LIVE STOCK MARKETS

Dominion, Volume 28, Issue 108, 31 January 1935, Page 5

LIVE STOCK MARKETS

Price Movements at Yesterday’s Sales

Price movements tended to be somewhat irregular at. yesterday's stock sales. At Addington prime fat bullocks were up 10/- a head, but most; cows were down by 10/-. .Best ox beef made 24/- per 1001 b. Flit sheep were easier by .1/- a head, and store lambs down 2/- to 2/6. Prime fat, lambs were firm, with lighter sorts easier. Beef was linn at Westfield, except for inferior cows which declined. Best beef made 24/- per 1001 b. Fat sheep and lambs were lirm and pigs made late rates. At Johnsonville prime cattle were lirm with plainer sorts easier. Prime sheep and lambs were lirm. plain sheep easing. Fat bullocks were firmer at Stortford Lodge, cows easing slightly. Ffft wethers and lambs were lirm, but ewes easier and store sheep variable. At Masterton lambs were up 1/- to 2/-, and sheep firm, with pigs easier. Laie rates were maintained at Wanganui, except for pigs, which eased. At Burnside prime cows and heifers improved, oilier cattle easing. Heavy wethers were lirm, but ewes were down 2/- a head. Fat lambs were a shade lirm and pigs were lirm.

Addington Market By Telegraph.—Press Association. Christchurch, January 30. Tile dry weather was responsible for heavy entries to-day in both store and fat lamb sections at. the Addington marked. Store lamb prices eased on the high rates ruling last sale by 2/- to 2/6 a head. Most of the entry were station lambs of moderate quality, Best brought to 14/1, and station liaAbreds 0/6 to 11/-. Eat lambs: An entry of 3500, compared with 2'Boo last week. A big proportion were of light quality, and f<gr these the sale was easier, export lambs maintaining schedule values. Extra prime heavy lambs sold to 27/4; prime heavy, 23/6 to 25/6; ordinary, 2(1/- to 22/6 ; light, 15/6 to 10/-; store laiuus, 12/6 to 15/-. Fat sheep : Au average entry of 4300, which sold at a decline of 1/- a head. Best wethers made to 26/4; prime heavy, 23/- to 24/6; prime uiediqni weights, 21/- to 22/6; others, from li/- to 20/6; be«J; ewes sold at 20/10; guild, 17/6 to 19/-; prime medium weights, 15/6 to 17/1; others, 10/7 to 15/-. Eat cattle: Four hundred and five were penned. Good steers were reduced in number, aud these sold at 10/- a head improvement on last week. The big proportion of cows were about 10/- easier. Best beef made to 24/- a 1001 b.; good, 19/- to 22/-; and ordinary from 16/- to 18/6. Extra prime heavy steers sold to £lO/17/6; prime heavy, £8 to £9/5/-; prime medium weight, £7/10/- to £B/10/-; ordinary quality, £4/5/- to £6/10/-; light, £3 to £4; extra prime heifers, to £B/7/6; prime, £4/15/- to £6/15/-; ordinary, £2 15/- Io £4/5/-; light, to £2/12/6; extra prime cows, to £7/19/6; prinie, £4/10/to £5/10/-; ordinary, to £3/10/-; light, to £2. Eat pigs: A good yarding and a firm demand for pork, porkers selling more firmly, but baconers were easier. About 200 of the entry were bought for export. Values were: Choppers, £3/6/- to £3 17/6; baconers, 45/6 to 52/6; heavy baconers, 56/6 to £3/3/6; extra heavy baconers, £3/8/6 to £3/12/6; average price per lb., sfd. to Citi. Porkers,, 32/t_o 36/6; heavy porke_rs, 37/6 to 43/6; average price per lb., 5Jd. to 6d.

