WESTFIELD MARKETS

Waikato Times, Volume 126, Issue 21039, 15 February 1940, Page 13

WESTFIELD MARKETS

FAT STOCK SALES

FIRMER DEMAND REPORTED SHARP RISE IN LAMBS AUCKLAND, Thursday At the Westlield fat stock sales yesterday steers were scarce and of | only average quality, except the very ! choicest, which ranged in price to ‘ £l6, which was 10s above last week’s 1 best bid. Buyers were forced to pay more attention to the larger selection I of cows and heifers. The average in- j crease was 10s a head, and the top ! offer of £lO 5s was 12s 6d more than 1 that of last sale. The average values j advanced by Is to 37s per 1001 b. j There were fewer sheep than last j week, and prices for wethers im- ; proved between Is and 2s a head, i rising to 29s 6d. Ewes were firm, j and were traded to 255, which was also the best price obtained a week ago. Lambs sold particularly well. Sharp rises were recorded all round, j and the principal transaction of 31s ■ represented an increase of 3s 6d in ! comparison with last week’s values. | Values for calves were disappoint- j ing after the encouraging sale last I week. The decline averaged from ; 5s to 15s a head, according to quality. ! The price of the best runner, £8 15s, I was the same as last week, and that ; of the primest vealer, £5 6s, was 4s j cheaper. Competition for pigs was particu- ! larly keen. Prices for all classes were ! fully firm, with no quotable improvement. Baconers averaged 6id per lb, and porkers 7d to 7£d. Comparison of Quotations The following is a summary of the prices realised for fat stock for the / last two weeks at the Westfield fat ‘

Individual Consignments Top price for ox beef was 16s,' which was obtained for a steer sold for Mr S. Reed, of Waerenga. Cows and heifers supplied by Mr G. Reed, of Waerenga, topped this : section of the market with bids to £lO ss. Offerings yarded by the Paerangi Estate, of Glen Afton, changed hands to £lO. Sales to £9 17s 6d were completed on behalf of Mr G. Johnstone, of Matamata. Other quot- ; able lines were auctioned for Mr H. 1 Windsor, of Matangi and Mr Arthur Totman’s Estate, of Tirau, to £9. Dalgety & Co., Ltd. Sheep.—The yarding of sheep was a moderate one. Well-finished wethers and ewes sold keenly and j realised improved prices. Extra heavy prime wethers, 26s 6d to 28s; j heavy prime, 25s to 265; medium prime, 23s 6d to 24s 6d; light prime, 22s to 235; plain and unfinished, 18s to 21s; heavy prime young and maiden ewes, 20s to 21s 6d; heavy prime ewes, 18s to 19s 6d; lighter prime, 16s 6d to 17s 6d; plain and aged, 10s 6d to 15s. Lambs.—An average entry of lambs sold under keen competition at full late rates. Heavy prime lamb, 24s 6d to 275; medium prime. 22s to 23s 6d; lighter prime, 20s 6d to 21s 6d; light prime, 19s to 20s; small and plain, 15s to 18s. Calves.—Our yarding of calves was a large ’one. many well-finished calves coming forward. Values from the start were decidedly easier, and plain and unfinished sorts were hard to sell. Runners. £5 2s 6d to £8 15s; j heavy vealers. £4 to £5; medium. £3 1 5s to £3 8s; light. £2 16s to £3; small, £2 6s to £2 12s; smaller, £1 10s to £2; | plain and unfinished, 17s to £1 ss; i bobby calves. 10s to 17s. Pig?-—We had an average yarding ' of pigs. Bidding was keen, especially for good baconers, which showed a decided upward tendency. Choppers, £4 5s to £4 9s; heavy baconers. £4 Is to £4 10s; medium. £3 12s to £3 14s; light. £3 8s to £3 10s; heavy porkers, £2 16s to £3 3s; medium, £2 13s to £2 18s; light, £2 9s to £2 12s; small, £2 5s to £2 6s; stores. £1 7s to £1 13s; slips, £1 Is to £1 6s; weaners, i 7s to 13s. Loan and Mercantile The New Zealand Loan and Mer- > cantile Agency Company Limited, reports on the sale as follows: Beef.—Our yarding of beef was an average one. Competition was keen and values improved about 10s a head, an advance of Is per 1001 b. on last week’s quotations. Extra choice ox sold to £1 17s per 1001 b; choice and prime. £1 13s to £1 16s; ordinary and plain. £1 8s to £1 12s; prime young cow and heifer beef, £1 3s to £1 Bs. Extra heavy prime steers ranged in price from £ls to £ls 10s; heavy prime. £l4 to £l4 17s 6d; lighter prime, £l2 10s to £l3 17s 6d; light prime. £lO to £l2 7s 6d; plain and small. £8 to £9 17s 6d; extra heavy prime young cows and heifers, £9 12s 6d to £lO ss: heavy. £8 to £9 10s: lighter. £6 12s 6d to £7 15s; light. £5 10s to £6 10s: aged and plain finished cows. £3 10s to £5 ss. Sheep.—An average market of sheep met a keer. demand, with values improving on last week’s sale. Heavy prime wethers. £1 8s to £1 9s; medium prime. £1 6s to £1 7s 9d: light prime. £1 3s to £1 5s 9d: small and unfinished. £1 to £1 2s 9d; heavy prime ewes. £1 to £1 2s; medium prime. 18s fid to 19s 9d: light prime. 16s to 18s 3d; just killable. 13s to 15s 6d: interiorly fatted. 5s to 12s 6d. Lambs. —Fat lambs in small numbers also sold readily at extra rates. Extra heavy prime. £1 7s fid to £1 9s fid; heavy prime. £1 5s to £1 7s* medium prime. £1 2s to £1 4s fid; light prime. £1 to £1 Is 9d: smaller. IP.s to 19s 9d. Store lambs sold at late quotation*- best. 11s to 16s fid; others. 5* to 10s fid. Pigs.—\Vo had an average yarding of pigs. Competition was steady, with values firm on last week's quotations. Choppers sold from £2 12s,

