FAT STOCK MARKET

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXI, Issue 21844, 5 July 1934, Page 7

FAT STOCK MARKET

WEEKLY WESTFIELI) SALE PRICES FOR BEEF FIRM LAMBS IN SHORT SUPPLY V ' Contrary to expectations, the stormy weather that has prevailed since the end of last week did not affect the yardings at the weekly Westfield fatstock sale yesterday and there was at least an average yarding of all classes, with the exception of lambs, which are now becoming very short. Competition was keen throughout and price levels remained very firm. Beef cattle again came forward to tho number of about 500. Of these the majority were cows and thero was a distinct shortage of heavy beef. Excellent prices were again realised for good well-finished offerings of both classes, with the demand very brisk at all stages of the sale. Although the prices secured were about on a par with those at last week's sale, thero was every indication of a firming market. There was again a fair yarding of calves, with a shortage of heavy runners. Good quality vealers were in keen request and sold at late rates. There was an easier market for heavier sorts and for unfinished calves, prices for these declining by about ss. The yarding of sheep was an average one, but tho quality was first-class and competition was very keen, with all classes very firm at late rates. One of tho best pens of young sheep offered for some time sold up to 29s 3d. Lambs were offered in small numbers, most of them being small and of inferior quality. The demand for good sorts was keen and those realised current prices. A line of exceptionally well-finished lambs sold from 27s to 30s. From now onward there is likely to be a steadily decreasing supply in this market.

The yarding of pigs was on the small side, with prime baconers not sufficient for requirements. The demand was consequently spirited and values made a further advance. Theije was particular interest in the sale of an exceptionally largo pig, weighing between 650 and 7001b. This was disposed of after keen bidding for £6, the highest price realised for a pig at .Westfield for some years. The prices per lb. for baconers worked out at between sld and 52d, and for porkers from 5d to 53d. Store pigs generally were in short supply and sold at advanced prices.

Individual Consignments Top price in the ox beef market was realised for the best of a line or well-finished steers from Mr. G. Smith, of Matakoho, for which up to £9 15s was paid. Another good line from Mr. W. J. Ralph, ex Mahuta, sold to £8 17s 6d, while two lots selling to £8 15s were disposed of on behalf of Mr. G. Hastie, of Papatoetoe, and Mr. W. W. McLaughlin, of Papatoetoe. Prices up to £8 10s were paid for steers from the Taumata Investment Company, ex Waiuku, and for the best of a consignment of 16 cattle from Messrs. Craven Bros., ex Paparoa, £8 7s 6d was paid. A truck from Mr. G. H. Hor"ton, of To Kauwhata, made up to £7 17s Cd, and prices up to £7 12s 6d were secured for the steers of Mr. C. Dickie,-ex Waiuku. For a consignment from Mr. C. G. Vosper, ,of Cambridge, up to, £7 10s was paid, and a line of eight steers from Sir. 1. M. Rutherford, of Waiuku, made to £7 2s 6d. Other good beef cattle, soiling to £6 17s 6d, came from Messrs. Thompson and Ernest, of Whakatano, and Messrs. Reid Bros., of Opotiki. There was a largo number of good consignments of cows and heifers, and the best price of the sale was that paid for a mixed line from a Tuakau grazier, up to £7 being lwo lots for wliich top prices of £6 17s 6d I were paid were consigned by the Ngai puke Estate, of Wairamarama, and Mr. j J. A. Hill, of Ohincwai. Other good I prices were those paid for the best of j the cows of Mr. H. Windsor, of Ma- | tangi, and Mr. H. Dickie, of Walton, up to £6 15s being realised. The latter vendor also consigned a truck that made from £5 2s 6d to £6 ss. For the cows and heifers of Mr. 11. "Wellington, of To Awainutu. and Mr. W. E. Clark, ot' To Kauwhata, up to £5 5s was paid, and up to £5 was realised for the offerings of Mr. A. Commons, of Waoutu, Mr. B. G. Cliff,, of Paparoa, and Mr. W. A. Jeffries, of Te Kauwhata. A single heifer sold on behalf of the last-named vendor made £4 15s. Two lots selling to £i 17s 6d were disposed of for Messrs. Ambury Bros., ex Waiotira, and Mr. W. J. Orr, of Edgecumbo. A line of 18 heifers from Mr. R. J. Bell, ex Tanpjowahino, sold to £4 15s, and the cattle which were disposed of up to £4 came in from Messrs. G. and R. Coates, of Matakohe. DETAILS OF SALES AUCTIONEERS' REPORTS DALGETY AND COMPANY Dalgety and Company. Limited, reports on the sale as follows: Beof.—Wo yarded 251 head of beef, comprising 47 steers and "204 cows- and heifers, against 198 head last week. The quality was first class, and. selling under a steady demand, late rates for ox were fully maintained. Good quality cows and heifers nro quoted nt' Inst week's rates, but. gonerally speaking, values were not so good. We yarded no extra heavy bullocks. Extra choice ox sold to 22s per JOOlb,; ehoico and prime, 18a to 21s; just kPluble. 13b to 17s: prime young cow and heifer href, 17s to 20s; just killablc, 12s to IGs. Est ra heavy priniQ tleers ranged in price from £8 7s Gd to £8 10s, for steers from the Taumata Investment Comnany; heavy prime, £7 to £8 fis: lighter prime, CG to £G 17s Cd; light prime. £4 5s to £5 17s Gd; small and unfinished. .03 12s Gd to £4 2s Gd. Extra heavy prime young cows and heifers, £G to £7; heavy prime, £4 15a to £5 17s Cd: lighter prime. £3 5s to £4 12s Cd; other killablc cows, £1 15<! to £3 '23 Cd. Sheep.—Sheep wero yarded in full average numbers and the offering sold under good steady competition at values fully on a par with last week's quotations. Extra heavy primo wethers. 28s Cd lo 29s 3d: henvy prime, 27s Cd to 28s 3d; medium prime, 26s to 27s 3d; light and unfinished. 21.; to 24s Cd: henvy prime ewes. 22s Cd to 22s 9d; lighter prime. 20s to 22r> 3d: other ewes. IGs to 19s Gd.

