For Breeder and Dealer

Sun (Auckland), Volume 1, Issue 80, 25 June 1927, Page 26

For Breeder and Dealer

This Week’s Westfield Market. —This week saw a most erratic market at Westfield. Most of the butchers were absent at the trots, yet, while the market for most classes of stock declined, fat sheep were decidedly firmer, and two exceptionally fat ewes made to 325. The greatest demand is for prime wethers and ewes and second-grade lambs. On the last two months’ markets, it does not pay to make the lambs too prime. The exporters favour the light finished, and pay comparatively high prices. Yet the New Zealander is told to' improve the quality of his exports. It certainly does not pay this time of the year at Westfield.

High-grade Dairy Cattle Selling.— Numerous dispersal sales of dairy cattle are advertised to take place in the Taranaki district within the course of the next few weeks. Well-bred young cattle, especially if they come from tested herds, are in good demand. Values are reported to be slightly easier than last year.

Poor Demand for Rams.—Several small lines of rams have been sent into the Westfield yards during the past month. Some breeders, with with season over, are apparently anxious to quit their surplus holdings of rams to the highest bidder and consign them to Westfield without reserve. There is practically no market, however, and from 10s to 15s is the general limit.

Hawke’s Bay Markets. Little activity is registered in the Hawke’s Bay stock marl -ts at the present time, and only small offerings are coming forward. Quotations from this week’s Feilding sale are: Four and six-tooth wethers, 22s'3d; twotooth wethers, 20s 3d to 21s 8d; small wethers, 17s 7d; ewes, r.w. Southdown rams 18s 2d to 22s Id; fat wethers 23s to 24s 6d; fat ewes 15s 9d to 18s; fat lambs 16s to 28s 3d; springing second calvers £ll 10s, springing heifers £5 to £9 10s; dairy cows £4 to £5 10s; store cows 22s 6d to £2 17s 6d; forward Hereford bullocks, £6 18s; fat bullocks, £ 8 6s to £8 10s; fat cows, £4 2s 6d to £6 12s; fat heifers. £5 7s.

Veal for Export. —The movement to take advantage of Italian demand for veal is gaining ground in

New Zealand. The practice of a large proportion of the dairy farmers in North Otago has been to destroy thei” bull calves shortly after birth, as it has not paid them to rear them. The announcement that an effo/t is being made by the South Island Dairy Association to establish an export trade in calf meat is welcomed by Oamaru farmers (says the “Mail”). It may be mentioned that comparatively little veal is consumed in that district.

This Week’s Addington Market. —Quite a change came over the Addington market this week. In recent weeks the tendency has been for the stock to decrease, but the excellent prices realised for mutton In the past few weeks had the effect of causing those with fat sheep to rush the market, and the sale of mutton was the largest since the freezing works opened in December last. Natilrtw

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the big supply had an effect h jrfi price, and the values were not s as last week in the early part a sale. The store sheep sale V* t good one. and the bright dema r the existed last week for the be ®^ f ' in ed. ewe hoggets was well a big Fat cattle were represented oy entry, and the prices showed a of £2 a head in many cases- z . of the probable closing or m tfce ing works at the end of this _ 'fast lamb sale will probably be « very of the season. The demand satisfactory-, the increase issued this week being exc

Demand for Veal at A ddin9 *J’n : —There was a very small l* of vealers at Addington l,llh r the quality generally was poo • thing fit for butchers purpo: v a iue* at an advance on late rate . tg to were: Twelve to 18 t o £6 ss; good vealers £4 sina U medium vealers £2 10s to *- calves, 8s to 355.