to £4 18s; heavy and medium baconers, £4 to £4 10s; light baconers and heavy porkers, £3 6s to £3 18s; medium porkers and light porkers, £2 10s to £3 3s; small. £2 to £2 Bs. A larger entry of store pigs came forward and met with a weaker demand. Values were easier. Large stores, £1 10s to £1 17s; slips, 16s to £1 6s; weaners, 5s to 18s. Calves.—Our entry of calves was an extra heavy one, the market being oversupplied. Values dropped for all classes. Runners, £3 to £7; heavy vealers, £4 to £5 6s; medium, £3 to £3 16s; light, £2 to £2 16s; smaller, £1 6s to £1 18s; small, 16s to £1 4s; rough calves, 10s to £1; fresh dropped, 5s to 13s. Alfred Buckland and Sons

Alfred Buckland and Sons. Limited, report on the sale as follows: Beef. —We penned fat cattle to the number of 229 head, as against 359 head last week, comprising 64 steers and 165 cows and heifers. Ox beef was penned in smaller numbers. Bidding was brisk, and values improved by fully Is per 1001 b. Cows and heifers also met keen competition, and a good sale resulted at improved prices. Extra choice ox sold to £1 19s per 1001 b.; choice and prime ox. £1 14s to £1 16s; secondary and plain ox, £1 10s to £1 13s; prime young cow and heifer beef, £1 11s to £1 15s; ordinary cow beef, £1 4s to £1 Bs. Extra heavy prime steers ranged in price from £ls to £l6, for steers from Mr H. E. Reed, of Waerenga; heavy prime steers, £l3 10s to £l4 10s; lighter prime steers, £l2 10s to £l3; light prime steers, £ll to £l2; small and unfinished steers, £8 10s to £lO 10s; heavy prime young cows and heifers, £9 to £lO, for heifers from Mr I. B. Montgomerie, of Karaka; heavy prime cows and heifers, £7 to £8; lighter prime cows and heifers, £6 to £6 15s; other killable cows, £4 10s to £5 10s.

Sheep.—Sheep were penned to the number of 1100. Wethers were in short supply and values improved. Ewes were firm at late quotations. Extra heavy prime wethers, £1 8s to £1 9s 6d; heavy prime wethers, £1 6s to £1 7s; medium to heavy prime wethers, £1 4s 6d to £1 5s fid; light to medium prime wethers, £1 2s 6d to £1 3s 6d; unfinished wethers, 19s to £1 Is 6d; extra heavy prime young ewes, maiden. £1 2s to £1 ss: heavy prime ewes, 18s 6d to £1; lighter prime ewes, 16s 6d to 17s 6d; other killable ewes, 14s to 15s; other ewes. 2s 6d to 12s 6d.

