FAT STOCK MARKET.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIV, Issue 19658, 9 June 1927, Page 9

FAT STOCK MARKET.

WEEKLY WESTFIELD SALE, RISE IN PRICES OF PIGS. BEEF, AND MUTTC:STEADY* There was an average yarding of ,stock, with little change in values, at the weekly fat stock sale at Westfield yesterday. The most marked change was an all-round ■ increase in prices of pigs, there beihg a small entry and a keen demand. Beef came forward in average numbers and competition was steady at late rates. 1 Some classes of sheep fetched slightly 1 better prices than last week, competition , being good. Lambs sold readily at firm values. ' There was a normal yarding of calves, ' which met a ready demand, vealers showing an advance. [ The following table gives tho prices for fat stock this week compared with those of last week : This Week. Last Week. BEEF (per 1001b.) Extra choice ox 27/- 27/- . Choice and prime ■ ox . . . . 23/- to 26/6 24/- to 26/1 Choice and prime cow and heifer 21/- to 24/ - 20/- to 24/- . SHEEP (per head)— r Prime; wethers .. 27/- to 28/6 26/- to 28/9 . Unfinished wethers 20/- to 24/6 21/- to 24/9 Prime ewes . . 20/- to 23/- 18/6 to 22/9 Prime lambs . . 22/- to 26/9 22/- to 25/9 > Unfinished lambs 12/- to 18/- 01- to 16/6 1 CALVES (per head)— 5 Runners .. 50/- to 88/- 51/- to 88/Vealers . . .. 54/- to 80/- 56/- to 73/1 PIGS (per head)- . • k Baconers .. 65/- to 77/- GO/- to 74/t, Porkers . . . . 45/- to 63/- 52/- to 57/- ; Large stores .. 30/- to 37/- 30/- to 37/r J LONDON MARKET PRICES, j Following aro tho latest prices for New » Zealand meat on the London market:— Sheep.—Wethers and maidens, .Canterbury quality, selected brands,- light, 6 3-8 d per lb.; medium, 5 5-8 d; heavy, 4Jd; other brands, light; 6 l-8d; medium, s|d; heavy, 4jd; ewes, medium and light, 4 l-Bd. Lambs. Canterbury quality, light, medium, .8 3-8 d; heavy, 8d; seconds, 8 5-8 d; selected brands, light, 9d; medium, BAd. Other brands, light BJd; medium, 8d; seconds, Bfd. Frozen Pork.—3olb. to 1201b., 9d; [ 1201b. to 1801b., 7£d. ) ALFRED BUCKLAND AND SONS. 5 Alfred Bucl<land and Sons. Ltd. report:— ; We penned fat cattle to the number of 601 3 head, aa compared with 525 at last Wed- ) nesday's sale, comprising 331 steers and 270 ) cows and heifers. The quality generally was first class. Competition was scarcely so keen 5 as at last week's market and heavy cattle were slightly lower. Extra choice ox sold to £1 7s per 1001b.; choice and prime. £1 5s to £1 6s 6d; secondary and plain, £1 2s 5 to £1 4s; prime young cow and heifer beef, ; £1 Is to £1 4b; ordinary cow beef, 17s to £L; extra heavy prime steers', £ll 5s to £ll 17s 6d (20 heavy prime steers from Mr. H. A. Robertson. Mangere, averaged £lO 15s, and 40 from Mr. J. L. Vercoe, Te Puke, £lO 12a 9d; heavy prime steers made, £lO • to £ll 2s Gd; lighter prime, £8 15s to £9 17s fid; light prime, £7 10s to £8 12s 6d; small and unfinished, £5 to £7 7s 6d; extra ! heavy prime young cows and heifers. £7 > 10s to £9 ss; heavy prime cows and heiferß, £6 to £7 7s 6d; lighter prime, £4 15s to £5 17s 6d; other killable cows, £3 5s to ' £4 12s 6d. There was a moderate yarding of sheep, the demand and values being on a ; par with last report. No