LIVESTOCK MARKETS

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 86, Issue 66, 19 March 1942, Page 6

LIVESTOCK MARKETS

FIRM ON LAST WEEK

WANGANUI SHEEP VALUES Prices generally were firm on last week when Freeman R. Jackson anrj Co., Ltd., yarded 3500 sheep, io a good attendance of buyers, at their weekly Wanganui sale yesterday. Cattle yarded totalled 320, but there was nothing really prime in the lat pens, sales being at relative values with last week. Store cattle had a dull sale, with many passings, but a good orecentage was placed privately. Vealers had a heavy entry of 80 head. All well-bred steers were bough* by graziers. A fair proportion were hard done and sold at low figures. Pigs were on a par with last week, except breeding sows, which sold at very low figures. Valuations were:— Sheep.—Fat 2-tooth wethers. 22s 61 to 24s 3d: light Down cross. 18s to 21< 3d; fat ewes. 13s to 15s; fat lambs. 20s to 24s 6d; light, 16s to 19s; good 2-tooth ewes. 29s to 30s 9d; medium, 25s to 26s 6d; small. 16s 6d to 22s 9<l; 4 and 6-tooth ewes. 23s 9d; small, 13s 3d to 15s 6d: 4 and 5-vear ewes. 11s to 14s 6d; aged. 8s 6d to 10s; b.f. lambs. 12s 6d to 15s 7d; wether lambs, 10s 3d to 11s 4d: culls. 4s to 8? 9d; ewe lambs, to 14s 6d: 2-tooth Down rams. 3 to 4 guineas; m.a. to 25 guineas; aged, II to 2 guineas; Romney rams. 1 to 3 guineas. Cattle.—Fat run-bred cows. £6 10s to £7 7s 6d: fat Jersey cows. £3 10s to £5 2s 6d: Good boners. £2 12s 6d to £3 7s 6d: poor. 10s to £1 15s; bulls, - n s to 255; 20-months' P.A. heifers, to £4 10s; 3-vear P.A. steers. £8; store Hereford cows, old and low conditioned. £3 14s; Jersey weaner heifers £1 13s to £2 4s; dairy cows, to £7. Pigs.—Light baconers. £2 18s to £3 3s; porkers. £2 to £2 12s; light. 30s to 40s; forward stores. 25s to 28s; stores. 13s to If?s 6d: weaners. 8s to 13s; small. 5s to 8s Vealers <heavy entry).—Good P.A. vealers, £3 to £3 15s: average. 35s ’o 555; poor. 10s to 30s; 2-vear heifers. £.3 17s 6d to £5 17s 6d.‘ VALUES AT WESTFIELD KEEN COMPETITION FOR BEEF ’P.A.) Auckland. March 18. At Westfield sale an average entry of good quality ox beef sold under keen competition, and a very firm sale resulted. A small offering of cows and heifers also drew good bidding. Values ruled very firm to improved. Extra choice ox sold up to 38s per lOOlbs.; choice and prime 35s to 375. secondary and plain 31s to 335. extra prime young cow and heifer 29s to 335. choice and prime 25s to 27s ordinary cow beef 21s to 235. Extra h*avy prime steers made from £l4 10s to £l5 12s 6d. heavy £l3 10s to £l4. lighter £l2 10s to £l3. light £lO to £l2. small and unfinished £8 to £9. Extra heavy prime cows and heifers sold at £lO to £l4 17s. heavv £8 10s to £9. lighter £7 to £7 15s, others £4 to £6 10s. A medium r n?ry of sheep sold under good compe.ition values for wethers and ewes being firm. Extra heavy prime wethers made £1 10s to £1 14s heavy £1 8s 6d to £1 9s 6d. medium £1 6s 6d to £1 7s 6.4. light £1 5s 6d to £1 6s. plain and unfinished £1 Is to £1 4s. Extra heavy prime young and maiden ewes sold al 14s to 15s. heavy 12s 6d to 13s 6d. lighter Ils to 12s. plain and aged 9s 6d to 10s 6d. others 5s to 7s 6d A small entry of lambs sold keenly. Values improved on last week. Extra heavy prime lambs mad- from £1 8s to £1 9s 6d heaw £1 6s to £1 7s. medium £1 4s 6d lighter £1 1< 6d to £1 3s 6d. light IS< to £l. small and plain 10s 6d to 16.'. There was a very short varding »f calves, the supolv being insufficient for butchers’ renuirements. Bidding uas keep for all classes and values showed an improvement on las’ week’s uuotations. There were no freezing buvers operating for bobbv calves. No heavv ’ rime runn< rs were Denned. Medium runners made from £5 to £7 10s. heavv vealers £5 to £6. medium £4 to £4 18s. light £3 to £3 18s small £1 tn £2 18s unfinished and bucketfed 5s to £l. bobbv and rough Is to 2s. A small offering of pigs was penned. Values for all classes of fats were higher, porkers being especially wanted. Choppers made from £1 to £3 ss. heavy baconers £4 4s to £4 7s. medium £3 17s to £4. light £3 8s to £3 14s. heavv porkers £2 19= to £3 6s medium £2 12s to £2 16< light £2 5s tn £2 7s. small and unfinished £1 12< tn £2. stores 16s to £1 3s. slips 7s to A 4 ADDINGTON MARKET BIGGEST YARDING OF SEASON • P.A.) Christchurch. March 18. At the Addington market the yarding to-day was easily the biggest of the season, the penning of store sheep altogether totalling more than 26 000. For store lambs, two-tooth ewes and old ewes particularly the sale was both sound and vigorous, old ewe values going up on last week’s rates by Is 6d per head. Fat sheen showed little change but fat cattle were irregular. The store lamb entry was 4146, against 6300 at last sale. The demand vas keen, with an all-round increase in price of Is a head. Top price of 24s Id was for a pen of Romney ewes.

