COMMERCIAL.

Hawera Star, Volume XLVIII, 29 August 1924, Page 8

COMMERCIAL.

WESTFIELD MARKET

(BY TELEGRAPH —PRESS ASSOCIATION.') AUCKLAND, Aug. 27.

Beef ay a s in larger numbers'" and , prices were, easier. Extra- choice, to 33s per 1001 b; choice and prime, 28s ' to 325; plain nna unfinished, 22s to ( 275; prime young cow and heifer, 25s to 28s; other cow, 11s to 245; rough beef,'lss to 20s; heavy prime steers, £l2 10s to £l4 17s 6d; medium, £lO os to £l2 ss; light, £8 to £9 15s; smaller, unfinished, £5 15s to £7 10s; heavy prime cows and heifers, _£7 10s to £8 15s; medium, £6 os to £7 7s 6d; light, £5 to £6; smaller, £3 10s to £4 15s; unfinished cows, £1 to £3. 7s 6d. Sheep.—Average numbers at late quotations. Heavy prime wethers. £2 3s 3d to £2 7s 6d j_ medium, £2 Is to £2 3s; light, £1 17s to £2; unfinished, £1 12s to £1 17s 6d; heavy prime ewes. £1 18s to £1 19s 9d; medium and light. £1 15s to £1 17s 6d; heavy prime hoggets, £1 12s 6d to £1 15s; medium and light, £1 8s to £1 12s; unfinished, £1 3s to £1 7s 6d. Calves. —Large numbers at late quotations. Runners. £2 to £4 15s; heavy vealers, £2 11s to £3 7s; medium, £1 15s to £2 10s; light, 20s to 345; smaller calves, 11s to 19s; small and fresh dropped. 3s to 10s; rough. 15s to 255. Pigs.—Average numbers at late ((notations'. Choppers, £2 10s to £3 10s; heavy and medium baeoners. £3 17s to £4 11s; .light baeoners and heavy porkers, £3,4s to £3 16s ; medium and light porkers, £2 5s to £3 3s. Stores sold readily at late quotations. Large, £2 os to £2 10s; slips, 30s to £2 4s; weaners, 16s to £1 Bs.

ADDINGTON MARKET. CHRISTCHURCH, Aug. 27. *At Addington market to-day values for fat cattle made another jump upwards, approximately 5s per 1001 b, whilst fat sheep advanced by 2s per head. Fat Sheep.—A keen sale throughout, hardening as it progressed, values on last week being up to 2s per head. Extra prime wethers, 54s to 60s ; prime, 47s to 51s; medium, 42s 6d to 46s 6d; light, 38s to 40s; extra prime ewes, 45s to ols; prime, 39s to 42s 6d; medium, 35s to 38s 6d; light, 31s to 34s 6d; prime hoggets, to 38s. Fat Cattle.—A sharp advance of over £2 per head Avas recorded. Best beef made up to £2 7s 6d per 1001 b; prime, 42s to 455; medium, 38s to 41s; light, 32s 6d to 375; rough sorts doAvn to 255. Only one line of North Island cattle —28 head —was forwarded. Com. pared Avith the Grand National, market values Avere up by quite 10s per 1001 b. Extra prime steers, £19.t0 £2l 17s 6d; prime, £l6 10s to £lB 10s; medium, £l4 to £l6 5s ; light, £lO to £l3 10s; rough, £7 lOs to £9 15s; extra prime heifers, £ls to £l7 17s 6d; prime, £ll to £l3 10s; medium and inferior, £5 10s to £lO 10s; extra prime coavs, £ls; prime, £lO to £l2 10s- ordinary, £7 to £9 15s; aged, £4 10s to £6 10s. Dairy Cattle.—Best second, third, and'fourth cah'ers (springing), £8 4s to €10; good, £5 10s to £7 10s; fair, £3 to £5 y good springing heifers, £5 10s ■to £6 15s; medium, £3 to £4 10s; old coavs and backAvard springers, £1 5s to £1 15s

Fat Pigs.—A medium entry. Porkers in good demand, but medium and heavy-weight baeoners were easier. Choppers, £4 10s to £8; light baeoners, £4 10s to £5 10s; heaA'-y, £5 los to £6 10s (average price per lb, 8d to 93d); light porkers, £2 10s to £3 ss; heavy, £4 6s (average price per lb, 9d to 10 £d).

CRUTCHINGS SALE. Messrs Murray, Roberts and Co. report : At the crutchings sale at Wanganui on Wednesday the offerings consisted largely of lower-grade crutchings, mostly seedy and in heavy condition, and the decline is more pronounced in these than in the better grades. Light conditioned parcels show the least decline, occasionally reaching almost par with the recent sales. The range of prices current at the sale is given below: Crossbred, medium to fine to 18d, coarse 13ijd to 14j-d, seedy and inferior lOd to I3d; lambs, medium 14d to 16d. seedy and inferior lOd to 15d; crutchings, good to superior 12kl to lod, low to medium l(h}d to 12d, inferior and verv seedv 84d to lOd. ...