FAT STOCK MARKET

Waikato Independent, Volume XIX, Issue 1892, 17 April 1917, Page 7

FAT STOCK MARKET

WEDNESDAY’S WESTFIELD SALE. MARKET SHOWS* FIRMER TONE. The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency C0y., 1 Ltd., reports:— At Westfield fat stock market on Wednesday beef was penned in average numbers, and the market showed a firmer tone, prices remaining the same. Choice ox, to £2 10/ per lOOlbs; prime, £2 7/ to £2 9/ per lOOlbs; rough, £2 to £2 5/ per lOOlbs; cow and heifer, £2 1/ to ,£2 7/ per lOOlbs; steers sold at from £l4 to £2O 17/6; cows and heifers, £9 10/ to £l4 Some of the averages were: .18 steers from Mr Geo. Morse, Ivarohi, £lB 17/6; 40 steers from Okahukura Estate, £l7 17/6; 8 small well-fatted steers from Mr C. G. Robertson, Otaua, £lB 6/3; 8 stefers from Mr N. K. Taylor, Gordonton, £l7 18/9; 8 small steers from Mr H. S. Strawbridge, Hairini, £ls 18/3; 8 small steers from Mr M. H. Cox, East Tamaki, £ls 11/. ■ Calves were,penned in less than usual numbers, and consequently improved in prices. Eunners sold at from £? 10/' to £ll 7/6; 6 from Mr J. S, Fitch, Karaka, Drury, averaged £lO £/; heavy vealers, £5 to £7 2/ for a vealer fatted by Mr J. S. Fitch, Drury, and purchased by The Auckland Meat Coy.. Ltd., butchers, Auckland; 4 vealers from the same vendor averaged £6 10/3 ;■ medium vealers, £3 5/ to £4 17/; light, £.l 15/ to £2 18/; small and fresh-dropped calves, 7/ to £1 14/. Sheep were penned in Scarcely average numbers, and improved in prices from 1/ to 2/ per head. Best wethers sold to £2 3/; others, £1 15/9 to £2 .1/6; store wethers, £1 10/ to £1 14/3; best owes sold to £1 18/6 for a pen of 2tooth ewes fatted by Mr Richard Eeynolds, Cambridge, and bought by Mr T. Baster, Ponsonby; other ewes, £1 10/ to £1 16/3; inferior ewes, £1 3/3 to £1 8/9. Lambs in full numbers sold at high values. Best, £1 7/ to £1 10/3; othci;s, £1 3/ to £1 6/9; unfinished, 13/6 to £1 2/6; 36 lambs from Mr N, J. Sutherland, Glevcdon, averaged £1 7/. Pigs in average numbers sold at improved prices. No choppers or heavy baconers yarded. Medium baconers, £3 41/ to £4 4/; light baconers, £3 3/ to £3 10/; heavy porkers, £2 7/ to £3; light porkers, £1 15/ to £2 6/; slips, 18/ to £1 11/; weaners, 10/ to 16/; suckers, 4/ to 9/. DALGETY AND CO.’S REPORT. PRICES STILL FIRM. 'Messrs Dalgety and Company, Ltd., report having held their usual weekly fat stock sale at Westfield on Wednesday, 11th April, 1917, as under:— Beef.—A small yarding and prices were firm at last week’s rates. Choice pens of extra prime ox sold at equal to 48/ per 100; ordinary prime made up to 45/ per 100; cow and heifer beef, '39/ to-44/. Veal.—A moderate yarding which sold at late ratesj, Extra heavy runners made up to £lO 15/; heavy suckers up to £6 18/; sniall ditto, 37/ to 49/; others, 16/ to 28/. Mutton. —A medium yarding, and prices were equal to last week’s rates. Prime quality wethers made up to 43/; heavy, 38/ to 42/; medium weight ditto, 34/ to 36/6'; light and unfinished up to 30/ to 33/; fat ewes, 24/ to 32/9; cull ewes, 16/6 to 30/. Lamb. —A medium yarding, and prices were equal to late rates. Best heavy prime woolly made up to 28/; medium weight, 21/ to 24/; light and unfinished, 18/ to 23/; heavy shorn, up to 22/; medium weight shorn, IS/ to 19/; light and unfinished, 13/ to 20/.