FAT STOCK MARKET.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXV, Issue 20116, 29 November 1928, Page 9

FAT STOCK MARKET.

WEEKLY WESTFIELD SALE.

LOWER PRICES FOR BEEF.' FURTHER DECLINE IN VALUES. A further decline in the price of beef cattle was shown at the weekly Westfielcl fat stock salo yesterday. 'J'ho yarding, was about the same as last week, a .steady demand at lower rates being maintained. Heavy cattle were mainly affected, extra choice and prime ox and choice and prime cow and heifer boef declining in value Is per 1001b. There was a largo yarding of sheep, which also sold at lower rates. Prime wethers realised up to 34s 6d, Is 6d less than last week, the top price for ewes being <?ver 2s less than last week. The demand remained steady throughout. Largo numbers of prime lambs came forward, prices being inclined to improve.

Good quality heavy vcalers were in demand in tho calf pens, which were comfortably filled. Bidding was keen and values for all classes remained firm at late rates. Tho exceptional price of £9 10s was realised for one heavy yearling heifer.

A heavy yarding of pigs resulted in decreased prices, both fat pigs and stores being affected. Porkers wero especially dull of sale.

Following is a summary of (ho prices realised for fat stock this week, compared with last week :

BEEF (per JOOlb) — This Week. Last Week. Extra, choice ox 42/- 43/Choico and crime

LONDON MARKET PRICES

Following are the latest quotations for New Zealand meat on the London market:—

Mutton.—Wetliers and maidens, Canterbury quality, soldcted brands, light, 6£d per lb.; medium, 6 3-8 d; heavy, 6(1. Other brands, light, 6 1-8(1; medium, 6d ; heavy, sjd. Ewes, medium and light, 4 3 Bd.

Lambs.—Canterbury quality, light, 9 7-8(1; medium, 9jd; heavy, 9^(1; seconds, Selected bt'ands, light, 9]d; medium, 9 5-3 d. Other brands, second quality, 301b. to 321b. average, Bd. Beef.—Ox fores, 3 7-8(1; hinds, sd. Cow fores, 3^d; binds, 4£d.

Pork.—Porkers, to 6£d; baconers,

LOAN AND MERCANTILE

The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company, Limited, reports:—Beef was penned in more than average numbers. Although there was steady demand throughout, values were slightly lower. Extra choice ox sold to £2 2s per 1001b; choice and prime, '"£1 17s' to £2; ordinary and plain, £1 14s to J.l 16s Gd; prime young cow and heifer beef. £1 14s to £1 ICs; ordinary cow beef, £1 12s to £1 13s sd. Extra heavy prime steers ranged from £lB to £2l ss. Two shorn steers sold on account of ilr. L. Sisson, "Wliakataue, realised £lB 5s and £2l 5s respectively, being purchased by the Auckland Meat Company. Heavy primo steers made £ls to £IG 15s; lighter prime, £l3 to £l4 15s; light prime, £ll 17s Gd to £l2 17s Gd; unfinished and small. £9 to .£ll 15s: heavy prime young cows and heifers, £lO to £l2 ss; lighter, £9 to £9 17s fid; light cows, £7 to £8 15s; other cows, £5 15s to £G 17s Gd. Sheep were yarded in large numbers, and in consequence values were easier by 2s to 3s a head. Heavy prime wethers made £1 12s Otl to £1 14s 6d; medium prime, £1 10s 6d to £1 12s 3d; light prime, £1 9s to £1 10a 3d; small and unfinished, £1 7s to £1 8s 9d; extra heavy prime ewes, £1 7s Gd to £1 9s; heavy prime, £1 Gs to £1 7s 3d; medium prime, £1 4s to £1 5s 9d; light prime, £1 2s to £1 3s 9d; inferiorly fatted, ICs to 21s. Lambs were penned in increased numbers and sold at late rates. Extra heavy prime made £1 10s to £1 1-3 Od; heavy prime, £1 7s to £1 9s; medium prime, £1 4s Od to £1 Gs 9(1; light prime, £1 2s to i'l 4s; unfinished, 17s to 21s. There was a large yarding of pigs which met with a dull salo. Values dropped considerably on late quotations, porkers especially being nflected. Choppers sold at £1 10s to £3; heavy and medium baconers, £2 lis to £3 2s; light baconers and heavy porkers £2 4s to £2 12s; medium porkers and light porkers. £1 Its to £2 2s; small and unfinished porkers, £1 8s to £1 12s. An average yarding of store pigs met with a. dull sale, values declining. Largo stores made £1 to £1 9s; slips, 10s to 18s; weauers, 3s to 10s. Calves were penned in average numbers. Good quality vealers were in demand, and values wero firm, but for lighter calves werp easier. llunners made £3 10g to £5 13s Gd; heavy vealers £5 to £0 Gs; medium, £4 to £4 ißs: linht £3 Gs to £3 IGb; smaller. £2 2s to £3 3s! small and fresh-dropped, 8s to £1 18s; rough culves, £1 5s to £2.

