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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXIII, Issue 19128, 24 September 1936, Page 9

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WESTPIELD SALE BI'jIW VALUES M AINTAINEF) SHEEP PRICES IMPROVE (Per Press Association.) AUCKLAND, last night. For the fiflii successive week, best ox heel values were quoted ai 3Cw per 1001 b. at Wesiiield to-day. In an average yardin.; the qualify wis sntistactoiv unli lit improvement among cows alid heifers,. Ciioice and prime ox sold from 31s to 35s > ordinary and plain. 27s to Sis; prime young cow unci heifer beef, 30s to 35s ; ordinary. 21s to 325. Extra, heavy prime steers ranged from £l4 to £l6 7s 6d; best average, do.. £l4 ICs 7d; heavy, £l4 to £lo 15s; lighter. £ll 15s to £l4 ss; light. £lO to £l2 17s 6d ; small and unfinished. £6 I.os to £lO 7s 6d; extra hi aw prime cows and heifers. £lO to £l3;' heavy. £8 7s 6d to £lO 7s 6d ; lighter. £B'to £8 15s; light, £5 to £7 ss; other billable. £2 10s to £5 ss.

Fewer sheep were for sale and values improved as the auction progressed, ewes practically recovering 4s of the decline of a week ago. Extra heavy prime wethers brought, 41s to 42s ; shorn, 28s 6d to 33s 9d"; heavy. 32s to 40s 6d; medium. 34s 6d to 37s 6cl; light, 29s to 54s 9d; unfinished. 25s to 31s 6d"j heavy prime ewes. 32s to S7s ; medium. 32s to 54s Sd ; light-. 25s to 31s: shorn,'2ss fid; unfinished'. 7s 6d to 265; extra heavy prime hoggets, 33s 6d to 355; heavy. 30s to 335; medium. 26s to 29s 6d ; 'light. 22s to 26s 9d; small and plain. 17s to 23s 6d.

A small number of spring lambs were cleared at from 21s to 365.

Calf duality showed no improvement. (,hp yarding including mostly light and small vealers. Runners made £2 10s fo £7 4s ; heavy vealers, £5 to £6; medium. £4 2s to £4 18s; light. £3 to £4 4s: small, £1 8s to £2 18s: unfinished and bucket, fed. £1 5s to £2 2s; rough aud bobbv. 4s to 275.

With quality up to standard, but numbers raiher short, pigs had a free sale. Baconcrs generally improved slightly. while oiber sorts maintained last, week's rates. Choppers made £l. 15s to £3 Its: heavy baconcrs. £3 10s to £3 19s: medium. £3 8s to €3 13s; light. £2 18s fo £3 Cs; heaw porkers. £2 10s (o £2 16s: medium. £2 2s (o £2 8s; light. CI 1.5 sto CI 18s- small and unfinished. £1 ■ls to £1 |.2s; stores. £l. 3s to £1 1.25; slips. 10s lo 245: weaners, JOs lo 21s: sows. £2 10s to G 6. Baconcrs averaged fid per lb. and porkers 6,',d. ADDINGTON sale SET-BACK f.X VALUES (Per Pross Association.) CHRISTCHURCH, last night. There was :i set-back in values of most of the important classes of stock at to-day's Addington market, fat cattle being the section most affected. Store sheep. —There was a lieaviei entry. Ewes atid lambs were Is cheaper, ewes Is, wether hoggets about the same, and adult wethers a shade (inner. A pen of ewe hoggets sold at 12s. Spring lambs.—ln all, 10(1 were penned and most of them sold at from 2(is to 30s; with extra good sorts to Fat sheep.- The yarding* totalled ■IOOO. Ewes were 2s per head cheaper and wethers Is, there being passings near the finish. Best wethers made from 31s to 40s; special, to -t-ls; good, 29s to 335; best ewes, 2Ss to 345; extra good to 37s lOd; medium, 24s Od to 27s tid. Vat cattle.—Tn. all, 11-1 were penned, as against 5G5 hast week. There was an easing of from 20s to 25s a head, making lor big cattle about 50s in a fortnight. ' Host steers made from £l-1 lo £IS 10s; good, .£ll to £l3 10s; best heifers, £9 to £l2 17s fid; good, £7 10s to £S los; best cows, £7 15s to £ll 17s 0d; good £0 to £7 10s; poor quality, £1 10s to £■"> ,15s.