FAT STOCK MARKET

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXII, Issue 22058, 14 March 1935, Page 7

FAT STOCK MARKET

WEEKLY WESTFIELD SALE HEAVY YARDING OF SHEEP BEEF PRICES MAINTAINED There was a comparatively firm tone in most sections at the weekly "Westfield fat stock sale yesterday, the only exception being in the sheep section, where last week's advanced prices were not maintained. Yardings throughout were large, and stock generally reflected in their condition and the heavy flush of grass all over the Auckland Province. The yarding of beef was about 800. Steers were not plentiful, but the quality was good and competition was very steady, with recent values fully sustained. The cow and heifer pens were well filled, the standard being an improvement on that at recent sales. In consequence a very firm sale resulted. The best of the ox beef was a line of steers from Messrs. Holdsworth Bros., of Whakatane, which sold to £lO 15s, while exceptional lots of cows from Mr. F. Alley, of Opotiki, realised up to £8 10s. Calves were again in full supply, with a fair proportion of good quality vealers, although the yarding again contained a very large number of rough sorts. A good demand existed at the beginning of the sale, but it eased considerably toward the end, although well done calves were still selling well. Sheep and Pigs The yarding of sheep was the largest for some time, with an improvement in the quality. The increased yarding brought about an easing in the demand, the supply exceeding requirements. Lambs were offered in average numbers and sold readily at late rates. A very prime line of wethers from Mr. G. Sykes, of Tancatua, topped the market at 31s, while from the same grazier came a consignment of 136 lambs, which averaged 24s 3d. Some good prices were also obtained for ewes, the best being a small offering of two-tooth ewes, which made up to 26s 6d. Both baconers and porkers came forward in larger numbers and a steady sale resulted, with values in both classes very firm at late rates. Store pigs were disposed of at late rates, but slips and' weaners met with an easier demand. The price per lb. for baconers worked out at from ojd to s}d, and for porkers, sid to 52d. 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: — «

Individual Consignments % Tlie best price in the ox beef market was that realised for very prime steers from Messrs. Holdsworth Bros., of Whakatane. which sold at prices ranging from £9 17s 6d to £lO 15s. Another well-finished lino was that of Mr. W. J. Ralph, of Mahuta, which cold from £8 12s 6d to £lO 10s, and for the prime steers of Mr. A. Orr, of Hoteo, up to £9 7s 6d was paid. Well finished cattle from the Cornwall Park Estate realised to £9 5s and prices up to £9 were secured for a consignment from Messrs. Stonex Bros., ex Papatoetoo. Messrs. Dingle and Sons, of Waiotira, sent in an o.veu lino selling to £8 17s Cd, and for the cattle of Mr. G. Smith, of Matokohe, £8 15s was the top price. Up to £8 2s Gd was realised for the steers of Mr. It. Johns, of Otakere, and consignments selling to £8 came from Mr. H. Bayly, of Epsom, and Mr. 0. T. Newlove, of Tangowahino. The top price in the cow and heifer market was that paid for the best of several very prime cows from Mr. F. Alley, of Opotiki, which ranged up to £8 iOs. Another good line was that of Messrs. Thompson and Ernest, of Whakatane, for which up to -£7 10s was paid. Prices up to £6 10s were secured for the offering of Mr: H. Windsor, of Matangi, and a truck from Mr. A. H. Finlayson, of Ruiitangata, made to £6. A consignment from Mr. H. Babe, of Waiotira, made to £5 15s, and for a small line of heifers from Mr. G. Druitt, of Pukehuia, up to £5 10s was realised. Top prices of £5 5s were obtained for the best of the offering of Mr. J. R. White, of Tahuna, and the best of the remainder were two lots which came from Mr. A. Orr, of Hoteo, and Mr. B. L. Orr, of Ohinewai, both selling to £5. DETAILS OF SALES AUCTIONEERS' REPORTS ALFRED BUCKLAND AND SONS Alfred Buckland unci Sons. Limited, reports on the sale ns follows: Beef.—"We yarded fat cattle to the number of 190 ,as against 307 head lust week, comprising 65 steers and 131 cows and heifers. Our yarding of ox beef was small, the quality generally was good and values remained firm at last week's auotations. The cow and heifer pens were well filled, the quality was first class, and values wero on a par with late rates. Extra choice ox eold to £1 5s per 1001b.; choice and prime, £1 2s to £1 4s; secondary and plain, 18s to £1; prime young cow and heifer beef, £1 to £1 2s; ordinary cow beef. 12s to 17s. No extra heavy prime steers were yarded: heavy prime, £8 15s to £9 ss; lighter prime, £8 to £8 12s (Id; light prime, £7 to £7 15s: small and unfinished. £5 to £G sb. Extra heavy prime young cows and heifers, £G to £7 ss; heavy prime, £5 5s to £5 15s; lighter prime. £3 to £4 7s Cd; other killable cows. £1 15s to £2 10a Sheep.—The sheep pens were »moderatety filled with a nice class of mutton. Competition for all classes was less keen and values oased slightly on last week's advanced price (073 sheep were sold). Extra heavy prime wethers, £1 9s to £1 lis; heavy prime. £1 7s to £1 8s (id; medium to heavy prime. £1 4s Od to £1 tis; light to medium prime, £1 2s (id to £1 4s; unfinished, 19s to £1 Is. A email lot of choice two-tooth fat ewes made £1 5s Cd to £1 Gs Gd; extra heavy prime young ewes, £1 3a to £1 4s 9d; heavy prime, £1 to £1 2s: lighter prime, 17s Gd to 19s; other killable ewes. 14s to 16s; other cwea, 10s Gd to 12a Gd.

