FAT STOCK MARKET.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVII, Issue 20570, 22 May 1930, Page 7

FAT STOCK MARKET.

WEEKLY WESTFIELD SALE

BEEF SELLS AT LATE RATES.

KEENER DEMAND FOR MUTTON

Beef cattle were penned in average numbers at the weekly Westfielcl fat stock sale yesterday. The quality was well up (o standard. Tho demand for choice and prime quality beef was keen. Extra choice ox sold unchanged at 37s per 1001b., and prices generally were steady at last week's levels.

There was an average yarding of sheep, most of which were plain and unfinished. Prime mutton was in keen demand and prices showed a small increase on last week's rates. Lambs were also penned in average numbers and sold readily at late rates. Calves camo forward in loss than average numbers, competition was keen and values advanced considerably on last week's quotations. Thero was a full yarding of fat pigs, including some particularly good quality baconers, but store pigs were scarce. Prices were about on a par with current rates. Tho following is a summary cf tin* prices realised for fat stock for the last two weeks at tho Wcstfield fat stock sales. This "Week. Last Week. BEEF (per lOCilh.) — Extra choice ox . 37/- 37/Choico end prime ox . . . . 31/- to 30/0 31/- to 30/Choicc and prime cow end heifer . 30/- to 33/- 31/- to 33/SHEEP (per head)— Primo wethers . . 2.1/ Cto 20/9 217- to 2S/C Unfinished wethers :iB/- to 2:1/0 17/- to 22/0 Priino owes •. 15/- to 20/0 13/- to 23/9 Prime lambs .. 17/- to 21/3 11/6 to 23/C'ALVES (per lieacl)--Banners . . • 80/- to 157/G SO/- to 150'Voalers . . . • 'IS/- to 07/- 40/- to 82/PIGS (per head)— Baconers . . . 50/- to 751- 54/- to 78/Porkers .. ■ . 35/- to G3/- 33/- to GB/"Weaners . .. 7/- to 10/- 7/- to 13/ Slips .. .. 15/- to 23/- 15/- to 20/Largo stores >. 22/- to 32/- 25/- to 30/LONDON MARKET RATES. Following are the latest quotations for Now Zealand meat on tho London market: Sheep.—Canterbury and North Island selected crossbred wethers arid maiden ewes, 651b to 7211), 4 l-8d; North Island, 651b 'to 721b, 4d; ewes, 481b to 641b, 3 l-8d; 651b to 721b.. 2 7-Bd. Lambs.—Canterbury, 3611> and under, Bid; 371b to 421b, 7 3-8 d: 431b to 501b, other South Island brands, 561b and under, 8 l-8d; 431b to 501b and selected North Island brands, same weights, 6 7-8 d; other North Island brands, first qualitv, 361b and under, 8d; 371b to 421b, 7 l-Bd. Pigs.—First quality, 601b to 1001b, 1011b to 1201b, 7Jd; others unchanged. DALGETY AND COMPANY. Dulgety and Company, Limited, reports:— At our weekly Wcstlicld fat stock market yesterday wo yarded ox beef in slightly lesser numbers than usual, inc quality was first-claßs and sold under _ a strong demand, last week's values beinc well Bustuiried. Prime heavy bullocks realised £l4 15s to £l4 17s Od; medium prune. £l3 10s to £l4; lighter. £l2 5s to £l3. Cow and heifer beef was yarded in larger numbers than usual. The duality was _ firatclass and the demand good, resulting in the previous week's values again rulinic. We sold an exceptionally nico line of Polled Angus heifers from the Waikato which made tho good average of £ll 10s Sd; fourteen prime heavy cows, also from tho Waikato, averaged £9 9s Id. Extra choice ox sold to 37s per 1001b; choice and prime, 85s to 30s Gd: secondnry and plain. 32s to Sir.; prime young cow and heifer. ;jog to 355; just killable, 25s to Sis. Sheep v/ero yarded in Average numbers and sold steadily at Into rates. Estra heavy prime wethers re.'ilised 28s to 29s 3d: heavy prime, 25s 3d to 2Gs; medium. 24a tid to 255: light and unfinished, 21s to 23a 3d; heavy prime ewea, *2is 3d to 235; lighter, 15s to 10b 9d. Lambs wcro yarded in about usual numbers nnd sold steadily at full late rates. Heavy prime made 22s 3d to 233; medium, 10s 3d to 20s; light, 14s 3d to 15s 3d. Calves, penned in smaller numbers than last week, produced quito keen competition and consequently advanced in price, especially for medium to heavy vealers. Heavy and medium vealera so d at £3 2s to £4 ss; light. £2 to £3; romrh. 20s -to 40s. Piss met with steady competition nt about eaunl to 1-ate rate?.. Heavy baconers brought £3 5s to £3 lis; heavy porkers, £2 7s to £2 12s; medium baconers. £2 18s to £3 4s; medium porkers. £2 2s to £2 G?: light bsconers. £2 13s to £2 17s; light.porkers, £1 153 to £2.

