WESTFIELD MARKETS

Waikato Times, Volume 122, Issue 20508, 26 May 1938, Page 13

WESTFIELD MARKETS

FAT STOCK SALES STEADY MARKET REPORTED RECENT PRICES MAINTAINED AUCKLAND, Thursday There was a steady market in all sections at Westfield yesterday, recent j prices being maintained with few varia- : tions. Calves showed an advance of 17s 6d a head on last week's prices ! for runners. Lambs were again , penned in small numbers. Entries of ox beef were for the most part below standard. There was a large yarding of cows and heifers, which sold readily. Most sales were fully firm on late rates. Some well-finished wethers sold up to 38s 6d. The best price for ewes was 26s 6d, a decrease of 2s 6d on the highest offer at the last sale. Though the number of calves entered did not reach last week’s record figure, there was a good yarding. There was an increase in the yarding of pigs and baconers and porkers sold readily at satisfactory prices. Large stores sold to 355, compared with 31s last week. Comparison of Quotations The following is a summary of the prices realised for fat stock for the last two weeks at the Westfield fat stock sales:—

Individual Consignments The top price for ox beef was £ls 15s, paid for the best of a line from Thompson and Ernst, of AVhakatane. Prices ranging from £9 2s Gd to £l2 10s were received by Muirs Estate, *Tuakau. Mr O. Lyons, of Pokeno, received from £9 to £ 1 1 17s Gd. The best value for cows and heifers was £ll 17s Gd, received by a Xgongotaha vendor. An entry from Mr G. Lyons, of Pokeno, realised from £7 2s 6d to £lO 15s. Entries from Mr J. A. Hill, of Ohinewai, and Mr H. Windsor, of Matangi, sold to £lO 12s 6d. N-Z. Loan and Mercantile The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company, Ltd., reports on the sale as follows: Our yarding of beef was an average one. There was a ready demand with no alteration in values. Extra choice ox sold to £1 19s per 1001 b; choice and prime ox. £1 15s to £t IPs; ordinary and plain ox. £1 7s to £1 ,14s: prime young cow and heifer beef, £1 11s to £1 16s; ordinary cow beef, £1 3s to £1 10s. No extra heavy prime steers were penned. Heavy prime steers, £l2 to £l2 17s 6d; lighter prime steers. £ll to £ll 12s 6d; light prime steers, £9 12s Gd to £lO 17s Gd; plain and small. £7 17s Gd to £9 10s; extra heavy prime young cows and heifers, £lO to £lO 15s; heavy prime young cows and heifers, £3 to £9 15s; lighter. £7 to £7 17s Gd: light, £5 10s to £G 17s Gd; aged and plain finished cows. £3 10s to £5 ss.

We had an average yarding of sheep, which sold under steady competition at. values about on a par with last week. Extra heavy prime wethers. £1 18s to £1 18s 6d; heavy prime wethers, £1 15s to £1 17s; medium prime wethers, £1 13s to £1 14s 6d; light prime wethers, £1 10s to £1 12s 9d; small and unfinished wethers, £1 3s to £1 8s 9d; heavy prime exx'es, £1 6s to £1 6s 6d; medium prime ewes, £i 4s to £1 5s 6d; light prime ewes, 18s to £1 3s 6d; just killable ewes, 14s to 17s; inferior ewes, 7s to 13s. Lambs in average numbers also sold at late quotations. Heavy prime, £1 3s 6d to £1 5s 6d: medium prime, £1 0s 6d to £1 3s; light prime, 18s to £1; unfinished, best 13s to 17s, others 7s to 12s.

We had an average yarding of pigs v which sold at late quotations. Choppers sold from £1 10s to £3 15s; heaxw and medium baconers, from £4 to £4 11s; light baconers and heax'y porkers, from £3 5s to £3 19s; medium porkers and light porkers, from £2 to £3 4s; smaller, £i 12s to £1 19s. Store pigs in small numbers sold readily at Improved values- Large stores, £1 3s to £1 11s; slips, 16s to £1 2s; xveaners. 8s to 15s. Our entry of calves was an average one, much less than last week’s large number, and sold to a ready demand at values firm on last, week’s rates. Runners. £3 to £6 l is; heavy vealers, £4 5s t.o £5 10s; medium. £3 10s to £4 4s; light, £2 5s to £3 8s; smaller, £1 8s to £2 is; small and fresh dropped. 5s to £1 ss; rough calves, 16s to £1 15s. Dalgety and Company Reporting on their weekly stock sale held at Westfield to-day, Messrs Dalgety and Company, Limited, state that 229 head of beef were yarded. This number included 65 steers and 174 cows and heifers, compared with 179 last week. The quality was fully up to standard and sold under a ready demand, late rates again being maintained for all classes. Quotations: Extra choice ox sold to 39s per 1001 b.; choice and prime, 36s to 38s; just killable, 32s to 355; prime young cow and heifer beef, 32s to 365; just killable, 23s to 31s; Extra heax’y prime steers ranged from £l3 10s to £ls 15s; heavy prime steers, £l2 5s to £l3 ss; lighter prime steers, £ll 10s to £l2 2s 6d; light prime steers, £lO 10s to £ll ss; small and unfinished, £8 2s 6d to £10; extra heavy prime young cows and heifers, £lO to £ll ss; heavy prime, £8 15s to £9 10s; lighter prime, £7 10s to £8 10s; light cows, £6 5s to £7 ss; other killable cows, £4 to £5 15s. Sheep.—Sheep again came foreward in average numbers and well-finished lines of wethers and ewes sold freely at late rales, while medium and plain ewes were easier Ilian fast week. Extra heavy prime wethers sold from £1 17s 9.1 In £1 18s fid: heavy prime, £1 15s fid In £1 17s fid: medium. £1 | 13s Id £1 15s: liulil. Ll Ss El 12s: light and unfinished. El 5s to El 7s fid; heavy prime ewes. El is In Ei 6s 3d; ligliler. £1 2s !<» £1 3s fid: oilier c%u>. £1 to £J Is fid. \ Lambs. —A small entry of lambs

