WESTFIELD MARKET

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXIV, Issue 22620, 7 January 1937, Page 5

WESTFIELD MARKET

FIRST SALE OF YEAR CHRISTMAS VALUES RULE MEAT DEARER THAN YEAR AGO Tim first fat stock sale of the now year at Westfield yesterday attracted only a moderate entry of cattle and lambs, hut full yardings of sheep calves and pigs. It was evident from the somewhat inferior finality heef on oiler that graziers nro withholding stock to fatten it on the abundant pastures resulting from recent rains. The only appreciable change in values was an improvement in pork, and all meat except beef was considerably dearer than at the first sale of 193 G. Jt was in some measure a disappointing beef sale. The numbers were short, if anything, and butchers engaged in replenishing their supply after the holidays found a very limited choice. Ox quality was fair, but cow and heifer very mixed, including a lot of Jersey breed. Values ranged from 18s to 32s per 1001b., the same as before the holidays and last January. Individual prices ranged to £l4 for steers and £'lo 2s (3d for cows, against £l2 17s 6d and £8 17s Gd respectively at last year's first sale. Ewes Decline Ewes predominated in the well-filled sheep pens and declined generally Is each. They sold to 225, compared with 18s 6d last year. Wethers of fair quality were firm up to •!os, which was Gd better than before Christinas and .'ss 9d above the price ruling 12 months ago. Slightly over 700 lambs were sold and butchers were noticeably quiet, due, apparently, to supplies being well met after their sharing the 5000 lambs cleared at the Christinas sale. Values were maintained by the entry into the market of export buyers. Quotations reached 2!)s !)d, which was Is under the previous best, but still well abo\e the 21s oilers obtaining last year. Calf Values Easier Calf quality was quite up to standard and, while values were firm at first, thev eased up to 3s a head toward the close of the sale. Runners made to I.V-S and vealers to 100s, compared with prices of 100s and 85s a year ago. Approximately 1600 pigs came forward. and extra good quality was displayed. There was a large proportion of 'baconers, which realised late rates. Porkers improved as much as 3s a hea . . or an average of Jd per !'>• to i ■ j Baconers sold at Gd per lb. lho r J? s tive rates last January were old and 41d per lb. Comparison of Quotations The following is a summary of the prices realised for fat stock ior the last two sales at \\ estfield. Yesterday's Sale Last Sale

Individual Consignments ! Steers ranged in price to £l4, which was obtained bv Mr. I'- A. 1 rquhart, ; of Karaka, who sold a second line to | £l:s ss. A truck from Mr. R. Hark- ! ness, of Karaka, was cleared to £l3 10s, and Mr. H. E. ltced, of \Yacj renga, received to £l2 12s 6d and ~1respectively for separate lots. An offer- | ing from Mr. J. JicDonnldj of Xuakau, ! brought to £ll 17s (3d. which figure i was also bid lor stock from the Tuakau I estate of Mr. A. Muir. Cattle from Mr. : H. Dotld, of Papnroa, made to £ll 15s, and £lO 10s was the most offered for bullocks from Mr. F. Ellison, of Waiheke, while three from Mr. C._ G. Orr, ! of Pukekawa, realised to £9 17s Gd. For a line of cows and heifers yarded by Messrs. Thompson and Ernst, of Whakatane, bidding rose to £lO 2s 6d. The next best price was £lO for cows in consignments from Mr. Harkness and Mr. H. Windsor, of Matangi. Twenty cows from Air. .T. Pohlcn, of Matamata, ranged to £9 15s, and 10s less was the best offer for a line from Mr. V. S. Bolton, of Gisborne. Mr. Orr sold a line to £8 7s Gd, and £7 los was accepted on behalf of Mr. A. E. Sanderson, of Whangamarino. Other quotable lines were sold for Mr. J. i Wyllie, of Papatoetoe, to £7 12s | Mr. 11. Plumlev, of Papatoetoe, to £7 I 2s Gd; Mr. 15. Johnstone, of Manui rewa, to £6 17s Gd; Mr. R. Hall, of AViri, to £G 10s; Mr. C. Proctor, of | Ohinewai, to £0; Mr. 1). W. Orr, oi Papatoetoe, to £5 12s Gd; Mr. E. | Morley, of Papatoetoe, to £5 7s 6d. DETAILS OF SALES AUCTIONEERS' REPORTS DALGETY AND COMPANY Dalgety and Company, Limited, reports on ! thp sale as follows: — Beef.