FAT STOCK MARKET.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVII, Issue 20564, 15 May 1930, Page 5

FAT STOCK MARKET.

WEEKLY WESTFI ELD SALE.

HEAVY YARDING OF BEEF.

MUTTON A LITTLE EASIER.

• A much larger yarding of beef callle was penned at tlio weekly Weslfield fat stock sale yesterday. The quality generally was first-class and prices were fairly steady at last week's levels. Extra choice ox sold unchanged at 37s per 1001b. Sheep were also plentiful, and in the faco of a weaker demand values failed to reach last week's rates in practically every instance. Lambs came forward in large numbers and sold slightly easier. A largo entry of calves met with dull competition and values for light calves alone were upheld. Prices for pigs, of which there was nn average yarding, were about on a par with current rates. Choppers sold readily at improved levels, but baconers were much weaker. In some instances the quality of the latter was not up to the standard of the previous week. The following is, a summary of the prices realised for fat stock for the last two weeks at the Weslfield fat stock sales:—

This Week. Last Week. BEEF (per 1001b.) Extra choice ox 37/- 37/Ckoieo & primo ox . . 31/- to 3G/- 311- to 36/G Choico & primo cow & heifer 31/- to 33/- 31/- to 35/SHEEP (per head) Prime wethers 21/- to 2S/G 23/- to 31/3 Untin. wethers 17/- to 22/9 23/3 to 25/3 Primo ewes . . 13/- to 23/0 14/0 to 22/Prime lambs . 14/6 to 23/- 15/3 to 21/9 CALVES (per head) — Runners . SOI- to 150/- 80/- to 155/Vealers .40/- to 82/- 40/- to.SS/PIGS (per head)— Baconers .. 54/- to 78/- 55/- to 91/Porkers ~ 33/- to 66/- 30/- to 63/Weanera .. 71- to 13/- 5/- to 13/Slips . .. 15/- to 20/- 8/- to 15/Largo stores . 25/- to 30/- IG/- to 231Following are tho latest quotations for New Zealand meat on the London market:— Sheep.—Canterbury and North Island selected crossbred wethers and maiden ewes, 481b. to 561b., 5 l-8d; 571b. to 641b., 481b. to 561b., 4»d; 571b. to 641b., 4£d; 651b. to 721b., 3£d; ewes 481b. to .641b., 3d. Lambs. —Canterbury, 431b. to 501b., 6|d; second quality, average 331b., selected North Island brands, 371b. to 421b., 7-id; second quality, average 311b., 7;Jd; other North Island brands, first quality, 361b. and under, 7£d; 371b. to 421b., 7d. Pigs.—First quality, 601b. to 1001b., 9-Jd; 1011b. to 1201b., others unchanged.