Tops of the market ranged from 19s 3d to 21s; medium to good, 16s to 18»; culls, 10s to 12s. There were no passings. Store Sheep.—The entry was one of the biggest of the season, aggregating 412 two-tooths and about 15,000 older sheep, the heavy entry being a reflex of the firming rates at the ewe fairs for all classes of ewes. Top price for strong-woolled was 39s 6d and many other pens topped the 31s mark. The best halfbred price wa» 32s 6d. others making 28s tc 30.-> Good average ranged from 25s tot 27s 6d. For four-year-olds strong wools made to 26s and halfbreds to 225: sound and failing-mouthed ranged from 14s to 17s. The sale maintained the good rates which were comparable with those at the recent fairs until the last dozen pens were sold, when there was a slight easing. The fat lamb entry was about 3000 head. The rise of one-eighth of a penny in the export schedule did not affect the market to any extent. Top price was secured for a pen of 24, which made from 32s 2d to 34s lOd Freezing sorts ranged from 23s to 265. Butchers’ lambs were in keen demand at 27s 6d to 29s 6d. Fat Sheep.—The entry of 5000 compared with 3750. The quality was good and prices showed little variation on last week. There was a big proportion of ew es. The schedule to? wethers was up by one-eighth of a penny but the market was not afiected. Extra prime wethers made to 31s 3d; prime medium to prime, 25s 3d to 30s; light and ordinary, to 255. Extra good ewes sold to*27s; prime, to 20s; ordinary, to 16s 6d, anci export up to 14s. Fat cattie numbered 575 head, against 540 a week ago. The market developed an easing after a firm opening and on an average most classes of steer beef over the latter half ol the sale were down by 20s and secondary cows by 15s. Extra good beet over the whole of the sale averaged to 42s per lOOlbs., with a few pens slightly more. Medium to good made 37s to 39s per lOOlbs.; ordinary, to 35s 6d. Extra heavy prime steers made up to £2O 17s 6d; medium, £l4 15s to £l5 15s; extra prime heifers to £l5 7s 6d; medium. £7 15s to £lO. Extra prime cows made up to £l4 7s 6d; medium. £6 to £8; light, to £5 ss. Fat Pigs.—The entry of porkers was smaller, and with keen competition all classes were up by 6s to 3s a head. Cnoppers were again in heavy supply and met a dragging saic. The bacon entry was the biggest of the season. Choppers .made tl 15s to £4 8s 6d; medium porkers, £2 19s 6d; heavy. £3 2s 6ri to £3 8s 6d; average per lb., 7d to 9d. Light baconers made £3 6s 6d to £3 14s 6d; heavy. £4 2s 6d to £4 9s 6d; average per lb., 6d to 7|d.