FAT STOCK MARKET.

Taihape Daily Times, 23 August 1919, Page 5

FAT STOCK MARKET.

PR-ICES AT WESTFIELD. SIMILAR TO Lajsr WEEK. " ' Prices for ‘beef at Westfield fat stoclfi sales on Wednesday were practically; or: a par with last week’s rates. ’ The 'N.Z_ Loan ‘and Mercantile, Agency 00.: Beeflwas penned in lessthan average numbers, the market? showing a firmer tone, prices having an.‘ upward tendency. Choice ox soldto £3 5/ per 1001 b, prime at from £2 19/ 10 £3 '4/, rough and inferior £2 12/ to £2.18/. Cow and heifer beef sold afiil from. £2 13/ to £2 18/ per 1001b_ N 0” heavyweights were yarded. Steers sold at from £ls to £24 2/6, and cows and heifers at from £9 to £l7 2/6. Messrs B'uckland and Sons: The yarding of beef comprised 325 head, a‘ big proportion being choice and prime quality steers. There was a keen de-. mand throughout, with values much thasame as last week. Choice ox sold up to £3 2/ per 1001 b, prime from £2 17/ to £3, and plain and rough from £3 5/_‘ to £3 14/. Cow and heifer beef sold fi from £2 5/ to £2 15/. Steers ranged in price from £l2 10/ to £29 15/, the latl fer price being realised for three polled l,‘Angust bullocks from Mr H. Hewitt, lof Waitoa. Cows and heifers made lfrom £9 to £l6 175 6d. l Messrs Buekland. and Sons: Calves Iv/ere in excess of requirements, con-1 sequently prices were lower than. lasfi week’s rates. 1 Messrs Dalgety and Co.: Sheep were‘ yarded in fair numbers. rFair wetherfl yarded in fair numbers. Fair wet-hers sold up to £2 5/, and fair good ewes to 37/6. No extra prime. were yarded. - 1 . ADDINGTON.\ ' ! ‘CI-IRISTCI-lURCH, Aug, 21. At Addington market. today thé yar-dings of stock were not very large‘ in any department, except in fat sheeg and store cattle, the latter showing _§ considerable, increase° over the sale}: .-for wieekslv/past.‘ .Stere sheep, espec§< ally ewes and ewe hoggets, sold at ail‘ iadxfance“on,:'late;_'“sales_ Fat sheep, 'c6urse,f€were*T"not,iip to the sales of tlie ldouble market a fortnight ago, but sold at an advance on the prices rlllin§§ log. my 30. The quality of the yangzirzg was, however, ivory" rnE>der'ate, hi lcc-nsiderahle ..Dl‘ols9lTtion_ __l_3,Qill..g ullfill‘ iished. There was afurther-advance‘ in the pr-ice"of “fat cattle, the propor. 'tion of really prime being small. There: was only a limited demand" for store‘ cattle, and few sales were made at the auction, but some business was done privately. Good dairying cows sc-ld.—well, and there was a. keen de-‘” mand for the few‘ vealers penned. Pigs lof all classes sold well. The range of 'prices was as follows:——3' Store Sheep.—Two-tooth ewes, 30/2 Ito 38/; four to six—tooth ewes, to P6/6; four, six and eight-tooth wethers, 32/8 to 34/10; six and eight-tooth‘, !wethers, 33/3 to 34/6; ewe hoggets, to 32/6; wether hoggets, to 27/3; mixed hoggets, 21~3 to 30/3. Faf Shee'p."?———Prinle wethers, 50/ to 66/; medium, 38/ to, 49/6;_unfinished,*' 31/3 to 37/6; extra prime’ ewes, ‘to ‘53/; prime, 38/ to 45/’; medium, 30/} to_37/6; unfinished, 23/6 to 29/; hoggcts, 23/9 to 38/. v. 1 ~ 1 Fat Cattle.—Ex;tra prime _steers, to Sf.‘-3215/; prime steers, £22 fco_£27 2/6; ordinary, £10.15/' to £21‘1os;; lprime heifers, £l4 to £ls; ordinary ‘cows, £8 10/ to £l4 10/_ Store Cattle.———Three-year‘ steers, to £9 1/; two-year steers, £4 12/6 toi l£7 15/; three—year hei/frs, to £7; dry, lec.ws,£4 12/6 to £7 15/; dairy cows, 3 £8 to £l7 10/. _ l Pigs.——Baconcrs, £5 3/ to £8 15/, lequal to 10d to wed per lb; porkers, l£3 15/ to £5, equal to 1/ per 11);; lchoppers, £6 to £ll 17/6; medium lstores, £2 2/ to £3 6/; small, 32/ to !£2; weaners, 17/ to £2.