EAT STOCK MARKET.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIX, Issue 21086, 21 January 1932, Page 5

EAT STOCK MARKET.

WEEKLY WESTFI ELD SALE. i LATE RATES MAINTAINED. 1 AVERAGE YARDINGS MADE. ' There was no improvement in the general level of values at the Westfield fat stock market yesterday. Most lines were yarded 'in average numbers, but no improvement in demand was shown. Thero was a slightly smaller yarding of fat cattle. The quality of tlio stock was good, \iut there was only a limited demand and prices receded for some lines of ox beef, while cow and heifer beef sold at about late rates. Extra choice ox made up to 21s per 1001b., the same figure as that realised last week, while choice brought to 20s, which was also realised by prime cow and heifer beef. Extra heavy prime steers sold up to £8 12s 6d, whicli was realised by two trucks consigned by Mr. B. Reed, of Waerenga. A truck oF extra heavy prime steers from G. Vosper, of Cambridge, sold at £8 2s 6d each, and another two trucks from Mr. C. G. Vosper, of Dingley Dell, sold at £8 each. Heavy primo steers ranged from £6 7s 6d to £7 17s 6d, lighter making to £6 17s 6d and light to £5 17s 6d. Extra heavy prime cows and heifers were sold at from £4 10s to £5 2s 6d, heavy prime being done at from £3 15s to £4 15s, and lighter at from £2 10s to £3 12s 6d. Tho large yarding of sheep met with a steady demand, and for the most part prices remained around last week's level. Heavy prime wethers failed to realise the rates ruling at the last sale, selling at from 13s 6d to 14s 6d. Heavy prime ewes ranged from 7s 9d to 9s, while the values for prime hoggets varied from 9s to 13s. Thero was a good yarding of lambs, but a large portion was of poor quality, with tho result that values were easier all round. Prices for. porkers were on the whole easier, the cood average yarding of pigs meeting with only a small demand throughout the sale. The best price for porkers was 28s, compared with 34s last week. Heavy baconers made up to 395, maintaining the prices -ruling at tho pre-" vious sale. There was a smaller offering of fat and young calves, and values for some classes improved. Runners were not in request and values remained unchanged, while there was also a decreased demand for very heavy vealers. The lighter classes of vealers showed improvement, while rough calves sold better 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 choice ox . 21/- 21/Choice and prime ox . . . . 17/G to 20/- 17/- to 20/Choice and prime cow and heifer IG/- to 20/- 16/- to 20/- . SHEEP (per head)— Prime wetlme, shorn . . . . 11/- to 14/6 10/- to 15/3 Unfinished wethers. shorn . . . - 8/- to 10/6 01- to 10/9 Primo ewes, shorn 5/6 to 9/- 5/6 to 9/9 Unfin. ewes, shorn 3/- to 5/- 4/6 to 6/6 Prime hoggets. shorn . . . . 9/- to 13/- 11/- to 13/6 Prime lambs .. G/6 to 13/- 81- to 14/CALVES (per head)— Runners . . . 20/- to GO/- 26/- to 70/Vealers . . . 10/- to 46/- 12/- to 44/PIGS (per head) Baconers • • 29/- to 41/- 28/- to 40/Porkers . . . 20/- to 28/- 14/- to 34/Weaners . . 5/- to 8/- 3/- to 11/Slips .. .. 8/- to 19/- .8/- to 15/Large etores . . 9/- to 15/- 13/- to 19/DETAILS OF SALES. REPORTS FROM AUCTIONEERS. D ALGETY AND COMPANY, LTD.^ Dalgety and Company. Limited, report on the weekly Westfield etock sale yesterday as follows: — Boef Ox beef was offered in lesser numbers v tlian last week. The quality was fust-class, but no better demand existed and late rates -were about equalled. Cow and heifer beef was penned in average numbers and realised late rates. Extra choice ox sold to 2.1s per 1001b; choice and prime ox, 17a 6d to 20s: secondary and plain ox, 16s to 17s; prime young cow and heifer heef, 17s to 20s; ordinary cow beef, 8s to 16s. Heavy prime steers made from £7 2s 61.t0 £7 15s; lighter prime steers, £6 to £7; light prime steers. £4 5s to £4 17s 6d; small and unfinished steers, £4; extra heavy prime young cows and heifers, £4 ss; heavy prime- cows and heifers, £3 17s 6d to £4 2s 6d; lighter prime cows and heifers, £2 10s to £3 15s; other killable cowb, £1 to £2 7s Od. 1 Sheep.