STOCK AT WESTFIELD.

Waikato Times, Volume 111, Issue 18534, 14 January 1932, Page 12

STOCK AT WESTFIELD.

BEEF RATES RECEDE. }.l'\ " ‘' v f SHEEP MEET GOOD COMPETITION. e PIG PRICES LOWER. There was a general lowering In the. level of values at the Westfield fat stock sale yesterday. Most lines were yarded In average numbers, •but no Improvement In demand was shown.-' The demand for fat cattle was poor and late rates were not realised. There .was a good average yarding of ox beef, the quality of which, was up to standard. Cows and heifers werealso yarded in good "'numbers and likewise suffered a drop in value. ’Except In some instances of. choice light ox, prices were lower by 5s to 10s a head,-or about Is a 1001 b. -A satis- • factory- price, ranging 'iip to £9,'was realised by a-line of extra heavy steers .from - Trcwin • Brothers, Marohcmo. Prime Steers ranged from £4 10s •upward, Compared with'the lowest price • of: £5 at last Week's sale. The’ highest price for prime-cows'and heifers was £5 15s, which was over £1 short.of the -top'price -last week. * Light -prime cows and-h.eifcrs-sold from £2-5s upward/ ' ' . ’’ . . -. There was- a slightly . Incrcdscd yarding of fat" sheep and most lines sold - steadily under'good competition. In-general; value's were firm at-late .'.rates. • Somewhat higher prices ob-tained-for wethers,-extra primo-selling up .to 15s 3d, compared with 15s last week. An improved ' demand ■ was shown for good quality wethers, which oame forward In small numbers. Unfinished wethers realised from '9s to 10s £)d, compared with prices ranging . from ,7s-6d to 11s 9d last week. There was an easing in the value of prime ewes, the top .price being about Is lower than last week. There was a slight Increase in the price paid for unfinished ewes. ‘ - There was "an average yarding of, -lambs,- a large proportion -beins. plain and unfinished. Prices generally were slightly lower, but good quality-lambs -maintained -their value.' Unfinished lambs met with a poor demand. Last, week’s prices for pigs were not - maintained. There was- an average.warding, including a large number, of -prime', bacone'rs. Mediiimwbights sold .; steadily, but- overweights, were:- not In good--demand. ■ Good b'ac.oriers / brought up to £2, compared wlth-£2 4s last weck..Pricesc for- porkers reached 345, .representing a slight advance' on-last week'. . . dalVcs: were penned in aVbragb numbers, but .prices dropped;.. There' was 'little competition,-and 'all' softs, ; with the exception of extra prime .light vealers, were dull of, sale,- Runners sold, up to 70s and wethers-.to 445. a,, ■considerable decline on last week’s pridos » -*- -, «, . The following-Is a summary of the ■prices realised for fat stock for the last two-sales at the Westfield fat stock saies:—

Dalgoty and. Co., Ltd.

■ Messrs Dalgety and. Company, Limited, report, that at .their. weekly Westfield Tat- stock-market-, ox beef came forward in average numbers, the quality. being up to standard. The demand was poor and late rates were not realised. . Cow and heifer beef were also penned in large numbers and suffered a drop In .values. -. Extra choice ox beef sold to 21s per 1001 b.; choice and prime, 17s 6d to 20s; secondary and plain, 16s to 17s; prime young cow and heifer beef, lGs to 20s; ordinary cow beef, 7s to 15s. ' * '

Heavy prime steers ranged in price ■from £6 to £7 10s; lighter prime, £4 15s to £5 17s 6d; small and■ unfinished, £2 17s 6d to £4 12s 6d; heavy prime cow and heifer beef, £4 to £4 17s 6d; lighter prime, £2 5s to £3 17s Gd; other killable cows, £1 10s to £2 2s Gd. The. offering of sheep was again a full one, meeting with a steady demand; and values ruled firm-to slightly ''better. Wethers'of good;quality continue, to come forward in small ;numbcr3 and are meeting- with a ready sale. Prime hoggets, 12s 6d to 13s; extra heavy prime wethers, 14s 3d to 15s 3d; heavy prime, 13s 3ckto.l4s; medium-,>.125;3d-to -13 s; light-and ;uallnlshed, ' 10s Gd .'to 10s'9.d; heavy prjmc ewes,' 7s .Od-.to -0s; lighter,'7s to 7s. Gd; other- ewps, ’4s Od .to' 6s Gd: .-.‘Lambs came forward -in average nymbers and : sold steadily at -full late rates. ..Heavy prliyevlanib, .12s to 13s;. medium-, 10s 9d toils 3d plight, 9s •3d to 10s .Gd. • . • Calveswere yarded in average nurnbo.rs and met with poor competition, all classes; with the exception of wellfinished vealers, which sold at late rates, being dull of sale. Runner, £i 10s to £3: heavy vealers, £1 JSs-to £2 4s; medium, £lvlls to £1 17s; light, '£l ■ss to £1 10s; rough, 6s to 12s; small, 3s to 7s;-bobby calves, Is-to •ss. .......

