STOCK PRICES EASIER

Sun (Auckland), Volume IV, Issue 1080, 18 September 1930, Page 11

STOCK PRICES EASIER

N.Z. MARKETS REVIEWED WESTFIELD SALE By It.W.C. An easier tone was recorded in several sections at the principal stock sales of the Dominion yesterday. Increased yardings appeared to be the order of the day. AT Westfield yesterday there was a heavy yarding 1 of fat cattle, and an Exceptionally heavy entry of fat sheep; the mutton offering was, in fact, one pf the heaviest seen In the yards this year, yarding space being taxed to hold it all. In both sections prices showed a marked decline on late rates. The quality of the ox beef entry was good. Heavy prime beasts predornininated, and some of the cattle were finished up to show standard. Graziers seemingly still have much to learn about Auckland meat-buyers’ requirements. Big heavy-weight cattle, however well finished, are not wanted. The Auckland public is not a buyer of big joints today, and the big-framed boast, as a result, does not appear a sound proposition to the majority of tho butchers. They would rather pay a littlo more on a per lb basis lor smaller beasts. This applies with equal force to mutton. Heavy prime steers yesterday met with a market 20s to 30s, and in isolated cases, up to 40s a head below late rates. There was an average drop

on heavy-weight sorts of 3s a hundred. Best young ox, generally, made up to 39s a hundred, although the average market was nearer 37s a hundred. Best young cow sold at up to 37s a hundred. Show steers, not exceptionally heavy in the bone, made up to £l7 15s; heavy prime, £l4 to .£lO 10s; medium. £l2 to £l3 15s; light aiul small, from £9; unfinished small, from £6 15s. Extra heavy prime young cow and heifer, to £l4 ss; heavy prime, £9 15s to £l2 ss; medium, £3 to £9 10s; light and small, from £6; unfinished canners, from £4. Well-finished vealers met with a steady demand at late rates, but an easier tendency was again noticed in the prices for small calves. Extra prime runners made to £8 10s; extra prime vealers made to £5. Exporters were still paying up to 13s lor calves for the bobby veal trade. Well nourished fresh-dropped to six-weeks-old calves made from 14s to 365. Heavy Yarding Of Sheep Six rows proved insufficient to hold yesterday’s offering of fat sheep, and even the ends of the alleyways had to bo used. The average quality was good and the entry was drawn from over a comparatively wide range. The first shorn wethers of the season came forward to make up to 245; lightweight shorn wethers made up to 15s 9d. Thero was also an increased entry of lambs. These were mostly sold in very small lots, top price being secured for a single lamb, which made 31s; good sorts of medium-weight lambs made from 25s to 28s. The market for fat sheep showed a decline of from Is Gd to 2s 6d a head on late rates. Heavy prime wethers made from 28s to 30s 9d: medium, 24s Gd to 2f?u_ light and small, from 20s. Extra heavy prime ewes made to 26s 9d; heavy prime, 19s to 225; medium, 16s to 18s Gd. The fat pig market was very firm; tliere was under an average yarding. Bac-oners sold uound the equivalent

of 5Jd a 3b; porkers, made from 7d to 8d a lb. Choppers made £3 to £7, acco2*ding to weight; heavy baconers, £3 8s to £3 13s; medium. £3 3s to £3 Gs; light, £2 19s lo £3 Is; heavy porkers, £2 15s to £2 18s; light and medium, £2 6s to £2 13s; small and unfinished, £1 18s to £2 2s. Stores were also wanted. Best framed made £1 17s to £2 4s; good slips, £1 14s to £1 16s: best weaners, £1 6s to £1 11s; small, 18s to £ 1 2s. Hawke’s Bay Market Firm At the StorJford Lodge (Hastings) sale, held yesterday, there was a small yarding of fat cattle and a fair yarding of store cattle. There was a large entry of fat and store sheep. There was a fair attendance of the public and a firm sale for all fat stock. Ox beef made to 42s a hundred; cow beef, to 40s a hundred; store cows made £5 10s: small Shorthorn weaners, £3 16s; fat ewes, to 275: fat wethers, to 30s: fat hoggets, to 225; wether hoggets, to 18s Gd. A fair entry of medium class aged ewes and lambs made lo 27s Gd; two-tooth wethers, to 235. Johnsonville Market At tho Johnsonville (Wellington) sale yesterday in spite of inclement weather there was a large attendance of the public. There was an average yarding of prime quality bullocks. The sheep yarding was larger than usual. Bullocks met with a good sale, prices showing no alteration as compared with last week's rates. A few pens of shorn wethers, the first of the season, were in good demand, and ewes met with a keen sale at last week’s rates. Hoggets were yarded in larger numbers than usual, and a total clearance was effected. Spring lambs were in keen demand at last week’s rates.

Heavy bullocks made £l6 5s to £l7; medium-weight bullocks, to £ls 15s; ordinary bullocks, to £l4 10s. Extra heavy woolly wethers made up to 325; extra heavy shorn wethers, to 29s Gd; heavy wethers, to 31s;- good medium wethers, to 28s 9cl; light and unfinished weihers, to 26s 6d; heavy ewes, 23s lCd to 25s Gd; other ewes, to 22s 9d: hoggets, 19s 3d to 245; lambs, to 28s 2d. Addington Market Easier Entries were about normal at tho stock sale at Addington yesterday. Fat cattle and fat sheep eased in price. There was a moderate entry of store sheep, which met with freer competition, although prices showed little advance. Values for heavy sheep were down by 2s to 2s Gd a head and light wethers by about Is. Extra prime wethers made to 38s 7d: prime wethers, 29s to 335: medium wethers, 24s to 28s Gd: light wethers, 20s to 235; extra prim ewes, to 34s 7d; prime ewes. 24s to 28s: medium ewes. ISs to 22s Gd: light ewes, to 17s; prime hoggets, 20s to 235. Approximately 1.400 head of fat cattle were yarded. Values were down by about 2s a 1001 b. Good beef made 44s to 4Ss, a few pens to 525: heavy beef, to 425; cow, to 41s; medium, to 375: extra prime heavy steers, £23 to £25 17s 6d; prime heavy steers, £lB 10s to £2l 10s; prime medium-weight steers, £ls to £18; medium quality steers. £l2 to £l4; light steers, £lO to £ll 15s; extra prime heifers, to £lB 2s Gd; prime heifers, £l3 to £ls ss; medium, heifers, £lO 10s to £l2 15s; lig'nt heifers, £7 to £10; extra prime cows, to £lB 12s Gd; prime cows, £l2 £l4 10s; ordinary cows, £lO to £ll 15s: light .and aged cows. £ 6 lo £9. There was a small yarding of pork and bacon. All sorts met with a keen demand and bacon prices firmed a shade. Pork remained unchanged, j Porkers made 54s Gd to 62s 6d: heavy { porkers, to 78s Cd: a verage price a lb, 1 9:?d to 10id; baconers, £4 Is 6d to £5, heavy, to £5 18s 6d; average price a lb. Sd to Sid: choppers, £ 3 to £3 3s 6d

FRANCE SHORT OF WHEAT need. 10.5 a.m. PARIS, Wednesday A serious decline in the whea yield is feared. Experts say it ma; become necessary for France to im port 35,000,000 quintals-