DALGETY AND COMPANY. Dnlsety and Company, Ltd., report:— Beef: An average yarding of ox beef enmo forward, the. bulk of which comprised wellfinished lines. Prices again allowed a decline. Heavy cattle were not keenly competed ior. We sold, on account of Mr. L. pisum, of Whnkatane, the champion bullock at both the Wniknto and' Auckland shows. 1 his bullock realised the top piico of the day. being purchased by tho Ancleland Meat Company at £25. On account ?! tho same vendor we also sold tho winner in the two-years-old class, a beautifullvt/ 11 , 8 , , J Purchased by It. nnd W. JleLaby. Ltd., at .£'l7 15s. An avei *af?c yardof cow and heifer beef was offered, for which competition was steady, and prices were on a pnr with last week. We sold, on account of Mr. L. Risam, of Wliakatane, a prize fat cow. This beautifully-finished beast drew forth spirited bidding:, nnd was knocked down to the Auckland Meat Company B,t £ls. Bullocks made £l2 15s, £l3 £l4, £l4 12s Gd, £l4 17s Cd. £ls 10s, £l7 15s! £25. Cows and heifers made £7 10s. £7 ]2s fid; £B. £3 10s, £lO ]oa, £lO 15s, £ll. £ls. Extra choice ox sold to 42s per 1001b.; prime young cow and heifer beef, 35s to 40s! Sheep.—A heavy ynrding of sheep camo forward. Competition wns erratic, and the market was lower thnn last week. We topped tho market with a, lino of wethers from tho 'J'owers Kstatc, Matnmata, which realised £1 12s Hd. £1 12s Od. £1 13s Cd, £1 14s. £1 lis Gd. the latter pens being purchased by D. Heslop nnd Company, A. w. Scotling, Scott's, Ltd., nnd E. Wilson. Extra heavy prime wethers, shorn, made £1 14a fid; heavy prime, £1 12s 3d: medium, £1 10s (id; light nnd unfinished, £1 Ss Od; heavy prime ewes, £1 7s 3d; lighter, 245. A pen of fat ewes realised 27s 3d. This was Iho best price of the day, purchasers being K. and W. Hellaby, Ltd. Lambs: A heavy yarding of lambs enme forward, which sold nt lnfe rates. Heavy prime inmbs mnde27s; medium, 20s; light., 235. Cnlvey sold nt rates efiual to Inst week's values. Heavy venlers made £3 15s lo £4 7s: medium £2 15s to £3 10s; light, £2 to £2 12s; small, 10s to 255. Pigs, yarded in averaged minihers, met with only fair competition. Heavy haconers mnde £2 15s to £3: medium linrnnois, £2 Ps to £2 Its; licrht Vinconers, !2 2s to £2 r.s; heavy porkers, £1 18s to £2 3s: medium porkers, £1 Ms lo £1 17slight porkers, £1 10s to £1 13s.

ALFRED BUCKLAND AND SONS. Alfred Bueklnnd and Sons, Limited report:—Our supply of frit cattle totalled 832 head, as against 498 head at last Wednesday's sale, comprising 1112 steers and 140 oowfj and heifers. Tho Quality of the ox was first-class. Although thero was a steady demand throughout, vnlues suffered a further drop, honvy cattle beinß affected most. Extra, choice ox sold to £2 2s per 1001b• choice and prime, £1 17s to £2 Is; secondary and plain, i'l 15s to £1 lGs; primo ypunir cow and heifer heef. £1 13s to £1 lGs ; ordinary cow beef. £1 10s to .£1 12s fid! Extra heavy primo steers ranged from £l6 to £IG 17s Gd, for steers from Mr, W. Vosper, Cambridge, bought by Mr. Thomas Baster, Ponsonby ttoad. Mr. Len. Sisam's third-prizo heavy-weight stoer realised £23

