FAT STOCK SALES

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXVII, Issue 23545, 4 January 1940, Page 3

FAT STOCK SALES

PRICES AT WESTFIELD DECLINE IN MOST SECTIONS BEEF QUOTATIONS STEADY Baconor and porker pigs were the only classes to show an improvement en rates ruling at the Christmas market when stock sales were resumed at Westfield yesterday. Quotations foxbeef were the same as before, the market having a firm tone. Prices for 'civo mutton, lamb and veal were lower, and wethers made late rates. Beef levels were much the same as at tho last sale, competition for an entry of about the same proportion being steady throughout. Prices ranged from 22s to 37s per 1001b. Easier Rates for Ewes A drop of up to 2s 6d a head in ewe prices marked the sheep sale, the demand being very slack. Kates for lambs also were easier by a smaller amount, the market being over-sup-plied. There was an improvement on late quotations in both baconer and porker prices. Competition was steady for an average entry without being very keen. Top pi;ice for baconers was £4 6s, compared with £-1 os at the Christmas sale. For porkers, the best offer was £3 os, the same as before. The averages 6d to 6Ad per lb. for baconers, and to 7£d per lb. for porkers. i Buyers showed littlo interest in the calf market after a fair start, and prices generally were lower. The size of the yarding was the chief factor in the decline. Comparison of Quotations Tho 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 BEEF (per 1001b) — Extra choice ox 37/- 37/Clioicc and prime ox . . 34/- to 36/- 34/- to 36/Clioice and prime cow & heifer 33/- to 35/- 33/- to 35/Boncr & rough 22/- to 32/- 22/- to 32/SHEEP (per head) — Prime wethers IS/G to 27/9 18/6 to 27/Unfin. wethers 13/9 to 17/9 14/6 to 19/6 Prime ewes 9/3 to 20/- 11/- to 23/6 Unfin. ewes . 5/ to 9/- 3/- to 10/9 Prime lambs 18/- to 20/- 20/- to 2!>,'3 Unfin. lambs 0/3 to 15/9 12/6 to IS/6 CALVES (per head)— Punners .. 05/- to 177/G Go/- to 232/6 Vealers .. 5/-. to 117/- 5/- to 130/PIGS (per head) — Baconers . 60/- to S(>/- 66/- to S5/Porkers . . 37/- to Go/- 35/- to 65/"Weaners . 10/- lo 24/- 14/- to 23/Slips .. 2-1/- lo 28/- 24/- to 29/Largc stores 30/- to 34/- 30/- to 37/Individual Consignments Top price for steers was made by, a line from "Mr. H. C. Reed, AVaerenga, which sold to £ls os. A lot from Mr. AV. W. Dickie, Walton, reached £l4 10s 3 and a consignment from Mr. K. Morton, Katikati, sold to £l4. Cattle traded on behalf of Mr. C. 11. Orr, Tuakau, brought bids to £l3 17s 6d, and a line from Mr. H. Windsor, Matangi. made to £l3 2s 6d. To £l3 was offered for a lot sold on account of Mr. J. McDonald, Onewhero, steers from Mr. JS. P. Paul, Mangere, selling to £l2 17s 6d. The best offer for cows and heifers came for a line from Mr. J. B. Montgomerie, Drury, the best of which changed hands at £lO 10s. A bid of £0 12s 6d was made for a lot from Mr. H. Windsor, Matangi, and one of £9 10s for cattle from Mr. W. Main, Tirau. Lines from Mr. H. C. Bull, Mangere, made to £9 ss. To £8 15s was offered for four-lots, from Mr. J. A. Hill, Te Hoe, Mr. C. Proctor, Oliinewai, Mr. B. L. Orr, Ohinewai, and Mr. J. Johnstone, Manurewa. DETAILS OF SALES AUCTIONEERS' REPORTS LOAN AND MERCANTILE > The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company. Limited, reports:— Beet.