POOR QUALITY BEEF

Evening Post, Volume CXVII, Issue 75, 29 March 1934, Page 12

POOR QUALITY BEEF

(By Telegraph—Press Association.) AUCKLAND, March 28. There was a much smaller yarding of beef at Westfield fat-stock sale today, including a large number of cattle of poor quality. The yarding totalled less than GOO head, against 900 last week. With a smaller yarding and an Easter demand, there was a'firming tendency. Good quality, sorts were in demand, particularly ox beef. Cows.and heifers sold at late rates, as did small and unfinished cattle: Last, week's price of 22s per 1001b for prime oxbeef was sustained. > The higher .prices of a few - weeks ago were largely the result of short yardings, and therewas a natural reaction when the market was flooded during the last two sales. There were still a good number of prime cattle about, but farmers tended to hold off what : looked like a falling market. Extra choice ox beef made 22s per 1001b; choice and prime, 18s to-21s; secondary and plain, 16s to 17s; prime young cow-and heifer beef, 16s to 20s; and ordinary cow beef, 10s to 15s;.