WESTFIELD MARKET

Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 18, 5 February 1937, Page 13

WESTFIELD MARKET

- ••' • ~ Increase in Beef Yarding

A eonsiderable increaise' in the beef yarding at Westfield on W^ednpsday had no detrimental pffept on thp higher values whieh have been ipaintained fpr the past three weekg. The ox quality 4as first elass and an iinprpyenient wgg gljggryed in tbd cow and heifer flual|fy, althougli b.idding fell away towards the cfose of the sa|e. Extra choice px sold to 34/ppr IQOlb,, choice and priiug 30/- tp 33/-; iseeondary and plain 25/- to 29/- j PTime cow and heifer beef, 28/- to 31/-; gxtfp heavy stegrs £13 to £13 17/6; heayy, £12 tp £13; medium, £11 to £12 7/6; light, £10 to '£11 5/- unfinished, £5 15/- to £9 17/6. Extra iieayy po.ws and heifer s xnade from £9 to 10 10/-; heavy; £7 40/- tp £9 5/-; medium, £p 10/£7 45/-; lighf, £5. to £6 10/-; unfinished, £2 to £4 15/-.

Pair yardings of good quality sheep easily maintained late quotations and §n incrensed dfliYPT7 .fif !p&3 T?§S eleaTed nnder keen competition at lirm rates. Heavy wethers made 28/9 to S0/6 medium 27/- tp. 28/(5; light, 24/6 to 26/9; unfinished 20/- to 24/9; heavjfcqwqs, 21/- "tP 24A; medinn1, 20/to 22/6; light, 18/- to 19/9 nnfinishgd, 5/- tp 17/-. Extra heavy lambs mad* 27/= tp 31/6; heavy, 25/- to 26/9; medium, 23/6 to 25/3; light 21/- to 23/6; nnfinisbed, 10/6 to 20/6. A fu|l yarding of ca|vps 'sold undpr a strong demand at firm rates until iatp in tke sai«j,. wknn vainn8 tende--to ease. Eunners made 50/- to 140/-; heavy vealers, £4 to £5 4/-; medium £3 6/- to U 7/' > HgWs $$ t(1 ?* 7/-; sniallpr £2 10/- tp £2 lQ/"j anfin ished pnd knekptfed, £4 3/- tq £l 1^/-: habby and rougk, 6/- tQ 24/-. Pigs wpre rp.pre numerous and thl qnaht^ wan cutisfactory. Biieonen req'iispd I'pcenr valiies but priees fp mim §»sed" up tq 2J- per hea0 &m%m si|8 Q IH~ ^ ^ W

baconers, £3 10/- to £3 17/-; medium, £3 6/- to £3 10/-; light, £3 tp £3 3/-; heavy pprkers, £2 11/- to £2 12/-; medium," £2 6/- to £2 8/-; light, £1 18/- tp £2 4/-; small and uniiniphpd, £1 10/to £2 2/-; stprps, £1 4/- to £4 8/-; glips* 12/- tq 22/-; wpan.Pts, 6/- to 15/-; bqcpners and pqrkera ayerpged 6d»Pef lb.