FAT STOCK SALES.

Auckland Star, Volume XLVII, Issue 53, 2 March 1916, Page 8

FAT STOCK SALES.

Messrs. Alfred Buckland ana Sons r*. W On Wednesday, March 1, at our wp»>i.' W Westfield fat stock market, we sold beef t : B the number of 412 head, comprising i— r - Hi steers, 248 cows and heifers, andnni c Du m ■ pere was a steady demand thronghoit »V-""■ ■'« fully last week's values. Choice ox ml,? ' X at £2 2,. prime £1 10/ to £2 1/, orninZ;'' 'i ! . £1 15/ to £1 IS,: cows aud heifers £i v?, II to £2. Steers ranged in price from sTI) H 10/ to £1S 2/ti: cows and heifers £R iof>„ M £12 12/6. The highest averages P steers were: One truck from Mr B 'i- HI Reed, Waerenga, £17; 20 from Mr. j o t '-' Masseys Vaiuku property, £16 18/- ««»-''.■ from Mr. A. Mulr'?. jun., Mannrewa JS 17/1; 16 from Mr. Robert Madill's Te'wt -■'- mutu property. £16 0/2; one truck "frS. :: - Mr. -S. Alien. Cambridge, £16 14/ miX''--■■' from Messrs. B. and ~. Gollan, Paamnri ■ ■:.- ---£15.1/6. There was about an . ayeS \ yarding of sheep, which met with a tml sale at ruling prices; extra heavyririSS wethers. £1 10/6 to £1 13/: heavf- P S' ;; -' wethers. £1 8/ to £l io/ ; medinm ■ ,'- ---•heavy, £1 5/6 to £1 7/6, light aid -at, - finishedl £1 2/ to £1 5/; best heavy. p t £Cewes £1 5/ to £1 7/9: good ewes: iff, • °,-A '''?' °r her ewes 17 / 6 t0 £ 1 V- (137 ft sold.) Lambs came foi-ward in .large-nmi ■■'■' hers, and sold readily. Best heavvnriSS* '-- £1 2/ to £1 4/; good lambs 18/,o S/T' > lighter 15/ to 17/6, unfinished 12/6-tol-tV : (737 soUi.i Fat and young calves canfe forward freely. Prices remained ,S- - the. same. Heavy runners, up to ,A-£ ■ " heavy suckers £:! 15/ ,„ £4 10 , mefll^.; ! UC^S^ £ - 12/ to £ '"' 8 -' : !i ? ht sucker" £ to £2 10/; small and fresh dropped £118/. (141 sold.l The pig pen, 4m",' well filled, with all classes! Late S : V quotations were fully maintained Ph„s--pere, £2 15/ to £4 7/6: heavy baebners" % -.'-' £4 o. : medium baconers. £3 S/ to : £ri«>.' '-"''■■ light baconers £3_ to £3 7/; heavy -porftS; ' ±2 12/ to £2 li/; medium porkers '*>'-■ ■'' 6/ to £2 11/: light porkers. £1 is/ to*? '■ 4/: small and nnfinished. £1 10/ to-£ri?/" ■weaners, 12/ to .18/. (221 sold.) - . 1!)/ < The' New Zealand Loan and ■Mercantiia ■ Agency Company report:— - -1--T-: "-.- At. WestCeld fat stock market.' on v -Wed- "''' nesday, beef was penned in usual numbers ' and. with the exception of prime,qnillf?-'--'--' showed no improvement in values Prime '■"' I oxen sold to £2-3/ per-1001b, .others -iVm '"' :to £2 2/. cows and heifers £1 12/6 to : £l " I IT/6: steers sold at from £9 10/ to' £vt--'"■-cows, -£5. 5/ to £12 12/6. A truck" of-: eight steers from. X.. Allen. Cambrideo ••■■-' averaged £17 9/: eight steers from W Gray, Cambridge. £15 7/6: H. S. Sttavrl '- bridge, eight steers. £14 9/9: .Brigmahlv '■■' eight steers. £14 6/6. - - bm,l T>'i-_ -. Calves were penned in usual- numbers and sold at improved values Banners' -'" sold at from £5 15/ to £S 7//6; heavy ■'•' suckers £3 11/ to £4 14/. medium £212/ " to £3 O/. light £1.9/.to £2 8/; small aril' ■-'- fresh-dropped, 4/ to £1 5/. ■:..-. Sheep were yarded'in fullnumbers.- and'improved in prices. Best wethers sold'at — from £1 8/6 to £1 10/3. others £i:6/fl' :; to £1 7/9; best ewes, £1 6/ to £1-14/. for ■ "- second prize-takers .at Pukek'one Show V which were bought by Mr. Thos. BasteV 1 ; of Ponsonby: other ewes. IS/9 to £1 a/S- :: hoggets, £1 6/6 to £1 3/9. • .'■.- Lambs, penned in average.nnmhers, sou ' at-late rates. Best sold at from 18/6-fo":. £1 3/, for first prize-takers, . Eukekbae - ' Show, fattened by Mr. George Hodgson, ■-''■ bought by E. and W. Hellaby-; others, 13/ ••'■■-' to-16/9. ' - . - • . , .: '■ Pigs were penned in large-nhmbers, : . ana >\- sold at improved prices. Heavy baconers ' £3 14/ to £5 2/, medium £3 4/ to £3 12/, ■ ' light £2 15/, to £3 2/; heavy porkers £7, 12/ to £3,4/, medium £2.4/. to-.£2:11/,:- ~ light £1 14/ to£2; slips, £11/ to £1-11/; - ;1 weaners, 12/6 to IS/- ' - ••;':. -;-'. : •Messrs. Dalgety • and -. Co.. .:-Limited, report having held their, usual -weekly "fat .7 stock sale at Westfield..on Wednesday, .;.'' March 1, asunder: —':.' ■' -.'-'v ■ ':'■ Beef.—A-moderate yarding. Priceswere ■ on a par: with last week's' ratesr.:.Eirira-- : choice pens of - prime ox sold at-np.t0,42/ per 1001b. Ordinary prime os!.mdde 36/ to 39/: cow and heifer beef; 33£' to 38/;:. per 100!b. ':. ' . Veal.—A • large yarding-, There, were several. export . buyers operating, - and. ;. ' prices were firmer." Choice runners,| made ,'•,- up-to £5 15/-5- ordinary rhriners, £2 5/: to £3' 12/:-choice suckers, 35/ to 54/;:smalli;■ and. inferior. 5/ to 28/. _ , - moderate . yarding.: Extra v choice heavy wethers n made up--"to "'•SZfl.T*! heavj- wethers, 26/"^to-'29/6; .medinnVcv: weight wethers. 23/ to 26/; extra heavyewes,. 23/9 to - 26/6; mediuih-weight ewSi^t 22/.to 25/. - .■>'-•-:; ■; '-"'. -iJi,?" -^aB Lamb.—A large yarding. Prices werem on- a' par- with late Tates. - Best woolly-ra made, up to 23/: good heavy wooUy, Awm to .20/3;. small, 11/6;tor'l4/; shorn, -13/j-to^; °Pork.—A moderate yardihg. Cholca;;? , porkers sold at advanced rates, ana mada>>.- ---: 33/ to 53/;-, baconers,. £2 13/ to £3-14/.;- :; ;