—Our yarding totalled "XSO head of beef, comprising Hi steers and KM cows and heifers, against '2l a head at our Christmas sale. The quality of the offering was (rood, and we have to report, a keen sale at values firmer than our last, report. We did not yard any extra heavy bullocks. Extra choice ox sold to iVJs per JOOlb.; choice and prime ox. 20s to 31s; just killable, -'lis to '_'ss; prime young cow anil heifer beef, -Us to .'lis; just killable, 23s to '-!Ss. Heavy prime steers ranged in price front til 12s (id to if-' 7s (id; lighter, ill) 17s <id to ill 10s; light, £lo to £lO 15s; small and unfinished, £7 15s to £!> tos; extra heavy prime young cows and heifers, in ">s to £lO 2s (id; heavy, .17 17s (id to £!) 2s (id; lighter, .i(i ."is to £7 los; light, i t His to ,l'(i_ '-'s (id; oilier killable cows, .l"_' 10s to £ I 7s lid. Sheep.—A full average yarding of sheep was penned, and sold under steady competition at values on a par with our last report for wethers, while the rates for ewes, which were penned in bit numbers, were lower by about Is to 2s a head. Extra heavy prime wethers, 2Ss to 28s I'd; heavy, 27s to 27s <)d; medium, 2.">s to 2Hs Oil; liffht and unfinished, 23s od to 21s Gd; heavy prime owes, 103 to 20s; lighter, 18s to 18s Od; other owes, 17s to 17s t)d. Lambs.—A small entry of lambs sold under I good competition, and realised full late rates. ! Heavy prime lamb, 27s <>d to 2!)s Oil; medium, | 2(is to 27s 3d; light, 21s to 2.">s (id. Calves. —Calves were penned iu fully average numbers. The sale opened briskly with values very firm, but they eased as the sale progressed. We did not offer any heavy prime runners or heavy vealers. Medium runners, 13 r>s to AM 17s (id; vealers, £3 18s to £ I lis; light, i' 3 to £3 10s; smaller, £2 to l"> lits; unfinished and bucket-fed, £1 2s to i'l Ms; bobby and rough calves, Ss to it Is. Pi K s, Pigs were yarded in heavy numbers Porkers sold readily at improved rates. Values for baconers remained very firm on late rates. Choppers, £2 li>s; lieavj baconers, £3 l°s to 13 los; medium, £3 Ss to £3 lis; light." £3 to £3 (is; heavy porkers, £2 13s lo £" ISs; medium, £2 7s to £2 12s; light, 12 to £2 r>s; small and unfinished, £ I 8s lo £1 17s. LOAN AND MERCANTILE The Now Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company, Limited, reports on the sale as follows: — Beet. —o U r yarding of beef was ail average one. There was a ready demand, with choice light-weight cattle being very firm and inclined to harden in value. Heavy-weight cattle sold at late rates. Extra choice ox sold to .11 12s per 1001b.; choice and prime ox, £1 8s to L 1 lis; ordinary and plain os, £1 6e to £1 7b; prime young cow and

heifer beef, £1 7s to £1 lis; ordinary cow beef, £1 to £1 us. Extra heavy prime steers ranged in prito from £l3 to 11 IS 12s (id; neavy, £l2 to £l2 17s Gd; lighter, £ll tu 111 17s Od; light, £!> 10s to £lO 15s; plain und small. .18 to £0 7s (id; extra heavy prime young cows and heifers, £S 5s to £!) 15s; heavy, £7 to £8 2s (id; lighter, r(i to £G 1 r>s; light, £•! to £5 15s; aged and plain finished cows, £2 10s to £3 15s. Sheep.—We had a full yarding of sheep, ewes predominating. Prime wethers sold at late rates. Prime ewes were slightly easier, about (id a .head. Heavy prime wethers, £1 Os to il los; medium, £ I 7s (id to £1 Ss od; light, £1 5s to £ I 7s; small and unfinished, £1 Is to £1 Is Gd; heavy prime ewes, £1 os Oil to £1 Is (3d; medium, 1 !»s to £1 os (id; light. 17s to lbs Ud; inferiorly fatted ewes, (»s upward. Lambs.—Aa average yarding of lambs. There was ready competition, with little or no alteration on last sale. Heavy prime, £1 ts to £ L os; medium, £1 2s Od to £1 3s !td; liffht, £1 to 1:1 Us 3d; small and unfinished, 15s to 10s Ud. Pigs.