—At the Westfield fat stock market our yarding was an average one. There was a steady demand, with values on a par with last sale of 1939. Extra choice ox. £1 17s- per 1001b; chcffce and prime, £1 13s to £1 IGs; ordinary and plain, £1 Ss to £1 12s; prime young cow and heifer beef, £1 9s to £1 15s; ordinary, £1 2s to £1 8s; Heavv prime steers, £l3 to £l3 17s Gd; lighter, £ll lo £l2 15s; light, £9 to £lO 17s Gd; plain and small, £7 to £S 17s Gd; extra heavy prime young cows and heifers. £9 to £9 10s; heavy, £7 12s Gd to £8 17s Gd; lighter, £G 15s .to £7 10s; light. £5 7s Gd to £6 12s Gd; aged and plain finished cows, £3 to £5 ss. Sheep.—Fully an average market met readv competition, wilh values for welhers equal to last sale. Values for ewes inclined to be slightly easier. Heavy prime wethers, £1 5s to £1 Gs 9d; medium, £1 3s to £1 4s 9d; light, £1 to £1 2s 9d; small and unfinished, IGs to 19s Od; heavy prime ewes. IPs lo 19s; medium. IGs Gd to 17s 6d; light, 15: i to 16s 3d; just killable ewes, 10s to 13s'Sd; interiorly fatted ewes, 5s to 9s. Lambs.—Lambs in average numbers were easier in value Is to Is 6d a head on closing j sale of last year. Heavy prime, £1 3s to XI 4s Gd;,medium. £1" lo £1 2s 9d; light, IGs to 19s 9d; unfinished, 10s to 15s. Pigs,—Wo ijad an average yarding. Thero was a steady sale, with values improving on late rates. Choppers. £2 Gs to £3 19s; heavy and medium baconers, £3 14s to £4 7s; lisrnt baconers and heavy porkers, £3 8s to £3 12s; medium norkers and light porkers, £2 10s to £3 Os; small, £2 to £2 Ss. Values for store pigs were easier. Largo stores, £1 10s to £1 15S-, slips, £1 to £1 Ss; weaners. 14s to £1 3s. Calves. —Our entry was • quite up to average numbers. There was a dull sale, little interest being shown. Values were easier. Runners, £3 lo £7 2s Gd, for a runner from Mr. W. Batty, Morrinsville; heavy vealers. £4 to £5 Gs; medium, £3 5s to £3 10s; light, £2 6s to £3 3s; smaller, £1 10s to £2 4s; small. ISs to £1 Ss; rough calves. 10s to £1 3s; fresh dropped. 5s to 14s. DALGETY AND COMPANY Dalgcty and Company, Limited, reports:— B ee f,—At our -\Veslfield fat stock market cur offering totalled 131 head, comprising 13 steers and US cows and heifers, against 11" head at tho Christmas market, iho demand for steers was, strong and a keen salo resulted at firm late rates. For a moderate entry of cow and heifer beef we experienced a keen sale also, and values ruled very Srm. Extra choice ox, 37s per 1001b; choico and prime, 34s to 30s; secondary and plain. 30s to 335; extra prime young cow and heifer beef, 33s to 355; choice and prime, 309 lo 325; ordinary cow beef, 26s to 295. Heavy prime steers._ £l3 to £l3 15s; lighter, £l2 to £l2- loS: light, £lO 10s to £ll 10s; small and unfinished, £0 10s to £10; extra heavy prime young cows and heifers £9 to £9 12s Od; heavy, £8 to £8 15s; lighter, £7 to It Its Od; light, £5 15s to £0 15s; aged and unfinished, £3 15s lo £5 10s. Sheep.—A full average entry was penned. Competition for wethers was keen and a firm sale resulted. For ewes the demand was not so keen and values eased appreciably. Extra heavy prime wethers, £1 Gs to £1 6s Gd; heavy, £1 4s Gd to £1 os Od; medium, £1 3s to £1 4s; light Od to £1 2s Gd; plain and unfinished, 16s 3d to £1 Is; heavy prime ewes, IGs Gd to 17s 3d; lighter, 15s to JGs; plain and aged, 12s to 14 s Gd. Lambs. —A full offering sold steadily at values showing a slight easing on last sale. Medium priino lamb, 21s Od to 22s 3d; lighter, 20s to 21s; light, 18s to 19s Od; small and plain, .12s 9d to 17s. Calves.