LIVE STOCK MARKET

Auckland Star, Volume LXXI, Issue 175, 25 July 1940, Page 21

LIVE STOCK MARKET

PRICES AT WESTFIELD.

NOT MANY PIGS YARDED. ACONER VALUES VERY FIRM. For the fourth week in succession tlie ig entry at the Westfield live stock arket yesterday was small. Baconer ilues were very firm, making up to £4 I/, against £4 17/ last week. Rates for srkers aluo sharply increased, selling up » £4. Beef was )n medium entry of good nality and the sale was steady. Steers )lel up to £16 5/, against £17 5/ last eek. Cows and heifers were firm on late itee. Wether prices were about 011 a par with st week, while the demand for ewes was little better than at the last sale. The >P price for iambs was 37/, or 3/ mote lan last week. Calf values were generally firm, the top rice for runneis being £9 11/, compared ith £9 last week. Vealers made up to 'o 13/, against £5 11/. Appendeel is a comparison of prices this eek and last week at Wesffielel:— Tills week Last week BEF (prr 1001b) — xtra choice ox 39/ 39/ M hoiee & prime ox 36/ to 38/ 36/ to 38/ lioice & prime cow & heifer 31/ to 35/ 31/ to 35/ oner & rough -.'4/ to 27/ 24/ to 27/ HEEI' (per head) — rime weth'-rs 28/« to 37/9 28/6 to 37/9' nfin. wethers 24/ to 27/6 24/ to 27/6 rune ewes . 21/6 to 30/3 21/6 to 30/3 nfin. ewes . 6/6 to 20/ 6/6 to 20/ rime lambs . 20/ to 37/ 2<>/ to 34/ nfi"- lambs . 3/ to 17/6 3/ to 17/6 ALVES (per head) — lunners 80/ to 191/ 80/ to 180/ ealers 5/ to 113/ 5/ to 111/ 'IGS (per head) — laconers 76/ to 98/ 71/ to 97/ ' ,rke 's 45/ to 80/ 38/ to 75/ Rentiers 17/ to 30/ 15/ 10 23/ '■P* 29/ to 38/ 25/ to 28/ 'Urge stores . 40/ to 48/ 33/ to 00/ AUCTIONEERS' REPORT. Alfred Buckland and Sons, Limited. ■Jalgety and Company, Limited, and tha Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency .ompany, Limited, report: — Beef.—Firm late rates ruled for an iverage entry of ox beef, whicli was ot :ood quality. Cows and heifers were a riled in good numbers and sold freely it firm late rates. Extra choice e>x, 39/ >er 1001b; choice and prime, £1 16/ to £1 18/; secondary and plain, £1 12/ to £1 I 15/; extra prime young cow and heifer,' £1 11/ to £1 15/; choice and prime, £1 i/ to £1 10/; ordinary cow beef, £1 4/ to £1 7/. Extra heavy prime steers. £15 to £16 5/; heavy, £13 10/ to £14 10/; ighter, £12 to £13; light, £11 5/ to .«;il ■ 15/; small and unfinisheel, £7 10/ to £10 S 15/; extra heavy prime young cows a:id 8 leifers, £10 to £12 17/6; heavv, £8 to ■ £9; lighter, £6 10/ to £7 12/6; other kill- ■ ible cows, £4 15/ to £5 15/. Sheep.—A moelerate entry of wethers sold freely at full late rates. Ewes were in better demand and realised improved rates. Extra heavy prime wethers, £1 16/6 to £1 17/9; heavy, £1 14/ to £1 15/0; medium. £1 11/6 to £1 137; light, £1 8/6 to £i 10/6; plain and unfinisheel wethe:s, £1 4/ to £1 7/6; extra heavy prime young and maiden ewes. £1 7/ to £1 10/3; heavy. £1 4/ to £1 5/6; lighter, £1 I' 6 to £1 3/; plain and agerl ewes, 17/6 to £1; other ewes, 6/6 to 15/. Lambs. —-A good entry of well-finished lambs solel under good competition at lull late rates. Extra heavy prime lambs, £1 11/ to £1 17/; heavy, £17 6 to £1 9/6; medium, £1 4/6 to £1 6/; lighter, £1 2/6 to £1 4/; light, £1 to £1 1/6; small and plain, 14/ to 17/6; cull lambs, 3/ to Ul 10/. Calves. —There was an average varding. Competition was steady for all prune quality runners and vealers, and values were very firm at late quotations. Runners, £4 to £9 11/; heavy vealers, £4 10/ to £5 13/; meelium, £3 8/ to £4 8/'; light, £2 10/ to £3 6/; small, £1 to £2 5/; unfinished, £1 to £1 15/; bobby, 5/ to 18/. Pigs.—Pigs were again yarded in small numbers. Baconere sold at values fuliy firm, while prices for porkers, whicn wcie in very short supply, soared. Store-s also 1 sold very readily. Choppers, £2 to £5 | 3/; heavy baconers, £4 7/ to £4 18/; medium, £4 to £4 4/; light, £3 16/ to £ j 18/; heavy porkers, £3 14/ to £1; meelium, £3 5/ to £3 10/; light, £2 16/ to £3 2/; small and unfinished. £2 5/ to I £2 12.': stores, £2 to £2 8/; slips. £1 9/ to £1 18/; weaners, 17/ to £1 10/.