COMMERCIAL

Waikato Times, Volume 94, Issue 14769, 7 October 1921, Page 7

COMMERCIAL

WESTFIELD MARKETS. Dalgcty and Do.. Lid., report, ns follows on their fat, stood; sale at Westfield on Wednesday—Beef; A Inrye yarding. Prices, compared with Inst week, showed a decline of about 2s per 1001 b. Extra prime ox .'ids, primi' 3is lo 275, plain and second quality £1 (is to £1 ; prime, cows and heifers £1 9s lo £1 f>s. plain 20s lo 15s. Sheep: A moderate yarding. Prices were about on n par. Extra heavy wethers 2.‘!s, prime 22s to 18s. plain IGs fid to 115 s: ewes, extra heavy 17s fid, prime ifis to ids. others 12s In I Os, Calves: A good yarding. Good vealers met. with a keen demand. Runners. £5 10s to £4: vealers, £3 I Os to £2 ss; fresh dropped, 8s to’ss. Pigs: A very large yarding, and prices suffered accordingly. Raeoncrs. £5 10. s(n £.'i 10s; choppers,. £5 lo £i; porkers, £d In £2. Lambs: Fair yarding, which met with very keen competition. Extra heavy dts 9d, prime 30s to 255, others 23s to 18s.

The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency C 0.,. Ltd., report:—At Westfield fat stock market on Wednesday, beef was penned in larger numbers than the previous week, prices being lower by 15s lo 20s per bead. We quote; Extra choice oxen to 355, choice prime oxen, 20s to 3 is: rough, inferior oxerf, 22s to 275: young cow and heifer beef. 25s to 28s; other cow beef, 15s to 23s per 1001 b. No extra heavy prime eat He were penned. Heavy prime steers. £l2 17s fid to £Li 10s: medium prime steers, £lO to £l2 Ids: light prime steers, £8 5s to £0 17s fid; small unfinished steers, £fi to £8 2s fid: young cows and heifers, £5 to £8; other cows. £1 upwards; hulls, £1 2s fid upwards. Some of the. averages were: 8 steers from Mr H. E. Reed. Waeremrn. £!2 15s fid: 8 steers from Messrs Riddell Bros.. Waerenga, £9 7s fid; 7 steers from Mr R. A. Bent, Pukcturua Estate, £lO 9s 3d: JO cows from Mr .Tas. Taylor, Cambridge. £fi 19s fid. Calve? were penned in large numbers, prices being firm at lasj week’s quotations. Runners. £1 to £5 fis; heavy vealers £3 15s to £-4 I.ls. medium £2 Ifis to £3 2s. light £1 12 s to £2 3s, smaller £1 to £1 12s; small and fresh dropped, 5s lo Ifis. Sheep were penned in large numbers, and although competition was fairly steady throughout, prices generally were easier. No extra heavy prime wethers were penned. Heavy prime wethers (in wool). £1 lo £1 2s 9d: heavy prime wethers (shorn), 18s 3d to 19s fid; medium prime wethers, in wool, 18s to 19s 9d ; medium prime wethers (shorn) IGb fid to 18s; light prime wethers (in wool) Ifis to 17s 3d; unfinished wethers. 14s to 15s fid; heavy prime ewes, 17s fid to £1 Is fid; medium prime ewes. 14s 9d to 17s; light prime ewes. 13s to 14s fid; heavy prime hoggets, 15s to 17s fid; medium l*.s lo 14s fid: light prime unfinished hoggets, 8s fid to 12s fid. Spring lambs in about same numbers as last week were again keenly competed for. Best £1 5s to £ 1 fis fid, medium £1 2s to £1 4s fid, light 18s to £1 Is fid. Pigs were penned in extra large numbers, prices being slightly lower than last week’s sale. Wc quote:—Choppers, £4 to £5 7s fid: heavy haconers, £5 17s to £6 10s; medium haconers, £4 Ifis to £5 15s; light haconers and heavy porkers, £4 to £4 17s; medium porkers. £3 Is to £3 ,18s; light porkers, £2 fis lo £3; slips, £1 12s lo £2 2s; weaners, £1 3s to £1 11s.

