STOCK MARKET

Wairarapa Daily Times, 12 May 1932, Page 3

STOCK MARKET

ADDINGTON PRICES. CHRISTCHURCH, Wednesday. At the Addington market to-day the entries in the sheep sections were smaller than usual, but there was an overflow cattle entry. iStore sheep: A short entry of both lambs and adult sheep. The former sold freely at late rates. Ewes and wethers sold at little change, but with less freedom than lambs. Good rape lambs, 8s to 9s 7d; ordinary rape, fls to vs 6d; good ewe, to 10s Id; ordinary ewe, 6s to 9s; good six and eight-tooth wetlieis, 10s to 12s; ordinary six and eight-tooth wethers, 7s to 9s; ordinary two-tooth halfbrcd, 8s to 10s fld; ordinary 4 and 6-tooth, to 9s; mediu mtwo-tooth halfbred ewes, to 14s 9d; ordinary twotooth half-bred ewes, to 10s 6d; good 4-ycar-old half bred, Us Cd to 12s 4d; s.m. half bred, Gs to 7s Cd. Fat lambs: 3000 entered. The export schedule had receded a farthing during the week, but it made little change in values. Extra prime lambs sold t<? 20s 4d; prime lambs, to ISs; mediumweight prime lambs, 13s to 16s; light lambs, 9s to 12s 6d. Fat sheep: A much smaller entry. Values were better by one shilling per head, and slightly in advance of exporters’ limits. Extra prime heavy wethers, to 23s 4d; prime heavy, 16s to 17s 6d; medium-weight prime, 13s 6d to 15s 6d 11s 6d to 13s; light, 9s to 11s; extra prime heavy ewes, to 16s 7d; prime heavy, 11s to 13s fld; med-ium-weight prime, 9s to 10s 6d; ordinary, 6s 6d to 8s 6d; light, 4s 6d to 6s 2d. Fat cattle: (An excess entry, which numbered 520 head. The bulk were nondescript cows. There was a further drop in values, and very little beef made more than 22s 6d per 1001 b., the bulk of the service quality being less than 20s. Extra prime heavy pens, £l2 7s 6d; prime heavy, £7 10s to £9 15s; prime medium weight, £5 10s to £7 ss; ordinary quality, £3 15s to £5; light, to £3 10s; extra prime heifers, £7 17s fld; prime, £5 to £6 10s; medium, £3 to £4 10s; light, £2 to £2! 15s; extra prime ! ■cows, to £7 17s 6d; prime, £4 5s to £6; medium, £2 10a to £4; light and aged, 12s 6d to £2 ss. Fat pigs.—The market was weaker all through, and easier values ruled. Choppers, £5 6s; baconers, 36s fld to 44s 6d; heavy, 48s 6d to 54s 6d; extra heavy, to £3 0s 6d; average price a lb, 3ld to 4d; porkers, 23s to 27s 6d; .heavy, 28s 6d to 32s Gd; average price a lb, 4d to 5d. —(P.A.) .MASTERTON SALE. Associated Live Stock Auctioneers, Ltd., report on the Masterton sale as follows: —A medium entry of sheep and a couple ’of pens of cattle were submitted to a good attendance of buyers. Included in the yarding were several pens of fat sheep and lambs, competition for these being quite keen. The general tone of the market was on a par with recent sales, prices realised being as follows: —ISlieep: Fat lambs, 11/7, 12/6 to 12/10; fat wethers, 13/3; fat b.f. 2-th ewes, 12/10; m.a. fat S.D. ewes, 8/6; fat ewes, 8/- to 9/3; good woolly ewe lambs, 11/4; smaller do.;' 8/- to 9/3; good woolly ewe lambs, 11/4; smaller do., 8/-; forward lambs, 8/5; 2-th wethers, 9/6. Cattle: Heifers r.w. b., £2/2/-; store cows, 14/6. The New Zealand Farmers’ Co-opera-tive Distributing Co., Ltd., report on their usual weekly sale at Masterton yesterday when they yarded 1776 sheep and a few dairy cattle and pigs. The quality of the yarding of sheep right through was very good for this time of the year and met with brisk demand from a large attendance, including buyers from Hawke’s Bay. There were several pens of very good fat and forward wether lambs which realised practically fat prices, also several pens of 2-th wethers which met with keen competition. Fat sheep were a little easier. Dairy cattle and pigs were m moderate demand. We had a total clearance at the following prices: Fat Sheep: Prime wethers, 12/6 to 12/7; light, 11/6 to 11/1/; prime ewes, 8/to 8/3; light, 7/- to 7/6; unfinished, 6/- to 6/3; prime lambs, 12/- to 12/6; light, 9/-. 