FAT STOCK CATTLE.

Auckland Star, Volume XLVII, Issue 238, 5 October 1916, Page 8

FAT STOCK CATTLE.

A g "V N repor Z t^- and L °* n Mercant «e On ■Wednesday at Westfleld fat stock market cattle were yarded' In scarcely average numbers. Competition was keeu the market showing a decidedly armer I tone. Best ox sold to £> 9/ per 1001b Si 2 i2 5 / 6; so " at from fl3 to *2* o/; cows and heifers, f7 10/ jo £16 7/6. Some of- the averages were: Sixteen steers from Mr Benj. KeeO, Waerenca *18 18/6; 16 steers from Mr Wm. iienrv Taupirl, £is 11/6; 18 steers rvvm West Coast. fl« 13/; eight cows from Uaikato £14 17/6; 13 steers from l»r A, W.i Hall Papatoetoe, £17 4/6. Calves were yeaned in full uunibers, and sold at last week's prices. Runners sold at from £6 10/ to £9 15/; heavy suckers £4 10/ to £5 'ie/, medium £3 12/ to £4 7/, light £1 10/ to £3 ■10/,-* small and fresb-dropped 6/ to £1 18/ Sheep were penned iv smaller numbers than usual, and' consequently improved from 2/ to 3/ per head. Best woolly t? *30/»: i>est shorn nrethers £1 11/ to £1,13/9. others £18/ to fl 0/6; best woolly ejes £1 17/ to £2 4/,, others £1 13/ to £1 ie/9; shorn ewes, Jieet-fl 8/ to £1 0/9, others £1 6/ to £1 7/9;. woolly hoggets, best £1 12/ to £1 14/9, others £1 8/ to £L 11/; shorn hoggets, 18/ to,£l 3/. .A truck of wethers from Messrs Shipherd Brothers, Pnni, averaged £2 5/.' Spring lamb was i also penned in smaJler numbers, and Improjed considerably to prices. Jdeet sold itO:■«, 12/3 t otiete a 0/3 t« tX 7/. ■ '* 'if .i

spring lambs from air w. Weetney, Mangere, averaged £1 9/6; five irom air M. O. XlrKttide, Mangere, £1 8/9; a 8 from Mr C. Levet, Mangere, fl. 1/- Kss were penned In large numbers, anil sold at nnproved prices on last week's prices. >o •choppers or heavy baconers yarded. Medium i baconers ±3 11/ to £4 V, light f3 3/ to £3 10/; heavy porkers £2 14/ to SI/, . medium £2 If to f2 13/, light £1 ISA* O . if 2 6/; clips, £1 4/ to £1 13/;.weaners, la/ to £1 3/. r< . At Coromandei on Thursday we had one of. the largest yardings ever entered at this centre: and almost everything changed hands.. We quote: Beef cows, from fly 10/ to £15 '10/ i dairy cows, £6 15/ to £11 ! 5/; steers, three to four years old £11 W to £12 15/, two to 2i years old. f8 to £10 15/; yearlings to 18 months, £4 15/ to £7 5/; store cows, selling' freely, £6 15/ to £9; calves, 36/ to £2 7/6; small store ewes, 20"/; horses, to £10 10/. 'Messrs. Alfred Buckland and -Sons report:— At our Westfleld weekly fat stock market yesterday our entry of fat -cattle numbered : 207' head, comprising 163 steers, 41 cows and heifers, and. three bulls.. tThese numbers i are considerably below average yarding, and- are insufficient for requirements,- and in consequence there was. an advance in values. Choice ox sold to £2 10/, P* 1 ™* £2 7/ to £2 9/, ordinary and plain £1 I?/ to £2 5/, cow and heifer £1 18/ to £20/. Steers ranged in price froui £13 W tot-* 7/6. The latter price 'was .realised lor a steer from Mr. F. Potts, of. Plrpngta, and ! bought I>y Messrs. B. and W. Hellaßy, Ltd. Cows and heifers, £8 15/ to £17 oA The Ihignest averages for. steers were: 20 from. .Mr:-Wilfred Johnstone, late Lady Bobson Estate, Pamnure, £19 7/C; 16 from Mr. J. «. Stewart Klchardson, Cambridge, iis 12/11; 8 from Mr. Geo. fifull, g^" 3 ,,/!?. 8 from Mr. C. F. Storey. Kio Klo, £18 »A 12' from Mr. Geo. Jackson. Glen limes, £1< 7/11; 24 from Mr. F, Withwow, Tauransa. £16 16/; a truck from Mr. Wm. Taylor, Greennill, Te Awamutu, £16 W; 8 JL'iJE' Mr. F Potts, Pirongia, £16 11/6. Sbeep were also penned in small numbers. Jue]" c was a steady demand, with values slightly in -advance of tast report. Extra Tieavy prime -woolly wethers, £2 6/ to £2 9/; a truck from Messrs. SMpherd Bros., Puni, averaged £2 6/; heavy prime, £2 1/ to £-. 5/6; lighter, £1 18/ to £2; unfinished, £1 14/6 to £1 16/: prime shorn' wethers, ±1 9/ to £1 12/9; best woolly ewes, £1 IV to £1 19/; otliers, £1 11/6 to £1 15/. *<> shorn ewes offered. .Heavy woolly hoggets, £1 13/6 to £1 16/6; other woolly 'hoggets, £1 5/ to £1 8/6. (814 sheep sold.) Our yarding of fat and young calves was smaller -than usual, and all classes sold ■freely at last -week's rates. Runners made from £7 10/ to £13 5/; heavy vealers, £5 4/ to £6 7/6; medium, £4 to £7 16/; lighter,.; £2 18/ to £3 17/6; light, £2 to £2 16/; small and fresh-dropped, -4/ to £1 15/. (53 sold.) Pigs came forward in smaller numbers than usual, an-d sold at an improvement on last week's quotations. Xo choppers yarded. Heavy baconers "brought from £4 2/ to £4 16/; medlnm, £3 12/ to £4; light, £3 3/ to, £3 9/; large porkers, £2 15/ to £3 2/: smaller, £2 to £2 14/; slips. £1 8/ to £1 16/; weaners, 16/ to £1 7/. 093 sold.)

-Messrs. Dalgety and Co., Limited, report having held their usual weekly fat stock sale at .Westfleld yesterday, as under:—

Beef.—A small yarding, and prices were again higher. Choice pens extra prime ox sold at equal to 48/ per 1001b; prime qualityox made 43/ to .46/; cow and lieifer beef cold at from 38/ to 44/.

Veal.—Average yarding, and prices were unchanged. Heavy runners made np to £8 17/6, ordinary ditto £6 to £8; choice suckers. £4 to £5 15/, medium £3 to £4 2/, others 5/ to 30/..

Mutton.—A small yarding, and prices were .on a par with last week's rates. Extra : heavy prime -woolled wethers made from .£2 to £2 4/: ordinary heavy wethers. 37/6 to 41/, light and unflnisbed 31/ to 34/; extra heavy, ewea made from 36/ to 40/, others 24/ to 29/; heavy shorn -wethers, 29/ to 34/, medium ditto, 26/3 to 28/9; shorn extra heavy ewes, 28/ to 33/3. Lamb.—A very small yarding, consequently 'prices were considerably higher than last week. ■ Best-heavy lambs made up to 32/6, ordinary 23/ to 26/. Pork.—A large yarding, while prices were on a par with last week's rates. Choppers made up to £4 13/; baconers, £,?, to £3 IS/: porkers. 35/ to 49/; -weaners made from 20/ to 24/ for well-bred sorts..