STOCK VALUES FIRM

Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Volume 81, Issue 14, 9 October 1937, Page 16

STOCK VALUES FIRM

-Fre*a Aasoclstlon.)

Price Trends at Westfield QUALITY AT"~A PREMIUM

(By Tylegrapli-

I"" " AUCKLAND, Sept Ti ' • 'Quotations were firm in all section^ of the market at the Westfield fat stock saies recently. Quality was agaisi at a premium in some sections, particu^ larly in heavy sheep, but pricea suf-i fered no ill-effect. Beef sold readilyj Sheep were inclined to be slow of ealiy although not in the hogget and spring lamb races, Few: good calves wer« available, and while most pigs were - steady in price, baconers eased by about 2s a head. Many more cows were yarded tha* for some weeks past, but there w« little improvement in quality, as show* by the top price of £13 10s, which wa* - £1 7s 6d under the corresponding saU of a week ago. There was also & small decline in the best transaction fo* steers, which ranged to £18. The avey* age was unchanged for the seventh suflH cessive week to. 41s per. 1001b. De&rth of Frime Sheeps Short entries of sheep have markfi the last few saies, and recently s«jm ply was.no exception, No extra heavy rvethers wera offered, and the heaviest woolly sorts realised to 45s 6d, whick was an advance of 2s on the bidding at| the last sale. Ewes in the wool wentj ander the hammer to 38s, as against! lls last week. Shorn wethers broughtj 14s and ewes 20s. Competition increased during tb*! {learance of a prime assortment of hogij jets. FinCst grades made from 23s t«| • 17 a & head, while; lighter and nnfinishedj hoggets were quoted from lS* . Th« number of spring lambs showed another weekly increasC, " some well-finishedl ones attracting exceptionally keen bid-| ding. Prices ranged from 22s 6d-" tsj 37s 6d, compared with a top bid of 39s at the former sale. ; iacon Pigs Cheaper. No extra choice runners were yaTdet^j and heavy yealers were scarce in a full entry of calves, The quality of the pr# ponderance of small calves was mueli better than last week. For primesl vealers the demand was steady, but prices for other sorts were about 2« a head lower than on recent saies, Pig quality was slightly below stan* iard, many lines lacking finish, Theni was a firm sale for .porkers, but 8 fiightly easier tendency for baconerfc' After their temporary recovery recent^ [y. Baconers averaged from 6}d tflj 3Jd per lb. all porkers to 7d. Store# jold well at firm rate^ ^