STOCK PRICES FIRM

Sun (Auckland), Volume IV, Issue 1056, 21 August 1930, Page 11

STOCK PRICES FIRM

WESTFIELD REVIEWED MOVEMENTS IN THE SOUTH BY R.W.C. Firm markets were recorded in most sections at the principal stock ! selling centres of the Dominion yesterday. At Westfield a small yarding o£ fat cattle was made up of some of the choicest quality steer beef of the season; the cow and heifer offering, on the other hand, contained some of the poorest quality seen in the yards this season. Prices were very firm, and showed a slight advance on late rates, best ox making up to 41s; average prime ox made from 37s to 39s a hundred; best young cow and heifer made up to 3Ss; ordinary cow made up from -Ss to 34k a hundred. Tlie ox beet offering was drawn from ovijf a wide range, the best quality coming from tlie Waerenga Valiev one lino of 14 head from that district a ,‘i Col '," t . ol JJ ‘ Kccd averaging jl 17 . 1 ‘Wst average this season for a. line or that size. Extra heavy prime steers from the Rangipo Prison Farm lokaanu, made up to ins 355, the top price for the day. Smaller but well finished, cattle came forward on account of Taneatua graziers. Apart irom a line of well finished station an ™ heifers on account of Jas. Layior, laupiri, the best of whicli went to la. Brideson, Epsom, for tis a " d , another line of Waikato fn? heifers, the top-priced pen or which went to L>. Lees and Company, Otahuhu, for the same figure there was little quality in the cow and hetter section. heavy prime steers made up V... ls ;? s: heavy prime, ill to •fclb, medium, ;£l2 to JGI3 15s; light and small, from JC 9. Extra hefvy P ,™ e . c o»'S and heifers made up to *• 1 ,. /s bcl: heavy prime, £9 to £ll--i 1 i Un l’ to £ 8 15s: IJ gbt and from’£4° m £6; unfinishecl and old, Firm Calf Market Although not quite as heavy us the yardings of the previous two weeks, the call section drew an entry' of little short of 2,000 calves. Prices held very linn at late rates, medium-weight wellnourished calves selling freely to butchers. Top price of the day was secured for a 15-month-old heifer on account of a local vendor, which sold f ° r . f 8 lls : average vealers made from £4 10s to £6 ss; good sorts of wcllnourished calves made from 50s to £4 bs; well-nourished week-old to six-wcek-oid calves made from 18s to 4SssmaU fresh-dropped calves for the export trade made from 7s to 15s Some of the best quality for many weeks came forward to the fat sheep section: bidding was keen on lines of well-finished sheep, and prices held very firm at late rates. Fat Pigs Easier

The fat pig section had a decidedly weaker tone, particularly in regard to baconers, which sold round the equivalent of from 43d to a shade over 5d a lb; porkers sold at from 6Jd to a shade over 7d a lb, according to quality and size. The high prices for pork which have ruled over the past few months have turned many of the smaller butchers off this class of trade, except in cases where they are more or less compelled to carry a little in stock. The position has been accentuated during the past month by the increased efforts being made by holders of frozen pork to reduce stocks before the summer. Buyers for the bacon trade are not anxious to buy at the moment, and tho combined result is an easier market. Good quality baconers at one part of the sale yesterday sold at £3. Choppers made ££ 10s to £ 4 ss; heavy baconers, 13 4s to £3 11s; light and medium, .£2 16s to £3 2s; heavy porkers, £2 10s to £2 14s; medium, £2 5s to £2 8s; light, £2 to £2 3s; small and unfinished. £1 15s to £ 1 17s. Values for store pigs were also lower. Best made £1 15s to £1 ISs; slips. £1 6s to £1 10s; good weaners, £1 2‘s to £1 ss; small and weedy, 15s to 19s. Hawke's Bay Market At the Stortford Lodge (Hastings) sale yesterday there was a moderate yarding of fat sheep and cattle and a small yarding of stores. Prices showed an improvement on last week. The quality of the fat sheep and cattle was very good. A line of 52 prime fat ewes made 2Gs. Tho top price for fat bullocks was £ 1.5 8s 6d; fat wethers made to 255; fat cows, to £10; fat and forward wethers, good, 235! wether hoggets, to 14s 3d; mixed sex hoggets. 17s lOd; Southdown hoggets, small, 11s 2d; short hoggets, 1 to 13s 7d; two-tooth wethers. 19s 3d; ewes in lamb to Soutlidowns, to 2 3s. Johnsonville Sale At the Johnsonville (Wellington) stock sale y esterday, heavy prime cattle were in good demand 'at last week’s rates, but lighter and plain sorts showed a decline of at least 15s to £1 a head. Cows met with a good sale. Light and medium-weight wethers met with a good, 235; wether hoggets, to 14s 3d; heavy-weight sheep being dull of sale. Ewes were not in demand, prices showing a decline on last week’s rates. Lambs sold freely at late rates. Quotations; —Cattle: Heavy bullocks, £l6 to £l6 10s; bullocks, to £ls 17s 6d; light bullocks, to £l4; cows, £9 to £ll. Sheep: Heavy wethers, 30s 9d to 32s 6d; ordinary wethers, to 295; light and unfinished, to 24s 9d; ewes, to 20s; lambs, to 22s 6d. Addington Market There were heavy entries in the major sections of the weekly stock market at Addington yesterday, and the only outstanding alteration in values as compared with those ruling at the market a fortnight ago was in the fat cattle section in which there was a. distinct easing. There was an average decline of £1 and up to £1 10s a head. Fat sheep were yarded in very heavy numbers and sold very well at the rates ruling at the last sale. The entry of store sheep was larger than for some weeks, and values increased all round by Is to Is 6d a head.

An entry of 6,000 fat sheep met with market - Show wethers sold no to 46s 9d; extra prime wethers, to 36sprime, 27s to 31s; medium, 23s to 24s *' d * h&h d3 s to 225; extra prime ewes, to 25s lOd; prime, 10s 6d to 22smedium, 16s to 18s; light, 13s 6d to los fed; extra prime hoggets, to 33s 9d; prime, 25s to 28s; medium, 21s to 24s’ light, 16s to 20s. There were about 20 spring lambs entered and the top price was 36s 9d An entry of 460 head of fat cattle included about SO head from the IMortli Island. Best handy-weight steer and ?onfh-’ V ee r ?? ade from 41s to a ii est heavy-weight steer beef ob.s to 40s; medium quality, 32s to 35s f “"W. 33? to 355; seconds’, to , 32s - Extra prime heavy steers realised tip to £23 2s 6d; prime heavy, f-il Pnme middle-weight, ,„ H ,t° ~tj 15s; medium quality, £lO 10s to £l3; light, £8 to £10; extra prime heifers, to £l6; prime, £l2 to fli m 2 dlum ’ £9 10s to £11; light r i 10s; ® xtra Prime cows, to £ib 2s 6d; prime, £ll to £l3medium, £9 to £lO 10s. ’ ei '° was a fair supply of vealers offered and the top price was £ S 3s Cd Medium runners made £ 5 to £7 • good calves, 50s to 90s. ° u There was a large yarding of porkers and the better sorts met with a good demand. Porkers made 45s to 05s Gdheavy porkers, 5Ss 6d to 67s Gd (aver; % 8 a ?" C LV b ’ ,^ d - to 10 “ a): baconers. t» f s «°, £4 ss: heavy baconers. to Sid)f 6d (aVeraSe i>rice a lb, 7id