Masterton Values Dominion Special Service. Mristerton, January 30. An increase of from one to two shillings per head for lambs was made at the weekly Masterton sale to-day. Competition for practically every line of lamlbs offered was very keen, with a resultant increase in prices. Fat sheep also sold well at late rates, but pigs met a rather dull market, being disposed of at fairly low values. The New Zealand Farmers’ Co-operative Distributing Co., Ltd., offered a yarding of 2500 sheep and 40 pigs to a. very large attendance of both outside and local buyers, effecting a total clearance at the following range of prices:— Sheep.—Fat lambs, 21/- to 22/-; fat wethers, 22/- to 24/-; fat ewes, 15/-, 15/11 to 16/-; unfinished ewes, 13/-; b.f., lambs, 12/10, 13/0, 14/3, 14/7, 15/6, 15/8, 10/4, 10/6, 17/-, IS/1 to 18/2; small b.f., lamlbs, 5/6, 0/6, 7/- to 9/-; small w.f., m.s., lambs, 8/1; 2-tooth wethers, 17/-, 17/(5 to IS/8; 4-tooth ewes, 23/-; aged ewes, 14/-, 15/-, 15/6 to 16/3. Pigs.—Weaners, 6/- to 6/6; slips, 7/- to 8/-; light porkers, 19/-. Stortford Lodge Values By Telegraph.—Press Association. Hastings, January 30. With a large entry of 490 fat cattle, prices for bullocks showed a slight improvement at Stortford Lodge to-day, while cows were slightly easier. Lighter finished bullocks appreciated more than heavier sorts. Bullocks, medium to prime. £8 to £B/14/-; others from £5/16/-; heifers, medium prime, £4 to £4/14/6; others from £3; cows, medium prime, £3/15/- to £4/2/-; others from £2/10/-. A heavy entry of about 20,000 store sheep, principally older lines of breeding ewes, met a rather variable market with some lines' selling at late rates and others selling. at a distinct decline. Breeding sheep met a better demand than did fattening lines as a result of the dry weather conditions. Two-tooth ewes to 20/4; 5 and G-year to IG/2; store to 7/7; rape lambs to 13/9; wethers to 18/8. A moderate entry of fat sheep met a steady demand with rates for lambs and wethers at par with late rates, while ewes eased back to the prices ruling a fortnight ago. Competition was steady throughout. Uwes, medium to prime, 15/- to 17/3; others from 13/-; wethers, medium to prime, 22/6 to 24/6; others from 19/-; lambs to 21/2. Johnsonville Sale A large yarding of cattle 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. The cattle yarding comprised good quality bullocks, cows and heifers, with a few pens of lighter and plainer catt'.e. Heavyweight bullocks sol don a par with last week’s rates, while lighter ard plainer sorts were slightly easier. Good prime quality cows and heifers met with a keen demand, but unfinished sorts were dull of sale and sold at reduced limits. The sheeji yarding was of mixed quality; the wethers offered with the exception of a few pens were light, and there was not a good inquiry. Ewes, which were of good quality, met with a keen sale at last week’s rates. The quality ol the lambs was not up to the usual standard, a total clearance being effected at late rates. Cattle: Prime extra heavy bullocks, £9/10/- (single), £9/5/- (single), £9, £B/16/-, £B/13/-, £B/10/-; Prime heavy bullocks, £B/1/-, £7/18/-, £7/15/-, £7/ 12/-; heavy bullocks. £7; extra prime heavy cows and heifers, £6/5/- (single), £O/2/- (single), £5/18/-, £5/9/-. £5/4/-; prime heavy cows and heifers, £4/10/-, £4/10/-, £4/7/-; cows and heifers. £3/17/-. £3/15/-; vealers, £2, £l/18/- £l/17/6, £l/15/-, £l/12/-, £l/10/-, £l/13/-, £l/3/-. Sheep: Prinie extra heavy wethers, 26/3, 25/7. 25/0; prime heavy wethers. 23/4; prime extra heavy ewes, 10/7 (single pen), 18/11, 18/2, 18/-, 17/6; prinie heavy ewes, 16/-, 15/8. Heavy lambs, 19/9, 19/2, 19/-, 18/7, 18/6; medium lambs, 18/- 17/0, 17/1, 16/9; light lambs, 16/6, 16/-, 15/9. Fordell Sale There was an entry of 3500 sheep and 120 cattle at Fordell yesterday. Not a great deal of interest was manifested in rhe cattle sale. Seventy goed young Hereford cows were sold from £3/2/6 to £3 7/(5. There wits a very keen demand for lambs from Taranaki buyers, who secured a big proportion of the yarding. Bidding was very keen throughout. The very best lambs sold at about last sale prices, perhaps 3d. to 6d. per head lower, but the second grade lambs showed a rise of 1/per head at least. Competition was very marked for ewe iambs showing any quality, even if the size was uot good. A number of six-year ewes were offered, realising from 14/8 to 16/2; aged ewes, 9/- to 11/-; light fat ewes, 14/6. Some of the other prices realised were as follow:—Collins Bros., 168 S.D. lambs, 15/5; I). J. Beard, 300 Romney wether lambs, 13/7, 321 S.D. lambs, 14/7. 195 medium Romney wether lambs, 11/- and 10/10. On account of other clients: 72 ewe lambs, 12/2; 74 wether lambs, 10/-; 63 wetlier lambs, 10/3; 105 owe lambs, 13/1; 360 medium S.D. lambs, 11/1 to 12/4; 163 medium woolly llotnney lambs, 11/6 Io 11/9; cull lambs, 6/- to 8/6; medium to small ewe lambs, 8/6 (o 11/9; du., wether lambs, (’>/(> to 10/3.

