Competition And Keen Values At Cattle Fair

Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 15, Issue 98, 20 September 1950, Page 6

Competition And Keen Values At Cattle Fair

The Farmers’ Co-op. Auctioneering Co. Ltd. report on their Spring Cattle Fair held in conjunction with the fortnightly stock sale on September 13.

Pigs were penned in good numbers. Competition was keen throughout and values firmed on late rates. There was a large yarding of fat and forward wethers and hoggets. Butchers from outside districts competed freely and values were higher. There was a full yarding of all classes of cattle.

Fat Jersey cows and heifers and dairy showed a sharp rise while paddock cows also firmed. Station bred cattle were keenly competed for. There again values were high. Dairies sold at late rates. A feature of the sale was a large attendance of buyers from outside districts. Quotations: —

Pigs: Heavy bacon to £7 16s; medium bacon, £6 19s to £7 7s; light bacon, £6 8s to £6 12s; heavy pork and large feeders, £5 12s to £6 Is; medium pork and large stores, £4 18s to £5 10s; medium stores, £4 10s to £4 16s; small stores, £3 18s to £4 6s; best slips, £3 3s to £3 15s; top weaners, £2 10s to £3 Is; other weaners to £2; sows in farrow, £9 5s to £l2 10s. Cattle: Fat Jersey and Jersey cross cows, ex-dairy, £l4 to £l4 15s; medium fat Jersey cows and heifers, £lO 10s to £l2 10s; heavy boner cows, £8 10s to £lO 10s; medium boner cows, £7 to £7 15s; light boner cows, £6 to £6 15s; large framed paddock cows, ex-dairy, £8 10s to £lO 10s; others £6 15s to £7 15s: empty 2-year heifers, £6 15s to £7 15s; service bulls, £l2 10s to £l3; yearling Jersey heifers, £9 to. £lO ss.

Store Cattle: Forward conditioned 4-year P.A. bullocks £2O to £24 ss; 3-year P.A. steers, £l7 10s to £l9 17s 6d; 2-year P.A. and Hereford steers, £ls 5s to £ls 11s 6d; small 2-year S.H. steers, £l2 10s; yearling P.A. and Hereford steers, £ll 2s to £ll 15s; small yearling P.A. and Hereford steers, £8; empty 2year P.A. heifers, £l3 to £l3 12s; empty 2-year Hereford Heifers £ll 14s to £l3 2s; empty 2-year Shorthorn dross heifers to £lO 19s; yearling P.A. and Hereford heifers, £9 6s to-£lO 7s 6d; smaller, £7 7s 6d to £8; low conditioned P.A. and Hereford breeding cows, £9 10s to £l2 10s.

Sheep: Medium fat woolly wethers to £4 13s; forward conditioned woolly wethers to £3 17s 6d; fat maiden ewes, woolly to £4 ss; fat shorn wethers to £3 6s; fat woolly B/F hoggets, £3 Is to £3 7s; fat ..shorn B/F hoggets, £2 2s to £2 14s &d; forward conditioned woolly ram hoggets, £2 10s 6d to £3 Is;' small 2-tooth woolly wethers, £2 16s to £3 6s 6d; store woolly B/F hoggets, £2 4s 6d to £2 11s.