FAT STOCK MARKET.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXV, Issue 20098, 8 November 1928, Page 9

FAT STOCK MARKET.

WEEKLY WESTFIELD SALE. LATE RATES MAINTAINED. GOOD VALUES IN COUNTRY. Late rates fur cattle, sheep and lambs were maintained at (lie Wostficld stock salo vestcrday. Extra choice ox beef again sold at up to 45s per 1091b., and an average yarding of beef met with u keen demand throughout.

The firmness of the market at West field was in accordance with the excellent country sales reported within the past few days. The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company, Limited, reports

good country sales generally, that conducted during the past week at Fapakura showing a distinct advance in cattle values, which wero the best realised fur some years.

Sheep were yarded in average numbers at Westfield yesterday, and steady bidding maintained late values. Prime wethers commanded up to 36s 6<l, shorn and unshorn offerings up to 44s 6d. Prime lambs of excellent quality sold freely at 25s to 31s.

There was a fairly substantial yarding of calves, which sold at late rates. There was a largo offering of pigs, and values fell appreciably, especially for bactmors.

Following is a summary of the prices realised for fat stock this week, coinpared with last week: —

BEEF (per 1001b) —This Week. Last Week. Extra clioico ox .. 45/- 15/Choice ami prime ox 42/- to 11/- 42/- to 41/Choico arid prime cow and heifer . 37/- to 10/- 'Jill- to 10/SIILEP (per head/ Prime wethers— Shorn .. .. 29/- 1o 30/0 31/- to 1)5/0 Unshorn .. to 44/0 40/- to 44/G Unfinished wethers— Shorn . .. Unshorn .. 27/- to 30/0 35/- to 37/9

Prime ewes— Shorn .. .. 23/- to 30/9 22/0 to 30/3 Unshorn .. .. 35/- to 40/- 20/- to 39/ Hoggets— ' Shorn .. .. 20/- to 30/- -- Unshorn .. 32,'- to 30/0 Spring lambs Prime lambs . 25/- to 31/CALVES (per lieudj— Runners .. .. 90/-to MO/- SO/- to 121/- \ Cillers .. 70/- to 110/- 52/- to 117/I'IUS (pel head) Jiaroners .. .. 50'- to 08'- 55/- to 75/Porkers .. .. 37 -to 50/- 40/- to 58/Weuners .. .. 7/- to 24'- SI- to 18/Slips .. .. in/- to 28/- 18/- to 20/Large stores .. 20/- to 30/- 28/- to 37/LONDON MARKET PRICKS. following are the latest quotations for New Zealand meat on the London market: Mutton.—Wethers and maidens, Canterbury (juulity, selected brands, light, 6 7-8 d per lb: medium, 6 7-8(1; heavy, 6 3-Bd. Other brands, light, 6-jd ; medium, 6J,d; lieuvv, 6]d. Ewes, medium, 4^l. Lambs.—Canterbury cjuality, light, 10j<l; medium, 10 1 -8(1; heavy, 9 38d ; seconds, 8 7-8(1. Selected brands, light, lOd j medium, 9 7-Bd. Other brands, first quality, light, 9id; second quality, 3011) to 321b, BJd. Beef. —Ox fores, 4d : hinds, sd. Cowfores, 31(1 : binds, 4^(l. I'ork.—Porkers, 7(1 to 7id; haconers, 7Jd. DALGETY AND COMPANY. Dalgety and Company, Ltd.—Beef: Ox beef wits penned in less than average numbers, the bulk of which comprised welitiir.shed lines. Competition was fairly steady throughout, the market being especnilly linn for well-finished lightweight rattle. We sold on account of Mr. W. E. Short, of Malaniatu,- one truck of ]>rime bullocks, which sold at £l4 to £lB 10s, the latter pen being purchased by Mr. A. W. Scotting, of St. 11 oilers. We also Bold on iicnnmt of a Waikato client one truck of bullocks, which realised .£l4 17s Od to £lO. Cow beef was short-yarded arid the market was very firm on last week's quotations. F.xtra choice ox sold to Ins perlOOlb; prime young cow and lieifer beef, 10s. Sheep: Fat cheep were penned in less than average numbers.' Competition was steady and prices realised were on a par with Inst week. We sold on account of the Towers Estate, Matainutii. a consignment of prime heavy shorn wethers, which topped the market. Tho two to]) pens realised £1 18s 3d and were purchased by Mr. A. W. Scotting, of St. Jlcliors. and Messrs. I). Jleslop and Co., of Onehunga. The balance of the line realised £1 l(is Od, £1 10s 9d. £1 17s Cel. £1 18s. A pen of prime heavy shorn maiden ewes on account of Mr. V/. K. Penchey, of Coromandel, brought £1 19s Od and were purchased by Mr. W. 11. Lawson, of Mount Eden, this being the top price of the day for fat ewes. Extra heavy prime wethers, shorn, made £1 18s lid; heavy prime, £1 10s (id: medium, £1 12s fid: heavy prime ewes, shorn, £1 19s (id; lighter, £1 4s Od: other ewes, fl 2s Od. Lambs: An average yarding of spring larubs came forward and sold on a par with lust week's realisations. Prime binib made 25s (id: medium, 2(r; light. 22s 3d. Calves penned in average numbers and sold freely at late quotations. Runners made A's to £0 10s; heavy venlers, £•1 to JL'-l 15s; medium, £3 3s to £3 18s; light, £2 2s to £3; rough. 18s to £1 18s. Pigs: Bacon pigs again showed a decline, competition being very weak. Porkers sold nt about liist week's values. Choppers made £1 13s to £2 ss; heavy haconers, £2 .10s to A3; heavy porkers, £2 Is to £2 8s; medium. A'2 12s to £2 15s; medium and light, A'2 to £2 3s; light. £2 0s to £2 lis.

