Spirited Sale At Westfield

Northern Advocate, 28 July 1938, Page 3

Spirited Sale At Westfield

ISpecial to “Northern Advocate.”} AUCKLAND, This Day. With the exception of sheep, there was spirited competition in all sections at the Westfield fat stock sale yesterday. Recent rates were fully maintained, advances being recorded in the values for beef, calves and pfgs. The best bid for steers was £l6 5/, as compared with £l4 at last week’s sale. The yarding of cows and heifers was smaller than usual. In consequence, strong competition led to an advance on recent rates, the best sale being £ll 5/. There was a large entry of sheep, and the quality was of a uniformly high standard. As a result, unfinished and poorer sheep were difficult to quit. Although the quality of the calves offered was not up to the standard of recent sales, there was brisk bidding for all classes. Runners advanced in price from 157/6 to 160/. There was a strong demand for pigs, chiefly because of the smallness of the numbers penned. Choppers improved by as much as £1 a head. Stores also showed a general advance of 5/ a head. The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co., Ltd., reports:— Sheep; Heavy prime wethers, £1 14/6 to £1 16/; medium prime, £1 12/ to £1 14/3; light prime, £1 9/ to £1 11/9; smaller, £1 4/6 to £1 8/6; unfinished wethers, 18/ to £1 4/; heavy prime ewes, £1 3/ to £1 5/; medium prime, £1 1/ to £1 2/9; light prime, 18/ to £1 0/9; just killable ewes, 12/ to 17/; inferiorly fatted ewes, 4/6 to 11/; extra heavy prime lambs, £ls/ to £1 9/6; heavy prime, £1 3/9 to £1 4/9; medium prime, £1 1/ to £1 3/6; light prime, 18/ V) £1 0/9; unfinished, 15/ to 17/6; others, 9/ to 14/. Pigs: Choppers, £3 to £4 18/; heavy and medium baconers, £4 4/ to £4. 13/; light baconers and heavy porkers, £3 16/ to £42/; medium porkers and light porkers, £3 to £3 14/; small, £2 10/ to £2 18/; unfinished, £1 15/ to £2 8/; large stores, £1 10/ to £1 17/; slips, 18/ to £1 8/; weaners, 10/ to £1 5/. Calves: Runners, £4 to £7 10/; heavy vealers, £5 to £5 17/; medium, £4 8A to £4 18/; light, £3 10/ to £4 6/; smaller, £2 10/ to £3 8/; small, £2 to £2 8/; rough calves, 15/ to £1 10/; fresh-dropped to six weeks old, 7/ to £1 18/.