ALFRED BUCKLAND AND SONS. Alfred Buckland and Sons, Ltd., report.— Yesterday at our weekly Westfield fat stock market our supply of fat cattle totalled 428 head, compared witli 309 head at last week's sale. The quality generally was first-class and values wero steady at last week's quotations. Extra clioico ox sold to £1 17s per 1001b.; choice and prime, £1 lis to £1 lCs; secondary and plain, £1 12s to £1 13s; prime young cow and heifer beef, £1 12s to £1 13s; ordiniuy cow beef, £1 3s to £1 9s. Extra heavy prime steers ranged in price from £ls to A'ls 15s, tiie latter price for steers from Mr. G. Vosper, Muungatautari; heavy prime, £l3 15s to £l4 16s; lighter prime, £l2 15s to £l3 10s; light prime, £ll to £l2 10s; Binall and unfinished, £7 10s to £lO 15s; extra heavy prime young cows and heifers, £lO 10a to £11; heavy prime cows and heifers, £9 to £lO Gs; lighter prime, £7 us to £8 15s; othor killablo cowb, £4 to £7. There was a large yarding of sheep, which met with a dull sale, and values wero considerably lower than those reported last week. The number sold was 1209. Extra heavy primo wethers reached £1 7s 9d to £1 83 (id; heavy prime, £1 6s Od to £1 7s 3d; medium to heavy prime, £1 4s to £1 5s 9d; light to medium prime, £1 Is to £1 3s; heavy prime ewes, 16s to 18s; one truck of primo two-tooth ewes ftfom Mr. H. Bayly, Okoroire, brought £1 2s 4d; lighter prime ewes, lis Cd to 15s 9d; other kiltable ewes. J2a to lis! Lambs were penned to the number of 357 and met a ready sale. Extra heavy prime lambs made £1 Is 6d to £1 3s; heavy prime, 19s to £1 Is; lighter prime, 17s to 18s 6d; light prime, 15s 3d to lGs 9d. There was a largo entry of fat, and young calves', 221 being sold. Competition was dull ami values suffered a further decli'no. Runners mado £4 to £7 10g for an extra prime Hereford steer: heavy vealers, £3 to £3 10s; medium, £2 10s to £2 ISs; light, £2 3s to £2 9s; small voulers, £1 18s to £2; bucket fed calves, £1 2s to £1 9s; rough and unfinished, 10s to £1; small and fresh dropped, 3s to 15s. _ We also had a full yarding of pigs. Choppers sold readily nt improved rates, and all other classes realised prices about equal to last week's. The quality of the buconors was not up to last week's standard. No extra heavy were offered. Choppers made £3 3s to £5 17s; heavy bacoiiers, £3 11a to £'. i 15s; medium, £3 3s to £3 03; light, £2 14s to £2 ISs; heavy porkers, £2 8s to £2 12s; medium, £2 23 to £2 Cs;_ light, £1 13a to £1 18s; small and unfinished, £1 3a to £1 10s; best stores. £1 6s to £1 8s: slips, 16s to £1; weaners, 8s to 13s. A total of -100 pigs was sold.

LOAN AND MERCANTILE. Tho New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company, Limited, reports:—At tho "Westfield fat stock market yesterday beof was penned in more than average numbers. There was a steady demand for choice und prinio quality ox, which 6old at lato raleß. Cow und heifer beef also sold at lato rates. Extra choice ox eold to £1 17s per 1001b; choico and prinio, £1 14b to £1 lGs; ordinary and plain, XI lis to £1 13s; prime young cow and lieifer beef, £1 lis to £1 13s: ordinary cow beef, £1 8s to £1 10s. Extra heavy prime steers ranged in price from £ll 15s to £ls 10s; heavy prime, £l3 10s to £ll 12s Gd; lighter primo, £l2 5a to £l3 1» lid; light prinio, £ll to £l'2 2s Gd; unfinished and small. £8 10s to £lO 15s: extra heavy primo young cows and heifers, £lO fo £11; heavy prime, £9 to £9 17s Gd; lighter, £7 12a 6d to £8 15s; light cows, £6 10a to £7 10s; other cows, £5 10s to £G 7s Gd. Sheep were yarded in large numbers. Tliero was no improvement in demand nnd values for all classes were slightly easier. Heavy prime wethers made £1 Gs to £1 Gs 'Jd,; medium prime, £1 5s to £1 us 9d; light Drime, £1 3s to £1 -Is Gd; flinajl and unfinished, 17s to £1 2s Od; extra heavy prinio ewes, £1 to XI 3s Od: heavy prime, 18s to_ IDs Gd: medium prime, 15s 3d to 17s yd; light prime, 13s to 15s; inferiorly fatted ewes, 7s Gd to 12a Od. Lambs were penned in averago numbers. Competition was dull and values wcro easier. Prii.no quality eold at from lis Gd to £1 2s; unfinished, 10s to Ms 3d. Pigs: Tliero was an avorage yarding of pigs, which eold at values firm on last week's quotations. Choppers sold from £2 to £1 'is; heavy and medium buconers, £3 8a to £3 18s; light baconers and heavy norkers, £2 lGs to X 3 6s; medium and light vorlters, £2 -Is to £2 Us; small and unfinished porkers, -XI 10? to £2 2s. Store nigs were in email numbers. Values wero linn ut lato quotations. Largo stores mado £1 5s to/'i'l 10s; slips, 15s to £1; weaucrs. 7s to 13s. There was a heavy yarding of calves, consisting mostly of heavy venJers, valueß for which eased. Values for light calves were upheld. Runners made £1 to £G Is; heavy vealers, £3 Gs to £1 2s; medium, £2 103 to £3 3s; light. £2 to £2 8s; entailer. £1 8s to £1 18s; Email and freshed dropped, 7s to £1 Gs; rough calves, 10a to £l.

