LIVE STOCK MARKET

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXIV, Issue 19240, 4 February 1937, Page 9

LIVE STOCK MARKET

SALES AT WESTFIELD Abb VALUES MAINTAINED COMPETITION FOR SHEEP (Per Press Association.) AUCKLAND, last night. A considerable increase in the beef yarding at Westfield to-day had no detrimental effect on the higher values which have been maintained tor the past three weeks. The ox quality was first class and an improvement was observed in the cow and heifer quality, although bidding fell away towards the close of the sale. Extra choice ox sold to 34s per 1001 b, choice and prime, 30s to 335; secondary and plain, 25s to 295; prime cow and heifer beef, 28s to 31s. Extra heavy steers, £l3 to £l3 17s 6d : hcavv. £l2 to £l3; medium, £ll .to £l2 7s 6<l; light, £lO to £ll ss; unfinished, £5 15s to £9 17s 6d. Extra heavy cows and heifers made from £9 to £lO J 0b 5 heavy, £7 10s to £9 ss; medium, £6 10s to £7 15s; light, £5 to £6 10s ; unfinished, £2 to £4 15s.

Fair yardings of good quality sheep easily maintained late, quotations, and an increased delivery of lambs was cleared under keen competition at firm rates. Heavy wethers made 28s Oil to 30s 6d; medium, 27s lb 28s 6d; light, 24s 6d to 26s- 9d; unfinished, 20s t.o 24s 9d; heavy ewes, 21s to 245; medium, 20s to 223 6(1; light. 18s to 19s 9<l; unfinished, 5s to 17-s. Extra heavy lambs made. 27s to 31s 6d : heavy, 25s to 26s 9d; medium, 23s 6d to 26s 3d: light, 21s to 235 ; 6d; unfinished. 10s 6d to 20s 6d-

A full yarding of calves sold under a strong demand at firm rates until late in the -sale, when values tended to ease. Runners made 50s lo 140 s: heavy vealers, £4 to £5 4s; medium. £3 6s to £4 7s; light, £2 18s to £3 7s; smaller. £2 10s to £2 15s; unfinished and bucket-fed, £1 3s to £1 15s; bobbv and rough, 6s lo 245.

Pigs were more numerous and the quality was satisfactory. Baeoners realised recent values, but prices for porkers eased up to 2s per head. ChopIters made £] 15s to £4 18s; heavy baeoners, £3 10s to £5 17s; medium. £3 6s to £3 10s; light, £3 to £3 os; heavy porkers, £2 11s to £2 12s: medium, £2 6s to £2 8s : light, £1 18s to £2l 4s; small ami unfinished, £1 10s to £2 2s; stores. £1 4s to £1 8s; slips, 12s to 2Ss; weaners. 6s to 15s; baeoners and porkers averaged 6d per lb.

ADDINGTON SALES FAT STOCK UNCHANGED STORE LAMBS EASIER (Per Pross Association,) CHRISTCHURCH, last night. Values were well maintained at Addington tmday, except for store lambs and cow beef, which were weaker. Store sheep : The entry was about the same as last. week. Adult sheep sold well, though erratically. Lambs were cheaper by up to 2s. Fat lambs : The entry was heavier and the quality fair. Prices were firm. Values were: Extra prime heavy, to 34s 7d; prime heavy. 29s to 31s; prime medium weight, 2&s to 28s 6d : ordinary, 25s to 25s Id; light, to 2.4 s 6d. Fat wethers and ewes were, firm of gale. Values: Extra prime heavy wethers made to 34s 7d: prime heavy. 23s 6d to ols; prime medium weight., 26s to 28s: ordinary. 23s 6d; to 26s 6(1; ' light to 235. Extra prime heavy ewes sold to 27s 7d: prime prime heavy ewes sold to 27s 7rl: prime heavy, 23s' 9d to 255; prime medium weight, 21s to 25s 6d; ordinary, 19s to 50s 9d : light, ewes, to 19s.

'Cows predominated in the fat cattle entry and were cheaper by up to £l. Steers were scarce and were firmer. Values were: Extra prime heavy steers to £l4 12s 6d; prime heavy, £l2l to £l3 10s; prime medium weight, £lO 15s to £l2 ss; light and ordinary, to £lO ss; extra prime heifers, to £ll 2s 6d: prime, £8 5s to £9 ss; ordinary, £5 ius to £7 10s; light to £5; extra prime heavy cows to £ll 2s 6d ; primo cows. £6 10s to £8; medium. £5 to £6 5s ; aged and inferior, to £4 15s. Fork: The entry was small hut prices were firm. Choppers made from 48s 6d to £3 Is: porkers, 31s 6d to 37s 6d : heavy porkers, 43s 6d to 47s 6d : average price per lb.. s)d to 6jd ; baeoners. 49s 6d to 59s 6<l: medium baeoners. £3 2s 6d to £3 7s 6d ; hcavv baeoners, £3 10s 6d to £4 3s 6d.

STORTFORD LODGE SALE TOP PRICES FOR SHEEP FAT CATTLE IN DEMAND (Per Press Association.) HASTINGS, this day. Last week’s high level values for fat cattle were fully maintained at Stortl’ord Lodge yesterday, when,a much larger yarding came forward. several pens of good quality ox beef were offered, being the best yarding made lor several weeks. Heavy prime, ranged from £l3 to £l4 2s : •medium weight prime, £ll 10s to £l2 15s. Female entries also sold well, cows reaching, to £lO. Store rattle were confined to a few entries of station-hied steers and miscellaneous sorts.

Store sheen and lambs were in smaller supply, but late values were, fully maintained. best forward black-faced making 23s 7d. topping the market for the season. A large number of breeding owes were offered, including many sound month and old sorts. Brisk competition prevailed for all young entries and good mouthed fat and forward wethers met a good market, reaching to 265. The fat sheep market showed little change from last week, ewes predominating and making to 225. Good mouthed, making nselul breeding [impositions, made 255.