FAT STOCK MARKET.

Auckland Star, Volume LIX, Issue 32, 8 February 1928, Page 10

FAT STOCK MARKET.

Alfred - Bucklaiid , : arid';/Sons, Ltd* at. our .iKeekJy. WestfieM fat stock market we penned beef to the number of 581 head, as against 408 at last Wednesday's sale, comprising' 378 steers, 203 cows, and ;heiiers.J,TUe of the ox beef >vas first class. There Was a steady demand, but the heavier, yarding of steers accounted for a decline in values. ISxtra choice ox sold to £1 10/' per 1001b; choice and prime at, £1 8/ to' : £l 9/0; ordinary and plain ox, £1 0/6' to £1-: 7/6; prime young cow and heifer.-beef,e£l- 2/ to. £1 5/ ordinary cow beef, 18/-to£l 1/j heavy prime steers ranged-in ipiice from £11 to £12 5/; lighter prime steers,' £10 to £10 17/0; light prime steers; >£8 10/ to £9 17/0; unfinished and : smallJ;:h£s.ls/ to £87/6; extra heavy prime- ; young cows and heifers) £7 10/ to £9 ;2/6; • heavy prime young cows and heifers,''£6.?/, to £7 7/6; lighter, £5 to £6 2/6; i:" otlier icows,. £3. 15/ to £4 17/6. ■ ,-j,

The- New- Zealand lid&ptiirij; Agency. C 0.,: Ltd., reportr at our weekly Westlield fat stock 1 market fceef was penned in i large-i'jinmbers, and although competition Was' steady tliro.ugh.out, owing to the. large increase, values were easier.; Extra choice, ox sold to 30/ per 1001b; . choice and prime ox, 27/ to 29/; ordinary and plain ox; 25/ to 26/6? prime young cow and heifer beef, 25/ to 27/; ordinary cow beef, 22/ to 24/. 'No extra heavy prime steers were penned; lieavy prime steers, £12 to £12 17/6; lighter prime steers, £10 15/ to £11 17/6; light prime steers, £9 10/ to £10 12/6; unfinished and small, £S to £9 -7/6; extra heavy prime young cows and heifers, £S to £9; heavy prime young cows and heifers, £7 to £7 17/6; lighter, £6 to'. £6' 17/6; other cows,' £3 10/ to £4 17/6; light,: £5 to £5 17/6.