COMMERCIAL

Northern Advocate, 27 January 1922, Page 3

COMMERCIAL

WE ST FIELD STOCK SALES,

DALGETY AND COMPANY.

Messrs Dalgety and Company, Ltd., report having held their usual weekly fat stock sale at West field, on Wednesday, 25th inst ,ns under: — Beef. —A naediium yarding, and prices improved, especially for prune light sorts. Extra choice heavy ox, £1 4/; prime, £1 3/ to £1; second quality, 10/ to 15/. Sheep.—A moderate yarding, which met with a very keen demand. Prices improved 3/ to 4/ on la At week's sale. Extra heavy wethers 2 f '/, priimc 18/6 'to l'i/, .others 15/ to 13/(5; ewes, extra good 15/(1, good 15/ to others 12/6 to 10/. Yeal. —A full yarding of mostly unfinished calves, which met with a very slack demand. Good sorts of veolers sold well. Rummers, £3 to £2; vealens, 30/ to 20/; others, 12/ ! 0 8/. Pigs. —A big yarding. Prices improved. Choppers, £3 to £2; baconers, £3 to £2; porkers, £2 to 27/6. Lambs. —A big yarding, and prices advanced on the previo-us week. Extra good, 17/; prime, 16/ to 14/(5; others, 12/6 to 0/.

BUCKLAND AND SONS.

Alfred Buckland and Sons report:— On Wednesday nt our weekly WestfieM stock market our beef pens contained 414 head, comprising 298 steers, 114 cows and heifers, and 2 bulls. There wr..s an improved demand, competition being spirited throughout. Last week's values were easily sustained, find .in some instances exceeded. Extra* ■ohoicc o\ sold to £1 5/; choic? and prime 19/ to £1 4/; ordinary and plain, 17/ to IS/; prime J'oung cow and heifer beef, 19/ tc £1 3/; 'ordinary cow, 15/ to IS/; rough beef, 7/ to 12/; heavy prime steers ranged in price from £10 to £11 7/0; lighter prime £7 15/ to £9; light prime, £(5 5/ to £7 10/; small and. (unfinished, £3 to £6; heavy prime young cows and heifers, £5 10/ to £7 2/0; lighter prime £4 to £5 5/; light, £3 to X'< 1-V; other cow's, £1 5/ to £2 15/.

There was « moderate entry of sheep, which met with a very keen sale, all classes meeting with a sharp rise of from 3/ to 5/ a head. Extra heavy prime wethers 19/ to £'i 0/3, medium to heavy prime 16/6 to IS/9, ligiht 14/ ito 10/, small store wethers 8/ to 30/6; heavy prime ewes 17/ to IS/9, lighter prime ewes 14/ ito 10/9, light ewes 12/ to 13/9, other ewes 7/ to 11/. (1235 sold.) Lambs were again penned in lar.<™> numbers, and foil ml ready buyers with a further advance in values. Heavy prime 17/9 ito 19/6, lighter 15/ to 17/0, light 12/0 to 14/0, unfinished and stores 0/ to 11/0. (103 C sold). Fv.t and young calves were penned in average numbers. There wias a fair demand, and . values were (much ithe same as last week. Runners made from £2 1/ to £2 15/, medium ito heavy vealers £1 10/ to £1 12/6, light 18/ to £1 7/0, smaller 10 to 10/, tiesh-dropped 4/ to £>/. (107 sold.)

Fat pigs were yarded in large numbers. There was a keener demand, and values were Jinm at last week's quotations.. Medium to heavy bacon - ers £1 10/ to £2 12/(5, light 18/ to £1 light baconers £2 5/ to £2 15/, light to medium porkers £1 5/ to £2, woariens 5/ to {•»/. (303 yarded.) ADDINGTOX PRICES. CHRISTCH URCH, This Day. The improved tone of the lamb market in England was reflected at the Addington sale, there being a rise on last week of fully (J/. A full ring of exporters operated keenly throughout and paid on a.n average 7Jd to 8d per lb. Mutton was a shade better, but beef, on account of an excess yiarding, receded in value. Apart from this .section it was the best sale at Addington for a long time. ' Store Sheep.—A big yarding amd a particularly keen sale, especially for lambs. The demand was unsatisfied. Values for all classes we,re well ahead of h'st week. Forward lambs made IV/ to 15/, ordinary 10/(5 to 13/6, small ami inferior (5/9 to 10/, <Jull 3/11 to 5/0; two-tooth ewes 13/4 to 13/7, four and six-tooth ewes 12/4; two and fourtooth wethers 9/7 to 11/9, inferior two and four-tooth wethers 7/2 to 8/6, eull 6/1 to 6/S.

Fat Lambs. —A very small proportion went to butchers. One line for export brought 27/. Extra prime lambs made 24/3 to 28/1, prime 21/6 to 24/, medium 17/!> to 21/3, inferior 14/9 to 17/0. F«t Sheep. —A smaller yarding and a slight appreciation in priccs. Wether mutton sold at 4/ above exporters' rites few going to them. Extra prime wi Ik r- 23/0 to 2-">/'>. prime 19/0 to 23/. medium 17/ to 19/3, inferior 13/10 to IG/9. Extra prime ewes 20/ to 25/2. prims 14/9 to 18/, medium 32/3 to 14/(i, inferior 9/0 to 11/9. Fat Cattle.—An over supply, 300 head being yarded. Last week's recovery was lost. Prime beef sol'l at 127/0 per 1001b, but secondary at about 22/6. Extra prime steers £14 15/, prime £9 to £12 15/, medium £0 5/ to £S 17/6. lighter £5 to £0 12/0. Prime heifers £5 5/ to £7 5/, ordinary £3 10/.

Prime cows £5 to £7 7/(>, ordinary £2 15/ to £4 17/6.

Store Cattle.—A small entry. Tvvo-yeax-old steers £2 5/, venrlings 25/ to 33/6; twt>-year-old heifers £3 10/ to £4 2/6, yenrlings 35/ to 42/6; medium cows 24/ to 28/6; aged and inferior, 10/ "to 16/. Dairy Cattle. —The demand was not as keen, but good cows, close to culvInqc, sold well. Good second and third culvers, .springing, .made £8 to £13 10/; good three-year-old springing heifers £9 10/ to £12 10/, medivm £5 to £8 10/; sound cows, just calved, wLth calf at foot, £.14 10/; inferior cows and cows in milk 10/ to £4 10/. Yenlers. —Runners £4 12/6; good vealers £2 to £2 10/0, is until 10/ (to £1 5/; small calves 5/ to 8/(5.

WAIKATO STOCK SALES

The Farmers' Co-op. Auctioneering Co., Ltd., report as follows. — At Hamilton on Tuesday last wo had a small yarding of all classes of stock, with the exception of store cattle, which wore poorly represented. Beef ?howed a slight improvement on the previous week, steers, which were few in number, making to £6 10s for medium weights. Heavy cows realised up to £5 Is, lighter weights £2 10s to £4, empty cows £1 9s to £1 16s, bulls £1 6s to £2 Is. Sheep were in good supply pnd under strong competition sold at rates well in advance of late rates. Fat wethers made from 13s 7d to 15s 6d, fat ewes 10s to lis 7d. A pen of well-fat-ted Shropshire ewes reached 12s Od, second quality 8s sd. Lambs were egain in great demand, best stores reaching 10s 2d, others 4s 8d to 6s Gl The yarding of pigs was heavy and prices full.? equal to and in the else of porkers primer than the previous week. Baconers made from £2 5s to £2 12s Od, porkers 30s to £2, slips .16s to 225, weaners 8s to 12s 6d.