., I Id., report as follows on yesterday ’s Wanganui stuvk sale:—A good yarding of all classes of stock cam-e furward. The sheep entry comprised mostly lambs, for which there was good cornpelitiun, though no really top lines were yarded. Cattle were well competed for, the recent rains having given conlideucc to buyers. Good sales were effected, a nice line of fresh bullocks on account of Mr. D. Campbell, making £8 6s. Cowt< from the same properly sold at £4 19s. A full yarding of pigr- also sold well. Quotations: Eheep.—Fat ewes, 13s to 14s 6d; fat two-toc-ths, 21s to 235; b.f. woolly lambs (fair). 17i> to 17s 6d; shorn b.f. lambs, .16s 8d to 17s 4d; shorn wether lambs, 16s lid; others, 16s 4d; medium b.f. lambs, 13s 10d to 14s 9d; cull ditto, 8s 3d to 14e; shorn ewe lambs, 21s 2d; cull, 13s Id to 15s 4d; cull w.f. lambs, Ils 8d to 12s Id; store owes, 10s. Cattle. —Primo heifers, £6 to £7 Is; prime cowfr, £5 30s to £6; dairy sorts, £4 tn £4 15s; others, £3 to £3 10s; forward cows (ex dairy). £2 15s to £3 Is 6d; others, 35s to £2 10s; good P.A. forward cows, £4 19s; forward T.A. bullocks, £8 6s; others, £7 7s; yearling steers, £4; yearling P.A. heifers, £3 7s; yearling Jersey-cross heifers, 36s 6d to £2 10s; bulls, £4 lOisto* £7. Pigs. —Choppers, £2 to £2 2s; baconers, £2 5s to 28s; best porkers, 35s to £2 4s; medium, 27«> 6d to 32s 6d; light, 225; weaners (good), 15s to 17s 6d; •others, 12s 6d. Vealers. —Good. £2 10s to £3 Is; lighter, 30s to £2; runners, 36s 6<l to £4 7s; dairy cows, £3 10s to £4 lot-. Owing to Anniversary Day falling on the usual sale day the next Wanganui rale, will be held on Thursday, January 23. VALUES AT ADDINGTON SMALLER ENTRIES AND RECOVERY IN PRICE [ Ter Press Association. ] CHRISTCHURCH, Jan. 15. Mu*cli smaller entries in the fat sections of stock at to-day’s Addington market mo<t with an improved sale, with a recovery in prices. Store Sheep.—About 6000 head of the entry were store lambs. These sold very briskly, ewe lambs making up to 20s and wethers to 18s 9d. Adult wethers sold slightly better than the week before and there were too few ewes forward to indicate any difference in values. Fat Lambs. —1850 wore penned and there was a good sale at export values. Fat Sheep.—,3lso were penned as against, 7000 last week. Good ewes improved by Is 6d to 2s a head, and best wothcis by Is, with other sorts showing little change. The export trade bought freely in the lighter classes. Best, wethers made to 26«; good. 22s to 23s fid, and ordinary down tn ISs. Best ewes made from 19s to 245; medium. 15s to 18s, and inferior, 11s to 13s fid. Fat Cattle. —445 wore penned ns against 535 Inst wook. Values for good beef were up by 20s a head and for cow by 10s. Tn case.?, young beef made nip to 30k per lOOlbs, but the general range, for better quality was from 25s to 2Ss 6d. Top price was £l3 7s fid for steers, £9 2s 6d for heifers, and £9 12s fid for cows. Fat Pigs.—A good sale for baconers at slightly improved values, porkers being unchanged. Average price for porkers was 5Ad to fi’,d and for ‘•aconers, 4|d to s|d. THE WESTFIELD SALE DECIDED IMPROVEMENT IN SHEEP VALUES [ Per Press Association. ] AUCKLAND, Jan. 15. Heavy pasture growth resulting from tho recent warm rains was responsible for small yardings of cattle and sheep at the Westfield tat slock sale to-day, and although tho quality generally was not outstanding, the market remained very firm with a decided, improvement in sheep values. Graziers aro now compelled to retain their stock to handle one of the heaviest supplies of feed, at this season for many years. Less than 600 head of cattle were yarded. The quality of the ox beef offered was hardly up to standard, but a strong demand existed and good lightweight sorts found a ready niar-

ket with a top price of 32s per 101 b extra choice ox beef. Cows and heifers, also of medium quality, sold freely at rates fully on a par with those ruling last week. Extra choice ox beef 32s per 1001 b, choice and. prime 28s to 31s, secondary and plain 25s to 275; prime young cow and heifer beef 2Ss to 31s, other cow beef 18s to 255; extra heavy prime steers £l2 to £l3 12s 6d, heavy prime £ll to £ll 17s 6(1, < lighter prime £lO .to £lO 17s 6d, light prime £8 JOs to £9 17s fid, small and unfinished £4 to £B, extra heavy prime young cow and heifers £7 to £8 12s 6d, heavy prime £5 10s to £6 J7s (>d, lighter prime £4 10s to £5 7s 6d, other killable cows £3 to £4 7s 6d. Calves were offered in full numbers with an unusually good supply of wellfinished vealers. Runners 35s to 104 s, veaib/s 34s to 70s. A number of factors combined to make a bright tone in the sheep market. Apart fc'rom the heavy pasture growth, the recent torrential rains made mustering a matter of considerable difficulty and the good prospects for fat lambs and wool also promise to create an exceptionally strong demand, for ewes, and these were in very short supply. Actually there were a number of buyers operating on ewes for breeding. Bidding was brisk throughout ami values made an all-round improvement amounting to as much as 3s in the case of ewes. An average yarding of lambs sold well, with store buyers helping to strengthen the market. Wethers, prime 23s to 295, unfinished 16s 9d to 22s 9d. ewes, prime, Jss to 19s, unfinished 6s to 14s 9d; lambs, prime 19s to 25s 9d, unfinished Ils to 18s 9d. Bigs again were exceptionally heavy, the supply bidding very tree in all classes. Baconers were very firm at late rates and showing an improvin'; tendency. Stores wore in better demand than usual for this time of the year. Prices per lb. for baconers were quoted at 4pl, porkers sbl to spl. Baconers 46s to 58s, porkers 35s to 445, large stores 26s to 31s. STUD ROMNEYS HIGH PRICES AT MASTERTON [ Per Press Association. ] MASMERTON, Jan. 15. Prices well iu advance of vendors’ expectations were realised at the Wairarapa Sheep Breeders’ annual stud ram sale to-day. Taken right through, prices showed a gratifying advance on those of last year and there was keen and animated bidding. While buyers exercised discrimination, the sale is regarded as one of the best for years. The demand for top lines of high quality Romneys wasTceen, but it was an essentially good sale for good rams. Q. Donald secured top price for the sale, Air J. C. Best, the well-known . Fit ham breeder, paying 210 guineas for a splendid Roinn6y. D. J. Holden, of Hastings, paid 200 guineas for a very fine ram sold on account of Sir William Pern-, who disposed of 26 rams for an averge price af nearly 82 i guineas. Out of the total offering of 128 j Romneys, 58 were sold under the ham- j mer at an average price of about 62 j guineas.