FAT STOCK MARKET.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIX, Issue 21098, 4 February 1932, Page 5

FAT STOCK MARKET.

WEEKLY WESTFIELD SALE. SMALL YARDINGS OFFERED/ * GOOD DEMAND FOR PIGS. j There were considerably less than average yardings of all classes of fat stock except pigs at the weekly West field sale yesterday. The quantity of beef offered was almost 25 per cent, below average yardirjgs and, in consequence of the reduced numbers, there was a slight firming tendency, particularly for good cbw and' heifer beef. The range of prices, however, remained practically on a level with the previous week's. Extra choice ox beef realised 21s per 1001b. and prime j-oung cow and heifer beef brought 17s to 20s. In spit§ of the smaller numbers offered, the fat calf market was again depressed and values receded Is to 2s a head. Bidding for all classes was weak, while plain lots were almost unsaleable. Toward the end of the sale, even good quality vealers were hard to sell. Sheep were similarly in shorter supply and the quality generally was patchy. The demand was steady and prices remained at late rates. In contrast to the rest of the sale, the pig pens had a larger offering than usual, the quality on the whole being good. There was a full attendance of buyers and the demand was keen. Prices for porkers remained at last week's quotations, but. baconers appreciated in value. The following is a summary of the prices realised for fat stock for the last, two weeks at the Westfield fat stock sales:— BEEF (per 1001b.) This week. La ft week. Extra choice ox . 211- 21/Choi.ce and prime ox 17/G to 20/- 17/G to 20/Choice and prime cow and heifer 171- to 20/- 16/- to 19/0 SHEEP (per head!— Prime wether? . . 10/6 to 13'6 10/- to 13/9 T"nfinished wethers 7 6 to !>/- 7/6 to 9'15 Prime ewes . . 5/6 to 9/- 5/6 to 9/3 Unfinished ewes 1/9 to 5/3 -I- to 5/3 Hog-gets . . . . 121- to 15 - 9/6 to*l3/Prime lambs . . 7;- to 11.9 6/6 to 13/CALVES (per head) Runners . . . . 20/- to 46/- 30/- to 60'Vealers . . . . S, -to 37'- S/6 to 35/PIGS (per head; Baconers .. . . 31'- to 46'- 30/- to 41/i'orkers . . . . 15 - to 35/- 20/- to 31/'Weitners .. .. 3- to 6 - 3/- 1o 9/Slips .. .. 10/- to 15 - 8/- to 16/Larse stores . . 7/- to 17.- 8G to 18/Top price for the day was secured by two trucks of extra choice steers from Mr. B. Reed, of Waerenga. which realised up to £8 17s 6d. A further consignment from Mr. Reed brought from £6 10s to £7 15s. A line of 16 bullocks from the Kihik:hi Mental Hospital was sold at prices ranging from £5 to £8 ss. A truck of steers from Mr. C. E. Sampson, of Waerenga. made up to £8 2s 6d. Prices ranging up to ~1 15s were received for a truck of bullocks from Mr. F. Glenn, of Rukuhia, and a truck of prime steers from Mr. F. I. Hunt, of .Waihou. made up to £7 10s. Two trucks of steers from Mr. R. A. Bent, of Putaruru, realised up to £7. A nice line -of heifers from Mr. F. -C. Bull, of Mangere, was sold up to £5.

