WESTFIELD MARKETS

Waikato Times, Volume 125, Issue 20987, 14 December 1939, Page 16

WESTFIELD MARKETS

FAT STOCK SALES GOOD DEMAND FOR SHEEP I I ! COMPETITION FOR LAMBS j | I I AUCKLAND, Thursday « Late rates for all classes of stock , except lighter-weight porkers ruled ; at the Westfield sales yesterday. ■ The best bid for steers was £ls, 1 which was fractionally weaker than the top price of last week, and for cows it was £lO 10s, a gain of 7s 6d on the figure of a week ago. The average values to 37s per 1001 b were unchanged. The sale of sheep was a good one. There were no wethers as good as the choicest of last week, the top quotation of 27s 9d being 6d cheaper. Prime maiden ewes sold extremely well to 24s 9d, which was an improvement of 2s a head. Eveiy pen of lambs sold under keen competition. Values tended to | advance Is and more a head, while 1 the best consignment was traded at I 30s 3d a head, as against 26s 9d last ] week. The calf market was fully supplied. One prime runner made £8 | 16s, which was 10s better than last week’s main transaction, and the heaviest vealer realised £6 15s, as against £6 at the previous sale. Pigs sold readily throughout. Values were easily maintained by all good quality lots, but there was an easing of about Is to 2s a head in all but the heaviest porkers. This resulted in the average being quoted £d per lb cheaper, from 6£d to 7d, while bacon was unaltered from 6d to 6|d. The following is a summary of the prices realised for fat stock for the last two weeks at the Westfield fat stock sales:— Comparison of Quotations

Individual Consignments j Top price for ox beef was £ls, ob- I tained in a line from Mr B. Reed, of Waerenga. Drafts from Mr G. Vosper, of Cambridge, sold 'to £l4 15s. Cows and heifers trucked by Mr J. A. Hill, of Te Hoe, made the best price in this section to £lO 10s. Cattle sold for Mr H. Windsor, of Matangi, brought to £lO 7s 6d. Mr A. I. Batty, of Morrinsville, to £9 3 Ga* Mr W. Me- > Lean, of Walton, to £9 2s 6d; Mr W. ' R. Prendergast, of Pokeno, to £8 15s. j Dalgety and Co., Ltd. Sheep.—We had a good entry of • sheep, for which competition was keen and an improved sale resulted, j Extra heavy prime wethers, £1 6s to ! £1 6s 9d; heavy prime wethers, £1 | 4s 6d to £1 5s 6d; medium prime j wethers, £1 3s to £1 4s; light prime wethers, £1 Is 6d to £1 2s 9d; plain and unfinished wethers, £1 to £1 Is; heavy prime young and maiden ewes, £1 3s 6d to £1 4s 9d; heavy prime j ewes, £1 2s to £1 3s; lighter prime • ewes, £1 to £1 Is 6d; plain and aged ewes, 16s 6d to 19s 6d. An average entry of lambs sold j freely at full late rates. Heavy prime S lambs, £1 6s to £1 8s 3d; medium j prime lamb, £1 4s to £1 5s 6d; lighter prime lamb, £1 2s to £1 3s 6d; light | prime lamb, 19s to £1 Is 6d; small and plain lamb, 17s to 18s 6d. Calves.—A good yarding of good quality calves came forward. Under steady competition a good sale resulted with values remaining firm on last week’s quotations. Runners, £5 to £8 16s; heavy vealers, £5 5s to £6 15s; medium, £4 5s to £5; light, £3 5s to £3 18s; small, £2 8s to £3; smaller, £1 5s to £2 2s; plain and unfurnished, 18s to £1 11s; bobby calves, 6s to 15s.

Pigs.—A large yarding of pigs came forward. From the start values for pork were easier, more so toward the end of the sale. Although there was a ready sale for bacon values had an easing tendency on late quotations. Heavy baconers, £3 13s to £4 2s; medium, £3 12s to £3 16s; light, £3 6s to £3 10s; heavy porkers, £2 14s to £2 19s; medium, £2 8s to £2 12s; light, £2 3s to £2 6s; small, £1 16s to £2; stores, £1 10s to £1 16s; slips, £1 6s to £1 10s; weaners, 16s to £1 4s. Loan and Mercantile The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company. Limited, reports on the sales as follows: Our yarding of beef was more than an average one. There was a steady demand, with values on a par with last week's sale. Extra choice ox sold to £1 17s per 1001 b; choice and prime, £1 13s to £1 16s: ordinary and plain, £1 8s to £1 12s: prime young cow and heifer beef, £1 9s to £1 15s: j ordinary cow beef, £1 2s to £1 Bs. j Heavy prime steers ranged in price i from £l2 to £l2 17s 6d; lighter prime, ' £lO 12s 6d to £ll 15s; light prime, j £9 10s to £lO 10s; plain and small, j £7 10s to £9 7s 6d; extra heavy prime ; young cows and heifers, £9 to £9 10s; j heavy prime. £7 12s fid to £8 15s; ! lighter. £6 12s 6d to £7 12s 6d: light, j £5 7s 6d to £6 10s: aged and plain j finished cows, £3 10s to £5 ss. An average yarding of sheep sold ! under ready competition at late quo- 1 tations. Heavy prime wethers, £1 i 5s to £1 6s 6d: medium prime, £1 3s 1 to £1 4s 9d; light prime. £1 to £1 2s j 9d: smaller, 18s to 19s 9d; small and | unfinished. 15s to 17s 9d; prime maiden ewes. £1 to £1 3s: heavy j prime ewes, 19s to £1 0s 3d; medium prime, 17s to 18s 9d: light prime, 15s j to 16s 9d; just killable. 10s to 14s 9d: interiorly fatted, 5s to 9s 9d. Lambs in average numbers again met a keen inquiry, with values very firm at late rates. Extra heavy prime, £1 7s to £1 10s 3d, for lambs from Mr A. Shebalin. of Waiuku: heavy, j £1 5s to £1 6s 9d; medium, £1 3s to £1 4s 9d; light, £1 to £1 2s 9d: smaller. 17s 6d to 19s 9d; unfinished, best, 15s to 17s 3d; others, 10s to 14s 9d. We had a heavy yarding of pigs. Competition was steady throughout, with values inclined to be slightly

This Week Last Week BEEF (per 1001b;— Ex. choice ox 37/- 37/Cholce and prime ox . 33/-to 36/- 33/-to 36/Cholce and prime cow and hetTer . 29/- to 35/- 29/- to 35/Boner & rough 22/- to 30/- 22/- to 30/SIIEEP (per heatj) — Prime w’th’rs 20/-to 27/9 20/-to 28/3 L'nfln. w’th’rs 15/-to 19/6 14/- to 20/6 Prime ewes . 16/-to24/9 12/-to22/9 UnAn ewes .. 1/-to 15/6 2/-toll/-. Prime lambs 10/-to 30/3 16/6 to 26/9 CALVES (per head; — Runners .. 60/-to 176/- 60/-to 166/Vealers ... 3/-to 135/- 3/-to 120/PIGS (per head)— Baconers .... 66/-to 85/- 67/-to 84/Porkers 30/- to 63/- 32/- to 64/Weaners .... 12/-to24/- 10/-to 24/-. Slips 23/- to 36/- 24/- 10 34/Large stores 28/-to 44/- 30/-to 45/- i