BEEF PRICES

Press, Volume LXXIV, Issue 22521, 1 October 1938, Page 13

BEEF PRICES

HIGH IN ALL CENTRES A COMPARISON Whilst the Burnside market has been a shade dearer for fat cattle than at other centres the high Addington prices on Wednesday apparently exceeded those secured at any of the other metropolitan sales this week. A few outsize bullocks at Burnside made up to £26, but other classes were a shade cheaper than at Addington. Extra prime beef at Burnside was estimated to be 46s per 1001b, and for prime 43s 6d, whilst the best of the heifers sold to 45s 6d. The best of the heavy bullocks at Addington on Wednesday made a shilling or two more than at Burnside. Heifers and medium-heavy cows showed only a slight difference. Heifers were distinctly better at Addington, and a few pens of small extra prime heifers substantially exceeded Burnside figures. One small pen made 55s per 1001b, but these exceptional cases do not accurately reflect the market. With a scarcity of beef butchers occasionally have no recourse but to exceed the general run of prices if they want to avoid being left without supplies, and this was the case on Wednesday, the result being that very little of the better class of beef offering sold at under 46s per 1001b, and a fair proportion of quite plain beef another shilling or more. Heifers sold extraordinarily well, but they were also very dear at the previous sale, truck lots averaging up to £ls 17s 6d. There was an 'advance of 30s a head at the preceding sale for all average to good qualities of beef and this week's advance made the improvement for the fortnight about £3 10s a head.

The increased prices in the Auckland market have formed the subject of comment in the northern retail trade, but prices there are substantially lower than those at the two southern -entres. The best of the prices at Westfield this week was £lB 15s, with others from £ls 17s 6d to £l7. The Auckland cattle are generally lighter types than those in the south, particularly from the turnip growing districts offered at Burnside, but even after making allowance for this it would seem that current Christchurch prices are up to £4 a head dearer than at Auckland. It is interesting to note that at the Flemington (Melbourne) market at the present time beef is dearer than at any New Zealand market. At last week's market show bullocks realised £25 a head, or 49s to 51s per 1001b, and lighter sorts—the 7001b carcase is more general in Australia than in New Zealand —up to £l9, or 53s per 1001b. FRIESIAN SALE KEEN DEMAND FOR ROSEVALE CATTLE TEST HEIFER REALISES SIXTYTWO GUINEAS The sale of that portion of Messrs H. North and Sons' Rosevale Friesian herd on their farm near Palmerston was conducted jointly by Messrs Dalgety and Company and Donald Reid and Company, of Dunedin. ' There was a large and representative attendance of buyers from Canterbury, Otago, and Southland, and even from as far north as Auckland. „ . . , ' , The Rosevale pedigree Friesian herd is one of the Friesian herds of the world, and its marked success on Government certificate .of record testing during the last 25 years has been remarkable. During that period no fewer, than 220 certificates of record averaging 18,316.31b milk and 634.261b fat have been recorded by Rosevale Friesians. The famous cow, Burkeyje Sylvia Posch, a world's record cow for production and. progeny, was a foundation cow in this herd. - The offering at the sale comprised 34 cows (many of them in milk), nine in-calf heifers, and 11 bulls. The highest price of the day was 62 guineas paid by A. W. Montgomerie, of Mangere, Auckland. McHattie Bros., of Momona, Outram, paid 37i guineas for a six-year-old cow. R. H. D. Hudson, of Teddington, Canterbury, paid 35 guineas for the five-year-old cow Rosevale Colantha Posch Regina t.t present on certificate of record and she will produce over 6001b fat. C. W. Humm and Sons, of Wainui, Banks Peninsula, paid 34i guineas for Rosevale Queen Daphne Regina, a cow whose dam has a certificate of record of 5421b fat at one year, 354 days. Humm and Sons also got a bargain when paying 26 guineas for the newlycalved seven-year-old cow, Rosevale Echo Roberts Catrina. Other cows to create brisk bidding included: — Gns. Posch Echo Triumph, 3yrs, A. Bisset, Momona ... .. 28 Posch Echo Burkina, 4yrs, K. Macphail. Wainui . . • 27 Pauline Posch Regina, syrs, C. W. Humm and Sons .. .. 24 Burkeyje Roberts Echo, 7yrs, Kay . Bros., Duvauchelle .. .. 23 Sylvia Colanthus Posch, 7yrs, D. . B. Robinson. Waikuku .. 20J Posch Echo Sylvy Burke, syrs, D. B. Robinson, Waikuku .. 20 Posch Echo Alice, 3yrs, K. Macphail, Wainui .. .. 20 In-calf Heifers Princess Echo Beauty, 21gns; Audrey Beeta Posch, T. Mehrtens. Oxford, 20Jgns. Bulls—Triumph Posch de Kol, H. Haylock, Barry's Bay, 26gns; Posch Perfection, G. A. Parsons, Eiffelton, 26gns __^ SHOW DATES Secretaries desirous of having the show dates of their associations included in the above list are requested to supply the information. . October 18 and 19—Marlborough, I October 20—Ellesmere. October 24 —Kaikoura A. and P. Gymkhana. October 28— Amberley. October 28 and 29—Timaru A. and P. Association. November 3—Ashburton. November 4—Northern, at Rangiora. November 10 and 11—Canterbury Metropolitan. November 16—Waimate. November 17 —Peninsula, at Duvauchelle. , _ November 18 and 19—North Otago. at Oamaru. November 19 (Saturday)— Courtenay; at Kirwee. November 26 (Saturday)— Banks Peninsula; at Little River. * December 10—Wyndham. December 31—Amuri Cob and Pony, i at Rotherham.