COMMERCIAL.

Hawera Star, Volume LIII, 9 March 1934, Page 10

COMMERCIAL.

WESTFIELD STOCK SALE

PRICES GENERALLY FIRM

(By Telegraph —Press Association.) AUCKLAND, March 7. Thera was a good sale at Westfield to-dav, and prices were generally firm at' lata rates, with the exception of calves. Beef cattle.—674 head were yarded, against -563 last week. The quality was well up to standard, and the offering sold under good competition at) values on a par with late rates. Heavy weight cattle tended to _be a shade lower. Some excellent prices were obtained for extra prime offerings the market apparently being influenced by extensive buying for the export of) chilled beef. 'Extra choice ox sold toj 24s per 1001 b, choice and prime 21s to i 235, ordinary cow beef 12s to 19s, hers and boners 7s to .11s, extra heavy; steers made from £9 15s to £lO 12s Gel, heavy prime £S 15s to £9 12s Gd, lighter prime £7 15s to £S 12s 6d light prime £6 10s to £7 12s 6d, small and unfinished £4 5s to £6 7s Gd, extra heavy prime young cows and heifers £6 ios to £3’ 7s Gd, heavy prime £5 10s to £6 12s Gd. lighter prime £4 to £5 7s Gd, other billable cows £1 10s to £3 17s Gd. Calves were yarded is loss than average numbers, and there was a. shortage of good quality sorts. Competition was not very keen, and values again eased. Runners made 40s to 725„ vea-lers 18s to 635. An exceptionally fhtc runner .sold The sheep pens' were comfortably filled with a good class of mutton, lylncli sold steadily throughout. Wethers maintained late rates and prime ewes showed an advance on last week s prices. Wethers, prime, made 23s to 31s, unfinished 18s to 23s Gd, ewes, prime, 14s to 255, unfinished Gs to 16s An. average yarding of lambs sold freelv at rates quite up to. those of recent sales. Prime lambs 16s to 26s 9d, unfinished 8s to 15s Gd. Fat pigs came forward m average numbers and the demand remained verv firm on a steadv sale. The price per" lb averaged 5d to old for haconers and 4fd to old for porkers. Large stores were inclined to ease on recent quotations. Baconers made 49s to 80s. porkers 24s to 41s. and large, stores 22s to 255.

BURNSIDE SALE.

RISE IN BEEF PRICES.

DUNEDIN, March 7. The beef market at Burnside to-day drew an entry of 240 head, .mostly cows, ‘heifers and. medium quality bullocks. •Prices gradually firmed, and at the close showed a rise of about 10s a head on last- week’s values. Extra prime heavy i ■bullocks sold to £l2 12s 6d; prime heavy '£9 to £.lO 17s Gd; medium, £7 to £8 12 (id; light, £5 12s Gd to £6 17s Gd. Prime | cows and heifers sold to £/ IQs. In the store cattle section 4-year-old steers met good competition, prices ranging from £5 10s to £7 ss. Light and younger sorts sold from £2 17s to £4 12s Gd. All good quality vcalers met a ready market. The fat sheep numbered 1650 head, principally medium quality ewes, with a small percentage of heavy wethers. Prices for the latter were unchanged. Medium quality ewes were down by Is a head, while heavy ewes barely maintained late rates. Freezing competition kept values firm for light wethers and ewes. Extra prime heavy wethers sold to 32s Gd; prime heavy, 27s to 295; medium, 23s to 24s Gd; light, 19s. Extia ' prime heavy young ewes sold to 255; prime heavy, 18s to 22s Gd; medium, 16s to 17s Del; lighter sorts down to Ls fid. . , The lamb entry of 900 was of good quality, and butchers and exporters operated keenly, resulting in a firm sale at late rates. Graziers were m the market, for unfinished lambs, but •were, unable to fill their requirements. In the pig section there were 144 fats and 95 stores, which sold under spirited bidding at firm prices. Porkers made from £2 5s to £3 12s, and baconers from £2 10s to £3 12s. Stores sold at late rates.

JOHNSON VITiLE V A TATES.

WELLINGTON, March S

Prices were steady at the Johnsonville sale to-day. 'An. average yarding of sheep, but fewer cattle than usual, were offered. Prices ran as follow: — Cattle: 'Prime heavy bullocks, £8 2s, £B, £7 18s, £7 14s, £7 9s; light and unfinished bullocks, £5 13s, £5 2s 6d, £3 15sy prime 'heavy cows and lieifers, £6, £5 18s, £5 15s, £5 10s, £5 ss, £5; runners, £2 10s, £2 2s, £2, £1 18sj vealers, £1 16s, £1 7s, £1 2s 6d, 10s. Sheep: Prime extra heavy wethers, 265; prime heavy wethers, 24s 3d, 245; prime extra heavy ewes, 21s lOd, 21s, 20s 9d, 20s 4d, 20s; prime heavy ewes, lf)s Bd, 19s 6d, 19s 3d, 19s Id, 18s 6d, 18s; heavy lambs, 20s sd, 20s Id, 20s; medium lambs, 18s 6d, 18s, 17s 3d, -17 s.

