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Northern Advocate, 20 April 1933, Page 10

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STOCK MARKETS j ! ' WESTFIELD BEEF VALUES. AN IMPROVEMENT SHOWN. (Special to “Northern Advocate.") | AUCKLAND, This Day. Messrs Dalgety and Co., Ltd., report on the weekly Westfield stock sale ns follows: Beef.—Ox beef was yarded in average numbers, meeting with a steady demand, and values improved fully a 1/ per lOOlbs on late quotations. Cow and heifer beef came forward in full average numbers, and here also a steady demand resulted and values improved on late rates. Extra choice ox sold to 20/ per lOOlbs; choice and prime ox, 17/ to 10/; just lullahle ox, 14/ to 10/; prime young cow and heifer beef, 14/ to 17/; just kill able, 0/ to U’>/; heavy prime steers, £7 to £7 7/0; lighter prime steers, £(i to £0 17/(5; light prime steer 1 ;, £5 to £.l 17/(5; small and unfinished steers, £.‘l 3/ to £4 17/(5; extra heavy prime young' cows and heifers, £4 3/ to £5; heavy prime cows and heifers, £3 5/ to £4 2/0; lighter prime cows' and heifers, £2 10/ to £3 2/0; other billable cows, £1 12/0 to £2 7/0. Calves. —Calves were yarded in average numbers and sold steadily at values on a par with late rates. Runners made £1 3/ to £2 10/; heavy vealers, £1 14/ to £2; medium vealers, £1 7/ to £2 12/; light vealers, £1 to £1 a/; smad vealers, 7/ to 10/; rough calves, 3/ t> 10/;, small and fresh-dropped, 3/ to S/. f'heep.—Nhcep were yarded in about average numbers and sold under keen competition at values improved on late rates. One pen of show wethers realised IS/0; extra heavy prime wethers, shorn, .10/ to 17/; heavy prime wethers, 14/0 to 13/0; medium wethers, 13/ to .14/3; light and unfinished wethers, 10/3 to 12/0; extra heavy prime owes, 10/3 to 12/; lighter prime ewes, 0/ to 10/; other ewes, 0/ to 8/0. Lambs. —Lambs were yarded in full average numbers, and sold readily at late ruling rates. Heavy prime, 13/ to 13/0; medium prime, 11/0 to 12/0; light prime, 8/ to 11/. Pigs.—A heavy yarding of pigs came forward, \ and met with a slack sale, values for all classes being easier than last week’s quotations. Heavy baeoners, £2 8/ to £2 11/; medium baconers, £2 to £2 7/; light baconers, £1 13/ to • £1 18/; heavy porkers, £1 0/ to £1 11/; medium porkers, £1 3/ to £l. 0/; light and unfinished porkers, 15/ to £1 3/.

ADDINGTON QUOTATIONS,

FAT LAMBS FIK-Nf

shat; p advance m pigs. (Per Press Association. —Copyright.) CHRISTCHURCH, Tins Day. The prolonged dry spoil is having an effect, on the stock entered at the Addington market, and the quality yesterday generally was indifferent. Store sheep and lambs were not in demand, owing to the general shortage of feed and water. Fat lambs and sheep were (Inn at late rates.

‘Store Sheep.—A small entry consisted mainly of inferior or travel-stained types. Good sheep sold up to laic rates, but other sorts declined in value. Store lambs declined 1/ to 2/ a head. Forward mixed-sex lambs made 5/9 to 6/10; medium, 3/ to 5/; inferior, 2/7; good crossbred ewe lambs, to 7/4; good, two-toothed halfbred ewes, to .15/8; medium, 12/ to 33/; ordinary, to 9/; good’four and six-toothed crossbred ewes, 12/4 to 13/6; medium, to 11/3; good four-year-old crossbreds, to 10/; ordinary, to 4/j halfbred wethers,.4/ to 6/3. Fat Lambs. —The entry was 2800. Butchers were a little keener than last week, while freezing buyers operated af, the export schedule. Extra prime heavy lambs made to 17/1; prime heavy, 13/(5 to 15/; prime mediumweight, 10/6 to .13/; light, 8/ to 10/. Fat Sheep. —An entry of 5100 head maintained late rates. Extra prime heavy wethers realised up to 18/7; prime heavy, 15/ to 16/4; mediumweight prime, 12/6 to 14/; ordinary quality, 10/6 to 12/; light, to 30/; extra prime ewes, to 12/4; prime, 9/0 to 10/6; medium weight, to 0/; ordin-. ary, to 7/. Fat Cattle. —The entry of 300 head was the smallest for some time, and the quality was mixed. Best beef advanc ed up to a £1 a head, but other sorts were unchanged. Best beef was worth 17/ to 20/ per lOOlbs; heavyweight and medium beef, 14/6 to 17/; good heifer, 15/ to 18/; good cow, 13/ to 16/; extra, prime heavy steers, sold up to £0 17/6; prime heavy, £7 to £8 10/; prime mediumweight, £6 10/ to £8; ordinary quality, £4 10/ to £6; light, to £4; extra prime heifers, to £7 12/6; prime, £4 5/; to £6; medium, £3 to £4; light, to £3; extra prime cows, to £6 7/6; prime, £3 10/ to £5; light andj medium, to £3.