There was a full yarding of - fat pigs. Last week’s improvement was not maintained, some heavy-weight baconers suffering the greatest reverse. Choppers, 10s to £1 • 12s; heavy baconers, £1 15s to £1 19s; medium, £1 11s to £1 14s; light, £1 Ss to £1 10s; heavy porkers, £1 7s to £1 10s; medium, £1 4s to £1 6s; light, £1 2s ,to £1 4s; small and unfinished, 10s to £1; stores,- 13s to 18s; slips, 10s to 13s; wcaners, 5s to 10s. Loan and Morcantllo. The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company, Limited, reports on the weekly Westfield fat stock'sale yesterday as follows: •' Beef was again penned . In }argc numbers and values were lower by 5s to 10s per' head, representing a drop of about Is per 1001 b. 'Extra choice ox sold to 21s per 1001 b; choice and prime ox, 17s to 20s; ordinary and plain-'ox, 1 -is to 16s; .prime young cow and heifer beef, 16s to 20s; ordinary cow |iecf, 10s to 15s;. heavy prime steers, £6 10s to £7 10s; lighter..

prime steers, £5.15s to £6 7s 6d; .light prime steers, £4 I.o's" to" £5 ' 12s 6d;’ - unfinished and small, £3 to £4 5s j heavy prime young cows and heifers, £j> to £5 15s; lighter, £3 10s to £4.155; light cows, £2 15s to £3 7s 6d; others, £1 10 s to £2'los. • :

;V(\heep were, yarded in large numbers. Prime-wethers-; sold at late quotations, blit - prime--ewes - were. inclined to 'be' easier- in value. Heavy •prime wethers, 14s to 15s; medium prime wethers, 12s 9d to 13s 9d; -light.prime- wethers, 11s to 12s 6d; smaH and'unfinished" wethers,! 9s to 10s 9d;. heavy? prime ewes, 7s 9d to 3s 9d; medium prime ewes, 6s 9d to 7s 6d; light prime ewes, 5s 6d to 6s 6d;- interiorly • fatted ewes, 3s upwards; prime hoggets, lls to 13s 6d; smaller and unfinished hoggets, 9s to 10s 6d.

Lambs were penned in large numbers, including many unfinished lines. Prime lambs sold at late rates. Unfinished were dull of sale and values for these were easier. Heavy prJmo made 12s to 14s; medium prime, 10s 6d to 11s 9d; light prime, 8s to 10s; unfinished, best, 5s to 6s 9d; others, 3s to 4s 9d; very poor, is 9d to 2s 9d. .

