FAT STOCK MARKET.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIII, Issue 19512, 16 December 1926, Page 11

FAT STOCK MARKET.

WEEKLY WESTFIELD MARKET, BEEF AND MUTTON EASIER. KEEN COMPETITION FOR LAMBS. There was a very large yarding of beef at the West field iat stock sale yesterday, and in consequence the demand was easier, all classes receding in price. Old and heavy cows were especially dull oi sale. Wether mutton was in good supply and values barely maintained last week's rates. Ewes were penned in large numbers and lower prices ruled, A good yarding of lambs met with keen competition, and sold well at late rates. Calves were penned in large numbers, and as a result values declined, except for best quality The market sagged badly toward the close. An average yarding of pigs met with a steady demand. Values were maintained at late rates. The following table gives the pi-ices realised for fat stock this week and last week : This Week. Last "Week, BEEF (per 1001b.) Extra choice ox 30/- 32/Choice and prime ox . . , . 25/- to 28/- 271- to 31/Choice and prime cow and heifer 23/- to 25/- 20/- to 27/SHEEP (per head)Prime wethers . 19/- to 25/9 20/6 to 26/Unfin. wethers 19/- to 20/9 18/- to 19/9 Prime ewes .. 13/- to, 28/6 15/- to 18/6 Prime lambs . 1-1/6 to 25/- 15/- to 24/CALVES (per liead)Runners . . 71/- to 98/- 70/- to 10S,'Vealers .. 27/- to 85/- 20/- to 85/PIG 3 (per head)— Baconers .. 65/- to. 7S/- 65/- to 811 Porkers . . 42/- to 65/- 44/- to 63/Weaners . . 20/- to 25'- 20/- to 26/Slips o .. ,26/- to 34/- 30/- to 33/LONDON MARKET VALUES. Latest quotations for New Zealand meat on the London market are as follow : Sheep.—Wethers and maidens, Canterbury quality, selected brands, light, 6£d per lb; medium, sgd; heavy, s|d. Other brands, light, s§d; medium, 5J,d; heavy, sjjd. Ewes, medium and light, 3|d. Lambs.—Canterbury quality, light, IOJ-d; medium, 9.U1; heavy, 7J,d; seconds, Selected brands, medium, Bjjd. Beef.—Ox, fores, 3£d; hinds, 4d. Frozen Pork.— 801b to 1201b, 9d: 1201b to 1801b,' BJ,d. DALGETY AND COMPANY. Dalgety and Company, Ltd., report:—Beef ; A very heavy yarding, all classes being easier, especially just killable and heavy ox > while old and heavy cows were dull of sale. Extra choice ox sold to 80s par 1001b., ehoice and prime, 25s to 28s; just billable. to 245; prime young cow and heifer beef, 2js to >2ss; just billable, 18s to 22s bheep: A very large yarding, values being slightly easier for wethers and decidedly tower for ewes. Extra heavy prime -wethers, 25s 6d; heavy prime, 2!2s to 245; medium. J 93 to 21s; heavy prime ewes, 17s: lighter. 12s Gd to lGs. Lambs; A good yarding, com petition being keen, with little or no change in values. Heavy prime lamb, 23s Ijd; medium. 18s 6d to 225 : tight. 14s 6d to 17s. Calves: A heavy yarding, all classes being easier, except well-finished ' heavy vealers. Runners made £3 12s to £4 18s; heavy vealers, £2 10s to £4 6s; medium, £2 18s to ! £3 38; light, £1 18s to ,£2 6s. Pigs; A fair yarding, values being very firm. Choppers made to £3 15s; heavy baconers, £3 13s to £3 18s; medium baconers, £3 9s to £3 12s: light baconers, £3 5s to £3 8s; heavy porkers, £2 19s to £3 3s; medium porker? £2 13s to £2 17s; light porkcre, £2 da to £2 lis. ALFRED BUCKLAND AND SONS. Alfred Buckiand and Sons, Ltd., report ;~ VV e penned fat cattle to the number of 605 head, as against 521 head at last Wednesday s market, comprising SOT steers and 208 cows and heifers. The demand was not keen, and all classes receded in price. An odd pen realised £1 10s per lOQlb., but the bulk sold at £1 5s to £1 Bs. Extra choice ox sold to £llos per 1001b.; choice and prime, £1 5s to £1 8s; secondary and plain, £1 2s to £1 is; prime young cow und heifer beef, £1 3s to £1 ss; ordinary cow beef, 18s -to £ 1 2a; extra heavy prime steers, £) 2 10s to £l3 Ss; heavy prime, £ll 5s to £l2 7s 6d; lighter prime,. £lO to £ll 2s 6d; light prime. £S 35s to £9 17s 6d; small ; and unfinished. £7 to £8 12s 6d; extra heavy prime young cows and heifers, £7 to £9 12s 6d; heavy prime cows and heifers, ! £5 10s to £6 15s; lighter prime. £4 to I £5 2s 6d; other killable cows, £3 to £3 17s j • Gd. There was a ■ heavy yarding of sheep, a large proportion of which were ewes and, if anything, values for these were again lower. Wethers sold on a par with last week. Extra heavy prime wethers made £1 4s to £ 1 5s 9d; heavy prime,, £ 1 2s 6d to £1 3s 9d; medium to heavy prime, £1 Is to £1 2s 3d; light to medium prime, 19s Gd to £1 0s 3d; unfinished wethers, 19s to £1 0s !)d; extra heavy prime young ewes, IGs to 18s 6d: heavy prime, 14s 6d to 35s Gd: lighter prime. 13s to 14s 3d: other killable, 11a 6d to 12s 9d; other ewes, 5s to 10s Gd. (IG6I sheep sold.) There was an extra large entry of lambs, including several lines of plain lambs All prime quality sold under keen competition at ruling rates. Extra heavy prime lambs made £1 4s to £1 ss: heavy prime. £1 2s ,to £1 3s 9d: lighter prime, £1 to £1 Is 9d : light prime, IBs to 39s 9d; small and plain 10s Gd to_ 16s Gd. (G93 lambs sold.) Calves were again penned in large numbers, values showing a further sharp- decline, especially toward the conclusion cf the sale. Runners made £3 Is to £4 6s (no heavy vealers yarded); medium vealers. £2 2» to £2 18siight. £3 7s to £2, rough and plain, 7s to 15s; small and fresh-dropped, 3s to 17s, (257 _sold.) There was again an average yarding of fat pigs. The demand was steady throughout, with prices equal to our last report. No extra heavy baconers were penned. Choppers made £2 to £4 10s; medium baconers, £3 lis to £3 14s: light, £3 6s to £3 10s; heavv porkers, £9 19s to £3 ss; medium. £2 IS* to £2 17slircht, £2 5s fo .52 lis: small and unfinished. £2 2s to £2 9s There was an increased offering of stores. Ooo'l framed are still being sought after, smaller pigs being lower. Larce stores made £2 2s to £2 9s; smaller. £1 16s to £2; slips. £1 Ps to £1 14s; wenners. £1 to £1 sa; small, Us to 17s. (454 sold.) LOAN AND ( • MERCANTILE. The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company. Limited, report:—Beef was penned in average numbers. Competition was not so keen and values were lower by Is to 2s per !00lb Extra choice ox sold to ,30s per 1001b. -. choice and prime, 25s to 295: ordinary and plain. 20s to 245; prime young cow arid heifer beef, 23s to 255: Ordinary cow beef. 18s to 225; heavy prime steers. £ll 15a to £32 12s 6d; lighter prime, £lO 10s to £ll 12s Gd: light prime. £9 to £lO 7s 6d; unfinished and small, £8 to £8 17s 6d: heavy prime young cows and heifers. £7 to £7 15s; lighter, £6 to £6 17s fid; light cows, £4 15s to £5 15s: other cows. £3 to £4 12s 6d. Sheep were yarded j;n larger numbers Prime wethers sold at late quotations, while ewes were again easier by Is to 2s a head. . Heavy prime wethers made £1 4s to £1 5s 6d; medium prime, £1 2s to £1 3s 9d: light prime, £1 to £1 Is Sd; small and unfinished. 18s to 19s 9d; heavy prime ewes, 14s 6d to 16s: medium prime. 12s to 14s 3d; light prime. 10s to lis 9d. Lambs were penned in average numbers, selling at late quotations. Heavy »rime made £l. 2s 6d to £1 3s 9d; medium prime, £1 Is to £1 2s 3d: tight prime. 18s to £l-. unfinished. 