Lambs.—A email yarding of indifferent qualify lambs sold under competition at values on a par with late rates. Heavy prime lamb. 22s to ?6s: medium prime. 19s to 21s 3d; light, prime, lCs 9d to 18s Cd.

Calves.—A full yarding of calves was penned. The demand was not very keen ar.d values show an appreciable casing oil last week's quotations. Our offering did not include any prime runners. Heavy vealers, £'2 4s to £2 15s; medium, £1 Ms to £2 3s: light, £1 5s to £'l lis: small. 17s to .£1 ■ls; lough calves, 10s to 15s, bobby calves. 8s to 9s. Pigs.—Pigs were yarck-d in less than average numbers and sold under keen demand at improved values. Heavy baconers, £3 13s to £3 19s; medium, £3 5s to £3 !>s; light, £2 13s to £3; heavy porkers, £2 5s to £2 9a: medium. £1 lis to i'l 18s; light. £t 7s to £'l lis; small and unfinished. £1 to £1 ss. LOAN AND MERCANTILE Tho New Zealand Loan iwid Mercantile Agency Company. Limited, reports on the sale as follows: Beef.—We penned beef in largo numbers. Competition was very keen and although' our quotations are the same as last week in some cases these quotations were exceeded. Extra choice ox sold to £1 2s per 1001b; choice and prime, 18s to £1 Is; ordinary and plain, Ms to 17s; prime young cow aiid heifer beef, - 18s to £1 Is; ordinary cow beef, 13s to 17s. Extra heavy prime steers ranged in price from £9 to £9 15s; heavy prime, £8 to £8 17s Gd; lighter prime, £7 to £7 17s 6d; light prime, £C> to £C> 17s Cd; unfinished -and small, £4 10s to £5 15s. Extra heavy prime. yofihg cows and heifers, £5 10s to £0 17s (id. for heifers from tho Ngapuke •Estate, Wairamaramu; heavy prime, £1 17s f.d to £5 7s Gd; lighter; £3 17s Gd to £4 15s; light, £1 10s to £3 ss; other COWS, £1 10s to £2 7s (id. Extra heavy prime steers from Mr. Geo. Smith, Matakohe, realised up to £9 15s; heavy prime steers from Mr. W. J. Ralph, Mahutu, realised up to £8 17s Gd; and from Mr. W. W. McLaughlin, l'apatoetoe, up to £3 15s. Sheep,—Our yarding of sheep was an average one, there was a ready demand with values very firm at late rates. Heavy prime wethers, £1 8s to £1 10s; medium prime, £1 6s to £1 7s 9d; light prime. .£1 4s to £1 5s 9d; small and unfinished, 17s to £1 3s 9d. Heavy prime ewes. £1 2s 6d to £1 4s; medium prime, £1 to £1 2s 3d; light prime, 17s to 19s 9d; unfinished ewes, 12s to IRs, oa. Lambs. —AVe yarded lambs in small numbers. All classes sold at late quotations. Medium to heavy prime lambs, £1 to £1 4s Gd; light prime, 10s to 19s 9d; unfinished, 12s to 15s 9d.

