LIVESTOCK MARKETS

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 83, Issue 243, 14 October 1939, Page 3

LIVESTOCK MARKETS

l LATE RATES MAINTAINED DAIRY CATTLE POPULAR. A steady influx of business confined mainly to that conducted under the hammer shows the previous weeks good values well maintained, reports 1 )■> r armors’ Co-op. in their v. cekiy view of trie Jive stock market. Large entries of ali classes have been dealt with at the various auctions and ready sales have been the order. Keen interest has been displayed throughout the dairy section, especially tiw.se sales conducted in Centiai ana North Taranaki where buyers have been no doubt encouraged by the good rains experienced earlier in (lie week. At the moment of writing couth Taranaki, where buyers been rains, best young uairy cows and heifers have realised to 115 10s. > in milk have sold at £l4 to £l4 j.i)s, ’ and when one considers tiiat the sea ! son is getting on these values must b-' | regarded as very satisfactory. Entries of Jersey yearling heifer.’!. • and two-ycar-olds that came lurwavu j met with good competition. Choice cattle are in i.7ie minority, mil; e.t.oie • good lines have changed hands at i prices up to £G With other ouies irora 1 15 5s io £5 J.7s according to ijuaiity. Average eatiiu 14 10s lu inferior id 15i to t-t; cmpiy 2-yeai-oids u xo; smaller caciic £1 10s; lesser quai ny lines £4. Various pe...grce and grade bull fairs continue and the demand tor young sound dany buns has shown some improvement to the earlier fairs. Any bulls that came forward in good condition demanded strong enquiry. Evidence of this was seen at the Opunake bull fair hold on Wednesday last, where pedigree yearling and 3-year-old bulls sold at 31 and 33 guineas respectively, and the prices realised £-,r sound grade bulls have been well above the average. 2-year-olds have sold to £l6 16s, and yearlings to £l5 15s. A lull report of our OpunaAe bull fair has appeared in an earlier issue. Values in the fat stock section can be reported as follows: That of fat cattle to be equal to last weeks parity, whereas tnat of fat sheep shows a slight casing tendency. There appears to be a more plentiful supply of fat hoggets offering than was the case a fortnight to three weeks ago and it is cii. cipated with the funner advance ol spring that heavier supplies will come to hand and thus an ailround easing in values will be discernible. All classes in the store sheep section are showing enquiry, but supplies are by no means sufficient to meet the demand. With shearing of dry sheep general it would appear that ere long as far as local quotations are concerned these will be more num ?rous “off shears.’’ There is still strong support lor all graziers’ classes and both run cattle and young padlock cows have been keenly competed for. Prices generally may be said equal Io those of our previous week’s report. Hl XTEKVILLE SALE Tne N.Z. Farmers’ Co-op. Distributing Co., Lad., report a small yarding of sheep and pigs at the above sale on Thursday. Tne bulk of the entry comprised hoggets, and some vei\ good pens were ottered and prices were firm on previous sales. Prices realised were:- Fat wethers, 28s; goou ewe hoggets, 275; extra good wether hoggets. 235; good, 20s to 20s Id; fat b.f. hoggets, 19s 6d; fat shorn b.f. hoggets, 16s Id; forward ewes, 10s 3d; aged ewes with lambs at foot, 10s 60, all counted; small shorn hoggets, 8s 6d; weaner pigs, 24s to 265; breeding sow, £3 J ss. FEILDING SALE GOOD PRICES I OR BIG < A TILE CHILLERS OUT OF MARKET I Per Tress Association.] FEILDING, Oct. 13. Owing to the fact that exporters lave not buying chillers, buyers at the Feilding cattle fair to-day gave most of their attention to big cattle and smaller and unfinished cattle were hard to quit. For big cattle there was a very good s.ale at firm prices. The fat cattle market was very firm at . advanced prices, primest ox beef going •to 45s per lOOlbs. Ex-dairy fat cattle also sold well. The fat sheep market was firm at late rates. There was a fair sale for store hoggets. Run Cattle.—P.A. bullocks, throe and four-year, £8 7s 6d to £lO 18s; three-year do.. £8 3s to £9 10s; twoyear steers, £6 10s to £6 12s; threeyear P.A. and Hereford-cross bullock... £9 10s: three-year P.A. and Shorthorncross bullocks. £9 12s: three-year bullocks, mixed colours, £7 to £7 15s; twoyear Shorthorn-Hereford-cross steers, £6; four and five-year Hereford bullocks. £ll 10s; three-year Hereford steers. £6 10s and £6 17s; two and three-year steers, heavy, £lO 6s: twoyear Hereford steers. £6 2s to £6 12s; P.A. heifers, three-year, £5 and £5 12s; Hereford heifers, £6 12s; two-year heifers, £3 12s. Fat Cattle.—P.A. heavy prime bullocks, £l4 12s 6d; other prime bullocks’ £9 10s. £l2 3s 6d, £l3 17s 6d; prime P.A. heifers, £l3 ss; ex-dairy cows, prime, to £7 12s; beef cows, in prime condition. £9 2s 6d to £l2; vealers. £2 17s 6d. Fat Sheep.--Woolly wethers, to 28s 3d; short wethers. 18s to 235; b.f’s.. 18s KM io 23s sd; prime woolly maiden ewes, 30s 2d; shorn fat ewes, 16s Id to 235; woolly ewes. Io 30s Id; prime woolly hoggets, to 27s Id: shorn, to 225. Store Sheep.—Wether hoggets, .os to 21s 3d; ewe hoggets. 26s to 29s Id.