WESTFIELD SALE.

Auckland Star, Volume LXV, Issue 150, 27 June 1934, Page 8

WESTFIELD SALE.

PRICES REMAIN FIRM.

QUALITY CATTLE IN DEMAND.

GOOD YARDING OF PIGS.

There was an average yarding of beef and a better yarding of pigs than last week at the Westfield fat stock Bales to-day. There was keen attention on the part of buyers. Good prices were given for the best animals, one steer bringing £9 15/. Range of Prices. On the average, prices for beef realised last week were well maintained. Alfred Buckland and Sons, Limited, report:—At our weekly Westfield fat stock market held to-day we penned fat cattle to the number of 191 head, as against 207 at last Wednesday's market, the yarding to-day comprising 85 steers and 106 cows and heifers. The.quality was first class. There was a keen demand and last week's values were fully sustained and in odd cases exceeded. Extra choice ox sold to 22/ per 1001b; choice and prime, 19/ to 21/; secondary and plain, 17/ to 18/; prime young cow and heifer beef, 17/ to 20/; secondary, 10/ to 16/. Extra heavy prime steers ranged in price from £9 to £9 15/, for steers from Mr. H. E. Reed, Waerenga; heavy, £8 to £8 17/6; lighter, £6 15/ to £7 17/6; light, £5 15/ to £6 12/6; small and unfinished, £3 15/ to £5 12/6; extra heavy prime young cows and heifers. £6 to £6 10/; heavy, £5 to £5 17/6; lighter. £3 10/ to £4 17/; others, £1' 15/ to £3 12/. Dalgety and Co., Ltd., report:—At our weekly Westfield fat stock market held to-day we yarded 198 bead of beef, comprising 26 steers and 172 cows and heifers, against 172 head last week. The qualitywas again first-class and, selling under a steady demand, values ruled very firm at late rates. Extra choice ox sold to 22/ per 1001b; choice and prime, 18/ to 21/; secondary and plain, 15/ to 17/; prime young cow and heifer beef, 17/ to 20/; secondary, 12/ to 16/. Extra heavy prims steers ranged in price from £9 to £9 7/6; heavv, £8 7/6 to £8 17/6r lighter, £7 to £8 5/; light, £6 to £6 17/6; small and unfinished, £4 5/ to £5 17/6. Extra heavv prime young cows and heifers, £Q to £7 2/6; heavy, £4 15/ to £5 17/6; lighter, £3 5/ to £4 12/6; others, £1 15/ to £3 12/6. New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co., Ltd., report:—At our weekly' Westfield fat stock market held to-day we yarded beef in increased _ numbers. There was a ready demand, with values about the same as last week's. Extra choice ox sold to 22/ per JtOOlb; choice and prime, 18/ to 21/; secondary and plain, 14/ to 17/; prime young cow and heifer beef, 17/ to 21/; secondary, 13/ to 16/. No extra heavy .prime steers were penned. Heavv. £8 to £8 17/6; lighter, £7 to £7 17/6; light, £5 15/ to £6 17/6; small and unfinished, £4 to £5 10/. Bxtra heavy prime voung cows and heifers, £5 17/6 to £6 5/; heavy, £5 to £5 15/; lighter, £4 to-£4 17/6; light, £2 15/ to £3 17/6; others, £1 15/ to £2 12/6. . Steers. New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co., Ltd., sold: On account of Reid Bros., Opotiki, seven, £5 15/ to £8; E. A. Urquhart, Karaka, six, £3 12/6 to £5 7/6; W. J. Higham, Karaka, eight. £5 to £8 10/; H. E. Reed, Waerenga, eight, £6 15/ to £8 17/6 (two beasts fetched top price); Horace Massey, Tangowahine, 13, £5 15/ to £7 7/6; A. T. Smith, Te Kuiti, eight, £5 7/6 to £7 17/6; Alex Orr, Hoteo, eight. £6 10/ to £7 10/; Robert Clark, sen., Waiau Pa, 14, £6 17/6 to £7 10/; a client, nine, £3 15/ to £5 10/. Alfred Buckland and Sons, Ltd.: On account of Muir Estate, Tamaki, 20, £6 to £7 5/; E. Winkle, Mangawai, eight, £7 7/6 to £9; James Scott, Mangere, 10, £5 10/ to £7 7/6; Henry Reed, Waerenga, eight, £8 12/6 to £9 15/, the latter being top price. Dalgetv and Co., Ltd.: On account of Gerald Ball, Glen Afton, nine, £6 7/6 to £8; Reid Bros., Onotiki, seven. £5 15/ to £8 2/6; W. W. McLaughlin, Papatoetoe, 10, £5 2/8 to £9 7/6. Cows and Heifers. Alfred Buckland and Sons: On behalf of M. Rennie', Ihumatao, three at £4 12/6; Leigh Hunt, Pakuranga, four, £3 7/6 to £6 10/; Waikato client, ten, £3 12/6 to £4 15/. Dalgety and Co.: On account of J. A. Hill, Oh'inewai, 17, £5 2/6 to £6 15/; Harold Windsor, Matangi, three pens,. £6 7/6; Thompson and Ernest, Whakatane, 18, £3 10/ to £6 2/6; T. W. James, Whakatane, 19, £3 10/ to £5 7/6; Estate of I). Cameron, Onewhero, eight, £4 5/ to £6 10/; John Slater, Mangere, six, £3 to £3 17/6; F. C. Bull, Mangere, two, £5 12/6 to £7 2/6; Geo. Cox, Mangere, two, £3 12/6; B. L. Orr, Ohinewai, 19, £3 5/ to £4 12/. New Zealand . Loan and Mercantile Agency Co., Ltd. —On account of Craven Bros., Paparoa, 20, £4 5/ to £6 2/6; E. C. Mason, Maungaturoto, 6, £2 17/6 to £4; Horace Massey,. Tangowahine, 5, £3 7/6 to £4 17/6; G. H. Horton, Te Kauwhata, 10, £1 to £5. Calves. Calves were yarded in considerably larger numbers, and prices were well up to last week's quotations. There was an easing tendency towards the end of the sale. Top price was £4 1/, for runners. Dalgety and Co.—On behalf of R. W. G. Rutherford, Taupiri, 6 at £1 19/ to £2 19/; F. B. Hardy, Te Kuiti, 15 at £1 14/ to £2 3/. Prices were: Medium runners, £2 to £3; medium vealers, £2 to £2 8/; light, £1 13/ to £1 17/; small, 19/ to £1 10/. •