LIVE STOCK SALES

Dominion, Volume 36, Issue 29, 29 October 1942, Page 7

LIVE STOCK SALES

WESTFIELD

(By Telegraph.—Press Association.) AUCKLAND, Octo.ber 28. At the Westfield sale an average entry of beef sold under ready competition, realizing firm late rates. An average number of cows and heifers came forward and a good demand resulted in a steady sale at full late rates. Extra choice ox, £2 2/- 1001 b.; choice and prime, £l/10/- to £*2/l/-; secondary and plain. £l/15/- to £l/17/-; extra prime young cow and heifer, £l/14/- to £.l/IS/-.; choice and prime, £l/0/- to £l/12/ : ; extra heavy prime steers, £l7 to £l7/5/-; heavy prime, £l5/10/- to £.lO/10/-; lighter. £l4 to £l4 12/(5; light. £.12/10/- to £ IC/10/-: small and unfinished, £.lO/10/- to £l'l/10/-; extra heavy prime young cows and heifers, £ll to *£!l2/2/B; heavy. £O/10/- to £lO 10/-; lighter, £7/10/- to £B/10/-; light, £0 to £7.

A -bare average entry of sheep was penned. . Competition was keen and firm rates were obtained for wethers. A small number of ewes sold at Improved rates. Extra heavy pi’inie wethers, £l/15/6 to £l/1117/-; heavy, £l/13/- to £l/11/11; medium, £l/11/- to £l/12/-; light, £l/8/0 to £l/10/-; plain and unfinished, £l/2/- to £l/7/6; extra heavy prime young and maide newes, £1 to £l/2/6; heavy prime, IS/- to 19/-; lighter, 16/6 to 17/6; plain and a<ed, 14/- to 13/6; others, 7/6 to 12/6. A heavy yarding of lambs came forward and though competition was steady values did not reach last week’s level. Extra heavy prime lambs, £l/12/- to £l/14/-; heavy, £l/10/- to £l/11/-; medium, £1 8/- to £l/9/-; lighter, £l/5/- to £l/7/-; light. £l/2/- to £l/4/-. There was a smaller yarding of calves. Bidding was keen for all prime runners and vealers and values Were fully firm at late notations. Runners, £6/10/- to £ilo 10/-; heavy vealers, £7 to £B/5/-; medium, £6 to £6/15/-; light, £5 to £5/15/-; small, £l/5/- to £4/16/-; unfinished and bucket-fed. £1 to £l/15/-; bobby and rough calves, /o to £l. There was ah average entry of pigs. Baconers sold at recent rates and porkers changed owners at last week’s high quotations. Stores were in good request, with values firm. Choppers, £l/2/- to £3/5/-; heavy baconers, £4/8/- to £4/14/-; medium, £4/1/- to £4/4/-; light, £3/14/- to £3/18?-; heavy porkers, £3/13/- to £3 19/-; medium. £3/5/- to £3/10/-: light, £2/15/- to £3/1/-; small and unfinished. £2/10/- to £2/14/-; stores. £2/5/- to £2 10/-; slips. £'l/I's/- to £2/2/-; weaiiers, £1 to £.l/14/-.

ADDINGTON (By Telegraph.— Press Association.) CHRISTCHURCH, October 28. At the Addington market the store sheep entry totalled about 1700. Owing to the improved feed conditions the demand far exceeded the supply. In consequence, prices, specially for woolly ewes and lambs, showed an advance of up to 2/a head. The highest price for ewes and lambs was 19/6 all counted, and others sold at from 15/5 to 17/5. Ewe hoggets realized up to 35/6, one pen of 213 halfbreds making 32/-. Woolly wettiers, mixed ages, made 23/5. There was keen competition for the few shorn sheep, two-tootli wethers making up to 27/3. and four and six-tootli wethers sold for 29/-. The fat sheep yarding was about 4000, the same as hist week. It comprised mostly shorn sheep. Some good,lines of shorn wethers sold at prices wt'll up to recent, rates, but there was a preponderance of medium to inferior quality sheep which dropped in value, many being passed. Two truck lots of shorn southern wethers met keeii competition. One truck of 51 sold from. 40/7 to 41/4, averaging 41/-, and another of 54 made from 40/1 to 42/10. averaging 42/3. Woolly sheep were not much sought, after. Top price for ewes was 41/7, blit generally the entry of woolly sheep was of unattractive quality.

