Current Stock Reports

Wanganui Chronicle, 18 May 1950, Page 10

Current Stock Reports

Small Yarding Meets With Keen Demand At Wanganui Sale

I Shorthorn cross cows, medium £8; 21year Hereford heifers, £11: light fat 2«i-year P.A. heifers. £l2; Jersey cows, £6 to £B. Sheep: Wether lambs, medium, 28s 3d to 32s 3d; ewe lambs, medium, £2; fat two-tooth wethers, 525; fat b.f. two-tooths, 535; fattening ewes, 255. Pigs: Porkers, £3 16s to £5 8s; stores £2 6s to £2 13s; sow to farrow, £5; weaners, 31s to 365.

Although the yarding at yesterday’s I Wanganui stock sale was smaller than usual, the demand was keen, report Freeman R. Jackson and Co. A line of 470 medium wether lambs made 32s 3d. A pen of big framed empty Hereford cows in good store condition made £lO, with a pen of 21>yr. Hereford heifers making £ll. Fat sheep sold well. Pigs sold at late rates, but the dairy section met with little interest. Quotations are:— Cattle: Empty Hereford cows, £10;

Store Lamb Values Rocketed At Stortord Lodge Sale

HASTINGS, Last Night (PA).—Store lamb values rocketed by 4s a head today at Stortford Lodge. Farmers were operating with renewed confidence after the recent warm rains. Bidding was spirited throughout. Other classes of sheep shared with lambs in the keen inquiry. The yarding of 3100 head was insufficient for the demand. As a result it was a sellers’ market. Good shorn wetter lambs sold at up to 455. Shorn wether lambs ranged from 40s 3d to 455, medium 36s Bd, small 26s to 325, Down cross lambs 34s 7d to 42s 7d, cull ewe lambs 34s lOd to 38s. Forward conditioned wethers were 60s 4d, two-tooths 47s 3d to 54s 9d. Breeding ewes were in short supply. Five-year-olds made 38s 8d to 50s, mixed-aged lines 38s lOd to 41s 4d, fattening ewes 19s lOd to 26s lid. A steady inquiry for store cattle existed. Values firmed, particularly for anything showing a bit of condition. Young bullocks were traded at £l5 ss, light 30-months steers £l3 Ils, 20-months steers £lO 18s to £l3 Is, weaner steers at £8 8s to £lO 10s, empty cows £9 9s to £lO 10s, 30months heifers in forward order £l4 7s, weaner heifers £6 11s to £8 Is. With price controls off meat, the rise in the export schedule and the short yarding, buyers sent mutton prices spiralling under competition

-’ and values were dearer by at least a 2s a head. Prime heavy wethers -. ’ reached last season’s top price of -168 s Id. Extra prime young ewes 0 ■ made 62s lOd and lambs 61s lOd. - Values for prime heavy wethers d I ranged from 67s 7d to 68s Id, other e I prime sorts 60s lOd to 63s Id, medium c 59s 4d, unfinished 46s lOd to 49s lOd. s Extra prime young ewes made 59s 4d to 60s, other young ewes 48s 4d to t 56s lOd, prime older ewes 48s lOd to s 49s lOd, medium 42s lOd, unfinished i 31s lOd to 39s lOd. Heavy lambs s 1 sold at 57s lOd to 61s lOd, medium 3 lat 40s lOd to 47s lOd, and small at 1 I 20s 4d to 39s 4d. 3I Another solid beef market was esi tablished when butchers were offer- : ed a short yarding of only 92 head. > Some quality ox and heifer beef I came forward to meet animated competition. Values for quality ad- ■ vanced by up to £2 a head. Heaviest ’ ox sold up to £26 13s 6d. Some of ■ the best heifers seen in the yards for . some time were also included in the ; yarding to sell up to £l9 3s 6d. : Prime heavy ox sold at £25 3s 6d to £26 13s 6d. Medium weight sold at £2l 13s 6d to £24 8s 6d, unfinished at I £lB 8s 6d to £l9 6s. Prime heavy heifers made £lB 16s ,to £l9 3s 6d, ■ medium £l4 18s 6d to £l5 8s 6d, unf finished £9 3s 6d to £l3 18s 6d, med:- . um cows £l2 18s 6d to £l4 18s 6<l. II unfinished £6 16s to £l2 6s.