SHEEP AND CATTLE.

Taranaki Central Press, Volume IV, Issue 329, 9 January 1937, Page 6

SHEEP AND CATTLE.

FIRM VALUES.

Weekly Report on Market Conditions.

Although harvesting has been intci’rwpcd by bad weaher, there is every indication that the buoyancy of the close of last year will be maintained, says Newton King’s weekly report. < Store Sheep.

The chief demand at present is for store sheep, and steady business with breeding ewes on a forward basis continues. Figures since the opening of the New Year show an advance on earlier rates and the prospects for vendors of ail classes of sheep are excellent. , Store Cattle.)

Little business is being done in the store-cattle section but the need for stock to cope with pasture growth is still in evidence and this should ensure firm values. The absence' of quotations of well ’bred grazing cattle should result in free inquiry for oddments of Jersey and Jersey-cross sorts. Export Values. Uncertainty continue to surround the fuure of export rates in the beef section and as a result few commitments for local consumption are being made. Values for P-A. and Hereford cows and heifers remain firm but for the future are dependent on the export demand. Export buyers are offering up to 26/- for we tillers and 17/- for e-wes in the fat sheep section in iwhich values are very firm. The great appreciation in breeding we values is likely to have a buoyant effect on fat prices if the usual export quota is sought.