FAT STOCK MARKET.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20256, 16 May 1929, Page 7

FAT STOCK MARKET.

.WEEKLY WESTFIELD SALE.

SLIGHT EASING IN BEEF.

I ■' ' - SHEEP VALUES MAINTAINED.

Thero was a further slight easing in values for beef at the weekly Westfield fat stock sale yesterday, although the demand' was steady, throughout. The quality was excellent, and heavier classes wero again offered in largo numbers. Extra choice ox sold at 36s per 1001b, compared with 37s last week. Last week's advance in values for sheep was maintained. There was an average yarding, mostly of good qtiality. An ayerage yarding of lambs found a ready sale at late quotations. Competition was again keen and values were firm for pigs, which were yarded in average numbers. In some classes values were slightly easier. The following is a summary of the prices realised for fat stock for the last two weeks at the Westfield fat stock sales, together with the latest quotations for New Zealand meat on the London market:— This Week. Last Week. BEEF (per 1001b) Extra choioe ox ~ 36/- 37/Choice and prime ox . . . . 33/6 to 35/6 34/- to 36/Choice and prime cow and heifer . 31/- to 33/- 30/- to 34/SHEEP (per head)— ' Prime wethers . 33/- to 39/6 33/- to 30/6 Prime ewes .. '25/ to 35/- 27/9 to 35/6 Prime lambs .. 22/- to 31/3 22/- to 29/6 CALVES (per head)— Runners . . 100/- to 172/- 80/- to 200/Vealers .. 50/-to 128/- 50/- to 128/--PIGS (per liead)Baconers .. 60/- to 89/- 66/- to 89/Porkers . . 43/- to 70/- , 42/- to 78/Weaners .. 51- to 11/- 3/- to 12/Slips . . 10/- to 18/- 81- to 20/Large stores .. 20/- to. 30/- 22/-to 32/LONDON MARKET -RATES. . Following are the latest quotations for New Zealand meat on the London market : Mutton. —Wethers and maidens, Canterbury quality, selected brands, light, per lb; medium, 6gd; heavy, sgd. Other brands, light, 6gd; medium, 6d; heavy, Ewes, light and medium, Sgd. Lambs. —Canterbury quality, light, 9|d; medium, 9d; fcqavy, B^d; seconds, 9d. Selected brands, light, 9£d;. medium, B|d. Other brands, first quality, light, 9|d; medium, second quality, 301b to 321b average, 9d. Pork. —Porkers, 9id to lOd; baconers', 9d. ALFRED BUCKLAND AND SONS. Alfred Buckland and Sons, Limited, re-' port:—Our supply of fat cattle totalled 540 head, as against 381 head at last Wednesday's sale, comprising 381 steers and 159 cows and heifers. The Quality generally was first-class and the entry again included many consignments of heavy cattle. Thero was a steady demand throughout. In isolated cases last week's values ruled, but taking the sale on the whole, there was a drop in prices. Extra choice ox sold to £1 16s per 1001b; choice and prime ox, £1 13s 6d to £1 15s Cd; secondary and plain ox, £1 10s to £1 13s; prime young cow and heifer beef, £1 lis to £1 13s; ordinary cow beef, £1 5s to £1 10s. Extra heaver prime steers ranged in price from £ls to £IG 2s Cd. One show steer from the Waikato .realised £l7 10s, and was bought' by R, and W. Hellaby. Limited. ' The £l6 2s 6d cattle were sold by Mr. H. E. Reed, Waerenga, and . were bought by Mr. Thomas Baster, Ponsonby. The highest averages for steers were: Six from the Waikato, £JG 7s 6d; 7 from Mr. 11. E. lleed, Waerenga, £ls 3s lid; 16 from Mr. P. Corbett, Hikutaia,, £l4 15s 9d; 16 from Mrs. Main, Tamahere, £l4; 16 from Mr. R. E. Grieve, Te Teko, £l3 Is; 7 from Mr. C. C. Otway, Te Akau, £l3 lis; 18 from Mr. R. C. Morgan, Matamata, £l2 16s 9d; 8 from Mr. John McDonald, Onewhero, £l2 15s; 18 from Mr. W. C. Ring, Hinuera, £l2 10s; 23 from Mr. D. McCraci ken, Te Puke, £l2 10s 7d; 25 from Mr. E. E. Vaile, Waiotapu, £l2 8s; 25 from Mr. J. H. Eyre, Onewhero, £l2 Gs 9d; 