Lambs.—Our total yarding of lambs numbered 685, which included several lines of extra choico lambs. Bidding was brisk and all sold at prices on a par with last week. Extra heavy prime lambs, £1 4s tid to £1 6s 9d; hoavy prime, £1 2b to £1 3s (id; lighter prime, 19s to £1 Ob (kl; light prime, His Gd to 18a; small and plain, lis (id to 15s. Calves^—We had an average yarding of calveH. Values for prime sorts were about equal to last week's, with an easing tendency for unfinished calves. Runners made £1 10s to £3 2s; heavy vealers, £'2 7a to £2 13s; medium. £1 los to £2 2s; light. £1 Gs to £1 lis; email, 10s to los: unfinished and bucket-fed. 5s to 10s: bobby calves, 3s to oe (108 calves were Bold).-Pigs.—-There was an increased offering of pigs. A steady sale resulted and values were very firm throughout. Choppers made £1 15e to £3 9s; heavy prima baconera. £3

10s to £3 15s; medium, £3 2s to £3 6s: light, £2 10b to £2 lis: heavy porker?. £2 fia to £2 8s; medium, £2 Is to £2 4s: light, £1 4s to £1 16s; email and unfinished. £1 2s to £1 lis. Store pigs maintained late rates, but slips and weaners were in less demand. Stores made 18s to £1 4s; aline. 12a to lfiB; wcaners, 4s to 10s. Baconers sold fit an average of s}d to s}d per lb,; and porkers, 6}d to 5Jd per lb. (a total of 5G3 pigs was sold. DALGETY AND COMPANY Dalgety and Company, Limited, reports on the sale as follows: — Beef.—We yarded 211 head of beef, comprising G8 steors and 143 cows and heifers, against 170 head last week. The quality was again first-class, and, selling under a good demand, late rates 'again ruled for all classes. Extra choice ox sold to 25b per 1001b; choice and prime, 22s to 245; just killable, 18s to 21s; prime -younj* cow and heifer to 20s. Extta, heavy prime steers ranged in price from £lO to £lO 15a, for steers from Messrs. Holdsworth Bros., Whakatane; heavy prime, £3 to £9 17s 6d;'lighter prime, £8 to £8 17s Cd; light prime, £7 to £7 17s 6d; small and unfinished, £C to £6 17s fid. Extra heavy prime young cowl and heifers, £7 to £8 10s, for extra well ■finished cows from Mr. Fred Alley, Opotiki; heavy prime, £5 10a to £G 15s; lighter prime. £4 7s Cd to £5 7s Gd; other killable cows, £2 to £4 sa. Sheep.—Sheep were yarded in the largest numbers for several weeks past, the yarding proving more than equal to requirements. As a result, the market was decidedly easier for all classes, showing a drop of fully Is fid per head for wethers. Heavy prime wethers, 2Gs Gd to 27s Gd; medium prime, 24s 9d to 2Gs 3d; light and unfinished, 21s to 21s Gd; heavy prime ewes, 193 to 21s 9d; lighter prime. 