A BUOYANT MARKET.

Gisborne Times, Volume XXXV, Issue 3963, 20 June 1913, Page 2

A BUOYANT MARKET.

LOCAL'FARMERS ARE OPTIMISTIC. ' AIATAAA’HERO STOCK SALES. KEEN DEMAND AND GOOD PRICES.

‘■ls the weather always like this?” queried a visitor at the Matawhero stock rales yesterday. ‘‘One would think it was spring by the prices stock is fetching.” It certain'}’ was a beautiful dav; quite warm enough for .summer.' The genial sunshine seemed to get into the blood of buyers yesterdav, cursing them to become quite optimistic. with the result that they were me-st piodigal in their buying, and that there was keen competition and an upward tendency in all lines. Tb 2 wonderful geniality of the Poverty Bay climate had a good deal to do with the satisfactory prices obtained yesterday. After the long spell of drought which obtained dm ing the summer, it woo’d be thought that there would not* be. a. blade of grass available for pasturage this winter. But as if to make up for its ungracious treatment during .summer, Nature lias been most kindly for this winter, it being one cf the mildest experienced for many years The storage of feed caused by the drought caused pastoralists to sell largely during the autumn. It was freely’ recognised oil nil sides that price;; would go sky high in the spring when the grass cam? away. Farmers, therefore, seemed ir.c’inod to stack up again* and take the r.sk of fin;-, weather continuing until the spring. Several causes contributed to the unexpected rise in prices yesterday. There were a number of buyers present from long distances, notably Air. Jas. Divers, of Opotiki Air. Patterson,' <;[ To’oga Bay ; and Alessrs. Coop Pro-., of A labia and Alorerc. When buyers come a long way they do not care to go Ixic-k empty-handed. Tins \va« the case yesterday. Air. Divers was after cattle, and purchased largely, while tb? other hovers mentioned toyk large lines. The fact that many of the dairy farmers have dried off their herds and had turned thorn’out and left room fn* shee pto take their places. Tin's facte-,- must also be taken into account in explaining the scramble which set in. Tim outstanding feature of the sale was the exceptionally high prices which lambs realised. These showed a ris? of from Is 6d to 2s on prices ruling at last sale.

There was also a good demand for Gives*.good sorts being readily snapped up. AA'ethers about maintained their position. As with yeung sheep, young cattle also showed a phenomenal ris? in price. AYeaners were rushed, and these showed an advance of from 30s to £2. A good number wore forward, and found ready purchasers, a good line fetching the record price of £3 2s. Cattle .showed an advance all round of about £l. There was not a great deal of fat stock forward, but wliat was in the pens was of superior quality to that offering at last sale.

FAT SHEEP

Alessrs. Dalgety and Co. and Common, Shelton and Co. made sales' as follows:—30 wethers 14s lid, 25 lambs 11s Id, 21 lambs 11s 3d, 15 fat sheep Us Sd, Messrs. AYilliams and Kettle and the N.Z. Loan Company disposed of the following:—10 fat ewes 11s 6d, 10 fat owes and 2 wethers 12s 9d, 26 ewes 11s, 10 ewe:; 11s 6d.

