FAT STOCK MARKET.

Auckland Star, Volume LXI, Issue 220, 17 September 1930, Page 9

FAT STOCK MARKET.

WESTFIELD WEEKLY SALE. VALUES EASIER BY £1 PER HEAD. ;• Alfred Buckland. and Sons, Ltd., report as follow:—At our ; weekly Westiield iat stock market held to-day we penned iaf cattle to the number of ,304 head prising 218, steers, 86 cows and heifers), compared with' , 2U7 head at last week's sale. : The, yarding included many lines of heavytprime cattle. 'There was a falling' off in.the demand, and generally values were- easier by fully' £1 a ?hefrd, heavy steers fetching most. Extra choice ox sold to 39/ per 1001b; choice and prime ox, 36/6 to 38/; secondary and plain ox, 34/ to '36/; prime young cow and heifer beef, 34/ to 37/; ordinary cow beef, 28/ to 33/. Extra heavy priirie steers ranged in price from £16 to £16 10/; heavy prime, steers.' £15 to £15 17/6; lighter prime steers, £L 3 15/ to £14 17/6; light.prime steers, £12 10/ to £13 12/6; small and unfinished steers, £9 to £1,2 7/6. Extra heavy prime young cows and heifers, £12; to £14 5/; heavy prime cows and heifers, £10' to £11 15/; lighter prime cows and heifers] 1 £8 to £9 17/6; .other killable cows,/£5 5/ to £7 17/6. . '„' • The New Zealand Lban'and Mercantile Ageiicy Co., .Ltd., report as follow:—At' our, weekly Westfleld fat stoc6 • market helH to-day beef was penned in large numbers, with a result that values were com-: paratively lower, quotations being reduced by 2/ to 3/ per 1001b. Heavier cattle were affected most. Extra v choice ox, sold to 39/ per 1001b; choice and prime ox,. 36/ to 38/; secondary and plain ox; 33/ to 35/6; prime young cow and heifer beef, 34/ to 37/; ordinary cow 'beef, 30 / *° 33 /.- Kxtra heavy prime steers ranged r in price from £'15 to £16'17/6; 'heavy prime steers, £14 10/ to £15 15/; lighter prime steers, £12 ,10/ to" £14 5/;- light prime steers, £10 15/ to £11 17/6; small and • unfinished steers, £8 10/ to, £10 10/.' Extra heavy prime young cows.and heifers, £10 10/ to £12 10/; heavy prime, cows-and heifers, £9 to .£lO 17/6; lighter prime cows and heifers", '-£7, 15/ to £8 -17/6;- light: cows, £6 10/ to £7 10/; other-cows, £5 to i£6 5/.

• ■ Dalgety and Co..'Ltd., re'pputv as fol!oiv:—At" our weekly WestfiekU fat stock market held.to-day ox beef was yarded in iargor numbers and , proved more than equal to the demand. Values' showed a' [sharp, decline from Inst' Aveek's rates, 'especially for heavy white ..cattle. Cow and heifer beef was offered in larger niinibers than last week, and also suffered'a drop in- value. Extra choice ox sold to 39/ per lQOlb; choice and prime ox, 36/ to 38/; secondary and plain ox, 33/ to 35/; prime young cow and heifer beef, 34/"to 36/; ordinary,cow beef, 26/\t0.33/. Extra heavy prime steers ranged in price from £17 to £17 15/; heavy prime steers, £15 5/ • to' £je: 5/; lighter -prime steers, £13 17/6 to £14 15/; light .prime- steers, £11 10/.to- £12 17/6: small ..and unfinished steers, £9 10/ to XlO 17/o.' .- 'V 'i'