HAWKE’S BAY VALUES. HASTINGS, March 7. With a heavy entry of approximately 300 head, fat cattle values were on a par to firm on last week’s rates. Bidding was strong on good linos, with a fair demand for lighter sorts. Top prices realised were not so high as last week, this being due to the lack of such high quality cattle- as were entered at the previous sale. Bullocks, medium to prime, made £7 10s to. £8 16s; others, from £5 10s; cows, medium to prime, £4 10* to £6 15s; others, from

£3 10s; heifers, medium to prime, &> to £6 ss; others, from £4 4s. Store cattle: 000 head were yarded. iGood quality lines were steady, but there was an easier tendency f°r poorer classes. Bullocks and steers sold to £O, 14s; cows, £4 to £4 4s. An entry of 3000 fat sheep met a strong demand on ewes, with a fairly good inquiry for wethers and lambs. Brices were on a par to improved foi ewes, and unchanged for lambs and wethers. Bocal and export buyers comj'peted on the latter classes, with local interests doing the bulk of the buying of ewes. Ewes, medium to prime, made 16s 9d to 18s 4d; others, from 14s 6d; | wethers, medium to prime, 21s to ,245; others,‘from-20s 3d; lambs, 16s to 2-s i Store sheep, numbering 19,000, sold well for quality The entry included a i largo percentage of back country lambs. Ewes sold particularly well, while lambs and wethers made rates much on a par with last week. 'Competition was well maintained, but on lambs it was apparent that buyers’ limits were considerably' below yen- | dors’ ideas, and a number of these lines [ were passed in. Two-tooth ewes sold j to 25s 6d; older ewes, to 19s 2d; fatj toning ewes, to 13s 6d; wethers, to 20s; and lambs, to 17s fid.

ADDINGTON MARKET.

HEAVY YARDING OF SHEEP

. CHRISTCHURCH, 'March 7. The heaviest store sheep yarding of the season was seen at Addington market to-day, the entry numbering ■ approximately 18,000, drawn from many parts of the South Island. There was a very keen demand, and prices were slightly firmer than last week. Good two-tooth Romney ewes unde 30s to 31s 9d, medium two-tooth crossbred 26s t-o 28s 6d s extra good iwotooth crossbred to 365, good two-troth halfbred 33s to 365, medium to 30s. backward to 21s, ordinary four and six-tooth crossbred ewes 23s 6d to 26s 3d, good 6 and S-tooth halfbred ewes, to 25s 6d. good s.m. halfbred ewes Ll» to 235, ordinary s.m. crossbred to 18s 3d, sound and failing mouth 11s to 14s, forward young wethers 19s 6d to 22s 3d. others 14s 6d to 18s Gd. Store lambs.—A smaller offering and a. strong demand, especially' for ewe lines, with values, firmer. Other classes maintained late rates. Good ewe lambs, small 19s 3d to 21s, medium 16s 6d to 19s, medium 17s 6(1 to 19s cull lambs 10s to 12s. Fat lambs. —An entry of 3200, ihe quality boinpr very mixed. A steidy sale with ail easier tendency apparent. Extra jirime heavy' lambs sold to 30s lOd. prime 23s to 265, prime 20s 6d to 235, light 17s 6d to 20s. Fjji> sheep.—An entry of 6000, muie than sufficient for butchers’ requirements. There was a. consequent easing of Is 6d to 2s a head for heavy weights. Freezing weights were firm at late rates. Extra prime heavy wethers sold to 26s 4d, prime heavy 22s 6d to 2os, prime medium weight 21s to 235, ordinary 18s ,6d to 21s, light 17s to 18s, extra prime heavy ewes to 24s Id. prime heavy 20s to 21s 6d, prime medium weight- ewes 17s to 20s, ordinary 13s to 17s, light 12s to 14s 6d.

Fat cattle.—An entry of 425 head. The market was steady. Best heel made from 22s to 24s 6d per 1001 b., good from IBs 6d to 21s Gel, heavyweight 16s to 18s, ordinary quality 14s to 17s. and rough down to 11s. Extra prime heavy steers sold to £ll 2s Gd. prime £7 los to £9. medium weight £6 15s to £8 10s, ordinary £4 5s to £6 ss, light to £4, extra prime heifers to £8 17s Gel, prime £4 to' £B, medium £3 to £4. light to £2 15s, extra, prime cows to £9 2,s Gd, prime £3 10s to £5 IGs. medium to £2.

Fat pigs.—A medium entry for bacon and*good for pork. Prices were a little easier. A few pigs were bought for export. Choppers made 30s to £4 18s 6cl. baconers 50s to £3 los Gd, average price a Lb. to s£d, porkers 28s Gd to 44s Gd,.. average price per lb. 4£d to 51 d.

