WAIKATO STOCK MARKET

Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XVII, 19 November 1927, Page 12

WAIKATO STOCK MARKET

AS AT NOV. 14th, 1927.

Beef: The market is firm and prices have improved since last report; exporters are still operating, best prime ox making equal to 30/per lOOlbs. Fat Sheep: There is still a good demand, with prices holding up well for this time of the year, especially for ewe mutton. Exporters have not quoted any price for lamb yet. Store Sheep: There is a strong demand for all classes, especially 2 and 4-tooth wethers, good lines of this class being hard to obtain; lines of ewes with lambs are also sought after. Several lines of breeding ewes for forward delivery have changed hands at satisfactory prices. Store Cattle: Competition is keen for grown and young steers, also for good young store cows. Yearling Jersey and Jersey cross heifers are still meeting with good competition at high prices. Dairy Cattle: Very few of this class are now offering. Pigs: Heavy yardings of both fat and stores continue to come forward with prices still easier for fats. Competition is still good for all classes of stores.

Quotations:—Bullocks, prime extra heavy, £l2 10/- to £l3; medium, £lO 10/- to £ll. Cows, prime, £7 to £8; medium, £6 to £6 15/-; unfinished, £3 10/- to £4 10/-. Heifers, prime, £7 5/- to £8 5/-. Steers, 4-year, forward, £7 to £7 10/-; 3-yr stores, £6 5/- to £6 10/-; 2-yr, good, £4 15/- to £5 10/1; yearling, £3 10/- to £3 15/. Extra choice 2-yr Jersey in calf heifers, £lO 10/- to £l2; good 18-months heifers (Jersey) in calf, £9 to £10; good yearling Jerseys and Jersey cross heifers, £5 to £7. Aged store cows, 20/- to £'3; good fresh empty cows, £4 10/- to £5 10/-. Wethers, prime heavy, shorn, 27/6 to 29/-; wethers, prime medium do, 25/- to 26/-; ewes, prime woolly, 29/- to 32/-; ewes, prime shorn, 21/- to 23/-; store wethers, 4-th shorn, 22/- to 22/6; do. 2-ths, shorn, 18/6 to 20/-; breeding ewes, 4,6, and 8-th with lambs, 38/- to £2; do. 5-yr, 32/- to 36/-; do. aged, 28/- to 30/-; prime shorn hogggets, fat, 22/- to 24/-; prime fat hoggets, woolly, 27/- to 30/-; fat hoggets, 21/6 to 22/6; best woolly ewe hoggets, 26/to 29/-; do. stores, 22/- to 24/-; small do., 14/- to 17/-. Pigs: Baconers, prime, £2 16/- to £3; do. medium, £2 10/- to £2 12/6; porkers, £2 6/- to £2 8/-; slips, 27/- to 32/6; weaners, 15/- to 20/-.