ss, Mr. "\V. Newell'B second prize heavyweight steer £24 ss, find liis first prize three-year-old steer £22 15b, these three cattle, being purchased- by R„ and W. Hellaby, Limited, Mr. W. Nawoll's first prize heifer realised £l6 10s, and wbb bought by It. and W. Hellaby, Limited. Mr. Kevvell's second prize cow made £M Be, and was bought by R. and W. Hellaby, Limited. Mr. Len. Sisam's third prize cow made £l3 103, and was bought by the Auckland Meat Company, Limited. ■ Heavy prime steers made £l4 10s to £ls 17s 6(1: lighter prime, £l3 to £ll 7o 6d; light prime, £l2 to £l3; email and unfinished, £8 to. £ll 10s; extra' heavy primo younj; cows 'rind heifers, £lO 10s to £l2, ss; heavy prime cows and heifers, £9 to'£lo 7s fid; lighter prime, £7 to £8 17s 6d: other killable cows, £5 5s to £6 17a fid. Sheep were penned in increased numbers. .Competition was steady at valued which were lower than those ruling last week. Extra heavy prime wothere made £1 13s to £1 14s; heavy prime, £1 lis to £J 12s fid; medium to heavy prime, £1 9s to £1 iOs 9d; light to medium prime, £1 7s to £1 Ss 9d; unfinished, £1 6s to £1 6s 9d: extra heavy prime young ewos. £1 53 to £1 Cs 9d, a few extra ewes making £1 9s; heavy prime ewee, £1 3s to £1 4s Od; lighter prime, £1 2fi to £1 2s 9d; other killable ewes, £1 to £1 Ib 9d; other ewes,'lss to IDs Cd (1175 sheap gold). There was a heavy entry of spring lambs, values for which were on a par with recent sales. Extra heavy prime lambs made £1 '7s fid to £1 9s, for Border Leicester lambs from Mr. C. Hodgkinson, Glenbrook; heavy prime lambs, £1 (is to £1 7s 3d; lighter prime, £1 4s to £1 5s 9d; light prime, £1 2s lid to £1 3s 9d; small, £1 to £1 2b (276 lambs sold). There was fully an average yarding of calves. Bidding for till classes was keen, with values fully equal to late rates. Runners made £4 17s Cd to £9 10s, the latter price being realised for the first prize fat yearling heifer cold on account of Mr. W. Newell. Tamahere, it .being purchased by Mr. D. Bridescn, Matmkail Road, Epsom. Heavy vealers made £4 8s to £4 15s. no extra prime being offered: medium, £3 10s to £4 ss; light, £2 12s to £3 3s; good bucket-fed calves;, £1 10s to £2 ss; rough and unfinished, £1 fls to £1 12s; small nnd fresh-dropped. 8s to £1 4s (249 calves sold). We again had a heavy supply of fat pigs. Prices declined for nil elapses made £1 4s to £2 15s, according to quality; medium nnd heavy baconers, £2 9s to £3 3s; light baconers, £2 (is to £2 8s; heavy porkers, £2 3s to £2 7s; light and medium, £1 12s to £2; small ivid unfinished, £1 5s to £1 lis. Values for stores also eased considerably. Best framed made £1 8s to £1 Ms; smaller. £1 Is to £1 ss; slips. Its to ISs; weaners, 3s "to lis (591 pigs penned).