—We had a large yarding of pigs. Competition was keen and there was a sharp rise for porkers, while baconers sold very firm at late rates. Choppers sold from £2 to £4; heavy and medium baconers, £3 its to £3 15s; light baconers and heavy porkers, £'-' Ims to 7s; medium porkers and light porkers, £2 '_'s to £•_> ios; small and unfinished porkers, £1 10s to £2. Store pigs sold at late rates. Larifc stores, £1 5s to £1 Os; slips, 15s lo £1 ds; weaners, Ss to lSs. Calves.—There was a heavy penning of calves. Good quality calves sold readily at late rates, but plainer sorts were easier and continued to drop as the sale advanced. Milliners, £2 los to £0 18s, from Mr. W. Hatty, of Kanaka; heavy vealers, £1 10s to £5; medium, £3 Iks to £1 Ss; light, £3 to £3 His; smaller, £2 to £2 iss; small, £1 <>s to £1 His; rough calves, 15s to £1 10s; fresh dropped. 8s to 15s. ALFRED BUCKLAND AND SONS Alfred Buckland and Sons; Ltd.. report;! on the sale as follows: Beef,—We penned fat rattle to the num. her of 238 head, as against 230 head prior to the holidays, comprising TO steers and lOS rows and heifers. Competition was very keen for ox beef, with values improving slightly on our Christmas sale. A good yarding of cows and hrtfers sold under good "competition at fully late rates. Kxtra choice ox sold to £1 12s per 1001b; choice and prime ox, £1 Ks to £1 los; secondary and plain ox. £1 ris to £L 7s; prime young cow and heifer beef, £1 Os to £1 lis; ordinary cow beef, iss to £1 ."is. Extra heavy prime steers ranged in price from £l3 to £11; nine steers from Jlr. E. A. Urquhart, of Karaka, Papakura. averaged £l2 15s 10d; seven steers from Mr. H. E. Reed, of Waerenga, averaged £l2 4s 7d; 12 steers from Mr. ]{. Harkness, of Karaka, Papakura, averaged £l2; heavy prime steers. £ll 5s j to £l2 ss; lighter, £lO 15s to £11; light, | £0 15s to £lO IDs; small and unfinished, £7 to £8 r>s; extra heavy prime young cows and heifers, £!) to £lO 2s (id; heavy, £7 5s to £S ss; lighter, £5 to £(> ss; other killable cows, £3 5s to £l. Sheep.—Sheep were yarded to the number of Ul3, and all sold under keen competition at late quotations. Extra heavy prime wethers, £1 8s to £1 10s; heavy, £1 7s to £1 7s Oil; medium to heavy, £1 5s (id lo £1 Os Od; light to medium, £1 3s (id to £1 ss; unfinished wethers, £1 to £1 3s; extra heavy prime young ewes, £1 Is to £1 2s; heavy, 10s to £1; lighter, 18s to 18s Oil; other killable ev.es, 10s to 17s Od; other ewes, 5s to 12s (id. Lambs. —Our total yarding of lambs numbered 407. Bidding was spirited, with values remaining very' firm. Extra, heavy prime lambs, £1 <»s ikl to £1 Ss 3d; heavy, £1 5s to £1 (is; lighter, £1 4s to £1 is Od; light, £1 Is Od to £ I 3s; small and plain lambs, 15s to £l. Calves.—We had a full yarding of calves. The sale opened with values firm at rat.es ruling prior to Christmas, but eased toward the conclusion. Runners made £3 5s to £5 ss; heavy vealers, £4 1-ls to £5; medium, £4 to £4 Os; light, £3 to £3 ss; smaller, £2 2s to £2 7s; unfinished and bucket-fed, £1 2s to £1 15s; bobby and rough calves, 5s to £1 (is; 312 calves were sold. Pig 3 ,—There was an extra large offering of fat 'pigs, including a good proportion of prime baconers. Values for baconers ruled firm at December rates, while our quotations for porkers show an improvement. Choprers made £1 los to £3 17s Od; heavy prime baconers. £3 13s to £3 15s; medium. £3 7s to £3 lis; light, £3 to £3 ss; heavy porkers £'2 lis to £2 10s; medium, £2 10s to £2 12s; liuht, £2 3s to £2 7s; small lind unfinished, £1 13s to £1 19s; stores, £1 OS to £1 13s; slips, 18s to £1 3s; weaners. 8s to 10s; baconers averaged Od per lb and porkj ers per lb. A total of 051 pigs was sold. | RATES AT ADDINGTON APPRECIABLE ADVANCES BUOYANCY OF ALL CLASSES [BY TELEGRAPH —PR ESS ASSOCIATION ] CHRISTCHURCH. Wednesday The resumption of the Addington market j after the holidays was marked by a buoyant | sale to-day of all classes of stock, and ap- ] preciable advances in prices owing to short i entries. I Store Sheep.—A verv small entry, mostly wethers, which were up by Is Gd a head. A line of store lambs sold at 23s 3d. Fat Lambs. —A small entry of less than 3.000, but a keen sale at up to the schedule lates of S'id per lb for up to 30's, although one of the leading export firms was not operating on account of labour troubles. Butchers had to exceed the schedule on occasions. Fat Sheep.