—Larce numbers again came forward, tho entry beinc very mixed. All well finished lines drew steady competition and realised late rates, while second quality and poorly finished were easier in value. Heavy prime wethers, 12s 3d to 13s 3d; medium, 10s 9rl to 12s; light and unfinished. 9s to 10s 6d: heavy prime ewes, 7s 9d to 9s 9d; lighter, 5s 9d to 7s 6d. Lambs—-Large numbors were offered, but only a minor portion of the yarding com- ' prised prime quality, and values were easier all round. Calves.—There was a smaller yarding of all classes, with the exception of extra heavy vealers and runners, showing an improvement on last week's rates. Runners, £1 *los to £2 15s; heavy vealers, £1 16s to £2 14a; medium, £1 lis to £1 19s; light, £1 2? to £1 10s; rough, 8s to £1; bobby calves. Is to ss. Pigs.—With a full yarding prices for pigs wore on a par with last week's values, with the exception of porkers, which were inclined to be easier. Choppers, 10s to £2; heavy baconers, £1 16s to £1 19s; medium. £1 12s to £1 15s; light, £1 9s to £1 lis; heavy porkers, £1 5s to £1 8s; medium, £1 2s to £1 4s; light., £1 to £1 2s; small and unfinished, 14s to 19s; slips and stores, 8s to 15s; wcaners, 5s to Bs. ALFRED BUCKLAND AND SONS. Alfred Buckland and Sons, Limited, report as follows on yesterday's sale at Westfield Beef.—Wo penned 301 head of fat cattle, compared with 249 at tllS last sale. llio quality of the ox beef was first-class. There was only a limited demand and values again receded. Extra choice ox sold to £1 Is per 1001 b; choice and prime ox, 17e 6d to £1; secondary and plain ox, 15s to 17s; primo young cow and heifer beef. His to £1; ordinary cow beef, 8s to 15s. Extra heavy primo steers ranged in price from £S to £8 12a 6d (for steers from Mr. B. Reed Waerenga, which were bought by Mr. R. E. Stott, Birkenhead); heavy primo steers. £7 to £7 17s lid; lighter prime steers, £6 to'£6 17s 6d; light prime steers, £5 to £5 17s 6d; small and unfinished steers, £2 10s to £4 17s 6d; extra heavy prime young cows and heifers. £4 10s to £5 2s 6d; Jieavy prime cows and heifers. £3 15s to £4 7s (id, lighter prime cows and heifers, £2 10s to £3 12s 6d; other killablo cows, £1 10s to £2 7s 6d. Shoop.-—There was a heavy yarding of sheep, ewes predominating. Competition was steadv throughout at slightly lower values (1963 sheep sold). Extra heavy prime wethers, 14s to 14s 6d; heavy prime wethers, 13s to 13s 9d; modium to heavy prime wethers, lis 9d to 12s 9d; light to medium prime wethers, lis to Us 9d; unfinished wethers, 8s 6d to 10s 9d; extra heavy primo young ewes, 7s 6d to 8s 6d; heavy prime ewes, 6s 9d to 7s 3d; lighter prime eivtw. 5s (id to 6s fid; other killable cvves, 4s 6d to 5s 3d; other ewes, 2s to 4s. Lambs.—Lambs came forward to the number'of 1369, and all classes were easier in price. Extra heavy prime lamb*, 12a to 13s; heavy prime lambs, 10» fid to lis Od; lighter prime lambs, 8s to 10s 3d; light prime lambs, fis fid to 7s 9d; small and plain lambs, 2s to fis. Calves Wo had a smaller offering of fat and young calves. Runners and extra heavy venlers were not in request and values eased. Prime light vealers maintained late rates, while prices for rough calves improved. Runners made £1 to £1 15s; heavy vealers. £1 15s to £2 2s; medium, £1 9s to £1 14s; light, £1 5s to £1 8s; small vealers, 10s to 15s; rough and bucketfed calves, 7s to 14s; bobby calves, Is to 3s. A total of 189 calves was sold-

Pigs.—Fat pigs were again in full supply. Good quality baconers sold steadily at fv»lly late rates. Values for porkers were inclined to ease, especially toward the conclusion of the sale. Choppers made £1 5s to £2 10s, according to weight; heavy prime baconers, £1 18s to 5.1 Is; medium, £1 15s to £1 17k: light. £1 10a to £1 13s; heavy porkers, £1 6a to £1 8s; light and medium, £1 Is to £1 4s; small and unfinished, 14s to 18s. Stores sold at last week's prices. Slips and stores, 9s to 15s; euckere and weaners, 3s to Bs. A total of 571 pigs was sold. N.Z. LOAN AND MERCANTILE. The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company, Limited, reports us follows : Beef.