17s to 18s Gd; other ewes, 14s Gd to IGs Gd. Lambs—An average yarding of lambs sold steadily at rates fully on a par with last week. Heavy prime lamb, 21a to 22s Gd; medium prime, 19s to 20s fid; light prime, IGs to 18s 9d; plain and small, 12s to 15s. Calves.—Calves were yarded in heavy numbers. The bulk of our offering comprised good quality vealers. The demand was steady, but values throughout showed an easing tendency. Runners, £2 10s to £3 4s; heavy vealers, £2 fis to £1 12s; medium, £l. IGb to £2 3s; light, £1 6s to £1 lis; small, 12s to £1 Is; rough calves, 10b te IGs; bobby calves, 3s to ss. Pigs.—An average yarding of pigs was penned. The demand was steady and all classes sold readily at late rates. Heavy baconers, £3 lis to £3 los; medium, £2 19s to £3 sa; light, £2 9s to £2 13s; heavy porkers, £2 5s to £2 7a; medium, £2 Is to £2 4s; light, £1 14s to £1 18s; small and unfinished, lis to £1 10s. LOAN AND MERCANTILE - The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company, Limited, reports on the sale as follows: Beef.—We had more than an average entry of beef. Competition was steady throughout with values on a par with last week's sale. Extra choice ox sold to £1 5s per 1001b; choice and prime, £1 to £1 4s; ordinary and plain, IGs. to 19s; prime young cow and heifer beef, £1 to £1 4s; ordinary cow beef, 14s to 19s. Extra heavy prime steers ranged in price from £lO to £lO 10s; heavy prime, £9 to £9 17s Gd; lighter prime, £8 to £8 17b Gd; light prime, £7 to £7 17s Gd .unfinished and small. £5 10s to £6 17b Gd. Heavy prime young cowb and heifers, £5 to £6; lighter, £3 17s Gd to £4 17s fid; light cows. £2 10s to £3 15s; other cows, £1 5s to £2 7s Gd. Prime steers from Mr. W. J.' Ralph, Mahuiu. realised £lO 10s. Sheep.—We had a large yarding of sheep and, although there was a steady demand, values were inclined to be easier. The sheep penned this week were not up to the quality of last week. Heavy prime wethers, £1 8s 3d to £1 10s; medium prime, £1 Gs to £1 8s; light prime, £1 3s to £1 5s 9d; small and unfinished, 18s to £1 2s 9d. Heavy prime ewes, £1 2s Gd to £1 3s fid; medium prime. £l'to £1 2s 3d; light prime. 17s to 19s 9d; interiorly fatted, 7a fid to IGs Gd: Lambs.—Lambs penned in average numbers sold readily at late values. Extra heavy prime, £1 5s to £1 fis Gd; heavy prime. £1 2s 3d to £1 4s; medium prime. £1 to £1 2s; light prime. IGs to 19s 9d; un6nished, best. 12s to 14s fid; others, 5s 6d to 10s Cd.