Messrs Alfred Bnckland and Sons report: On Wednesday at. our weekly 'Westfield fat stork market we sold fat cattle to the number of 428 head, comprising 347 steers, SO rows and heifers, and one hull. The quality of the ox beef was again first-class. There was a steady demand throughout, hut owing to the increased number of prime, cattle, values were slightly easier. Extra choice ox sold to £i Tis per 100th; choice and prime ox. £1 8s to £1 ids; ordinary and plain, £1 to £1 I 7s; rough beef, 8s to ids: prime young cow and heifer beef, £1 5s to £1 10s; ordinary cow, 10s to £1 as. Rxlia heavy prime steers ranged in price from £ if. to £lO 2s 6d, the latter price for a 34-year-old steer from Messrs G. and R. Coates, Malakohc; heavy prime steers, £l3 to £ls 10s; lighter prime steers, £lO to £l2 10s: light prime, £7 to £9 10s; small unfinished, £4 to £0 15s. An extra special cow from Messrs G. and R. Coates realised £ls 1 :, s , and a heifer from the same client El.'i’. Heavy prime young cows an I heifers £.7 to £9. lighter £5 to £0 15s, others £1 to £4 JOs. The highest Waikato averages were: 7 from Mr Benj. Reid, Waerenga, £l3 16s sd; 2;> from Mr Wm- Vesper, Dingley Dell, Cambridge, £l3 18s 3d; 24 from the Waikato, £ll 7s 7d; 9 from the estate of late C. J. Storey, Woodstock, Tc Awamutu, £lO 8s Id; G from Mr W. -T. Ralph's Taupiri property, £lO Is 8d; S from Mr C. W. Hodgson. Kiokio, £8 ss: IS cows from Mr .fas. Taylor, Cambridge, £7 9s 3d. Our entry of sheep totalled 1941 and, with few exceptions were nicc-quality mutton, The demand and values were similar to those ruling last week. Best quality prime wethers £1 is to £1 2s 9d, medium to heavy prime 17s Gd to £1 0s Gd, lighter prime 15s 9d to 17s, unfinished wethers 13s to 15s; extra heavy prime young ewes 18s to £1 Is Gd, heavy fat ewes 14s to 17s Gd, other ewes 10s Gd to 13s Gd; hoggets. J2s Gd to 16s Gd. Spring lambs wore a train in keen demand, with a further rise in prices. The 98 yarded were insufficient for requirements. Heavy prime £1 8s to £1 10s, lighter prime £1 3s to £1 7s, light 18s to £1 Is. Eat and young calves were penned in average numbers. Competition was keen and values were firm at lasi week’s rates. Runners made from £3 13s to £0 7s Gd, heavy vealers £3 10s to £4 14s, medium £2 8s to £3 9s, light £ j 8s to £2 7s, smaller 15s to £1 Gs, fresh-dropped 4s to 14s (IGB sold). Eat pigs wore yarded in average numbers. There was a steady demand, although values were easier than last week. Store pigs were also slightly lower. Choppers, £1 10s to £4 10s; extra heavy baconcrs £G 3s to £G 1 Is, heavy baconers £5 12s to £G, medium £5, light £4 10s to £4 las; heavy porkers £3 17s Gd to £4 as, medium £3 10s to £3 15s, light £2 5s to £3 ss; store pigs, £1 15s to £2 Gs; slips. £1 5s In £1 Its; weaners, 15s to £1 is (434 sold). TALLOW SALES. (Australian and X.Z. Cable Assn.) BOND OX, October 5. At the tallow sales, 7.77 casks were offered and 323 sold. Mutton declined 2s per cwt. and beef Is. Fine mutton realised 5Gs Gd, medium 50s; line beef 795, medium 48s; good mixed, 70s.