FIRM MARKETS RULE
DOMINION STOCK SALES WEEKLY AUCTION REVIEW Firm markets were the rule at New Zealand stock saies this iweek, the only variation on late rates oeing slight increases in the price level, except in odd cases where there were heavy yardings or poor quality. a summary of the auctions is as follows: — Burnside. Cattle: Extra prime heavy bullocks made to £27 2s 6d; prime heavy bullocks, £21 2s 6d to £23 2s 6d; medium bullocks, £15 17s 6d to £19 7s 6d; light bullocks, from £12 2s 6d; extra prime cows and heifers, to £19 12s 6d; prime cows and heifers, £13 17s 6d to £16 2s 6d; medium cows and heifers, £10 12s 6d to £12 7s 6d; light cows and heifers, from £7 17s 6d. Sheep: Extra prime heavy wethers made to 53s; prime wethers, 44s to 48s; medium wethers', 36s to 40s; light wethers, from 30s; extra prime heavy ewes, to 47s 3d; prime heavy ewes, 37s 6d to 42s; medium ewes, 33s to 36s; light ewes, down to 26s 9d. Three spring lambs were penned and sold keenly at up to 38s 6d. Wanganui. Sheep: Fat wethers, 36s 6d; fat maiden ewes, 32s to 34s; prime ewes, 28s 6d to 30s 9d; fat, 26s 6d to 28s; light, 23s 6d to 26s; fat b.f. two-tooths, 27s ld to 29s; fat hoggets, 26s to 29s; light, 22s to 25s 6d; ewe hoggets, 30s to 35s; wether hoggets, 22s 7d; ewes and lambs, 18s all counted. Cattle: Prime p.a. cows, £9 10s to £10 17s 6d; fat, £8 5s to £9 7s 6d; prime exdairy cows, £8 15s to £9 16s; fat, £7 5s to £8 5s; killable, £5 10s to £6 10s; good forward Hereford bullocks, £11; three-year p.a. steers, £7 17s; s.h., £7 8s; empty p.a. cows, £6 3s; s.h., £4 5s to £5 10s; store crossbred cows, £3 5s to £4 2s 6d; two-year s.h. steers, £5 19s; twoyear empty Jersey heifers, £4 5s to £5 7s 6d; yearling Jersey heifers, £4 10s to £6 12s 6d; small, £2 10s to £3 15s; dairy cows, close up, £7 to £9 5s; aged and backward, £5 to £6 5s. Pigs: Baconers, £2 12s 6d to £3 2s 6d; heavy porkers, £2 10s to £3; average £2 2s 6d to £2 10s; good stores, 35s to 40s; small, 27s to 33s; good slips and weaners, 25s to 28s 6d; average, 22s to 24s; small, 12s to 18s; sow to farrow, £5 2s 6d. Vealers: Runners to £5; vealers, £2 15s to £3; calves, to 15s. Slortford Lodge. Cattle: Exceptionally heavy well-bred Shorthorn bullocks from Manawatu from £18 7s 6d to £20 17s 6d; mediumweight bullocks made from £13 7s 6d to £14 17s 6d, and lighter from £11 2s 6d to £12 17s 6d; very forward four-year a.a. bullocks brought £10 15s, others making £10 8s 6d; three-year steers from £8 17s 6d to £9 5s; fairly grown two-year steers brought £6 17s 6d to £7 ls, medium £6 15s, small and light to £5 13s; medium grown yearling steers in good order £5 5s, small to medium £4 12s 6d, small £3 14s; very small, backward and hard wintered £2 3s; forward empty cows £7, good store pens £6 2s, very light £4 19s. Sheep: Woolly ewe hoggets in first class order, 34s 6d, medium pens 28s 9d, small 25s 6d, forward well-grown wether hoggets 26s 4d, others in good store condition from 24s 6d to 25s 6d, smaller 21s ld. Addington. Sheep: Prime heavy wethers 47s to 54s; medium wethers, 39s to 46s 6d; prime ewes, 40s to 52s; ordinary ewes, 30s to 39s 6d. Cattle: Prime heavy steers, £18 10s to £25 7s 6d; medium, £11 10s to £18; best heifers, £14 to £21 7s 6d; others, to £13 10s; best cows, i.11 to £17 12s 6d; others, to £10. Pork averaged 8d to d^d; bacon, 7Vfed to 8d. Westfield. Cattle: Extra heavy prime steers, £16, £18 10s; heavy, £14, £15; medium, £12, £13 lOd; light, £10 10s, £12; extra heavy prii.ie cows and heifers, £10 10s, £12 10s; heavy, £8 10s, £9 15s; medium, £6 15s, £7 15s; others, £5, £6 5s; runrers, £5 to £10 11s; heavy vealers, £6 10s, £7 17s 6d; medium, £5 5s, £6 5s; light. £3 10s, £5; small, £1, £3 5s; others, £5, 42s. Pigs: Choppers, 60s to 95s; heavy baconers, 87s to 92s; medium, 80s to 84s; light, 76s to 79s; heavy porkers, 72s to 76s; medium, 66s to 70s; light and small, 49s to 58s; stores, 46s to 52s; slips, 34s to 41s; weaners, 20s to 36s. Sheep: Extra heavy prime woolly wethers made 43s 6d to 45s 6d; shorn, 34s 6d, 36:; heavy, 40s, 41s 6d, 30s, 33s; medium woolly, 36s 6d, 38s; light woolly, 32s 6d, 35s; unfinished, 30s, 31s 6d; extra heavy prime woolly ewes, 35s, 38s; shorn, 27s, 29s; heavy. 32s, 34s, 23s, 25s; medium woolly, 28s, 30s; others, 10s, 26s; first spring lambs made 38s 3d to 44s 3d. Masterton. Sheep: Prime heavy fat ewes, 30s to 34s; prime heavy fat wethers, 37s to 37s 6d; fat b.f. ewes, 28s; good Southdown hoggets, 27s; wether hoggets, 22s 8d; fat ewes, 28s to 29s 6d; fat wethers, 34s to 35s; good fat hoggets, 28s 10d; ewe hoggets, 30s to 32s 6d. Cattle: Light fat cow, £9; yearling p.a. steers, £j 14s; yearling Jersey steers, £4 17s; small p.a. heifers r.w. p.a. bull, £5 15s; p.a. cow r.w. p.a. bull, £6 5s; yearling p.a. heifers (small), £2 18s; dairy cow (second calver), close to profit, £9; aged dairy cows, late calvers, £6 to £7. Pigs: Extra good weaners, 35s; good weaners, 30s to 30s 6d; weaners, 25s 6d to 27s 6d.
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Taranaki Daily News, 20 September 1940, Page 2
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