Pigs.—We had a smaller entry of piss. There was a keen demand with values improving No heavy baconers were yarded. Choppers sold from £2 10s to £3 3s; medium baconers. £3 5s to £3 12s; light baconers and licavy'porkers, £2 Ss to £3 4s; medium porkers and light porkers, £1 10b to £2 7a: smaller, £1 4s to' £1 9s. Store pigß sold readily at iato rates. Large stores, .£1 3s to £1 10s; slips, 15s to £1 2s; weaners, 4s to 14s.

Calves.—Our calf pens were well filled, including many plain calves. There was a ready demand for good quality vealers which sold at Into rates. Large calves and plain Quality were easier in value. Runners, £2 to £3 ss; heavy vealers, £2 10s to £2 15s; medium, £2 to £2 9s; light, £1 8s to. £1 18s 1 smaller, 15s to £1 7s; small and fresh dropped, 3s to 14s; rough calves, 10s to £1 ss. '

ALFRED BUCKLAND AND SONS Alfred Buckland and Sons, Limited, reports on th© sale as follows: — Beef,—Our supply of fat cattle totalled 197 head; comprising 02 steers and 135 cows and heifers. There was a steady demand throughout and last week's values were fully sustained. Extra choice ox sold to £1 2s per 1001b; choice and prime, 18s to £l,ls; secondary and plain, IGs to 17s; ' prime young cow and heifer beef, 17s to £1; oralnary cow beef, 10s to 16a. Heavy prime steers, £3 to £8 17s Gd; lighter prime, £7 to £7 17s Od; light prime, £5 10s to £6 17s Gd- small and unfinished, £3 10s to £5 7s Od' Extra heavy prime young cows and heifers, £5 10s to £G 10s; heavy prime £4 5s to £5 7s 6d; lighter prime, £3 to £-1 2s Cd; other killablc cows, £1 10s to £2 17s Gd. Sheep.—Sheep penned in increased numbers and sold freely at values which were on a par with recent sales (1114 sheep sold). Extra heavy prime wethers, £1 9s to £1 10s: heavy prime, £1 7s Gd to £1 8s 9d; medium to heavy prime, £1 5s Gd to £1 Gs 9d; light to medium prime, £1 2s fid to £1 4s 9d; unfinished, 17s Gd to £1 2s. Extra 'heavy prime young and maiden ewes, £1 3s 6d to £1 4s 3d; heavy prime, £1 2s to £1 3s 3d; lighter prime. £1 0s Cd to £1 Is 9d; other killablo ewes, 17s Cd to £l. Lambs. —The 297 lambs which came forward found ready buyers at ruling prices, Extra heavy prime lambs, £1 4s to £1 5s Gd; a few extra special lambs sold at from £1 7s to £1 103; heavy prime, £1 2s to £1 3s 9d; lighter prime, £1 to £1 Is 9d; light prime, 18$ Gd to 19s 9d; small and plain, 13s to 16a 6,d. Calvos.—We had a full yarding of calves. The demand was less keen and values declined about 4s to 5s per* head. "Runners made £1 15s to £3 10s; heavy vealers, £2 10s to £2 IGs; medium, £2 to £2 Gs; light, £1 lis to £1 17s; small. £1 5s to £1 8s; unfinished and bucket-fed, 12s to £1; bobby calves, 3s to 6a (198 calves were sold). Pigs.—Thero was an average offering of fat pigs. Competition for all prime baconers was spirited and our quotations realised fully Into rates. Choppers made £2 10s to £6 for a particularly heavy Largo White barrow. (Tlub is the best prict! obtained for a pig at Westfield for some yettrs.) Extra heavy prime baconers, £3. 15s to £4 Is; medium, £3 Gs to £3 10s; light, £2 14s to £3; heavy porkers, £2 4s to £2 7s; medium, £1 14s to £1 17s; light, £1 8s to £1 lis; small arid unfinished, £1 to £1 Gs. Stores, 17s to £1 3s; slips, 12b to 16s; weaners, 7s to 13s. Baconers made s}d to 5Jd per lb and porkers 5d to ojd. (A total of 433 pigs was sold). i

