STOCK MARKET

Wairarapa Times-Age, 29 September 1938, Page 3

STOCK MARKET

f AMSTERTON SALE N.Z. LOAN AND MERCANTILE The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co., Ltd. report:—We held our usual weekly sale yesterday when we had a fair entry of sheep, fat cattle and pigs, which were submitted to a good attendance. Fat sheep were inclined to be a little easier while the same can be said about fat cows, but fat bullocks sold at late rates. We had a total clearance at the following rates: Fat sheep:—Fat wethers, 26s 6d; fat maiden ewes, 23s 6d; fat ewes, 18s to 21s 3d; fat shorn ewes, 12s; Southdown ewes, 16s; fat hoggets, 22s 9d. Cattle:—Heavy fat cows, £9 15s to £10; fat cows, £7 10s, £8 to £8 7s 6d; light fat heifers, £7 7s to £8; fat dairy cows, £4 15s to £5; light bullocks, £ll. Pigs:—Good weaners, 23s to 245; others, 18s 6d; very small, 15s 6d. DALGETY AND CO LTD. Messrs Dalgety and Co Ltd report on their Masterton sale and fat stock sale held in conjunction yesterday, as follows: —A small entry of fat sheep, and a large yarding of fat cows and heifers came forward and attracted a good attendance of butchers. Fat sheep met with a market on a par with last week. The sale for fat cattle was a little disappointing and prices in this section were hardly up to those ruling in the paddock. However, the vendors were prepared to meet the market and a total clearance was effected under the hammer. Included in our entry were two very nice lines of fat cows and heifers on account of Mr H. G. Williams, Kumu Kumu, and the other on account of Mr O. A. Bunny, Waipipi, of the first three pens of cows offered on account, the former made £lO 4s, £9 and £B, while a prime pen of fat heifers on the latter’s account made £lO 10s and a pen of fat Hereford cows, £8 15s. One fat cow offered on account of Mr Bunny topped the market at £ll 13s. We report a total clearance as follows: —Heavy fat cows, £B, £8 10s, £9 to £lO 4s; fat prime cow, £ll 13s, medium fat cows, £7, £7 15s to £7 17s 6d; light fat cows, £6 10s to £6 15s; fat dairy cows, £5 10s, £5 15s, £6 2s 6d; prime fat heifers, £lO 10s; light fat heifers, £B, £8 ss, £8 13s to £8 15s; forward condition, P.A. cows, £5 8s; springing heifers, £6 7s 6d; late calving heifers, £4. Sheep:—Fat, shorn ewes, 17s 6d; fat woolly ewes, 19s; fat woolly hoggets, 20s 3d. WRIGHT STEPHENSON & CO LTD. Messrs Wright, Stephenson and Co Ltd report:—At our weekly sale y terday, a fair entry of sheep came forward, and also a big yarding of fat cattle. There was only a limited demand for store sheep, and we considered prices easier. Only heavy fat ewes created competition. Light ewes and wethers were neglected. In the fat cattle section a consignment of nice quality bullocks were offered on behalf of the “Brancepeth” and “Morland” stations, which made prices ranging from £l3 10s to £l4 Bs. Fat cows were slightly easier, no doubt due to the heavy yarding. A particularly good heifer offered on account of Mr Allister Williams made £l3 7s 6d. Fat cows, £7 10s to £9, sheep sold as follows: —Fat ewes (heavy), 21s 4d to 21s 9d (lighter), 17s 6d to 18s 6d; ewes with b.f. Ikmbs at foot, Ils lOd to 14s lOd (all counted) fat hoggets, 245.

ADDINGTON MARKET GOOD SALE FOR ALL STOCK (By Telegraph —Press Association.) CHRISTCHURCH, September 28. There was a good market for all classes of stock, particularly fat cattle, which advanced 4s to 5s a 1001 b, at the weekly stock market at Addington today. The sale for fat sheep was also better. The store sheep penning numbered about 2500, with competition keener. Sales for most classes made slightly higher figures, and a truck lot of Corriedale ewes and lambs at foot brought 17s. Other realisations were: —Aged ewes, with good lambs, 10s to 12s 6d; hoggets sold at 10s to 13s 8d for reasonable sorts. A line of well-wooled twotooth ewes made 25s 3d. The spring lambs entry was considerably reduced, resulting in an improvement of about 2s, with an average price for best lambs, 14d to 14Jd. Fat sheep entry was about 4500; quality was better than usual. \ln earlier stages, wethers were better by 2s to 2s 6d; ewes up to Is; out light wethers of little better than store condition made no improvement. Near the end of the sale ewes firmed further, and were Is 6d better than at the start. Extra prime wethers made 3Gs lOd; prime heavy, 29s 6d to 325; prime medium, 25s 6d to 295; light, 20s 6d; extra prime ewes, 27s 4d; prime heavy, 22s to 24s 6d; prime medium, 17s 6d to 21s; light, 14s. The entry of 300 cattle was one of the smallest for a long time, and following on the penning, which was not a great deal larger than a week ago. butchers faced a distinct shortage, and prices soared to levels which had not been exceeded for several years. The average improvement was about 355, but in some instances, light beef prices advanced to nearly 40s; good beef. 45s to 475; tops, to 50s; heavyweight, 40s to 44s 1001 b. Other prices were: —Extra prime steers, to £24 17s 6d; prime heavy, £lB to' £2O 10s; prime medium, £l6 15s to £lB ss; light, to £l2 15s; extra prime heifers, £l9 17s Gd: prime. £l3 5s to £l4 15s; medium. £ll 5s to £l3; light, £7 to £lO 15s; extra prime cows, £lB 2s 6d; prime, £l2 to £l4 10s; medium, £9 to £11; light, £8 15s. The fat pig entry was of similar size to last week, but with a big proportion of large and unfinished sorts. The sale was an excellent one- for all classes, which sold at late rates, except that over the last race ah advance of 2s to 3s was realised. Choppers came forward in fairly good supply, and an excellent sale resulted. The baconer market recovered from the easing ol last week, particularly for heavy weights, and closed at ss-to 6s dearer. Choppers made 58s 6d to £6 13s 6d; porkers, 42s 6d to £3 9s 6d; the average price a lb was 7id to 8d; baconers, £3 10s 6d; average price a lb, 7.|d to 73d.