STOCK PRICES HIGHER

Gisborne Herald, Volume LXXI, Issue 21384, 20 April 1944, Page 5

STOCK PRICES HIGHER

STRONG FEMALE DEMAND GISBORNE CATTLE FAIR Prices for all classes of female cattle were up on those of the last fair on the second day of the Matawhero Cattle Fair yesterday. Top prices ranged from 5s to 10s higher than those for similar lines at the previous fair. The yarding yesterday comprised some 2626 head of female cattle, which included several very nice animals. Together with Tuesday’s offering, the aggregate leached 6246. Large pens attracted a strong demand, and the spirited bidding of both local and visiting buyers was not affected even \Vhen vain fell from time to time. Among the better classe of entries was an outstanding line of 13-month P.A. heifers from. Hr. T. R. Lees, Manutuke, which topped the market at i'7 15s. Other ,18-month heifers ranged from £5 14s to £7 15s. while 21-year cattle sold from £4 15s to £7 Bs. In the fat cattle section there was an entry of GO head with some showing good condition. Prices ranged from £7 to £9. Prices yesterday included:- — Empty Cows.—Five Hereford cows, poolcondition, £4 Is; 30, Hereford, fair condition, Kells and Turnbull, Mangatu, £5 14s; 48, Hereford, young cows, good condition, Tauwheraparae, £6 17s; 53, P.A. cows, J. Bavns-Graham, £6 2s; 47, 3 j-year Hereford heifers, in calf, good condition, E. M. Hutchinson, £8 18s; 18 empty fat and forward cows, £6 9s; 15, Shaw's estate, Raknuron, £G 11s; 22, empty cows, J. Hope, £G 4s; 40 empty Hereford heifers, (p) £7 3s; 52, Hereford, good condition, F. L. Joblin, Morore, £6 Us; 34, P.A.-Hereford cross, Tangihanga station, £5 3s; 17, six-year P.A. bulls, E. SteggaU, Tahunga, £4 16s; 64, P.A.-cross heifers, high country. £6 3s; 50, P.A., young cows in call, good condition, 1 Tauwhnreparac, £7 10s. Two-and-a-half-year Heifers. Fourteen P.A., empty heifers, high country, £6 12s; 60 Hereford heifers, £5 10s ; 99 P.A. heifers, (p) £4 15s; 50, empty, Hereford, £6 18s; 100 empty P.A. heifers, £5 ss; 21, P.A., good condition, S. Bridge, Motu, £6 2s; 26, P.A., empty heifers, another good line, £7 8s; 16 empty Hereford heifers, Woodlands, £6 ss; 34, I’.A.-cross heifers, '45 7s; 21 empty P.A. cows, ex-Tutamoe station, £6 12s: 31, P.A. cows, £6 Ills: 34. speyed cows. £6 17s; 13 empty P.A.-cross heifers, S. Bridge, Motu, £7 Is. .Eighteen-month Heifers.- -Forty-one, P.A.Hereford cross, £5 14s; 37, Hereford, £5 16s; 28, P.A.-Hereford, outstanding line, oa account of T. R. Lees, Manutuke, £7 15s; 33, Hereford, from Coast, good condition, £5 17s; 40, from Coast, £7; 34, Hereford, Rchiri Motion, £5 ss. Beef Section A small entry of beef cattle met a light demand. Some of the prices were:—Four, P.A., £7; 7. P.A., £7 7s Od ; 5, P.A., £9; 12, good, Kerefords, £7 7s; 4, Herefords, £7; 3 Hereford-cross heifers, £0 2s; 4, Jersey cows, £5.