LOAN AND MERCANTILE. The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company, Limited, reports:—Beef was penned in average numbers. Competition was steady throughout, with values (inn for all classes nt hitc rates. " Extra choice o.x sold to Jtl'i- 5s per 1001b: choice and prime, £2 2s' to .£2 4s; ordinary and plain. XL-'lßs to i'2 Is; prime voung cow and beifer beef, £1 18s to £2; culinary cow beef, XI 15s to JLI 17s; no ('., Ila heavy })iime steers were penned; heavy prime steers, I'lo 10a to £l7 10s; lighter prime, I'l3 to £lO ss; light prime, £l3 10s to £ll 17s Od; unfinished and small, £lO to £l3 ss: extra heavy prime young cows and heifers, .£l2 10s to .£l3 15s; heavy prime. .£ll to £l2 7s 0d: lighter, £9 10s to £lO 17s fid; light cows, .£8 to A' 9 7s fid; others, .£0 to .£7 17s Od. A consignment of fat steers from Messrs. Trewiu Bros., of Miirohemo, sold up to £]7 10s; tho 14 head averaging £lO 10s 2d. Sheep were yarded in average numbers, and sold at late values. No extra heavy prime wethers were penned; heavy prime, £1 14s Od to £1 10s Od: medium prime, £1 13s to £1 lis 3d: light prime, £1 lis to £1 12s 9d: small and unfinished. £1 8s to £1 10s 9d; heavy prime ewes. A'l 0s 3d tb £1 8s; medium prime, £1 4s Od to £1 0s; light prime, £1 3s to £1 Is Od. All the sheep were shorn. Lambs were penned in average numbers and sold at late rates. Heavy prime made .£1 8s to £1 0s 9d; medium prime, £1 0s to .£1 7s nd; light prime. £1 3s lo i'l 5s Od. Beef were penned in large numbers. Values were on a par with last week's quotations, except for heavy baconers, which were easier. Choppers sold at £1 10s to £2 10 s; heavy and medium baconers, £2 10s to t'.'l Is; light baconers and heavy porkers. £2 10s to £2 10s; niediinn porkers and light porkers. £2 to .£2 8s; small and unfinished porkers, £1 10s to £1 18s. Store pigs were penned in large numbers. Values were easier on late quotations. Large stores made i'l 10s to i'l 10s: slips, I'l to .£1 8s; weaners. 7s to Ms. Calves were penned in liirie numbers. Values were easier, especially for late sale calves, (lood quality vealers sold up to late quotations. Runners made i' 4 10s to £7; heavy venlers. £5 to £5 19s: medium, £1 8s to £4 18s; light. £3 lis to £t Is; smaller. £2 18s to .£3 12s; small mid fresh (Implied, i'l 9s to £2 I (is; rough calves. £1 to £2 ss.