extra heavy prime wethers were penned. Heavy prime, £1 7ei v to £1 8s 6d; medium to heavy prime, £1 5s to £1 6s 9d; light to medium prime, £1 33 6d to £1 4s 9d; unfinished, £1 to £1 r 3s 3d; extra prime young ewes. £1 Is 6d to £1 3s; heavy prime, £1 to £1 Is 3d; lighter prime, 17s 6d to 19s 9d; other killable ewes, 15s 6d to 17s 3d (1063 sheep sold). Lambs fcame forward to the number of 392 and Bold freely at late Quotations. Extra heavy prime lambs made £1 5s to £1 6s 9d;; heavy prime* £1 3s 6d to fl 4s 9d; lighter prime, £1 2s to £1 3s 3d; light prime,- 19s to £1 Is 9d; small and plain, 13s to 17g Gd. There was Jess than an average yarding of calves, with few good ' quality vealers. Runners made £2 10s to £4 6s; heavy vealers, £2 14s to £3 8a; ■ medium. £1 19s to £2 12s; light, £1 15s to' £2 - 2s; rough and plain, 10s to £1 3ai, „ small and fresh-dropped, 3s to £1 (120 sold). * "PigS, penned short of requirements, met n > brisk sale. Prices for porkers advanced all other classes selling at fuHyuP to rates. Heavy choppers made £4 to £5 3s, lisrhter £2 5s to £3 153; extra heavy pnmo ■baconers, £3 12s to £3 15s; medium, £3 6s to f3V: lißht, £3 to £3 4s; heavy porkers. £2 16s to £3; medium, £2 12s to ±2 I4s, light, £2 5s to £2 9s; small and unfinished £1 19s to £2 2s; store pigs made from £1 14s to £2 7s; weaners, lis to 18s pigs sold). LOAN AND MERCANTILE. The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co.. Ltd., reports.—Beef was penned in average numbers, with competition steady for ox beef which was firm at late values. Values for cow and heifer beef were Perhaps slightly lower. Extra choice ox sold to 27s nor 1001b.; choice and prime. 23- to 265, ordinary and plain. 20s to 225; prime young cow and heifer beef. 20s to 225; ordinary cow beef, 17s to. 19s; rough beef, t0.205. F.xtra heavv prime steers were penned. Heavy prime, £lO 7s 6d to £ll 10a; lighter prime, £9 10s to £lO ss; light prime, £8 to £9 7s Gd; unfinished and small, £6 10s to £7 17s Gd- extra heavy prime young cows and heifers. £8 to £9: heavy prime young cows and heifers. £7 to £7 17s 6d; lighter. £5 12s Gd to £G 15s; light cows. £4 to £5 10s. Sheep were yarded in less than average numbers. Competition was keen ana values were slightly better. Heavy prime wethers mado £1 7s Gd to £1 8s Gd : medium prime, £1 6s 3d to £1 7s 3d; light prime, £1 5s to £1 63: small and unfinished, £1 2s to £1 is 6d; heavy prime ewes. £1 to £1 2s; medium prime, 18s to 19s 9d; light prime, 16s to 17s 9d; interiorly fatted, lis to 14s 9d. Lambs were penned in small numbers and improved in value. Heavy prime made £1 4s to £1 5s 9d; medium prime. £1 2s to £1 3s 6d: light prime, £1 to £1 Is 9d; unfinished, beet, 15s 6d to 18s; others, 12s to 15s 3d. There was less than average yarding of pigs, which met with a keen demand, values of all classes advancing on late quotations. Choppers sold at £3 to £3 lis; heavy and medium baconors, £3 12s to £3 17s; light baooners and heavy porkers. £3 5s to £3 10s; medium porkers and light porkers. £2 15s to £3 3S: small and unfint ished porkers, £2 8s to £2 13s. Store pigs in small numbers sold at late quotations. . Large stores made £1 10s to £1 17s; blipb. £1 3s to £1 8s: weaners. 