LIVE STOCK MARKETS

Dominion, Volume 28, Issue 96, 17 January 1935, Page 5

LIVE STOCK MARKETS

Price Movements at Yesterday’s Sales

No marked price movements were in evidence at yesterday’s stock sales, values generally being firm at late rates. At Addington there were heavy entries, with prices generally firm. Fat lambs met keen competition at the increased schedule rates, while fat ewes were up 6d. a head. Fat cattle sold at late rates, best beef making 22/- to 24/- per 1001 b. At Stortford Lodge fat cattle prices again advanced, while fat and store sheep were firm with an upward tendency. Well-finished lambs made slightly above schedule rates at Johnsonville. Prime sheep and cattle made late rates, with unfinished sorts easier. Burnside sale saw large entries, with fat cattle down 10/- a bead. and heavy ewes down 1/6 to 2/-. Lainb prices were firm, but pig values eased. All classes of stock were steady at lute rates at Wanganui.

- Addington Market By Telegraph. —Press Association. Christchurch, January 16. There were heavy entries at the Addington market to-day, but late rates wete fully maintained. Store sheep : All but a small proportion of the entry were lambs, which sold well, the best price being 17/-. Fat lambs: 3609 were penned, and as the export rate has been increased by id during the week a good sale resiilted. Best made to 26/1 ; good, 23/3 to 20/-; ordinary, 19/6 to 22/6; and light, 16/-4o 19/-. Fat sheep: 4800 were penned. Ewes made 6d. a head better, while wethers were unchanged. Extra prune heavy wethers, to 27/4i; prime 24/6 to 2u/6, medium weight prime, 21/6 to 24/-, others, 17/6 to 21/-; best ewes, to 22/4 , prime, 18/6 to 20/-; medium weight, Prime, 16/6 to IS/-; ordinary, 14/- to 16/-; light, to 13/6. ' Fat cattle: 496 were penned, the rates of the last sale being maintained. Best beef made from 22/- to 24/- a 1001 b., extra prime heavy steers sold to £lO 12/6; prime heavy. £B/i>/-.to £9/10/-, prime medium weight, £</10/- to ts 15/-; ordinary quality, s £4/a/- to t light, to £3/15/-: extra prime heifers, to £9/2/6; prime, £4/15/- to £6/10/-; Jium, £3/5/- to £4/12/6; light, to. £3 2/6; extra prime cows, to £7/</6; prime, £4/5/- to £5/15/-; ordinary, £2/7/6 to £4: light., to £2/5/-. Fat pigs: There was a very large entry in the fat pig section, and last week s values were well maintained. Two export buyers operated, and secured 200 of the entry. Values were as follow: —Chopners. 50/- to £5/14/6; baconers, 4a/- to »4/6; heavy baconers, to £3/4/6; extra heavy baconers. to £3/14/6; average price per ib., old. to s}d.: porkers. 27/6 to 33/6; heavy porkers. 35/6 to 39/6; average price per lb;, 5Jd. to 6d.

Johnsonville Sale ' Large yardings of cattle and lambs and an average offering of sheep were forward at the Johnsonville stock sale held yesterday by Wright, Stephenson and Co., Ltd., and Abraham and Williams, Ltd. Cattle: Very few prime bullocks were penned, the majority being plain and unfinished. Competition for prime ox was keen, with a firming tendency, unfinished were not wanted with frequent passings. There was tt larger yarding than usual of cows of good quality; prime, heavy weights, sold at late rates, while plain sorts were slightly easier. The yarding of vealers was of indifferent quality, prices showing no alteration. , Sheep: Prime heavy whethers sold well at late rates; light and unfinished were not sought after. Heavy ewes met with a ready sale; plain sheep were not wanted. Well finished lambs met with keen competition, prices being slightly above export parity, medium and plain lambs showing no alteration on last week’s prides. Cattle: Prime extra heavy bullocks, £9/14/- single; £9/12/- single. Prime heavy bullocks, £B/15/- single; £B/12/Single, and £B/10/- single. Heavy bullocks. £B/5/- single; £B/4/-, £7/17/-, £7/15/-. Light and unfinished bullocks £7/11/-, £7/8/-, £7/5/-. Extra prime heavy cows and heifers, £5/11/- single; £5/10/- single; £5/8/- single, e Prim heavy cows and heifers, £5/4/-, £4/10/-, £4/5/-, £3/15/-. Cows and heifers, ex-dairy, £3/-/-, £2/11/-. £2/7/-, £2/2/-, £l/17/6, £l/10/-, £l/4/6. Vealers, £2/7/6, £l/18/-, £l/10/-. Sheep: Prime extra liemvy wethers, 25/3, 24/11. 24/3. Prime heavy wethers, 23/6, 23/-. Prime extra heavy ewes, 17/6 small pen; 17/- small pen; 16/9 small pen. Prime heavy ewes, 16/6,16/4, 16/-. Medium ewes, 15/9, 15/6, 14/7, 14/-. 13/9. Heavy spring lambs, 23/u singles; 22/- small pen; 20/9, 20/3. Medium spring lambs, 19/9, l?/6. 19/2, 18/10, 18/6. Light spring lambs, 16/10, 16/3,15/9, 15/3.

