Westfield

Dominion, Volume 33, Issue 281, 22 August 1940, Page 5

Westfield

(By Telegraph—Press Association.) AUCKLAND, August 21. Competition was keen for the larger beef offering at West field today. Ox beet, generally, maintained late rates, but cow values were a little lower. Extra choice ox beef made -12/- a 1001 b., choice and prime 39/- to 1.1/-. secondary and plain 35/- to 38/-; extra heavy prime cow and heifer 33/- to 37/-, choice and prime 30/- to 32/-, ordinary 27/- to 29/-. Extra heavy prime steers made £l7/7/6 to £2O 5/-, heavy £.15 to £l6, medium £l4 to £l4/12/6. light £l2/5/-, to £l3, small and unfinished £9 to £ll/10/-; extra heavy young cows and heifers £ll Io £l4, heavy £B/15/- to £lO, lighter £7/5/- to £B, others £5/10/- to £6/10/-. Values were easier for the increased calf yarding. which sold to a steady demand. Runners made £5 to £lO/17/6; Heavy vealers £6/5/- to £7/17/-, medium £5 5/- to £6, light £4 to £5, small £3 to £3 15/-. unfinished £l/10/- to £2/10/-, bobby and rough 5/- to 18/'-. The pig offering was small. 'Obe demand for baeoners waw easier, but porkers were strongly sought. Values remained steady. Choppers made £2/15/- to £4 10/-; heavy baeoners. £4/7/- to £4 18/-, medium £4/1/- to £4/5/-, light £3 16/- to £3/19/-; heavy porkers, £3/14/to £3/18/-. medium £3/4/- to £3/10/-, light £2/15/- to £2/18/-, small and unfinished £2/10/- to £2/15/-; stores, £2 5/- to £2/12/-; slips. £l/15/- to £2 2/-; weaners, £l/8/- to £l/14/-. Though the heavy sheep yarding met with good competition, last week’s extreme rates were not maintained. Extra heavy prime wethers made 45/- to 49/6, heavy 40/- to 43/-, medium 36/- to 38/-, light 31/- io 34/6, plain and unfinished 27/6 to 30/-; extra heavy prime young and maiden ewes 35/6 to 39/-, heavy 32/6 to 34/-, lighter 28/6 to 31/-, plain and aged 20/- to 25/6, others 4/- to 17/6. A full yarding of good-quality lambs was penned, and was bought freely at late ™l. es - Extra heavy prime lambs made 04/- to 36/-, heavy 28/6 to 31/6”, medium 20/G to 27/6, lighter 23/- to 24/-, small and plain 20/- to 22/-; cull lambs, 15/to 19/-. Addington (By Telegraph—Press Association.) CHRISTCHURCH, August 21. Good sales in all fat stock sections were recorded at the Addington market today. The fat cattle sale was particularly a 00 1! prices showing increases of 20/- to 30/- on the values at the national sale a fortnight ago. Values for fat sheep were maintained at the recent rates, and the sale for store sheep was moderately good. An increase of 3/- a head was shown in the early part of the fat sheep sale, but buying became patchy, and, over all, prices were on a par with recent rates. The quality of the large number of sheep from the south was excellent. Prime wethers realized 45/- to 49/-, with the tops going at 57/7. Medium grades made 39/- to 44/-, and lighter sorts up to 38/-. Best ewes made 56/1, with other good lines making from 38/6 to 42/6. Ordinary and medium weights sold at 27/- to 37/-. The store sheep entry totalled 3500 head, the larger proportion of which was hoggets. The sale was erratic, but prices, on the average, were a shade firmer.

Buying in the early part of the fat cattle sale was brisk, and, though values eased, the average increase was up to 30/a head. Prices in some cases, early in (he day, exceeded 60/- a 1001 b. Good beef made 50/-, and best up to 55/- a 1001 b. Best steers made £27/2/6, with other prime beasts making from £lB 10/-. Medium weights were bought at prices ranging from £l3 to £lB. ami lightweights .'it from £lO. Heifers realized £lO. to £l6/10/-, with extra good lots selling at £2l/17/6. Prime cows made £ll to £l3/10/-, with the tops making £lB/2/6, and lighter grades £B/10/to £9.