10s to 16s Pigs were penned in large numbers, values being very firm at late quotations. Choppers_sold at'£2 ICs to £4 la; heavy and medium baconers. £3 8a to £3 19blight baconers and heavy porkers, £3, to £3 ; Bs: medium porkers and light porkers. £2 10s to £2 183; small and unfinished porkers, £2 to £2 8s Store pigs in large numbers sold readily at late quotations. Large stores made £2 to £2 7s: slips. £1 10s to £1 18s, weaners 16e .to £1 5s Calves were penned in large numbers. Values again declined, except in a few instances for good extra heavy vealers. Runners made £3 to £5 33; heavy vealers, £3 18s to £4 12s: medium. £2 5s to £1 16s; light; £1 10s to £1 18s; smaller. £1 to £1 8s: small and fresh dropped, 33 to ISs; rough calves, 12s to £1 6s. HAMILTON STOCK SALES. LOWER PRICES FOR BEEF. Reports on the .weekly stock sale at Hamilton on Tuesday are:— Dalgety and Company, Limited,--There was a fairlj? large yarding of beef, including a few pens of. light steers._ The demand was only fair, and prices were •lower. Light steers made £7 Is to £b fis; light prima young cows and heifers, £6 5s to £7 18s; medium quality cow and heifer beef sold from £5 to £6 2s bd: inferior cows. £3 to £4 ss; forward cows, £3 ss; boner cows* 30s to 405.--y e wore a few stores .yarded; 15 months e riesi,an steers, £2 15s; Shorthorn ateers., -<■ 145; yearling heifers. 803; inienor yoaxi-

mg heifers, 15s; bulbs, £2 10s to £l. Sheep were yarded in moderate numbers. Fat ewes and wethers sold at lute rates. Best fat wethers, 22s to 245; prime ewes. 14s Gd to lt)3 (id; prime shorn hoggets,, to 21s fid; woolly wethers. 24s Gd; prime lambs. 21s to 25s _6d; store wethers, 19s 2d. A large jrardinc of both fat and store pigs, Pat pigs sold at late rates, while large stores sold exceptionally well. Heavy baconers. £3 10s to £3 15s; medium, £3 8s to £3 9s; heavy porkers, £2 15s to ,£3 2s; light, £2 Ss to £2 13s; large stores, £2 4a to £2 12s; slips. £1 6s to £1 13s; weaners, ISs to 235; small, 13s to IC^ New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company, Limited.—A good entry of fat cattle was penned, with store cattle in small numbers. Ox beef showed a decided drop in value, and fat cows sold at lower rates than last week. An averase yarding of sheep met- with a lair demand, with prices slightly easier. Fat bullocks made £lO 17s; fat cows. £6 Is to £7 ss; fat heifers, £6 6s to X 6 lis; rougn fat cows. £3 14s to £4 15s; veal calves. £1 10s to £2 2s t'd; 15-months Jersey heifers, £3 ss; dairy cows. £4 to £4 10s; fat wethers. £1 4s; fat ewes, 15s Go to 18s 3d; fat lambs. 3*l 2s Gd to £1 ss: shorn M.S. hoggets. 17a (id. A good yarding of both fat and store piss came forward, prices being a little better than Inst sale. Heavy baconers. £3 9s to £3 16s; medium, £3 Is to .i 3 6s; ligttt baconers, and heavy porkers. £- I's to £2 18s; porkers, £2 4s to £2 lis; stores, £1 10s to £2; slips £1 Sa to ±1 13s; weaners. IPs to £1 Ss. . , The Partners' Co-operative Auctioneering Company.—We had a good yarding or beef, fat sheep, fat and store pigs, only a few store cattle being penned. Beef again easier, os beef selling at equal to 2i>s per 1001b; prime cow and heifer, •Ms. Fat sheet, sold xu> to last weeks rates, as also did fat pigs, while large stores were firm at advanced rates. Mediumweight prime steers made £lO 10s to -.11 2s• lighter, £9 10s to £9 ISs; youpp t and well ckme steers. £7 8s to £3; unfinished. £0 10s to £6 17s Gd' prime heavy cows, £ 6 19s to £7 ss; good quality light prime heifers. £7 Ss to £7 10s; medium-weigh cows, £6 to £6 4s; light. £3 Us n to £■» lis; prime wethers, 245; lighter. Js u 225; unfinished. 