Values at Wanganui Dominion Special Service.

Wanganui, January 16. At Wanganui to-day Freeman R. Jackton and Co., Ltd., had a good full yardl ing of sheep, for the most part comprising lambs, and a good sale, with a total clearance. There was a very good attendance of buyers and a very keen inquiry for good forward soft handing Down lambs lor rape. Most of the lambs showed the effect of the dry season and have a harsh appearance, and no really first-class rape lambs were offered. A lew pens of good two-tooth ewes and ■wethers sold well. The fat cattle market was steady at last week’s rates, while pigs maintained late rates, with a diminishing demand for slips and weaners. Sheep: Fat two-tooth wethers, good, 22/6 to 24/-; prime ewes, 14/6 to 16/-; fat lambs, 19/3 to 21/3; two-tooth ewes, 26/6 to 27/1; two-tooth wethers, 20/- to 21/6; woolly b.f. lambs, 16/- to 16/7; medium, 13/6 to 15/3; culls, 8/6 to 12/-; good eho.rn, 14/6 to 15/9; woolly wether lambs, 14/4 to 16/-; medium, 12/6 to 13/8; culls, 7/- to 10/9; shorn wether lambs, 13/6 to 14/5; medium, 10/9 to 12/6; culls, 7/- to 10/-; woolly ewe lambs, 16/11 to 17/3 • culls, very small, 9/3 to 12/1; sound-mouth ewes, 13/8. Cattle: Prime P.A. cows, £5; prime Hereford cows, £4/5/- to £5/10/-; prime ex dairy cows, £2/10/- to £3/17/6; fat cows, £l/15/- to £2/5/-; light bullocks, £4/17/6 to £5/12/6; forward Holstein bullocks, £5/2/6. Store cows, 12/- to 20/-; bulls, £1 to £2/2/6. Pigs: Heavy choppers to £3/5/-; heavy porkers, 33/- to 37/-; porkers, 29/to 32/-; light porkers, 26/- to 28/-; good stores, 19/- to 21/6; slips, 12/- to 14/-; good weqners, 10/- to 13/-; poor weaners, 6/- to 8/-. Vealers, good. 34/- to 42/-; calves, 11/ to 25/-; poor, 3/- to 5/.' Burnside Sale By Telegraph.—Press Association. Dunedin, January 16. There were larger entries in the major sections at to-day’s Burnside sale. The yarding of fat cattle totalled 306 head, and comprised principally medium quality bullocks and a large percentage of cows and heifers. The sale opened with prices showing a drop of 10/- per head, and over the final races the market bad a further easing tendency. Extra prime heavy bullocks sold to £lO/17/6; prime heavy, £S 2/6 to £9/7/6; medium, £6/17/6 to £7 12/6; light, down to £5/10/-; extra prime heavy cows and heifers, to £7/17/6. A yarding of 2SO store cattle was offered, including a large entry of vealers. The latter were slow of sale, and considerably reduced prices had to be accepted. A pen of good-conditioned three and four-year-old steers changed hands at £6/5/-, while boner and cull cows sold at late rates. A medium entry of 45 dairy cows attracted more competition than has been the case for some time past, and good young cows, close to profit, sold to £6/5/-. There was an entry of 2977 fat sheep, a large proportion being freezing and medium ewes. Heavy wethers of which only a few consignments were forward, made barely last week’s higher rates. Heavy ewes firmed at the commencement, but values declined later, and over the last rates there was a drop of 1/6 to 2/per head. All light sheep' with the benefit of freezing competition were firm at late rates. Extra prime heavy’ wethers sold to 27/6; prime heavy, 24/6 to 25/9; medium, 23/- to 24/3; light, down to 19/6; extra prime heavy maiden ewes, to 24/3; extra prime heavy ewes, 19/6 to 21/6; prime heavy, 17/- to 18/9; medium, ,15/6 to 16/9; light, down to 13/-. The recent dry weather showed its effect in (he large entry of lambs, more than 900 being forward. The quality was very disappointing, vendors evidently being inclined to sacrifice quality for numbers. Export buyers operated at the increased schedule rates, and the market appreciated accordingly. Extra prime heavy lambs sold to 25/3; prime heavy.,2l/9 to 23/6; medium. 19/9 to 20/3; light, down to 17/6. In the fat pig section 163 were forward. Baconers hardly made' recent values, and porkers depreciated in value from 5/- to S/- per bead. Heavy baconers sold to £3/9/-, and" best pbrkers to £2/6/-. The yarding of store pigs numbered 112. and the quieter tone in the fat section showed its effect here, lower values ruling. Fordell Sale There was a yarding of five thousand sheep and lambs at the New Zealand Loan and Mercantile’s Fordell sale on Tuesday. Lambs comprised the bulk of the entry. They consisted of all sorts and qualities, prices ranging from 3/- for little cull lambs, to 17/3 for a line of