16 from Guardian Trust (estate A. Bell), £l2 Is 4d. Heavy prime steers brought £l3 10s to £l4 17s 6d; lighter prime steers, £l2 to £l3 7s Gd; light prime steers, £lO 10s to £ll 17s fkl; small and unfinished steers, £8 17s Od to £lO 7s 6d; extra heavy prime young cows and heifers, £lO 15s to £l2 2s 6d; heavy prime cows and heifers, £9 to £lO 12s Cd; lighter prime cows and heifers, £7 to £8 17s 6d; other killablo cows, £5 5s to £6 17s 6d. The 656 sheep which came forward were, with few exceptions, of good quality, and the advance reported last week was sustaiued for all classes of prime mutton. Extra heavy prime wethers ■ made £l. 18s to £1 19s Gd; heavy prime wethers, £1 16s Gd to £1 17s 9d; medium to heavy prime wethers, £1 15s to £1 16s 3d; light to medium prime wethers, £1 13s to £1 14s 9d; unfinished wethers, £1 9s to £1 12s 9d; extra heavy prime young ewes, £1 13s (id to £1 15s (the latter price for ewes from Messrs. Brown Brothers, Clevedon, and were purchased by Mr. R. S. Magill, butcher); heavy prime ewes, £1 10s to £1 13s; lighter prime ewes, £1 7s to £1 9s Cd; other killable ewes, £1 3s to £1 6s Cd. Lambs were penned to the number' of 176 and sold without alteration in values. Extra heavy prime lambs made £1 7s to £1 8s Cd; heavy prime lambs, £1 5s 6d to £l' 6s 9d; lighter prime lambs, £1 3s 6d to £1 5s 3d; light prime lambs, £1 2s to £1 3s 3d; plain lambs, 17s 9d to £1 Is. We had a good yarding of calves, including a large proportion of heavy runners and prime vealers. _ The demand for the heavier sorts was and for others' about equal to last week. Runners made £5 to £8 12s for a heifer from Mr. S. R. Paulsen's, Waerenga, purchased by Mr. Jno. Rowe, Newmarket; heavy vealers, £4 10s to £5 7s; medium, £3 6s to £4 4s; light, £2 10s to £3; good bucket-fed calves, £1 18s to £2 ss; rough and unfinished, £1 5s to £1 13s; small and fresh-dropped, 5s to £1 2s. Thirteen extra well-done runners and heavy vealers, fattened _by Messrs. Smith Brothers. Kiwitahi, averaged £6; and 18 choice-quality calves from Mr. P. R. Paulsen, Waerenga, averaged £5 5s 4d. A total of 148 calves was. sold. An average number of was offered. Competition was again keen and values very firm. No heavy choppers were penned. Medium-weights made £2 10s to £3 8s: heavy prime baconers realised £4 3s to £4 9s; medium, £3 16s to £4; light, £3 lis to £3 14s; heavy porkers. £2 14s to £3 2s; medium, £2 10s to £2 12s; light, £2 3s to £2 7s: small and unfinished, £1 6s to £1 18s; few stores came forward. Prices remain about the same. Good stores, £1 4s to £.l 8s; slips, 10s to 14s; weaners, 9s to lis for best; small and weedy, 2s to ss. A total of 391 pigs was sold. DALGETY AND COMPANY. Dalgcty and Company, Limited, report:— Beef.—At our weekly Westfield fat stock sale we penned beef in large numbers, the quality being fair. ' The yarding proved more than equal to the demand, and values eased on last week's quotations. Prime heavy bullocks from Matamuka Downs realised £l4, and were purchased by the Auckland Meat Company." Medium bullooks brought £l3 10s to £l3 17s Cd; and lighter, £l2 to £l2 2s Cd. Cow and heifer beef also came forward in about average numbers, and competition was good on wellfinished lots. Values remained on a par With last week's values. Extra choice ox sold to ;£1 16s per 1001b; choice and prime, £1 13s Gd to £1 15s; just killable, £1 lis to £1 13s: prime young cow and heifer beef, £1 13s; just killable, £1 4s to £1 8s; prime heavy cows arid heifers, £9 15s to £lO 12s. 6d; prime cows, from J. If. Noughten, Waimauku, £9 2s Gd, £9 15s, £9 15s to £lO 12s Gd, the last pen being purchased by Mr. A. E. ttossiter, Papatoetoe; medium