WESTFIELD STOCK VALUES

Sun (Auckland), Volume I, Issue 143, 7 September 1927, Page 12

WESTFIELD STOCK VALUES

PRIME QUALITY STEERS COW BEEF FIRMER The standard set at Westfield last week for prime quality bullocks was well maintained to-day. Compared with last week prices were slightly easier. The female section, on the other hand, showed a big decline in quality, though, on an exceptionally short yarding, the market was decidedly firmer. Beef was yarded from all parts of the province, the better quality beasts coming from Cambridge and Matamata graziers. Northern offerings, generally, could have done with more finish. The majority of the steers offered were prime and well-finished. Few sold much under £jo. There was an average yarding and "prices were slightly easier than W. Vosper, Cambridge, supplied the pride of the market in a line of bigframed, well-finished, heavy bullocks, which made to £ 16 ss. Other smaller - framed but well-finished Hereford steers from this grazier made to £l4 7s 6d. A line of medium-weight, prime Shorthorn bullocks on account of W. H. Kelland made from £l2 10s to £3 4 2s 6d. Stocky Polled Angus and Hereford steers, well-finished, but not exceptionally big-framed, on account of C. Allen, Okoroire, made up to £l4 55.. Small, but well-finished Polled Angus bullocks on account of B. Reed, Waerenga, made to £l3. A line of Dargaville steers showing dairy strains, fat but lacking the finish necessary to class them as prime, made to £lO 7s 6d. POOR QUALITY COWS Under 200 cattle faced buyers in the female section. The quality generally was well below that of last week, dairy strains predominating. Few straightout beef cattle came forward. With the small yarding, however, the market showed a decided improvement on last week. Speyed Hereford heifers on account of a Waikato grazier, prime and well-finished, but not exceptionally heavy, made to £lO 10s. Other similar heifers, not quite so heavy, on account of R. D. Morgan, Matamata, made to £lO ss. Shorthorn cows, prime and big-framed, but not exceptionally heavy, made to £9 ss. Ordinary lightframed, medium young cows and heifers made from £6 15s to £B. Light and poorly-finished cattle made to £6 ss. Small and freshly-dropped calves comprised practically the whole of the offering in the veal section. Well-nour-ished, up to about six weeks old, made up to £2 ss. THE SHEEP PENS Though few extra fine quality sheep were seen in the fat pen compared with late offerings, the majority were well finished and only a small portion fetched below prime. An average winter yarding met with a market firm at late rates. A line of big-framed prime wethers on account of a Pan mure grazier made to £2. Other wethers in the first two rows made to 39s 9d. Lighter prime wethers made to 365. Choice well-fin-ished ewes, not exceptionally heavy, on

account W. Vosper, Cambridge, made to 345. One of the best lines of wethers unsold at the time of recording was a pen of big heavy-weight sheep, on account of W. Livingstone, Te Kawhata. These, unless the market eases, should make over £2.