—Calves were penned in averago numbers, tlio quality being stood. Competition was not keen and we have to report a dull sail), with values riilinr; decidedly easier. Runners, £4 to £8 17:? Od, for a runner from J. A. Hill, 'Ohinewai; heavy vealers, £4 to £5 ss; medium, £3 5s to £3 15s; light, £2 12s to £2 19s; small, £2 to £2 Ss; smaller, £1 8s to £1 18s; plain and unfinished, 15s to £l. ss; bobby calves, 5s to 15s. Pigs .An average yarding only came forward. From the outset there was a firmer tone for both hiiron and pork and values showed an Improvement. Heavy baconers, £4 to £4 ssi medium, £3 14s to £3 18s; I light, £3 7s to £3 12«; heavy porkers, £3

to—£3 os;- medium porkers,-, £2"l4s to £2 JSs; light porkers, £2 7sr la £2 12s; sm'ali, £2 to £2 5s j stores, £J.lOs to £1 15s; slips, £1 -is to -£. L 8s; weaners. 12s to £1 Is. : ' ALFRED BUCK LAND AND . SONS '. Alfred Buckiand and Son's,. Limited,' reports : • .... Beef,—At our weekly TVestfield fat stock market <vo penned 231 head of fat cat'.lo, against 251 head at the Christmas sale, comprising 07 steers and 137 cows .and heifers. Competition was steady throughout the salo for ox beef, and a firm sale resulted at. late quotations. Cows and heifers also remained firm at lato rates. -Extra choice ox, £1 17s per 1001b; choice and prime, £1 14s lo £1 lGs; secondary and plain, £1 10s to £1 13s; prime young cow and heifer beef, £1 13s to £1 15s; ordinary ccw beef, £1 6s to £1 10s. Extra heavy prime steers ranged in price from £l4 to £ls ss, for steers from Mr. H. E. Reed, AVaerenga; heavy, £l3 to £l3 10s; lighter, . £l2 to £l2 10s; light, £lO 10s lo £ll iOs; small and unfinished, £7 to £9 10s; extra heavy, prime young cows and .heifers. £0 to .£lO ,10s. for heifers from Mr. I. B. Montgoraerie, Karaka; heavy. £7 to £8; lighter, £5 10s to £6 10s; other killable cows. £-1 10s to £5. Sheep.—Sheep were penned to tho number of 118-1. Wethers sold freely at fully lato -• rates. Ewes were easier by about '2s fid per head. Extra heavy prime wethers. £1 (5s to £1 7s Od; heavy, £1 4s Gd to £1 5s Gd; medium to heavy, £1 3s to £1 4s; light to medium, £1 2s to £1 2s 9d; unfinished. 16s to £1; extra heavy prime young ewes, ISs to £1; heavy prime ewes. 16s to 17s; lighter prime, 14s to 15s; other killable owes. 12s to 13s 6d; other ewes. 5s to Ss Gd. Lambs.—Lambs wero oenned to tho number of 628. The demand was not so good and values eased by about 2s per head. Extra heavy prime lambs, £1 4s to £1 ss; heavy, £1 2s Od to £1 3s Gd;. lighter, £1 to £1 2s; light. 17s Gd to 19s; small and plain. 10s to 16s. Calves—We had a full yarding, and the quality generally was first-class. At the commencement of the salo bidding was fairly steady, but the demand eased as the salo progressed, and in tho latter stages values were considerably lower. Heavy prime runners, £6 to £7 17s 6d; Light and unfinished runners, £3 5s to £5; heavy prime vealers. £5 to £5 17s; medium, £4 to £4 17s: light, £3 to £3 16s; smaller, £2 5s to £2 17s: small, ISs to £2 2s; rough and bucket-fed calves, lfis to £1 10s; bobby calves,' 5s to IGs. A total of 235 cahes was sold. Pigs.