cows, £8 to £8 17s Gd; light cows, £6 5s to £7 15s; cows from Thompson and Ernest, Whakalane, £8 ss, £8 7s Cd, £9 ss, £9 12s Cd. the last pen being purchased by Messrs. Hawthorne, and Munro, of Clovedon. Sheep: An average yarding of sheep, was penned, and sold under strong competition at fully late rates. Prime wethers realised £1 10s to £1 17s 3d; medium, £1 12s 3d to £1 15s; light. £1 lis to £1 12s; heavy ewes, £1 12s to .i'l 12s 3d; extra heavy prime wethers, shorn, 37s 3d; heavy prime, shorn, £1 16s; medium, shorn-, £1 15s; light and unfinished, shorn, £1 13s. Cd; heavy prime ewes, shorn, ;£1 12s 3d; lighter, shorn, £1 69 Cd; other owes, shorn, £1 2s; medium ewes, £1 5s Gd to £1 6s 6d; light, £1 2s to £1 4s. Lambs: An average yarding of-fat lambs came forward and sold at late rates Heavy lamb made 255; medium, 245; light, 21s. Calves were yarded in • larger numbers and sold -at equal to late rates. No extra quality runners wero penned. Runners brought £5 to £6; heavy vealers, £4 15s to £G; medium, £3 iss to £4 10s; light, £2 10s to £3 10s; rough. £1 to £2. Pigs sold at late quotations. Choppers made £1 15s to £3: heavy baconers, £4 to. £4 6s; medium, £3 12s Cd to £3 18s: light, £3 4s to £3 10s; heavy porkers, £2 12s to £3; medium, £2 4s to £2 10s; light, £1 15s to JE2 2s.

LOAN AND MERCANTILE. Tlio New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co., Ltd., reports:—Beef was penned in average numbers, and although competition was steady throughout .values Were inclined to be easier. Extra choice ox sold, to 30s per ,1001b.; choice and prime ox, 33s 6d to 355; ordinary and plain ox, 31s to 32s 6d;,prime young cow and heifer beef, 3ls to 335; ordinary cow beef, 28s to 30s; heavy prime steers, £l3 15s to £l4 15s; lighter prime steers, £'l2 10s to £l3 12s (id; ligbt prime steers. <£ll to £l2 7s Gd; unfinished and small, £9 to £lO 15s; extra heavy prime young cows and heifers, £lO 10s 'to £lt 10s; heavy prime young cows and heifers, £9 5s to £lO 7s Cd; lighter, £8 to £9 2s Gd; light cows, £6 15s to £7 17s Gd; other cows, £5 to £6 10s. Sheep were yarded in average numbers. Competition was keen, and values again improved. Extra heavy prime wethers sold to £1 19s 9d (being purchased by Mr. F. J. Fisk, butcher); heavy prime wethers, £1 18s to £1 I'J3 3d; medium prime wethers, £1 16s 9d to £1 17s 9d; light prime wethers, £1 15s to £1 16s Cd; small and unfinished wethers, £1 10s to £1 13s Od. Heavy prime wethers from Mr. Geo. Vosper. Maungatautan-, Cambridge, realised £1 19s 3d, being purchased by Messrs. Lees and Co., butchers. Extra heavy prime ewes sold to £1 15s: heavy prime ewes, £1 12s to £1 13s Cd; medium prime ewes, £1 10s. to £1 lis 9d; light prime ewes, £1 5s to £1 9s. Lambs were penned in average numbers, and sold readily at late quotations. Extra heavy prime made to £1 lis 3d; heavy prime, £1 6s to £1 8s; medium prime, £1 4s to £1 5s 9d; light prime, £1 2s Gd to £1 3s 9d; unfinished. 18s to £1 Is. Pigs were penned in less than average numbers. Values were easier on late quotations. Choppers sold from £2 to £3 19s; heavy and medium baconers, from £3 12s to £4 Gs; light baconers and heavy porkers, from £3 to £3 10s; medium porkers and light porkers, from £2 Gs to £2 IGs; small and unfinished porkers, £1 15s to £2 4s. Store pigs sold at late quotations. Large stores brought £1 to £1 10s; slijos, 12s to 18s; weaners. 