STOCK MARKETS

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 79, Issue 45, 22 February 1936, Page 15

STOCK MARKETS

SALES OF THE WEEK VALUES REMAIN FIRM The Farmers’ Co-apenative Organisation Society of New Zealand, Ltd., in their weekly review, state that business has been well maintained during the week. The weather for the most part has been ideal and the question of coping wish the feed problem is still a major one. Values in &E classes of stock have remained exceptionally firm or late rates. Taranaxi values, however, as far as store sheep are concerned, are still not reaching the levels of outside markets. Dairy produce values during the week have shown a slight easing tendency, values ruling to day, however, being much better than at the same time last year, and with talk of guaranteed prices optimism reigns in the dairy heifer and the wcaner heifer markets with values in this section a good deal higher than this time last year. Wool values have remained firm during the week, a further upward tendency being shown at recent sales. The lamb schedule remains the same as last week with the schedule for ewe and wether mutton advancing. Eat Stock All classes of fat stock remain firm in value on those ruling in our last report. Sales of fat ewes have been effected as follows: Truck lots from 15s to 16s, with fat wethers from 25s to 265. Sales during the week for fat cattle included truck lots prime fat P.A. and Hereford heifers from £7 to £7 10s, with sale of fat P.A. and Hereford cows from £6 10s to £7. Store Stock A keen enquiry has existed during the w r eek for store sheep. Sales included: 500 five-and six-year ewes at 245, 620 six-year ewes at 21s, 300 four, five and six-year ewes at 22s 6d, 200 six-year owes at £l. The enquiry still remains high for ewe lambs. Sales included: 150 at 21s 6d, with better ewe lambs making as high as 245. Sales of white-face wether lambs included 100 at 15s 9d, while top white-face wether lambs have brought as high as 17s 9d. Dairy Cattle In the dairy cattle section a strong enquiry still exists for weaner heifers. During the week 100 have been sold to an outside buyer from £3 to £3 10s, while there still remains locally a big enquiry for this class of cattle and several sales have been made about the £3 and £3 10s mark. The market for dairy heifers is now definitely opened and the enquiry on a forward buying basis is much in evidence. Sales have been effected by private treaty during the week of 60 threc-ycar heifers at £5 5s for May delivery, 40 two-year-olds at £5 and several truck lots of top heifers for immediate lift selling from £5 to £5 15s. Hawera Sale At Hawera on Thursday a capacity yarding of cattle and about 2500 sheep came forward, and met very keen competition. Store Lambs.—The enquiry still exists for store lambs with rates slightly higher on medium to culls, while top black-face lambs showed a slight easing tendency. Medium white face wO'tihcr lambs made frjni 13s 8d to 15s 7d, while medium shorn black face lambs sold from lbs to 16s 7d. Woolly black face lambs sold from 16s lOd to 17s 4d. Extra good ewa lambs brought up to 235, while mediums were 19s 6d. Cull lambs realised from Us to 12s 6d. Best five-year-old ewes 225, other sound-mouthed ewes from ids 7d to 18s. Several pens of rams came forward and one-sheared Southdowns sold from 4f guineas to 51 guineas, while aged rams made from £1 Is to 24 guineas. AU cattle sold particularly well, a keen enquiry resulting in a total clearance under the hammer. For the first time this year very extensive yaiding of cattle ex the dairy came forwara. In the station cattle section, a particularly good line of 24-yoar P.A. and Hereford heifers sold from £5 10s to £6 Is with three-year P.A. heifers from £6 Is to £6 10s. A truck of P.A. cows sold for £6 10s, with top P.A. steers at £8 ss, others £7 to £7 ss. A line of Hereford steers met the market at £6 16s, 13 2i-year Hereford heifers £4 13s. Fat Jersey cattle sold particularly well from £5, £5 10s to £6 ss, with good forward fresh condition cattle making from £3 10s to £4 10s. Good paddock cows were in keen demand and sold from £2 10s, £2 17s 6d to £3 ss. There was an easing tendency in the schedule on the bull beef. A line cf weaner heifers showing particularly good quality sold at £3 to £3 6s. A very largo yarding of pigs came forward and a hardening tendency over our previous sale was experienced. Fat. pigs sold from 37s 6d to £2 2s 6d, with good stores making 235, 255, 26s Gd, with smaller stores at about £l, weaners from 7s Gd, 10s, 15s Gd. A total clearance was effected under the hammer. TAIHAPE SHEEP FAIR. Dalgcty and Company report having held their annual fair on February 19, when a good entry of breeding ewes, lambs and wethers met with a keen sale at competitive prices, despite the inclement weather conditions. Realisations were as follows:—4-year ewes account Wall and Co., 28s 2d, account T. Gilbert 28s, D. E. Deacon 26s 3d; 4 and 5-year account Mrs. M. J. O’Connor and Son 25s 3d; 5-year account T. Gilbert 25s 7d, account E. Gilbert 25s Id, account S. E. Deacon 24s 6d; 1-year ewes from 14s lOd to 225; 2-tooth ewes made from 24s 6d to 33s 6d; good owe lambs account T. Gilbert made 25s 6d, account J. V. Gresson 23s 6d; others 13s 9d to 19s; wether lambs account G. Powell 17s 6d; others to 15s 10d; 2-tooth wethers account G. Powell 22s Id and 20s 3d; forward wethers 23s lOd. HEAVY YARDING AT FEILDING [ Per Praw Association. ] FEILDING, Feb. 21. At the supplementary ewe fair there was a heavy yarding. Two-tooth ewes sold to 38s 7d, four-tooth to 28s sd. four-year to 29s 4d, five-year to 27s sd, six-year 16s Gd. m.a. to 27s 4d. Store Lambs.—Wether lambs to 18s 7d, b.fs. to 19s 7d, ewe lambs to 22s lOd. Fat Lambs.—Specially prime to 26s 3d. prime to 24s 9d. | Fat Sheep.—Prime wethers to 25s 6d, special woolly prime 31s 6d, two-tooths,