DALGETY AND COMPANY. DalEcty and Company. Limited, report.— At our weekly Went field fat stock market yesterday' wo offered ox beef in veil up to usual numbers The- quality was firstclass, and a steady sale resulted at lato rates. Prime heavy bullocks realised £'l2 12a Gd to £l3: medium prime, I'll ]2s Cd to £ i'2 10s: light prime, £lO 17s Gd to £ll fis; and unfinished, £8 ss. Cow and heifer beef cimic fojwi id in number* slightly abovo tlio average, with tho usual quality. The demand was strong, and last week's values were easily maintained. Good prime young cows and heifers realised £lO to ill ITs Cd; medium, £8 5s to .CO 2s Gd; lighter sorts, £7 2s Gd to £7 17s fid; other killable cows, £G 5a to £7; aged and unfinished cows, £1 to £5 os. Extra choice ox sold to 37s per lOOlb.; choice and prime, 3Js to 3Gs; plain and secondary, 32s to 335; prime young cow and heifer. 32s to 33s Gd; just killable, 23s to 20s. Sheep came forward in largo numbers, for which the demand was no! over strong, but on tho whole, into values again ruled An extra well finished line of youilg ewes on account of Mr. Jl. Bayly, Okoroire, realised 22s 3d to 23s Heavy primo wethers realised 21s 0d to 25s 3d; medium, 23s to 21s; light and unfinished, 21s Cd; heavy prime ewes, lGs Gd to 235; lighter, 13s 6d to 16s; other ewes, Sa 9d to 123 Gd. Lambs were yarded in

nana] numbers, and sold at Into rates Heavy prima brought 21s 9d; medium. lO.s Od; light, ITs 9d Cnlves: A heavy yarding of mostly good quality cnlves produced only moderate competition Heavy vealers made £3 Jss to JE-I Jos; medium, ISs to £3 10s; light, £2 5s to £2 los; small, 25s to £2. Pigs met with lair competition at equal to last week's rates. Heavj baconers made £3 9h to £3 lis; medium and light baconers, £2 lGs to £3 Gs; heavy porkers, £2 10a to £2 15s; medium porkers, £2 2s to £2 8s; light porkers, £1 15s to £2. COUNTRY SALES. Alfred Buckland and Sons, Ltd., re*port:— During the week we had sales at West field. 'J urua, Wellsfo'rd, Tuakau and Pukekohe. Dairy cows and heifers continue in demand with little change in values, other classes of cattle selling on a par with lato sales. Best dairy cows and heifers at profit realised £l2 10s to £lO ss; good, £lO as to £l2; other cows and heifers, £5 10a to £10; boner storo cows, £1 10s to £1 15s; empty young cows and heifers, £3 to £5 2s Od; fat cows and heifers, £5 5s to £9 7s 0d; fat steers, £9 15s to £l3 ss; three to four-year steers, £8 5s to £9 15s; two to three-year steers, £G 15s to £8; yearling to 18-months, £1 5s to £G ss; 18-months to two-year dairy heifers in calf, £5 15s to £lO 10s; other heifers, £3 5s to £5 10s; a lino of 240 mixed weaners sold at Tuakau ou nccount of Mr. L. L. Allen averaged £4; cows with calves, £5 15a to £9 ss; bulls, £3 10s to £7 5.1. New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company, Ltd., report:—Sales were held during th'o week at Westfield and Wark; worth and ono clearing sale at East Tamaki on account of Mr. N. W. Gillard. Choice dairy cows and heifers closo to profit aro selling readily at from £l2 103 to £18; other cows and heifers close to profit, £8 10s to £l2; backward springers, £0 to £10; aged cows and inferior heifers, £3 10s to £5 15s; all classes of store cattle are selling at lato rates; boner and store cows, £2 10s to £5 10s; bulls, £3 to £9, according to weight; weaner heifer calves, £1 10s to £4 15s; weaner steer calves, £2 to £4 2s Od; yearling to 18-months heifers, £3 10s to £0 10s; yearling to 18-months steers, £4 5s to £5 15s; two to two and a-half-year steers, £0 to £0 15s; three to three and a-half-year steers, £7 to £8 10s; grown steers in forward condition, £8 15s to £9 10s. Mr. N. W. (•rillard'3 clearing sale was a most successful one, a large attendance of buyers from all Burrounding districts being present. Dairy cows sold at from £G 10s to £lB, the herd of 49 cows averaging £lO.