5s to lis. Calves were penned in large numbers. Values were easier, on lato quotations. Runners made £5 to £6 17s Cd; heavy vealers, £5 to £6 8s; medium, £4 8s to $4 18s; light, £3 IGs to £4 Gs; smaller, £2 10s to £3 14s; small and fresh dropped, 5s to £2 8a; rough calves, £1 to £2 ss. „ COUNTRY SALES. Alfred Buckland and Sons, Limited, report:—During the week we held sales at Westfield, Waiotira. Helensville, Turua and 'i'uakau,. and also a pig sale at Waiuku. There was a heavy yarding of both cattle and .sheep at Tuakau and average entries at other yards. The steers entered at Tuakau were, as regards quality and condition, ecju;il to anything ever offered. Those sold on behalf of. Mr. L. W. Keals brought £lO 5s to £l2 10s; the Polled Angus steers on account of Messrs. Gordon and F. S. Rutherford, £lO 7s. to £l2 8s; grown steers, on account of other clients, £8 15s to £9 12s Gd; 2 to 3-year-old steers, £7 to £8 ss; yearling to'lß-month steers, £5 to £6 7s Cd; bad coloured 18-month-old steers, £4 15s; well-bred 2-year-old in-calf heifers, £8 10s to £lO 10s; other in-calf heifers. £5 to £7 10s; well-bred yearling heifc-rs, £4 10s to £5 10s; other heifers, £3 5s to £4 7s 6d: steer calves, £3 10s to £5; mixed sex calves. £2 10s to £4; cows with calves. £6 15s to £9 10s; fat steers, £ll to £l3 17s 6d: heavy prime fat cows and heifers, £8 to £lO ss: lighter fat cows and heifers, £5 10s to £7 17s 6d; boner and store cows, £2 to £5: empty young cows and heifers, £3 10s to £5. best dairy cows and heifers. £l2 to £l6: second-grade, £9 to £ll 15s; others, £4r 10s to £8 15s; sound-mouth ewes in lamb. £1 9s 9d to £1 lis; older ewes in lamb. £1 Is to £1 5s 9d; forward and store wethers. £1 10s to £1 13s 3d: woolly lambs, 18s 6d to £1 2s Gd; shorn lambs. 16s .to Gd. There was a full yarding of pigs at Waiuku and they sold under keen competition at easily Westfield rates. The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company, Ltd., reports Sales were held during the past week at Westfield, Pukekohe (cattle and pigs), Warkworth, Waiuku (cattle and pigs). We also held two clearing sales. In all cases we report good sales, with values for all classes of cattle and pigs on a par with last report. Best dairy cows and heifers, close to profit, made £ll 10s to £ls 15s; other dairy cows and heifers close to profit, £9 to £11; back.vprd springers, £7 to £lO 10s; aged cows and inferior heifers, £3 I.os to £6 15s; bulls, £3 5s to £9 10s, according to weight and quality; empty and Doner cows, £3 103 to £5 17s 6d; weaner heifers, best, £3 to £5; others. £1 10s to £2 15s; ■weaner steers, £2 10s to £4 10s; yearling to 18-months steers, £4 15s to £6 ss; yearling to IS-months heifers. £4 10s to £7 15s; 2 to 25-year steers, £6 10s to £7 10s; 3 to steers, £7 15s to £8 15s; 4 to steers, £9 to £9 17s 6d; grown steers, in forward condition. £lO to £lO 17s 6d. At Pukekohe and Waiuku fat pigs sold readily, values being on a par with Westfield quotations. JOHNSONVILLE PEIGES. FIN? QUALITY OF CATTLE. [jY TELEGRA PH. —OWN CORRESPONDENT.] WELLINGTON, Wednesday. Wright, Stephenson and Company, Limited, and Abraham and Williams, Limited, report on the Johnsonville sale held to-day as follows:—In spite of the inclement weather there was the usual attendance of buyers. Competition for all classes of stock was good. The bullocks offered were - the best quality cattle submitted at Johnsonville for some years, comprising mostly real prime heavy-weight cattle, with a few pens ■of lighter, but prime, sorts. The wethers were of good quality, but owes were not up to tho usual standard. Lambs, which were yarded in smaller numbers than usual, met with a keen sale. There were no cows or vealers yarded. Prices were-.—-Bullocks, extra heavy, £ls 15s to £l6 12s Gd; heavy, "£ls to £ls 12e Gd; medium-weight, £l4 to £l4 15s; light, £l2 15s to £l3 12s 6d. Ewes, heavy, 27s to 28s Gd; light, 22s 6d to 23s 9d. Lambs, 23s to 25s 6d. RATES AT ALDINGTON. GOOD SHEEP IN DEMAND,; [by telegraph.