LOAN AND MERCANTILE. The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company, Limited, report:~-At the West field fat stock market yesterday beef was penned in average numbers. llicie was u keen demand for choice and prime duality beef, which was very firm. Other classes sold at late rates. Extra choice ox sold to XI 17s per 1001b.; choice and prime, £1 lis to £1 10s; ordinary and plain, i'l 12s to £1 13s (id; prime young cow and heifer beef, £1 lis to £1 13s; ordinary now beef, £1 S3 to £1 10s.Gd; extra heavy prime steers ranged in price from £ls 10», to £lC> 10s; heavy prime, £ll to £ls 7s Gd; lighter prime. £l2 7s Gd to £l3 15s; light prime. £ll to £l2 ss; unfinished and small, £9 to £lO 15s; extra heavy prune youuK cows and heifers, £lO to £lO 17s (3d; heavy prime, £9 to £9 17s Gd: lighter, .t'7 10s to £'B 15s; light cows, AG 10s to £7 7s Gd; other cowp. £1 to £G ss. Extra heavy prinio steers from Mr. .7. R. Hill, Ohinowai, realised up to AIG 10s. Sheep wcro yarded in avcrngo numbera, mostly unfinished. There was a keen demand rfor prinio mutton, .which improved in value. Heavy prime wethers brought £1 7a to £1 7s 9d; medium prime, £1 5s to £1 Gs 9d; light prime, £1 3s Gd to £1 <ts 9d; smull and unfinished, 18s upwards; heavy prime owes, 19s to £1 0s Gd; medium prime. 17s to 18s fld; light prime, lis to J (is 9cl; inforiorly fatted ewes, 4s to 13s Od. Lambs were penned in average numbers and sold readily at late rates. Prime quality sold ot from 18s to £1 2s 9d; unfinished, 13s upwards. There was u small yarding of pigs. The demand was not so good as lust week's market, and values were easier. Choppers sold from £2 10s to £3 17s: heavy and medium bnconers, £3 Gs to £3 lis; light liaconevs and heavy porkers, £2 His to' £3 3s; medium and light porkers, £2 Ds to £2 Ms; Kimill and unfinished porkers, £1 10s to £2 2s. Store pigs were potmed in small numbers. V lues were at late quotations. Largo stores made £1 5s to £! 10s; slips. 15s to £1 3s; weaners, 7s to 15s. Calves were penned in small numbers. Competition was keen and values advanced considerably nil last week's quotations. Runners brought •it to £7 17s Gd: heavy vealers, £1 to .111 17s; medium, £3 8s to £3 18s; light, £3 lGs to £3 Gs; smaller, £2 'ls to £2 Its; small and fresh dropped, 7s to £2 2s; rough calves, lis to £l. 10s.