Fat Pigs.—A very small entry can sod a koon sale, with a sharp ad van op i i valnos. Dime din, North Island and e.vpnrt buyers wore roprosontod, but the Uoonnoss prevented those from entering the market. Choppers made .10/ to £4 10/; baeoners, 40/ to 47/G; heavy, 0:2/0 to 00/0; extra- heavy, GO 1/0 (average price per lb, Ti'd to 4jUl); porkers, 2G/G to 12/G; heavy, 01/0 to IS/G (average price per lb., 4]d to Hd). MINING NEWS. KING SOLOMON WASH-UP.

The wash-up at King Solomon Lead Mine (Gore) for five working days last week was 5G ounces 11 pennyweights.

PRANKTON SALE

FAT SHEEP PRICES FILM

(Special to "Northern Advocate.”)

HAMILTON, This Day

The Farmers’ Co-operative Auctioneering Company, Ltd., reports that at the Frankton saleyards yesterday fat sheep were yarded in smaller quantities than usual, and quotations, especially for owe mutton, 'showed a finning tendency. Fat lambs showed no alteration in values. Ox beef came forward in smaller numbers with practically no prime quality offering, and late rates were maintained. The usual entry of cow beef was penned with.no alteration in values. A medium yarding of store cattle, comprising mostly Jersey heifers, sold at late rates. There was a smaller yarding of both fat and store pigs, values for bacon or,s and porkers showing a slight decline. Stores and weaners remained firm at late rates. Quotations were: Sheep.—Heavy fat wethers sold at 14/ to .14/9; medium, .12/6 to 33/3; heavy fat ewes, .10/; medium, 8/6 to 9/; light, 6/10 to 7/3; heavy fat lambs, 11/3 to 12/; medium,. .10/ to 10/3. Cattle.—Medium fat steers, £4 17/6 to £5 7/6; heavy fat cows, £3 15/ to £4 5/; medium, £2 15/ to £3 8/; killable, 33/ to £2 2/; boners, £1 to 30/; bulls, £3 10/ to £4 2/; yearling Jersey heifers, 25/ to 35/, Pigs.—Heavy choppers, 38/ to £2 0/; lighter, 26/ ;o 36/; extra heavy bacoueis, £2 5/ to £2 8/; prime baConors, £2 3/ to £2 5/; medium, 30/ to £2 2/; heavy porkers, 30/ lo 34/; medium, 26/ to 29/; stores, 14/ to 17/; slips, 8/ lo 12/6; weaners, 4/6 to 7/6.

AT STORTPORD LODGE

LIGHTER .SORTS LOWER

<Per Press Association.—Copyright.) HASTINGS, This Day

With heavy entries in all sections, yesterday’s sale at Stortford Lodge was uneventful. About 110 fat cattle were entered, and although the quality showed improvement on last week’s, the prices obtained were slightly lower for lighter lines, prime entries selling on a par with late rates. Prime bullocks made £0 to £7 10/O; prime cows, £1 10/ to £4- a/; others, from £2 ;">/; prime heifers, £4 u/0 to £5 5/. Pates remained on a par with last week for fat sheep, of which GOOO were yarded. Prime lambs made 1.1/ to 11/0; others, from 8/7; prime ewes,

7/ to S/2; others, from 5/3; twotoothed owes, .10/1; wethers, 10/ to 12/; stove sheep sold well. Ewes made up to 7/; Jambs, 5/0 to 12/; wethers, S/0 to 11/4. WOOL DISPOSAL. SYDNEY MARKET. EXCEPTIONAL COMPETITION. SYDNEY, April 10; iAt' the Sydney wool sales today 10,082 bales were offered and 8017 were sold. Also, 1570 bales were sold privately. The market was fully equal to the previous day’s rates. There was ckceptionally strong competition in all sections. Greasy merino sold to 15d. PRICE OP GOLD. DECLINE RECORDED. LONDON, April 18. Pine gold was quoted today at £0 0/9i an ounce, compared with £6 .1/6 on April 13.