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Wairarapa Times-Age, 26 May 1938, Page 3

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MASTERTON SALE LOAN AND MERCANTILE CO. The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co., Ltd., report: We held our weekly sale yesterday when we had a very good yarding of sheep and cattle which were submitted to a good attendance. Fat sheep came forward in increased numbers resulting in a considerable easing in prices, particularly for fat ewes. Store sheep were in good demand at late rates. The large entry of cattle sold at prices which seemed reasonablbe to the purchasers, but all. vendors met the market, and we had a total clearance at auction. The following are the prices realised: — Fat sheep.—Medium fat wethers, 25s Id, 25s 9d; light do, 24s to 24s 6d; good fat ewes, 225; medium do, 18s to 20s; light do, 16s 6d to 17s Id; fat b.f. 2-ths, 245; fat lambs, 20s 6d, 23s to 245. Store sheep.—Ewe lambs, 18s 6d to 20s; w.w. lambs, 15s 2d to 17s; medium do, 12s 6d to 14s; B.F. lambs, 13s 6d to 14s 6d; store ewes, 13s to 13s 6d. Cattle—Fat P.A. heifers, £7 10s to £8 10s; fat P.A. cows, £6 15s, £7 10s to £8 4s; vealers, £2 2s; P.A. cows r.w. P.A. bull, £4 4s; Hereford do, £3 19s; forward P.A. bullocks, £lO 15s; 20- S.H. steers, £7 2s to £7 3s; 21- steers, £7 16s to "£8; empty station heifers, £4 2s; dairy heifers r.w.b., £3 to £5 15s; cows in milk, £4 10s to £5 10s. Pigs—Porkers, 34s 6d; slips, 20s 6d; good weaners, 14s. FARMERS’ CO-OP DISTRIBUTING COMPANY. The N.Z. Farmers’ Co-operative Distributing Co., Ltd., offered an overflow yarding of. fat sheep, a good entry of store sheep and a small yard-

ing of cattle to a good attendance of local buyers. Fat sheep values were not up to vendors’ reserves in many cases, and passings were rather frequent. Store sheep prices were about , on a par with those ruling last week. Some particularly choice lines of wether hoggets were penned and these i met with a ready sale at late rates. Quotations:—Fat wethers, 22s to 22s 6d; prime fat ewes, 18s 6d to 22s 9d; lighter, 15s 6d to 16s 3d; light fat lambs, 17s 6d; 2-th wethers, 22s 6d to 255; small, 20s to 20s 6d; M.A. ewes r.w. S.D. ram, 30s; S.M. ewes r.w. S.D. ram, 16s 3d; W.F.W. lambs, 15s 6d to 17s; B.F. lambs, 12s to 15s 6d; smaller, 13s 6d; fat cows ex dairy, £4 15s; store cows, £2 10s to £3 15s. WRIGHT STEPHENSON & CO. Messrs Wright Stephenson and Co., Ltd., report as follows: —A small yarding of sheep and a good yarding of cattle came forward at the Masterton sale yesterday and was offered to a fair attendance. The sale for sheep and cattle was on a par with late rates and practically a total clearance was effected under the hammer. We quote:— Sheep: Heavy fat ewes, to 23s 6d; fat ewes, 20s to 225; forward ewes, 17s 6d to 18s 7d; shorn wether lambs, to 12s. 9d: b.f. lambs (small), 8s 3d to 10s 7d; small 2-th. wethers, to 19s; small 2-th. ewes, to . 20s; store ewes, to Ils 3d. Cattle: Fat cows, £7 .15s to £8 ss; fat bullocks, £lO 15s to £l2 12s; fat Jersey-cross cteers, to £7; fat dairy heifers, to £5 4s; fat Jersey cows, £4 15s to £5 ss; 3i-yr. S.H. stders, to £8 2s; P.A. steers, to £8 s 10s; 18-mos. steers, to £5 15s; 18-mos. heifers, to £4 Is; forward dairy cows, to £3 10s.. DALGETY & CO. Messrs Dalgety and Co., Ltd., report on their weekly Masterton sale held yesterday as follows: —A good entry of both sheep and cattle came forward and were offered to a large attendance of local buyers only. Competition was keen throughout and all the sheep, with the exception of fat ewes, maintained the values on last week. Good w.f. hoggets were in strong demand, and in our offering an exceptionally nice line of very forward conditioned shorn w.f.w. hoggets offered on ac-