'Store 'Sheep: 2-th ewes r.w. S.D. ram, 11/-.; s.m. ewes do., 9/-; 4-th to 5-year do., 9/-; aged S.D. ewes* r.w. S.D. 6/6; forward condition 2-tooth wethers, 11/- to 11/1; medium do., 9/2, 9/6 to 10/1; store ewes, 3/-, 4/- to 5/3. Store Lambs: Very good fat and forward woolly wether lambs, 10/10; do. ewe lambs, 11/7; good wether lambs, S/9 to 9/7; good shorn lambs, 7/2; medium wether lambs, 5/9 to 6/6; small ewe lambs, 6/1; small lambs, 3/6 to 4/2. Cattle: Good wean'er Jersey heifers, £l/9/-; aged cows, in milk, £1; poiter cows, 7/6 to 17/-. Pigs: Slips, 9/o to 11/6; good weaners, 8/-. JERSEY SALE. The dispersal sale of the Middle Run Jei soy stud, the property of Messrs. W. H. Booth and Sons, Middle Run, Carterton, held yesterday, was attended by buyers and their representatives from Taranaki, North and South Auckland, Hawke’s Bay, Manawatu and the South Island, in addition to local breeders. Unfortunately, although the weather cleared for the earlier portion of the sale, rain fell in the latter stages, which probably affected the bidding. Nevertheless, the sale, practically from its inception, went with a swing and bidding was most spirited at times, and was well sustained right through. The Middle Bun herd was established some 30 years ago by Mr \V. Henry Booth, and each five or six years a dispersal sale of all the breeding stock has been held, Mr Booth retaining only two or three head of the mature cattle and the yearling heifers. With the assistance of several selected stud sires from his leading families, another herd is developed along similar lines and yesterday’s sale of some sixty odd head was in continuation of the policy previously followed. Mr Booth has practised line-breeding from one original cow, the famous old champion Princess V., and it say volumes for his methods that the licid dis-

persed yesterday was declared by many of the old breeders who were present and competed for the cattle, to have reached a higher standard than ever before. Competition for the stud bulls was rather weak, but for the females competition was most spirited, and it was noteworthy that amongst the best buyers were breeders who had patronised the stud in past years. The top price of the sale, 72 guineas, was paid by a Taranaki purchaser for the cow Rewa Merribird, V.11.C. The average for the whole offering of 62 head was 25gns. The cattle, despite the drought conditions of the present season, came forward in splendid order and made an excellent impression. The sale, which was held at the Middle Run homestead, was conducted by Associated Live Stock Auctioneers, Ltd., and Wright, 'Stephenson and Co., Ltd., acting in conjunction. Particulars of lots, purchasers and prices are as follow: — Cow, Opald Rosa, Hikorangi College, 12gns; cow, Opaki Jean, C. R. Wilson, Whangarei, I9gns; heifer, Rewa Joan, C. R. Wilson, 22gns; cow, Rewa Goldfinch C., V. Hitchings, Otorohanga, 18 gns; heifer, Rewa Cuckoo, J. Farley and Son, Greytown, 16gns; cow, Rewa Canary C., F. Cullen, 26}gns; cow, Rewa Heliotrope H.C., V. Hitchings, 16gns; heifer, Rewa Carmine, D. Stewart, Masterton, 14igns; heifer, Rewa Cyclamen, A. T. Rambon, lSgns; cow, Rewa Mayoral 11. C., C. Wilson, 36gns; cow, Rewa Merribird, V.H.C., G. Bell,i Taranaki, 72gns; cow, Rewa Wildbird, C. C. Wilson, 41gns; heifer, Rewa Freebird, C. Wilson, 36gns; cow, Rewa Freedom H.C., V. Hitchings, 16gns; cow, Rewa Freeral, C. Wilson, 13gns; cow, Rewa Memora ILC., F. Cullen, 40gns; cow, Rewa Actual H.C., C. Wilson, 39 gns; cow, Rewa Pinoak iH.O., G. Bell, 40gns; cow, Rewa Quercus, T. 8.. Heapy, Greytown, 35gns; heifer, Rewa Querist, R. Sanderson, Otorohanga, 35gns; bull, Kingpin of Puketapu, A. T. Rambon, Wairoa, 