ewe lambs. The poorer class of lambs sold at comparatively higher values than the medium lambs. Good forward Southdown lambs made up to 16/9 for a line sold bn account of Hon. O. J. Hawken. Top prices for lambs and wethers were made by lines sent up for sale from the Marlborough Sounds: 360 wethers from the Sounds made 19/9, a splendid line of ewe lambs 17/3, and a medium line of wether Romney lambs 14/9. The sale opened at about last sale’s prices, but improved considerably, aud the strong inquiry was apparent toward the end of the sale. Taranaki buyers bought freely, especially for the smaller lambs. Prices ranged as follow: —2-tooth ewes, small, 20/5; medium, 23/5; 320 wethers from Sounds. 19/9; 146 wethers from Sounds, 17/9; 84 ewe lambs from Sounds, 17/3; 270 wethers from Sounds, 14/9 ; local lines of good Southdown lambs, 15/- to 16/9; medium S.D. lambs, 13/3 to 14/6; good Romney wether lambs, shorn, 13/3 to 15/5; medium, 10/6 to 12/9; small, 5/to 9/9; ewe lambs, good, 17/3; medium, 13/- to 14/9; small, 8/- to 11/6. Only two or three lines were passed, practically all the yarding being sold at auction. Stortford Lodge Values By Telegraph.—Press Association Hastings, January 16. With a smaller entry and with quality lines in short supply, the beef market at Stortford Lodge took a further rise, prices showing a distinct improvement on last week, this making the third successive sale at which the demand has been ahead of the supply. Bullocks, which, were few, met with very good inquiry, with cows, and heifers also selling well. Dairy-bred sorts, which were in .fair supply, also participated in the improvement. Bullocks, inedium to prime, £8 to £B/6/-; others from £6/16/-; cows, medium- to prime, £4/11)/- to £5/1/-; others from £2/5/-; heifers, medium to prime, £5/15/- to £7 ; others from £4/1/-. There wejre scarcely any store eattle offering. Fat sheep, which were in fair supply, made late rates generally, with ewes appreciating slightly, export buyers paying up to their limits. The lamb and wether offerings sold steadily, all classes in this section meeting with good local and export demand. Ewes, medium to prime,15/- to 16/3 ; others from 13/6; wethers, to 23/11; lamibs, 17/6 to 23/8. Store sheep, which, with fat sheep, numbered over 20,000 head, were in steady demand with outside, and local buyers purchasing at rates much on a par with last week. Rape lambs were firm, while ewes and wethers sold steadily. Rape lambs, store to good store, to 13/8.; fat and forward to 16/1; wethers to .21/3; twotooth ewes to 26/4; older ewes to 16/2; store ewes to 6/2. Westfield Sale By Telegraph.—Press Association. . Auckland, January 16. There was an increased yarding of beef cattle at the Westfield sale, a total of about 650 being offered. The quality generally was good, and a steady demand ruled. Values for light and mediumweight cattle improved, and all other classes sold freely at late rates. Quotations are as follow: —Extra choice ox beef, 24/- per 1001 b.; choice and prime, 21/-to 23/-; secondary and plain, 17/- to 20/-; prime young cow and heifer beef, 19/- to 23/-; other cow beef, 14/- to 18/-: extra heavy prime steers, £S/15/- to £9/12/6; heavy prime, £8 to t£B/12/6; lighter prime, £7/5/- to £7 T5/-: light prime, £5/17/6 to £7/2/6; small and unfinished, £4/15/- to £5/15/-; extra heavy prime young cows and heifers, £5/5/-to £6/17/6 ; heavy prime, £4 2/6 to £5/2/6; lighter prime. £3 to £4; other killable cows. £1 to £2/17/6. Calves were again offered in full numbers. the bulk of the yarding being plain sorts. At the beginning of the sale there was steady competition for all good calves, while rough and unfinished sorts were easier. The supply, however, was in excess of the limited demand, and the sale became very dull toward the finish. Vallies wereßunners. 25/- to 69/-: vealers, 15/- to 60/-. An average offering of sheep included very few outstanding lines. Competition was keen throughout the sale, and values for all classes remained very firm at late rates. Wethers, prime. 21/- to 27/3; unfinished. 17/- to 20/9; ewes, prime. 13/- to 18/-: unfinished, 6/- to 12/9. More lambs than usual were penned in spite of tlie dry weather, and the yarding contained a good proportion of prime sorts. Lambs, prime. 16/- to 23/9: nn■fin'slied. 10/- to 15/9. Pigs wore in full supply, there being one of the largest yardings for some ■time. Tlie offering included a large inumber of very prime baconers, and these ■sold under brisk competition at slightly improved rates. Heavy porkers were inclined to be a shade easier, but the average value was fully up to that of Inst week. There was fair sale for large, stores, but only good weaners were in demand. buyers displaying little interest in others. Values were; Heavy baeon- < rs. 54/- to 78/-; porkers, 39/- to 50/-; large stores. 15/- Io 2S/-; prices per lb., baconers s]d. to 51(1.. porkers 5Jd. to 5'1(1.