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Waikato Times, Volume 94, Issue 14775, 14 October 1921, Page 7

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WESTFIELD MARKETS. Dalgely and Company, Ltd., report on their fat stock sale at Westfield on Wednesday—Boef: A fair yarding. Prices showed a slight increase, about Is per 1001 b. Extra prime ox 345, prime 27s to 325, plain and second quality 20s to 275; prime cow and heifer beef 26s to 30a, plain las to 21s. Sbce-p: A moderate yarding. Prices were about Hie same as last week. Extra heavy .weathers marie up to 235; prime wethers, 18s to 21s 6d, plain and unfinished 13s to 16s: extra heavy ewes sold up to 17s 3d; prime ewes J3s to 16s, olliers 0s to 12s. Calves; A good yarding which met with spirited competition. Runners made up to £.7 10s; vealers, £2 3s to £3 10s; freshdropped calves, 5s to Bs. Pigs: A fair yarding, prices again showing a decline. Baconers made from £4 5s to £5 ss; choppers. £4 to £5; porkers, £2 15s to C 3 is. Lambs: A good yarding. Prices were equal to last week’s rates. Plxtra heavy made up to 28s, prime 24s to 2Gs, others 18s to 235.

The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company, Ltd., report;— At Westfield fat stock market on Wednesday beef was penned in average numbers- There, was an improved demand, especially for light-weight prime cattle, quotations being better than last report. We quote: Extra choice oxen In 35s per 1001 b, choice and prime 30s to 345, rough and unfinished 24s to 20s; young cow and heifer beef, 25s to 29s per 1001 b, other cow beef 18s to 245, No extra heavy prime cattle; penned. Heavy prime steers sold to £l4 10s, medium £ll to £l3 17s 6d, light £8 to £lO 17s 6d, small and unfinished £5 10 s to £7 17s Cd: young cows and heifers £6 to £9, others £3 2s 6d to £5 17s Gd. Some of the averages were:—l2 steers from Mr Robert Ross. Topuni, £lO Is 3d: 8 from Mr George Cox, Mangere, £ll 12s Cd; 6 from Mr J. R. Bryant, Karaka, £lO 10s; 4 from Mr E. A. Urquhart, Karaka, £lO i7s fid: 14 from Mr Alex Orr’s Hoteo property, £9 12s fid; 6 from Mr E. P. Paul, Mangere, £8 7s fid. Calves were penned in large numbers, and sold at improved prices. Runners, £4 to £5 12s; vealers, heavy £4 10s to £4 15s, medium £3 to £3 10s, light £2 to £2 12s, smaller £.l 5s to £1 18s; small and fresh-dropped, Gs to £l, Sheep were penned in average numbers, selling under steady competition at late quotations. No extra heavy sheep, woolly or shorn, wore penned. Heavy prime wethers, woolly £1 to £1 2s, shorn 18s 6d !o £i: medium prime wethers, woolly 17s 9d lo 19s fid, shorn 17s to 18s 3d; light prime wethers, woolly 16s to 17s fid; unfinished wethers, woolly 13s In 15s 9d; heavy prime ewes, shorn to 16s fid, woolly to £1; medium prime ewes, woolly 14s to 16s fid; light shorn 11s lo 13s fid; hoggets, best, shorn, to J8 S fid, others 12s to Jfis, hoggets, best woolly to J7s, others 11s fid to 15s 3d. Spring lambs, in large numbers, sold readily at late quotations. Heavy prime, £1 0s fid to £1 10s 3d: medium prime, £1 Is to £1 6s 3d; light prime, Ifis 9d to £1 0s 9d. Pigs were penned iu large numbers and showed no improvement in price. We quote: Choppers, £4 to £5 ss; baconers, heavy £5 15s lo £6 10s, medium £4 18s to £5 14s: light baconers and heavy porkers, £4 to £4 17s; porkers, medium £3 4s to £3 18s, light, £2 12s to £3 2s; steers, large £2 to £2 10s; slips, £1 10s lo £1 19s; weaners, 13s to £1 Bs.