DETAILS OF SALES. REPORTS FROM AUCTIONEERS. LOAN AND MERCANTILE. Tie New Zealand Loan and Mercantile .Agency Company. Limited, reports on the weekly "West field stock sale yesterday be follows : Beef.—Beef was penned m less than average numbers. There was a steady demand, arid akhoush quotations are the same, values showed a firming tendency. We quote:—Extra choice ox. to 21s per 1001b: choice and prime ox. 17s to 00s: ordinary ox. 14s to 16s: prime cow and heifer beef, ITs to 20s; ordinary cow. 10s to 16s. Heavy prime steers sold at from £7 5s to' £8 7s Gd ; medium. 2s Gd to £'7 2s Gd ; light. £5 to.£6: smaller and unfinished steers, £2 IPs to £'4 lit«; heavy prime cows and heifers made £4 55. to £i 17s Gd; medium. £3 7s Gd to £4 2s 6d; light, £2 10s to £3 ss: other cows, £1 to £2 ss. Sheen sheep were penned in average numbers. Competition was steady, with values slightly improved on last week's sale. Heavy prime wethers made I.ls 3d to 13s 9d: medium. 12s 3d to 13s; light, 10s t.d to 12s: unfinished wethers, Gs Gd to 10s; prime ewes. ss. to 8s Gd; unfinished ewes, 2s Gd to 4s 3d; prime maiden ewes, 9s to 12s Gd. Lambs—Lambs were penned in average numbers and sold readily at late Quotations. Heavy prime lambs realised 12s to 15s fid i medium. 9s 3d to lis Gd : light prime InrrJ'S, 7s Gd to 9s; unfinished. 2s Gd to 7s. Calves.—Calves were penned in averace numbers and were dull of sale. Values were easier on last week's quotations. Runners realised £1 to £2 6s; heavy vealers. £1 10s to £1 17s: medium vealers, £1 3s to £1 8s; light vealera. IPs to £1 2s; small and unfinished calves, Ss to 16s; rough calves. 5s Pigs —A l?rge yarding of pigs sold under keen competition at advanced values. Chopper* brought £1 to £2 Gs; medium and heavy baconers, £2 to £2 as; light baconers and heavy porkers. £1 12s to £1 l?s: medium and lisrht porkers. £1 to £1 10s. Values for store pigs were easier. Large stores made 12s to 275; slips, Ss to lis; weaners, 2s to 7s.

DALGETY AND COMPANY. Dalgety and Company, Limited, report on the weekly "Westneld stock sale yesterday as follows: Beef.—Ox beef was offered in fair average numbers. The quality was first-class, but the demand was no better, and late rates again ruled. Cow and heifer beef was offered in under average numbers and sold under a good demand at slightly improved prices. Extra choice ox sold to 21s per 1001b.; choice and prime ox, 17s Gd to £1; just kiliable, 15s to 17s; prime young cow and hsifer beef, 16s to 20?; just killable. Ss to 15s. Heavy prime steers ranced in price from £7 2s Cd to £'?: lighter prime steers. £5 15s to £7: light prime steers, £1 12s fid to £5 12s Cd; exlra heavy prime young cows and heifers. £4 7 s Gd to £5; heavy prime cows and heifers. £3 15b to £4 ss: lighter prime cows and heifers. £2 12s Gd to £3 12s 6d; other killable cows, £1 to £2 10s. Sheep.—Sheep were yarded in moderate numbers, the quality being hardly up to standard. The demand was steady and values ruled at about late rates. Extra heavy prime wethers sold at 12s Gd to 13s; heavy prime wethers, lis 9d to 12s 3d; medium wethers, 10s Gd to lis fid; heavy prime ewes. 7s Gd to 8s; lighter prime ewes, Gs to 7s 3d; olher ewes, 4s to 5s 9d. Lambs.—Lambs came forward in average numbers and sold steadily at late rates. Heavy prime lambs made 12s 9d; medium prime lambs. 9s Gd to lis 6d; light prune lambs, Gs Gd to 9s 3d. Calves. —Calves were yarded in average numbers and prices were again considerably easier, especially toward the end of the sale, when even good quality vealers were hard to quit. Runners made 20s to 355; heavy vealers. £1 10s to £1 lSs ; medium vealers, £1 to £l 9s; light vealers, 15s to 20s; small vealers. 6s to 14s; rough calves. 3s to Ss; small and fresh drooped. Is to 4s. Pigs.—Pigs were yarded in large numbers and sold at advanced rates under keen competition. Choppers made 20s to 355; heavy baconers, £2 to £2 4s; medium baconers. £1 16s to £1 395; light baconers, £1 14s to £1 !6s; heavy porkers, £1 10s to £1 15s; medium porkers, £1 8s to £1 10s; light porkers, £1 3s to £1 ss.

