LIVE STOCK MARKET.

Auckland Star, Volume LXXI, Issue 93, 19 April 1940, Page 4

LIVE STOCK MARKET.

WESTFIELD DAIRY CATTLE. VALUES BECOME FIRMER. RECENT TENDENCY CONFIRMED. Values for dairy cattle, for which a firming tendency has been noticed recently, were higher at Wextticld yesterday. For co«s and heifers in milk and forward time w.u. a keen demand, under which fop prices advanced 20/ to 4.'!.">. This was the highest juice of the day. (Quotations were: - Store Cuttle.— Younjr cows, pood condition, to £0 17, u; lime condition, to £4 ."1 : others, to £2 lit : lioncr and .ijjiml cows. heavy weights, to Alt 1.1 ; medium, n> £.'i 12/6; others, to £_> 111 : meaty killable cows, to £j 1.") : potter bulls, heavier sorts, to £9: others, to £0 10 ; yearling .lerwy heifers, nood quality, to t'4- 17 ti: otihers, to £2 15, : herd bulls, to £7. I)airy Cattle.--Jersey cows, in milk, choice quality, to £13: -ood splinters, to £10 10 : others, ro £S: .lers.-y heifers, forward sprintro-s. in £11 10, : more backward, to £9 10 ; other*, to £7 I.j : Jersey-cross cows and heifer.--, forward springers, to £|:<; more hackwad. to .fill; others, to £S; .Shoi'.horn cows and heifers. good springers, to £12; more backward, tu £10; others, ro £8; llolstein-crosw cows and heifers, to £11; more backward, to £0: other cows, t o £7 10 . Messrs. Dalgety ami Company, Limited, report having held their usual fortnightly sale at Matamata, when there wars a full yarding of all class** of cattle and a sni.iit yarding of sheep. Fat cattle and bourrs sold at recent rates, while store cattle were rather dull of sale. Quotations: - | Sheei . Prime fat hogget* 'Jllti: good-' conditic ned shorn lambs, ].">. (i o 10 (j; ) medium. Southdown lambs, 14 9: tive and six-year ewes, r.w. S.I), rams, 17/. Cattle.—Heavy fat cowe, £li 10/ to £7 17'; heavy fat Jersey cows. £,"> 0/ to £'t 19, : heavy bonei*. £3 16 to £4 8•: medium boners. £2 17,6 to £3 10,': lighter 30/ to £2 5,.': 18-monthe P.A. steers, £-j 16/; heifer?. £2 6/; empty P.A. cows. £,'{ 8/; potier bulls, heavy, £6 10/ to £7 3/lighter, £4 10/ to £5 10/. Pigs.—A prood yarding of fat piirs came forward with a medium yarding of stores and weaners. Fat pins sold at full laAc market quotations, medium porkers showing an improvement on yesterday'e Frankton Junction quotations. Store and weaner pijes were firm. Prime heavy baconers. £4 9/ to £4 11 "; heavy. £4 to £4 9/: medium, £3 10' to £4: iight. £3 to £3 10/: heavy porkers. £2 10/ to £0; medium. £2 to £2 10': light. 30 to £2: email. 25/ to 30. ; choppers. £2 10/ to £4 5/j store pigs , , medium. 20' .to 2t> K: store pigs, small. 18' to 21,'; slips. 14/ to IS/; weaner*, 9/ to 14 : sows to farrow, medium quality, £3 to £3 15/.