Values at Westfield By Telegraph—Press Association. Auckland, January 30. There was a smaller yarding of ox beef at the Westfield sale to-day, the quality again being good. The demand was fair, and values remained very lirm. The cow and heifer pens were well filled, but there were few outstanding lines. I‘i'ime young sorts sold freely, but all inferior and o'.d cows were hard to sell. Extra choice ox beef made 24/- per 1001 b.; choice and prinie, 21/- to 23/-; secondary and plain, 17/- to 19/-; prime young cow and heifer beef. 19/- to 23/-; other cow beef, 10/to IS/-. Extra heavy prime steers madi £1) to £9/10/-; heavy prime, £B/5/- to £8 15/-; lighter prime. £7/10/- to £8; light prime,, £o/10/- to £7/5/-; small and unfinished, £4/10/- to £5/15/-; extra _heavy prime young cows and heifers, £5/7/6 to £6/2/6; heavy prime, £4/5/- to £5/5/-; lighter prime. £3 to £4/2/6; other killable cows. £l/5/- to £2/17/6. Calves came forward in smaller numbers, there being only a few good runners and heavy vealers, and these alone sold at mst week’s prices. The quality of the remainder of the offering reflected the present pasture conditions, and the market was again, easier. Values were: —Runners, 20/- to 64/-; vealers, 16/- to 58/-. More than the average yarding of sheep included a number of good wethers. There was a ready demand, and values for all classes ruled firm at late rates. The lamb pens were well filled, and all prime sorts realised recent prices. Store lambs also sold well. 'Wethers, prime, 20/6 to 27/6; unfinished, 13/6 to 20/3; ewes, prime, 13/6 to 19/6; unfinished, 2/9 to 12/9; lambs, prime, 16/6 to 25/-: unfinished. 8/6 to 16/3. Another full yarding of fat pigs was offered, and corajmtition ruled very steady throughout the sale. Baconers were again firm at late rates, and porkers, for which there was a keen demand, showed a firming tendency. Stores, which were not plentiful, hardly realised last week’s lower prices. Baconers, 54/- to 78/-; porkers, 34/- to 40/-; large stores. IS/- to 28/-. I’rices per lb., baconers and porkers, 54d. to 53d.