—A small entry, and a keen sale at above export values, the penning being entirely taken by butchers. Values were higher by about 2s a head, and hp to 3s in the final stages. Best wethers made to 31s; good, 'JUs to 325; others, 23s Od to 28s. Ewes made to 275; good, 22s (id to 'JOs; ordinary, down to 19s. Fat Cattle. —A small entry of 300 head, and an advance of 20s to 25s for steers and | 15s for cows and heifers. Best beef niado from 32s to 30s per 1001b; heavy. 20s to 31s; ordinary, 27s to 28s Gd; inferior, ilowu I ° Fat Pigs.—A heavy entry and a good sale, j except for over-weight baconers. A fair lium ber were bought for export. Porkers made i trom 31s Gd to 51s Gd. an average price per i lb of (id to OV-d. Ba.'oners realised IDs (id to I £3 lis Gd, an average per lb of 5/id to Gd. STORE SHEEP AT FRANKTON Dal get y and Company, Limited, reports i having held its first weekly store sheep sate at Frankton yesterday, when there was a small yarding of store lambs, and a keen demand. Fair stores made 17s 3d; ill the wool small Down-cross lambs, 13s Gd;, ewe lambs, 7s to 10s Gd. SMALL WELLSFORD YARDING j [from our own correspondent] WELLSFORD, Wednesday ! Owing to the heavy rain there was only a ; small yarding at the salo held at Weilsford yesterday by Alfred Buckland and Sons. Limited. Springing crossbred heifers made £3 los to His, mixed heifers, in calf to Hereford bulls, £3 10s; small empty store ; cows, 2Gs. L'igs: Medium porkers, 335; small weaners, 12s. j PRICES AT MANGAWHARE i [from ouh own correspondent] WHANG A R K.I, Wed lies da y i The North Auckland Farmers' Co-opera-i five, Limited, held its first sale of tho new ; year yesterday at Mangawhare, when a good yarding came forward. Competition was keen. I iunl a total clearance was effected at satisfac- ! Tory prices. Best dairy cows made £1 to £•> i 2s (id; light fill bullocks. £8 15s to £'J 2s Oil; i medium-weight fat cows, £5 10s to £(S 2s Od; light, £4 15s to £5 7s (id; fat Jersey cows. 11 15s to £5 ss; light, £3 10s lo £ 1 12s Gd; boner cows, £1 15s to £2 His; store cows, £2 15s to £3 7s Od; two-year-old Jersey iieifers, £1; three-year-old Shorthorn steers. £7 to £7 ss; two-year-old Hereford-cross steers £5 15s to £0 ss; yearling Hereford Ktcer«' £3 15s to £1 2s i>d; boner bulls, heavv', £3 15s to £4 ss; medium, £2 10s to £3 12s lid; light, £1 10s to £2 7s Gd. WHOLESALE EGG PRICES The Auckland Egg Marketing Committee announces that wholesale egg prices are unchanged as follows: —Hen; First grade. Is 4sd a dozen; B grade, Is 3£d; C grade, Is Ojd. Duck: First, grade, Is 2Jd a dozen; B grade, Iss lid; C grade, 10id. Country storekeepers' buying prices for first grade eggs are: — Hen, Is a dozen; duck, lOiil. SALE OF STUD SHEEP The attention of sheep breeders is directed to the ninth annual auction sale of stud sheep to be held at the Showgrounds, Foilding, on January .13. The entry comprises high-class slice]) from the foremost pedigree sheep breeders in the Doiyinion and consists of 214 quality-bred Southdown and Ixomiiey rams. Catalogues are available on application to the secretary, stud sheep sale, Box 9S, Foilding. Tho sale will be commenced at 10.30 a.m. with stud Southdown rams followed by stud J Romney rams.

BEEF (per 1001b) — 32/Extra choice ox 32/• Choice and prime (q ;n/ . OS/- to 31/Choice and prime cow and heifer 2</- to 31/Boner and rough IS/- to 20/* 2S/- to 31/1 S>/- to 2S/SHKEL 3 (per head)— 21/- to 20/0 Prime wethers 2:5/0 to 30/• Unfin. wethers 20/- to -1/0 Prime ewes . . 10/- to '_'U/•jo/- to 23/l(i/- to 23/7/<>to 15/21/- to 30/t) 15/- to 20/Unfinished ewes to WI'rime lambs. . 20/- to J Unfin. lambs.. !♦*»/- to 20/CALVES (per head)— 50/- to 190/0/- to 103/Runners ■ • 0 •">/• to 13S/Vealers • • o/* to 100/P1GS (per head) — 00/- to 75/30/- to 57/10/- to 10/15/- to 2:1/25/- to 33/Baconcrs • • <•"/" to <•>/- Porkers • ■ to Winners • ■ s '* Slips . . ■ • 1 J 0 7' , Large stores . . to •>•»/-