VALUES EASIER

Auckland Star, Volume LXXIV, Issue 213, 8 September 1943, Page 4

VALUES EASIER

SALES AT WESTFIELD

LARGE ENTRY OF BEEF

Both ox and cow beef came forward at Westfield to-day in large numbers at prices considerably below those reached last week. The best price to-day was only £23 for prime ox compared with £25 10/ a fortnight ago. INDIVIDUAL LOTS COWS AND HEIFERS Dalgety and Co., Ltd.—On account of Dlmrt. and Son, 37, £9 2/6 to £13 5/; H. Windsor 23. £9 to £15; F. M. Wright, 19, £10 15/ & £11 17/6; B. L. Orr, 7, £8 7/6 to £9 7/6 M Alfred Buckland and Sons, Ltd. —On account of E. Cadigin, 10, up to £7 5/; B. Kirkbride. a up to £7 12/6; Amburys, Ltd., 8, up to £7 yet George Campbell, 10, £6 to £11 5/; H. A. Robert' son. 8, £9 15/ to £11 5/. " Steers Dalgety and Co., Ltd., on account of C. Proctor 21, £15 17/6 to £18 7/6; Kingseat Menta! Hospital, 7, £14 7/6 to £19 5/; H. 5, £11 15/ to £12 7/6; M. J. Bryant, 7, £142/s to £18 17/6; R. Harkness, 7, £17 7/6 to Native Department, Tauranga, 18,-£l7 to £13 ';.r' Land Development, £16 2/6' to £21. 1 Alfred Buckland and Sons, Ltd., on account of Mason Bros., 19, £15 15/ to £22; Mrs j Stewart, 16, £18 7/6 to £20; W. B. Reed' 8, £18 17/6 to £20 5/; George Reed, 8, £1817/6 to £19 10/; E. H. Reed, 8, £19 12/6 to £24, 5/. New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co Ltd., on account of A. H. Waring Estate, a' £12 17/6 to £17 5/; K. Le Galley, 9, uS to £14 17/6; W. A. Jeffrey, 18, £11 17/6 ♦<, £19 5/; Georgo Lendrum, 9, £15 17/6 to £19George Newcombe, 8, £15 12/6 to £18 7/e| Ambury Bros., 10, £15 15/ to £19 12/6. AUCTIONEERS' REPORTS Beef.—There was a big entry of ox beef, and although competition was steady values were easier than last week. Cows and heifers also came forward in larger numbers, and here also values were lower than late quotations. Extra choice ox sold to £2 15/ per 100 lb; choice and prime, £2 11/ to £2 13/ per 1001b. v Secondary and plain, 46/ to 49/ per 1001b" extra prime young cow and heifer beef, 43/ tn 51/; choice and prime, 39/ to 41/; ordinary cob beef, 27/ to 37/. Extra heavy prime steers raneed in price from £21 to £24 5/. Heavy prime steers £18 10/ to £20; lighter prime steers, £16 to £17 10/; light prime steers, £13 10/ to £15; small and unfinished, £9 10/ to £12. Extra heavy prime young cows and heifers, £12 to £15 Heavy prime cows and heifers, £10 to £lj" lighter prime, £8 to £9; light prime, £6 10/ to £7 10/. Aged and unfinished cows. £4 10/ to £5 10/. '