MATAWHERO VALUES

Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVII, Issue 20137, 5 January 1940, Page 8

MATAWHERO VALUES

TO-DAY’S STOCK SALE ; SMALL FAT SECTION | GOOD BEEF COMPETITION ! Good competition for station cows ! was a feature of the beef section of I to-day’s stock sale held at Matawhcro by the Poverty Bay Stockbrokers' j Association. The yarding was good, i store sheep being more numerous 'than at recent sales, and prices com- ; pared well Beef j The entry totalled s(i in the beef I section, ait being of good quality and j mostly station cows. Those brought I Rood competition and sold at from £5 i 12s to £B. Good Jersey cows made ; from £4 Ids to £5 4s, and good averi age Jersey cows from £4 to £4 2s. j with good station venters, £2 to £3 : ss. Prices:— ; Cows.—Four, good average, Jersey, j £4; 2, a little lighter, £3 10s; 1. nveri age, Jersey, £4 2s; 1, medium, Jersey. |£3 (is; 3, Polled Angus-Hcrcfords. ! colourful finish. £0 6s; 5. Hereford, £7: 11, Jersey, £4 16s; 2. fairly good, Hcre- | ford. C 5 12s; 3, good, Hereford, £6 3s: j 1, good, Jersey, £5 4s: (I, good, Here- | lord and black, £7 10s: 7, solid, Here-ford-!Shorthorn, on account of Faulkner estate, £7 16s; 4, do., £B. Heifers. —One. small, red, £2 Os; 2. grown, Jersey. £4 12s; 1, do.. £4 18s: 2, 3-year, prime, Hereford, £6.2s (id. I Vealers. —Two, good. Hereford, £3; j 1. prime. Hereford, £3 ss. Fat SlieCp The entry of 110 fat sheep brought values about on a par to last sale. Ewes ranged from 14s (id to 15s 7d, with one pen. hardly finished, at 12s. A pen of wethers realised 21s Od; and good lambs, 18s Od. Prices; — | Ewes.—Twenty, 15s 7d; 17, 14s 6d; : 12, medium finish, 12s; 4. Southdown 2-th, 17s 4d; 6. Southdowns, 15s: 13, j; 15s (Jcl. j| Wethers. —Seventeen, a good averhage pen, 21s 9d. ' Lambs. —Twelve, good, 18s 9d Store Sheep The entry of store sheep was much larger than at recent sales. Wethers showed an improvement in value, while store ewes slackened off, and lambs were firm. Prices: — Lambs. —Ninety, medium size, good and sound, 8s; 47, big, good fattening condition, 15s Gd; 51, good size, with condition, 13s; 162, size and condition, on account of Mr. A. Warburton, 15s 7d; 245, good average size, store condition, 12s lOd; 159, shorn, a good pen, 11s 9d; 132, do., good size, fresh condition, on account of Tikitiki station, 14s 9d; 30. small culls, 4s.

Ewes. —Forty-four, good store condition, 7s; 3G, store condition, ss; 46, medium condition, ss; 27, store condition, good teeth, Gs 7d; 29, medium condition, 5s 3d. Ewe Lambs. —Sixty-four, medium to good size, bright, 12s 8d; 48, small to medium, 9s Bcl.

Wethers.One hundred and sixty-one, average stores, 2-tooth, high-country, 14s 3d; 311, good store condition, 2tooth, 15s lid; 100, good frame, store condition, 15s 6d; 542, average size, store condition, 14s lOd.