Westfield Sale

Dominion, Volume 29, Issue 194, 14 May 1936, Page 13

Westfield Sale

By Telegraph—Press Association. Auckland, May 13. The beginning of the seasonal clearance of surplus fat stock brought a heavy yarding of cattle at the weekly Westfield sale to-day. The offering of almost 1000 head included the largest supply of ox beef for some months. With the yarding in excess of demand, the market for steers weakened the average decline being about 15/- a head. Extra choice ox beef was quoted at 27/- a 1001 b., which was on a par with August prices, but 4/- above those ruling | at the commencement of the season’s de- i cline a year ago Graziers report a halt in pasture growth in all districts liable to early frosts, and although present warm days are responsible for a partial recovery, no great volume of feed is now anticipated. At the same time the present situation is not expected to be of any considerable duration, and a price recovery should not be long delayed. Extra choice ox beef made 27/- a 1001 b.; choice and prime. 23/to 26/-; secondary and plain, 20/- to 22/-; prime young cow and heifer beef. 22/- to 26/-; ordinary cow beef, 13/- to 20/-. Extra heavy prime steers, £ll to £ll/15/-; heavy prime, £9/10/- to £lO 15/-; lighter prime, £B/10/- to £9/7/6; light prime, £7/10/- to £B/5/-; small and unfinished, £4/10/- to £7; extra heavy prime young cows and heifers £7 to £8 15/-; heavy prime, £5 to £6/15/-; lighter prime, £4 to £4/15/-; other killable cows, £2/15/- to £3/10/-. The large yarding of calves was ot mixed quality. All well-finished sorts commanded late rates, with an improving tendency for small prime vealers. Plainer calves were easier, but taking the market as a whole the general tone was approximately unchanged from a week ago. Runners, 47/6 to 102/-; vealers, 34/- to 73/-. In a small yarding of sheep, ewes and prime wethers were short. _ The demand was keen and excellent prices were obtained for all good sheep. One pen of wethers sold at 32/3, tbe best price since September. Ewes also sold well, with a few maiden sorts realising to 30/-. Lambs were comparatively plentiful in small lots, and included a number of attractive lines for which late rates were easily obtained. Wethers, prime 25/- to 32/6, unfinished 19/6 to 24/-; ewes, prime 17/- to 23/9. unfinished, 7/6 to 16/9; lambs, prime 19/to 28/9, unfinished 14/- to 18/6. There were signs of the end of the season in tbe reduced yarding of fnt pigs, but some very prime baconers were penned. Competition for these was keen, and values firmed again, 70/- being realised for the best. Porkers were a shade easier. The demand for stores was again dull. Prices per lb. for fat pigs were quoted unchanged at from 51d. td 51d. for baconers, and from s}d. to 5Jd. tor porkers. Baconers, 50/- to 69/- ; porkers, 32/- to 48/-; large stores, 16/- to 23/-. Pahiatua Cattle Fair Dominion Special Service. Pahiatua, May 13. The demand for grown cattle was easier and values showed a decline as compared with earlier sales, but good comnetition and prices ruled for younger cattle, weanei’s especially making satisfactory prices, report the New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co., Ltd., who held a supplementary cattle fair at Pahiatua. There was a medium but representative attendance of buyers and the following were the prices realised:Account Cornelius Estate; P.A. bullocks, £B/5/-. Account H. Eglinton: Ditto, £B/5/-. Account J. A. Smith: 2Jvear steers, £B. Account Dickens Bros.: 18-months steers, £6/14/-; weaner P.A. Steers, £5/4/-. Account Geo. Russeil: P.A. cows. r.w. Hereford bull, £b/10/-. Accou'nt C. "Douglas: Weaner P.A. steers, £5/6/-. Account T. Drinkwater: Ditto, £3/15/-; weaner heifers, £3/2/-. Account I. Taylor: M.s. Hereford weaners, fight fat cows, £4 to £6/1/-; store Jersey cows, 