Lambs.—Our total yarding of lambs numbered 476. and a good sale resulted at improved prices. Extra heavy prime lambs, £1 8s to £1 11s; heavy prime lambs, £1 5s to £1 7s; lighter prime lambs, £1 3s to £1 4s; light prime lambs. 19s to £1 Is 6d; small and plain lambs, 12s to 16s 6d. j Calves. —There was an extra large I yarding, the market being overj supplied. The quality generally was j first-class, bidding was not so keen, | and the demand slackened as the sale 1 progressed, and values were conI siderably lower. Heavy prime runi ners, £6 to £7 10s; light and medium 1 runners, £3 10s to £5 7s 6d; heavy prime vealers, £4 9s to £5; medium, j £3 12s to £4 6s; light, £3 to £3 9s; smaller, £2 2s to £2 17s; small, 18s to £1 18s: rough and bucket-fed calves. 16s to £1 10s; bobby calves, 3s to 16s. A total of 295 calves was sold. Pigs.—There was an average entry. Competition remained particularly keen, and all classes of fats sold readily. Stores realised late quotations. but values for weaners were lower. Choppers made £2 10s to £4 19s: heavy prime baconers. £4 4s to £4 11s; medium. £3 16s to £4 Is: light, £3 11s to £3 14s; heavy porkers. £3 Is to £3 7s: medium, £2 13s to £2 17s: light. £2 6s to £2 10s: small and unfinished. £1 15s to £2 Is; stores. £1 7s to £1 13s: slip*. 18s to £1 3s; best weaners, 12s to 14s; others, 7s to 9s. Baconers averaged 6sd per lb. and porkers sold from 7d to 7£d per lb. A total of 482 pigs was sold. TE KAUWHATA SALE G W. vr.rcoe Co.. Ltd., report hav- • their weekly *? 'i'k -Tie at T 1 ’ or V' tne* .*ame U rward. Competition •n ail rlas«e? wa* Keen and a total clearance was eire.-ted at rate- above those which nave been rullnsr at the pa«t few sale?. Ileav v p tme Hereford heifei - sold I • fr.edluni weight* f: to f: 12* • d. lurht . I .*■*. »jea* . lit jersex US £.*. to f T ...B.ers 1 *:• ir.s. medium weight .terse heifer- to £ n * . ■ tu £r l - c Tir to £ '. s’-.re.r ndif.oned a j .year- "id* • uti'iei 3j-year-old crossbred steers £7 to £“ 17a 6d, atore-contUUouea 2*-year -

>ld shorthorn steer* £7 to t: 11*. others o £* 15.«. 2* -year Hereford steers £•'> ISS o £7 ss. 2s-ve*r cro«?bre4 steers to £5 4s ; 150 2s -year rolled Arifrus steers "ti iccount of Mr L. K. Handley, or Woodeigh, to £7 lls. forward-conditioned ?$- •ear Hereford heifers to £5 15s. Torward■ondltloned Shorthorn cow- to £•> l?, fo*-vard-conditioned Hereford and Polled uurus cun's to £5 15*. heavy boners £■* .* to £1 I**, medium-weljrbts £5 15? to It ?s Ad. IfffUt £3 to £:t 12? Ad. potter mil? heaw > £«< to £ll. medium-weights 7 1n? to £S 15?, llirht to £7. Prime woolly wethers realised to 31s d. heavy prime hogget? to 2Ps, others to An average entry of fat and «tore pigs net with a ready ?ale and prices throughout remained firm. Heavy prime baronrs sold from £i 5s to £i «s, heavy £ t O £i 4s, medium-weights £3 15? to £3 0«. light £3 12? To £3 14?. heavy porker* 3 5 s to £3 lls, medium-weights £ J IS* o £3 4s. light 7s to £2 1 L*. chopper.* o £ i 5». large store? 3?? to £.’ 4*. 'mailer 9? to 3 is, good slip* 2«‘>s to 2s*. others 0? to 55?. weaners to is«.

stock sales:— This Week Last Week ! REEF 'per 1001b. — Kx. choice ox 37/- 3 0/- 1 Choice and prime ox . 33, - to 36/- 32/ to 35/- j Choice and prime row and Mel Ter 28/- to 3 5/- 27/ to 3.4/,,,,,,pr * rough 23, - to 28/- 22/ - to 27 - sIIEEP (per head' — I'nfln. w’th rs 19 - to 21 - 16 -to22.<i Prime ewes i- to 25 15/- to 25 -' i nfln. ewes . 2 ; 6 to 12/6 . to t5 . Prime lambs . IP/- to 31/- 10, - to 27 6 Cnfln. lambs . 5 - to 19/9 g/- to 17/6 CALVES -per head; — Runners .. 60 - to 175/- 70/-to 175/ — Vealers ... 3 - to 106/- 3/- to l to, - PIGs (per head' — Baconers ... 68/-to 91/- 6g/-to 9?,'- • Porkers .... 35 - to 67/- 35 -to67/Weaners .... 5 - to 14 - 7 . to |6, . Slips 16/- to 26/- 20.-to 26.Large stores 27/-to 37 - 27/-to 33/- •