LIVE STOCK SALES

Dominion, Volume 35, Issue 288, 3 September 1942, Page 3

LIVE STOCK SALES

ADDINGTON (By Teiegrapli—Press Association.)

CHRISTCHURCH, September 2. ...At the Addington market today store ewes and lambs sold well. Wethers and hoggets were easier and fat sheep maintained values. Fat cattle' lost last week’s advance. Vealers and baconers were dearer, but porkers dropped substantially oh the high rates last week. The store sheep yarding numbered 2428. Many hoggets failed to reach the reserves, the highest-price being 30/- for a pen of open-woolled ewes. Another ewe line made 28/10. Wether hoggets made 23/3. There was keen competition for a line of ewes and lambs which made up to 21/6 all counted,. Others made up to 17/4. Most of the ewe offering was passed in. One line of sound-mouthed ewes in lamb to Southdown rams, made 24/0. others from 15/9 to 20/9. The fat cattle entry was 520, against 507 last week. The market was keen from the outset, but the improvement of 15/- a head recorded last week was not maintained. The yarding included several prime lines, and these made £2O to £2l/10/* a head. Best beef made from 42/6 to 45/- per 100 lb.; -good, 40/6 to 42/6; medium. 37/6 to 40/-; ordinary down to 34/-, Top price was £26/17/6. Prime heavy made from £lB 10/- to’ £2l. The fat, sheep entry totalled 3500 head, witli little quotable change, though light to medium prime ewes were , dearer. Best wethers ranged from 40/- to 44/-. tops to 40/-; best ewes from 30/- to 33/-, tops to 38/-. Some outstanding pens of fat hoggets sold at 48/-. 1 - ' Fat pigs maintained recent values for baemjers, which, ranged from £4/7/6 to £•» 14/6; average a lb., 75d. to BJd. Porkers slipped on the high rates of last week by 10/- to ‘2O/- a head. Prices ranged from £2/7/6 to £3/14/6; average Sl<l. to 9id.a lb. WESTFIELD ißv Telegraph—Press Association.) AUCKLAND, Sept. 2. Bidding was spirited for the small entry of ox beef at Westfield and an improved sale resulted, values being 2/- per 1001 b. better. Cows and heifers were also scarce, with prices higher. Extra choice ox to £2/2/- per 1001 b.; choice and prime, £l/19/- to £2/1/-; secondary and plain, £l/15/- to £l/17/-; extra prime young cow and heifer, £l/I'l/- to £l/15/-; choice and prime. £l/7/- to £l/9/- ; ordinary . cow beef, £l/3/- to £l/5/-; extra heavy prime steers, £l6/15/- to £l9/5/-; heavy, £l-5 to £l5/15/-: lighter. £l3/10/to £'l4/10/-; light. £ll/10/- to £l3; small and unfinished, £9/10/- to £lO/15/-; extra heavy prime young cows and heifers. £ll/5/- to £l3/2/6; heavy, £9/10/- to £lO/15/-; lighter. £7/10/- to £B/5/-: others. £5/5/- to £6/15/ ; . A keen demand for an average entry <>f wethers resulted in values ruling fully firm to better than late rates. A good yarding of ewes met a steady sale at prices equal to those ruling last. week. Extra heavy prime wethers. £2/5/6 to £2/9/9; heavy. £2/3/6 to £2/4/6; medium, £1 19/6 to £2/2/-; light, £l/16/6 to £l/18/6; plain and unfinished, £l/8/6 to £l/14/6:' extra heavy prime young and maiden ewes, £l/14/- to £l/16/-; heavy, £l/12/to £l/13/6; lighter, £l/8/- to £l/9/6; plain and aged. £1 to £l/6/-: others. 10/to 16/-. A medium entry of lambs sold under a steady demand at fully late quotations. Six spring lambs, the first of the season, sold from £l/14/6 to £l/16/3: extra heavy prmle lambs. £l/13/- to £l/14/3; heavy, £l/8/- to £l/11/6; medium. £l/5/6 to £1 7/-; lighter, £l/1/6 to £l/3/6: light, 19/to £1: small and plain, 16/- to 17/6. A small yarding of calves met a very keen demand and values showed a further improvement on last week. Runners, £6 to £lO/11/-; heavy vealers, £7 to £8 11)/-: medium. £(> to £6/18/-: light, £o to £5/16/-; small. £1 to £4/1-5/-: unfinished and bucket-fed. £1 to £2/10/-: boliliy and rough, 3/- to 18/-. There was an average entry of pigs, lhe demand for 1,-acouers was not So keen and values eased slightly. Porkers were in good request, selling fully at recent rates Stores realized high values. Choppers. £l/10/. to £3; heavy baeoners, £4 12/- to £4/16/-: medium. £4/4/- to £4 7/-; light. £3/18/- to £4/3/-: heavy porkers. £3/18/- to £l/3/-; medium, £3 8/- to £3/15/-; light. £3 to £3/5/-: small and unfinished, £2/9/- to £2/J.</-: stores. £2/5/- to £2/10/-: slips. £l/10/- I" L> 17/-- weaners. 10/. to £l/10/-.