Messrs Alfred Buckland and Sons report: On Wednesday a,t our weekly Westfield fat stock market our supply of fat cattle totalled 507 head, comprising' 43-4 steers, 71 cows and heifers and two bulls. There were many lines of heavy prime steers, and the quality generally of the ox beef was equal to anything ever offered at Westfield. Competition was steady throughout, last week’s values being easily sustained and in odd cases exceeded. Extra choice ox' sold to £1 15s; choice and prime ox, £1 8s to £1 13s: ordinary and plain, £1 to £1 7s; rough beef, 8s to 14s; prime young cow and heifer beef, £1 5s to £1 10s; ordinary' cow bee* - , 19s to £1 4s —all per 1001 b. Extra heavy prime steers ranged from £IG to £l7 2s fid; heavy prime steers, £l3 10s to £ls 15s; lighter prime steers, £lO 10s to £l3, light prime £7 10s to £lO, small and unfinished £5 to £7 ss; heavy prime young cows and heifers £S to £lO. lighter £5 10s to £7 10s, others £1 to £5 ss. Some of the highest averages for, steers were: 16 from Mr W. C. Ring, Hinuera, £l3 16s IQ/i; 8 from the estate of the late C. J. Storey, Woodstock, Te Awamutu, £lO 12s fid: 9 from Mr A. Muir, sen., Oncvvhero, £9 14s sd; 0 from Messrs Fitzgerald Bros.. Kiwitahi, £9 10s lOd; 8 from Miss Ralph, Taupiri, £9 10s; 8 from Messrs Fetch Bros., Te Kuiti, £9 7s 6d; 13 from Mr E. F. Muir, Onovvhern, £9 4s 9d : 15 from Messrs .Johnson Bros., Te Kuiti, £8 18s 8d ; 18 from Messrs Proctor Bros., Orini, £8 Bs. Sheep were penned to the number of 17 64. There was a steady demand throughout, with little or no alteration in values from last report. Heavy prime woolly wethers, £1 Is to £1 2s 9d (no extra heavy penned) ; extra heavy prime shorn wethers, £1 0s 3d to €1 2s. These prices were obtained for Southdown wethers from Messrs G. and R. Coates, Matakohc. Medium to heavy woolly wethers, 17s to £1; shorn wethers, 15s Gd to 18s 9d; lighter woolly wethers, 15s to 16s 9d: shorn, 13s 6d to 15s; unfinished woolly wethers, 13s to 15s; shorn, 11s to 13s; best heavy prime owes, woolly 16s Gd to 18s 9d, shorn 13s to 14s fid; lighter ewes, woolly 1 is In 16s; shorn, 11s to 12s fid: other woolly ewes, 10s 6d lo 13s 6d. Spring lambs came forward in increased numbers, and met with a keen sale, last week’s advanced rates being improved upon. Heavy prime, £1 Ss to £1 8s 9d: lighter prime. £! is )n £1 Ss; light prime, £1 to £) 3s; small lambs, lis 9d to 18s 6d (196 sold, as against 98 last week). Fa I and young calves were penned in less Ilian average numbers. There was an exlra keen demand. and all classes were considerably higher Hum last week. Runners made from £4 10s to £6 2s fid; vealers, heavy £1 lo £5 2s fid, medium £2 18s lo £3 15s, light, £1 15s In £2 7s fid, smaller 18s to £1 Ids: fresh dropped, 5s lo 17s. 'lsl sold). Pigs were yarded in average numbers. Competition was steady, will! values slightly easier for all fat pies. Store pigs sold freely at laic quotations. Choppers. £1 17s Gd in £5 is; baconers, heavy £5 Ids to £5 I fis. medium £4 15s lo £5 ss. light £1 5s to £1 Ids; porkers, heavy £3 15s lo £4 2s fid: medium £3 5s lo £3 Ids. light £2 Is In £3: store pigs. £1 Ills In £2 Ms; slips, £1 fis In £| Ms; weaners. good £1 In £1 fis. small 10s lo 15s. (371 sold). EA.W.R.A. SALES. EoNIJON. October 12. Tallow: 157 5 casks were offered, 3.2 s being sold al fully 2s declin ■. | Mulluii. line 555. medium iSs: beef, j fine sfis. medium 4 8s; good mixed, ] 4 s s, Al Ihe R.A.W.R.A. wool sale llmr" i was a small selection of merinos, for j which yesterday’s good lone w,i S well j maintained. Prices were very firm. | Crossbreds sold well, medium being slightly dearer. The New Zealand clip lUmuroa reached 13d, with an average j of 11(1.

LONDON WOOL SALES. The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co., Ltd., have received the following cable from their London House with regard, to the wool sales, which opened yesterday:— Wool sales opened with a full attendance and spirited competition from Home and Continental As compared with the closing prices' of Hie preceding series of sales, M< rinn and fine crossbred showed an advance of 10 per cent, and medium and coarse crossbred 5 per cent, to 10 per cent.