COUNTRY SALES. Tho Ncnv Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company, Limited, reports.—Spies worn hold during the past week at 'Westfield, Clevedon, Kaukapnkapa, Pukekohe (cattle and pigs) and Papakura. We report satisfactory Bales for all classes of store cattle, dairy cows and heifers at late rates. A large entry of pigs nt Pukekohe sold at prices fully eqi'.al to Weatfield Quotations, and at Clevedon we disposed of a large entry of store wethers and hoggets at values easily in favour of tho vendors. Dairy cows and heifers, best £lO to £l4 10s. others £7 10s to £9 IBs; aged cows and inferior heifers, £4 5s to £7 ss; boner and store cows, £4 30s to £G 15s: bulls. £1 to £l3 10s, according to age, breed and quality; yearling to 18-months heifers, best £5 to £(> 15s, others £3 5a to £4 las; yearling'to 18-months steers. £4 10s to £5 15s; two to 21-year steers, £5 17s 6d to £1 17s Gd; three to steers, £7 to £8 IBs- four to 4i-year steers, £0 to .£9 17s Gd;" grown steers in forward condition, £lO to £ll 15s; store wethers, £1 Os (id to £1 10- 3d- store hog*ets. £1 2« to £1 7s. Alfred Buckland nnd Sons, Limited, report.—During the woek we held sales at Westfield, Waiotira, Maungs.karamea and "Waitakaruru, also a pig sale at Tun.kau. There were average yardings, ai"td all classes of dairy and store cattle continue to be in strong demand Beef is easier. Best dairy cows and heifer,: made £l2 10a to £ls 10s; second-grade cows and heifers, £9 to £l2: other dairy cows and small heifers £5 to £8 10s; empty young cows, £4 10s to £6 10s; store and bt>ner cows, £3 to £fi 6s; yearling to 18-months' old dairy heifers, £6 to £7 15s for best; smaller aorta, £4 10s to £5 15s; other heifers, J! 4 to £5 ss; heavy fat cows and heifers, £8 to £11; lighter cows and heifers. £6 to £7 17s 6d; fat steers. £lO 10s to £l<t 10a; Grown steers in forward condition, £lO 5s to £ll 15s; four-year-old steers, £9 fls to £lO £s; three to four-years' old steers, £8 to £3 2s 6d; two to three-year-old steers, £6 15s to £7 17s (id: yearling to eigbteen-months-old steers, £5 5s to £0 las; beat calves, £3 to £4 Is; smaller calves. jE2 fls to £2 18s; small calves. £1 Is to £2 3s; heavy bulls, £7 10s to £lO 10s; sound younf: herd bulls, £7 7b to £ls 15s; other built, £3 10s to £C 15s There is no improvement in tho price of pigs. The Fanners' Co-operative Auctioneering Company, Limited, reports having held its Pangiriri . stock ?ale t . on Monday, -when a good yarding was penned.' Quotations: — Fnt cows, £8 2s 6d to £9; medium fat cows, £7 9s to £8 Is; light fat cows, £6 13s to £7 ss; forward cows, £5 12b Gd to £6 Gs; store cows, £4 5s to £5 2s <sd; Others, £2 to £4; steers, good quality. 2 to 21-year, £9 to £9 2s; yearling Shorthorn steers, £5 to £5 ss; sows with calves, £6 13s to £8 Gs; vealers. £1 12s Gd; 'Jliorthorn yearling heifers, £4 4s; 18-months heifers, £5 Is; Shorthorn bulls, £7 to .£ll 15a; Jersey bulls. £G 7s I'd to £7 10s;, pciU<*rs, £5 to £7; cows, close to profit, £9 to £10; more backward, £0 Ids to £8 10s; cows in milk, £7 10s to £8 15s; lieifers, closn to profit, £7 to £lO. Sheep: Fat shorn ewes, £l. 6s.

RATES AT APDINGTON.

GOOD DEMAND FOR BEEF.

RECORD ENTRY OF FAT SHEEP.

[BY TELEGRAPH. —PRESS ASSOCIATION.] CHRISTCHURCH, Wednesday.

Entries were again heavy at this week's Aldington market, the entry of fat sheep constituting a record entry. This section met with a weaker sale, but all other sections sold well.

Store Sheep.—A good entry, mostly of wethers, met with a keen sale. Good ewes and lambs brought 23s to 25s 3d; ordinary ewes and lnmbs, 15)s to 22s sld; inferior ewes and lambs, lQs to 18s Gd; good four, six end eight-tooth halfbred shorn ewes, to 30s 3d; good two-tooth quirterbred shorn ewes, 29s to 31s; best shorn wethers, to 30s; good shorn wethers, 25s to 275; ordinary shorn wethers. 22s to 245. Fat Lambs.—An entry of £4O head, mainly excellently finished sorts, hud a keen sale, From 10id to lid per lb. ruled genernlly. Special lambs brought 35s to 3?s 9d; prime, 31s to 33s Cd; medium, 29s 1o 30s 9d; light, 2Gs to 2Ss.