Burnside Sale By Telegraph.—Press Association. Dunediu, January 30. A large entry of fat cattle was offered at the Burnside sale to-day, numbering 201 head. The yarding included only a few consignments of heavy bullocks, anti this class, inclined to be easier in value, while prices for medium quality bullocks were firm nt the commencement of (he sale, but values receded later, and over the final races there was a drop of 10/per head. Young cows and heifers were forward in smaller numbers, resulting in prices showing a slight improvement. Extra prime heavy bullocks sold to £lO 12/(1; prinie heavy. £B/2/6 to £9/2/6; medium. £6/12/6 to £7/12/6: light, down to £5/2/6; prime heifers to £6/2/6; and prinie cows to £5/12/6. In the store cattle section there was only a small entry with no quotable steers forward. Vealers were in shorter supply and sold at slightly enhanced values. Thirty-one dairy cows were submitted and young cows close to profit sold to £5: backward and aged cows were neglected. T’he entry of fat sheep numbered over 1600. There was a scarcity of heavy wethers and keen competition resulted for this class. Heavy ewes comprised a large proportion of the offering, and at the close of the sale prices were easier by 2/- per head. Medium quality sheep sold at full current rates. Extra prinie heavy wethers sold to 27/6; prinie heavy, 21/6 to 25/9; medium, 22/9 to 24/-; light, to 19/-; extra prime heavy ewes to 21/-; prime heavy, 17/- to 19/7; medium, 15/- to 16/6; light, down to 12/-. An entry of 1100 fat lambs was offered, and (he quality showed improvement on recent markets while values were a shade firmer. Extra prime heavy lambs sold to 25/6. Prinie heavy, 22/- to 23/(1; medium, 20/- to 21/6; light, down to 17/6. The fat pig section attracted an entry of 109 witli good competition throughout and values slightly in vendors’ favour. ’Tlie yarding of store pigs numbered 64, ami on account 'of short .supply firmed in price. Wanganui Sale Dominion Special Service. Wang’anui, January 30. At Wanganui to-day, Freeman, K. Jackson and Co., Ltd., had a good full yardin in all sections, with a good sale and practically a total clearance under the hammer. Fat sheep and cattle were at hist week’s rates, with the exception of fat ewes, which were down Cd. a bend. Good prime store cows and heifers sold well. Store sheep which, for tlie most part comprised lambs, sold freely, and any lambs yarded showing condition and careful handling elicited keen competition. There was little Inquiry for store grown wethers, the passings being entirely confined to this section A heavy entry of pigs met a dragging sale, practically all classes being easier with the drop most pronounced on weaners and slips. Sheep: Fat wethers, 24/-, 25/3; fat ewes, .16/- to 17/9; lighter, 12/6 to 15/-; prime lambs, 22/6 to 24/-; fat lambs, 17/6 to 22/-; forward woolly b.f. lambs, 15/6 to 16/2; medium woolly b.f. lambs, 12/2 to 14/6; forward shorn b.f. lambs. 15/6 to 17/2; shorn b.f. lambs, 12/6 to 15/- ; good shorn wether lambs, 13/6 to 14/7; shorn wether lambs, 11/- to 13/-; woolly ewe lambs, 16/6 to 16/10; wetlier ditto, 12/- to 14/6; cull ewe lambs, 11/to 12/6: cull lambs, 8/6 to 11/-; m.a. ewes, poor, 13/- to 13/6; fattening ewes, 8/6 to 9/6. Cal tie; Prime shorthorn cows and heifers, ; C5 to £5/2/6; light run bred heifers, £3/8/- to £5/2/6; prime ex dairy cows, £2/10/- to £3/5/-; fat cows, £l/15/- to £2/5/-; store cows, 10/- to 20/-; 2J-year ■

