THE STOCK MARKETS.

Manawatu Standard, Volume LVII, Issue 216, 12 August 1937, Page 5

THE STOCK MARKETS.

JOHNSONVILLE SALE. SIIEEP PRICES HOLD. WELLINGTON, Aug. 12. A largo yarding of cattle and sheep was otlered at the Johnsonvillc stock sale yesterday, but neither cattle nor shep were up to the usual quality. This was more noticeable in the ox section. The yarding of bullocks consisted of chiefly mediumweight cattle, with only a few pens of heavy sorts. Fine quality bullocks met with a ready sale at prices firm on last week, but unfinished cattle were hard to sell, even at reduced limits. With the exception of one truck of extra prime heavycows, the yarding ttf cows ami heifers was of indifferent quality station cows and cows cx-dairy. Prime cows and heifers met with spirited competition with no alteration, and. taking into account the finality, the balance of the female yarding sold at prices quite up to those ruling last week. Only a few small calves came forward, these selling readily. Tile wethers yarded were not up lo the usual quality, but prime heavy sheep sold at late rates and light to medium-weights were firm to Is a head. Only a few pons of extra heavy ewes came forward, the balance of the yarding consisting of light to medium-weight and unfinished sheep. All classes met with good competition at prices showing a firming tendency to the extent of Is a head. A small yarding of good quality lambs sold without 'alteration. 'J ho range of prices was: Prime extra heavy bullocks, £l4 7s 6d to £l3 15s: prime heavy, £l3 12s 6d to £l2 10s; heavy, £l2 8s 6d to £l2 ss; ordinary, £l2 to £lO 18s; extra prime heavycows and heifers, £lO 18s 6d to £9 16s; prime heavy, £9 12s 6d to £9 ss; ordinary heifers. £8 12s 6d; cows, ex-dairy. £5 15s to £3 12s 6d; runners, none yarded; small calves 26s to 12s. Prime extra heavy wethers. 41s 3d to 38s 6d ; prime heavy. 38s to 37s 2d; medium, 36s 6d to 32s 8d ; prime extra heavyewes, young. 39s 9d lo 38s 7d; prime heavy, 38s 3d to 35s 6d ; ordinary, 34s 9d to 28s 9d ; light and plain, 'os 3d to 21s 6d; heavy lambs. 32s 6d to 29s 8d; medium, 28s 6d to 25s 3d ; light 24s 3d to 21s Bd.

SALE AT LEVIN

LEVIN. Aug. 11. Firm prices were realised in all sections

at the Levin stock sale. Pigs and sheep sold briskly, and fat cattle improved gn late rates. Spinging heifers showed an appreciable rise. Realisations were ns follow; —

Pigs.—Light porkers, 28s 6d to 365; heavy, 37s 6d to £2 13s; choppers, 395; slips, 13s 6d to 23s 6d; stores, 19s 6d to 345. Sheep: Fat ewes, 37s 6d; fat hoggets, 23s 6d to 375; fat wethers. 36s 9d; store ewes, 19s; ewe hoggets. 21s 7d to 345; owe lambs, 24s lOd. Cattle: Light fat cows. £3 5s to £3 13s 6d; medium, £4 to £4 10s; heavy, £4 15s to £5 .ss; store cows, £1 10s to £3; vealers, £2 13s lo £3 10s; maiden heifers, £3 7s 6d to £4 15s. Dairy stock: Springing heifers, £4 10s to £9 15s; springing cows, £4 to £5; cows in milk, £5.

RONGOTEA SALE. Farmers wilh pigs lo sell found a riving market at the Rotigotea stock sales yesterday afternoon when small weancre brought 23s and moderate _ sized stores went for 365, other pigs selling in proportion to these prices.—Rongotea correspondent. PAIIIATUA SALE.

At the Pahiatua salo a small offering of sheep and a large entry of dairy cows were submitted. Sheep sold readily at full late rates, hut bidding on the dairy stock was somewhat, restrained.