8s to 17s. Calves were penned in average numbers and sold under keen competition at improved value'B. Runners made £3 to £4 Ps; heavy vealerA. £3 10s to £4; medium, £2 18s to £3 8s; light. £2 10s to £2 16s; smaller. £1 18s- to £2 8s; small arid fresh dropped. 3s to £1 15 s; rough calves. £1 to £1 10s. DALGETY AND COMPANY. Dalgety and Company, Ltd., report:— Beef: There was an average yarding, selling at last week's quotations. A consignment of prime medium-weight bullocks, on account of Mr'. B. Read, sold to £ll 10s. The majority of ox beef was of exceptionally good quality. Good quality cows and heifers were subject to good competition. Extra choice ox sold to 27s per 1001b; choice and prime, 23s to 265; just killable, 20s to 225; prime young cow and 1 heifer beef, 20s to 225; just killable. 17s to 19s. Sheep: There was a smaller yarding than last week. Competition was keen throughout, _ values if anything being slightly easier. A line of prime heavy wethers, on account of Ruakura State Farm, sold to 295. A pen on account of Mr. R. Hall, Wiri, made 295. Heavy prime wethers, made £1 8s to J!1 9s: medium, £1 5s 6d to £1 7s Gd: light and unfinished, JJI Is to £1 2s 6d; heavy prime ewes, £1 Is to £1 3s; ligliteri 18s 53 to £1 0s 6d.; other ewes, 15s to 17s. Lambs: There was an average of lambs which so/d at late rates. Heavy prime lamb made £1 4s to £1 4s Gd: medium. £1 2s 6d to £1 3s 6d; light, 19s to 21s Gd. Calves: There was a much smaller yard--1 ing. _ In consequence calves sold readily at increased prices. Runners made £2 14s to £4 6s; heavy vealers, £2 14s to £3 12a; medium, £2 3s to £2 12s: light, £1 15s to £.l 2s; rough, 12s to £1 ss; fresh dropped, 4s to 16s. Pigs were penned in less than average numbers. Baconers were firm at last week's prices and white porkers were firmer. Choppers made £3 to £5; heavy baconers, £3 lis to £3 15s: medium baconers, £3 5s to £3 9s; light baconers, £2 19s to £3 3s; heavy porkers. .£2 15s to £2 18s: medium Porkers, A2 93 to £2 13s: light porkers. £2 3s to £2 7s. HAMILTON STOCK SALE. GOOD DEMAND FOR SHEEP. Reports on the weekly ntock sale at Frankton on Tuesday are as follows: The Farmers' Co-operative Auctioneering ■ Company, Limited.—The yarding of beef was of poor quality with the exception, of a few pens of prime young cows and lieifers, which sold at slightly improved rates. A fair entry of fat and store sheep was submitted and sold at equal to the previous week's rates. An average yarding of .fat pigs came forward and prices were easier. A small entry of stores sold at late rates. Good quality prime young cows and heifers made £6 10s to £7 Is; extra heavy prime cows, £8 to £8 ss; medium weight prune heifers. £5 5s to £5 17s 6d; heavy fat cows. £4 13s to £5 10s; rough and plain cows. £3 to £3 12s; 4-year old store steers. £0 10s; dairy heifers, early oalvers, £7 15s to