18/- to £2/14/-; potter Jersey bulls, £5; empty weaner dairy heifers, £3/3/-; marked dairy heifers, r.w.b., £6/1/-; springing dairy cow, £4 17/6. Levin Sale Lovin, May 13. At the stock sale held by Abraham and Williams, Ltd., yesterday, there was a medium yarding of pigs, a small yarding of sheep, and a large yarding of cattle. There was practically a total clearance of all stock presented. The pork offering was lighter than usual, with the result that lower prices were gained. The prices for she"ep remained much the same, while those for beef cattle were a trifle down on the previous week. Realisations were as follow: — _ Pigs: Weaners, small, 5/- to 7/6; larger, 7/6 to 12/6; light stores, lu/- to £1; lieavier, 20/- to 25/-; light pork, 25/- to 30/-; medium pork, 30/- to 35/-; heavy do., 35/- to 37/6; baconers, to £2: choppers, 30/- to £2/10/-; sows and litters, £2/152- to £3/10/-. Sheep: Fat ewes, 20/- to 21/6; fat wethers, 27/6 to 28/6; store lambs, 1 </- to 18/-. Cattle; Fat cows, £3/5/- to £4; medium heavy do., £4/5/- to £4/17/6; extra heavy do, to £5/10/-; vealers light, 32/to £2/5/-; heavier types, £2/10/- to £2 17/6; runners, £3/10/- to £4/10/-; store cows, 30/-, 42/6, 55/- to £3; bulls, £2 12/6 to £4/10/-. Dairy stock: Cows in milk, £2/10/- to £4; springing heifers, £5 to £5/15/-. At the Levin sale on Tuesday, the N.Z. Loan and Mercantile Agency Company, Ltd., offered a good entr'- of sheep, cattle, and pigs. Competition was good and practically a total clearance was made at lhe following prices:— Pigs: Weaners, 4/- to 5/-; stores, 12/6 to 15/-; light porkers, 25/6 to 30/-; porkers, 33/6 to 36/6; choppers, 33/-. Sheep: Fat lambs, 20/- to 24/6; fat wethers, 25/-; fat ewes, 21/-. Cattle: Good fat cows, £4/5/- to £5/10/-; medium ditto, £3/10/- to £4; maiden heifers, £3/5/- to £3/17/6; runners, £2 7/6 to £3; store cows, 32/6 to 50/-; 2-year-old steers, £5/17/6; weaner steers, £3/11/-. Pahiatua Sale Masterton. May 13. A fair yarding of sheep and lambs was offered to a large attendance of buyers at the Pahiatua slock salj. All pens met with good competition, and values were on a nar with late sales. The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile report the following prices:—Aged ewes, r.w, ram. 17/3; two-topth ewes, r.w. S.D., 37/6; m.a. ewes, r.w, S.D., 25/-; fouryear and four and six-tooth ewes, r.w. Romney, 30/-; heavy fat ewes, 23/-. Dnlgety and Co., Ltd., report that, competition for sheep was keen throughout and prices were on a par with last week's. In the cattle section forward bullocks were slightly hard to quit but younger and beef cattle made good values. A pen of good P.A. bullocks offered on account of Whitcombe Bros, topped the market at £B/10/-. Prices were as follow : — , Sheep: A/c J. Piper, 42 two-tooth ewes, r.w. S.D. ram, 30/-: lf>o five-year ewes, r.w. S.D. ram, 25/3; aged ewes,

r.w. S.D. ram, 19/-; a/e E. S. Holdaway, S 3 ewe lambs, medium, 20/4; a/c other vendors, 26 medium ewe lambs, 19/6; shorn ewe lambs, small, 15/- to 16/-; woolly w.f.w. lambs, 17/- to 19/5; shorn wether lambs, medium, 15/- to 16/6; light fat wethers, 25/- to 25/7; store wethers, to 22/10; medium fat ewes, to 20/-; forward conditioned ewes, to 14/-; fat b.f. Inmhs, to 22/9. Cuttle: A/e Whitcombe Bros., 11 forward P.A. bullocks, £B/10/-, mid one at £B/2/6; n/c S. McLeod, 20 P.A. cows, r.w. P.A. bull, £5/18/-; a/c other vendors, fat cows, £6/1/-: fat dairy cows, £3/5/- to £4/15/-; coloured steers, £3 2/- to £4; empty 18-moiith Holstein heifers, £3/2/- to £3/10/-. Gisborne Cattle Fair Gisborne, May 13. At the autumn cattle fair on the first day weaners and 18-month steers were offered, the entry totalling 4300, above 3000 being weaners, which were generally outstanding in size and condition. There was a very large attendance, including numerous outsiders