LIVE STOCK SALES

Dominion, Volume 36, Issue 272, 12 August 1943, Page 3

LIVE STOCK SALES

WESTFIELD (By Telegraph.—Press Association.) AUCKLAND, August IL At the Westfield stock sale the beef entry was small,' being below requirements. As a result competition was spirited and values rose fully 3/- per ItXJIb. for prime quality ox and cow. Extra choice ox to £2/4/- per 1001 b.; choice and prime, £2/1/to £2/3/-; secondary and plain, £l/17/- to £l/19/-; extra prime young cow and heder beef, £l/17/- to £2/1/-; choice ami prime, £l/14/ -to £l/10/-; ordinary, £1 »/- to £l/12/-; extra heavy prime steers, £IS to £2O/5/-; heavy, £l6/10/- to £ ] > 10/-; lighter, £l4/10/- to £l5/10/-; light. £l2 to £l3/10/; small and unfinished. £lO to £11; extra heavy prime young cows anil heifers, £l2 to £l4/17/6; heavy, £lO to £11; lighter, £S to £0; light, £6/10/- to £7/10/-; aged and unfinished. £4 Io—• 1 Slicep.— The pens were well filled with nice quality mutton. Competition was again good and values ruled very Ann for all classes. Extra heavy prime w ethers, ■- 3/- to £2/6/9; heavy, £2 to £2/1/6: medium. £l/17/6 to £l/19/-: l>gb'. to £l/16/6; plain and unfinished, £l/6/to £l/13/-; extra heavy prime young and maiden ewes, £l/12/- to £l/10/b: heav’y. £l/9/- to £l/11/-; lighter, £W--to £1 7/6; plain and aged, 2/- to £l/2/6. , Lambs—A full entry sold under steady competition at. full late rates. Heavy P ri me £l/10/- to £l/15/-; “odium, £l/7/- to £l/9/-; lighter, £l/4/- to £l/6/-; light, £l/1/- to £l/3/-: small and plain. 7/- to There was a small larding. Good quality again scarce, and values tor prime calves showed a further Runners, £7 to £l2/2/6 for 20-month heifers: heavy vealers, . 1 t ° 1 , ( ."V170/2 medium. £5/15/- to Lb/10/-•, light t-/ to £5/7/-; small, £2 to f 3 /W/-: £ ,«" fi “: ished and bucket-fed. £l/4/- to —/-/ > bobby and rough, 3/- to ~1/1/-. , Pigs.—A small supply was all classes sold readily at rates fully firm. A slightly better demand existed fo r bacon ers. Choppers. £2 to . medprime baconers. £4/14/- to £«>/;/ . ™ea ium, £4/9/- to £4/1!/-- Ught £ml4/ o £4/4/- - heavy £3 to £3/6/,. me ium, £2/11/- to £2/l</-; tight, -j , '/g< , £2/8/-; small and unfinished, ~1/13/ to £2; stores, £l/8/- to £l/16/.-; slip. £1 2/- to £l/5/-: weaners. 12/- to £i'i/ • ADDINGTON (By Telegraph.—Press Association.> CHRISTCHURCH. August 11. Both the fat cattle and fat sheepi sections at Addington today were, re P r . e * , o n t?“ i crnnfi rniflliiv find oricofi showed. a rise ou 7a° S < t d w® ty va a h.es. Pr wintr y conditions affected the yarding of store sheep and, ex cent for some good lines of ewes, bidding was very dragging, t" other section recent prices were maintained, lhe store sheep entry was 1946 against 2690 last week. Owing to the wintry conditions competition was very dragging- except for best quality ewes in lamb- Ono lino of 2do young ewes in lamb to down rams sold from 2S/3 to ium and inferior ewes were difficult to quit and sold as low as 9/9. lour pens of hoggets made from 11/- to 19/b, nccording to size. A pen of six-tooth wethers made 27/-. The fat sheep entry totalled 3800, compared with over 4000 last week Prices in the early stages showed an advance of up to 2/- a head on all flasses, but with late arrivals swelling the entry there was a marked slackening off in the demand, and the increase mentioned was lost. The highest pHce f or wethers was 53/10 for a pen of nine two-tooths. Other good sheep made up to 49/7. In the ewe section a line of SO from Southland sold from 37/- to 39/7. the latter figure being the best of the sale. „ , ' , There was a small entry of both porkers and baconers, and the quality was wen up to standard. Porkers were competed for at full schedule rates. Choppers also sold well, but not. up to the level of the national market lust week. The entry or baconers was insufficient for the demand. The'average price per lb. was Bjd. to <l6.