ALFRED BUCKLAND AND SONS. Alfred Bnckland and Sons, Ltd., report on the weekly Westfield stock sale yesterday as follows: Beef. —Our beef pens contained 103 head, as against 214 head at Inst week's market. There was no improvement in the demand and values for ox beef were unchanged. Prime young cows and heifers were slightly firmer. Extra choice ox sold to i'l Is per 1001b; choice and prime ox, 17s Gd to £1: secondary find plain ox 15s to 17a; prime young cow and heifer beeT, 17s to £1 ; ordinary cow beef, 10k to lf>s. Extra h"a.ry prime eteers ranged in price from i'S to i'S I7s fid for steers from Mr. B. Reed. W nerencn. which were bought by Mr, R. E. Stott, of Birkenhead; heavy prime steers realised £7 to £7. 17s f>d: lighter prime steers, £6 to £6 17s Gd; Licht

prime steers, £5 to £5 17b 6d; small and unfinished steers, £3 10a to £4 17s Go; extra heavy prime young cows and heifers, £4 10s to £5; heavy prime cows and heifers, £3 15a to £4 7s 6d; lighter prime cows and heifer, £3 to £3 12s 6d; other tillable cows, £1 to £2 17s 6d. Sheep.—Sheep were penned in leßii than average numbers and sold at last week's rates. A total of 1001 sheep was sold. Extra heavy prime wethers realised 12s 9d to 13s iiea-ry prime wethern. 12s to l££s Gd; medium to h<*avy prime wethers, 10s 6d to lis 9d; light to medium prime wethers, 9s to 10s 3d; unfinished wethers, ; 7s Gd to 8s 9d; extra heavy prime young J ewes. 8s to 9s; heavy prime ewes, 7e to I 7s 9d; lighter prime ewes, 5s Gd to Gs 9d; ; other killable ewes, 4s Gd to 5s 3d; other I ewes. Is 9d to 4s. I Lambs.—Our supply of lambs totalled tfiS. All prime lambs were better worth. There was no alteration in other classes. Extra heavy prime lambs made lis to 15s: heavy prime lambs, 123 to 13s 3d; lighter prime lambs, 10s to Us 9d: light prime lambs. 7s to 9s 3d; small and plain lambs, 3s 3d to. 6s 9d. Calves.—"We had scarcely an average yarding of fat calves, which met a still further depressed market. Bidding for all classes was very weak, with the plain sorts practically unsaleable. . Runners made £1 to £2 7s; heavy vealers, £1 9s to £1 IGs; medium, £1 4s to £1 8s; lijrht, 18s to £1 2s; small vealers, 7s to 14s; rough and bucket-fed. Is to 9s; bobby calves. Is to 2s. A total of 211 calves was sold. Pigs.—The pig pens were well filled and the offering included a large proportion of prime baconers. Competition for these was keen and our quotations show a distinct improvement. Choppers made £1 8h to £2 !0s; heavy prime baconers, £2 3s to £2 Gs; medium. £1 17s to £2 Is; light, £1 lis to £1 14s; heavy porkers, i'l 7s to £1 9s; light and medium, £1 2s to £1 55,; small : and unfinished. 15s to ISs; slips and stores, i 10s to 15s; suckers and rveaners, 3s to Ss. ; A total of 653 pigrs was sold. RATES AT ADDING TON. STORE LAMBS ADVANCE. OTHER LINES UNCHANGED. [BT TELEGRAPH. —PRESS association.J CHP.ISTCHURCH, Wednesday. Little material change was recorded in i the fat stock sections at the weekly market ■ at Addington to-day. but there was a firming tendency in both store lambs and store sheep divisions. Store Sheep.—The sale for store lambs was keen, with a general advance of Is a head. Adult sheep met with a better inquiry, but there was not a quotable advance in values. The quality generally was mediocre. Values were;— Good mixed sex lambs, to 8s lid; medium mixed sex lambs, 7s to Ss; ordinary mixed sex lembsi. 