FAT STOCK SALES

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXIV, Issue 22859, 14 October 1937, Page 9

FAT STOCK SALES

PRICES AT WESTFIELD LARGER ENTRY OF CATTLE FIRM TONE IN ALL SECTIONS Ample supplies of fair quality stock in all sections sold fully firm cm recent prices at the Westfield fat stock sales yesterday. Increased numbers of beef far from produced an easing tendency in values. Heavy sheep in the wool were fairly scarce, shorn sorts lxring available in the greatest numbers so far this season. Calf quality was confined to small grades, which realised slightly lower returns. All pigs sold steadily. Quality in the ox beef stalls was sound throughout. Several of the choicest lines made over £l7 a head, top price being £lB 15s, showing an improvement on last week's figure. This rise was general in the steer market, but values were quoted firm to 41s per 1001b. for the eighth successive week. Plain cows predominated in a larger selection, which also sold readily to 40s per 1001b., with £l3 10s as the highest individual transaction, equal to that of the last sale.

Shorn Sheep Predominate Generally there was not a prime assortment of sheep. The entry was ; fairly limited, and choicest sheep were among the shorn sorts, which filled roost pens. Best woolly grades made to 41s Gd, as against 4-3s 6d last week, and •shorn wethers sold to 34s 9d, representing a slightly higher scale. Unshorn ewes were priced to 37s fid, which was 6d under the bidding of a week ago, but better shorn ewes ranged to 28s, the primest a week ago making only 20s. Keen -competition followed trading in hoggets. Very firm prices were obtained up to 395, as against a top bid of 37s at the former sale. Weedy hoggets brought from 16s to slightly over 20s each. Without wool they changed hands to 24s Gd. but they were not as heavy as the ishorn hoggets, which made to 2Ss Gd Oast week. The "entry of spring lambs included extra fine quality, with prices from 22s to 36s 6d. Lack of Quality Calves

Calf ]>eiis were again filled mainly with small and plain vealers. The .scarcity of good quality runners and heavy vealers continued. IVimest sorts wore fully firm, but unfinished and bucket-fed calves were cheaper by about 3s a head. One good runner made £S lis, and the best vealcr sold for £>6 Bs. There was an increased yarding of pigs, in which quality was good. After the decline in baconers last week, prices steadied to £4 16s. and porkers again sold well. Bacowers averaged from 6id to 6Jd ?jer Ih. and porkers to 7d. A spirited sale of stores resulted in slightly higher values. Comparison of Quotations The following is a summary of the prices realised for fat stock for the last two weeks at the WestficJd fat stock sales:— Th is Week Last Week BEEF (jiex 1001 b) Extra choice ox 41/- 41/Cboice and jiriine ox . . .. S7/- to 40/- 37/- to 40/Ohoior and prime , cow and heifer 37/- to mi- 37/- trv 40/Bnnrr and Touch 27/- to 36/- 2S/- to 30'SHEEP (per head) — Prime Wethers: Shorn ... 29'6 to 34'8 27/- to 34/Csshorn . . 33/- to 41/6 36,'- to 43/« Unfit). wethers: Shorn .. 28'>G1.o 29/3 23/- to 2R/H Unshorn ~ 29/- to 34/- 30/- to 35/Prime w-es.-Sliorn . _ 2(1/- to 28/- '2O/Un shorn 24/- to 37,'G 20/- to 38/Uafinished ■ewes: rnshorn ... 3/- to 23/- 4/- to 1»/Horwts: Shorn ... 23/G 28/G TnKhorn .. W- «o 39/- 15/- to -37!~ SprittK lanit)fi. . 22/- to S6/6 22/€. to 37/45 CALYEP (jhst head)— Banners ... 72'- to 171 /- 70/- to 1 (10/Tmlers ... 5/-*e 126/- 3/- to 130/PIGS (per head) — 1 Baconro - • <M/- to 90/- <O4/- to •miPorfcexs . . 36/- to «83/- 30/- .to 03'Wenuers ... 32/- to 2S/- 32/- tto 26/SJi.ps . . 24,'- to 37/- 23/- to ;BR/- . Larsre stores 29/- to #«/- 29/- to 46/- ■!

