STOCK MARKET

Wairarapa Times-Age, 21 April 1938, Page 3

STOCK MARKET

PRICES AT ADDINGTON (By Telegraph—Press Association). CHRISTCHURCH, April 20. Entries at today’s Addington stock market were about half the usual size. In practically all major sections of stock there was a solid improvement in values. Store sheep: About 3500 were penned, a third of which were Chatham Island ewes. These sold at an advance of 2/6 a head on last week, the best of the four, six and eight-tooths making 23s and the next quality 225. Other two-tooths made to 28s. Wethers sold at 18s 6d for forward sorts and up to 16s for others. Fat lambs: A small entry of about 500 head, which sold up to Bld under butchers’ competition for best quality. Fat sheep: A skeleton entry of about 1600 head, resulting in good ewes being better by up to 4s a head and wethers by about 2s 6d. The best of the wethers sold at from 30s to 335; tops, to 35s lOd; medium, 25s to 28s; good ewes, 22s to 245; a few tops, up to 31s; general class, 15s to 18s. Fat cattle: Only 310 were penned and there was a keen sale, with an advance of about 25s a head for best steers and 15s for cows and heifers. A pen of show steers sold at £l9 2s 6d to £2O 12s 6d; good prime heavy steers, £l5 to £l7; light, down to £10; best heifers, to £11; cows, to £ll 2s 6d; rough sorts, down to £5 15s. Best beef made from 35s to 38s a 1001 b., good 32s to 345, and rough down to 245.

Fat pigs: Porkers sold unevenly, but with little change on last week, and there was no change in the value of baconers. Porkers made from 35s to 59s 6d, or from 6jd to 7jd a pound. Baconers made from 55s 6d to £4 10s 6d, an average price of 6d to 6Jd a pound. JOHNSONVILLE SALE A large yarding of cattle and an average yarding of sheep came forward at the Johnsonville sale. Very few prime heavy bullocks came forward, the majority of the yarding being me-dium-weight bullocks with a few pens of light and unfinished sorts. All prime quality bullocks met with a good sale with prices showing no alteration, while bullocks lacking quality were hard to sell with prices showing a drop of 5s to 10s on last week’s. The yarding of cows and heifers. was of good quality, with a keen sale for heavy weight cattle, while light weight and unfinished cattle were easier from 5s to 7s 6d a head. There was a larger yarding of vealers and runners than usual. Prime quality station vealers met with good competition with prices firm on last week’s, while small calves lacking quality met with little competition. Vealers and runners ex dairy were not sought after. A good sale resulted for all weights of cows ex. dairy. Only a few pens of heavy wethers came forward, the balance of the yarding being chiefly lightweight blackfaced two-tooths, with a few pens of unfinished Romney wethers. Good quality sheep met with keen competition with prices showing no alteration, while light and unfinished wethers were 6d to 1/- per head easier. All classes of ewes met with a good sale, with prices showing little alteration. The penning of lambs was of indifferent quality, only a few prime heavy lambs coming forward. These met with a ready sale with prices Is to Is 6d per head above export parity. Quotations are as follows: — Prime extra heavy bullocks, £l5 to £l4 12s; prime heavy bullocks, £l4 5s to £l3 19s; heavy bullocks, £l3 15s to £l2 18s; light and unfinished bullocks, £l2 2s 6d to £11; extra prime heavy cows and heifers, £lO Is to £l9 2s 6d; prime heavy cows and heifers, £8 12s 6d to £8 ss; cows and heifers, £8 to £7 2s 6d; cows, ex dairy, £6 10s to £3 18s; runners, £4 Is to £3 ss; vealers, £2 18s to £2 Is; small calves, 30s to 10s. Prime extra heavy wethers, 28s to 27s 3d; prime heavy wethers, 26s lOd to 26s 3d; medium wethers, 25s 9d to 24s 3d; prime extra heavy ewes, 22s to 21s; prime heavy ewes, 20s lOd to 20s 3d; ewes, 18s 9d to 15s 8d; heavy spring lambs, 25s 6d to 24s 3d; lambs, 23s 6d to 17s. MASTERTON SALE IMPROVEMENT IN PRICES The N.Z. Loan and Mercantile Agency Co Ltd., report having held their weekly sale yesterday, when they had a fair yarding of sheep, chiefly w.f. lambs. Competition was keen and they were successful in disposing of the whole yarding at auction at prices showing an advance of 2s per head on previous sales. They quote the following prices:—Fat ewes, 17s 9d; light b.f. wethers, 22s 6d; small two-tooth ewes 21s; good woolly wether lambs, a/c. C. J. Campbell, made 18s and medium ditto a/c. A. McGregor, 13s 6d; good woolly ewe lambs, a/c. N. Harcombe 255; small ewe lambs 14s lOd. Messrs Dalgety and Co., Ltd. report on their weekly Masterton Sale as follows:—A medium yarding of sheep came forward, and was offered to a large attendance. The sale throughout showed a general improvement in prices, and good woolly wether hoggets were keenly sought after, making prices in advance to those ruling at last week’s sale. A total clearance was effected under the hammer, and the

following list of the principal sales will indicate values: —200 woolly w.f. wether hogget's 16s sd; medium ditto, 13s, 13s 9d, to 14s 3d; small ditto 10s 7d to Ils; small b.f. ditto, 9s. 10s to 10s lOd; empty m.a. ewes 17s, store ewes Bs.