COMMERCIAL

Opotiki News, Volume II, Issue 249, 20 October 1939, Page 3

COMMERCIAL

WESTFIELD MARKET VALUES MAINTAINED A larger beef entry, with a good proportion of quality cattle, made full late rates under a steady demand at the Westfield stock sale on W odnesday. Extra choice ox beef made 42s per 1 OU'lb.. choice and prim© 37s to> 41s; prime cow and heifer beef 32s to 395, boner and rough 25s to 345. Extra heavy prime steers made from £l7 to £lB Ills; heavy, £ls to £l6; -medium, £l4 to £l4 12s (id ; light, £l2 to £l3; unfinished, £7 Ills to £11; extra heavy prime cows and heifers, £ll to £l2 10s; heavy. £9 10s to £lO 10s; medium, £7 10s to £8 10s ; light, and unfinished, £4 10s to £7. Lack of quality caused a decline in prices for a full average veal entry. .Runners made from £4 to £8 15s; heavy vealers, £5 to £7 10s; medium, £3 18s to £4 18s; light, £3 to £’3 16 s ; smaller, £2 8s to £2 ISs ; small. £1 16s to £2 8s; bobby and rough, is to 80s. Firm values ruled for a smaller yarding of pigs. Choppers made Irom 40s to Sis; heavy bat-oners, 80s to 90s; medium, 71s to 70s; light. 65s toi 68s; heavy porkers. 59s to 655; medium, 53s to 565; light, 46s to sls; small and unfinished, 40_s to 445; stores. 86s to 48s; slips. 28s to 89s ; weaners, lßs to 325. Baconors averaged 6id per lb., and porkers 7d to per lb. Prices for a larger sheep _ entry showed a slight easing tendency. Extra heavy prime wethers, shorn, made from 31s 9d to 365; heavy woolly, 37s to 38s Od; shorn, 33s to 34s 3d; medium, 30s to 34s 9d; light. 2s to 295; unfinished', shorn, 18s 6d to 265; extra heavy prime ewes, shorn, 29s Gd to 325; heavy, 26s to 28s 9d; medium, 23s 9d to 25s 6d; light, ISs to 21s 9d ; unfinished, 4s to 18s. A good offering of hoggets sold firmly to 275. Spring lambs in full quantity readied 345.