STOCK MARKET

Wairarapa Daily Times, 19 January 1933, Page 2

STOCK MARKET

ADDINGTON PRICES. CHRISTCHURCH, Wednesday. Values at the Addington market showed little change. The fat lamb and ewe schedule for export improved during the week, and this was reflected) in slightly better prices in those sections of store sheep. Stores for the most part comprised lambs, and forward sorts sold better. Quotations were:—Forward m.s., 9s to 10s 6d; medium m.s., 7s 3d to 8s 9d; ordinary, 6s to 7s; cull, 4s lOd to 5s 9d‘; wether lambs, os 9d to 6s. The best fat lambs brought 4Jd, and seconds to 4d. The best made to l'6s; prime, 13s 6d to 14s 6d; others, 9s 6d to 12s 6d.

The fat sheep entry was smaller, and better prices were realised for ewes, with wethers firm at last week’s rates. Best wethers sold at 3-Ad, and ewes at ljd. There was another lieayy entry of 375 head of fat cattle, the quality being mixed. The sale was a hard one, with further weakening in values for plain steers and inferior cows. Prime beef made 17s 6d to 19s; heavyweight and medium steer,. 14s 6d to 17s; medium cow, 11s to 13s; inferior, down to Ss.

There was a medium entry of fat pigs, and an improved sale for good baconers.' Porkers were unchanged. Choppers, 22s 6d to 48s 6d; baconers, 32s 6d to £2 9s 6d; average per lb, 3/d to 3|d; porkers, 19s 6d to 27s 6d; average price per lb., 3;jd to 4d.—(P.A.) JOHNSONVILLE SALE. To a large attendance of buyers, Wright, Stephenson and Co., Ltd., and Abraham and Williams, Ltd., submitted at. the Johnsonville sale yesterday a full yarding of cattle, sheep and lambs. Competition was keen throughout the sale, and a good clearance was effected, the sheep and cattle sections at showing no alteration on. last week’s rates.

Quotations are as follow: Cattle: Prune heavy bullocks, £7 3s, £7, £6 18s, £6 15s, £6 12s, £6 10s; medium bullocks, £6 2s 6d, £6, £5 l ! 8s, £5 15s, £5 11s, £5 Ss, £5; prime heavy cows and heifers, £4 12s 6d, £4 10s, £3 18s; cows and heifers, £3 ss, £3, £2 18s; boner cows, £1 15s, £l, 9s 3d; runners, £2 10s, £2 ss, £2 3s, £2 2s, £1 19s, £1 17s; vealers, £1 10s, £1 6s, 17s, 15s.

Sheex>: Prime extra heavy wethers, 13s lOd, 13s 7d, 13s Id; |)rime heavy wethers, 12s 6d, 12s Id, 11s lOd, 11s 9(1; medium wethers, 10s 9d, 10s 6d; prime heavy ewes, Ss 6d, Ss 4d, 8s 3d, 8s; medium ewes, 7s lOd, 7s 9d, 7s 6d, 7s 4d, 7s 2d; liglit and unfinished ewes, 6s 9d, 6s 7d; .heavy spring lambs, 11s 9d, 11s Sd, 11s 6d, 11s 4d, 11s Id; light sju’ing lambs, 10s, 9s 7d, 9s. MASTERTON SALE. Messrs. Dalgety and Co., Ltd., and Messrs. Wright, Stephenson and Co., Ltd., rej>ort on their weekly sale held in the Masterton yards yesterday as follows: —Sheex> came forward well up to advertised numbers, a yarding of 6000 being offered to a large attendance, buyers being present from the West Coast and Hawke’s Bay. The sale had quite a buoyant tone and all classes of sheei» met with a ready market. A total clearance was made at the following prices:—Account B. W. Duffy, Stronvar, 500 4 ■and 5-year ewes, S/-; 350 4 and 5year ewes, 7/6; 132 4 and 5-year ewes, 7/6; 840 4 and 6-th ewes, 11/6; 575' 2th ewes, 12/6; 471 w.f.w. lambs (shorn), 6/6; 453 w.f.e. lambs, (shorn), S/10. Account Qtahome Station, Castlepoint, 3SI 2-th wethers, 10/9. Account ,E. W. Bunny, ‘‘Te Roto,’’ Bidcford, (117 2-tli wethers, 10/-; 371 w.f. lambs /woolly), 7/6; 139 b.f. lambs (woolly), 8/6. Other sales were made as follows;. —2th wethers, 10/-, 9/1, 'S/10; fat wethers, 12/1, 12/3, 12/-; w.f. e. lambs /shorn), 4/6, 4/-; w.f. e. lambs (shorn), 16/-, 4/3; b.f. lambs, 9/6; fat ewes, 5/10; fat ewes, 6/6; b.f. rape lambs, ,10/-; w.f. lambs, 4/4,' 6/2 to 9/-.

The New Zealand Farmers’ Co-opera-tive Distributing Co., Ltd., report on their usual weekly sale, held yasterday 'as follows: —Our yarding consisted of T5lO sheep, 84 cattle and 25 pigs, ■which were offered to a large attendance. The sheep entry was chiefly rape lambs and these met with an exceptionally keen demand and advanced on last week’s prices from 6d to 1/per head. The cattle made late rates, and the same can be said about the pigs. The following were the prices:— Sheep.—Fats: Fat wethers, 13/-; light, 11/- to 11/6; fat ewes, 6/- (three pens); light do., 5/- to 5/2; fat lambs, 11/,to 13/3. Stores: Very good b.f. lambs, 10/5; good do., 9/- to 9/6; good woolly wether lambs, 8/7 to 9/1; medium b.f. lambs,- 6/7, 7/1 to 7/3; small do., 4/4, 5/- to 5/1; small w.f. lambs, '4/4 to 5/-; very small 2-tooth ewes, 7/1; forward 2-th wethers, 11/-. Cattle.—l 6 fat cows, £3/6/6; 14 do., £3/5/-; 9 do., £2/15/-; light fat heifers, £2; fat dairy cows, £l/11/- to £l/13/-; potter cows, 10/- to 16/-; dairy heifers, due June, £2/17/6; do., r.w.b., £l/11/-; Jersey bull, £2. Pigs.—Slips, 12/-, 13/to 16/-; big stores, IS/6; sows to farrow, £2 to £2/10/-.