LIVESTOCK MARKETS

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 80, Issue 274, 18 November 1937, Page 11

LIVESTOCK MARKETS

THE WANGANUI SALE NO DEMAND FOR BEEF Freeman R. Jackson and Co. offered a moderate yarding in all sections at yesterday’s Wanganui stock sale when prices, with the exception of beef, were on a par with the previous week. Store pigs were inclined to be down on recent sales. There was little enquiry for store cattle and, although only a few lines were offered, the bulk of the entries were unsold. Prices realised were as follows: ] Sheep.—Prime ewes, 22s 6d, 23s 6d; fat, 20s, 22s 2d, light, 17s 6d, 19s 6d ; fat hoggets, woolly, 28s 6d, 29s 6d; shorn (good) to 295, average 245, 27s Id; lamhs, 25a, 275, light 225, 245; 2-tooth b.f. wethers, 225, fattening ewes, 14s; light ewes and lambs, 335. 1 Cattle.—Prime Hereford hefers, £lO, £lO 10s; prime ex dairy cows, £6 ss, £7 12s 6d; lat, £5 ss, £6 2s 6d; light, £4 15s, £5 2s 6d; store cows, £4 ss, £5 3s; good boners, £3 10s, £4 2s 6d; average, £2 10s, £3 7s 6d; S.H. steers, £5 2s 6d; heifers, £3 10s 6d; yearling Jersey heifers to £4 8s; small, £2 14s, £3 7s 6d; cows in milk, £3 15s, £4 10s. Pigs.—Heavy choppers, £3 10s, £3 12s; baconers, £3 10s, £3 Ils; heavy porkers, £2 12s 6d, £3 2s 6d; average, £2, £2 10s; light, 325, 40s; good stores, 295, 31s; average, 235, 265; slips, 18s 6d, 225; weaners, 12s, 16s, small and weedy, 2s, 6s. Vealers.—Good vealers, £3 10s, £4; light, 355, 455; calves, 20s, 32s 6d; , small, 11s, 17s. VALUES AT ADDINGTON SHARP EASING IN MAJOR SECTIONS 1 Per Press Association. ) CHRISTCHURCH, Nov. 17. Overflow entries were a feature of to-day’s Addington market and there was a sharp easing in all major sections of stock. Fat ewes were down by 4s a head and wethers by about 2s 6d. Fat cattle eased by 20s to 255, and bacon pigs by a penny a pound, and porkers by slightly less. Store Sheep. More than 1000 wethers from the Chatham Islands were included in the entry and these sold from 17s to 255. Other classes of stores were unattractive. Fat Sheep.—About 5500 were penned. Best wethers made to 34s lOd, good 26s to 30s; best ewes 22s to 265, ordinary 17s to 19s, and others 14s to 16s 6d. There was some buying of wethers for export. Fat Cattle.—Ecst cattle sold from £l4 to £l9, medium prime £l2 10s to' £l4, heifers from £9 to £l2 10s for best, and cows from £8 10s to £ll 10s, tops being up to 20s more. Vealers met with a weaker market for practically all sorts, but store cattle showed a slight improvement. The long period of dry weather broke during the sale and this had a brightening effect on the store market. Pigs met with a sharp decline, partly due to the heavy entry and aiso to the export rate being reduced by a penny. Porkers made from 35s Gd to 55s 6d, or an average of from 6id to 73 d. Baconers sold from £3 2s Sd to £4 4s 6d, or from 6*d to 7d. The drop was from 6s to 8s for porkers, and 10s to 12s for baconers. THE WESTFIELD SALE BEEF VALVES LOWER [ Per Press Association. ] AUCKLAND, Nov. 17. After the recent easing tendency beef was quoted Is lower to -10 s per 1001 b for Hie ly'st time in 13 weeks at Westfield to-Xiy. A smaller entry of stock was auctioned. Prime ox was in good demand although cows, of which there were many plain sorts, were slow of sale and were reduced 2s per 1001 b. Extra choice ox made 40s per 1001 b, choice and prime 34s to 395, unfinished 27s to 355; prime cow and heifer beef 33s to 38s, unfinished 24s to 335. Heavy prime steers £l5 to £l6 10s, medium £l3 to £l4 10s, light £lO to £l2 15s, unfinished. £6 10s to £9 17s 6d; heavy cows and heifers £9 to £l2 12s 6d, medium £8 to £lO, light £6 15s to £8 10s, unfinished £2 ICs to £6 15s. There was a freer sale of sheep at firmer rates, wethers being over Is better and ewes up to 4s dearer. The yarding was limited and no shorn sheep were offered. Heavy wethers brought 29s to 31s 6d, medium 27s to 295, light 25s to 27s 6d, unfinished 20s to 24s 9d; extra heavy ewes 23s 6d to 255, heavy 21s 9d to 235, medium 19s to 21s 6d, light 17s to 20s, unfinished 7s 6d to 17s 6d; prime spring lambs 21s to 32s Id, unfinished 5s to 20s. Calves were firm at late rates, few but small grades being available. Runners £4 to £9, heavy vealers £4 18s to £5 12s, medium £4 to £4 16s, light £3 to £3 19s, small £2 to £2 19s, unfinished 19s to 38s, rough and bobby calves 7s to 255. A large yarding of pigs sold readily, baconers making over export schedule rates and prime porkers realising firmer values. Heavy stores were also in strong demand. Choppers £2 to £4 9s, heavy baconers £4 Is to £4 10s medium £3 14s to £4 2s, light £3 5s to £3 14s, heavy porkers £2 18s to £3 ss, medium £2 8s to £2 16s, light £2 2s to £2 BS, unfinished £1 10s to £2 2s, stores, £1 15s to £1 19s, slips £1 4s to £1 13s, weaners J3s to 21s. Baconers averaged 61d to 63d per lb and porkers 7d.