j - Individual Consignments Top price far ox ibeef -was made Iby the usual truck from the estate of Air. W. J. Uailipih, of Maihnta, which realised to £3B 15k. Stoeirß from the Njrapuke Estate., -of Walr-amnr-awa, sold to £3B 2s '6d, .and offers to £37 w(M aropiptnd on ibehalf .of Paul Brothers, of Waiau IPa. An entry from Air. <T. Mc-Jntyre, of brought to £l6 15s, and Craven Brothers, of.ißuawai, received to £36 ss. Bids to £l6 2s Gd wore taken for cattle yarded liv Mr. ,T. Harmon, of Hautapu. Consignments from Air. E. A. Price, of Papa.toetoe, and Air. L. Clark, of Waiau Pa, were traded to £ls ss. Stock was also sold for Mrs. A. Hair's estate, of Tuaka.li, .to £ls 2s (id; Air. C. Ailima ißniber. <af iPwl Waiikato, to £3 41 33s «Gdl,; Mr. X Si, Hi'fl, of Qhinewrii. to £33 37s >6d ; Mr.. A. W. Alley, tof Hiilkntaria, .to £33 3%:: Mr. W. Irvine, <of' Kuatamcata, ito 32s amdl Air. H. Windsor, «ci Matangi, tfco £33 7s <6d. Cows and heifers .offered %• Air.. CI. TL McLean, .off 'OtaJiviliu, headed the market to £O3 iWk. 'Tllhonipsnn and Ernst, .of Whakataroe, 'obtained to £33s ss, and two 'heitfers from Mr. JT. Jl-ohn-stione, .of Mamnipewa, realised £O3 3s /Gel. Lines iWrnn Mr, 112, H;naikwM»«K. ■of Karalka., and Mr. Jf. A. 38J11 idf <*ibaiev,ai, were dleawd to £32 B2r '6d. .and Air. Windsor sold cows tfco £ll 17s ! 6cl. A pen from Mr.. JT.. ipohlon, -of Mataiuat.a, made to £Ol Ms, and prices to, £l3 5s were received for cows from Air. C. Cilark, of Klnrnka. <Oth or tquotalbk l transactions wetH? -completed for Mr. <J. Thorn.pson, .of Pakwramea, and Air.. J'rioe, to £i'o 3s !6d; Mr. Jf. T, CS.ill, of Epsom, to £9 37s 6d,; Mr. W. X. Wade, of Whitlord, .and Mr. !R . Johnstone, of Mannrewa., to £9 355; Air. L. .Jones, of Mangere, to £8 15s; Mr. G. Ingram, of 3?amarattia., and Mr. W.'. L. Orr. of Papnfoetoe, to £8 32s 'Gd: Air. F. W. Taylor., of Martgere. and Mr. J. Wvllie, of Pajiatoetoe, to £8 10s; Mr. R. Hall, of Win, to £8 2s 6d; and Mr, J. Johnstone, to £B.

DETAILS OF SALES AUCTIONEERS* REPORTS DALGETY AND COMPANY Dnlgety and Company, Limited, report* on the sale as follows: Beef. —Onr offering of boef totalled HOI bead, comprising 'Js steers and 3'(i3 cows and heifers, against l;si head last week. Again the quality w*B first, class, and Helling under; a steady demand last week's quota (ions wore easily maintained. Extra choice ox sold ito 41s per I'WTh; choice anil prime ox, Js7s to SOs; secondary and plain ox, 33s 'to 80s. prime yonng cow and heifer beef, 37 s 'to 40s; ordinary cow boef, 33s to 30s. (Heavy prime steers ranged in price from £ls to £ls 15s; lighter prime steers, £l3 15s ito £l4 15k;' lisrht prime steers, ill 5s to £'l3 10s,; small, and unfinished steers, ■lt'll* .TOs to £ll I's'Od,;" extra heavy prime young cows and heifers, ITJ to £l3 K.ts; heavy prime cows and heifers, £lO j-Os to i'Tl l'ss; 'lighter prime cows and heifers, £9 'to £lO ss; light cows, £? 10s to £S 15s; tfther kiMablo cows, £4 to £7. Sheep.—An average entry of sheep sold under steady competition, and values generally ruled on a par with last week. Our offering of sheep did not include any extra heavy weight wethers. Heavy -prime wethers, shorn, £1 13s (id; medium, woolly, £J ins to £1 IMs 3d; light and trnfmwhed, £1 15s' lo £1 17s (id; henry prime ewes, worilly.i AH Jss; shorn, £.l 7r (id; lighter, shorn, £1 Ss 3d to £1 Gs; other ewes, shorn. £1 to £ 1 Is. Spring Lamb*.—Spring lambs sold from £ I 10s to £1 13b.