FRANKTON YARDING HEAVY

SHEEP PRICES FIRM

There was an exceptionally heavy yarding of all classes of stock at the Frankton saleyards to-day and in order to clear the pens the auctioneers were selling until well past the usual closing time. An extra heavy yarding ot all classes of fat sheep came forward and prices for both ewe and wether mutton were firmer than last week. Lambs, which were also yarded in large numbers, showed no alteration on late quotations. A heavier yarding ol cattle was offered, all good quality lines again remaining very firm. Second quality, of which there was a. particularly heavy yarding, also showed a firming tendency. A few pens of store steers sold at unchanged rates. The supply of fat pigs was smaller than usual, with the result that all classes showed a further firming tendency. A medium yarding of stores also met with steady competition and sold at improved rates. Baconers sold at olid per lb, and porkers at about equal to ojel to -s|(l per lb. The auctioneers report as follows: Sheep.—Extra prime wethers, 28s 3d to 30s; prime, 25s 6d to 27s Gd; lighter. 20s to 23s 3d; fat maiden owes, to 26s 9d; heavy fat ewes, 17s Id to 18s 3d; medium, 15s Gd to 16s 9cl; light, 14s lOd to 15s 3d; prime woolly lambs. 20s Gd to 22s 9d ; light, J 7s to 19s Gd; prime shorn lambs, 18s 9d to 20s Gd; light, 16s 4d to 17s Gd. Cattle.—Vealers, 28s to £2 5s ; heavy fat cows and heifers, £6 2s to £G 14s; medium, £4 19s to £5 10s; lighter, £3 10s to £4 2s Gd; killable, £2 8s to £3; boner cows, to £2 2s; bulls, £3 to £4; grown mixed coloured steers, £4 14s; two-year steers, £2 16s; twoyear Jersey steers, 255. Pigs.—Prime heavy baconers, £3 5s to £3 8s; heavy baconers, £3 2s to £3 ss; medium, £2 18s to £3 Is: lio-fit, £2 10s to £2 17s; smaller and unfinished. £2 6s to £2 9s; heavy porkers.. £2 to £2 ss; medium, £1 15s to £1 19s; light. £1 10s to £1 14s; small and unfinished, £1 4s to £1 9s: choppers, to £2 17s: stores. 16s to 225: slips. 12s to 15s- 6(1 r woaners, /s to Us Gd. FOB-DELE SHEEP SALE. The New Zealand Loan and Mercan-

tile Agency' Company, Limited, report on the Fordell sale as' follows: The

yarding was not large, hut sheep fully maintained recent values. Three lines of 4 and 5-year ewes met keen competition. One line on account of Mrs Es. Lourie, Hunterville, realised 20s Gd and 20s Id, sold in two cuts; a line of 125 medium-condition but good-mouthed 4 and 5-year ewes on account W. J. Poison, Mangam&hu, made 17s 2d, and another line of 140 4 and 5-year ewes, 19s. ( The 2-tootli ewes yarded were only medium sheep, but fully maintained late rates. A line of 100 on account of J. D. Lourie, Hunterville, made 23s 7d, another line' of 193 on account of W. J. Poison, medium sheep, realised 22s 7d and 24s when sold in two- lots. The next grade of these ewes made 20s 3d, and a small tail-end 17s. A line of medium 4-tooth ewes made 20s sd. _ A wry small offering of lambs met with a ready sale. B.f. lambs (medium) made 15s sd, and wether lambs (medium) 15s. An entry of 45 head of fat and forward cows in drafted lots sold readily under the hammer, the first pen !of 12"( well forward) making £4 6s 6d and' the other three pens £4 Is, £3 17s, and £3 14s 6d respectively. The full range of prices was: 4 and 5-year ewes, 17s 2d, 19s, 20s Id and 20. s Gd; 5-y r ear ewes, 17s Gd; cull, 14s; 2tooth ewes, 22s 7d, 23s 7d, 245; small, 17s to 18s sd; 4-tooth ewes (medium)-, 20s sd; b.f. lambs (medium), 15s sd; w.f. -wether lambs (medium)', 35,5.

White Runners. IT. G. Elmenv . 0 132 K. M.ouldov . 0 ,83 Stan. Bcansehamp . 3 168 Fawn Runners. Stan. Beausehamp . 0 219 Khaki Oampbell. T. J. Bates . 4 120 H. G. Bmenv . 4 247 W. Rowlands i) 243 Pokins. H. G. Hmeny . 5 123 H. A. Lucas, No. 1 . (3 138 THREE-BIRD TEAMS. Light Breeds. IT Moreland, W.L 7 699 G. T. Gavlard. W.L . 0 566 M. Beveridge, W.L . 3 601 Gibbons Biros., W.L . 3 • o§ 62/ Mrs R. R, Cannon. W.L. . 630 A. J. Cadinan, W.L . 0 735 A V. Hnnkins, W.L 325 403 Miss 1>. SwadJing, M . 0 Heavy Breeds—Black Orpingtons. Mrs S. Paterson . 12 616 Mrs F. A. Warren . 6 601 H. W. Smith . -1 712 T>ro>. P'-os. •..., . 0 744 Mrs D. M. Waddell . 3 786 Ducks. Mrs F. A. Warren, F.I.R. .. . 1 545