Hereford heifers. £3/10/-: IS-months Jersey heifers, £2/2/-. I‘igs: Light baconers to £2; heavy porkers, 20/- to 32/-; porkers, 21/- to 28/-; forward stores, 17/- to 20/-; slips, 12/- to 10/-; weaners, 8/- to 10/-; smalt, -1/(1 Io 7/-; runners, £2/5/- to £2/10/-; vealers, 30/- to ‘lO/-; calves, 12/- to 25/-. Levin Sale Dominion > \t. Service. i.evin. January 29. There were good yardings at lite stock sale held in Levin yesterday. Prices of pigs, both store and pork, showed an easing tendency, while those of sheep were well maintained in all departments on Into rates. There was a good demand for cattle. Competition was keen. The range of prices was briefly as follows Pigs: Slips, 11/- to 13/-; 'stores, 14/0 to 18/(1; light porkers, 23/- to 30/-; medium porkers, 31/- to 34/-; heavy porkers, 37/- to 3!)/-. Sheep: Fat ewes, 15/0 to 15/9; fat hoggets, 22/- to 22/0; forward Romney lambs. 12/6 to 11/7; medium Romney lambs, 10/- to 11/9; small lambs, (1/10 to 8/-; s.m. ewes, 17/- to 18/0. Cattle: Fat cows, £2 to £2 15/-: vealers, £1 to 25/-; store cows, 10/to £1; bulls. 17/0 to 32/(1. Johnsonville Store Sale At Johnsonville on Monday, Wright, Stephenson and Co., Ltd., offered 2200 store sheep and 72 cattle. There was a good inquiry for ewes and store lambs, but wethers were not sought after. The ewes were mostly in low condition and showed the effects of the dry season. Cattle, which were mostly dairy sorts, met with a ready sale. Prices were:—Wethers, twotooth, 18/6, 38/- to 16/-; owes, f.m., 16/-, 15/6, 14/9, 14/3, 12/1; lambs, 15/-. 13/4, 13/-, 12/10, 12/6, 11/9 to 10/6; lambs, cull, 7/10, 7/1, 6/6. 5/6; cows, springing, £4 2/6. £4, £3/17/6, £3/12/6; cows, empty, £2/17/-, £l/14/-, £l/10/-, £l/2/-; vealers, £2/2/-, 35/-; bulls, £l/8/-, £l. Prices at Shannon Dominion Special Service. Levin, January 29. Good yardings were presented and keen competition accompanied by good prices particularly for lambs marked the sale Held by Abraham and Williams at Shannon to-day. Prices were as follow:— Five and six-year ewes, 14/6; shorn blackfaced lambs, 14/8 to 16/9; Romney shorn lambs, 12/- to 14/7; two-tootli wethers, 17/1 to IS/-; small lambs, 8/7 to 19/5; aged ewes, fat ewes, 15/6. Cows: Fat cows, £2/5/- to £3/13/-; fat heifers, £2/1/- to £3/5/-; store cows, 15/- to £1; bulls, 15/- to £2/5/-, Pahiatua Sale Dominion Special Service, I’ahiatua, January 30. Better condition lots offered at the Paiiia- , tua sale yesterday elicited keen competition, prices realised being well up on late rates. The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co., Ltd., offered a good yarding to a moderate attendance of buyers, effecting a clearance at the following range of prices :—Medium b.f. lambs, 10/2 to 12/9; b.f., rape lamlbs, 14/-, 15/2, 16/9 to 17/-; 2-tooth wethers, 16/1 to 17/10; shorn wether lambs, 11/4, 13/-'to 15/9; shorn ewe lambs, 14/3; cull lamlbs, 8/7 to 9/11; fat wethers. 21/9; cull ewes, 10/-.

SEASONAL JOTTINGS

Seed-beds For Autumn Pastures (By “Cultivator.”) Not infrequently (lie date of sowing down pastures in the autumn is left too late. Preparation of the feed-beds should already be well advanced in readi- , ness for the sowing season. There is I in many parts of the Dominion a danger in leaving the sowings later than March. As a rule the number of relatively poor results following on late sowings are generally attributed to anything but bad management. Experiments have admirably demonstrated that ryegrass and ■ other plants are subject to severe checks | when sown late. It is also doubtful ■whether the sowing ever fully recovers after being checked. Young stock will rarely develop satisfactorily on stemmy feed, which is so prevalent at this time of the year. Highly digestible feed relatively rich in the materials required for the formation of muscle and bone is Accessary for proper development of growing animals. Leafy feed is most valuable. Often a sound practice when following on an arable crop with pasture, is to disc the land rather than to plough. This is only advisable, however, where the land is reasonably clean. Au advantage may be derived from the greater firmness of the seed-bed given by discing, and, what is more, additional fertiliser provided by the animal manure is retained near the surface whe-e it most readily benefits the young pasture plants. A practice which cannot be recommended on account of poisonous content is the feeding of the tops or stems of potato plants t > dairy stock. Unless very carefully dealt with the tubers themselves are dangerous. If they are intended for use it is essential that the quantity to be fed at first should lie small, and then gradually increased. Sudden stoppage should also be avoided. At any time, however, potatoes are not the best of feed for dairy stock as they ferment very readily in the stomach, and cause serious indigestion and gas formation if fed in too large quantities. Representative runners, cyclists ami field-event men from all parts of the Wellington province will appear at an athletic meeting to be held by the Wairarapa sub-centre of the New Zealand Amateur Athletic Association, on the Masterton Park Oval on Saturday, February 9. This is the first meeting which the sub-centre has held since 1930. Splendid entries have already been received.