STOCK MARKET

Wairarapa Times-Age, 14 July 1938, Page 3

STOCK MARKET

j PRICES AT ADDINGTON I t L (By Telegraph—Press Association.) CHRISTCHURCH, July 13. Entries were of normal size at today’s Addington market, both fat sheep and fat cattle being firmer. Store sheep: Four and five-year ewes, well in lamb, sold at 21s; inferior sorts, to 17s Id; two-tooth ewes, passed at 24s 6d; older ewes in lamb, passed at 13s. Fat sheep: An irregular sale with an average improvement of about a shilling a head for all good wethers and ewes. Best, wethers made 28s to 31s; tops, to 33s 7d; good .medium weights, 25s to 27s 6d; best ewes, 19s to 235; tops, to 26s lOd; light down to 12s. Fat cattle: A better sale for good cattle by up to 20s a head, lighter by 10s. Best steers made £l4 to £l5 ss; ' tops, to £l7; good, £ll to £l3 10s; best heifers, £8 5s to £lO ss; tops, to £l2 17s 6d; light, down to £5 15s; good cows, £7 15s to £9 10s; tops, to ’ £ll 17s 6d; light, down to £4-7s 6d. Fat pigs: A firmer sale for porkers. Prices were from £2 Ils to £3 6s 6d. the average price a lb being 7d to Bd. Baconers met with a keen sale, prices being slightly better than those of last week. Prices ranged from £3 7s 6d to £5 9s 6d, an average price a lb of 61 dto 7’d. Choppers met with a brisk demand, making from £2 Ils to £5 15s'. Store pigs: Little change in values. Weaners sold at 8s to 14s; slips, 15s to 18s; stores, 19s to 32s 6d. Store cattle: The market contained no straight-bred lines, and competition was slack. Vealers: Another good sale. Best runners made £7 3s 6d; vealers, £2 19s to £6 13s; calves, to £2 Ils. 1

JOHNSONVILLE VALUES

CATTLE SELL WELL WELLINGTON, This Day. A good yarding of all classes of stock was offered at the Johnsonville sale. The bullocks sold consisted chiefly of good quality medium to heavy weight cattle, j These met with a good sale with prices | showing a firming tendency. Good I quality heifers were offered and sold i well at late rates. Runners and vealers came forward in the usual quality and met with a ready sale. There was a good yarding of heavyweight wethers with a few pens of lighter weights. Heavyweights met with a good sale, while lighter sorts were hard to sell. The ewes sold were mostly good quality sheep with a few pens of light and unfinished weights. All classes sold well at late rates. The yarding of lambs were of indifferent quality, prices showing no alteration. Quotations are as follow: — Prime extra heavy bullocks, £l5 7s 6d to £l5; prime heavy bullocks, £l4 15s to £l4; heavy bullocks, £l3 15s to £l3; light and unfinished bullocks, £l2 12s 6d to £l2; extra prime heavy cows and heifers, £9 5s to 15s; prime heavy cows and heifers, £8 7s 6d to £7 15s; cows, ex dairy, £4 10s to £2 15s. Runners, £s’to £4 2s 6d; vealers, £3 10s to £2 10s. Prime extra heavy wethers, 30s to 29s 3d; prime heavy wethers, 28s 6d to 275; medium wethers, 25s 6d to 24s 6d; prime extra heavy ewes, 23s to 21s 9d; prime heavy ewes, 20s 3d to 20s; medium ewes, 18s 6d to 16s 6d; heavy lambs, 23s 6d to 225; medium lambs, £1 to 19s 6d; light lambs, 18s to 17s.

AUSTERTON SALE

HOGGETS SELL WELL. The New Zealand Farmers? Co-op. Distributing Co., Ltd., report a fair yarding of sheep and dairy cows at their weekly sale at Masterton. There was a good yarding of fats and prices realised were on a par with late rates. Hoggets sold well. The following are some of the prices realised: —Fat and forward 2-th. wethers, to 22s 9d; good shorn wether lambs, 18s 7d; smaller, to 14s; woolly wether lambs, small, 7s 3d; ewe lambs, small, 13s 6d; close to profit dairy cows, from £5 10s to £7; late calvers, £4 10s to £5 ss. DALGETY & CO., LTD. Messrs Dalgety and Co., Ltd., report on their Masterton sale yesterday as follows:--A medium entry of all classes of sheep came forward, but the attendance was not large owing to the adverse weather conditions. However, bidding throughout was keen and prices showed quite a good improvement on those of last week. Store sheep especially were keenly sought after, wether hoggets and store wethers being in demand. We report a total clearance as follows: —Heavy prime fat ewes, a/c Mr F. W. Blatchford, 22s 8d; fat ewes, light weights, 16s to 17s; fat Southdown ewes, 17s; small 2-th. wethers, 20s 6d; medium w.f. wether hoggets, 14s 6d to 15s Id. WRIGHT STEPHENSON & CO., LTD. Messrs Wright Stephenson and Co., j Ltd., report:—We held our weekly sale , at Masterton yesterday when a fair 5 entry of sheep and cattle was submit- j ted to the usual attendance. Several , pens of good fat ewes and wethers , were offered but in our opinion prices were no better than last week. Breeding ewes and hoggets sold at late rates. . Cattle met with fair competition and a . clearance was made at the following , prices:-—Fat ewes, 18s to 19s 6d; fat we- • thers, 24s 2d; store wethers, 19s; w.w. ( hoggets, 14s 6d to 15s; cull ewes, 3s; . forward cows, £4 17s to £5; empty station cows, £3 15s to £4 Is; P.A. weaner steers, £3 10s; P.A. weaner heifers, £2 14s; store dairy cows, £2 to £2 ss. i N.Z. LOAN & MERCANTILE CO. ] The New Zealand Loan and Mercan- : tile Agency Co., Ltd., report having ;

held their weekly sale yesterday, when a fair yarding of sheep and cattle came forward to the usual attendance. The fat stock remained at late rates while stores showed a slight improvement. Cattle met with a fair sale. We had a total clearance at the following prices: —Sheep: ■ Light fat wethers, 22s 9d to 24s 3d; light fat ewes, 14s 9d to IGd; fat m.s. b.f. 2-ths., 20s, 21s 3d to 245; aged ewes r.w. S.D. rams, 20s; b.f. hoggets, 14s. Cattle: Springing heifers, £6; empty Jersey cows, £2; small P.A. weaner steers, £3.