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King Country Chronicle, Volume VII, Issue 520, 23 November 1912, Page 5

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WESTFIELD FAT STOCK MARKET. Messrs Dalgety and Co., Ltd., report having held their usual weekly fat stock sale at Westfield on Wednesday, November 20th, as under:—Beef. —A moderate yarding. Prices were on a par with last week's rates. Choice pens of extra prime ox sold at equal to 28s per 1001b, ordinary quality ox at 25s to 26a per 1001b, cow and heifer beef 22a to 245, rough beef at 19s t0.215. Veal—A large yarding. Prices were slightly lower than late rates. Heavy runners sold at £3 5s to £42 2s, choice suckers 30s to 435, others 3s to 235. Mutton—An average yarding, which sold at last week's rates. ■ Heavy woolly wethers 25a to 275, heavy woolly ewes 183 to 22s 6d ; shorn wethers 17s to 22s 6d, shorn ewes 21s to 16s 6d, malls store shorn wethers 14s 6d to 15s 6d, fat hoggets 16s to 19s 6d. Latib A large yarding. Prices were about la per head lower than last week's rates. Heavy lambs 14s to 18s 6d, medium weight 12s to 13s, light and inferior 7s to 9s. Pork—A moderate yarding, which sold at late rates. Heavy choppers £2 15s to £3 15s, heavy porkers 32s to 435, light porkers 26s to 303, stores 22s tc 255. JOHNSONVILLE SALE. Johnsonville, Thursday. Abraham and Williams, Ltd., report on their Johnsonville sale as follows: —A good yarding of extra prime bullocks and a heavy one uf sheep came forward, and all lots sold well at late rates. Extra prime heavy bullocks £ll 10s to £l2 ss, prime heavy bullocks £lO 10s to £ll, lighter £9 103 to £lO, Drime weaners £2, lighter 22s to 255, extra prime heavy wethers 295, prime heavy wethers 28s, good ewes 23s 6d, to 24s 2d, light 21s 6d, prime heavy shorn wethers 20s 7d to 20s lid, prime ewes 18s to 18s 6d, lighter 16s 8d to 17s, plain 16s 6d, prime lambs 15s to 15s 3d. light 13s to 13s 9d. TIMARU WOOL SALE. Timaru, Wednesday. The first Wool sale of the reason was held here to-day. The offerings totalled just on 1000 bales, of which 924 were sold under the hammer. The general condition of the wool was the best seen for years. American operators were the keenest, and then Dominion woollen mills. Bradford buyers' limits appeared to be low. Those of the Dominion and American buyers, comparing with the 1911 wool, were £d to fd better. The actual difference in prices works out at about 2d per pound all round in favour of this season. Medium to good metino made B|d to 10|d, super. half bred 12d to ISJd, medium lOd to IHd, super, threequarterbred 10|d to 13d, medium to good 9|d to lljd, medium to good crossbred 9Jd to llfd, super, crossbred 10d to 12$ d.

AUSTRALIAN WOOL. HIGH PRICES REALISED. By Telegraph— Press Association.—Oopyrigm Melbourne, Thursday. Fine merino and greasy wool sold yesterday up to 19Jd, a record. Sydney, Thursday. The demand for wool ia exceptionally keen, and at the sales yesterday greasy sold up to 17Jd, a record since 1910.