BEEF CHEAPER.

Auckland Star, Volume LXX, Issue 20, 25 January 1939, Page 4

BEEF CHEAPER.

WESTFIELD MARKET. FAT COWS IN OVER SUPPLY.! CALF PRICES ALSO DOWK.II >'$■ An over-supply of fat cattle came on'H the Westfield fat stock market to-day and 1 prices dropped sharply. The offering of ?: cows and heifers was easily the heaviest 1 of the season, while steers were also in f good supply. The result was a drop in I prices of over 20/ a head. Auctioneers * quoted ox beef down 1/ per 1001b. and cow f and heifer beef 2/ to 3' down, prices : rangine up to 37/ per 1001b, the lowest since last winter. | The reason for the bifi yarding ig the ":■ continued dry weather. ''i. For tine same reason an Increased entrr of calves was offered, and sold at lower values. Steers from the Native Department's propertv at Waimiha topped .the market the draft o'f 16 selling from £11 10/ to £15. A truck of eight prime bullocks from Mr. W. J. Mills, Rangirrri, brought £12 2,6 to £12 15/, and a line of 17 sold on account of Mr. A. L. Hull Waiuku, realised up to £14.