Fat Sheep.—-The quality of the heavy entry was generally good. Chatham Island and South Canterbury were outside sources of supply. The market M-as easier all round by about 2s (id a head. Extn prime wethers made up'to :!Ss Gd: a special pen, 4Gs 7d; prime wethers. 33s Gd to 3Gs Gd; medium wethers, 29s Gd to 335; light wethers, 25s to 2Ss fid: extra prime ewes to 35s fid; prime ewes, 30s to 32s 6d; medium ewes, 27& to 295: light and aged owes, 2J.h Gd to i!Gs 6d. Fat Cattle.—An entry of 4,50 was, penned-, mostly good sorts. The sale was irregular but on an average a shade better thin Inst week. A few pens of beef made Cfls per KlOlb.: cood steer, 45sto4Ss; medium, 41s io 445; best heifer, 4ls to 475; medium cow, 37s to 41s. Extra prime heavy Steers, made up to £2l 17s Gd; prime heavy steers. £l9 to £2l 10s; medium-weight prime steers, £IG 10s to £l3 15s; ordinary steers. ji;i2 10s to £IC; light steers, £lO to £l2; extra prime heifers to £l7 17s Cd: primo heifers, £l3 to £ls 10s; medium heifers, £lO 10s to £l2 10s; light heifers. £8 to £9 10a: oxtra prime cows, to £l6 l'.'s _ Gd; prime cows, £l2 10s to £l4 15s; ordinary cows, £lO to £l2; light and aged cows, £G 10s to £9 10a. Store Cattle.—A line of 40 lUmonths to 'two-year steers and heifcrii m.ido i'G 2s: rows, £4 to £S: inferior, 30s to £2 10s; and bulls. £t to £lO. Writers.—Good venlers. to .£?; medium, pis to £5 15s; small calves, 15s to £? 10s. Dairy Cattle.—■ West second (o fourth calvers made £9 to £ll 15s; medium. £7 to £3 15s: inferior. £f» to fG 15s: best hcifisrs, £7. to £9 10s; others. £5 to £G Ms. Fat rigs.—There was an over supply of porkers nnd a medium entry of bn Conors. The market was slightly easier. Choppers mndf» 30s to £1 fis ''< d; hnrollers. £3 to £4 <s Gd (average per lb.. 6Jd to OdV; porkprs, S:>s to Gsx fid (averages per 11i„ fid to Old). Store Pigs.—An advance f.n Prices except for old sows. Small weaners :mnde 7a to lis; good weaners, 12s to 17s: stores, lfis to 255; larire stores, 26s to IIOs; extra large stores. to Ms.

JOHN SON VILLE PTUCES. BEEF IN KEEN DEMAND. i f [BY TELEGRAPH. —OWN COnUESPONDENT.] ■WELLINGTON. Wednesday. Wright, Stephenson and Company, Limited, and Abraham and Williams, Limited, ( report 011 yesterday's italn at iTohnsonville ns follows:—Wo submitted ft larger yarding tha.ll usual of all classes of stock. Prices for ewe mutton, wild) was mostly of very finished quality, shdwed an easing tendency, while those for wether mutton compared favourably with recent rates, being if anything a shade lower. The quality of lambs yarded was good and prifcs wero slightly lower than ruling rates. Beef was in keen demand, especially cow beef. Vealers Bold exceptionally well. Quotations are:—Bullocks, £ls las <o ,*' 7 15s; cow 3, £l3 2s Cd to £l4 ,59!, vc J,,?!?* i' 4 to A'i IDs; wethers. 30s to 32s 3d; owes, 23s 3d to 28s 3d; lambs. 27s to 31s,

ox ' . 37/- to 41 /- 37/- to 42/Clioico and prime cow unci heifer 33/- to 3G/35/- to 37/SHEEP (per hend)— Prime wethers . 29/- to 34 T< 32/- to 3G/ - Unfin. wethers . 25/- to 28/9 Prime ewes .. 22'- to 29/25/G to 31/3 Prime -lambs .. 22/- to 32/G 21/- to 31/G CALVES (per head)— Runners .. .. 70/- to 11.1'G 90/- to 115/Vealers .. .. 52/- to 120/50/- to 110/PIGS (per hearl) — Haconers .. 42/- to 03/47/- to 05/Porkers ... 32/- to 52/31/- to 55/Wenners .. 3/- to 11/7/- to 1G/Slips .. .. If)/- to 18/12'- to 22/Large stores .. 20/- to 3-4 / - 25,'- to 30/