FAT STOCK MARKET.

Auckland Star, Volume LVIII, Issue 46, 24 February 1927, Page 4

FAT STOCK MARKET.

PRICES AT WjcSTFIELD. LOAN AND MERCANTILE.

The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company, Ltd., report:—At \\ estfield yesterday beef was penned in average numbers, cow and heifer beef predominating. Choice prime ox sold at late quotations and prime cow and, heifer beef was slightly easier. Extra choice ox sold to 29/ per 1001b: choice and prime. 26/ to 28.'; ordinary and plain. 23/ to 25/; prime young cow and heifer beef. 22/ to 25,': ordinary cow beef, 18/ to 21/; no extra heavy prime steers were penned; heavy | prime, £11 to £11 u/6; lighter prime, £9 10/ to £10 17/6; light prime, £8 to £9 7/6; unfinished and small, £6 10/ to £7 17/6: heavy prime young cows and heifers, £6 15/ to £7 10/; lighter, £5 10/ to £6 12/6: light cows. £4 to £5 7/6; other cows, £3 to £3 17/6. Sheep were yarded in less than average numbers, and sold under steady competition at late quotations. Heavy prime wethers made £1 5/6 to £1 6/0; medium prime, £1 3/ to £1 5/3; light prime, £1 to £1 2/9; heavy prime and medium prime ewes, 14/9 to 17/; light prime, 12/ to 14/6; inferiorly fatted, 8/ to 11/6. Lambs were penned in large numbers, selling at late quotations. Extra heavy prime made £1 5/6 to £1 6/6; heavy prime, £14,/ to £1 5/3; medium prime, £1 ■2/ to £1 3/9; light prime, 18/ to £1 1/9: I unfinished, best, 14/ to 16/6; others, 10/ to ' 13/6. A small yarding of pigs met with a j dull sale, values declining in late quotations. Choppers sold at £2 10/ to £4: heavy and medium baconers, £3 to £3 9/; light baconers and heavy porkers, £2 10/ to £2 18/ medium porkers and light porkers, £2 to £2 8,/. Store pigs sold at late quotations. Large stores made £1 10/ to £2; slips, £1 to £1 8/; weaners, 14/ to 17/. Calves were penned in less than average numbers, values showing an improvement on last week's quotations. Runners made £3 10/ to £4 11/; heavy vealers, £3 to 8/; medium, £2 10/ to £2 18/; light. ■ to £2 8/; smaller, £1 10/ to £2 18/: I lit, £2 to £2 8/ smaller £1 10/ to £1 18/; small and fresh dropped. 3/ to £18': rough calves, 12/ to £1 5/.

DALGETY AND COMPANY. Dalgety and Co., Ltd., report.—Beef: A good yarding, the large proportion ofwhich were cows. Prime ox sold at late rates, while old and unfinished cows were easier. Extra choice ox sold to 29/ per 1001b; choice and prime, 25/ to 28/; just killable, 21/ to 24/; prime young cow and heifer beef, 23/ to 25/; just killable, 19/ to 21/. Sheep: X fair yarding, with little or no change in values. Extra heavy prime wethers, 26.6; heavy prime. 24/; medium. 21/6 to 23/; light and unfinished, 19/ to 21/; heavy prime ewes, 15/6 to 16/6: lighter, 13/ to 15/; other ewes, 10/ to 12/. Lambs: An average yarding, selling at late rates. Heavy prime lamb "made 26/; medium, £1 2/6 to £1 4/; light, 18/6 to £1 0/6. Calves: A smaller yarding, prices improving on last week's market. Runners made to £5 1/; heavv vealers, £3 5/ to £4 4/; medium, £2 7/ to £2 15/; light, £1 17/ to £25/; rough, 6/ to 13/; fresh-dropped 4/ to 16/. Pigs: A small yarding, prices being unchanged. Choppers made £3 18/ to £4 15/; heavy baconers, £3 11/ to £.'-? 14/; medium baconers. £3 4/ to £3 10/light baconers, £3 1/ to £3 3/; heavy porkers, £2 17/ to £3; medium porkers, ~~ to £2 17/; light porkers, £2 5/ to

