WESTFIELD.

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume LXV, Issue LXV, 6 September 1913, Page 2

WESTFIELD.

At Westfield, dairy cattle were slightly easier, but stores of all classes met with strong demand. Best dairy cows brought £10 to £13; others, £6 to £9; aged and inferior, £3 10s to £7; empty, £4 to £5 8s; yearlings, £3 3s to £3 15s; good calves, £2 5s to £2 15s; small, £1 to £1 15s. Beef : Choice ox brought to £1 13s, prime £1 9s to £1 12s, cows and heifers £1 5s to £1 9s per 1001b. A large number of fat young calves sold freely. Sheep : There was a heavy yarding of mutton, the major portion prime heavy wethers. Competition was steadier,' and prices on a par with late quotations. Extra heavy prime wethers brought £1 12s to £1 13s 6d"; heavy prime, £1 8s to £1 lls; medium to heavy, £1 4s to £1 7s; tight and unfinished, £1 Is to £1 3s 9d; best heavy prime ewes. £1 6s to £1 8s; good, £1 3s to £1 ss; others, £1 to £1 Is; best hoggets, £1 Is to £1 3s 6d; wethers, £1 6s to £1 7s. Lambs : Spring- lambs, the first of the season, brought 17s to £1 lls 3d. Pigs were short of requirements, and prices firmed considerably. No choppers or heavy baconers were yarded. Light baconers brought £3 Is to £3 18s; large porkers, £2 10s to £3 6s: smaller, £1 16s to £2 8s; small, £1 8s to £1 15s; slips, 19s to £1 ss; weaners, to 18s.