Hoggets.—A steady demand ■ for an average entry of hosfgets resulted in values ruling on a par with late rates. Light prime, woolly, £1 7s Ud to £1 Ss; shorn, £1 -Is <3d to X' 1 -is (id. / Calves.—A shorter yarding of calves came forward, few good quality vealers being included in the offering. Any calves showing quality sold at fully late rates, but unfinished And backet-fed calves wore harder to quit and values eased. Wc did not offer any heavy vealers or prime runners. Medium vealers, £4 .Ss to £.l; light, £3 Ifi» to £4; small, £•2 lis to £:i 4s; unfinished and bucket-fed, ft to £1 bobby and rough calves, 6s to 15s. Pig*.—A heavy yarding of pigs sold under steady competition at fully late, rates. Heavy baooners, £4 (is to £4 His; medium, £3 14s to £1; light, £3 ils to £3 Ss; heavy porkers. £2 18s to £:( 3s: medium, £2 8s to £2 13s; light, £-2 *_>s to £2 Gs; small and unfinished, £1 30s to £2. LOAN AND MERCANTILE The Xew Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company, Limited, reports on the sale as follows: Beet.—Our yarding of beef was an average one. Competition was keen, and late rates were well maintained. Extra choice ox sold to £2 Is per looib; choice and prime, £1 I~s to £2; ordinary and plain, £1 lis to £1 I<js; prime young cow and heifer beef, £1 17s to .;£•_•; ordinary cow beef. £1 7s to £1 lGs. Extr,i heavy prime steers rangrd in price from £l7 -*»s to £lB 15s: heavy prime, £IG to £l7; lighter prime. £l4 to £ls 17s <id; light prime, £!•_' to £l3 17s Gd; plain and small, itlO I<>s to £ll 15s 4 extra heavy prime young cows and heifers, £ll to £l2; heavy prime, £lO to £lO 17s Od; ligtiter, £8 40s to £9 15s; iigkt, £G to £8 7s (id; aged and plain finished cows. £3 10s to £5 Kt*. Two trucks of prime and heavy prime steers from the estate of the lafe Mr. \V. J. Ralph realised £lk 15s Eleven prime Polled Angus steers frfrni the Ncapnke Estate, Wairamarama, sold from £l6 7s Gd to £lB 2s Gd, and avcragod £l7 Is (id.

