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Northern Advocate, 4 May 1933, Page 10

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WESTFIELD STOCK SALE | i BEEF VALUES LOWER. j i i STEADY DEMAND FOE SHEEP. | LAMB PRICES FIRM. | (Per Press Association.— Dooyrlsht.) AUCKLAND, This Day. The Now Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company, Ltd., reports on the weekly Westfield fat stock sale, held yesterday, as follows: — Extra choice ox sold to 10/ per lOOlbs; choice and prime, 10/ to IS/; secondary and plain, 13/ to 15/; prime young cow and heifer beef, 15/ to .18/; secondary, 10/ to 14/. Heavy prime steers ranged in price from £G 5/ to £7 7/0; lighter, £5 7/6 to £6 2/0; light, £4 5/ to £5 5/; small and unfinished, £2 10/ to £4 2/0; extra heavy prime young cows and heifers, £4 5/ to £4 15/; heavy, £3 12/o'to £4 2/0; lighter, £2 17/0 to £3 10/; light, £2 to £2 15/; others, £1 to £.l. 17/0.

Sheep. —Sheep were yarded in average numbers. There was a steady demand, with values on a par with last week’s sale. Heavy prime wethers made from 15/(i to 16/0; medium prime M/- to 10/:!; medium prime, 8/6 to 0/0; light prime, 7/- to S/d; inferior, d/- co fi/fS. Lambs. —Lambs were penned in aveiage numbers. There was a keen demand, and values were very (inn at late quotations. Heavy prime made from ,12/0 to 14/(1; me’dium, 11/.°. to 12/(1; I light, 0/- to 11/-; -unfinished, from a/to 8/(1. Pigs.— Pigs were penned in averag n numbers. There was a steady demand, with values very firm on last week’s rates. Choppers sold from £1 to £2 4/-; heavy medium baconers, £2 (1/- to £2 1-V-; light baconers and heavy porkers, £1 Id/- to £2 4/-; medium and light porkers, 1 £1 to £1 8/-; small and unfinished porkers, 12/- to 18/-. A small yarding of store pigs met with a better demand and sold at advanced values. Large stores, 10/- to 14/-; slips, ."/• +o 0/-; weaners, ?>/- to 8/(1. Calves.—Calves wore penned in large numbers. Values declined on last week’s quotations. Runners made from £1 5/- to £2 12./-; heavy vealers, £1 10/- to £1 IS/-; medium, £1 ;!/- to £1 0/-; light, IS/- to £1 d/-; smaller, 10/- to 10/-; small and fresh-dropped, d/- to S/-; rough calves, 4/- tb S/- ; . ADDINGTON MARKET.

BEEF TN HEAVY SUPPLY. VALUES FALL SHARPLY. LOW LEVEL REACHED. (Per Press Association.—Copyright.') CHRISTCHURCH,’'-This -'Day, For tlio second- week in succession lack of food forced many fat cattle into the Addington market yesterday, causing abnormal yardings. Tlie market was the largest for an ordinary sale Tor years, and values showed a sharp fall to a level not previously reached. Store Sheep.—The entry was smaller than recently, and there was an erratic, sale. Ewes barely maintained late rates, wethers were cheaper, and values for. ewe lambs advanced 1/- a head. Good, fine-woolled ewe lambs made S/9 to 9/4; ordinary, to d/l; average mixed sex lambs, 9/- to d/-; ordinary soundmonthed halfbred ewes, 4/10 to d/4; aged and inferior, to 2/9; forward, halfbred wethers, (3/9 to 7/7; medium, to (>/-. Fat Lambs. —There was an entry of 9000. The export schedule was lower by one-eighth of a penny per lb, bur the market maintained late rates f Extra, prime heavy lambs sold up (0 1(3/7; prime heavy, 19/9 to Id/-; prime medium weight, 11/- to 19/-; light, 8/(3 to 10/(5.

Eat Bheep.—The entry of 4,800 constituted an over-supply and last week’s rates were barely maintained. Extra prime heavy wethers sold up to .18/7; prime heavy, .14/9 to 16/(1; prime medium weight, 12/0 to 14/0; ordinary, 10/0 to 12/-; light,, 8/0 to .10/-; extra prime ewes, 13/7; prime heavy, 10/6 to 11/4; prime medium weight, 8/- to 10/-; ordinary, to 7/0; light, to 5/6. '

Fat Cattle.—The entry was 5(5.°, head, and there was a verv dragging sale, with a general fall of £l to £1 10/- a head for medium and good sorts. Inferior types wore hard to quit. Best beef sold to 18/- per lOfllbs; good, prime, 15/- to 17/-; heavy weight medium, 12/0 to 15/0; good heifer, in/- to 10/O; good cow, 11/- to I I/-; seoondary eow, 9/- to 11/-; extra prime heavy steers made £9; prime heavy, £0 to £7 10/-; prime medium weight, £5 10/- to £7; ordinary, £;l 10/- to £5; light, to £3; extra prime heifers, to £5 17/0; prime. £3 10/- to £5; medium, £2 5/- to £0 5/-: light, to £2; extra prime eows, to £5 12/0; prime, £.’l to £-1; medium, £2 Jo £2; light, to £2.

Fat Pigs.—There was a very heavy entry, and values fell sharply. Choppers made up to £.°. HI/-; haconers, .‘l2/(1 to -1.1/-; heavy, 44/- to 54/(1 (average price per lb, 3JUI to Id); porkers, 21/to 24/(1; heavy, to 28/(1. (average price per lb, 4jd to 4i}d),

BRITISH WAR LOAN. SLIGHT DELL INK. (British Officia l Wireless.! RUGBY, May 2. War loan, 31 per cent., is quoted to : day at £IOO 12/0, compared with £l*l 13/9 on April 29,