ALFRED BUCKLAND AND SONS. Alfred Buckland and Sons, Limited. report:—At our weekly Westficld fat etock lnai'kot yesterday our beef pens contained 330 head, as compared with diS head at. lital week's market. The duality was well up to (1)» standard: competition was more keen mid values were very linn. Kxtm choice ox sold to XI 17s l»er 1001b: choice rind prime, .('1 lis Gel to XI IGs Oil; secondary and plain, A'l K!s to XI Ms:, prime young cow and heifer beef, A'l 10s to ,f.'l 13a; ordinary cow beef, X 1 lis to XI 9a. Extra heavy prime steers ranged in mice from Xl 5 103 to XIC 7a (id. the latter price for steers from -Mr. IT. E. Keed, Wnercncn: hoavy prime steers, £ll 10s to £ls 7s fid; lighter prime, XI3 to XII 7s Gd: licht prime, XIJ 10s to Xl2 17s Gd: small and unfinished. X 0 30s to XU 7s Gd: extra heavy prime young cow a and heifers, XlO lua to I'll 10a; heavy ivrime, £9 to £lO l'Js Gd: lichter prime, C 7 to X 8 17s Gd; other killablo cows, AM 10s to XG 17a (id. There was i n average yarding of sheep, a proportion of which were plain and unfinished, values for these beim? unchanged. Prime mutton was in domand. A total of 107G sheep was sold. Extra heavy prime wethers realised .e i to XI 9s Vd, for wethers from Mr. A. Maitland, Ramarunw, heavy prime, £1 7s 9d to XI Ss 3d; medium to heavy, XI Gb Gd to XI 7s Gd; light, to medium, £! -Is to £l Cs 3d: unfinished wot hers. 19s to XI 3s Gd; extra heavy prime young ewes. 18s Gd to 19s 9d; heavy prime ewes. Tis to ISs 3d; lighter prime, to ICs 9d; other killable ewe?, 13s to Ms 9rl; other owes, tts to 12s 9d. Lambs wero penned to the number of '298 and nold steadily at rulinir values. Extra heavy prime lambs brought £1 4s Gd to i'l 6s 9d for lambs from Mr. A. NewUt, Maungatnroto; heavy prime. XI 3b to iCI 3d; lighter, A'l Is to £1 2s 9d;

light. 17V <0 ,£J Os !M; small and plain. 10s Oil to His lid. We had less tliun an average entry of far, and young calves'. Competition was more keen and values improved. No extra. heavy runners were penned. Medium-weights brought i'l 10s to £5 ss; heavy vealers. £3 _Bs to £1 lis: medium, £2 10s to £3 ss; light, £2 Ss to £2 12s; small vciilcrs, £1 18s to £2 2s: bucket-fed calves, i'l 7s to £1 12b; rough and unfinished. £1 to £1 4s; email and fresh-dropped, 5s to 19s. There were 3OS calves sold. Thoro was a full yarding or fat pigs, including several trucks of particularly good-quality baconers and a!, classes sold at about last week's rates. Choppers m-ido £3 to £4 lis; heavy prime baconers. £3 lis to £3 15s; medium. £3 •Is to £3 7s; light, X'2 10s to £3; heavy porkers £2 8s to £2 13s; medium, £2 3s to £2 (ss: light. £1 15s to £1 19s; small and unfinished, £1 5s to £1 12s; best stores. £1 8s to £1 12s; smaller, £1 2s to i'l oS; slips, 17s to £1 Is; weaners, 9s to 10s. A total of 4JI piss was sold.

COUNTRY SALES

New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company, Limited, report—Sales were held during the past week at Westneld, Pukekoho (cattle and pigs), Waiuku (cattle and pigs), und two clearing tales wen* held, ono at East Tamnki, the other at Waiuku. All classes of cattle sold at late rates with a keen demand for choice and good dairy cows and heifers. The demand for fat pigs at both Pukekoho and Waiuku was keen and values improved, being in advance of the previous _Wednesday's sale. Wo riuote; —Best dairy cows and heifers, £ll to £ls 10a; others, £7 to £lO 10s; aged cows and inferior heifers, £1 ]os to £G 15s; bulls, £2 103 to £O, according to weight; store and boner cows, £3 to £5 las; weancr heifers, £1 10s to

£1 ]os; wen.or steers, £2 to £-1; yearling to 18-months heifers, £1 15s to £0 15s; .yearling to 18-months steers, £4 5s to £5 15s; 2 to 22-year steers, £0 to £7 ss; 3 to 31-year steers, £7 10s to £8 15s; grown steers, £9 to £'.) 15s.