Sheep.—Sheep came forward in good average numbers, *;honi sheep predominating. The woolly sheep penned v.ere not up to last week's quality. Late rates were again well maintained. Heavy prime wethers, woolly, JCI IWs to £•_' Is Gd: shorn. £1 13s fid to £1 14s 9d; medium prime wethers, woolly, £1 17s to £1 Ins Gd; shorn, £1 lis (id to £1 13s; liirht prime wethers, woolly, £1 13s to £1 1<« Gd; shorn, £1 'fls 'id to £3 Us 3d; small and unfinished wethers, woolly, £1 Os to £1 12s Gd; shorn, £1 Ss Gd to £1 9s 3d; extra heavy prime ewes, woolly, £1 Us Gd to fl 17s Gd; shorn, £1 is to £1 5s <»d; heavy prime ewes, woolly, £1 12s to £1 l is; shorn, £1 7s 1o £1 3s !>d; medium prime ewes, woolly, £1 !>s (id to £1 lis ttd; shorn, £1 to £1 Is Od; light prime ewes, woolly. £1 (is Od to £1 9s; interiorly fritted ewes, £1 to £1 "<s. Hoggets.—Hoggets penned in average numbers sold at late rates. Heavy prime. £1 12s to £1 ltts; midiom prime, £1 Ss to £! 11s; light prime, £1 3s Gd to £1 7s Gd; others. JSs to £1 Ss. Spring lambs made from £1 2s to £1 11«Pigs.—TVe had a large yarding of pigs. Competition was keen, and values were firm at last week's quotations. Choppers sold from £1 15s to £4 ss; heavy and medium baroners, fiom £3 17s to £4 ws; light baconers and heavy porkers, from £3 <Ss to £3 lGs; mediam porkers and light porkers, from £2 us to £3 ss. Store pigs were yarded in good numbers. Large stores, £1 18s to £2 Gs; slips, £1 Ss to £1 17s; wearners, 12s to £1 Bs. Calves.—Our entry of calves was an average one. (Tood quality calves were scarce.. The demand was good, and values were firm. ■Runners, £4 ~ts to £7 Jos; heavy vealers. £5 5s to £8«8s; medium, £4 8s to £5 3s; light., £3 10s to £4 7s, smaller, £2 7s to £3 fts; rough calves, £1 Is to £2 4s; fresh dropped to thrc-e-wccks-old calves. Us to £1 7s. ALFRED BUCK'LAND AND SONS Alfred Bucktand and Sons, Limited, reports on the sale as follows: —

Beef.—Out total yardintr of fat cattle numbered ÜB4 head. as against 306 bead last week, comprising l(M) steers and 134 cows and heifers. The quality of ox beef penned nas first class. Competition was keen for all iprime-qnality cattle, and late quotations were easily maintained. The quality of cows and heifcTs was not up to the usual standard. Biddintr was spirited, with values remaining firm. Extra choice ox sold to £2 Is per HKJIb; choice and prime ox, £3 17s to £ - 2; -secondaD' and plain ox, il 13s to il l(Ss; prime young cow and licifer beef, £1 17s to ordinary cow beef. £1 Ss to £1 13s. Extra heavy prime steers ranged in price from £TC> 7s (kl to £IG 15s; eight steers from Mr. John Hannon, of Qautafm. averaged £33 ,335; 83 -steers .from Mr. John Mclntyre. of Puiu, areraped £ls 5s 1(»d; heavy prime steers, £ls 10s to £l'(>; lighter prime steers, £l3 Wis to £l4 10s; light prime steers, £ll 30s to £l2 30is; small and unfinished steers, £« Kte to £]<) 3(>s; extra heavy prime young cows and heifers, All! to JLI2 los; heavy prime cows and .'heifers, £lO to £l-0 13s-, lijrhter prinK: <-ows n.nd heifers, £"S to £9; other kiliable cows, £3 to £7. Sheep.—Sheep were penned to the number of <>~>s. Biddinc was again keen. and late values were canity maintained. 2Co extra heavy prime wethers wore yarded. Heavy jirime | wethers, woolly, £"2 to £2 Is (id; heavy i irrime wethers. sham, £3 33* (id to £1 335; medium to ihcavy prime wethers, shorn, £3 Us +id to £1 335; medium to heavy prime ■wethers, woolly, £3 37s (id to £1 15ns; ligilrt to medium prune wethers, woolly. £1 .33s to £1 3Gs 6d; ttnfniMied wethers, woolly, £1 3Os (id to £1 345; extra heavy prime young ewes, woolly, £1 34s to £1 13s:; extra -heavy prime young -ewes, shorn, £1 Gs (id to £3 6s-; ihenvy prime ewes, -Shorn, £1 3>s to £1 '6s; Imavy prime ewes, woolly, £3 iSe to £3 335; lighter .prime ewes, woolly, £3 Ms '(id to £1 lis 3d; otiher killalite ewes, woolly, £1 4s to £3 *7-8 i©d; other ewes, woolly, 3s to 18s 6d. Hoggets.—'Our total yarding of 'hoggets ■numbered i 42 and «ild freely at fully late rates. Extra .heavy prime hoggets, £3 35s to £1 18s .(id; hoary prime ihosigets, £3 lln to £1 345; lighter iprime hoggets, jt'3 7« «d to £3 '9s (id; light .prime hoggets, £3 3s ■(id to £3 0s; small and plain .nuggets, His to £3.

