WESTFIELD MARKETS

Waikato Times, Volume 121, Issue 20264, 5 August 1937, Page 15

WESTFIELD MARKETS

FAT STOCK SALES. HI«H PRICES FOR BEEF. SHEEP IN SHORT SUPPLY. AUCKLAND, Thursday. Some of the finest ox toeef offered at Westfield for a long time realised high prices at the fat stoolc sales yesterday. As a result values were quoted firmer by Is per 1001 b back to 345, from which level the market receded in March. At the corresponding sale a y*&r ago values ranged to 3is. Good* quality oalves were firm, and sheep tended to Improve. Porkers were inclined to be easier. Altogether the ox sale was unusually brisk, general Improvements of as much as 15s a head being recorded. Cows were priced to £ll. Ryland wethers, whioh equalled the high figure of 44s a head obtained last week, before which such a price had not been realised for two years. No marked improvement was experienced with ewes, whioh made to 345, slightly under the top price of a week ago. There was consistent quality in lambs, the primest sorts bringing to 32s 3d, as against a range of 34s 6d at the former sale. Heavy oalves were at a premium. Porkers were sold to £3 5s and dropped id per lb in the average to between 6id and 6£d. Baconers remained fully firm. The average was unohanged to 7d per lb. A Comparison. The following is a summary of the prices realised for fat stock for the last two weeks at the Westfield fat stock sales: beef (per 1001 b) Ex. choice ox 84/- 83/Cholce and prime ox .. 80/-to 38/- 29/-to 88/Cholce and prime cow and heifer 27/-to 30/- 27/-to 89/Boner & rough 18/-to 26/- 18/-to 26/SHEEP (per head) Prime w’th’rs 33/-to 44/- 82/-to 44/Unfln. w’th’rs 27/3 to 33/- 28/-to 81/Prime ewes . 21/6 to 84/- 21/-to 84/9 Unfln ewes . 5/- to 20/- 6/-to 19/Prlme lam(bs 21/-to 32/3 21/-to 34/6 Unfln. lambs 15/-to 20/- 9/- to 20/6 CALVES (per head) Runners .. 60/-to 170/- 60/-to 143/Vealers .. 4/-to 108/- 5/-to 128/PIOS (per head) Baconers .. 70/-to 100/- 70/-to 99/Porkefs .... 25/-to 65/- 25/-to 66/Weaners. .. 10/-to 21/- 10/-to2o/-Larue stores 28/- to 36/- 28/- to 52/Sllps 20/-1 to <2B/- 21/- to 28/Indlvldual Consignments. Top price for ox beef was £l6 15s, whioh was obtained among an outstanding line of Polled Angus Here-, ford and Shorthorn steers from Mr W. J. Ralph’s estate, of Mahuta, the average price for 21 being £ls 10s 84. Motion Brothers, of Pokeno, received to £l2 2s 6d. Cows and heifers yarded by Mr J. Wyllie, of Papatoetoe, sold to £ll, an 4 an offering from Mr H. Windsor, of Matangi, brought to £lO 10s. Lines from Mr J. A. Hill, of Ohinewai, made to £9 12s 6d. Mr W. R. Wright, of Matangi, sold cows to £9 2s 6d. Dal get y and Co. There was an offering of 174 head, comprising 16 steers and 158 cows and heifers against 113 head last week, at the weekly Westfield fat stook market held by Messrs Dalgety and Company yesterday. The quality was first class and selling under a good demand they report a rise of one shilling per lOOlbs for ox beef, while cow and heifer beef sold at rates fully equal to those of last week. Extra choice ox sold to 34s per i001b; clioioe and prime, 81s to 365; just killable, 27s to 80s; prime young cow' and heifer beef, 27s to 295; ordinary cow beef, 18s to 245. Lighter prime steers ranged from £ll 15s to £l2 10s; light prime steers, £lO 12s 6d to *ll 2s 6d; small and unfinished, £6 10s to £7 10s; extra heavy prime young cows and heifers, £lO to £lO 10s; heavy prime, £8 10s to £9 10s; lighter prime, £7 to £8 ss; light, £5 to £6 10s; other killable cows. £3 15s to £4 10s. Barely an average yarding of sheep was penned, for whioh there was a keen demand, and our quotations show an improvement on last week. We did not offer any extra heavy wethers. Heavy prime wethers, £1 18s 9d to £1 19s 6d; medium, £1 16s 6d to £1 18s 6d; light prime, £1 14s to £1 16s; small and unfinished, £1 7s 3d to £1 13s; heavy prime ewes, £1 12s to £1 14s; lighter, £1 8s £d to £1 lls 6d; other ewes, £1 2s to £1 Bs. An average entry of lambs sold under good competition, and realised full late rates. Heavy