■Pigs were 'penned in large numbers. Values were on a par with last week’s quotations. Choppers sold from 10s to £1 14s; heavy and medium baconers, £ll6s to £2; light baconers and heavy porkers, £1 10s to £1 14s; medium porkers and light porkers, £1 to £1 Bs.'Store pigs sold- at late quotations. Large • stdres, 15s to 19s; slips,-10s, to 14s; weanprs, 6s to 11s. •• •Calves" .were •' penned in average numbers' and were again dull of-sale. ■ Values remained at last week’s, quotations; Ilupners sold, from, £1 15s. to £3 10s; heavy., vealers, £1 i-0s to £2 Is-;-medium, £i- to £1 Ss; light, 12s to - iSs;-smaller” ;7s > to. 10s; smalll and fresh dropped,. 2s to ss; rough calves, 'ss to -9s. Alfred Buokland and Sons." Messrs Alfred Duckland and Sons report that at Westfield they penned 349 head of cattle, comprising 189 steers and 160 cows.and heifers, compared with 405 last Wednesday. There was no improvement in the demand and prices again receded, except In Isolated, cases of choice light stock. Extra choice ox sold to 21s per 1001 b, choice and prime 17s 6d to 205,-secondary and plain 16s to 17s, prime young 'cow and heifer beef 17s to 20s, secondary 8s to 165.. . Extra heavy prime steers ranged from £S to £9, heavy £7 15s to £7 - 6d, light £4- 10s to £5 17s 6d,-unfinished and small £3 - to .£4.-17s Gd, extra.,' heavy : prime young'- cows'- and heifers’ £5 2 s '6d-'to .£5 iss, heavy' £4 to- £4-17-s 6d, lighter £2; Ips'.tb £3 17s 6d,- light and other cows •35s‘ tp.s2s Gd. - • ■ ’.-An average yarding -of-'sheep sold under steady, competi'tibn ; -pt about last spid-)/.. Extra • heavy.;’ prime -wethers, 'l4s-Jo -15 - 3d; heavy prime'Wethers, l'2s- 6d to: 13s • Och-medfum; to - heavy prime wethers,-11s to i2s- 8d;. light to j medium-■ prime-’.•wethers;’ 10s to 10s Dd ; , unfinished wetherp, j9s-'to 9s >9d : ; extra- heavy , prime, young ; ewes, 8s : 6d to 9s'9d;'heavy prime'ew.es, 75.-to-,Bs 3d;‘lighter prime ewes, 6s to 6s 9d; olher killable ewes, 5s to 5s 9d;. other owes, 2s 6d to 4s 9d.

A big- proportion of the 1155 lambs which came forward were plain and unfinished. 'Values generally -were slightly lower. Extra heavy prime lßmbs, 13s to -14 s; heavy prime :lambs;-11s 6d to 12s 9d; lighter prime Jambs, 9s to ils 3d; light prime iambs, 8s to 8s Od; small and plain lambs. 4s 6d to 7s-9d.

We penned fat and young calves In average numbers. Blddjng was again very slack and except in odd instances for extra prime light vealei's values were -lower. Runners, £1 6s to £1 ■l7s; heavy vpalers, £1 16s to £2 4s; medium, £1 9s to £1 15s; light, £1 4s to £l' 7s; small vealers, 10s to 15s; rough and bucket-fed calves, 5s to 9s; bobby calves, Is, 1 to 3s (a total of 203 calves • was sold). - -

Fat pigs 'were in full supply and'the yarding included a large proportion of extra prime baconers. ; Medium to top-weight good ..quality sorts' sold st eadily'at last week’s rales, but-over-weights were not;;.in such good demand. Prices for'porkers were also lower:. Choppers-made 15s to.'£l 19s; heavy- prime'’baconers, £i -13 s to \£2; medium, £1 15s to-; £ 1 17s; ’light, £1 10s to £1 13s; heavy porkers, £1 7s to £1 '.9s; light, arid medium, £1 2s*to £l. ss; small and unfinished, 14s to 19s. Store pigs'were not, wanted and values slumped.' Slips' and stores, 8s to 15s; suckers and weaners, 3s to 8s (a.total of 852 pigs-was sold). \

BEEF x (per 1001b) — Extra choice 21/Choice and \ o N CO ■v* prime ox .. Choice and 17/- to 20/S prime cow and heifer . 16/- to 20/-17/-to 21/SHEEP (per head)— 10/6 to 15/-" Prim, w’th’rs 10/- to 15/3 Unr. wethers P/- to 10/9 7/6 to 11/9 Prime ewe3 . 5/6 to 9/0 6/- to 10/6 Unan. ewes 4/0 to 6/6 5/-to 5/9 Prm. hoggets 11/-to 13/6 — Prime lambs 8/- to 14/6/6 to 14/6 CALVES (per head) — 28/- to 77/6 Runners ' .. 26/- to 70/Vealers .' 12/- to 44/20/- to 55/PIGS (per head)— 32/- to 44/Baconcrs 28/- to 40/Porkers ... 14/- to 34/- ' 19/- to 33/Wcaners .. 3/- to 11/-5/-to 12/Slips • ..... 8/- to 15/S/- 10 14/-L'arg-o stores, 13/- to 10/14/- to 20/-