STORE SHEEP

Messrs. Williams and Kettle and tli3 N.Z. Loan Company yarded 6200 slieep. The principal prices realised -were as fellows:—-427 four, six, and eight-tooth ewes 11s, 156 ewes and lambs os, 162 two-tooth ewes and wethers 10s 7d, 21 ewes in lamb 9s Sd, 15 owes 7s lOd, 54 small hoggets os, 490 ewes in lamb 7s 6d, 191 empty ewes 3s 6d, 296 wether hoggets 9s lOd, 465 2,4, and 6-tooth wethers 13s 7d, 55 2-tooth wethers 6s Gel. 39 empty ewes 4s 7d, 11 2-tooth ewes in lamb 8s 9d, 18 2-tooth wethers 11s 7d, 13 ewes 9s, 218 wether lambs 10s 3d, 200 small lambs 6s sd, 43 do. 5s Id, 15 forward wefcherg 13s 64, 41 hoggets 8s 9d, 87 2-tooth wethers 10s, 39 big-f/amed ewes 8s 9d, 34 cull ewes 3s 9d, 9 wethers 6s lid. 23 empty ewes 7s 9d, 13 fat and forward ewes 8s 7d, 15 ewes Ss 9d, 16 woolly lambs 9s, 28 do. 4s 9d, 19 mixed hoggets 7s 6d, 47 ewes in lamb ss, 97 do. 4s sd, 26 2 and 4-tooth empty ewes 8s 7d, 42 hoggets 10s, 76 wether hoggets 6s, 72 hoggets Bs, 200 do. Ss, 102 do. 7s 9d. 130 do. '7s l(.kl, 120 do. 9s, 170 do. 7s 2d, 109 lambs B,s 2d, S 3 mixed hoggets 7s 9d, 54 woolly hoggets 8s 7d. Messrs. Dalgotv and Co. and Common, Shelton and Co. offered .-about 6000 sheep. There was a. keen inquiry, and good prices were realised. There was such a large attendance of' buyers that the races between the pens proved altogether too narrow to accommodate, the bidders. The following prices were realised:—l4o hoggets 9s Id, 41 ewes 7s lOd, 509 hoggets 9s sd, 200 hoggets Qs '2d, 260 hoggets (dipped at buyer’s expense) 8s 9d, 174 big-framed wethers passed at 13s. 113 wethers 12s Id, 82 wethers 12s Bd, ICO wethers Bs, 230 ewe hoggets 8s 6d, 240 four, six, and eight-tooth ewes from Kanakanaia; 10s. fd, 63 hoggets 9s 3d,

221 two-tooth wethers 10.3 6d, 65 licggats 6s 2d, 21 euros' 6s 4d, 300 woolJy hoggets-,Bs 7d, 23 wethers 13s Bd. 3-5 hoggets 6s 3d,, 87 wethers 11s 4d, 139_ wethers (dipped, at buyer’s expense) 13s,

CATTLE

There was a fair yhr ding of cattle 4,. Messrs. Da I got y and Co. and Common, Shelton and Co. submitting 600 and Messrs. Williams and Kettle and the N.Z. Loan Company about 400... Competition was 'keen, particularly for young stock, weaners being particularly well sought after.

FAT STOCK

The following sales were made by Messrs. Williams and/Kettle and the N.Z. Loan Company:—B bullocks £8 2s' 6d, 8 bullocks £7 12s 6d, 7 bullocks £7 ss, 6 bullocks £7 2s 6d, 2 small fat steers and 1 heifer £5, 5 fat cows £5. 2 fat cows £6 10s, 2 fat cows £6 15s. .Messrs. Dalgety and Co. and Common, Shelton and Co. sold lines as follows ; —8 cows £4 ss. 8 cows £3 12s 6d, 4 cows £3 2s.

STORE CATTLE

The following were the principal sales recordedl beef cow £3 7« Cel, 1 beef steer £4 17s 6d, 7 cows £3 2s 6d, 6 steers £5 ss, 1 steer £3, 11 good steers £5 11s, 20 heifers (nice level line) £3 Bs, 13 heifers £3 6s, 65 polled Angus steers £4 6s, 6 cows and 7 calves passed at £3 3s, 9 forward steers £5 10s, 24 heifers £3 4s, 2 steers £3 16s, 2 heifers £2 17s, 12 steers from Mangatu £3 16s, 2 cows and 2 calves £3 17s, 70 mixed weaners £3 2s, 70 mixed weaners £3, 21 heifers £3 4s, 53 mixed weaners £2 4s. 25 steers £3 7s, 1 cow and calf £4 15s, 13 steers £3 Is, 15 heifers £2 10s, 1 heifer £2,_l dry cow £1 16s, 3 18-month steers £3 7a, 4 milking heifers' £3 17s 6d, 1 steer £3 10s, 16 heifers passed at 37s 6d, 7 dairy cows in calf £2 7s, 14 young cows in calf £3, 5 cows in ca’f passed at £2 10s) 7 steers passed at £3. 18 weaners 37s 6d, 2 heifers £2 16s, 12 steers £3 16s, 12 weaners 38s, 15 heifers £2 10s 6d, 19 steers £2 12s 6d, 3 weaners 3os, 5 steers passed at £3, 12 dairy cows (springing) £3 7s, 1 dairy cow 365.

DAIRY COWS

Those sold as follows:—1 dairy cow £4 12s 6d, 3 dairy heifers £5 7s, 1 roan heifer £3 4s 6d. PIGS. There was only a very small offering of pigs. Two porkers made 245.