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Waikato Times, Volume 89, Issue 13850, 30 August 1918, Page 3

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AUCKLAND MARKETS. Messrs Alfred Buckland and Sons report: On Wednesday at our weekly Westfleld fat stock market, we sold beef to the number of 203 head, comprising 145 steers, 57 cows and heifers and one bull. Competition was keen throughout, and values very firm at last week's quotations. Choice ox sold to £2 13s 6d per 1001b; prime ox, £2 10s to £2 12s 6d; ordinary and rough beef, £1 19s to £2 Cs; cow and heifer beef, £2 2s to £2 10s. Steers ranged in price from £l2 10s to £24 7s 6d for a steer from Mr Ed. Allen, Cambridge; cows and heifers, £9 to £22 7s 6d for a cow from Mr Harold Windsor, Tamahere. The highest Waikato averages for steers were: Sixteen from Mr Ed. Allen, Cambridge, £2O 17s 6d; 14 cows from Mr Harold Windsor, Tamahere, £2O 10s 6d. These cows were, without exception, the best ever offered at Westfleld, and the price is easily a record. Sixteen steers from Mr T. R. Drummond, Tamahere, £l9 2s 8d; 18 from Mr C. J. Storey, Woodstock, Te Awamutu, £lB 13s Id; nine from Mr J. R. Self, Te Kuiti, £l7 2s 9d; 18 from the Waikato, £l6 13s 6d. Sheep were again penned short of requirements. There was a keen demand, and in several cases last week's advanced rates were exceeded. Extra heavy prime wethers made from £2 4s 6d to £2 8s for a pen from Mr R. J. Bell, Ranganui, Papatoetoe; heavy prime wethers £1 19s Gd to £2 3s 6d; medium to heavy prime wethers, £1 16s to £1 19s; other wethers, £1 10s to £1 15s 6d; extra heavy prime ewes, £1 17s to £2 2s 9d (62 from Mr James McNicol, Te Aroha, averaged £1 19s 3d); lighter prime ewes, £1 13s to £1 15s; other ewes, £1 8s to £1 12s; heavy prime hoggets, £1 12s to £1 17s; good hoggets, £1 5s to £1 10s. (897 sold.) We penned a large number of fat and young calves, and all classes maintained late values. Runners made from £6 10s to £lO 17s 6d for a two-year-old hefier; heavy vealers, £4 15s to £6; medium, £3 10s to £4 10s; light, £2 to £3 ss; small and fresh dropped, 5s to £1 15s. (141 sold.) Pigs came forward in average numbers and sold at late prices. There is a very strong demand for slips and weaners. Large choppers and heavy baconers made from £6 15s to £9; small choppers and light baconers, £4 15s to £6 10s; large porkers, £3 10s to £4 10s; medium, £2 12s 6d to £3 ss; small, £2 2s to £2 10s; slips and weaners, £1 9s to £2. (176 sold.)