5s to 7s; inferior, 3s to 4s; good two-tooth halfbred ewes, to 10s; ordinary two-too~.h halfbred ewes, to Gs 9d; aged halfbred ewes, 9d to 2s lOd; failing-mouth halfbred ewes, ; to 3s 7d; ordinary four, six and eight-tooth crossbred ewes, to 7s 3d; medium four, six and eight-tooth wethers, 7s Gd to Ssi Gd. Fat Lambs.—An entry of 3200 was received.. Values were down as compared with late rates, with export buyers operating freely at prices strictly conforming to schedule valuation. Butchers' lambs were : also easier. Values were: —Show lambs, to i 20s 4d; extra prime lambs, ISs to 20s; prime I lambs, IGs to 17s Gd; medium lambs. 12s to 15s Gd; light lambs, 8s to Us 6d. I Fat Sheep.—There was an entry of 3500. i the smallest for a long period. Values were i firmer for both classes. Values were;— I Extra prime heavy wethers, to 19s 7d; prime heavy. 17s to 18s Gd; medium-weight prim", 14s Gd to IGs Gd: ordinary. Us Gd to 13s Gd; light, 8s Gd to lis; prime heavy ewes, *lo 13s 7d; medium-weight prime, 9.5 Gd to lis Gd; ordinary, 7s 3d to 9s; light, 5s to 7s. Fat Cattle.—An eniry of 405 was yarded. The sale was very dull for all except choicest handy-weight steers and heifers. There was no quotable change in values for best beef, however. Best beef made from 20s to 24s per 1001b, with choice pens of light-weight young cattle making slightly more in some instances. - Good beef made from 15s Gd to 19s; heavy beef, 12s to 15s: inferior, down to 10s;; rough and unfinished, down to Bs. Values were: j —Extra prime heavy steers, to £ll 7s Gd; prime heavy, £8 to £lO 10s; prime mediumweight, £G to £7 ISs; ordinary, £3 to £5; light, to £2 355; extra prime heifers, to £8 17s Gd; prime, £5 15s to £7; medium, £3 to £5; light, to £2 15s; extra prime cows, to £7 12s fid: prime, £i to £5 10s; medium., £2 5s to £3 10s; light, to £2. » Fat Pigs.—A medium entry met with a \ pood sale, with demand steady. Values : were:—Choppers. £2 to £4 Ss Gd: baconers. i 35s Gd to 4Gs Gd: heavy baconers, 4Sls Gd ] to 55s Gd; extra heavy baconers. to £3 Os ; Gd; average price per lb. 4d to 4ld; porkers, : 29s Gd to 32s Gd: heavy porkers. 33s Gd to : 35s Gd: average price per lb, s?d to Gid.

TUAKAU SHEEP FAIR. EXCEPTIONALLY LARGE YARDING. Alfred Buckland and Sons. Limittsd. held their first sheep and ram fair at Tuaknu on Monday and yarded upwards of 23.000 head. There was an extra larjre attendance of buyers and a keen demand prevailed throughout the sale. Prices realised exceeded expectations and few lots failed to chance owners. Best 2 and 4-tooth ewes made 10b fid to 12s 9d for 4-tooth ewes from Motutapu Island; smaller 2-tooth ewes realised Ts to 0s 6d; best 3 and 4-ypar-old ewes. 9s to lis for a line of 4-year qjd ewes on account of Mr. Olaf McCutcheon. Other 3 anci 4-year-old ewes brought 7s to 8s 9d: best 5-year-old ewes, 7s to 9s; others. 5s to fis 3d: older ewes, 3s to 4s 9d; cull ewes. Is 3d to 2s 3d: 2 and 4-tooth wethers. 7s to 9s (id: Fmall 2-tooth wethers. 5s 6d to 6s !Jd; best lambs, (is C-d to 6s; smaller lambs, 4,6 to 6s: small lambs. 2= 6d to 3s 6d; weedy. Is fid to 2s: 2-tooth_ Southdown rams, £]. lfis to £i 15k; 2-toctn Romney rams. £2 i!s to £3 33s Od; 2-T-orth English Leicester ram.s, £2 2s to £3 13s 6d; old rams, 2s to 15:5-