—press association.] CHRISTCHURCH, Wednesday. The entries at to-day's market at Addington were inclined to be heavier, store lambs being the exception. Store Sheep.—there was a reduced entry of store sheep. All good sheep were in demand, but other classes fell, notably inferior lambs, which were down by 13 to Is 6d. Good ewe lambs made 25s 6d to 275; medium ewe lambs, 23s to 24si Gd; ordinary ewe lambs, 20s to 225; good Corriedale ewe lambs, 27s 9d to 30s 9d; ordinary wether lambs, 17s Gd to 20s; cull lambs, to 14s 6d; ordinary inferior mixed sex lambs, IGs Cd to~*l9s; best halfbred wethers, to 28s 9d; good halfbred wethers, 24s to 275; ordinary halfbred wethers, 19s 6d to 22s 6d; inferior halfbred wethers, 12s to 15s; good four, six and old halfbred ewes, to 32s 3d; ordinary four, six and old halfbred ewes, to 32s 3d; ordinary four, six and old halfbred ewes, to 265; sound mouthed halfbred ewes, 21s 6d to 245; failing mouthed halfbred ewes, 19s to 21s; aged halfbred ewes, 10s to 14s; extra good halfbred ewo lioggcts, to 30s 3d. Fat Lambs.—There was a small entry of 1350 head, and a brisk sale, the slight advance in the price for export being reflected. Extra heavy lambs made to 34s Id; prime, 30s 3d to 335; medium, 28s to 30s; light, 25s 9d to 27s 9d; store, 225. to 255. Fat Sheep.—There was a heavier entry, and a good sale throughout, ewes particularly selling well. The improvement on last' sale was up to Is a head. Extra prime wethers brought to 37s Id; prune wethers, 33s to 355; medium wethers, 29s Od to 32s Gd; light wethers, 26s to 295: extra prime ewes, to 34s lOd; prime ewes. 29s to 81s Cd; medium ewes, 21s to 31s Gd; light ewes, 20s to 235; aged ewes, 15s to 19s. Fat Cattle.—There was an entry of 508 head, good sorts being fewer than last week. The sale opened better, but did not hold, and sales showed little difference on last week. Good beef made 42s Gd to 4"i<! ner 1001b; extra good, to 475; medium quality. 37s Gd to 40s; heavy, 37s to 41s; good cow, 35s to 395; plain heavy cows, to 32s 6d; rough, down to 27s Gd; extra prime heavy steers, to £2O 2s Gd; prime heavy steers, £l7 10s -to £l9 6s; medium weight prime steers, £ls 10s to £l7 15s; medium quality steers. £ll 15s to £ls: light steers, £9 10s to £ll 10s; extra prime heifers, to £ls 17s Gd; prime heifers, £l2 lo £l4 ss: medium heifers. £lO to £ll 15s: light heifers, £6 to £9 10s; extra prime cows, to £l6 12s Gd; prime cows, £ll 5s Gd to £l3 10s; medium cows. £9 to £lO 15s: light cows, £7 5s to £8 15s; aged cows, £6 to £7. ' . - , Vealers.—There was a good sale. Yearling to 18-months calves sold to £8 18s Gd; good vealers, £6 to £7 5s ; medium, £4 to £5 10s. . , ' Store.' Cattle.—There was a brisk sale. Extra good cows sold to £9; others. £5 10s to £7: medium, £3 to £5 ss; bulls, £3 to £l2, _ . \. ■ Dairy Cattle.—There was a small entry and ari average sale. Second to fourth culvers sold to £ls 10s; medium, £lO to £1.2;, inferior,, £8 to £9 15s; springing heifers, £l2 to £l4; good cows, in profit, ,to £l3; medium, £9 to £l2; others. £5 to £9. - ; , Fat .Pigs.—There was a small entry, with good . opening prices, which cased when other arrivals were made. Choppers were in excess supply. Choppers made £2 to £5 lis; baconers, £3 to £3 10s; heavy baconers, £3 15s to £4: extra heavy, £4 5s to £4 lis Gd \average price per lb, s}d to G'd); porkers. 32s to 43s Cd; heavy porkers, 47s Gd to 57s Gd (average per lb, 63d to 7id). , Store. Pigs.—There was a small entry and an easing in values, few buyers being present. Weaners brought 4s Gd to 6s:.smal stores, 7s to lis 6d; medium, 12s to lo < largo, 20a to 245.