ALFRED BUCK LAND AND SONS. Alfred Huoklnnd mid Minis*. Limited, report:— We penned heel to the number ol 1108. iin compared with ;118 heud ut last Wednesday's Hale, comprising '207 steers and 101 cows mu[ heifers. The ox beef was, with tin odd exception, of excellent quality. There was a keen demand throughout, and last week's values were easily sustained. Extra choice ox sold to £2 5s per 1001b.; choice and prime, £2 '2* to i"2 4s; secondary uml pluin, £ 1 l c )e to i"2 Is; prime young row and heifer beef. £1 17s to £'2; ordinary cow beef, X'l IMb to £1 IGs. Extra heavy prime steers mimed from £l3 10s to £l9. the In tier price for steers from Mr, W, 11. Holland, Wuipipi. bought by the Auckland Meat Company, Limited The highest averages were: 7 steers from Mr. Kellnud, £lB fls lid; S from Mr. C. G. Robertson, Otauii, £l.B 8h Id; 15 from Mr, B. Heed, WiierenKii. £l7 '2s '2d: LI from Mr. 11. A. Robert bom, Mant'cre, £ 10 Ps; '2O from Mr John Mclntvre, Puni. CIO Oh (id; '25 from Mr. Frank Vosper, Matnimittt, £10; 8 from Mr. 11 Rothery, £l3 2s (VI. ITeavy prime steers made £l7 5s to £l6 6s; lighter prime. £lO In ,C 17 Qs (*d; light prime, £J4 to £ls 17s Or?; small and iinfmismcd, £l2 H)s lo £l,l 17s Od; extra heavy prime youna cows and

heifers, £l3 to £l4 2s Gd, for heifers bought by Mr. D. Brideson; heavy prime cows and heifers,. £ll 10s to £l2 17b Gd; lighter prime. £9 to £ll 7s Gd; other killablo cowb, x £o to £8 17s Gd. There was nbout an average yarding of sheep, the demand and values being on a par with last week's rates. No extra heavy woolly or shorn wethers carne forward. Heavy prime wethers, woolly, £-2 2s Dd to £2 4s Gd; shorn, £1 14s to £1 Kis Gd; medium,to heavy prime, shorn, £1 lis to £l 13s 9d; light to medium prime, woolly, £1 17s to £L 19s Gd; shorn, £1 9s to £1 10s 'Jd; unfinished, shorn. £1 7s to £ 1 8s 9d; shorn hoggets, £ 1 Gs to £1 10s; woolly, £1 12s to £1 Ids Gd; extra heavy prime young ewes, woolly, £1 17s to £2; shorn. £1 7s to £ 1 9s; heavy prime ewes, woolly, £1 15a to £1 16s 9d; shorn, £1 f>s to CI Gs 9d; lighter prime, shorn. £1 3s to £1 4h 9d (914 sheep sold). The 141 spring lambs which came forward wern of prime quality, and sold freely without alteration in values Extra heavy prime lambs made £1 10s to £ 1 11s. for Hvland lambs from Mr K. D. Orr. Pukokawa, purchased by the Auckland Meat Company; heavy prime lambs. £1 7s to £1 9s 9d; lighter prime, CI 5s to £1 Gs 9d; light prime, CI to £1 Is 9d; small fat lambs. CI Is to £1 2h 9(1, 40 Ryland lambs from Mr, Orr averaged £ 1 9s Gd. An average yarding of calves consisting mostly of light vealers. met a keen sale. No runners were offered. Heavy vealers made £4 15s to £G 12s. for alt extra good heifer from Mnn--1 cere; medium vealers. £.l 10s to £4 8s; light. £2 13s to £3 3s: rough and unfinished, £1 8s to £1 lGs: small and freshdropped, 7s to £| lis (248 calves sold). There was nn extra heavy yarding of fat pigs. Values for nil classes were considerably lower, bneoners suffering most. Choppers realised £1 15s to £2 15s; heavy prime bneoners. fit to £3 8s; medium, C2 15s to £2 18s; light. £2 10s to £2 13s; heavy porkers. £2 7s to £2 10s; light anil medium, fl 17h to 1:2 ts; small and unfinished, i'l lis to fl 15s. Stores were firm at latf rates. Hood-framed and conditioned made £1 10s to £1 ir,s; smaller, £1 Gs to £| 8s: slips, IPs to CI 3s- weniiers, 12s to 15s. The advertised Berkshire wenners on recount of Mr. ,Tstmjrs Rock. Sunnvcroft, Te Knmvhata. sold at £1 Is to £] 4s (521 nigs soldi. COUNTRY SALES. Alfred Buckland and Sons, Ltd., report; During the week we held sales at Westfield. Waiuku, I'ukekohe and Kumeu, also a pig sale nt. Waiuku. There continues to be a strong inquiry for all classes of cattle at ruling high values. Best dairy cows at, profit or recently calved made £l2 to £lB 10s; second-grade cows, £9 to £ll 15s; other dairy cows, £5 10s to £8 15s; best springing heifers, 110 10s to £ls; other springing heifers, £6 to £10; empty young cows and heifers, £5 to £" ss; heavy prime fat cows and heifers, X'lo 10s to £l3 15s; lighter, £7 to £10; boner and store cows, £3 to i'G 17s 6d; cows with calves, £7 to £lO ss: fat steers, £ll to £ls ss; well-bred yearling to 18-months-old dairy heifers, £6 to £8 8s for best; smaller sorts, £4 10s to £5 17s Gd; rough heifers, £3 10s to £4 10s; grown steers in forward condition, £lO 15s to £l2 ss; four-year-old steers, £8 15s to £lO 12s • id; two to three-year-old steers, £7 10s to £8 Jss; yearling to 18-monthß-old steers, £5 to £7; calves, £1 10s to £3 ss; heavy bulls, £8 10s to £l2 15s; sound young herd bulls, £7 7s to £ls 15s; pedigree bull yearlings to three-year-olds, lOgna to 25gns; rough bulls, £4 to £6 10s. There was a heavy yarding of pigs at both Pukekohe and Waiuku, values being on a par with Westfield quotations. The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company, Limited, report Sales were held during the past week at Westfield, Papakura, Waiuku (pigs) and one clearing sale (Hauraki Plains). We report good sales, especially at Papakura, where a large yarding of all classes of cattle sold under keen competition at vnlues easily in advance of any late sales. The values at this sale wero the best realised for some years. Buyers wero in attendance from all parts of Auckland province, and there was. an unsatisfied demand. We quote;— Dairy cows and heifers, best, £ll to £IG 10s; others, £8 to £lO 15s; aged cows and inferior heifers. £5 to £7 15s: bulls, nana to 20 (ins, according to quality; store and boner cows, £4 to £7 10s; yearling to 18 months heifers, best, £5 10s to £7 15s; others, £3 H)s to £5 sb; yearling to 18-nioiiths steers, £1 10s to £6 15s; 2 to 2i-year steers, £7 1o £8 ss; 3 to 3J-year steers, £8 10s to £9 17s Gd; i to 4J-year steers, £lO to £ll sb; grown steers in forward condition, £ll 10s to £l2 15s.

