LIVESTOCK MARKET

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 80, Issue 122, 26 May 1938, Page 11

LIVESTOCK MARKET

THE WANGANUI SALE NO CHANGE IN VALUES. I | Freeman R. Jackson and Co. had a 'good j'arding of both beef and mutton | fats at yesterday’s Wanganui stock jsale. Prime ewes were on a par with last week but unfinished and light sheep were easier. No store sheep were yarded. A heavy yarding of fat cattle met with prices hardly up to last week but easing was slight. The few pens of store cattle which were yarded sold well. Fat pigs were fully firm on last week with a good sale for all stores. A big entry of vealers sold well. Prices realised were as follow: Sheep.—Prime wethers, 25s 6d, 28s; prime ewes, 22s 6d, 24s 6d; fair, 20s, 21s; light and unfinished, 16s 6d, 19s 6d; fat lambs, 20s 22s 6d; light, 16s, 19s 3d. Cattle.—Fat Hereford cows, £7, £7 15s; fat Holstein cows,. £6 ss, £6 7s 6d; prime Jersey heifers, £6, £6 10s; fat Jersey cows, £5 10s, £6 ss; light, £4 ss, £5 ss; P.A. 3-year steers, £7 15s; rising 2-year ditto, £6 2s 6d, ditto heifers, £4 7s; P.A. empty cows, £4 ss; Hereford, £4 7s; P.A. iveaner heifers, £2 12s, £2 18s; cows in full milk to £8; ditto close to profit, £8 15s, £9 10s. Pigs.—Light choppers, £2 ss; heavy porkers, 42s 475; good, 35s 40s; average, 28s, 335; light, 265; 27s 6d; small stores 20s, 23s 6d; good slips, 16s, 19s; weaners Bs, 10s; small, 4s, 6s Get. : Vealers.—Runners, £3 12s, £4 6s; gooo vealers £2 15s, £3 10s; li -ht £2, r' 1 ' BULLS SALE I Dalgety and Co., Ltd., report hav- ’ j ing held a most successful sale at the ' Bulls saleyards on Monday, when an 1 ‘ entry of approximately 600 sheep and ;70 head of cattle was submitted to auction. There was a large attend- > ance of buyers and a keen sale re-; ■ suited for all classes of stock, and we . report a total clearance at prices in ! , vendors' favour. j Quotations.—Fat and forward wethlers, 245; fat ewes, 18s Id, 20s; aged I ewes, r.w. S.D. ram, 19s; b.f. wether lambs, tops, 13s, 14s 9d; ditto, I medium, 10s lOd, Us 6d; Jersey heif- ! ers, r.w.b., £5 17s 6d, £7 10s; weaner I heifers, £2 15s; fat run cows, £6 to £7 2s 6d; fat cows ex dairy, £4 £4 110 s, £4 12s, £4 18s, £5, £5 17s, £5 18s; [store cows, £2, £2 10s, £2 18s; weaner pigs, 9s to 13s; sow with litter, £6 ss; sow to farrow, £4.