AUCKLAND.

Northern Advocate, 15 December 1916, Page 3

AUCKLAND.

At Westfield fat stock market on Wednesday beef was yarded in large numbers, being mostly of excellent quality. Prices were on a par ■tfith last Week's rates, although cohipetition for extra heavy weights was scarcely so keen. Best ox sold to £2 10/ per lOOibs, others £<2 5/ td £2" 9/ per iOOlb; cow and heifer beef at from £2 2/ to £2 7/ iJer iOOlb. Steers sold at from £i 3 10/ to £23 io/. Calves were penned in average numbers ani improved in prices. Runners, £8 to £10 15/; heavy vealers, £5 9/ to £7 16/; medium vealers, £4 7/ to £5 8/; light vealers, £'2 10/ to £4 5/; small and fresh-dropped calv. es, 15/ to £2 1/. Sheep were penned in average numbers and sold at late rates. Best wethers sold at from £1 14/ to £1 16/6; others, £19/ t> £1 13/6; inferiorly fatted, £1 6/ to £1 8/9; wethers in wool, £1 17/ f> £2 5/; ewes, first quality, £1 11/ to £1 14/9; others, £1 5/ to £1 10/3; hoggets, £1 3/ to £1 9/3. Lambs in average numbers sold at last week's prices. Best, £1 2/ to £1 7/; Others, 15/ to £1. One wether donated by Mr T. R. W. Gill, Ellerslie, to the Belgium Bread Fund, realised £6 13/6. Pigs, in average numbers, sold at last week's prices. No choppers yarded. Heavy baconers, £4 8/ to £6 3/; medium baconers, £3 17/ to £47/; light baconers, £3 7/ to £3 16/; heavy porkers, £'3 4/ to £3 16/; medium porkers, £2 15/ to £3 3/; light porkers, £■! 19/ to £2 14/; slips, £1 6/ to £1 15/; weaners, 13/6 to £1 5/. One porker donated to Belgium Bread Fund by Miss Johnson, Glen Alva, Ellerslie, realised £7 18/.