Pigs.—Pitro were again penned .in small numbers. There was no alteration in values on last week's quotations. Choppers sold from £1 10b to £2 14s; heavy and medium baconers. £3 10s to £3 15s; light baconers and heavy porkers, £2 10s to £3 8s; medium porkers and light porkers, £) 12s to £2 8»: small, £1 5s to £1 10b. Store pigs wer© penned in large numbers. Values were firm at late quotations. Large stores, £1 to £1 ss; slips, 10s to 18s; weaners, 6s to 13s. Calves.—There was a heavy yarding of calves. Values showed an easing tendency on last week's quotations. Runners, £1 15s to £3 9s; heavy vealers, £2 8s to £2 18s; medium, £1 18s to £2 6s; light, £1 10s to £1 IGs: smaller. £1 to £1 8s; small and fresh dropped, 3s to 16s; rough calves, 7s To 12s. STORE SHEEP IN DEMAND Dalgety and Company. Limited, held its weekly store sheep sale at Frankton , yesterday. The yarding was much smaller than usual. The demand was good, however, and the greater cart of the yarding changed hands at very satisfactory rates. The following were the principal sales;— Sixty shorn wether Romnev lambs, well grown, 14s; 56 woolly Southdown-cross lambs. lGs lid; 63 shorn Romney ewe lambs, 16s 2d; 28 woolly wether lambs. 13s lid; 70 medium-sized shorn lambs, lis 6d to 13s 7d: 29 small shorn lambs. 10s; small lots, 6s 3d to 9» 7d: 32 small two-tooth ewes. 225; 47 large-framed two-tooth ewes. 26s Od; 82 six-tooth ewes. 2Gs; 96 four-tooth to five-year-old ewes. 20s 9d: cull ewes, 8s to 10s 6d; aged Southdown rams. 22s to ljgns. BROADWOOD SHEEP FAIR [DY TTLEGRAPH —OWN CORRESPONDENT] KAITAIA. Wednesday The North Auckland Farmers'. Co-opcra-tivo Auctioneering Company, Limited, reports holding a sheep fair at Broadwood on Monday, when there was a good yarding of sheep a#id keen competition. All lots were cold under the hammer. Wethers made up to 21s; two-tooth ewes brought 225; four to five-year-olds, 13s to 15s 6d; full-mouthed, 7s 6d to 12b; lambs, best, from 10s to lis 8d: fair, 8s to 9s 6d; culled, 5s 4d to 6s 6d. Romney rams made from one to two guineas, MATAWHERO CATTLE FAIR [BY TELEGRAPH —OWN CORRESPONDENT] GISBORNE. Wednesday Although the attendance 'n-day at the second <lay of the Matawherc ■ -'lie fair was somewhat less than yesterdaj there was a satisfactory sale. The beef entry totalled 156. but the quality was not as good as that of tlie previous day. Good-finished cows made £4 to £4 17s 6d: best bullocks. £6 2s Od; Jersey bullocks, to £4 10s; heifers, to £4 2s 0d: Jersey vealers, to 255. The entry of female store cattle totalled 2000 head, Cows, run with bull, made up to £4 ss; empty Polled Angus cows, to £3 6s: Hereford cows, to £2 os; 12 to 15-months heifers, to 40s; two-year heifers, £2 7s to £2 13s; 2}-year heifers, £2 14s to £3 2s: grown heifers, £3 Is to £3 lis. STORTFORD LODGE VALUES [BY TELEGRAPH —PRESS ASSOCIATION] HASTINGS. Wednesday With a moderate entry of 232 fat cattle values improved up to 10b a head on cows and heifers at to-day's fiale at Stortford Lodge. The demand was well maintained at the improved levels. The quality of the entry was very mixed, few prime cattle offering, and a fair proportii»i of mediumfinished cattle. Bullocks were few and of poor quality. The entry of 302 store cattle sold steadily at late rates, there being increased activity. A moderate entry of fnt sheep met with steady competition with ewes improving Is to Is 6d a head, while wethers and lambs sold steadily at late rates, there being more export competition. An entry of 15,000 store sheep realised good prices for lambs and ewes, but breeding ewes were variable, according to quality. Wethers were in increased supply and easy, there being a number of passings. Fat bullocks made to £7 15s; cows, medium to prime, £5 5s to £6 10s; others, from £3 2s 6d; heifers, medium to prime. £5 10s to £6 ss; others from £4. Store cattle: Bullocks, to £6 10s; steers, to £3 19s; cows, to £3 Is. Fat sheep: Ewes, medium to prime, 18s to 22s Gd : others, from 13s: wethers, medium prime, to 235: lambs, to 24s 6d. Store sheep: Two-tooth ewes, to 295: four and six-tooth, to 20s: five-year, to 18s 6d; store and fattening, to 12s 6d: wethers, to 22s Gd: lambs, to 15s Gd

This Week Last 'Week BE15F (per 1001b.) — Extra choice ox 25/25/1 Choice and prime to 24/ox . . 20/to 20/Choice and prime 29/to 24/cow and lieifer 20/ to 24/Boner and rough 12/ to 12/to 18/SHEEP (per head) — Prime wethers .. 22/6 to 31/23/6 to 32/3 Unfin. wethers .. 18/ to 22/3 18/6 to 23/Prime «w<w 17/ to 24 '9 18/to 25/3 Unfinished • ewes 7/0 to 16/6 71to 18/Primo lambs 16/ to 26/3 17/to 26/9 Unfin. lambs . . 5/6 to 15/6 10/to 16/0 CALVES (per head) — I? miners 307 to 30/to 67/Vealera 15/ to 16/to 60/PIGS (per head)— Baconsrs 43/ to 75/50/ to 76/Porkers 34/ to 48/34/ to 48/Weancrs 4/ to 12/9/ to 17/Slips . • 13/ to 18/10/ to 19'Largo stores . . 19/ to 25/20/ to 23/-