Stortford Lodge

Dominion, Volume 34, Issue 119, 13 February 1941, Page 12

Stortford Lodge

Dominion Special Service. HASTINGS, February 12. Another small yarding of beet was penned at the Stortford Lodge stock. sale today, the result being that last weck b sharply advanced rates were fully mam_ tninedl There were only two pens ot ox beef, and these sold well above schedule. Best cow beef averaged close on 3b/- a hundred pounds. The main entry of het ers in splendid order, averaged about 40/-. Well-finished cows showing quality averaged fully £9/15/- a head. There was only a small yarding of toO head of store cattle, for which l )n to a were on a par wit' l l ate ra t es ; W rce !f ea . A A Hereford cross steers, fairly gtowii, made £B/19/-, and two-year steers, small to medium grown, £6/17/6. Young A.A. empty cows, well framed and in good order, were passed in at £5/17/6. Sixtcennionth A.A. steers, fairly grown and showing breeding, made £6/4/-. A strong market wa evident for the top lines of tombs, but lighter-conditioned sorts were slower to trade. A yarding of 5000 store sheep was made up mainly ot lambs and ewes. Two-tooth wethers, medium grown and forward, made -1/'Extra forward Down cross lambs topped the market at 21/1, the best pen of whitefaced wether lambs making 20/8 and another good pen 19/7. Other pens off hill country and in good order for feeding ou rape brought 17/6 to IS/9, good medium sorts 12/6 to 16/8, small to medium and very light 12/7, and very small and in hard condition 8/-. Good pens of shorn tombs made from 16/8 to 18/-, but others were slow of sale, making much better buying than at recent fairs. Five-year-old’s mouthing splendidly, made 17/9, and others 15/- to 16/10; six-year-olds, mouthing quite well, made 15/6; two-tooths m good order, 24/6 for medium grown pens and 28/1 for a better grown line showing quality. Young mixed-age sheep made 22/6.