Stock Markets

Manawatu Times, Volume 62, Issue 42, 19 February 1937, Page 5

Stock Markets

VALUES AT FORDELL The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company Limited, report an entry of about 10,000 ewes and lambs at Fordell. A very big proportion of the yarding, however, comprised old ewes which have been declining in price at each sale during the past two weeks. In the early stages competition was very good, and prices were up by about Is on last Friday's values at Feilding. At this stage it appeared that the sale would be entirely successful, but when big lines had been disposed of, and a number of the best buyers had satisfied their requiremnts, the market for all but first-class ewes became less interesting. It brightened up, however, over the concluding stages for some lines of young ewes. Once again lambs sold quite well, especially ewo lambs, which made up to 24s for medium sorts. Medium whiteface wether lambs sold up to 25s and good ewes held their own. A lino of Mr Donald McLeay's five year ewes made 29s and 700 of Air Alexander Macnab's, five-year ewes averaged' about 27s 6d. Wylie Bros, two-tdoth ew r es made 41s Gd, Mr W. J. B. Tripe’s two-tooth ewes 40s Gd, and good sixyear ewes average about 20s Gd. The same ewes at the first Fordell fair nuqJe au average of about. 245. Old and lower conditioned ewes showed a sharp decline, which would have been greater had it not been for Taranaki competition. Alost of v the yarding .was disposed of, although in the later stages passings were more frequent. A few of the realisations' were as .'ollows: 210 two-tooth S.D. ewes, 30s; 55 twotooth ewes, 40s; a/e Air J. W. Living; ston, Fordell, 140 four and six-tooth ewes, 29s Gd; a/c Mr Noel Neilson, Okoia, 608 five and six-year ewes, 21s 3d; a/c Air J. Marsh, Fordell, 114 s.m. ewes, 225; a/c Air Alex. Mac Nab, 304 six-year ewes 21s; a/c Air Ken. Sutherland, Fordell, 231 six-year ewes, 19s 3d; a/c Air A. Duncan, No. 2 line, 87 live and six-year ewes, 265; a/c Air R. Lilburn, Alangamahu, 100 ewe lambs, 22s 2d; a/c Mr J. D. Lourie, Hunterville, 195 wether lambs, 15s; a/c Mr Clark Higgie, Fordell, 42 ewe lambs, 23s lOd; account Dicker Bros., Alangamahu, 24 m.a. ewes, 30s; S.D. rams to 2J guineas. CLEARING SALE AT COLYTQN Messrs Abraham and Williams, Ltd., in conjunction with Messrs Afurray, Roberts and Co., Ltd., report holding a clearing sale of sheep, cattle and sunj dries on account of Air J. Corby, Coly- ' ton. Air Corby has leased his property and therefore offered his entire flock of mixed age Romney ewes to a fair attendance of the public and we report a sound sale throughout for all lots submitted. Quotations: — Sheep.—2-th ewes, 30s 6d to £2 6s; 4-th ewes, 325, 33s 3d; 4yr ewes, 255; Gyr ewes, fattening sorts, 11s to 12s 3d; ewe lambs, to 23s 6d. Cattle.—2o-months Red Poll steers, £6 10s; Red Poll cows and calves at foot, to £9 7s 6d; 1 lOyr farm gelding, £2l 10s. Sundries sold at late rates. LEVIN STOCK MARKET. LEVIN, Feb. 17. A particularly heavy entry of sheep, for which extra accommodation had to bo provided, characterised the usual weekly stock sale which was conducted by Alessrs Abraham and Williams, at the Levin saleyards yesterday. Pigs and cattle also came forward in large numbers, and this was reflected in the slightly easier prices, by comparison

with last week’s sale, which ruled for porkers and breeding ewes. The prices realised ranged as under: Pigs: Light pork, 32s to 37s Gd; medium do, 37s 6d to £2 2s Gd; heavy do, to £2 10s; baconers, £2 17s Gd to £3 10s; choppers, £2 5s to £3; sows to farrow, 22s Gd to £2 10s; weaners, 10s 6d to 14s; slips, 14s to 18s; light stores, 18s to 235;. heavier do, 23s to 30s. Sheep: Fat lambs, 21s to 255; prime do, 26s to 28s; fat ewes, 18s to 21s; fat wethers, 27s Gd to 29s 9d; store lambs, 12s 6d to 15s lOd; ewe lambs, 16s Gd to 17s 3d; s.m. ewes, 17s Gd to 23s 3d; cull lambs, 11s lid to 13s Gd; aged ewes, 13s Gd to 17s Gd; store wethers, 2Gs to 26s Gd; 2-tooth ewes, 395; Romney rams, 2 gns to 2£ gns.; S.D. do, 1J gns to 2 gns. Cattle: Fat cows, £3 7s Gd to £3 17s Gd; heavy do, £4 to £4 10s; extra heavy do, £4 35s to £5 10s; prime extra heavy do, £5 15s to £6. 12s Gd; vealers, light, 32s Gd to £2 ss; better types, £2 17s 6d to £3 ss; store cows, £2 2s Gd to £3 os; bulls £2 17s Gd to £6 15s; springing cows, £4 10s to £7. I

LOAN AND MERCANTILE. The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co., Ltd., report that at the Levin sale yesterday they offered a very large yarding of sheep, together with an excellent offering of all cias. ,-s of stock, to an unusually larg- 1 attendance of buyers. Prices realised were on a par with late market rates and ranged as follows: Pigs: Slips, 8s Gd to 3 0s; stores, small, 18s to 18s Gd; larger do, 23s Gd, 24s to 255; pork, large, 255, 35s to 38s Gd; heavier do, £2, £2 2s, £2 7s Gd to £2 325. Sheep: Fat ewes, 19s 3d to 20s; fat wethers, 23s to 265; 4 year ewes, 23s Id to 28s Gd; 5-year do, 20s 4d to 23s 7d; 2-tooth ewes, to 33s 4d; 2-tooth store wethers, to 19s 8d; store, ewes, 12s 3d to 18s; store lambs, 12s 7d to 13s 7d; 2-tooth S.D. rams, £3 3s to £4; aged Romney rams, 30s to £2. Cattle: Light fat cows, ex-dairy, £2 17s Gd to £3 8a Gd; heavier sorts, £4 12s Gd, £5 37s Gd to £8; vealers, 30s to £2 2s Gd; store cows, £2, £2 5s to £2 10s.