STILL GOOD ENQUIRY

Taranaki Daily News, 28 September 1940, Page 2

STILL GOOD ENQUIRY

. LACK OF QUOTATIONS GOOD CATTLE IN DEMANE ! A quieter period of changing through ! the medium of private treaty has been ihe order, but this is in the main occasioned through lack of quotations that appeal for there is quite good inquiry in all branches, stat.es the weekly stock market report of Newton King Ltd. Cattle suitahle for next seasons requirements continue the most popular but the sudden rise in values for yegrling Jersey heifers has occasioned a somewhat timid atmospheer and it is only where choice cattle displaying bloom and size are offered that the high levels earlier reported are being maintained. The higher range of values ■ has uncovered

heavier supplies but in the main the cattle offering lack size and bloom; however, there is quite a good market for a! grades, hold-over heifers especiallj meeting very strong competition. This could also be said of two-year empty heifers and sound empty cows, values fot these two classes under the hammet being firm at late rates. Paddock saies of yearling Jersey heifers include 30 average to good cattle at £7 7s, 20 at £7 12s 6d while at auction occasional entries of top grade heifers have exceeded the £8 mark, up to £5 7s 6d being recorded for top-quality hold-over heifers. Two-year empty. heifers have changed readily under the hammer at from £6 5s to £7 and best sound empty cows have been sold at from £5 10s to £6 5s. Other entries in the store-catlle section at our fortnight.ly saies have consisted in the main of Jersey qddments. Good-framed young store Jersey cows are enjoying competition from graziers, and it could be said that a slight improvement in values for these has' been observed, especially for those carrying condition. Good inquiry is also being encountered for station-bred cattle but here, too, the limited nature of quotations hinders trade, major saies since our last report including 110 forward bullocks at £10, 70 threeyear empty P.A. heifers £6 15s and 30 empty P.A. cows at £6 5s. Good business could be reported in the store sheep section if quotations were available. Strong- inquiry is in evidence for both ewe and wether hoggets, and values are very firm. Saies include a line of 300 woolly white-faced wether hoggets at 26s while a line of 200 shorn sheep changed at 22s. Ewes with lambs at foot are also inquired for but quotations leave little margin for profit and only occasional saies can be reported. Full-mouth ewes with lambs at foot change at from 35s to 37s 6d. The position as far as the fat sheep and cattle section is concerned is unchanged. As expressed in our last report, either section is not over-burden-ed with supplies of the prime article and the recovery of lost ground for stock displaying this quality has been maintained in recent transactions. Fat ewes have been sold at from 30s to 32s with prime fat wethers selling at from 38s to £2, lighter sorts 34s to 36s.

In the beef section quotations of best P.A. and Hereford cow and heifer beef range from £10 to £12 according to weight and quality while quotations of bullocks range from £12 10s to £15. That the demand for both dairy cows and heifers is being well sustained despite the lateness of the season, is indicated in the results of a sale of heifers and cows conducted on behalf of Mr. Norman Berridge last Wednesday. The offering in the main consisted of average to good-quality Jersey and Jersey-cross heifers supplemented by a small entry of springing cows. In all some 82 head changed hands at an average of a little in advance of £13 per head.. Well-bred Shorthorn heifers close to profit made to £17, more backward £15, calved Shorthorn heifers made £10 to £14 10, springing Shorthorn cows to £15, good-quality springing heifers close to profit or in j full ' milk £15 to £16 10s, others £11 10s j to £14 according to forwardness and*j quality. calved Friesian cows made to ' £17, while good-quality Jersey calved ' cows made to £16, lesser-bred and more ! backward £10 to £14. 1 Fortnightly saies held since the last ! report include the Hawera sale where a j capacity yarding of dairy cattle was dealt j with, supplemented by a good entry in the store-cattle pens. A very free sale j 1 was the order throughout and a pleas- ; ing clearance was recorded. The offering in the dairy cattle section consisted j in the main of heifers, the best selling j at from £13 to £14 while other realisa- j tions ranged from £8 10s to £11. The \ entry in the store-cattle section included • several pens of good-framed store Jer- j sey cows and these sold at from £3 14s to ' £4 14s, while the oddments of graziers' ' sorts ex the dairy made from £4 5s to £5 1 according to condition. Yearling Friesian !

heifers realised to £6 8s while small med-ium-quality yearling Jersey heifers sold at from £5 to £6. Average-weight fat cows ex the dairy made from £6 5s to £7, killable sorts £5 7s 6d to £5 15s. Woolly fat hoggets made 30s 6d to 31s 6d, average weight fat ewes 27s. average weight fat wethers 35s, ewes with lambs at foot, all counted, 18s 6d. A good entry was also dealt with in the pig section and here, too. spirited competition was the order, best weaners making from 30s to 33s. others 24s to 28s, good stores £2 to £2 5s, porkers to £3, sows in farrow £7 10s to £8 10s. Keen competition throughout the sale was the order for a capacity yarding of pigs penned at the New Plymouth haymarket sale on Friday.' Prices were on a par with those ruling last week. Realisations were: Top-quality weaners 32s to 33s, good sorts 29s to 31s, average weaners 25s to 27s. smaller sorts 20s to 24s, weedy 16s, large stores in good condition £2 8s, sows in farrow, acording to age, £2 10s to £6.