. The fat cattle entry of 471! again met with keen competition and though there was a slight easing of about I's/-- a head, prices were still on a high level. Best beet made from 52/- to 54/- per 1001 b., some to 50/-, medium to good, 47/- Io 51/-; ordinary, -12/- to 46/-; inferior down to 35/-. One line of 16 steers averaged £26 17/6, tile top pen making £27/12/6. Another truck lot of eight averaged £2l 10/-. A draft of 20 steers averaged £2l 2/6. and another of eight, £23/7/6. The porker yarding was small at the commencement of the sale, but later arrivals caused values over the second half of the sale to drop 3/- to 4/- a head. Best quality baconers sold keenly at last, week's rates,'but overfat pigs were hard to quit.. Light porkers brought 52/6 to 59/6; med-ium,-£3/2/6 to £3/8/6; heavy, £3/14/6 to £-1/4/6; average price a lb., S4d. to lOd.; light baconers, £4/14/6 to £5/16/-: medium. £5/4/6 to £5/16/6; heavy £5/10/6 to £6/14/6; overfat sorts, £4/7/- to £4/15/-; average price a lb., Sil. to lOd.

WANGANUI Dominion Special Service. • WANGANUI, October 28. Freeman R, Jackson and Co., Ltd., report as follows on the Wanganui sale:— Shearing operations being in full swing, a rather smaller attendance for the size of the yarding was present than usual. The store cattle comprised mainly yearling I’.A. and Hereford steers and heifers, which met with a rather slow sale. A good yarding of Jersey yearling heifers also came forward, but not many sales were made under the hammer. Store sheep were ou a par with late rates and a particularly good line of ewe hoggets met with keen competition. Eat cattle and fat sheep also reached last week’s figures, and a small yarding of pigs met with a renily demand. Quotations: — Cattle: Fat P.A. cows, £lO/3/- to £8 10/-; ex dairy. £5/1.7/- to £4/10/-; 2-year P,A. steers. £7/3/-: yearling do. (small), £5/1/- to £4/12/-; 2-year P-A. heifers, £6 8/-; small Hereford 2-year heifers. £5: small P.A. yearling heifers. £3/19/- to £3 10/-; yearling Jersey heifers, good-, £o; hold-over Jersey heifers, to £3/15/-. Sheep: Prime shorn ewes. 15/-; good woolly do., 24/1; m.a. fat woolly wethers, 34/6;' prime woolly hoggets, to 33/0; shorn do'.. 24/-; extra good ewe hoggets, 35/7; good do., 32/(1; shorn ewe hoggets (small), 21/1; small wether hoggets (shorn), 17/4. Vealers, good, to £5; small, £2/10/-; runners, to £6/2/6. Pigs: Heavy choppers. £3/12/-; baconers. £4/1/-: light porkers. £2/119/-; store pigs, 35/6 to 30/-; slips, 30/- to 25/-; weaiiers, 31/- to 21/-; small and weedy, 12/- to 7/-.

STORTFORD LODGE

Dominion Special Service. HASTINGS, October 28, An easier tone was evident in the store cattle market at Stortford Lodge today, when the values of steers Und young bullocks were 5/- lower than last week and from 5/- to 7/(1 below yesterday's market at Waipuknrau. A feature was the outstanding yearling white-faced heifers, which made tho season’s highest price of £5/12/6. Gis'borne-bred dehorned Hereford cows in exceptionally good condition, with calves, brought £B/15/-. Fouryear store bullocks brought from £9/19/to £lO/5/- and forward £lO/15/-. , tlireevear steers made to £O/10/-. two-year steers £S/10/-, and good yearling steers £6/17/-. The windy conditions during the last, week accounted for a quieter market, for sheep. ’Woolly hoggets were 1/- cheaper and bettor class ewew with lambs down 1/6. Two-tooth wethers also, sold in buyers’ favour, from 18/1 to 19/10. Very forward four-tooth wethers made 24/10. Values for ewes were fully 1/- a head cheaper. The yarding of fat sheep was in excess of requirements and a number of pons wore overweight. A steady demand was shown for spring lambs, tho top pen. averaging 351 b. works weight to a shade better, realized 32/4. Other pens made, according to weight. 20/1 to 30/4. An Elsthorpe entry, mixed in size, ranged front 26/10 to 31/10; woolly prime wethers made from 32/7 to 36/10: woolly ewes, 23/7: best shorn ewes, 15/10/- to 17/1; ■others, to 15/.1; prime shorn maiden fouritooths, 18/10, « Because of the very short yarding, values for beef advanced. Tito quality was very’ mixed and ox beef was in short supply. Heavy Holstein cross bullocks brought from £l4/1/- to £l5/8/6 and Jersey cross £l3/18/6. Prime whlte-fneed heifers made from £lO/6/- to £ll/16/-, witli the cows ranging from £B/16/- to £O/18/6. Prime spreyod heifers made from £lO/1/. to £42/1/-. Second grade cows made much dearer buying on the (lay at £B/6/-. Extra good venlertt made to £7/7/-: Jersey runners, £6/4/-.