The average price a pound for porkers was 7J<l. to Sid., and for baconers Tid. to 8(1.

Burnside

(By Telegraph—Press Association.) DUNEDIN, August 21.

An entry of 256 fat cattle as compared with the 153 of last week was penned for today’s Burnside stock sale, luclud* ed in the yarding were several consignments of prime heavy cattle, the balance being made up of medium descriptions, with a smaller percentage of cows and heifers than usual. The market opened with an easier tendency, prices for all classes showing a reduction on the extreme rates of the previous sale. From the middle of the sale onward, there was a decided improvement, particularly for prime heavy bullocks,’and values for all bullocks over the final stages were practically equivalent to last week’s rates. Cows and heifers sold throughout at generally 20/- below last week’s rates. Extra prime heavy bullocks made to £27/12/6; prime, £22/2/6 to £24/10/-; medium, £lB 2/6 to £2O/12/6; light, from £l3/2/6 to £l5/12/6; extra prime heavy cows and heifers, to £l7/17/6; prime, £l4/7/6 to £l6/12/6; medium, £ll/2/6 to £l3/7/6; light, from £9/2/6. A small entry of store cattle was forward, and met with very keen competition. _ more especially for well-bred steers, which were sold at prices in advance of last week s rates. An entry of 2003 fat sheep was forward, and, included a fair number o. prime heavy wethers. The market was erratic, and prices for all classes were 2/- below those of last week. As the sale progressed and with the benefit of outside competition, there was a keener inquiry and an improvement in values resulted. Heavy ewes, in particular, were in demand, and in some cases prices were better than at the previous sale. The entry of hoggets was very small. 1 hey sold under keen competition. Best sorb made up to 33/-. and average from _o/to 27/- Extra heavy wethers .made to 52/3; prime. 43/3 to 47/9; prime medium. 35/9 to 38/9: mediunu 30/3 to 3273; light, from 23/- to 25/6; extra prime heavy ewes, to Tl/G: prune, 3.>/3 to 37/9; prime medium, 2S/9 to •»-/*'• light, 22/- to 25/9. . A fair-sized entry of fat pigs. 2006, was forward. These met with good competition and prices generally were on a par with the last sale's rates. _ A smrnl entry of store pigs was submitted and prices were very firm on late rates.

Stortford Lodge

Dominion Special Service.

HASTINGS, August 21. Hoggets and wethers were 2/- a head dearer in the brisk sale conducted at Stortford Lodge today. Good wether hoggets, well woolled, brought from — 4/b to 26/3, with medium sorts making to 22/9. Medium ewe hoggets brought 27/3, and inferior cull lots 21/-. Small to medium two and four-tooth tteflieis sold exceptionally well at 25/10. I 1 ivovear ewes, late lambing to Romney rams, brought 27/10. The first of the season aged ewes with lambs at foot were offered. and brought 27/6. . Values, which were on a par with, or a shade dearer than, those of hist week, were secured for a small yarding of beef cattle. Brices for first-class entries of bullocks ranged from £l5/12/6 to £l6 17/6. A number of pens of bullocks tn plain order were sold at prices ranging from £lO/17/6 to £l2/17/6. The younger lines of store cattle declined slightly in value, ns an outcome of the lack of quality. Well-bred bullocks realized £lO. Light-conditioned threc-yenr steers made to £7/15/-. Medium two-year steers brought £6/10/-, and small 1“ medium lines from £4/17/6 to f.i'lG/-. Good, medium yearling sieurs made ft 10/-, and others from £3/15/- to £4 6/-. Medium-grown two-year heifers brought. £-l/G/-b