count of Mr H. G. Williams, “Kumu Kumu,” after spirited competition, fell to the bid of 20s 2d. A line of store woolly w.f.w. hoggets on account of the same vendor realised 17s 2d. Fat wethers made good values and heavyweight sheep brought from 27s to 27s 6d. The cattle entry attracted a lot of attention and although the quality in this section was not good prices were on a par with those ruling at our late cattle fairs. A total clearance was effected and the following will indicate values: — Fat sheep: Fat hoggets, 24s 6d; heavy fat wethers, 275, 27s Id, 27s 4d to 27s 6d: light fat wethers, 24s 6d, 255, 25s Id to 25s 9d; fat b.f. wethers, 27s sd; fat ewes, 20s, 21s to ,21s 6d; medium woolly ewe hoggets, 245; forward shorn w.f.w. hoggets, :20s 2d; small w.f.w. hoggets, 13s, 14s to 15s 7d; woolly w.f.w. hoggets, 17s to 17s 2d; small w.f.w. hoggets, 14s, 14s 7d to 15s 2d; small woolly ewe hoggets, 17s to 17s 2d; b.f. hoggets, 14s, 14s 3d, 14s 7d to 15s 2d. Cattle: 18-mos. P.A. steers (medium), £5 6s; P.A. cows, r.w. P.A. bull, £5 10s. SALES AT PAHIATUA The New Zealand Farmers' Co-op-erative Distributing Co. reports on the Pahiatua .weekly sale held on Tuesday. Its share of the yarding consisted of 3664 sheep, 40 head of dairy stock and 20 pigs, and with the exception of four pens of wethers a total clearance at ruling market rates was made. Some very choice wethers were yarded and the top price realised was 27s 6d for a particularly nice pen of four-tooths. Lambs sold well, the top price paid for w.f.w. lambs in good forward condition being 19s Id. Good quality ewes made a good figure, while poorer ewes were somewhat neglected. The sale to begin with was very erratic on wethers. Quite a number of pens were passed in at auction, but were sold later in the day. Quotations are: —Pen of 410 two-tooth wethers, 245; 100 two-tooth wethers 23s 6d; 185 fat and forward two-tooth wethers 24s lOd! 165 two-tooth wethers 23s 7d; 31 twotooth wethers 23s 3d; 45 two-tooth wethers 245; 72 two-tooth wethers 24s 7d; 132 fat four-tooth wethers, 27s 6d; 78 'two-tooth wethers 245; 39 two-jooth wethers 245; 69 small two-tooth wethers 22s 6d; 55 forward two-tooth wethers 235; 30 forward wethers, small, 235; 51 2 and 4-tooth wethers, 24s 3d; 100 w.f.w. lambs, good, 18s; 74 w.f.w. lambs, forward, 19s Id; 148 b.f. and w.f. lambs, medium, 13s 7d; 66 w.f.w. lambs, 17s 3d; 64 w.f.w. lambs, medium, 13s 9d; 70 b.f. lambs, 17s; 80 w.f.w. lambs, small, Ils; 200 w.f.w. lambs, good medium, 16s 8d; 42 b.f. lambs, small, 13s Id; w. lambs 13s 3d to 13s 9d; b.f. lambs, 13s Id; small 11s; 80 two-tooth ewes r.w. S.D. rams, 37s 6d; m.a. ewes r.d. S.D. rams, 30s to 28s; 70 four-year ewes r.w. S.D. rams, 265; five-year ewes r.w. S.D. rams, 255,. Springing dairy heifers, ; £5 5s to £7 ss. Weaners, 5s to 17s.