Dalgety and Company, Limited, report:— We held stock sales at Kirikopuni, Wiiikiekie, Te Awnmutu, Otorohanga, Pakotai. Maungakaramea nnd Taumarunui. At all centres average yarding of all classes of eattlo camo forward. With the exception of good, close-up springers, which continuo to cell well, tho demand has shown no improvement and values remain on about a par with recent sales. We also report having held our monthly stock Rale nt Helensville 011 Tuesday, when we penned n, good averago yarding of cattle. The demand, however, was fair only, and values remained unchanged. A nice line of handy-weight two and u-lialf-ycar-old steers realised £9 7s Cd.

Alfred Bucklnnd and Sor.s, Limited, report:—During Ihe week wo held cut tic sales nt Westfield, Pokeno, Clevedon, Bunciman nnd Ilelensville, mid a pig hitle at Vv'aiuku. Thero were average yardings for tlio time of year, and values obtained were similar to thoso ruling at recent sales. Best dairy cows at profit brought JLI2 to £lO 15s; second grndo cows, £8 10s to .£ll 17s 6d; other dairy cows, £4 10s to £8 7s Gd; beat springing heifers, £ll to £l4 ss; other springing heifera, £5 10s to £lO 15s; dairy heifers to calvo in the spring, £7 to £l]; empty young cows and heifers, £3 to £4 15s; boner and store cows, £1 10s to £5; fat cows and heifers, £5 Ids to £0 17s lid; fat steers, £lO 10s to £l3 12s Cd; threo to four-year-old steers, £8 to £0 10s; two 1o three-year-old steers, £G 15s to £8; yearling to eighteen-mouth-old steers, £5 to £G 10s; weaner heifers, £1 10s to £3 10s; wearier steers, £1 15s to £3 15s; heavy bulls, £5 10s to £8; oound young herd bulls, £3 3a to £9 9s; aged ewes in lamb, 13s to 17s Gd; empty ewes, 8s to 15s Gd; two-tooth wethers. .£1 to £1 Is Gd; lambs. 10s Gd to 14s. Pigs at Waiuku sold nt Westfield values. JOHNSONVILLE PRICES. DECLINE IN ALL CLASSES. [BY TELEGRAPH. —OWN' CORRESPONDENT. ] WELLINGTON, Wednesday. Thero was an average yarding of all classes of stock at. the Johnsonville sale today. The cattle yarding comprised mostly medium-weight bullocks with a few pens of heavier sorts. The quality was not up to the usual standard. Prices for all classes of (stock showed a , decline on last week's rntes, bullocks being down fully 10s, wethers Is, and ewes Is Gd per head. Only a small consignment of lambs came forward and met with a keen demand at last week's rates. Heavy bullocks sold from £l4 15s to £ls 10s; medium bullocks. £l3 5s to £l4; light bullocks, £ll to £l2 10s; cows, £7 to £9 7s Gd; small vealers, 10s to 225; heavy wethers, 2Gs Gd to 295; wethers, 22s to 255; heavy ewes, 17s 3d to 20s; heavy lambs, 23s 3d to 2Gs 3d.

BATES AT ABDINGTON.

RISE IN SHEEP PRICES.

[BY TELEGRAPH. —PRESS ASSOCIATION.] CHRISTCHUECH. Wednesday.