—Although beef was penned in smaller numbers than last week the demand was -slack and values were inclined to he easier. Extra choice ox aold to 21b per 1001b.; choice and prime ox, 18s to 20s; ordinary and plain ox, 14s to 17s; prime young cow and heifer J>eef. lGs to 20s; ordinary cow beef, 10s to 15s; heavy prime steers, £0 7s Gd to £7 ss; tighter prune steers, £5 12s Od to £G ss; light prime steers, £4 to £5 10s; unfinished and Hinall, £3 to £3 17s Od; heavy prime young cows and heifers, £3 7s (id to £4 15s; lighter, £2 10s to £3 ss; light cows, £1 15s to £2 sa; other cows, 7s Od to £1 10s. Sheep.—With sheep yarded in large numbers, there was a steady demand and values were firm at last week's quotations. Heavy primo wethers, 13s (id to 14s (id; medium prime wethers, 12s (id to 13s 3d; light prime wethers, lis to 12s 3d; small and unfinished wethers, 8s to 10s Gd; heavy prime ewes, 7s 9d to 0s; medium prime ewes, Gs 9d to 7s Gd; light prime ewes, 5s Gd to Gs Gd; inferiorly-fatted ewes. 3a to ss; prime hoggets, 9s to 13s; unfinished hoggets, Gs to 8s Gd. Lambs—An average penning of lambs sold at late quotations. Prime lambs, 9s to 13s Gd; unfinished, 3s to Gs Gd. Pigs.—Values for pigs were inclined to be easier. They were penned in average numbers. Choppers sold from 10s to £1 19s; heavy and medium baconers, from £1 13s to £1 19s; light baconers and heavy porkers, from £1 8s to £1 Pis; medium porkers and light porkers, from £1 to £1 (is. store pigs sold >at late quotations. Large stores. 12s to 18s; slips, 8s to lis; weaners, 3s to 10s. Calv.es. —A small yarding of calves sold at improved values. Runners, XI ]ss to £3 Gs; heavy vealers, .£1 His to £2 Gs; medium, £1 10s to £1 14s; light, £1 to £1 8s; smaller, 12s to ISs; small and freshed dropped. 2s to 10s; rough calves, 5s to 10s. RATES AT ALDINGTON. A DECLINE IN VALUES. FAT LAMBS AND SHEEP. [BY TELEGRAPH. —PRESS ASSOCIATION.] CHRISTCHUKCH, Wednesday. The 3tock market at Addington io-day was again a discouraging one, as values in the fat stock sections declined. In the fat lamb and fat sheep sections export buyers were operating on a reduced schedule. Values in the case of lambs on the new schedule, are up to 5d per lb for under 361b. prime lambs and down to 3jd for seconds. For fat sheep the sale was generally easier in regard to prices, the decline amounting to about Is a head for ewes and a little less for wethers. The new export schedule is up to 3id per lbfor wethers and up to ljd for ewes. Freezing company buyers operated strictly to the new limits. Store Sheep.—For lambs the sale was a very steady one and prices remained firm at last week's rates. Adult sheep were dull of sale. Good mixed sex lambs made up to 9s; medium lambs, 7s to 8s; ordinary. 5s to Gs 9d; inferior, to 4s 9d-, good sixtooth halfbred wethers, 7s Gd to 8s Gd; two'tooth, to 9s 3d; ordinary two-tooth and four-topth ewes, to 8s lid; ordinary four and five-year ewes, 3s 3d to 5s lOd; aged ewe 3, to 2s 7d. Fat Lambs.—The entry of 4000 was slightly bigger than at recent markets. Butchers' lambs sold keenly, but eased in value over the concluding stages of the auction. Extra prime realised up to 19s lOd; prime, 16s to 18s; medium, lis Gd to 15s Gd; light, 8s Gd Fat Sheep.—An entry of 5500 head. The quality was outstanding in some cases. A steady sale at values which showed a slight decline on last week for all classes. Extra prime wethers brought up to 21s Id; prime. 17s to ISs Gd; medium. 14s Gd to 16s Gd: ordinary, lis Gd to 13s Gd; light, 9s to lis; <;xtra prime ewes, to 14s lOd; prime. 12s to 13s Gd; medium. 10s to lis Gd; ordinary, 7s 3d to 9s; light, 5s ■to 7s. Fat Cattle.—The entry of 370 head was tha smallest for a number of weeks and the quality was the best for a long period. Steers eased in price by £1 a head and cows and heifers by 10s to 15s. Best beef made 20s" to 24s per 1001b.; good, lGs to 19s; heavy, 13s to lGs; inferior, down to lis. Extra prime steers brought up to £2 7s 6d; prime, £8 to £lO 10s; medium, £5 10s to £7 15s; ordinary, to £5; light, to £2 15s; extra prime heifers, to £8 17s Gd: prime. £6 to £7 10s; medium. £3 to £5 15s: light, to £2 15s; extra prime cows, to £8 17s Gd; prime. £4 10s to £G ss; medium. £2 15s to £4; light, to £2 ss. Fat Pigs.