BEEF MARKET STEADY

Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 837, 4 December 1929, Page 11

BEEF MARKET STEADY

Late Commercial

WESTFIELD STOCK MARKET WESTFIELD, 2.30 p.m. An aggregate yarding of approximately 332 steers and 316 cows and heifers came forward to the Westfield fat stock sale today. Prices held practically on a par with late rates. Best ox made to 42s a hundred; best cow and heifer to 39s a hundred. The average quality was fair, but there was a bigger percentage than usual of inferior finished light-weight •orts. Handy-weight cattle again predominated and no exceptionally heavy prime steers came forward. The offering was drawn from most parts of the province, The best quality lines toming from South Auckland graziers. Top price of the day was secured for a line of well finished solid-boned •teers on account B. Reed, Wuerenga, which made up to £l7 for a pen which was dn ided up between A. E. Rossiter (Papatoetoe) and Thos. Scanlon (Newton); 15 in ihe line averted £l6 4s. Twenty medium prime steers on account F. A. Price, Papatoetoe, averaged £l4 5s 6d. One truck ot handy-weight steers on Recount. J. R. Hill, Ohinevvai, averaged £l3 10s 6d. Twenty well-finished, small to me-dium-boned steers on account J. McIntyre, Puni, averaged £l3 12s and *tade up to £l4 17s 6d. N'ine well-finished handy-weight •teers on account W. W. McLaughlin, Papatoetoe, made up to £ls 15s *nd averaged £l4 19s 2d. One truck of handy-weight steers °n account b\ Freegard, Wuerenga, averaged £l3 17s 6d. Sixteen choice prime medium-boned ■teers on account N. K. Taylor, TuuDtrl, averaged £ls Ss 6d, and made to £l6. One truck or account Chas. Stewart, Tahuna, made up to £ls 15s. Handy -weight steers on account Winstone sen., made up to £l4 *OB.

Two trucks of well*-finished heavy Pnmo steers on account W". Alison, i'akotai, made up to £l6. . vhe market for heavy prime steers, although show ng no quotable change, snowed a sightly easier tendency. •iVu 8 ant * beifers also met with a SS w y erratili demand on a market vnich showed an easier tendency for “earum-finish* d sorts. The quality the yarding, generally, was not up ‘0 that of late sales, neatry prime steers made to £l7; * £l3 10s to i:l4 10s: small j‘ n d light, from £lO 10s; unfinished Sht, from £). Heavy prime young and heifer, to £l2; medium, £7 £9; light, £ 6 5s to £7 10s; “lOmshea, from £4 10s. he market for calves had a decidfirmer tone. Well-nourished me--)i,,7l"We*SlTt vealers met with a spe“ly keen demand. mfi t ? nners m ad© ttP to £ 8 5s for a e <hum-framel, well-finished beast on F. Matthews, Otahuhu, which V J", F. Johnson. Victoria Street, balers made to £5 (is. * cattle offering took till after *• • l ° clock to clear. avera ß® yarding of sheep was made up of medium quality &ia£» ers * ' A>n offering of approxi4tely 420 lan bs came forward. SOUTHERN EXCHANGES Press Association ’“"•din.—:Reported: iluddart, Parker. 'hriitehurch.—On 'Change: Commercial —ak of Australia, 265; Goklsbrough. Mort div.), 3Ss 3d (two parcels): Mount r, yf u (cum. div.), 40s 7d, 40s Sd (three Steels); Mahakipawa. 4d (three parcels).