sold steadily and realised values on a par with last week. No heavy prime lamb was yarded. Medium prime lamb, £1 to £1 Is 6d; lighter, 19s to £1 0s 6d; light, 17s to 18s 6d. Calves.—A full yarding of calves met with steady competition and all classes sold at values fully on a par with late rates. Runners sold to £6 4s; heavy vealers, £4 13s to £5 Is; medium, £3 17s to £4 8s; light, £2 14s to £3 9s; smaller, £1 15s to £2 11s; unfinished and bucket fed, £1 to £1 13s; bobby and rough calves, 3s to 18s. Pigs.—An average yarding of pigs was penned. Competition was good and both baconers and porkers sold freely at values very firm on late rates. Heavy baconers made from £4 5s t.o £4 10s; medium, £3 18s to £4 2s; light, £3 9s to £3 15s; heavy porkers, £2 15s to £3 Is; medium, £2 5s to £2 10s; light, £2 to £2 3s; small and unfinished, £1 8s to £1 15s. Alfred Buckland and Sons Alfred Buck-land and Sons, Limited, reports on the sale as follows: Beef.—AVe penned fat cattle to the number of 389 head as against 303 head last week, comprising 100 steers and 289 cows and heifers. The quality of ox beef penned was not up to the usual standard. Bidding was steady with values remaining firm at late quotations. A large yarding of cows and heifers sold at fully late rates. Extra choice ox sold to £1 19s per 1001 b.; choice and prime ox, £1 16s to £1 18s; secondary and plain ox, £1 12s to £1 15s; prime young cow and heifer beef, £1 14s to £i 16s; ordinary cow beef, £1 3s to £1 Bs. Extra heavy prime steers ranged in price from £l4 to £l4 15s; heavy prime steers sold from £l2 5s to £l3; lighter prime steers, £ll to £ll 15s; light prime steers, £lO 5s to £lO 17s 6d; small and unfinished steers, £6 to £9 10s; extra heavy prime young cows and heifers £lO to £ll 17s Gd. A line of 18 cows and heifers from the Finance Co-operative Society, New Zealand, Limited, "Strathmore,” Reporoa, made up to £ll 17s 6d and averaged £lO 5s lod. Heavy prime ■cows and heifers made from £7 10s to £8 15s; lighter prime cows and heifers, £6 to £7; other killable cows, £3 10s to £5 ss.

Sheep—Our total yarding of sheep numbered 688. The quality generally xvas not up to the usual standard. Competition was good with values steady at late rates. No extra heavy prime wethers were penned. Heavy prime wethers sold from £1 12s to £1 15s; medium to heavy prime wethers, £1 10s to £1 11s 6d; light to medium prime wethers, £1 7s 6d to £1 9s; unfinished wethers, £1 2s to £1 5s 6d. No extra heavy prime young ewes were yarded. Heavy prime ewes made from £1 5s to £1 6s 6d; lighter prime ewes, £1 Is 6d to £1 3s 6d; other killable ewes, 17s 6d to 19s 6d; other ewes, 8s to 14s. Lambs. —A small entry of lambs sold on a par with late sales, 106 being sold. Heavy prime lambs sold from £1 4s 6d to £1 6s; lighter prime lambs, £1 2s to £1 3s; light prime lambs, 18s to £1 Is; small and plain lambs, 13s 6d to 16s 6d.

Calves. —We had a full yarding of calves. All classes sold readily at values fully firm at last week’s quotations. Runners made £4 8s to £7 7s 6d for two extra prime Polled Angus heifers; heavy prime vealers, £4 18s to £5 4s: medium, £3 18s to £4 ss; light, £2 14s to £3 ss; smaller, £ i Jss to £2 10s; unfinished and bucket-fed, £1 2s to £t 13s; bobby and rough calves, 3s to £1 (25.1 calves were sold).