£8 ss. , Sheep.—Extra prime fat ewes made ! 23s 9d to 255; prime. 22a 3d: medium weight prime ewes. 19s; medium store woolley hog-geta. 15a 9d; small two-tooth ewes' in lamb to Romnay rams, 20s to 20s 8d; culls, 18a XOd. Heavy baconers brought £3 to £3 £a; medium baconers, £2 15s to £2 19s;,light baconers and heavy porkers. £'2 10s to £2 14s: light porkers, '£%' to £2 83; unfinished porkers. 34s to 375: choppers. £2 15s to £i 6s; good stores, 27s to, 31s: best weaners. 13a to 16s 6d: small weaners. 8s 6d to lis. New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company, Limited.—Good Quality beef was penned in small numbers, and gold,"under good competition at fully late rates;. 'A. small entry of store cattle, met with a fair , demand, and dairy cows close to profit again . sold well. A good entry of fat. aheep realised late rates. We quote:—Prime heavy fat cows, £6 12s to £6 17s; medium weights. £5 to £5 7s; lighter cows, £4 to £4 12s fed; , small veal calves, £1 to £1 63; 2-year-old steers, £4 ss; 16 months old steers, £2 10s; fleshy cows, £2 8a to £2 17a; springing '< heifers, £7 5s to £8; dairy cows, close to profit, £1 15a to £11: fat wethers. 5a 9d , to £1 6s; light, £1 3s; fat ewes, 16s to 18s 3d; good woolly hoggets. 18a Id; small. 12a 1 4d. A good yarding of fat and store pi'ga came forward. Price for all classes .remained on a par with late rates. Choppers made £3 12s to £4 15s; heavy baconers. < £3 6s to £3 13s; medium baconers, £2 18s to ■ £3 sa; light baconers and heavy porkers. £2 8s to £2 15s; porkers, £2 to £2 6s; stores. . £1 12s to £1 17s; slips. £1 2a to £1 8s: weanors, 12s to 16s. ... 1 Dalgety and Company, Limited.—lhere was a fairly large yarding of cow beef, the quality of which was only moderate with a few exceptions. There was no alteration in prices. Prime young cowa and heifers made £5 10a to £7 3s; ordinary prime cows. £4 16s to £5 6s: inferior cows. £3 10a to £4 12s; runners, £2 12a to £3 ss. Only a small number of store cattle was yarded and sold at late rates. Store cows, £2 2s to £2 12a; 2-year heifers, £2 2s 6d to £2 123; bulls, £2 10s; dairy cows, £5 to 1 £9 10s; inferior cows, £3 to £4 ss. There 1 was a good yarding of fat and store sheep. 1 which met with a keen demand, and sold j at late rates. Prime wethers made . 24s . to 26s 9d; prime fat ewes, 16s to 225; light 3 weight ewes," 14s to 15s 9d; fat woolly lambs. 19s ,6d to' 23a; forward store wethers, 36 at 24s sd, 70 :at 23s 9d, 135 2-tooth wethers. 22a 8(1, 45 ditto at 21s 9d; cull ewes in lamb, 15a 9a; small empty 2-tooth ewes. 173 6d; small woolly lambs, 14s 9d: cull lambs, 6s; 48 woolly lambs, 15s; 30 shorn lambs, 13a 6d; 232 4400 th ewes in lamb to Romney rams, 2Gb 9d;.170 2-tooth ewes in lamb to Romney rams, 275-; 239- 4, 6 and B-looth ewes in lamb to Romney rams, 2Gs 6d; 60 4-year-old ewea in lamb to Romney r rams, 24s 6d; 91 ditto, 245; 148 ditto, 23s lid; 110 store eweS. 14s. An average yarding of both fat and store pigs sold at last week's rates. > ' ) OTHER COUNTRY SALES. ' , The New Zealand Loan. and Mercantile Agency Co., Ltd., reports.—We held sales . during the past week at Weatfield and Papa- ' kura, also two clearing sales, one at Pum ' and the other at Clevedon. In each inj stance we are able to report most successful ; sales. We quote: Dairy Cows and heifers, close to profit, best, £lO to £l4 10s; others, £7 10s to £9 15s; backward springers, £4 • to £8; aged cows and inferior heifers, £2 to ' £3 17s 6d; bulls. £2.to £6 15s. 1 according to weight; empty cows, £1 15a to £3 10s, according to condition; yearling to 18 months heifers, best. £2 to £3 15s; others, 16a to £1 18a; yearling to 18 months steers, £2 10s to £3 15s; 2 to 2J-year steers, £4 to £4 15s; r 3 to 3i-year steers, £5 to £5- 15s: 4 to 4}year steers, £6 to £6 12s 6d: grown steers, j m forward condition, £7 to £7 15s; breeding : ewes, 17s to £1 6s; store wethers, £1 Is to ? £1 4s 4d. 3 Alfred Buckfynd and Sons Ltd., report.