1 Selected Jersey cows, close to profit, : made £5 to £6 15s, and backward sorts ■ from £4 to £5. Two-year in-calf heifers made £4 10s and £5. Best S. 11. cows (early ealvers) made £6 10s and Jersey sorts £6 10s and £7: good early ealvers, £6 to £6 15s. Medium wether hoggets realised 19s Id; forward-conditioned b.f. hoggets, 22s 7d. STORTFORD LODGE. Per Press Association. HASTINGS, Aug. 11. ■ A small yarding of fat cattle at the Stortford Lodge stock sale 10-day met an easier market, prices bring fully 10s a head down from last week. The pens contained almost entirely female sorts, best cows making £9 lCr, medium £7 10s to £8 10s, and light £5 10s to £6 10s. Best heifers made £8 10s lo £9 10s, hut few peris were offered. Store sheep again sold well, laic values being fully maintained. Bcvt weolly Corricdalc cross ewe hoggets mafic 32u 7*l. best woolly wether hoggets 24r, 2d. and fat and forward black-fared hoggets 23s lOd. Small-grown light-condition sorts made dear buying. Very few breeding ewes were offered. Good four-year owes, depastured with Southdown rams, made 34s 3d. and sound-mouth fivo-voar ewes, heavy in lamb, 27s 7d. No wethers were offered.. Fat sheep values showed a rsc, fresh record price levels being established for the season. Extra prime wethers sold at 465; heavy prime ewes, 37s 6d; prime Down cross owes, 355; Southdown owes, 3?s 6d; etxra prime Down cross hoggets, 30s. medium 255. light 20s 6d to 235. All lines met with keen bidding. WESTFIELD VALUES. Per Press Association. AUCKLAND, Aug. 11. Exporters having bought most of the best cattle during the past month and left Auckland butchers short of beef, values made a sensational rise of 4s a hundred pounds at the Westfield sale to-day. Similar values have not been quoted since November, 1930. Individual prices firmed from £1 5s to £1 153 a head. . Extra choice ox sold at 38s a 1001 b; choice and prime, 34s to 375; unfinished, 29s to 33a; prime cow and heifer beef, »30s to 345; unfinished, 22s to 295; extra heavy steers, £ls 15s to £l7; heavy £l4 5s to £ls 17s 6d, medium £l3 to £l4 15s, light £lO to £l2 10s, unfinished £8 to £lO ss; extra heavy cows and heifers.. £ll 5s to £l4, heavy £9 to £ll 15s, medium £7 12s 6d to £9 17s 6d, light £5 10s to £8 10s, unfinished £3 10s to £7 ss. - Further advances were quoted in all classes of sheep, short entries being general and quality fair. Lambs were particularly dear, and made the best prices of the season. Extra heavy wethers brought 40s to 445, heavy 37s 6t *o 419 9d* medium 35s 6d to 39s 6d, light 33s to-;37s 6d, : unfinished 29s 6d to' 33s 9d-; .'extra heavy ewes, 33s to 40s; heavy, 29s 6d to 375;. medium, 27s to 34s 6d,\ light 22s to 32s 6d, unfinished 10s to 26s 6cl; prime lambs, 21s to 33s 6d, unfinished 12s to 21s 6d. ‘ Calves being scarcer, values improved by about 3s a head. Quality was patchj% many bobby calves being offered. Runners sold at £3 10s to £8 3s; heavy vealers, £5 to £5 11s. medium £4 t.o £4 18s, light £3 12s to £3 19s, smaller £2 15s to £3 6s, small and unfinished £1 10s to £2 10s: rough calves, 18s lo £2; bobby calves, 4s to 19s - . . ! Pigs maintained late rates. Choppers I made £2 to £4 18s; heavy baconers, £4 I 7s to £5, medium £3 16s to £4 6s, light ; £3 5s to £3 15s; heavy porkers, £2 12s j to £3 3s. medium £2 4s to £2 12s, light , £1 18s to £2 6s, small and unfinished, £1 , to £1 15s; stores, £1 8s to £2; slips, £1 , ;o £1 6s; wearers. 8s to 21s. Baconers | averaged 7d a lb and porkers to 6:Jd. ,

BURNSIDE MARKET. j Per Press Association. I DUNEDIN; Aug. 11. 1 Fat cattle showed a marked improve- * ment at the Burnside stork sale to-day. ■ The yarding numbered 266. about 30 be- > low the previous week’s figure. There £ were a few oens of extra prime bullocks, i f The-market opened firm,, with a subse- 1 1 quent hardening as the sale progressed. Extra prime heavy bullocks made lo £23 12s 6d, prime £l6 to £l9. medium £l2 7s 6d lo £ls 2s 6d, light down to £9 12s c 6d. . ' Aged cattle and cows and heifers com- l prised the bulk of the store yarding, and i prices were on a par with recent values, s Three-ycar-old steers brought to £9 ss, t •and younger sorts from £6 10s to £7 10s. 1; For a good yarding of 1820 fat sheep of j mixed quality, prices eased from 2a to 4s a a head. Extra prime heavy wethers brought to £2 9s 3d. prime £1 14s 6d to p £2 Is 9d. medium £1 10s to £1 13s 6d; j. extra prime heavy ewes to £1 19s, prime £1 6s 6d to £1 10s, medium £1 2s 6d to £1 5s 9d, light down to 14s. v The yarding of fat pigs was small and c there was a medium entry of stores. Fats' ll improved ill value and sold at £2 to £3 s 5s for porkers, and £3 5s to £4 15s for s baconers. t