from north and south. Brisk competition throughout was maintained till the end, resulting in a full clearance at above expectations. Eighteen-nionth steers, extra, £6/10/-; first class, £6; generally, £5/6/- upward; weaner steers, outstanding lines, £4/15/to £5; first class, £4/10/-; generally, £4 upward; weaner heifers, £3/4/- to £3 12/-; medium. £2/12/- upward. The beef market was quiet. Quality cows made £5/12/- to £5/19/-; good, £4 15/- upward; bullocks, £7/12/6 to £8 17/-. Masterton Sale Masterton. May 13. Dalgety and Co., Ltd., offered a medium entry of sheep and a large entry of cattle at the Masterton sale today. The offering in the sheep entry comprised mostly lambs, and' they met with a keen sale and made prices slightly in advance of those of last week. Cattle met with a slightly better market, and a total clearance was effected under the hammer as follows: — Cattle: Aca. J. A. Card, 19-month P.A. steers, £7/2/-; 25 weaner P.A. steers. £4/17/6; 20 P.A. cows, r.w. P.A. bull, £6/14/-; acc. other vendors, 89 3iyear P.A. bullocks, £8; 34 3|-year Hereford bullocks, £B/3/-; coloured steers, £4/14/-; forward dairy cows, £2/10/-. Sheep: Shorn b.f. lambs, 17/-; forward wethers, 24/6. Wright, Stephenson and Co. offered a yarding comprising 1309 sheep and a few cattle and pigs. The following are their realisations: —• Sheep: 4-tooth, 6-tooth. and 4-year ewes, r.w. S.D. rams, 31/3 to 32/-; 5year ewes, r.w. S.D. rams, to 26/8; f.m. ewes, r.w. S.D. rams, to 22/6; f.m. ewes, r.w. Romney rams, to 21/10; prime fat 4-tooth wethers, to 29/10; fat and forward 2-tooth wethers, to 25/7; woolly wether hoggets, 20/3 to 21/1; shorn wether hoggets, 18/6 to 20/2; m.s. lambs, to 18/-; forward ewes, to 18/6. Cattle: P.A. and Hereford calves, to £4/5/-; 18-month P.A. steers, to £7/2/6. Pigs: Weaners, 7/- to 11/6; slips, 12/- to 15/6. Values at Johnsonville An average yarding of all classes of cattle and a large sheep offering came forward at the Johnsonville stock sale, held yesterday, by Wright, Stephenson _ and Co., Ltd., and Abraham and Williams, Ltd. Very few heavy bullocks c&me forward. The yarding comprised chiefly medium weight cattle. There was a good demand for well-finished cattle, prices being slightly easier, while medium weight and unfinished sorts were 10/- to 15/- below last week’s quotations. The yarding of cows and heifers was of good quality, being chiefly prime heavy weight cattle. These met with a ready sale at prices showing no alteration. There was a small yarding of cows, ex dairy, prices showing little change. Good station runners and vealers sold well, while plain sorts were slightly easier. Prime heavy wethers met with a ready sale, prices being firm on last week, while light weight sheep were 1/- per head easier. Unfinished sorts were hard to quit. Heavy ewes met with keen competition at late rates, plain and unfinished sorts being on a par with those ruling for export. A good sale resulted for all classes of lambs, with a total clearance. Cattle: Primo extra heavy bullocks, £l2 3/-, £ll/18/-. £ll/14/-; prime heavy bullocks, £ll/5/-, £ll/2/6, £lO/19/-, £lO 16/-, £lO/10/-; heavy bullocks, £lO/5/-, £lO, £9/17/6; light and unfinished bullocks, £9/7/-, £B/15/-, £8: extra prime heavy cows and heifers, £B/15/-, £B/8/-, £B/4/-, £8: prime heavy cows and heifers, £7/15/-, £7/11/-. £7/7/-, cows and heifers, £5/4/-, £3/11/-, £2/3/-, £2. Runners, £4/12/-. £4/9/-, £4/6/-, £4/3/-, £4, £3/14/-; vealers, £2/6/-, £2/2/-, £1 19/-. £l/18/-, £l/10/-. Sheep: Prime extra heavy wethers, 31/9, 31/-, 30/7; prime heavy wethers, 29/-, 28/5. 27/6; medium wethers, 26/6, 25/-'; prime extra heavy ewes, 23/9, 23/8, 23/3; prime heavy ewes. 21/1. 21/-, 20/6; medium ewes, 18/9, 18/-, 17/9; heavy lambs, 25/6, 23/11, 23/2 23/- 22/-; medium lambs. 21/-, 20/1, 20/3; light lambs, 19/6, 19/-.