LATE COMMERCIAL

Sun (Auckland), Volume I, Issue 167, 5 October 1927, Page 13

LATE COMMERCIAL

beef market easier

WESTFIELD VALUES HEAVY cattle forward . he*vy yarding of mostly cattle at Westfield met with decidedly easier Va The market for calves was also exceptionally heavy cattle etn>« fsr««rd-ea-iing off of the rain and conse- ! T r Rtn : rigthenin« of the pastures ex- I ••red lately has evidently brought * i on •« a* l parts of the district, and '■‘‘i'J, tend to rush the market. activity timons dealers and Vuyers has also caused farmers the market in greater numbers. 0 v,v while dealers lines were well in minority. many small graziers, not **o known at Westfield, from as far down . rirnbrtdge. had quotas forward. •"'the average quality of the yarding was while there was a large sprinkling ...11-i’ramed cattle, poorly finished well in the minority market was erratic, though, genliv decidedly easier than at late sales, t-r choice prime young cattle on account TVeU-kiiown graziers there was a good r " n d at prices in advance ol lots m icount of sellers unknown to Westbuvers. Quality, rather than quari"rv seemed to be the motto of buyers Sh the easier market. %h« heaviest bullock seen at W estfield . j reason, on account of J. Brady, sold , £is. An excessively fat, big-framed, Inre-bscker Hereford beast, it was f. oo iat for an ordinary butcher’s requireprice of the day was secured for a hie- framed, leggy, prime bullock on account of W. Duder. The bullock made lTs < ; d and could be c-lasesd amongst 1. beav est seen in the yards this sea„lin though rot in the same class as the *Thft test Indication of the market can he fjjteji from a sale under the hammer of VO big extra prime P.A. steers on aeount of Janies Taylor. They made £l4 •*s <>d. A few weeks ago these beasts IvAild hr.ve made over i. 16. The extra nice quality of this line sent the biciVjne alcng. Other big-framed heavy nriive cattle on account of the same ziazier made to £l4. Smaller bullocks on account of B. Reid, Waerenga. made to £l2. The line was well finished and lot excessively heavy. Similar well-fin-<hed medium-tamed bullocks on amount of E. Allen made from £lO 17s 6d •0 £ll 1 5s- Medium-weight smaller bulioiks suffered most In regard to lower aiues. especially lots not well topped off. ;ood Polled Angus bullocks, which a few uvekj :J.fo would have made well over k-it to day made to £9 15s. Other slmiHr ci'ttle also showed a decline, though is previously stat ed, special lines brought merer*'\i inquiry. Small fat and lighttraratd bullocks *old from £6 upwards. \n extra choice big-framed young cow topned the market in this section at £lO. V "medium-framed exceptionally choice ieifei sold for £7 17s 6d. Other prime oun£ cows and heifers made from £5 17s 6d to £7. An average yarding of cows also yielded lower prices. For t heavy yarding of calves easier values prevailed with prices for the heavier grades tending to ease still further toward the close of the sale. Heavy runners made to over £6, heavy vealers £2 10s to £3 18s. A constant market around 6s ruled for bobby calves. Other small calves made to £2 for best nourished sorts. For jualir.y and quantity the sheep vardin*9 were rather below the average. Only on or two lines of heavy prime woolly wethers came forward. A bigger offering of shorn sheep was seen.

FRANKTON SALE

_ (Special to THE SUX.) HAMILTON, To-day. The Farmers* Co-op Auctioneering Company, Ltd , reports:—At the Franktoa sale yesterday we had z. good yarding of iat *nd store cattle. There was a fair entry of fat sheep and a good yarding of fat and store pigs. Prices for beef were equal to last week. The prices for fat ewes were a little easier. There was a good compe-.titio.i for store pigs, but fata did not meet with a strong competition. a.nd were again lower. We quote: Light, fat steers, £lO to £lO B.J, prime heavy cows and heifers, 5a to £9 14s; 18 of this class from Dr. Gribben averaged £8 ISs 4d; medium quality, £6 2s 6d to £7 7s; plain and jnftnijhed. £5 3s to £5 14s: small vealers, 28a to 30s; runners, £3 7s; store cows, -3 Ts to £4 2s; 3-year store steers, £6 •s fresh-conditioned 4yr. bullocks, £7 s(i to £8 and £8 ss; 2-yr. Polled Andrus steers, £4 16s to £5 16s; yearling Polled Angus steers, £3 9s; choice yearns Jersey cross heifers. £4 15s to £5 •s 6d small yearling Shorthorn steers, Is; dairy heifers, £6 5s to £8 ss; « J! at ewe s, woolly, 295; fat shorn •wes, „3s; fat, woolly ewes, plain, 26s 6d; fat woolly^wethers, 325; prime fat, woolly -2f g^q8 ’ v a one extra prime hog--7 a j shorn hoggets, 29s 6d; five on account of W. Chitty reallS; shorn store hoggets, good, 20s 2d ; woolly hoggets, 20s 6d to 23s 3d; i? . ** res ' 15s to 16s; best baconers, £2 s. ethers, £2 12s to £2 14s; porkers, *> to £2 4s; slips, 22a to 265; weanon, ns to 16s; small weaners, Ss to 12s.

SOUTHERN EXCHANGES

‘ <sale reported: New Zealand inn r ? tcblJrch * —Sales reported: New Zes - y.-, 63s 6d. On 'Change, Ne v aaTiK-j .V£ vernrn-t * nt * 5J per cent., iris -101; Holden’s Motors, 37 s vL!;*,? >: Commercial Bank of w.n la \ 27s nd Sales on ’Change: Bank of dr n ff a ‘ an< *. £2 lie lid (three lots ■; nl *.* Bll ™- Paid. 21 6s 6d. R«>»°rte.l sale Ward and Co , £1 17s 6d.