Late commercial—

Sun (Auckland), Volume IV, Issue 943, 9 April 1930, Page 10

Late commercial —

BEEF MARKET FIRM WESTFIELD STOCK SALE : Beet met vsith a steady dem».. at late rates at Westfield tod" Best ox made up to 37s a hundred’' I best cow tr oos a hundred, Bott ’ and boner cow sold From 21s tn a hundred. - 4s Tiie qualit;. of the fat cattle entrr particularly m t ie cow and heifer tion. was good. Th- were pra ’. cally no big-framed steers. small medium weights predominating 7 I the moment it seems that holders r heavy prime big-iramed bullocks.anot prepared to meet the market an are keeping d'rafts back until the coldf I weather sets in: only the big butcherare interested in big-framed catth I during the warm weather, and, ever, I then, only at discount prices, ! Today’s offering was drawn frorr over a. wide range. Hinuera, Te Awa. mutu and Cambridge graziers bavin - lines of well-finished light to medium' framed cattle forward. Bidding was fairly general amocthe usual attendance of buyers, bir exporters were again noticeably no interested on the levels maintained U the butchers. i Top price of the day was secured for a line of well-finished medium to big-framed steers, on account W j and M. H. Thompson. Te Awamtrfc which made up to £35 for a pen 0 » four, which went to T. Baster. p 0B ; son by. Two trucks of well-finished steer> on account of Ring Brothers. Hinue-a made from £l2 12s 6d to £l4. Steers on account L AV. Reals. Tu?kau. made l'ronv £l2 7s 6d to £l4 Choice prime handy-weight steer; on account Makgill and Middleton] Cambridge, made to £l2 7s 6d. Well-finished medium-framed steer? on account AV. Jeffries, Te Kauwhat? made to £l3 10s. AVell-finished medium-framed Shorthorn steers, on'account RuakuraStaFarxn, made to £l4 15s. The cow and heifer offering, comprising approximately 255 head, was made up of a bigger percentage ,v well-finished station sorts than usual the top priced cows were particulars heavy prime and solid boned. To? price was secured for a line of extra heavy prime cows on account An-, bury’s, Ltd., M&ngere Point, which made up to £l2 for a heavy prim* cow, which went to R. and W. Hellaby Ltd. Heavy prime steers, generally, made to £ls; medium, £ll 10s to £l2 15s small and light from £8 10s. Extra heavy* prime steers to £l2: heav prime, £9 to £lO 10s; medium, £* 5s to £S 15s; small and light, i; 15s to £7; unfinished from £4. The quality of an average entry of calves was good, a big percentage 0' heavy prime vealers and runners coming forward. The market has an easie tendency*. Runners made up to £; heavy vealers to £4 7s: light cad medium, 42s to 70s: small and fre*h dropped, 9s to 225; and rough and plain, 18s to 265. SOUTHERN EXCHANGES TODAY’S SALES PFcss Association Christchurch. —Australian Bark a? Commerce. 255: United Building: Society. 14s 4d: Wellington Frozen Meat, M Kaiapoi AVoollens (7s paid), 5s Sd: New Zealand Breweries, 50s 6d; British Tobacco, 40s 2d; Victorio Nyanza Sugar 39s 3d. Reported: British Tobacco, ti* 3d; Xew Zealand Breweries, 50s 6d (two parcels). Wellington.—Reported: Bank of New South Wales. £3!* ss: Wellington Mea: Preserving (ord.), Ss 9d: British Tobacc:. Australian (ord.), 10s, 40s 3d.