prime lamb, £1 8s 9d to £1 10s; medium, £1 '7s to £1 8s 6d; lighter, £1 4s 6d to £1 6s 6d; light, £1 2s to £1 4s; small and plain, 18s 9d to £1 Is 6d. Our yarding of calves was less than an average one. The sale opened with competition a little slack, ■ but improved later, values ruling on about a par with last week’s rates. We did not offer any heavy prime runners. Medium runners, £3 to £4 17s; heavy vealers, £4 15s to £5 3s; medium, £4 to £4 7s: light, £3 lls to £3 15s; smaller, £2 12s to £3; unfinished and bucket-fed, £1 10s to £2 6s; hobby calves, 4s to 12s; rough calves, 15s to £1 7s. An average yarding of pigs sold under steady demand at fully late rates. Heavy baconers. £4 7s to £4 18s; medium, £3 18s to £4 3s; light. £3 t fis to £3 14s; heavy porkers, £2 17s to £3 ss; medium, £2 9s. to £2 16s; light, £2 to £2 7s; small and unfinished, £1 5s to £1 17s. Loan and Mercantile. The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company, Limited, reports on the sale as follows: We had an average yarding of beef. Competition was keen, and values advanced 5s to 10s per head and about Is per 1001 b. Extra choice ox soHl to £1 14s per 1001 b; choice and prime, £1 10s to £1 13s; ordinary and plain, £1 6s to £1 9s; prime young cow- and heifer beef, £1 7s to £ l 10s; ordinary cow' beef, £i Is to £1 6s. Extra heavy prime steers ranged in price from £ls os to £JG ss; heavy prime steers, £l4 to £ls 2s 6d; lighter prime, £l2 17s Gd to £l3 17s Gd; light prime, £TO to £l2 .15s; plain and small, £7 10s fo £9 15s; extra heavy prime young cows and heifers, £9 5s lo £lO ss; heavy prime, £8 12s 6d to £9 2s 6d; lighter, £7 7s Gd to £8 10s: light,. £5 lo £7 ss; aged and plain finished cows, £3 10s; to £4 17s Gd. Twenty-one extra prime ■ steers from the estate of the late Mr. j W. J. Ralph, of Mahuta, sold up to ! £l6 15s, the herd averaging £ls 10s ■ B<L

We had about an average entry of 1 mutton, with the quality not up to last week’s yarding. Competition was keen, and values were very firm on last week’s quotations, being easily maintained. No extra Heavy prime Mothers were penned. Heavy prime Lvethers, £2 to £2 2s; medium prime, £1 16s 6d to £1 19s 9d; light prime, £1 13s to £1 16s; small and unfinished, £1 8s to £1 12s 9d; heavy prime ewes, £1 12s to £1 14s; medium prime, £1 9s to £i lls 6d; light prime, £1 6s to £1 8s 9d; just killable, 16s to £1 ss; Inferior, 5s to 15s. A small entry of hoggets sold readily at late rates. Extra heavy prime, £1 9s to £1 lls 9d; heavy, £1 6s 6d to £1 8s 9d; medium, £1 4s to £1 6s; light, £1 1b to £ 1 3s •6d; unfinished, 15s to £l. We had an average yarding of pigs. •Competition was steady, with values holding at late quotations. Choppers sold from £2 10s to £4 Is; heavy and medium baconers, from £4 10s to £5; light baconers and heavy porkers, from £3 10s to £4 88; medium porkers and light porkers, from £2 10s to £3 8s; small, £2 to £2 8s: unfinished, £1 10s to £1 18s. Store pigs were penned in large numbers. The sale was patchy, values being on a par with last week’s quotations. Large stores, £1 10s to £1 16s; slips, £1 to £1 8s; weaners, 10s to £1 Is. Our entry of calves was an average one. Good quality calves were scarce, while values were equal to last week’s quotations. Runners, £3 to £G 3s; heavy vealers, £4 10s to £5 7s; medium, £3 10s to £4 8s: light., £3 to £3 8s; smaller, £2 to £2 18s; small, £i to £1 16s; rough calves, 15s to £1 10s; fresh dropped, 7s to l-Bs. Alfred Buckland and Bons. Alfred Buckland and Sons, Limited, reports on the sale as follows: — Our total yarding of fat cattle numbered 220 head, as against 244 head last week, comprising 61 steers and 159 oows and heifers. 