OX BEEF FIRMER

Sun (Auckland), Volume IV, Issue 983, 28 May 1930, Page 12

OX BEEF FIRMER

Late Commercial —

WESTFIELD STOCK SALE WESTFIELD. 2-30 P-® An aggregate yarding of a PP ro *._ mate)y 667 head of fat catlle forward to the Westfield day to meet with a *rm marker ox beef values were a I'BleJ best ox making up to 38s a hu" dred: best young cow and heite made to 33s a hundred. An entry of 295 head of ******Tjt drawn from over a comparatively area, one or two line ® com , Tji.nias far south as the Bay of The quality was well up to the * age. the yarding being made up ■ of medium weight steers. Th of the recent rough weather was fleeted on the coats of the bigger I* of the offering. „„ Top price of the day was rec«* for a line of exceptionally choice : prime bullocks on account B. Waerenga. which made up to for a pen which went to L. ”

Eden Terrace# Twenty-seven medium to ’ prime steers on account E. <-*. -S' te Helensville, made from £ll^l< S £l3 15s. . oj> o j> One truck of choice prime steer* account N. D. S. Rumney, made from £l3 12s 6d to i-14 - Seventeen medium to heavy V steers on account J. McNicol. Te atw made from £l3 2s 6d to £lj A line of 18 medium to heavy P steers on account A. Lindquist, * ~s roa, made from £ll 10s to Good quality handy-weight on account R. E. Grieve, Te Tcko, from £l2 to £l3 15s. niad? The cow and heifer section was up of a large percentage of ola ‘ . cows: all good quality cattle met a steady demand at fully up to rates. Choice prime young cows £j heifers made up to £J 2. medium, to £8 15s: light. £5 10s to *» old and inferior from £3 1 *s. heavy prime steers made up to Iss: heavy prime, £l3 15s to 15s: medium. £ll 15s to £ 13 10s, SB®** 1 and light from £7. -v The calf market was very fi rm. well-nourished sorts meeting steady demand at from firm to slisy _ above late rates. Good heavy ' CH made to £4 ss: average heavy run made to £ 6 ss. Several lines of e choice station calves came forward account Waikato vendors.