LAND, INDUSTRY AND MARKETS.

Wairarapa Times-Age, 28 April 1938, Page 3

LAND, INDUSTRY AND MARKETS.

Store cattle: 3J-yr. P.A. steers, account “Rata Hills,” £lO 14s; 3J-yr. Hereford steers, account N. R. Wyeth, £8 16s; other _store conditioned, 3J-yr. P.A. steers, £8 10s to £8 15s; 2J-yr. P.A. steers, £7 Is, £7 Bs, £7 14s; and on account N. R. Wyeth, £7 17s 6d; 18-mos. P.A. steers, account Mrs E. A. Wrigley, £7; account Yates Bros., £6 ss; account “Rata Hills,” £6. Other medium sorts, £5 7s 6d, £5 10s, £5 Ils, £5 14s to £5 15s; Jersey 2-yr. steers, £4 to £4 ss. Medium 18-mos. P.A. heifers, £3 15s, £3 17s 6d. £4 to £4 Is; Red Polled 18mos. heifers, £3; 2-yr. P.A. heifers, £6, £6 5s to £6 10s; forward P.A. cows, £5, £5 10s, £5 14s, £5 15s to £6; store conditioned do., £4 10s to £4 15s; store conditioned dairy cows, £2 15s, £3, £3 7s 6d to £3 10s; forward conditioned do., £4 to £4 ss; weaner P.A. steers, £3, £3 4s to £3 8s; small do., £2 ss, £2 6s to £2 10s; small weaner P.A. heifers, £2, £2 ss, £2 6s to £2 10s; potter P.A. bulls, £5 10s, £6, £6 3s to £6 10s. N.Z. LOAN & MERCANTILE CO. The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co., Ltd., report having held a cattle fair yesterday when they offered a good entry of cattle to a fair attendance. The quality of the yarding did not compare with the last sale about a month ago but the competition was much keener, particularly grown cattle carrying condition. They had a total clearance at the following prices:— Cattle: Fat bullocks, £ll 5s to £l2 10s; heavy fat cows, £8 to £8 ss; fat cows, £6, £6 15s, £7 7s 6d to £7 15s; fat heifers, £6 15s to £7 17s 6d; fat cows, ex-dairy, £4, £4 10s to £5 2s 6d; vealers, £2, £2 6s to £2 12s. Store cattle: Forward bullocks, £lO 10s; 2J-yr. steers, £8 to £8 ss; lj-yr. steers, £5 ss, £5 12s 6d, £6 5s to £6 12s 6d; P.A. cows, r.w.b. and with calves at foot, £7 to £7 10s; P.A. cows r.w.b., £4 Is to £4 12s 6d; empty P.A. cows, £4 to ,£4 8s; 11-yr. empty heifers, £3 10s to £4 2s 6d; dairy cows with calves, £4 5s to £5 15s; P.A. bulls, £6 to £7 15s; potter cows, £1 10s to £2 ss. WRIGHT, STEPHENSON & CO. Messrs Wright, Stephenson and Co., Ltd., report:— We held our second autumn cattle fair in the Colombo Road yards, Masterton, yesterday, when an entry well in excess to advertised, numbers was yarded. There was a fair attendance although it was noticeable that no outside buyers were present, possibly due to floods. Generally, the yarding was not up to the usual standard of Masterton cattle fairs. There were several pens of quite useful cattle offered, but on the other hand, there were a lot of very mixed pens. Grown cattle met with a very 'strong demand and - prices were above expectations. Younger cattle were slightly easier, but in most cases these were of inferior quality. Cows with calves at foot were in demand, and young empty heifers met a good market. Fats sold at ruling rates. Prices were as follow: —Fat P.A. cows and heifers, to £8 2s 6d; fat cows (dairy sorts), £4 10s to. £5 15s; 20-mos. P.A. steers, £5 10s to £6 12s 6d; 20-mos S.H. steers, £5 to £5 18s; 2J-yr. P.A. steers, to £7 16s; forward bullocks, to £lO 10s; P.A. cows with calves at foot and r.w.b., £9 2s 6d to £9 4s; empty 20-mos P.A. heifers, to £4; empty 2|-yr. P.A. and H. heifers, to £5;

Hereford cows with calves at foot, £7 3s; vealers, at £2 5s to £3 4s; mixed coloured 18-mos. steers, £3 15s to £3 17s; yearling Jersey-X heifers, £2 10s to £2 17s; potter bulls, to £6. ADDINGTON PRICES (By Telegraph—Press Association.) CHRISTCHURCH, April 27. There were overflow entries in most sections at today’s weekly Addington market. Values for fat sheep and cattle lost the advance recorded last week. Store sheep: About 6000 were penned, Chatham Island ewes and wethers being included. The ijest of the wethers made to 22s 2d, and best ewes to 235. The ewes were not as well-conditioned as the usual district sorts. Station wethers made 21s, but most of the district ewes were old and failing-mouthed, selling at from 7s 6d to 12s 6d, with good sorts of two-tooths from 25s to 28s, and sound-mouthed from 17s to 19s for good-conditioned. Old ewes made extremely low prices. Fat lambs: A larger entry of about 2000 head was sold under active competition at export rates. Fat sheep:' A heavy penning of fully 7000 good wethers showed little change on recent sales, but ewes lost the sharp advance recorded at last week’s small market. Best wethers made 28s to 325; tops, to 345; good medium-weights, 25s to 275; light, down to 19s; prime ewes, 18s to 225; tops, to 30s; medium, 15s to 17s 6d light, down to 10s. Fat cattle: A total of 640 were penned but in spite of over-supply there was not a pronounced easing for quality sorts. Unfinished steers and backward cows and heifers were easier by about 15s a head. Best beef made from 34s 6d to 37s a 1001 b.; good, to 335; medium, to 29s 6d; and cow beef, down to 235. The best price for steers was £l6 to £l7; tops, to £lB 2s 6d; good steers, £l3 to £l5; ordinary, down to £9 10s; best heifers, £lO to £ll 10s; tops, up to £l3; cows, best sorts, £9 to £ll 10s; tops, to £l2 12s 6d; indif-ferently-conditioned, £5 to £6. Fat pigs: Porkers were easier, selling at from 6<d to 6gd. Baconers maintained values, making from 6d to 6ld. Store pigs met -with one of the poorest sales for years. Weaners brought from Is 6d to 8s for the best.