17gns; cow, Rewa Sainfoin 11. C., V. Hitchings, 27gns; bull, Saint Olin of Puketapu, A. C. Gawith, Longbush, 19-1 gns; cow, Rewa Saint Paulia, F. Cullen, 33gns; cow, Rewa Sandtar, D. Kilgour, Kiwitea, 23gns; heifer, j Rewa Sandix, W. Manderson, Lower : Ilutt, lSgns; cow, Rewa 'Cantata, S. McEwan, Cambridge, 25gns; cow, Rewa Cantonal C., V. Hitchings, lGgns; bull, Tenor of Puketapu, J. Sage, Ahiaruhe, llgns; heifer, Rewa Novis, T. B. Heapy 204gns; cow, Rewa Gala H.C., W. Manderson, 24gns; heifer, Rewa Galaxy, V. Hitchings, 20gns; cow, Rewa Carnival, J. S. Sadler, Carterton, Bgns; cow, Rewa Canvass 11. C., W. Sanderson, 30gns; cow, Rewa Jute €., T. Knightbxidge, Whangarei, 22gns; cow, Rewa Scintilla H.C., W. Sanderson, 40gns; heifer, Rewa Scintillate, V. Hitchings, 21gns; heifer, Rewa Zinnia, A. T. Rambon, 19gns; cow, Rewa Freemontia, S. McEwan, 30gns; cow, Rewa Freestone C., V. Hitchings, 12gns; bull, Pippin of Puketapu, A. T. Matson, Gladstone, 6 gns; heifer, Rewa Finale, W. Attwood, Featherston, '29gns; cow, Rewa Balm H.C., R. Sanderson, 26gns; cow, Rewa Freckles 11. C., G. Bell, 53gns; heifer, Rewa Sunspot, S. McEwan, 40gns; heifer, Rewa Babel C, V. Hitchings, 17gns; cow, Rewa Fable, E. B. Booth, Gladstone, 30gns; cow, Springbrook Romp, T. B. Heapy, 21gns; heifer, Springbrook Delightful, Feast Bros., Greytown, 25gns; heifer, Springbrook Maisie ILC., H. C. Mortensen, Mauriceville, 13gns; cow, Springbrook Lady May, 'C. R. Wilson, 15gns; cow, Springbrook Doreen, V. Hitchings, 18gns; cow, Springbrook Perfection, J. Knightbridge, 22gns; cow, Springbrook Rosebud, Feast Bros., 24gns; cow, Rewa Bellflower, T. B. Heapy, 34gns; heifer, Rewa Mayflower, C. A. Taylor, Mangatainoka, I.7gns; cow, Rewa Campanula, W. Manderson, 17gns; heifer, Rewa Merrimint, A. T. Rambon, 32gns; cow, Rewa Frivol H.C., T. B. Heapy, 31gns; heifer, Rewa Frivolity, A. T. Rambon, 23gns; cow, Opaki Linda, D. Stewart, 15Jgns. FRIESIAN SALE. The first annual sale of Mr O. A. Cadwallader’s Ahikouka Friesians was held at the homestead, Greytown, on Tuesday. The bidding at auction was not spirited. Some twenty head, however, were disposed of by pi’ivate treaty. The top price of 31 guineas was paid by the Tiggins Estate, Tokomaru, for the yearling bull, Ahikouka Echo Beets, by Oakview Johanna Echo Trojan, champion bull at the Masterton Show, from Topsy Fobes Beets, one of the good daughters of that great cow, Bamfield Topsy 10th., 8631b5. fat. Mr G. E. Tautrum, of Ohau, paid 30gns for Ahikouka Duke Ormsby, full brother to the Royal Champion bull, King Olga Crmsby. Four of the yearling heifers were purchased by the Taranaki breeder, Mr O. Goble, of Inglewood, and a number of bulls and heifers were purchased for breeders in the ManaAvatu. The sale was conducted by Associated Live Stock Auctioneers, Ltd., and Wright, Stephenson and Co., Ltd., in conjunction. JOHNSONVILLE SALE. There Avas a dull market at the Johnsonville sale yesterday, Avlien Wright, Stephenson and Co., Ltd., and Abraham and Williams, Ltd., offered an average yarding of all classes of stock. Prices for good bullocks were easier to the extent of 10s per head. Cows and heifers sliOAved a decline of 5s to 7s fid per head. Cattle.—Prime heavy bullocks, £7 4s, £7 3s, £7 Is, £7, £6 17s, £6 13s, LEG 12s, £6 10s, £6 6s, £6 2s; medium bullocks, £5 15s, £5 12s, £5 11s, £5 6s; prime heavy coAvs and heifers, £4 ss, ££4 3s, /'£4, £3 10s, £3 4s, £3 2s; boner cows, 10s, 8s 6d. Sheep.—Prime extra heavy Avethers, 15s 9d, 159 Bd, 15s 7d, 15s 3d, 14s lid, 14s 6d; prime heavy Avethers, 14s, 13s 9d, 12s Sd; medium Avethers, 11s Id, 11s; prime heavy oavcs, 10s lOd, 10s 9d, 10s Sd, 10s 7d, 10s 6d to 10s 3d; medium eAves, 9s lOd, 9s Gd to 8s 6d; medium hoggets, 13s 9d, 13s 6d; heaAqy lambs, 13s, 12s, 11s Bd, 10s; lambs, 9s Gd, 9s.