Dalgety and Co had a large offering of sheep and .a small yarding of dairy cattle. Practically a total clearance was effected under the hammer. The increased values noticed at the sale a fortnight previously were more than, maintained. Bidding was restricted on the cattle, but a satisfactory clearance was effected. A pen of very heavy prime wethers offered account McCarthy Estate made the top price of the day in this section of 28s; a particularly attractive line of four, five and sixyear ewes r.w. S.D. rams, account Turner Bros., Pori, ,30s; Ijne of age marked five-year ewes account Mr J. J. Soren-

sen, Rakanui, 25s 6d; pen of forward conditioned w.f. wether lambs, 19s; a pen of similar b.f. lambs, 17s Id. Sold in conjunction with the other auctioneering companies, a line of 200 strong, healthy hill-country w.f.w. lambs offered by Mr J. G. Woodhouse made 16s. Bd. Quotations: Heavy prime wether 1 25s to 28s; forward two and four-tooth wethers 22s lOd; four, five and six-year ewes r.w. S.D. rants, 30s; five-year ewes, r.w. R. rams, 255; one-year ewes, r.w. S.D. rams, 21s 6d; w.f. wether lambs, best 19s, good 16s 8d to 17s Id. medium 12s to 15s, cull 8s 9d; forward b.f. lambs, 17s Id; cull ewe lambs, 13s 6d. Heavy store cows, £3 15s to £4; good weaner Jersey heifers £2 17s 6d to £3 10s.

_PR.I_CRS.AT ADDINGTON STORE SHEEP FIRMER (By Telegraph—Press Association). CHRISTCHURCH, May 25. Store sheep were firmer, fat sheep weaker, fat lambs, unaltered, and fat cattle slightly better at today’s Addington market The store sheep consisted of a very small penning, and forward wethers were better by more than Is a head, making up to 255, and old ewes met with freer disposal. Two tooths made to 28s 9d and ewe hoggets to 17s. Fat sheep: Heavy prime ewes were down on last week by 2s a head, and wethers-, by Is 6d, there being no change in export sorts. Best wethers made 27s 6d to 30s; tops, to . 32s 4d; good mediumweights, 25s to 275; light, down to 20s; best ewes, 21s to 245; tops, to 295; average, 17s 6d to 19s 6d; light down to 13s. Fat cattle: The sale throughout for good cattle was slightly firmer. Lighter sorts were unaltered. Fat pigs: Porkers lost last week’s advance, the baconers were slightly firmer as the result of the short entry. Store pigs: Large stores were from 2s to 3s a head better and weaners 2s a head easier. JOHNSONVILLE SALE DROP IN CATTLE PRICES A large yarding of cattle and an average yarding of sheep came forward at the Johnsonville sale. The bullock pen was of inferior quality, only a few pens of prime cattle coming forward, the balance of the yarding consisting of lightweight and unfinished cattle. Owing to the poor quality, competition was restricted, only prime cattle being sought after. These met with a ready sale at prices showing no alteration, while plain and unfinished bullocks were hard to quit with frequent passings. No prime quality cows and heifers came forward, the yarding consisting of lightweight and plain cattle. There was little demand for all classes, prices showing an easing tendency of 5s to 10s a head. The yarding of runners and vealers was not up to the usual quality, with the result that prices showed a drop of 5s to 10s a head.

The yarding of wethers was of mixed quality, the majority being light and medium-weight sheep. With the exception of plain wethers all classes met with a ready sale with no alteration. Owing to the short yarding of ewes, prices were firm on last week’s. The quality of lambs was good, these meeting with keen demand, while lightweight and unfinished sorts were hard to sell.