FAT STOCK MARKET.

Auckland Star, Volume LVII, Issue 16, 20 January 1926, Page 8

FAT STOCK MARKET.

■ ADVANCE IN PRIME CATTLE, The N.Z. Loan and Mercantile Agency Co., Ltd., report: To-day at our weekly Westfield fat stock market beef was penned in less than average numbers, i prime choice quality cattle selling readily, under keen competition, at an ad- I vance of two to three shillings per hun- j died pounds. Other classes remained j unchanged. Extra choice ox sold to j 35/ per 1001b; choice and prime ox. 30/ to 3-1/; ordinary and plain ox, 23/ to ! 20/; prime young cow and heifer beef, ! 20/ to 30/; ordinary Cow beef, 21/ to 25/; rough beef, 15/ to 19/; heavy 1 prime steers ranged in price from £13 15/ to £15; lighter prime steers, £12 to £13 10/; light prime steers. £10 to £11 15/; unfinished and small, £8 10/ to £9 15/: heavy prime voting cows and heifers, £S to £8 15/;' lighter, £7 to £7 15/ i light, cows, £5 to £0; other cows, £2 10/ to £4 15/. WESTFIELD STOCK MARKET. Alfred' Buckland and Sons, Ltd., report: —To-day at our weekly Westfield fat stock market our beef* pens contained 515 head, comprising 202 steers, 259 cows and heifers and four bulls. There was an increased demand, light weight, choice and prime ox being better worth. Prime heifer beef was also a trifle firmer. Extra choice ox sold to £1 14/ per 1001b: choice prime ox, £1 12/ to £1 13/6; ordinary and plain ox, £1 7/ to £1 10/; prime young cow and heifer beef, £1 5/ to £1 9/; ordinary cowbeef, £1 to £1 4/; rough beef, 16/ to 10/; heavy prime steers ranged in price from £13 to £14 15/; lighter prime steers, £11 10/ to £12 17/6; light prime steers, £10 to £11 7/6; unfinished and small, £6 10/ to £0 15/; extra heavy prime young cows and heifers, £9 to £9 17/6: heavy prime voting cows and heifers, £7 5/ to £8 17/6; lighter, £6 to £7 2/0; other killable cows. £4 I.')/ to £•"' 17/0; hulls, £3 to £11; old and barren cows £2 10/ to £4 7/6. No extra heavy weight cattle were penned.