—Thero was a good entry, with bidding very keen for all good quality baconers and porkers, and values showed an. improvement on recent .quotations. Choppers. £2 10s to £3 lis; heavy prime baconers, £3 19s to £4 Gs; medium, £3 13s to £3 17s; light, £3 6s to £3 lis; ticavy porkersf'£3 to £3 ss; medium, £2 12s to £2 17s; light," £2 7s to £2 lis; small and' unfinished, £1 15s to £2 4s; stores, £l.los to £1 14s; slips. £1 4s to £1 Ss; weaners, 10s to £1 4s. Baconers averaged 6d to -6% d per lb, and porkers sold from 6%d to 7'/d per lb. (A total of 453 pigs was sold.) ADDINGTON MARKET SMALL ENTRIES RECEIVED VALUES FOR BEEF DECLINE [BY TELECIUPH —PB.KSS ASSOCIATION'] CHRISTCHURCH,. Wednesday Small yardings in. most *: sections were features of to-day's Addinglon market. There was a slight improvement- in -the fat lanih and fat sheep' classes.' but' the -very-. short cattle entry was ample for. requirements, the demand weakening ,as the sale went. on. For a holiday market, the fat sheyj entry was one of the smallest on record. Spproximately 3000 head, but it was ample, for requirements, the market being affected by the hot weather and the absence of people on holiday. The market opened briskly, and good ewes and wethers showed a decided improvement and wero better by-Is to-Is Gd on the rates of a fortnight ago. There was some buying of light ewes-at up ttt 13s a head, the sale concluding.; firmly. A truck of 74 wethers from Orari' averaged 31s Od; prime heavy wethers, 30s to 325; medium, to 29s Gd; light, to 20s; prime .heavy ewes, to 27s Gd; medium, to 23s Gd; light,-.to 14s. There wero only GOO fat lambs, compared with 3000 at the double market a fortnight ago. The sale was keen; and freezing works were active, paying over . tho schedule for grade lambs and buying freely." The trade . paid SVsd and more for light- and medium prime sorts, and prices were helped by the short, entry. About 1500 head of store sheep offering comprised only lambs, and these met with good competition. One two-truck lot made 17s. and another big lino "IGs 3d: medium sorts, 13s 2d to. 14s. sd; cull 'lambs, to lis. Medium two-tooth wethers made to 14s. Fat cattle totalled 432. The" market opened at the last sale's rates, but the demand weakened. On,the average."--heavy steers were down by 20s a head.'and-medium and mediocre cows by a good 15s a head. Med>um-weight prime steers and heifers also receded by -about 10s a .head. The 6alo concluded soundly. Prime heavy stecru made from £ls to £l7; medium, to £ls 6e; lifht to £9 ss; prime heifers, £lO to £l2; medium, to £9 10s; light,, to • £S; prime cows, to £lO ss; light, to £6 155., a here was a small entry of porkers at-the opening, and prices rose 3s to, 4s. However, late entries brought .prices back.- to little better than expert parity. Choppers .met - a keen sale, as did baconers. Choppers made £3 Is Gd to £G Is; heavy porkers, £2 9s 6d to £2 14s Gd; light baconers, to £3 Ss 6d; heav>. to £4 7s Gd; average price per lb. • porkers, G 3 /id to 7%d; baconers,. 