WESTFIELD FAT STOCK MARKET.

Auckland Star, Volume LVI, Issue 190, 13 August 1925, Page 4

WESTFIELD FAT STOCK MARKET.

Tlie IN'ew Zealand Loan and Mercantile As-nncy reports: At the Westflekl rat stork market yesterday beef was penned in large I numbers. Competition was keen and values improved on last week's quotations Twenty-one steers from Mr. W. Duncan Ruanui, averagred £17 13/6, and seven from Mr. E. T. Bain, Rotonß-aro, averaged £19 9/. Extra choice ox sold to £2 2/ per 1001b; choice and prime ox, £1 18/ to £241/; ordinary and plain ox £1 14/ to £1 17/; prime young: cow and heifer beer, £1 15/ to £1 18/; ordinary cow beer, £1 10/ to £1 14/; roug-h beef, £1 9/ to £1 0/. Extra heavy prime steers rang-ed In price from £19 to £22 15/' heavy prime steers, £17 to £18 17/G----lighter prime steers, £15 to £16 17/G----light prime steer 3, £13 to £14 17/6----unfinished and small. £9 10/ to £12 15/'----extra heavy prime young- cows and heifers £10 to £12 15/; lighter, £8 to £9 17/6; I light cows, £0 ,-to £7 17/G; bulls, £4 to £8 17/G; other cows, £•{ to £5 15/. Poor and aged cows, £2 to £3 17/6. An extra heavy Tat heirer ITom Mr. n. Thornton, Mang-arata, realised £20, and a steer from I the same vendor realised £22 15/. Sheep were yarded in average numbers. Competition was keen, and values advanced 2/ to 3/ a Head. Heavy prime wethers £2 4/ to £2 7/3; medium prime wethors, £2 1/0 to £3 3/9; light prime wethers, £1 18/6 to £2 1/; small and unfinished wethers, £1 15/ to £1 18/; heavy prime ewes, £1 15/ to £1 18/6; medium prime ewes and light prime ewes, £1 8/ to £1 14/0. Hoggets were penned In averago numfiers, selling readily at late quotations. Extra heavy prime, £2 to £2 4/9; heavy prime, £1 16/6 to £1 18/; medium prime, £1 14/ to £1 IG/3; light prime, £1 11/ to £1 13/6. Plg3 were penned in average numbers, and sold at late quotations. Choppers sold rrom £3 10/ to £4 4/; heavy and medium baconers, from £3 15/ to £3 19/; light baconers and heavy porkers, Trom £3 16/ to £4; medium porkers and light porkers, from £3 to £3 14/; light and unfinished porkers £2 8/ to £2 12/. Store pigs were penned in small numbers and sold at. late quotations. Large stores, £1 10/ to £2 2/slips, £1 6/ to £1 14/; weaners, 10/ to I £1 11/ for extra well bred weaners. Calves I were penned in large numbers and sold readily at late quotations. Runners, £4 10/ to £5 6/; heavy vealers, £3 10/ to £i 0/; medium, £2 18/ to £3 8/; light, £2 0/ to £2 16/; smaller, £1 5/ to £2 2/; small and fresh dropped, 3/ to £1 3/rough calves, 8/ to £1 1/. Alfred Buckland and Sons report: Yesterday at our weekly Westfleid fat stock market our supply or fat cattle totalled 404 Bead, comprising: 173 steers, 378 cowp and; heifers, and 3 bulls. The greater part or the ox beer was of excellent quality. Competition was extra keen, and all choice and prime cattle advanced 2/ 1001b. Extra choice ox sold to £2 2/ per looib; choice and prime ox, £1 18/ to £2; ordinary and plain ox, £1 15/ to £1 17/; prime young cow and heifer beef, £1 15/ to £2j ordinary cow beef, £1 10/ to £1 14/; rough beer, £1 to £1 6/; extra heavy prime steers ranged in price from £20 to £23; heavy prime steers, £16 10/ ! to £19 10/; lighter prime steers, £12 to I £13 17/6; unfinished and small, £8 5/ to £11; extra heavy prime young cows and heifers, £13 10/ to £15 10/; heavy prime young cows and heifers, £10 10/ to £13----lighter, £8 to£!0; other rat cows, £5 10/ to £7 15/; rough and plain cows, £3 to £5; three extra heavy steers from Mr. Alox. Millar, Narrows Estate, Hamilton, averaged £23; 21 extra prime steers from Mr. Edward Allen, Cambridge, averaged £19 12/4; 24 rrom Mr. William Vosper, Dingley Dell, Cambridge, averaged £18 13/3; and 18 from Mr. C. G. Robertson, Otaua, Waiuku, averaged £18 10/3. There was only a moderate yarding or sheep, which sold. freely, last week's advance being sustained. Extra heavy prime wethers made £2 8/G to £2 10/; heavy prime wethers, £2 5/6 to £2 8/3; medium to heavy prime wethers, £2 2/ to £2 5/; light prime wethers, £1 18/ to £2 1/0; unfinished wethers, £1 15/ to £1 17/6. Only two pens or ewes were penned, and I these were on the plain side, making £1 ! i 3/ to £1 IG/G; best prime hoggets, £1 14/6 to £1 18/j lighter rat hoggets, £1 12/6 to £1 14/3; small and plain, £1 6/ to 1 £1 11/ (756 sheep and hoggets sold), i calves were penned in large numbers. Competition was keen, values remaining ! equal to late quotations. Heavy venlers made £4 to £6 2/; medium vealers, £3 4/ to £3 10/; light vealers, £2 5/ to £3 8/; fUJSl 1 1 fresh dropped, 2/ to £2 (354 sold). Fully an average yarding or pia-s ?« ™,i, r ,« rwar(l ,- Bac °ners again declined in value, porkers selling at about late 11 J*? - H ? avy bncoli ers made £4 to £4 G/; light and medium, £:! 14/ to £1 iB/ : heavy porkers, £3 10/ to £3 15/• nint and medium, £2 15/ to £3 5/-' ilfaii porkers, £2 2/ to £2 12/ Few store" were penned. Best made up to £2 u c oT c s p oid)f t0 £1 2/: ™- *' " »/ Dalgety and Company, Ltd, renort ne rollows on the Wcstlleid sale yesterday? Beer: There was a moderate varam*' Prices opened at last week's rates but improved as the sale progressed by niliv 2/ per 1001b. This rise was maintained until practically the end or the sale things again eased slightly. We quoteExtra choice ox, £2 2/ per lOOlb; choicn prime, £1 18/ to £2; other, £i 15/ to £1 17/; prime young cow ana heifer beer made £1 15/ to £1 19/; others £1 10/ .m £1 14/. Although only a medium entry, some nice well finished lines were penned, i and prices, were equal to late quotations.