— 1 During the week we held sales at Westfield. , Kumeu and Runciman. There were full yardings for the time of year, and all classes of cattle sold at values quoted last week. ' The 1000 Bheep which were penned at West- , field found ready buyers. The purebred Romney ewes in lamb made £2 2s; two and four-tooth ewes in lamb. £1 7s 6d; P.P.M. ewes in lamb, £1 2s to £1 ss; older j ewes in lamb. 17s to £1; forward conditioned 1 wethers, £1 2s to £1 3s Gd; small two-tooth . wethers, £l. At Waiuku last Tuesday we ' sold Mr. Holmes G-. Selby's pedigree Jersey j cattle, numbering 23 head, also his dairy of 37 cows. There was an extra large atendance ' and competition was keen, high prices ruling throughout. Pedigree Jersey cows sold 1 to 38 guineas; in-calf heifers, to 25 guineas: £ yearling heifers, £lO 10s to £ls 15s; best of the dairy cows, £lB 18s to 23 guineas: ' others £l2 12s to £l7 17s: unsound and ; late calvers, £6 6s to £lO 103. _ Thirty of , the dairy cows realised the high average . of £l4 5a 3d. Sows in pig made £6 6s to ■ £lO 103. Store pigs, £1 13s; weaner pigs, 3 £1 ss. r \ RATES AT /ADDINGTON. 3 L ■ ADVANCE IN MOST SECTIONS. 1 .1 3 [BY TELEGRAPH. —PRESS ASSOCIATION.] ; CHRISTCHURCH, Wednesday. ; Light entries, were the rule to-day in practically all sections of fn,t stock at the Adv dingtor. market, -and prices showed a sharp 1 advance, particularly for fat nheep. 3 Store Sheep.—Lambs did not . sell as ; briskly as. ladt week, and only the best of t the ewes and wethers maintained late rates. 3 Pew buyers were operating. Three-quarter-bred ewe lambs made up to 19s lOd; cross- ; bred ewe lambs, 15s 9d to 18s 7d: good crossbred wether lambs, 15s 6d: half bred wether lambs, 12s Gd to 13s 3d; mixed j soxed halfbred lambs. IGa 3d; four and sixtoothed halfbred wethers. 21s 3d to 22s 8d: two-toothed halfbred wethers, 163 6d; sound and failing-mouthed three-quarter-bred ewes, 13s 9d to 19s 7d; sound-mouthed crossbred ewea, 20a to 23s 4d; six-toothed halfbred ewes, 24s to 255;. two and four-toothed halfbred ewes, 26s 7d; two and four-toothed crossbred ewes, 26s 9d: aged ewes, 7s to 9s. Fat Lambs.—A small entry of 1200 met with a firm sale, the export schedule of 9d a lb. for firsts being exceeded, with heavy weights proportionately higler. Extra prime lambs brought up to 30s lOd; prime lambs, 27s to 29s 6d; medium lambs, 24s to 26s 9d; light lambß, i.os to 23a 9d. Fat Sheep.—A keen sale was experienced, ewes being up from 2s 6d to 3b per head and wethers by '2s on last week's rates. Extra prime wethers made 36s to 42s 4d; prime wethers, 32a to 34a 6d: medium ■ wethers, 28s 6d to 31s 9d; light wethers, 2£s to 28s 6d; extra prime ewes, 30s +0 36a 7d; prime ewes, 26a to 29s 6d; medium ewea, 22s ' to 25a 6d; light ewes. 18s to 21s; aged owes, 13s 6d to 17a. ' Fat Cattle.