6 l Ad to 6%tL~ STORTFORD LODGE VALUES [BY TELEGRAPH —PRESS ASSOCIATION HASTINGS, "Wednesday Stock selling -for 19-10 opened at Stortford Lodge to-day with a small yarding of fat. cattle, which met a quiet market, the. yarding proving equal to buyers- requirements. Tho store cattle yarding comprised, ■mainly small lines, which met with little attention.. Keen demand was. shown for rape lambs in the store sheep section, forward lines selling particularly well. "Wethers met a rather weaker inquiry. Fat sheep sold to. a quiet'demand, . prices being on the average:easier. Fat_cattle: Light young bullocks. good_ orderr~ £lO to £ll 12s Gd; heavier sorts, to £l2 8s; medium finished heifers, £7] 10a,. to;,£{);_ -tops. •>s Gd; small-framed finished cows, £7 to £8 10s; tops,-. £9. Store sheep: Forward rape lambs, small grown, 13s 6d to 14sGd; medimn sorts. 15s Gd to 17s; forward pens, ISs Gd to 19s 3d; tops, to 20s 7d; shorn lambs, 16s Id; four-tooth wethers, to 18s Sd; early shorn two-tooths, 16s Od. Fat. sheop: Prime ewes, IGs to 17s 3d; tops, ISs 6d; lambs. 18s 5d to 21s; wethers. 21s to 225.;

THE CITY MARKETS STRAWBERRY PRICES EASE MOST VEGETABLES PLENTIFUL Local green applies are coming forward at the City Maf||ts and sold at good rates at-yesterday's auctions. Outdoor tomatoes are not in any great quantity yet and values remained fairly firm. Good quality -dessert peaches sold very well. Plums have improved in value, i quantities being smaller. A fair quantity of strawberries came on to the market :and values eased slightly. Supplies of green-peas and beans were heavy, with very little demand. Good quantities of lettuce are selling ,at fair prices- Cucumbers and marrows were in very, heavy supply, resulting, in lower prices. There is a poor demand for cabbages, which are arriving in large /quantities. Fair quantities of. n«v season's Red Warren pumpkins realised good prices. Rates were:—■ ✓ . . : • FPUIT .• Apples, Gravcristcin, choice, 9s to 12s a caso; small, 7s to Ss; cookers; 7s Gd lo 11J Gd; Astrachan, choice, 9s to 12s; small, 6s to 8s; tomatoes, outdoor, extra choice, 6d lo Sd per lb; others. 2d to sd; hothouse, choice, Sd to lOd; small, 2d to .Gd; bananas, ripe, 21s 3d to 29s a case; peaches, dessert, Gs to Ss; Paragon, three-tray crates, 10s to: 14s; plums, Christmas, 4s lo 4s Od a case; Hales, 3s to 4s; Sharps Early, 4s to 6s; others. 3s to 6s 6d; apricots, Thames, 5s to 10s; sirawborries, Captain Cook, extn choice, Is 2d to Is 4d -a, chip; -js Id to Is 3d; loganberries, 10d to Is Id; L'ack currants, lis 6d to lis 9d a case; cherries, choice, 22s 6d; pineapples, .*ls to 2iS ' FIELD PRODUCE Beetroot, Is to 2s a.dozen; broad beans, Is to 2s a bag; carrots, 4s to 6s_9d. 01 is to 2s a dozen; cauliflowers, 3s to <s 6a a sack; cabbages, Is to 4s; cucumbers. 2s to 5s a dozen; French beans, Is to 2s a bagi stringless beans, 2s Od to 4s 6d; green peas, 2s to 4s Gd; kumaras. Island, Ss to 10s pel cwt; leeks. 4d to Gd a bundle; lettuce, 3s to 7s a caso; marrows, 2s to 5s a dozen< onions, Canadian, 25s a cental; new seasons, green. iy.d to 2VSd per lb; potatoes, new, 2s Gd; pumpkins, new seasons. 2%d to 4d per lb; parsnips, 4s to 5s Od a bag. or Is 3d to 2s a dozen; radish, Gd to Is; rhnbnib,' 2s to 3s 6d; spinach.. Is to Is Gd: spring onions, Is to '2s a bundle; swedes, ,3s to 5j a bag; turnips, Od to 9d a dozen. - • -EGGS -V- . , • ' ~ - > . Hen, first grado,'Vls : ,tiMil a dozen; B,".l( 7y 2 d; C, Is 2/id i duck, first grade. Is SVit a dozen; B, Is 7/4 d; C, is l%d.