Extra lieavy prime -wethers made £2 5/ lo £2 8/6; heavy prime, £2 2/ to £2 4/6; llg-ht, £i 18/ to £2 1/: others, £1 15/ to £1 17/6; best heavy prime ewes, £1 15/ to £1 19/G; medium prime, £1 12/6 to £1 1 i/G; others, SI 8/ to £1 12/. Pigs: A small yarding:. Baconcrs wore dull of sale, at prices slightly lower, 1>144, porkers remained unchanged. Heavy baconers made £3 17/ to £■< 1/: light medium baconers, 23 11/ to £3 10/; heavy porkers, £3 7/ to £3 10/; light and medium, £2 5/ to £3 0/. Calves sola at late rates. Heavy vealers made £i 5/ to £5 5/; medium, £3 5/ to £i i/; light, £2 10/ to £3 4/; small, £1 8/ to £2 8/. We also report having: held our usual monthly sale at Paparoa last Friday. There was a good yarding or pigs and cattle, and In spite ior the inclement weather buyers were present In large numbers from the North, 1 and as far south as Waitoa. The sale was I one or the best ever held in Paparoa, ■ prices for all classes being considerably in 1 excess of last month's sale. We report:— Pig-s: Baconers to £-1 1/. porkers to £3 1/, sows in pig, £2 10/ to £8; good stores, £2 10 £•> 3/; good slips, £1 15/ to £1 18/; ! lair slips, £1 7/6 to £1 13/6; small, 19/ Ito £1 •!/; rat cows, to £12 7/6 Tor an .' extra Heavy S.H. cow, on account or Messrs. G. and R. Coates. Others, £10 15/, I £0, £S 10/, £7 15/, £0; 4-year S.H. buljocks, rair condition, £8 to £8 6/; 3 and i -year S.H. steers, £7 to £7 11/; 2* to small 3-year steers, £6 to £6 10/; good 2-year S.H. steers, £5 to £5 17/.