JOHNSON VILLE PRICES

[BY TELEGRAPH.—OWN CORRESPONDENT.] WELLINGTON, Wednesday.

Messrs. "Wright, Stephenson and Company, Limited, and Abraham and Williams. Limited, report on tho Johnsonville sale held yesterday as follows:—There was an average yarding of cattle and a larce voiding of sheep. Prices for cattle were sliirhtlv easier than last week's rates. Wethers were in keen demand at prices sliirhtlv firmer than late rales, but ewes were dull of 6ale, showing a decline of 2s to 2s Gd a head, as compared with last week's sale. There was verv little demand for lambs. Prices were:—Bullocks, heavy, £ls to £ls 17s 6d; bullocks. £l2 to £l4 2s Gd: cows, light, £4 to £5; vealers. light. 10s to 31s: wethers, heavy. 25s Gd to 29s 4d: ewes, heavy, 18s to 22s 9d: ewes, 14s Gd to lGs: lambs, 13s Gd to 2Cr 10d.

PRICES AT ADDINGTON.

FALL IN CATTLE VALUES.

[BY TELEGRAPH. —riIESS ASSOCIATION.] CHRISTCHURCH, Wednesday, Tho feature of the market at Aldington to-day was a further decline in lat cattle values, the drop at to-duy's sale being £1 and up to £1 10s a head for all classes. Fat sheep values were also a, little easier, especially for wethers. The fat lamb sale was good, and fully up to late rates. Adult store sheep sold dully throughout, and values were easier. Store lambs sold (satisfactorily. Store Sheep.—Thero was a fairly large entry. Adult sheep sold indifferently and competition was very dull throughout. The passings in that section covered more than half of the entry Store lambs met with a free sale. Values were: Good ewe lambs, to 15s 2d; medium ew& lambs, 10s Gd to 12s 3d; oTdinary ewe lambs, 7s to 10s; ordinary mixed sex lambs, Ss lo 10s 9d; good wether lambs, 8s to 9s Gd; ordinary wether lambs, 6s to 7s; backward lambs, 3s lOd to ss; good two-tooth Romney ewes, 17s to 18s 9d; ordinary four and six-tooth Romney ewes, 15s to 17s Gd; ordinary sound-mouthed Romney ewes, to 13s Gd; good four and six- | tooth halfbred wethers, 15s to 16b; ordinary four and six-tooth halfbred wethers, 9s Gd to 3 4s- ordinary two-tooth halfbred wethers, to 12s' 3d. Fat Lambs.—There was an entry of 20,0 head. The quality was better than for some time. There was a good sale and although little change in values thero was a healthier tone. Values were: Extra prime lambs, to 27s 10d; prime lambs, 22s to 24s Gd; medium lambs, 18s Od to 21s; light lambs, 15s to 18s. Fat Sheep.—There was an entry of about 4500 head, and the average quality was an improvement on recent weeks. A satisfactory sale resulted, although wethers were easier by up to Is a- head in some cases. Values were: Extra prime wethers, to 30s lOd; prime wethers, 25s Gd to 28s Gd; medium we'hers, 22s Gd to 255; light wethers, 17s to 325; extra prime ewes, to 23s 7d; prime ewes, 18s to 01s Gd; medium ewes, 1-ls Gd to 17s; light and aged, 10s to lis. Fat Cattle.