—There was a smaller yarding than usual and there was an all-round advance of 20s per head for good beasts. A few pens of choice beef averaged up to 37s per 1001b.; heavy prime, 29s to 335; good quality medium-weight, 32s 6d to 355: good cows, 27s to 30a; rough beef, 18s to 23a per 1001b. Extra prime heavy steers realised £l6 10s to £l9 2s 6d; prime heavy steers, ' £l4 10s to £l6 sa; prime medium-weight steers, £l2 10s to £l4 15s; medium quality 1 steers, £7 15a to £ll 10s; rough steers, ' £6 15s to £7 10a: extra prime heifers to £ll 7s Gd; prime heifers, £8 5s to £lO 10s; ordinary heifers. £6 10s to £8; light heifers, 1 £4 5s to £6 ss; extra prime cows to £lO 1 12s 6d; prime cows, £7 5a to £9 ss: ordinary cows, £4 10s to £6 10a; aged cow s . ' £3 5s to £4. ;• . ~ Vealers.—l2 to 18-months sorts sold to 1 £7; good vealer3, £4 to £4 15s; others £2 to £3 15s. Dairy Cows.—Second to fourth calvers | made £8 10s to £ll ss; others, £4 to £8; 1 best heifers, £6 10s to £9; .thers, £2 10s to £6 ss. Fat Pigs.—There was a large entry. Choppers made £3 10s to £7 15s; baconers, £3 7a to £3 15s; heavy baconers, £4 to ; ,£4 7s; extra heavy to £4 15s: (average price per lb., 5Jd to 6idl: light porkers, 40s to 475; heavy porkers, 50s. to 60s (average price per lb.. 7d to 8d) Store Pigs.—Values " were unchanged - Weaners made 10s to 18s; slips, 19s to 245; - medium stores, 25s to 82s; large stores, 33s -. to 38s; extra large to 455; sows in pig, 1 £5 to £7, i BUTTER AND CHEESE PRICES. I THE DAIRY BOARD'S REPORT. I Tho Dairy Produce Board has received ! tho following market report from the f London agency, dated June 3, prices for T . the previous week beiug given in paren--3 theses: — . I Butter. —New Zealand: Salted, 168s to : 170s (168s to 170s); now freely quoted at 1 166s to 168s, with 170s occasionally; un--3 salted, 178s to 180s (174s to 180s); market 5 quiet. Australian: Finest salted, 164s - to 168s (162s to 1665); unsalted, 170s r to 174s (166s to 1725). Argentine: Flll- - est unsalted, 166s to 170s (162s to 1665). I Irish: Creamery, 164s to 166s (166s to 1 168s); unsalted, 172s to 174s (1745). 1 Dutch: 164s to 1665. Latvian: 162s to I 1645; unsalted, 164s to 168s. Lithuanian: 5 160s to 1625. Siberian: 160s (160s). : Danish: 166s to 168s (166s to 168s). Ex- ■ pect direct shipments from Siberia will I be renewed. Retail prices: Danish. Is ! 8d; North England, Is 9d, London; New Zealand, Is Bd. Germany : Indications are local production still large, but prospect of decrease shortly, involving purchases of increased quantities of other butters, which meantime attracted to England owing to high prices. France: Local production large, but interested in colonial. Cheese.—New Zealand: White, 86s to 87s, up to 88s (87s to 92s)coloured, 87s ' to 88s, exceptional, to 90s (88s to 945). : Market quiet, with weakening tendency. ! Canadian (old season): Finest white and coloured, 98s to 100s (98s to 100s). Now ' offering small quantity new season nt 87 s ; c.i.f., but no business. Retail price lid. ■ The board has also received advice from its agents in Canada as follows: — Butter.—Vancouver, 36$ cents (Is 1 6 3-8 d); Montreal, 34J cents (Is 5 3-8 d); New York, 43 cents (JLs 9£d); San Francisco, 41 cents (Is 7£d). , , Cheese.—Montreal, 18 cents (fid).