WESTFIELD STOCK SALE

Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 851, 20 December 1929, Page 11

WESTFIELD STOCK SALE

Late Commercial

VERY HEAVY YARDING WESTFIELD, 2.30 p.m. The Westfield fat sale was a “double market” in every sense of th« word today. Difficulty was experienced in coping with the yarding» and all available space was occupied, sheep and lambs being penned up iri the alleyways, even taking uo two rows of the ordinary pig section. Every pen was crammed Full. An aggregato yarding of little short of 900 head of beef was drawn from over a wide range. Prices held steady at late rates, best ox making up to 423 a hundred, best cow and heifer to 39s a hundred. The quality of the ox beef entry, generally, was good and well suited to h® average butcher’s purposes; handy weight cattle predominated, and practically no exceptionally heavy prime cattle came forward. The quality of the cow and heifer offering was not quite up to that of the steer section. One of tho highest priced lines of the day came from Alex. Orr, Wiri, to sell at up to £l6 10s for a pen which went to T. Raster. Ponsonby. Wei! finished cattle qji account Trewin Bros., .Maungaturoto, made up to £l6 2s 6d. Light-weight ox on account W. 11. Kelland, Waipipi, made up to £l4. Choice prime medium-weight steers mi account Wills McLaughlin, Pupatoetoe, made up to £ls lbs. Weil-flnished steers on account G. Winstonc, sen., Mount Koskill, made up to £l6. Eight choice prime steers on account Stewart, Ohinewai, averaged Twelve well-finished steers on account W. J. Priest, Ngatea, averaged £l4 6s. Well-finished cattle from C. E. Sampson, T© Kauwhata, averaged £l4 13s. Two trucks of medium-boned heavy prime steers on account B. .Reed, v>aerenga, averaged £l4 10s. A line of 30 medium-weight steers irom F. A. Price, Papatoetoe, averag'd £l3 10s. , Jwo trucks of well-finished mediumporpd steers on account P. Corbett, nißutaia, averaged £l4 15s. Two trucks on account J. R. Ilill, ishoe, averaged £l4 10s. Heavy Prime steers, generally, made «om £l4 10s to £l6 10s; medium, “ s 11(1 to light and small fj-Qm £lO. Best young cows jnd heifers made to £ll 10s; medium, Pom £ S to £0 ss; small and light, Fv ® l0s » unfinished, from £4 10s. i heavy yarding of good quality j-aives met with an easier market, nolce heavy vealers made up to £5 and an extra choice prime runner, J account Mrs. A. M. Prentice, Wuerenga, made £ 10. W)OL SALE DUNEDIN PRICES FAVOUR SELLERS Press Association DUNEDIN, Today. tH. Dunedin wool salo opened hi,! mornin£ ? before a full bench of There was a catalogue of , bales, the wool generally being Th° V 1 * aver£l &e. ; at Sa^e opened with prices firm at .. rates » and showed a tendency Uy * n avoLJr of sellers, due apparw *° Lbe lighter condition of the 1 aad the better lialf-bred wools MW Timaru. Cross-breds and Tim 1103 about on a par with aru » though, there was a big drop w **h tho first sale here last v J. ln sorue cases the reduction being T?“l h aS 10dn bes t price obtained at the op.rnialf k* or hoggets; Merinos, 1 r>d; iri?* hoggets, 15d; and superfine :ionaii. * Pieces were selling excepcti*- ' vc h, there being good cominennfi i* or the! “ L’onbuyers. Necks were from lOd 4-id. tAMB MARKET EASIER EXPORT PRICES DOWN operating in the Auckuj * rov ince announce a reduction of ? he schedule prices for lamb. W, s ™ dG lamb under 361 bis now *orks ?id °" the book ut Westfield reil’? r ®d«ction is in accord with the * overseas and supports tho fore.ni, ma de in The Sun commercial ..•Unns three weeks aco. At the lur ! nt ' bimbs arc offering freely at works, killing space being . Up till after the holidays. At . - l veHtPelcl stud stock sale today ’ yarding of lambs was the biggest toe season. SOUTHERN EXCHANGES R Press Association . unedin—Reported: Milburn Lime, 365. Paddy’s Point, 3s 6d. —New Zealand Breweries 3d; National Bank .of Aus.tC?*, raid). £7 l!*s: Union Hank of “sraliH, £ij ; xow Zealand Breweries. Brhi u (two Parcels), S7s Bd (two parcels i: Tobacco (cum dlv.). 45s (two Mount I% . 11. nss 30. Reported: •Unercial Bank of Australia, 2.s 10d.