19s 3d _to 90s Gd; M ewes. IBs to IGs 8d; plain. 13s 6(1: w lambs. 20s 3d to 225; heavy baconers, Ad 10s to £3 15s; light baconers, £3 3s to £3 7s; heavy porkers, £2 15s to £3, "Knt porkers, £2 8s to £2 lis; good stores, £2 B,' to £2 7s; slips. 31s to 335; best weaners 24s to 28s; small and young. 13b to 1m OTHER COUNTRY SALES. Alfred Buckland and Sons. Limited, report ;—During the week wo held sales at Westfield, Wellsford. luakau. Turua and Helensvilk a pig sale at WaHiku and a cleaving sntle on account oi; Mr. bpenc© Atkinson, Fapaloetoe. There were average vardinga at all centres, and values obtained were similar to late sales. Best dairy cows made £l4 to £lB, these prices being realised at Mr. Atkinson sale. Good cows made £lO to £l3; second grade cows i.j to £0 15s; others. £3 10s to 4.6 15s; best springing heifers, £8 to £lO 10s; others. £5 15s to £7 Jss; small and backward. £3 10s to £5 10s; empty yourtg cows, 10s to £3 10s; store cows, £ls? to Ai ss; prime fat young cows and heifers, io 10a to £8 ss; fat cows, £4 to £5 ss; cows, £1 10s to £3 17s 6d; fat steers, £b 10s to £lO 10s: grown steers in forward condition, £7 to £3 ss; three to four-year-old gteers, £'s 15s to £6 17« (id; two to three-vear-o\d steers, £t lOs to Xo 1-s 6d ; >catling to eighteen month old stoers, £J ids to £j ss;' well bred yearling to eighteen-month-olci dairy heifers, £3 to £4 sa: others. £1 15s to £2 17s 6d; good calves, £1 5s to £1 12s; smaller calves. 15s to £1 bs; sound young herd bulls, £5 fi? to £9 9s; heavy bulls. £4 to £6 sit; other bulls, £1 10s to £3 103. , Prices for pigs at Waiuku wore equal to Wostfield quotations. The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company, Limited, reports.—\Ve held Bales during the past week at Westfield. Warkworth and Pnkekoho. all classes of cattle Belling at late quotations. Dairy cows and heifers, best £9 to £ 12other s_ io to £8 15s ■ aged cows and inferior heifers. £2 to £4 IBs' bulls. £2 to £5, ss; empty cows, £1 10s to £3 15s; yearling to lbmonths heifers, best £3 to £4 15s. others £1 5s to £2 15s; yearling to 18-months steers, £2 5s to £3 15s; two to 2|-year steers, £4 to £4 17s Cd; three t-o 31-year steers. £5 to £G; four to, 41-year, steers. £<> 5s to £G 17a (3d; grown steers in forward condition, £7 to £8 Ga; beef at fully Westfield quotations. ! HATES AT APDINGTON. FAT SHEEP CHEAPER. [US TELKOEAPH.—KRESS ASSOCIATION.] CERISTGHUKCH. Wednesday. Entries at .Adding ton to-day wen larger in. the slieep section, but emalle] in the cattle Tho latter showed an un provement in prices. Young . store ewes and ewes and lambs also sold well, but al other clafiiies of stock were weaker. Store Sheep.—Good four and six-toothec haltbred wethers mii.de 21s 9d to 22s 8d ordinary four and six-toothed halfbrec wethers. 19s to 20s 6d; four and six-toothec crossbred wethers, 20s to 21s fidtwo-toothed halfbred wethers, 18a 6d to 20a 7d; inferioi two-toothed halfbred wethers, 16s lid tc 17s 3d; two-toothed crossbred ewes, 26a 3d to 30s; two, four and six-toothed crossbred ewes. 28s 3d to 29s 3d; aged shorn ewes with good lambs,' 18a 4d (all counted); aged woolly crossbred ewes with lambs, 14s lid to 17a 4d. Fat Lambs.—Just on 3000 were entered. Exporters were operating freely aa the works have been opened for tbe season. Lambs. 361b and under making 85d to 9d per lb, butchers paying this figure for heavier sorts; 371b to 421b, 7Jd. and ov»r weights down to 7d; extra prime lambs to 30s Id; prime, 26b to 28s 6d. medium. 23s 6d to 25s 6d; light, 19s 6d to 235. Fat Sheep.