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Stratford Evening Post, Volume I, Issue 79, 12 March 1931, Page 8

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THE WESTFIELD SALE BEEF SLIGHTLY WEAKER AUCKLAND, March 11. Prices at the weekly Westfield tat stock sale to-day wore slightly erratic. Beef was a shade weaker. Extra choice quality made to 2(is a lOOlbs, prime ox averaged 21s to 235, prime cow and lie'Pei averaged round ISs to IDs a lOOlbs, odd lots making over 20s. Top price for steers was £lO 17s Oil. cows and heifers made to £7 2s lid and prime calves realised 30s to -10 s. Fat sheep wore a shade firmer, heavy prime wethers making 11s to 13s and prime lambs around the equivalent of ■I LI to 4ljd a 11)

The heaviest yavriings of fat pigs for S'-vera! weeks met an easier market, pries ranging from 33d to -1 ]d a lb.

THE ADDINGTON SALE BEEF VALUES LOWER. CHRISTCHURCH, March 11. prices for adult store sheep showed a rise of Is to Is (id a head at the Addington market to-day. Fat lambs eased. Beef values were £1 to £1 5s a head lower. Store Sheep.—The largest entry of the season and a free sale. Values were: Extra good two-tooth Romney ewes, 15s to lbs; good, 13s to I ts (id; extra good four and six-tooth Romney cross ewes, Bis to 18s; ordinary, 10s to 11s (id; backward, to 7s (id; extra good six and eight-tooth, 10s to 12s; soundmonth, 5s 3d to 0s (id; extra good twotooth three-quarter bred ewes, 3d to Bis sd; ordinary, 10s 9d; good four and six-tooth, Lis to Bis 3d; ordinary, to Ss Sd; good sound-mouth, 7s to 8s: ordinary, Is to 0s; good two-toothed half-bred ewes 13s to 11s; ordinary, 10s to I Is; backward, 7s to 0s; ordinary four and .six-tooth, 10s 3d; backward, (is (id to Ss; extra good six and eight-tooth half-bred owes, 0s to 11s; good sound-month, (is to 8s; aged and inferior ewes. Is (id to 4s.

Store Lambs.' —A very heavy entry am] a steady sale. Values were: Good rape lambs'to 9s 2d; ordinary rape lambs, 7s to 8s 3d; small and backward, 2s to (is; ordinary ewe lambs, to 7s till; backward, to 4s (id. Fat Lambs. —An entry of 4700 head. Values were': Extra prime to 20s 6(1; prime, 15s to 17s; medium, 12s 3d to Ms; light, 10s to 12s; store, 7s 3d to 9s (id.

Fat Sheep. —An entry of 5100, which sold stcadilv. Values were: Prime heavy wethers, 15s to Itis lOd; medium 13s to 14s (id; second quality 9s to 12s fid; light, (is to 8s (id; prime ewes, 9s Gd to 10s 9d; medium, 7t .id to 9s; light, 5s to 7s; aged, ‘2s (id to 4s (id, Pat Cattle.—An entry of 390. Choice beef made 29s to 32s "per 1001 b., good medium weight 27s to 31s, plain heavv beef 22s (id to 265. cow beef 21s (id )o 245, secondary 1 eef 18s to 21s, rough, down to 15s. LONDON WOOL SALES PRICES RISE 20 PER CENT. THE KEENEST COMPETITION LONDON. March 10. At the wool sales 11,775 bales were offered, including 3801 from New Zealand. Approximately 8310 were sold. There was an excellent representative selection of all classes, a crowded attendance and the keenest competition. Yorkshiremen were predominant, but Continental buyers wer operating strongly in their sorts. All prices advanced compared with February closing rates. Merinos, greasy, 15 per cent, scoured 10 to 15 per cent, crossbred, greasy 20 per cent, scoured 15 to 20 per cent, slipes 15 per cent, and all lambs 15 per cent. New Zealand crossbreds, Tokomaru brought Sid and 7;id, Tc Whanga 9]d to Sild.

MARKET REPORT Messrs. Newton King, Limited, report a highly successful supplementary fair at Kohuratahi on Wednesday last. Approximately 2,500 sheep were yarded and all, with the exception of two small pens, were disposed of under the hammer at most satisfactory prices. Six,car loads of buyers from various Taranaki districts were in attendance and the majority operated freely. Prices were on a per with those obtained at earlier sales In the Kohuratahi and Whangamomona districts, and it is evident that buyers from ouwalde districts appreciate the quality of the sheep offered from time to time at Kohuratahi and Whangamomona.