BEEF MARKET STEADY

Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 813, 6 November 1929, Page 11

BEEF MARKET STEADY

Late Commercial —

WESTFIELD STOCK SALE WESTFIELD, 2.30 p.m. Beef met with a slightly erratic market at Westfield today. Values at times tended to ease on late quotations, but, generally, prices showed little quotable change on lata rates. Best ox made up to 43s a hundred; best cow and heifer to 40e a hundred. An offering of approximately 250 fat steers was made up mostly of handy"■eight cattle; there were no exceptionally heavy prime big-framed cattle forward. Handy-weight cattle made a greater proportionate price on a weight tfasia than heavy prime sorts. Graziers trom all parts of the province contrived, lines of Waikato cattle, as usual, making up a big percentage of the Bering. Top price of the day was secured for 1 line of 22 heavy prime bullocks on count of B. Reed, Waerenga, which made from £ls 10s to £l7 7s Cd for an exceptionally heavy prime beast *nich went to Cooper and Parkes, Parnell. . Twenty-two exceptionally wellrushed light to medium-framed steers n account of Wills McLaughlin. Papal°etoe, made from £l2 5s to £ls 15s. Choice prime medium to heavy prime on account George Vos per, Cam-, made from £l3 12s 6d to £ls *•8 6d. On® truck of well-finished steers on count Mrs. J. Porter, Pukekohe, from £l4 7s 6d to £l4 10s. caght to heavy prime steers on "count E. ,T. Browne, ilinueru, made •ram £lO to £ls 12s 6d. a line of 44 extra choice prime on account Paterson Bros., ami an 4, averaged £l4 16s 6d up to £l6 2s 6d. n- : 1! -J3 nlBh «d steers on account Robt. ; ( j ar *’ "aiau Pa, made up to £ls 7s °* choice quality Bay of Tam* on account R. Green, made up to £l6. r v£ Ueen light prime ox on account snr., made from £l2 to

J? “Ruling of approximately 250 1 littu v COWs and heifers contained «thl outßtiindi *S quality. The marl r Qo | c Jat late rates. An exceptionally iec ® prime medium framed heifer on Bas ter Bros., Hillsborough, HelhK,. : 6(i - going to R. and W. co^»’A td - Ordinary heavy prime and heifers made up to £lu 10s. >°J ar ket for good calves held ui P !r ,, s r on a Par with late rates, NttSS? 1 an <* inferior finished sorts lor a « u ra ther dull sale. Top price ttior i? nei Was secured for an exounf „ choice prime heifer on ucI siadi '% 9- Hamilton, Karaka, which to J. Rowe, Ncwexceptionally choice prime •<jun\ !? e ? rihovthoi*n vealer on ac- . • * local vendor went to M. ... ..‘•Mount Albert, for £6 4s. Ordin- - \*\ y Prime vealers made to £4 £ ~ to £2 15s. ‘•'Shell, ° ver average yarding of °f WooHl COm P r i se d less than 20 pens *ted, j? 8 ’ Shorn wethers predomin- ' n A^ urt was n ot made on this of u nt l afctr 2.30 p.m. The yard‘ambs was over 400. SOUTHERN exchanges Prcas Association Ported; 5} per cent. Infs> £ioi; Union Steam . Call: Commercial Bank of Sis) «>o rch —Zealand Breweries 4d; Kng-Jish, Scottish and Jcefe). v anlc (cum. div.), £7 15s (two P Paid ■ lVati onal Bank of Australasia div >, £9 (two parcels); Mm** 11 ' &l ort, 43s 10d; Beath and fcec* (ls Paid), 8s r.d; *• British t'l m-poitecl: New Zea- ' ‘ lnßcribcd ’ Electrolytic Zinc