Pigs.'—There was an increased offering of pigs. All prime baconers and porkers sold readily at satisfactory prices. A good proportion of the yarding showed lack of finish. Choppers made £2 12s to £4 8s: heavy prime baconers, £4 6s to £4 12s; medium, £3 18s to £4 3s; light, £3 8s to £3 15s; heavy porkers, £2 14s to £3 3s; medium, £2 6s to £2 a Os; light, £2 to £2 4s; unfinished and small, £1 8s to £1 17s; values for stores were higher; best made to £1 15s; smaller, £1 5s to £1 8s; slips, 14s to £1; weaners, 6s to 12s- Baconers averaged 6|d per lb. and porkers, 64d to 6£d per lb. A total of 645 pigs was sold. QUIET MARKET disappointing values FOR PIGS The competition forthcoming at the sale of “ Lucerndale pedigree pigs, the property of Mr Fred Discombe, which was held at the homestead, Hautapu. yesterday, proved little reflection of the value of the entries submitted. The enlrv comprised close „n 170 pigs, consisting of sows and boars of the Berkshire, barge black and Tamworth breeds. Bidding was generally slow and a lair proportion of the entry failed to reaeh the vendor's reserves. Tbo sale was n inducted by .Messrs. lUilgetv iiid Cmiipan:-. l-imib’d. with Mr A.'ll. Harding in the rustrum. The entries came forward in «'\- . .’llenf condition, and the bulk ul‘ the

sows had been mated to outstanding boars. Although in the sale-ring it was passed in at 33 guineas, the Large Black sow, Lucerndale’s Lavish, by Oto’s Black Prince, from Lucerndale's Bev, and mated to the recent English importation, Pakenham Whizbang 4th, was subsequently privately sold at 45 guineas to Messrs. H. D. Hall and Sons, of Otorohanga. At this price, Lucerndale’s Lavish was cheap buying for the Otorohanga breeders. Berkshire sows were sold from 8 !o 11 guineas, the buyer at the latter figure being Mr H. G. Barrett, of Cambridge. For Large Black sows, buyers paid from 8 to 134 guineas under the hammer. The latter figure was paid by Mr Barrett, while Mr H. Rudkin, of Paterangi, was a buyer at 12 guineas. Boars of the three breeds commanded little inquiry and the bulk of them were withdrawn from sale. TAUPIRI PIG SALE New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company Ltd. report as follows on their Taupiri Stock Sale held on Monday:— A large number of dairy cows were offered including the advertised herd. Competition throughout was good, a good enquiry being shown for dairy cattle, more particularly for early calvers. We only had a small yarding of store cattle, values for which were well up to recent rates. A total clearance was effected in the cattle section. Good quality Jersey cows showing well up made £lO 5s to £11; medium quality, £9 to £9 17s 6d; average quality, £7 5s to £8 7s 6d; backward condition and late calvers, £5 15s to £6 10s. pedigree Jersey bull, 10J gns; grade Jersey bulls, £8 5s to £8 15s; good quality in-calf Jersey heifers, £8 15s to £9 "ss; average quality, £7 5s to £8 10s: 18-months Jersey heifers up to £4 ss; good store cows. £3 16s to £4 Is; others, £3 7s to £3 12s; heavy boners, £2 17s to £3 2s. A smaller yarding than recent sales came forward, the market for fat pigs showed no variation from recent sales. Store pigs met with a better enquiry than previous sales, values advancing. \ total clearance was effected in both sections. Prime heavy baconers sold up to £4 ss: heavy baconers, £3 17s to £i 1s: medium. £3 9s lo £3 15s; light. £3 2s to £3 9s; heavy porkers. £2 17 to £3 2s: medium. £2 6s to £2 1 'i: light. £1 19s to £2 ss; unfinished. £1 13s io £1 17s: large stores, 2Gs to 2 Ss: <no d turn. 23s to 25s Gd: light. 19s tr. 22s Gd: slips. 13s to 18s: best winners, Ss to I Is; others, 5s to 7s.

This Week. Last Week BEEF (per 1001b) — Ex. choice ox 39/- 39/cholce and prime ox . 36/- to 38/- 3o/- to 38/cholce and prime cow „„ , and hetTer . 31/-to 36/- 31/-to 36/Boner & rough 23/-to 31/- 23/-to 31/SHEEP (per head) — Prime xv’th’rs 27/6 to 38/6 27/-to 38/9 Unfln. w’th’rs 22/- to 28/9 21/-to 27/9 Prime ewes . 17/6 to 26/6 18/-to 28/6 Unfln. ewes . 7/-to 17/- l!/-to22/6 Prime lambs . 18/-to 26/- 18/-to 31/I'nfln. lambs 13/-to 17/- 10/-to 19/CALVES (per head) — Runners .. 60/-to 147/6 50/-to 130/Vealers .. 28/-to 110/- 35/-to 108/PIGS (per head) — 4 . Baconers ... 68/-to 92/- 68/-to 91/Porkers .... 40/- to 65/- 26/- to 68/Weaners .... 8/-to 15/- 5 /‘ t0 lUv Slips 10/- to 22/- 10/-to 20/Large stores 23/-to 35/- 18/-to 31/-