'Competition lor ox beef was keen, and values improved on recent sales. Cows and heifers were penned in good numbers, and sold freely at late quotations. Extra choice ox sold to £1 14s per 1001 b; choice and prime ox, £1 10s to £1 12s; secondary and plain ox, £1 7s to £1 9s; ordinary cow beef, £1 to £1 4s. No extra heavy prime 6teers were yarded. Heavy prime steers ranged in price from £l2 5s to £l3 ss; lighter prime steers, £ll 5s to £l2; light prime steers, £lO 7s 6d to £lO 17s 6d; small and unfinished steers, £5 to £0; extra heavy prime young cows and heifers, £9 10s to £ll, the latter price being for heifers from Mr. John Wyllie, of Papatoetoe; heavy prime oows and heifers, £-6 13s to £8 ss; lighter prime oows and heifers, £5 10s to £6 ss; other killable cows, £4 to £4 15s. ■Sheep were penned to the number of 780. Our yarding of wethers lnoluded several lines of oholoe quality, which sold freely at Increased rates. Ewes were firm at late quotations. One pen of oholoe Ryland wethers from Mr. John Schlaepfer, of Paerata, made £2 4s. Extra heavy prime wethers, £2 to £2 4s; heavy prime wethers, £1 17s 6d to £1 19s; medium to heavy prime wethers, £1 15s to £1 16s 6d; light to medium prime wethers, £1 13s to £1 14s 6d; unfinished wethers, £1 10s to £1 12s; extra heavy prime young ewes, £1 12s to £1 14s; heavy prime ewes, £1 9s to £1 lls; lighter prime ewes, £1 6s 6d to £1 8s; other killable ewes, £1 Is 6d to £1 4s; other ewes, 10s to 17s 6d. ■Our total yarding of lambs numbered 203, and sold freely at fully late rates. Extra heavy prim© lambs, £1 10s to £1 12s 3d; heavy prime lambs, £1 7s 6d to £1 8s 6d; lighter prime lambs, £1 4s Pd to £1 6s 6d; light prime lambs, £1 2s to £1 3s 6d; small and; plain lambs, 15s to £l. We had a medium yarding of calves. The hulk of the yarding was small and unfinished sorts, good quality calves being scarce. Values for all prime vealers Improved, while prices for other classes were about equal to late quotations. Runners made £4 to £8 10s for a prime Hereford-Short-horn-cross heifer from Sunnybrae Farm, Papakura, Heavy vealers, £5 to £5 8s; medium, £4 to £4 8s; light, £3 12s to £3 17s; smaller, £2 l'ss to £3 3s; unfinished and bucket-fed, £1 10s to £2 6s; rough calves, 18s to £1 ss; bobby calves, 4s to lls; 278 calves were. sold’. There was an average yarding of pigs. The demand for all prime baconers remained firm, with values at fully last week’s rates. Porkers were not in such strong request, and sold at slightly lower prices. Choppers made £2 5s to £4 lls; heavy prime baconers, £4 12s to £5; medium, £3 18s to £4 ss; light, £3 10s to £3 15s; heavy porkers, £2 14s to £3 2s; medium, £2 7s to £2 lls; light, £2 to £2 4s; small and unfinished, £1 8s to £1 15s; stores, £i 8s to £1 15s; slips, £1 Is to £1 4s; weaners, 10s to £i; sows due to farrow, up to £6 12s Gd. Baconers averaged 7d per lb. and porkers 6 id to 6fd per lb. A total of 432 pigs was sold. HIDES AND SKINS. THE AUCKLAND SALE. AUCKLAND, Thursday. Good values again were received at the fortnightly sale of skins and hides. Brisk inquiry from both tanners and exporters resulted in values for both , hides and sheepskins being lifted fur- : ther. Tallow was stationary. Prices for best grades were:— Hides.—Ox (abattoirs), heavy 10Jd i to 10id per lb; medium, lOd to 10id; ! light B{jd to 9Jd; ox (country but- | chers), heavy, 9d to 9id; medium, fijd , to 9d; light, 8d to Bid; cow (aba!- ; toirs), heavy, BJd to Bgd; light to j medium, Bfid to 82d; cow (country j butchers), heavy, 7|d to 8d; light lo ! medium, BJd to Bid; farmers’ (all weights), 5Jd to 7gd; yearling (abat- I toirs), heavy, 9d to 9id; light to me- | dium, 12d to 12Jd; second grade, 8d to 10Jd; faulty and cut, 6Jd to fid; i calfskins, 31b to 51b, 14d to 144c1; 61b to Sib, 15d to 15Jd; seconds and cut, I 12d to 12Jd; slippy, 5d lo 9Jd. Salted Sheepskins. Three-quarter to full, extra large, 10s 4d to lls 3d each; medium 8s 9d to 9s Gd; faulty, 3s 3d to 4s 4d. Dry Sheepskins.—Three-quarter to l'ull-wool, medium to fine crossbred, 152 d to IGid per lb; coarse crossbred, 15 i d to 15 Jd; damaged and faulty, 11 Ad to 13d; half-wool, medium to fine crossbred, 12Jd fo 13Jd; damaged and coarse, 12s to 12Ad; faultv, 9Jd to 1J Jd; bare to quarter-wools, •sound, IOJd to 11 Ad; damaged and faulty, 7Ad to 9d. Tallow.—Good quality, 21s to 22s per cwt; second grade, 19s to 20s; third, 17s to lfis Gd.