STOCK MARKET

Wairarapa Daily Times, 14 January 1932, Page 3

STOCK MARKET

ADDINGTON PRICES. CHRISTCHURCH, Wednesday. The principal features of the metropolitan market at Addington to day were weaker demands in the fat sheep, fat cattle, and fat pig sections.

'Store Sheep.—A poor entry of moderate size. There were few attractive linesh of lambs, for which the demand was quite good, but generally the sale was a dull one for all types at late rates. A great portion of the lamb entry sold at from 5/- to 7/-, and buyers’ limits were lacking in elasticity. Values were: Good four and six-tooth half bred wethers, 8/6; ordinary to 7/-; inferior two-tooth lialfbred wethers, 5/-; ordinary merino wethers to 5/3; inferior, 2/- to 3/9; medium two and four-tooth half bred ewes, 10/- to .10/4; others, 3/6 to 5/9; best rape lambs, 7/4 to 8/3; good rape lambs, 4/7 to 6/7; ordinary to 4/1; inferior and backward 1/7.

Fat Lambs. —An entry of 3800 head. The general quality was high, with a bigger proportion of sorts shuitable for butchers ’ requirements than for some time. The sale was a keen one, and for all export weights schedule prices were fully maintained. Butchers’ sorts, being in increased supply, were slightly easier. Export buyers paid to s:}d a lb. Values were: Extra prime to 21/4; prime, 16/6 to 18/6; medium, 12/- to 16/-; light, 9/- to 11/6. Fat Sheep. —An entry of 6000 head. The quality generally was very good. The demand was not quite as keen as at last market, and values were a shade easier throughout to-day’s sale. Values were: Extra prime heavy wethers to 22/10; prime, 17/- to .18/6; medium weight, 14/- to 16/6; ordinary, 11/6 to 13/6; light to 11/-; extra prime ewes to 16/1; prime, 13/6 to 14/9; medium f weight, 11/- to 13/-; ordinary, 8/6 to 10/6; light, 6/- to S/-. Fat Cattle.—An entry of 454 head constituted an over-supply, and as a result the sale was a dragging one, with a decline in values general for steers. It amounted to £1 a head for steers and for cows up to £.l/10/- a head. Plain and unfinished sorts were dull of sale. Otago and South Canterbury were the only outsiders represented. A great portion, of cow beef of poor quality fell below 11/- per 1001 b. Best beef made 22/- to 26/- per 1001 b; good, IS/- to 22/-; heavy, 16/- to 19/-; inferior down to 13/-; and rough down to 9/-. Values were: Extra prime heavy steers to £l4 17/6; prime, £9 to £B/15/-; ordinary, £3/15/- to £6; light to £3/10/-; prime heifers, £6/15/- to £B/7/6; medium, £3 15/- to £6/10/-; light to £3/10/-; extra, prime cows to £B/7/6; prime, £4/15/to £7; medium, £2/5/- to £4/5/-; light to £2...

I Fat Pigs.—There was an extra large I entry of porkers—almost sufficient for j two weeks’ supply —and owing to the | cheapness of lamb, pork was not in J great demand. The market for bacon-

ers was firmer. Values were: Choppers, £2 to £4/18/6; baeoners, 33/6 to 3S/6; heavy baeoners, £2 to £2/7/6; extra heavy to £2/13/6; average price per lb old to 4d; porkers, 24/6 to 27/6; heavy, 2S/6 to 31/6; average price per lb, 41d to old.

JOHNSONVILLE SALE. Fat stock values generally were easier at the Johnsonville sale yesterday. Wright, Stephenson and C’o., Ltd., and Abraham and Williams, Ltd., offered a full yarding of all classes of stock. Cattle prices were slightly easier as compared with last week’s rates, due no doubt to the falling off in demand for beef owing to the hot weather. Sheep of all descriptions were also dull of sale, prices for wethers showing a decline of 1/- per head, ewes 1/- to .1/6. lambs 1/-. Cattle. —Prime heavy bullocks, £8 15/-, £B/12/6, £B/10/-,' £B/7/6, £S/5/-, £8; heavy bullocks, £7/15/-, £7/10/-, £7 7/6, £7/5/-, £7/2/6, £7, £6/15/-; right bullocks, £6/3/6, £6, £5/15/-, £5/10/-; prime heavy cows and heifers, £5, £4 18/-, £4/2/6, £4, £3/17/6, £3/15/-; light and unfinished cows and heifers, £2 17/6, £2/10/-, £2/8/-, £2/5/-, £2; vealers, 32/6, 3.1/-, 27/-, 25/-, 24/-, 23/-, 22/-, 21/- to 14/-;

Sheep.—Prime heavy wethers, 14/-, 13/10, 13/6; medium wethers, 13/-, 12/7, 12/6; light and unfinished wethers, 10/3, 10/-; prime heavy ewes, 9/5, 9/3, 8/9, 8/6; medium ewes, 7/11, 7/8, 7/7; heavy springing lambs, 15/-, 14/2, 14/-, 13/-,* 12/6, 11/7, 11/-, 10/10; medium springing lambs, 10/6, 9/10, 9/7; springing lambs, light, 8/9, S/6, 7/8.

MASTERTON SALE. ASSOCIATED AUCTIONEERS. Associated Live Stock Auctioneers Ltd. report: We held our usual weekly sale at the Columba Road yards yesterday, when we offered an entry of 910 sheep. Bidding was not very keen and we had to pass in quite a few pens, but we afterwards sold everv- ( thing at very satisfactory prices. Following are details of the sale:- —- Sheep: 2-th wethers, 7/6, S/6 to 9/-; 4 th wethers, 10/-; b.f. lambs, 6/6 to 7/1; b.f. shorn lambs, 7/-; w.f. wether lambs shorn (good), 7/-; small b.f. lambs, 3/7; 4-th ewes, 9/6; fat ewes, 7/3 to 7/6. F.C.Ib COMPANY, LTD. The New Zealand Farmers’ Cooperative Distributing Co., Ltd., report on their usual weekly sale as follows: Our entry consisted of 2543 sheep and a few cattle and pigs. Competition was keen for any class of sheep or lamb that was in forward condition and would fatten, quickly, but any hold over sheep were hard to sell, but in overv case the vendors were out to meet the market owing to the continued dry weather and accepted lowvalues —especially lambs. 5\ ith the exception of one pen of wethers we had a total clearance at the following prices:—

Fats: Prime fat wethers, 13/-; light, 10/- to 11/0; fat ewes, 8/-, 8/8 to S/5; fat lambs (heavy), 18/-; fair, 9/8 to 10/5.

Store Sheep: 2-tooth wethers (good), a/c. E. Liverton, 9/2 to 9/6'; do., a/c. A. E. Taplin, 9/6; do., a/c. K. Graham, S/-; a/c. other vendors, 2-tooths, 6/-, 7/-, 7/4 to 7/6; 4-tooth (good), 10/-.

Store Lambs: Good b.f. rape lambs, 7/-, 7/3 to 8/-; medium b.f. lambs, 5/1, 5/3, 5/9 to 6/6; small b.f. lambs, 1/9, 2/3, 3/- to 3/6; good wether lambs, 6/to 7/-; medium wether lambs, 4/2, 4/7 to 5/-; small wether and m.s. lambs, 2/-, 2/3, 2/9 to 3/-. Cattle: Fat dairy cows, £2/10/-; fat P.A. cows and heifers, £3.

Pigs: Porkers, 20/-; slips, 14/-; wcaners, S/6 to 9/-,