PRICES AT FRANKTON. [By telegraph.—own corrzspokot:vt.] HAMILTON. Wednesday. The ICew Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company. Limited, report on their weekly stock sale held at the Frank ton yards yesterday, as follows:—Cattle: Average quality fat bullocks eold at £5 19s to £(> Us; lighter. £4 17s to £5 15s: light, £2 19s to £4 ss ; fat cows. £3 10s to £4 se; lighter, £2 15s to £3 "e Gd; light, £2 to £2 12s Gd; killable, £1 10s to £2; stores. ISs to 255: vealers, £1 8s to £1 16s. Sheep; A yarding of 6500 store ewes from Gxsborne net with spirited competition, the "whole entry changhands at very eatislactory prices. Medium fat wethers. 12s to 13s Gd: lighter. 9s Gd to lis 9d; fat ewes, Gs Gd to 7» Gd; lighter, os 3d to 6s 3d; others. 4s Gd to ss; fat lambs, 9s Gd to lis; lighter. 8s to 9b 3d ; others. 7s Gd to 8?: 103 fciur-tooth ewes. 10s Id; 517 four-tooth to fire-year ewes. 8s to Ss 2d; S'!3 five-year ewe)-. Ss Gd; 41G two-tooih, 9s 9d: other smaller lots from Gs Gd to 9s Gd. Pigs: Henry baconers sold at from 35s to 395: iipht baconers and "heavy porkers, 25s to 335; light porter;;. ISs to £1 ss; larjre stores, lis to 14s; sniallei stores, 9s to Hs; weatiers, 5s to Ss.

CAMBRIDGE QUOTATIONS. The Farmers' Co-operative Auctioneering Company. Limited, reportAt the Cambridge eale on Monday we penned a pood yarding of all classes of cattle and a medium yardmg of sheep, including a number of store iambs. Late lates were maintained on cattle, while most, of tke sheep changed hands at satisfactory prices. Quotations—Pigs: Porkers. £1 ]p to fit 4« 6d: stores. 14s 6d to 375; slips, 10s 6d to 14s: weacers, Gs to 8s 6d; fat wethers. 10s Cd to 12s; fat ewes. 3s 6d to 7s; store i;wes, ]s to Is 6d; best store lambs, 6s Gd! to 8s■ others, os 2d to 4s 7d; fat cows, £2 io £2 17s; tillable cows, £1 5s to £1 ]Cls; store cows. 27e to £1 3s; boners. 5s to 17u; heaat potter bulls, £'? 2s fid to £4 15s ; lighter pott-er balls. £2 to £2 123 6d. SUGAR PRODUCTION. LIKELY QUEENSLAND RECORD. The Registrar General of Queensland, Mr. G. Porter, estimates that the sugar production oi the _ 1931 season will be 570.776 tons at 94 net titre, which will l»e easily a record for the State. The previous record was 520,620 ions in 1928 and in 1930 it was 516.783 tonii- It is only in the last four years that the production has exceeded 500,000 tons. It is probable that after satisfying Use Australian consumption, 200,000 tons of the 1931 yield •will be exported. The export of sugar is not profitable under present conditions, that is to say. the overseas prices do not cover the cost of production. Thus the higher the export, the worse it is for those at present in the industry after a certain point has been reached. That is the reason why th»> expansion of the industry by the opening up of new areas for pointing is not allowed.