COMMERCIAL

Taranaki Daily News, 18 July 1929, Page 13

COMMERCIAL

HARDENING OF BEEF VALUES. ■ STOCK SALE AT WESTFIELD,® By Telegraph—Press Association. Auckland, Last Ox beef was penned in lesser bers than last week. The quality good and competition was steady, suiting in values hardening on week’s quotations. Prime heavy biflß locks made £l4 17s fid to £l5 IQs, ium £l3 7s fid to £l4 7s fid and £ll 17s fid to £l2 17s Cd. ■ Cow and heifer beef came average numbers, the quality being class. Competition was steady values remained very firm at last weekßß rates. Extra prime heavy heifers young cows made £lO to £ll 17s medium cows and heifers £8 10s to 5s and light £7 to £B. Extra choice ox sold to 38s per choice and prime ox 35s to 375, plain secondary ox 31s to 345, prime cow and heifer beef 345, just 28s to 30s. ■ A very heavy yarding of sheep penned and a drop in values was ed equal to the Recent drop in the for skins. Taken throughout the was first-class and competition wJM good. Prime heavy wethers made 17s 3d to £1 18s, medium £1 15s fid £1 17s. light £1 Us fid to £1 I2s 9d affl ewes £1 5$ to £1 7s 3d. An average yarding of lambs well up to late rates. Calves sold freely at prices equal late rates. Vealers of quality good competition. Heavy vealers £4 15s to £5 ss, medium £3 15s to £4 light £2 10s to £3 10s and small £2. £2 ba. / Pigs were yarded in smaller' and met with a keen sale, especially good quality porkers. Choppers to £3 fis, heavy baconers £3 16s to medium baconers £3 10s to £3 baconers £3 5s to £3 Bs, heavy £2 10s to £2 17s and light porkers 14s to £2 Bs.