The Fanners' Co-operative Auctioneering Comi>!«iiy. Ltd., report having held their usual Cambridge sale on Monday, when an average yarding was penned. Steer beef was firm at late rates. Xo good cow beef came forward, and an easier tendency was shown. A few fat sheep were penned, with a good number of store pigs, which were firmer than at previous sales. Prices were:— Shorn fat ewes, heavy, 275; light, 21s; medium fat steers, £' 14 Ms; lighter fat steers, £l2 2s (Id; medium fat cows, £8 10s to £9 15s; light fat cows, £7 to £7 17s (Id; ulaiu cows, £G 5s to £G 12s (id; medium fat heifers, £lO 7s (id; fresh-conditioned stores, £4 17s Gd to £5 17s; others,. £4 to £4 lis; Jersey and Jersey cross yearling heifers, empty, best quality, £<> 7s fid to £7; others, £3 lOt to £4 10s; Shorthorn yearling heifers, empty, £3 as to £4 15s. Pigs: Porkers, heavy, £'x Si to £2 lis; liuht, £1 18s to £2 Gs: stores, £1 3s to £1 12s fid: sling, 10a to £1 Is: wen tiers, 5s (id to 15s fid: Bobby calves, well grown. 19a to £1 10s: others, Gs to 13s fid RATES AT JOHNSONVILLE. QOOD SALE ALL ROUND. f lIY TELEGKAPir. — OWN COimESPONIJENT. ] WELLINGTON, Wednesday. Messrs Wright, Stephenson and Company, Ltd., and Abraham and Williams, Ltd., report on the Johnsonville sale, held to-day, as follows: —The sheep penned comprised inostl- eweu, but a greater proportion of them were shorn. The cattle were of good quality, comprising medium-weight bullocks, with a few pens of lighter-weight sorts. The cows offered were heavy and in good conditio]). A good sale of all classes of stock resulted, prices for sheep being on a par with last week's rates, woolly ewes if.anything being slightly easier. The lambs submitted were of good quality and a keen sale resulted. .Prices for cattle were on a par with Into rat,;s.' Prices wore .—Bullock?, £l2 17s Gd to £l9; cows, light, £5 15s; cows, heavy, £lO 17s fid to £l3 1 0s; wethers, 31s to 31s 3d; ewes, woolly, 35s (id to 38g; ewes, shorn, 27s 9d to 28s (id; lambs, 29a 1o 33s !)d.