—There was a medium entry of fat pigs, with a smaller entry of porkers. The demand all round was a little better. Choppers made £2 5s to £4 3s 6d; baconers. 34s Gd to 40s Gd; heavy baconers. 43s Gd to 49s Gd; extra heavy, to £2 19s Gd (average price per pound. 3?. d to 4idh porkers. 2Gs to 28a Gd; eavy, 29s Gd to 32s Gd (average price per pound, 4"d to s"d). HEAVY OFFERINGS OF SHEEP. COMPETITION AT HASTINGS. [by telegraph.—own correspondent.] HASTINGS, Wednesday. There was a much reduced yarding of beef at the Stortford Lodge ssje to-day. Only six pens of ox beef wore included in the offering, the balance beinc cows and heifers. Any pens show.ing quality and finish met with fair competition. Prime ox beef made from 17s to 19s per 1001b. and prime heifer about the same. Cow beef was neglected, several pens being sold at lis per 1001b. Prime bullocks sold from £6 17s Cd to £7 ss; light prime, £5 to £5 12s Gd; unfinished. £3 15s to £4 10s; prime heavy heifers, £6 15s; light, £2 10s; prime heavy cows, £3 to £3 Gs; prime light. £2 5s to £2 18s Gd: prime dairy sorts, £2 lis to £2 16s; unfinished, to 30s; vealers, to 17s. The store sheep entry totalled 8000 and lambs again predominated, . but several annual drafts of breeding ewes were also included. Fivo-year ewes made from 8s Gd to 9s 7d; black-face rape lambs, to Ss Id; ' pen of white-face lambs, 4s; well-grown line of white-face rape lambs. 7s Gd: one lot 4-5-year ewes, 9s 7d; 4, G and 8-tootli ewen. 10s Gd. In the fat sheep section 1000 head were offered and prices showed a slight improvement on last week's rates, butchers competition being more in evidence. 11 erne I heavy fat wethers made 12s to l.s 10d; light. 10s to lis; primo heavy fat ewes, /s to 8s Gd: prime light. Gs Gd to Gs 9d; prime heavy fat lambs, 12s to Us; light. 10s to lis; small, to 7s. COUNTRY SALES. New Zealand loan and Mercantile Agency Company, Limited.—At our weekly stock 1 sale at the Frankton yards on luesdaj lato 1 rates were fully maintained on a small yard--1 ing of ox beef. The best-conditioned fat com of an average yarding met with a steady demand, the values quoted being practically up to last week's quotations 1 Tha balance of tlio offering met with dull competition, prices showing a further decrease on late rates. Stove cows remained about on a par with lato rates. Average fat bullocks, £5 15s to £6 1G»; lighter. £5 1 to £5 12s 6d; heavy fat cows, £3 10a to £4 ss: fat cows. £3 to £3 7s Gd; lighter. £2 5s to £2 15s; light, £1 15s to £2 ss; killable. £1 Gs to £1 Hs; stores, 18s to £1 Is; vealers. 18s to £1 18s. A fairly heavy yarding of fat wethers met with a duller market than last week's, and values were down Is to i is Gd per head. Fat ewes, which were i penned in email numbers, realised values on a par with lato rates. Fat lamb prices also receded slightly. The entry was an average one. Prime fat wethers. 12s Id to 12s Gd; averago. lis to lis 9d: lighter, 9s lid to 10a Gd; light, 9s: heavy fat ewes, 7s 6d to lis 3d; fat ewes. Gs to 7s: lighter. 5s to 5s 9d; heavy fat lambs, 10s to l'2s Gd: lighter, 8s Gd to 10s: others, to Bs. For 1 another heavy yardiiw of fat pigs competition w'as fairly keen and values fully on a par with lato rates wore maintained. No change oil recent quotations is reported for an average offering of etorea and wean- ' ors. Heavy buconera. £1 Kin to £1 18s; light baconers and heavy porkers, £1 10a to s £1 13s; light porkers, ill lo £1 9s: large • stores, 18s to £1 Ift; smaller. 12s lo 15s; i slips. 8s to Us; weaners. Gs to Bs. ; At our sale at Cambridge on Monday an averago yarding of sheep camo forward [ and' mot with fair competition. Forward wethers, up to lis 9d; store ewes, 5s lo 7s: good store lambs. Gs !U1 to 8s 4d; others. 1 3s Id to 5s Id. A good yarding of fat and \ store cattle came forward and sold at late ' rates. Fat cows, £2 9s to £2 15s; forward cows. £1 Is to £2 ss; fat heifers, £2 2s to £'- 1 tis; store cows, 15s to £1 8s; yearling Shorl- ' horn steers, £1 10s to £1 15s; coloured • steers, £1 Is to £1 9s: heifers, running with : hull. £2 12s. A small yarding of pigs came forward and met with good competition. > Good stores. 18s to £1 Is;, others. 13s to 17a; slips, 9a to 13a Gd: weaners, 6s to 7S.