The features of tho weekly market at Addington to-day were increases in values for fat lambs, fat sheep and store sheep. Fat cattle also sold well, but with little alteration in values. Store Sheep.—There was a. very small entry and it met with a very free inquiry. Forward lambs, for which export buyers competed, advanced up to 3s a head on late rates. Medium sorts recorded a rise of 2s a head and cull lambs were better by Xs a head. Adult sheep also sold at advanced rates, the rise in the case of the better-class of ewes being Is and lip to '2s a head on last week's rates. Forward wothers sold better than last week by 2s a head. Values were: Mediifin ewe lambs, Us to 13s Sd; cull ewe lambs, to 7s Gel; extra good wether lambs, 13s to 15s 2d: ordiuary wether lambs, ts Cd to lis; cull wether lambs, to ss; good 4, 6 and S-tooth three-quarterbred ewes, IGb to 19s; ordinary 8-tooth half-bred ewes, 12s Id to 13s 9d; ordinary 2-tooth halfbred ewes, 13s 2d to 17s 9d; failing-mouth halfbred ewes, 3s 9d to 10s; good 4 and G-tooth halfbred wethers, IGs to 18s; medium 1 and C-tooth halfbred wethers. 12s to 15s. Fat Lambs.—There was an entry of 2d09 head. The sale was a very good one and values recorded an increase of Is and up to 2s a head oil last week's ra_tes. Values were:—Extra prime lambs, to 27s 7d: prime lambs, 23s 1o 25s Gd; medium lambs, 19s Gd to 22s Gd; light lambs, IGs to 19s. Fat Sheep.—Tho fat sheep penned totalled nbout 4500 head and their oale was a ready one throughout. Values for both classes were a shade better than at last week's market, ewes advancing Is a head. Values were:—Extra prime wethers, to 30s 4d; prime wethers, 26s to 2Ss Gd; medium wethers, 23s to 25s Gd; light wethers, 17s to 22s 6d; extra prime ewes, to 25s Id; prime owes, 19s to 22s Cd; medium ewes, 15s 6d to 18s Gd', light and aged, 10s to 14s 6d. Fat Cattle.—An entry of 305 head was just sufficient to meet the requirements of butellers. Tho sale was a freer one than thai of last week, but there was little quotable change in values. Best mediumweight beef made from 35s to 38s Gd per 1001b and in some cases a little above that figure; medium quality, from 2Ss to 31s; heavy steer, from 31s Gd to 34s Gd; good cow. from 25s to 27s Gd; secondary. 22s to 245; rough, down to 20s. Values were;— Show steer, .622 7s Gd; extra prime heavy steers, to £2O; prime heavy steers, £l4 103 to £l7; j,rime medium-weight steers, £ll to £l4 ss; ordinary quality steers, £S to £lO 10s; light steers, £G to £7 15s; extra primo heifers, to £ls 7s Gd; primo heifers, £8 10s to £ll ss; ordinary heifers, £G 10s to £3; light heifers. £5 to £0 ss; extra primc cows, to £ls 12s Gd; prime cows, £8 to £lO 10s; ordinary cows, £G to £7 10s; light and ageu, £4 5s to £5 10s. Vealers.—A small entry included lines from Otago. All good calves sold on a slightly higher basis, but poor sorts sold indifferently. The top price for the sale was ili 3s Gd. Stor>< Cattle.—There was -a Hinull entry, and tho quality was generally poor. Last week's rates were maintained, however, for the better sorts offering. Eighteen months to two-year-old steers made up to £5 8e Gd and cows sold up to £5 15s. Potting bulls sold at late rales, top price for tlicm being £7 lis. Dairy Cattle.—There wni an entry of s(> head of very mixed quality. Outstanding sorts attracted keen but it was n dull sale for the. remainder. Values were: Best second and third ealvers, to £IG 10s; good, £l3 to £l4 10s; others. £3 to £l2; good heifers, £l2 to £11; medium, £9 10s to £11: others, £5 15s to £B. Fat Pigs.—There was a small entry oE porkers, and heavy sorts sold at slightly advanced rates, with the remainder on a par with last week. . Bacon values remained firm. Values were: Choppers. £3 to £G Gs; light porkers, £2 to £2 7s Gd: heavy porkers. t'2 10s to £3 (average price per lb, 7d to 7!d) ; light liaconers, £3 3s Gd to £3 15s: heavy baconers. £3 17s Gd to £4 10s Gd: extra heavy baconers, to 15 Cd Cd (average price per lb, Gd to 7d). Store Pigs.—There was a medium yarding, and values were little changed. Prices were: Largo stores, 28s lo 3Gs; medium, 21s to 20s; small. 15s to 17s 6d; slips, lis io l-'.'s Gd; weaners, 7s Gd to 12s I'd.

PEDIGREE JERSEY SALE

AVERAGE PRICE OF 22 GUINEAS

[BY 'JELKGKAriI.—OWN* CORRESPONDENT.] HAMILTON. Wednesday.

A successful dispers.il sale of pedigree Jerseys was conducted by 'lie Fanners' Co-operative, Auctioneering Co,, Ltd., on behalf of Mrs. M. "Wright, Hilton Downs, Pairere, Tirau. Prices ranged from 13 guineas to 4b guineas, the top pneo being paid bv Mr. A. Crowther, of Matamatn. Twenty-two animals were sold, at, au average price of 22 guineas a head.