LIVE STOCK SALES WESTFIELD

Dominion, Volume 36, Issue 99, 21 January 1943, Page 3

LIVE STOCK SALES WESTFIELD

(By Telegraph.—Press Association.) AUCKLAND, January 20. Al the Westfield market average entries of cuttle and sheep and a full yarding of lambs sold steadily at late rates. J_here was a smaller yarding of calves, xalucs being firm. Prices for porker pigs were lower and stores ""3 ,weaners also eimed. There was a good demand for ox beef, with quotations fully up to hte r - 1 teb. Extra choice ox, £l/19/- 1001 b.; choice •ind firm, £l/10/- to £l/18/-; secondary and plain. £l/12/- to £l/14/-; «tr« prime voung cow and heifer, £l/11/- to LI/.L/.-, choice and prime, ~1/7/- t ,°., A v’ ordinary cow heel, Ll/3/- >° ",‘,'■7,’mAv' tra heavy prime steers, Ll 4 to £lO, hetny. £l3 to £l3/17/6: lighter. £l2 to £l-/'lu/-, light, £ll to £ll/17/6; small and tutfinished. £8 to £lO/10/-; extra heavy prime young cows and heifers. £lO to £42; heavy, £8 to £9/10/-; JiKhter. £b 10/- to £7/10/-; light, £4 to £o/10/-. Sheep: There was an average entry with no extra heavy wethers, values being steady. Heavy prime wethers, 27/- to 28/6; medium. 25/- to 26/6; light, -3/- to 24/6- plain ami unfinished, L>/- to -4/t>, extra heavv prime young maiden ewes, 17/- to 22/6; heavy prime ewes, .14/- to 1.-,/- - lighter, 12/- to 13/-; plum and aged, 10/610 11/6; others, 2/- to 9/6. Lambs; There was a lull yarding, bidding being keen for prime quality runners. Vealers: Values were fully firm. Runners, £5/10/- to £9/10/-.; heavy vealers £5/5/- to £6/8/-; medium, £4/10/- to £5; light. £3/5/- to £4/15/-; small £1 5/. to £3/3/-; unfinished aud bucket-fed, 18/- to £l/10/-; bobby and rough calves, : sold steadily- at recen t rates, imt overweights were not wanted. There was an easing of values for porkers and weaners. Choppers. £2/5/- t" 10/-: heavy bnconers, £4/4/- to £4/8/-.; medium, £3/18/- to £l/2/-; light, £3/1-/; to £3/16/-; heavy porkers, £3/4/- to .to 7/-; medium, £2/16/- to £3; light, £- 7/- Io £2/12/-; small and unfinished, £- 1/- to £2/4/-: stores. £l/14/- to slips, £1 to £l/6/-; weaners, 1-7- to R>/-.

ADDINGTON

(By Telegraph.—Press Association.) CHRISTCHURCH, January 2(1,

Ac Addington, market values were irregular todav. Fat entile were agiHti lower and liglit ewes down to export values. Good tat sheep sold well. Store slieep.—Tin- entry was coutined mostly to Innibs which numbered about. 10.000. Best quality lambs sold well up to recent rules and many were taken by freezing buyers. Medium lambs also sold xvell, imt poorer class sheep showed a J 0 *;;' 11 ” of up to 3/- a head. The highest'prices were 23/9 and 23/7, both being bought by freezing buyers. Among the statiou lines offered, one of 335 Corriedale cross lambs made 19/6. another of 222 up to 19/o, aud 241 brought .17/9. . Fat. Sheep.-The bulk of the entry of about 4000 was again ewes of 'prions a ,r es The attendance of buyers early was small and the sale was dragging, but. as the sale progressed competition necamkeen for best quality lines. The highest price for wethers was 3!J/-. with sales at from 37/tt to G’tit figure. I-reez-jug buyers operated only for llkht ewes at schedule prices. Tho best «gure mas 20/- for young pwos. Oldland secondary owes ranged from 7/- to J7/-. Fat Cattle.—There was a in prices ot fat cattß- which totalled about 5110. After last week's drop of 2.,/- to a head, there was nn average drop today of approximately 25/-. representing n two weeks an casing of about «/- per 1W tb„ Huis reducing values to the love <’ ■ tho fixed retail prices, best beet r.aiM-U from in/- to 42/lt. good average quality 37/6 to 39/6. medium to 37/-. secondary to 2,5/-. cow licet made down to 28/- per 1W

F-It Pigs—'t here was a medium entry in tlm‘porker section and competition was keen tlie sale finishing up "’Uli I ,r . from 3/- to 4/- a head in advance f f H week’s rales. The average price per I . was 7ld Io S?d. There was a M'fA \ nl varding'iu tlie bacon section, only about ho pigs coming forward Values ni tins section were better by from •>/- to <>/ • head, the average price being Ml. to e>u. per lb. _