BEEF MARKET FIRM

Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 403, 11 July 1928, Page 13

BEEF MARKET FIRM

/ WESTFIELD VALUES Late rates for beef were fully maintained at Westfield to-day. Slightly below an average yarding came forward. Although drawn from most parts of the province, the offering of cattle comprised no exceptionally heavy prime steers. Fight to medium-weight young steers comprised the greater part of the yarding. The majority of the lines were only finished up to a point sufficient to qualify them for prime, extra choice butchers’ ewes not being largely in evidence. An indication of the mediocrity of the yarding can be taken from the fact that very few lines were worthy if special note. H. E. Reed, Waerenga, was responsible for the top price of the day with a line of welldone medium to heavy-weight cattle, *hich made from £l3 15s to £ls ss. A. truck of well-finished steers from ye Waikato made to £ls. W. Main, Tlrau, had one of the choicest quality hnes forward in a truck of light to ®*aiuin-weight young steers, which un der keen competition at from E i v° *^ s Extra choice ligrhttk”* P.A. steers, on acocunt of W. Johnstone, Taupiri. made from £l2 J to £l3. Medium-weight choice .drrre cattle, on account of F. Bull, £*°V* Mangere. made £l3 15s to

percentage of well-finished ratr ai T t 0 heav y-weight young cattle forward in the cow and heifer ofr n ? n - As usual of late, however, the ''ras largely made up of culls the dairy herd. w °* the best lines of the day comcnC e<l a ** ne °*- *7 solid, big-framed ° n account of Jas. Taylor,. Hau£l2 k ich made from £lO 2s 6d to tn rv, j' -Another line of mostly light Z ® ed ium-welght young cows, on acHikutaia, made o^Lf, 8 - 58 to 12s 6d. Two trucks Polled Angus cows, toad* o ®?#?* C. D. Bryant. Tauwhare, M to £9 17s 6d. in „ n sma " yarding of calves resulted Fewh ap J prec^a t>le advance in prices. came forward, but ’rormL* nua ibers of small and fresha JaY? calve s came forward. Calves jP’Ward ° r 80 were se Uing from 9s s eJn Yarding was the shortest -an s ° me weeks, comprising less i f ew ee tall rows. While there were Others S S 0f e * tra choice prime cental we , s * there was a big perThe x P° orl y-finished forward. 3 n a ee P aiar ket opened practically th e JiV Wlth late rates - but firmed as a Une of K r °^ ressed - In the first row, bie.fp* drafted wethers, mostly s*veral r and prime, but including and unfinished sheep,