ALFRED BUCKLAND AND SONS. Alfred Buckland and Sons, Ltd., report: Oui beef pens contained 452 head, as compared with 434 at last Wednesday's sale comprising 243 steers and 209 cows and heifers. The quality again was first-class. Competition was steady throughout. Ox prime young cow and heifer beef maintained late values and other grades were easier. Extra choice ox sold to £19/ per 1001b; choice and prime, £1 6/ to £1 8/secondary and plain, £1 4/ to £1 5/6; prime young cow and heifer beef. £lV to £15/; ordinary cow beef, 17/ to £1 1/; heavy prime steers, £11 5/ to £12lighter prime. £10 to £11 2/6; light prime. ,9/ ° 17/6; small and unfinished. ,t ■' 10 / £S ~/6; extra heavy prime voung cows and heifers, £7 to £9; heavv prime cows and heifers, £5 10/ to £6 17/6lighter prime., £4 5/ to £5 7/6: other kill' able cows, £3 to £4 2/6. There was scarcely an average yarding of sheep and an improved demand, prime mutton being slightly better worth. Extra heavy prime wethers made £1 5/9 to £1 6 9; heavy prime, £14/ to £1 5/6: i..edium to heavy prime, £1 2/6 to £1 3/9: light to medium pnme. £1 to £1 2/3; unfinished wethers. extra heavy prime young . 16 / t0 18 /6; heavy prime, 14/6 to 1-V9; lighter prime, 13/ to 14/3: other killable ewes, 11/6 to 12/9. (843 sheep sold). Lambs were penned to the number of ■>}o and sold at about last week's quota--4/°f S " /; X i r /i heavy Prime lambs made £1 on r 1 /3; heavy prime, £1 2/6 to £1 hgl " cr Pnme, £1 1/ to £1 2/3; light 14 G n to 18''f) t0 rf 1 0/9 = Sma ° and plain ' of il ' There was a small yarding ot cahes competition being steady for all wmion- B 6oW * ° b °»' ">»«' to Int.. a/. g to £3 10/- J? J™ e baconer s made £3 7/ io tcs iu/, medium, £3 2/ to PV =:/'• light. £2 18' to -pq m. l °/> 15/ to j - / > heavy porkers, £2 ii • me dium, £2 11/ to i,/ TlVto £ 'xo° st £2 8/; Unfi » ish ed', Weaners from HAMILTON STOCK SALE.

Imports on the weekly stock sale at riaukton on luesilay are: New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agenc.s Co.. Ltd.—We offered a good entrv or steer and cow beef, for which there w m a fair demand, and values unchanged I rime iat cows sold from £6 5/ to »'7 2/6; medium, £4 7/6 to £5: light 2Vi-velr-old fat steers, £6 to £6 16/; fat bullocks. £9 10/; fleshy cows, £3 3/ to £3 12/; heifer calvea, 13/ to £1 12/, The yarding

of fat sheep was not quite as large as usual, and met with a keen demand. Prices for ewes improved 2/ to 3/ per head. Maiden ewes made 19/3; other fat ewes, 16/ to 17/6; fat wethers, £1 3,0 to £15 ; light fat lambs, 17/ to £1; good shorn store lambs, 14, 10; F.M. ewes, 13,6 to 15, 6. A fair yarding of both fat and store pigs came forward. Fat pigs sold at easier rates, but stores and weaners showed a : urht improvement. H°avy baccners made ' to £3 B,'; medium, £2 18/ to £3 1/; light baconers and heavy porkers, £2 12/ to£2 16 ; porki-rs, £2 2' to £2 10 : stores, £1 12' to £1 16 ; slips. £12' to £1 6'; weaners, 1"/ to 16/. JJalgety and Co.. Ltd.—There was a large yarding of cow and heifer beef, which met with keen competition for prime quality, steers were penned in small quantities, no extra prime quality being yarded. Trices were from £6 10/ to £8 10/ for Jiglit weights; fat cows, from £0 10/ to £7 15, for extra prime: others from £5 1"' to £6; poorer quality, £4 to £4 15 ; vealers. from £2 4. to £2 19 : store cows, from £2 10/ to £3 10/; bulls, from 35/ to £4 10'; dairy cows, from £4 10' to £10 ior cooil sorts. Fat wethers made irom 22 6 to 23. 6; extra prime fat ewes, 15/ to 17. : others. 12 6 to 14, ; fat lambs. 17 6 to 23 '6. A small yarding of pigs sold at late rates. OTHER COUNTRY SALES.