—There was a heavy entry. Exporters operated a little at very sharp limits, and butchers wore loft to take most of the yardingß. Values were down ,on last week by about 2s a head, .Extra prime heavy wethers to 34s lOd; prime wethers. 27a to 80s; medium, 25a 6d to 26s 6d; light, j 23s to 255; extra prime eWes, to 26s Od; prime, 22s to 25a; medium. 18s to'2ls 6d; ; light, 15s to 17s Gd. . ; Fat Cattle.-—A smaller entry, comprising 480 head. Best medium weight'beef made i 35s to 38s per 1001b; heavy prime. 313 to_B3s I (3d; medium quality, 32s to 345; best heifer, 33s to 375; best cow, 30a to 335; and inferior. ! 25s to 27s Gd; extra heavy steers, £ls to £l7 7s 6d; prime heavy steers, £l4 to £ls; prime ! medium weight steers, £l3 to £l4 _lssr medium quality steers, £lO to £l2 10s; light steers. £7 5s to £9 10s; extra heavy heifers, to £l3 17b 6d'; prime hoiferu, £9 to £l2; medium heifers, £7 to £8 15s; light heifers. £5 5s to £6 10a; extra heavy cows, to £l3: prime cows, £8 30s to £ll 10s; medium cows, £G 10s to £8 ss; light cows, £4 to £6 ss. Vealers.—A small entry and a firm sale. Runners, to £8 10a; good calves, £4 10s to £5 5s lid; others, 80s to £3 10a,. Fat Pigs.—Prices were easier Choppers made £3 to £5 10s; baconers, £3 7s to £-1 18a (average per lb, 6}d to 7d); porkers. 45« to G3s (average per lb. 7Jd to-73d). Store Pig?.—There was a small-entry and a slightly better sale. Weaners, l!>s to 235; stores, 27a, to 42a ; large, to 50®. KAWARAU GOLD MINING CO. PROSPECTS FOR NEXT SEASON. [BY TELEGRAPH. OWN CORRESPONDENT." DTINEDIN, Wednesday The" report of tho directors of the Kawarau Gold Mining Company, to be presented at the second annual meeting, states that since the issue oi tho halfyearly report of the company the con struction of the dam was, in Bjjite o! continued adverse conditions, pushed ahead til) August 30, when work was completed to permit of the trial closing of tho gates for a period of 10 days. Owing to th( lateness of the season and the volume oi tributary streams being considerably swol ten by melting snows, no conclusive results could be expected, other than t< prove the stability and effectiveness o: the Kawarau dam and permit of the sur vey of claims being made by claim-holders upon whom falls the function of actua mining operations on the river. It was not possible, owing to the abovf conditions, to view the undertaking as it would .be under a normally cold winter Consequently, the recent operations wer< confined to prospecting claims and gathering as much information aa possible foi future operations. In view of the results obtained in the limited period this year the directors feel that next season's operations can he looked forward to with confidence. Plenty of time should then be available to wine 'he dam and divert the river at selected spots, and thus expose the bed at these places where the richest deposits undoubtedly lie. PEARL SHELL FISHERIES. POOLING OF PRODUCTION. The Minister in Western Australia controlling fisheries, Mr. J. W. Hickey, stated lately that he had been advised that a draft bill had been prepared by the Federal authorities - for the consideration of Parliament during next session It provided for the pooling of mother of pearl shell, production in Australia, an A the regulation of its sale. In# biL covered Thursday Island and Western Australia, including Share Bay, if weessarv. Mr. Hickev said he did not think there was any possibility of the pool proving; more beneficial to the bigger pearl fishers than to the smaller ones, so tar as Western Australia was concerned.