RATES AT ADDINGTON SMALLER ENTRIES RECEIVED ADVANCE IN ALL SECTIONS [BY TKI/KGEAPH —PRESS ASSOCIATION! CHRISTCHURCH, Wednesday Smaller entries were the rule to-day and in practically every section of the market there was a hardening tendency. Fat sheep, store sheep, fat cattle and fat and store pigs showed satisfactory advances. Store Sheep.—This was the smallest entry of the season, comprising ewes for the most part. Values were .slightly above those ruling at the last sale. Good two-tooth crossbred ewes, to 335; medium two-tooth halfbred, to 23s 3d; good six-tooth half bred, to 325; good four-tooth halfbred, to 30s; medium sound-mouth throe-quartorbred, 23s to 24s Gd; ordinary halfbred wethers, lo 17s Bd. Fat Lambs.—A total of GOO was penned, values being on a par with last week. Extra prime heavy lambs made lo 28s lOd; prime heavy, 24s Cd to 275; prime medium-weights, 21s to 245; light, IGs to 20s. Fat Sheep.—There was a small entry of 3100 head, which met with keen competition, thero being an advance of la per head. Some Western Otago lines were included. Extra prime wethers, to 20a 7d: prime heavy, 2(5s to 27s Gd; prime medium. 23a to 255: ordinary, 19s Gd to 22s Gd: light, IGs to 19s; best ewes, to 25s 7d; primo heavy, 22s to 24s Id; primo modium-weight, 19s to 21s Id; ordinary, JGs Gd to 18s Gd; light, 13s to IGs.

Fat Cattle.—A total of 325 was penned, there being a keen sale, with prices up 20s per head on last week. Best beef, to 2Gs; good prime, 22a to 24s Cd; heavy, 18s to 21s Id; secondary, 15s to IGs Gd; rough, down to 12s Gd; extra prime heavy steers; to £ll 2s Cd; primo heavy. £7 15s lo £9 15s; rnediuih-woight,■ prime, £G 10s to £8 ss; ordinary. £4 7s Gd to £G; light, to £4_ ss; extra prime heifers, to *£9 12s Gd; prime, £5 10s to £7 15s; ordinary, £3 5a to £5 ss; light, to £3; extra prime cows, to £7 12s Gd; prime, £4 15s to £G: ordinary, £3 5s to £4 10s; aged, to £3

Store Cattjo.—-The entry was of an indifferent quality. Two to 2?-venr Shorthorn steers, to £3 12s Gd; 18-monlhs, to~£2 12s Gd.

Fat Pigs.—There was a good demand for a moderate yarding. Choppers, £2 to £5 3s Gd: baconers, 47a Gd to £3 19a 6d; average price per lb. 4jd to 5Jd; porkers, 2Gs to 38s Cd: average price per lb, 5d to 5Jd. Store Pigs.—There was a small entry, mostly of medium and large stores. Values were slightly better. Weaners. 9s Gd to 13a; slipa, 12s to 14a Gd; stores. 15s to 27s Gd; sows, in pig, 50s to £3 13a Gd.

PRICES OF METALS COPPER SLIGHTLY EASIER ''Received July 4, 7.35 p.m.) LONDON, July 3 Following are to-day's quotations on tho London metal market compared with those of July 2:

Comparison of Quotations The following is a summary of the prices realised for fat stock for the last two weeks at the Westfield fat stock sales; — This Week Last Week BEEfc' (per 1001b.)- — Extra choice ox . 22/Choice and prime ox .... C* CO O CO 1— < Choice and prime cov and heifer 17/• to 21/17/- to 21/Boner and rough 10/- to 17/10/- to 16/SHEEP (per head) — Prime wethers . . 22/6 to 30/23/- to 30/0 Unfin. wethers . . 17/- to 24/0 17/- to 24/9 Prime ewes 17/- to 24/3 17/- to 24/ Unfinished ewes . 12/- to 20/15/- to 20/Prime lambs . . 10/- to 20/10/- to 2.6/Unfin. larabs 12/- to 10/0 9/9 to 17/6 CALVES (per head)— Runners 35/- to 70/- . 30/- to 81/Vealers 15/- to 50/-• 19/- to 64/PIGS (per head)— Baconera 53/- to 81/51/- to 79/Porkers .. . . 24/- to 49/24/- to 47/"Wennera 7/- to 14/6/- to 13b Slips 12/- to 16/12/- to 18/Largo atorea 23/- to 30/207- to 23/-

July 3 July 2 Per ton Per ton J £ a d £ e d Copper, Htiin., spot . . 30 10 0 31 6 3 Copper, stun., 3 mos. . 30 18 U 31 14 4j "Copper, electrolytic . . 33 5 0 34 5 0 to to 34 5 0 34 15 0 Copper, rlrc., wire bars 34 5 0 34 15 0 Lear!, soft, spot . 10 15 0 10 17 6 Lead, soft, forward . . 11 1 9 11 3 n Spelter, spot . 13 15 0 13 IS 0 Spelter, forward .110 0 14 3 9 Tin, stall., spot . 226 7 C 226 16 3 Tin. stan., 3 mos. . . 226 6 3 226 11 3 •American 9 cents a lb.