—There was an entry of 545 head, including some big lines of station cattle. The sale wae a dull one throughout, and values for all classes recorded a decline of £1 and lip to £1 103 a head. Best medium-weight beef made from 35s to 38s per 1001b., with a few odd pens reaching a little higher. Medium quulily made from 28s to-31s; heavy steer, from 31s Gd lo 31a Gd; good cow. from 23s 6(1 to 27s Gd; secondary, 21s to 23a; rough, down to 19a. Values were: Extra prime heavy steers, to £2O 2s Od; primo heavy steers, £l4 5s to £l7; prime medium-weight steers, £lO 15s to £l4; ordinary quality steers, £S to £lO 10k: light steers. £6 to £7 15s; extra prime heifers, to £l4 12s Gd; prime heifers. £8 10s to .£ll ss; ordinary heifers, £G to £S; light heifers, £4 10s to £5 15s; extra primo cows, to £l4 2s Gd; primo cows, £8 lo £t) 10a; ordinary cows, £5 15s to £7 15s; light and aged, £3 10s to £3 10s. Vealers.—There was a fair entry, and the quality was very good. A big lino was included from Moeraki estate (Hampden), and average £4' Is 9d a head. Tho top price of tho market was £G 3s Gd. Store Cattle.—There was n large entry, including a big consignment of station cattle. Hereford steers mude up to £9 17s Gd; Here-ford-Shorthorn cows brought from £5 to £6 2s Gd. The remainder of tho entry sold up to Into rates. Dairy Cattle.—There was a medium entry nnd a good sale for anything showing quality. Values were: Best second and third calvcrs, to £IG; others, £4 10s to £l4; good heifers, £9 to £lO 10s; others, £7 to £S ,Fat Pigs.—For porkers Into rales were maintained only for the best sorls._ Choppers were easier, while baconers maintained late rates. Values were: Choppers, 45s to £G 13s Gd (averatro price per lb.. 7d to Sd): baconers, £3 to £4 13s Gd (average price per lb., Gd to 7d). Sloro Pigs.—There was a small yarding nnd a good sale, with values i» little in advance of last week's rales. Values were: Largo stores, to 325; medium, 21s to 21s; small, 17s to 20s; slips, 13s to 15s; weaners, •ia Od to 12s Gd.

NELSON FRUIT EXPORT,

FIGURES FOR THE SEASON

[BY TELEGRAPH. —I'RESS ASSOCIATION*. J NELSON, Wednesday

ITp to noon on Saturday 711.000 cases of fruit for overseas markets had been exported 'from Nelson. The export season will end shortly, by which timo it is anticipated that 779.000 cases will have been sent overseas.

PRICES FOR WHEAT.

LONDON MARKET

LONDON, May 13

Wheat Cargoes.—The effect of "bullish" Canadian oflicial reports is counteracted by the expectation of a record area to bo sown in Australia. North Americans arc harder to buy and La Platas are easier. Parcels:'Manitobas have firmed 6d. La Platas are in request at slightly lower prices. By the City of Wellington, 40s 3d.

Futures.—London: May, 36s 2d per quarter; July, 36s 3d. Liverpool: May, 7s 9gd. per cental; July, 7s 9Jd net; October, 7s ll|d net.

CHICAGO QUOTATIONS. CHICAGO, May VI. Wheat.—May, 1 dollar 2' & cents per bushel; July, 1 dollar 3j; cents; September, 1 dollar 6J cents.; December, 1 dollar 11J cents.