Alfred Buckland and Sons. Ltd.. report: During the week we held sales at \\ aiotira, Westtiold. and Pukekohe, and had average yardings of cattle. I here was a heavy entry of pics at Pukekohe. AH classes of cattle sold at ruling values. Fat pigs were a trifle easier. Dairy cows and heifers sold at £5 to £12 10'. according to quality; old and inferior dairy cows. £2 10 to £4 10 ; good quality nice-con-ditioned three to three and a-half-year old steers, £6 to £7; two to three-year-old steers. £4 10/' to £5 10/; yearling to two-year-old steers. £2 10/ to £4 7/6: yearling to IS-nionths-old dairy lienors, £2 10/ to £3 15, ; prime young cows and heifers. £5 to £7; other fat cows, £4 to £4 17/6; boner cows, £1 15/ to £3 17/0: light fat steers, £8 to £9 15/'; empty young cows, £2 to £3 5/; store cows. £1 to £2; heavy bulls, £4 10 to £6 17 0: sound young herd bulls, £4 to £6 0/; other bulls, £1 to £3; good calves, £1 5 to £1 15 ; other calves, 12/ to £1 3/.

The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company, Ltd.. report: —We held sales of cattle and sheep during the past week at Wcsttield, Waiuku, Papakura, and Kaukapakapa. We also hekl our opening sale in the Paeroa yards, a most successful one. There is a good demand for cows and heifers close to profit, those cattle selling readily. All other cattle and all classes of store sheep are selling at iite quotations. We quote: Dairy cows and heifers, close to profit, best, £10 to £13 5/; others, £7 to £9 10/; backward springers. £4 to £6 15/; aged cows and inferior heifers. £2 to £3 15/; bulls, £2 to £6. according to weight; store cows and heifers. £1 15 to £3 10/: yearling to ISmonths empty heifers, £1 to £2 10': heifers, suitable dairy purposes, £2 15/ to £4 10/; yearling to 18-months steers. t'_' 5/ to £3 7/6; two to 2Vi-year steers, £3 10/ to £4 15/; 3 to SVa-year steers. £1 17/6 to £5 15/; 4 to 4V&-year steers, £6 to £6 15/; grown steers in forward condition, £6 17/6 to £7 10/; two-tooth ewes, £1 to £1 3/6; four and six-tooth ewes, 16 6 to £1 2/; f.f.m. ewes. 12 6 to 16f.m. t*> failing-mouthed ewes. 7/ to 12'; store wethers. 16'' to £1 0 3; woolly lambs, best. 11, 6 to 13 6; others, 9' to 11/; shorn lambs, best. 10 to 12/6; others, 6/ to S/6. MANAWATU STOCK SALE. The Farmers' Auctioneering Co. hekl its fortnightly sale at Matamata on Wednesday, when there was a very large yarding, sheep particularly being well represented. Prices were slightly in advance of ruling rates for sheep. Fat cattle were not yarded. Prices were:—Cattle: Fat cows. £5 10/ to £5 17/6; others. £5 to £5 s': lighter sorts, £3 3/ to £3 16/; store cows. 30/ to £2 16/; steer calves, 31/; heifer calves, small, 11'. No good dairy cattle were on offer. Sheep: Fat ewes, 13 9; fat lambs. 22/9; woolly store lambs. 13/1 to 14/8; shorn rape lambs, 10/4; others. 8/. Pigs: Good stores. 38/ to £2 1/; others, 32,/; slips, 24/ to 20/; weaners, 18/ to 19/; others, 9/ to 13/; pedigree boars, 3 months, 2 1 .4g5;. pedigree sows, 3 months, 2 1 ,4g5. 1