Seventy-five spring lambs sold freely Irom 4* J 4fi rl-0 Jta a-Os <6d. Calves. —The calf pens -were well filled, -tl>e major portion of the entry coniprisinff small and lipM weailers. Prime quality realised late CFUtftatuoiw, lurl values were lower for unfinished and buoket-fed calves. Runners made JCSJ Us to G6 'IH-ft.; heavy voaters, i's lUs to £0 tis.; medium, £4 li' 6 to £5; light, £3 lbs to £<l; smaller, £2 I'm to £3 25.; unfinished ■and ihue.kKt-fod. JHs to XI 3-«r; toufli calves, a~>s to £3 :; ,hobby cullves, 5s to l?>s; .322 -calves were nold.

figs.—We had trn increased .yarding of pigs. A steady sale resulted, with values about equal to those Tilling last week. Store pigs were in pood Tequest at better prices. Chopiiiors made A'2 12s to 14 J»s; .heavy prime 'baconcrs, £ 1 -Is to 4.-1 Ss; five extra good piss made £-1 XCis; medium ; bnconerß, £3 14s to i'illight, X 8 -5s to 13 Ms; heavy porkers, -£•_' ilßs to £3 2s; medium, £2 Ss to £2 13s; lijrht, £2 2s to £2 (is; small and unfinished, £1 His to £'J; stores, £1 iis to £-2 for medium framed; slips, £1 -Is to £1 7s; •wetEHors, 14s to ti l 2s; hows due to farrow, £3 to £3 tl*s.; -sow -with Litter n»T 12. -£ll3. SarnmoK -sold irom G l ad to Iftjd :per lb. and iporkiors averaged "7(1 iper lb. A itutal of 'o*3s spigs was sold.

NEW STEELWORKS ©PEiRAT3O<N:S m AWSTRAUA LARGE AMERICAN CONCERN The American 'Moiling Mill Company, known as the Armeo organisation, lias decided to .sot up .a rolling .wi.il plant within the Australian -wall. According to the Melbourne Argus, it is (believed that the Arinco organisation will be equal holders of capital with Lysaghts>iii the new company proposed to be formed. This means that on the -»ne Jhaird it -will be assured of access to the technical knowledge possessed by the Armco company as a result -<tf many years of specialisation nil the steel industry. while on the otlior hand .the association of Lysaghts "with Broken Mill Proprietary, Limited, will prove valuable in ensuring that ample supplies of slabs and sheet bars are obtainable. The new company lias no intention of erecting a smelting plant in Australia. It will simply purchase unfinished material from Australian manufacturers and from it produce various types of stool Sheets. jit is stated in Sydney that Newcastle still lias a. chance of iberng selected as the site for the now works. 'Plans for the prefect have been in preparation for many months, and it was disclosed •earlier in the year that the works would be established at either Port itembla or Newcastle.

SHEEPSKIN VALUES DECLINE AT GISBORNE SALE [•BY TKI/EGIIAI'H OWN CORTIKSPONDKNT] ■GISBOUINE. Wednesday A full clearance was made of sheepskins offered hy the Gishonne "Woolbrokers' Association. The sale included 80 hales of wool oddments and crutohitigs, 4946 sheeipskins and 430 hides. Values lor skins followed the decline at the recent Wellington sale and were, perhaps, even slightly lower than on the Wellington basts. IPriees were considerably lower than at the previous •Gisborne sale. Quotations for sheepskins were:—Halfbred, to lljjd; good fullwool led crossbred, line, to 113(1; medium, lid; coarse, IO.Jd; tihree-ri uaTtcr woolled, •medium to 'coarse, '9 J jd to lOJd; lirst dead wool, to 9Jd. Wool sold up to expectations. Crutchings were a little down on previous rates and sold up to lod.