STOCK MARKET

Wairarapa Times-Age, 1 June 1939, Page 3

STOCK MARKET

JOHNSONVILLE SALE. BULLOCK PRICES EASIER. (By Telegraph—Press Association./ WELLINGTON, This Day. A smaller yarding of cattle than usual was offered by Wright, Stephenson and Co. Ltd., and Abraham and Williams, Ltd., at Johnsonville live stock sale held yesterday. The bullocks were of good quality, with prices for all classes showing an easing tendency. Fine quality cattle met with a ready sale, with prices showing no alteration. Prime and finer cattle were easier by 5s to 10s. a head. Runners and vealers met no brisk competition, prices being slightly easier' than those ruling last week. The prime quality wethers sold on a par with the prices of last week. Lightweight wethers were 6d to Is a head easier. Prime b.f. two-tooth wethers sold readily at low rates. There was keen competition for good quality ewes, with no alteration in prices. Unfinished ewes were fully Is to Is 6d down on last week’s rates. Lambs showed little alteration on those ruling last week. Quotations are: — Cattle: Prime extra heavy bullocks, £l4 5s to £l2 ss; prime heavy. £l2 to £ll ss; bullocks, £lO 15s to £9 7s 6d; light and unfinished, £8 15s to £8; extra prime heavy cows and heifers, £8 2s 6d to £7 ss; prime heavy, £7 to £6 12s 6d; cows and heifers, £6 to £5 2s; runners, £3 2s 6d to £2 ss; vealers, 37s 6d to £l. Sheep: Prime extra heavy wethers, 21s 6d to 20s 3d; prime heavy, £1 to 19s; medium, 18s 6d to 16s 6d; prime extra heavy ewes, 17s 6d to 16s Id; prime heavy, 15S 6d to 12s 6d; medium 11s 6d to 9s; heavy spring lambs, 24s to Ils; medium, 19s to 16s; light, 14s 6d to 13s.

ADDINGTON LOWER VALUES FOR SHEEP. CHRISTCHURCH, May 31. In the fat and store sheep sections at the weekly stock market held in Addington today the tendency was toward slightly easier values. A wellwoolled line of three-quarter-bred two and three-shear ewes sold at 19s 3d, and a small line of mixed age Romney-cross 10s 6d, many of the other pens made 7s to Bs. Fairly forward lambs made to 12s. Only a few pens of fat lambs made up to butchers standards, and these had a fairly good sale, the rates being firm. The remainder of the entry went weakly at export parity, vzith the roughest sorts at from as low at 7s. On an average good wethers were better than a week ago by Is 6d to 2s, and good ewes by Is to Is 6d; lighter sheep were about Is dearer than last week. Extra prime heavy wethers made to 27s 7d; prime heavy, 23s 6d to 265; prime medium, 21s 6d to 235; light, .to 16s 6d; extra prime heavy ewes, to 23s lOd; prime heavy, 18s 6d to 20s 6d; prime medium, 14s to 18s;' light, to 9s 6d. The sale was somewhat disappointing, the improvement of 10s to 15s a head recorded last week for better sorts being largely lost. One lot of plain but fairly heavy beef sold at about 30s a 1001 b. Only exceptional pens reached 335. Baconers were in heavier supply and only the best quality maintained the values of a week ago, plain and unfinished sorts being 3s to 4s easier. Porkers made 33s 6d to 53s 6d, an average price a lb of 6;'d to 6-Jd; and baconers made £2 15s 6d to £4 9s 6d, an average price a lb of G.Jd to GJd.