BUOYANT MARKET
CATTLE FAIR PRICES SOUTHERN COMPETITION VALUES UP ii PER HEAD Th.? finr.l UK* fair f*t tho :;pnm- soasou in the Cnshoi'iU tlUlruu hold :u tho Mata win iv, r.ulpyard:; yoriloi d;»y, <iort]oiistialc<l Lf» buoyancy of Lilt* market at pivsoiil, pi Lv: showing a substantial improvement on Up last previous fair, ami tho rise amountin' to TI per he:u! in some descriptions v cat!le. Two clays were set aside for the fair, but it was found possible to telescope' the fixture into one day’s aollimr. .".ml head woiv submitted. Hawke’s Hay and the Manawati were stromrly represented in the attendance, and there was also a pood strength of Wn: kato bidders, who, however, generally fount the pace set hy their iioiithoi-ii competitor, a little too warm. A big proportion of th cattle sold will go down tho iiue, il is ex pooled. The buoyancy of tho market was just!do by tho quality of tho offering. sorao ol thyounger cattle being in very lino trim, Bui locks sold to £'. 1, with jin outstanding P.A lino from Ngatnpa reaching tho high low of £l3 4s. am! a small pen of I’.A. aw. Hereford making £l2 7s. Two-year steer, went to £9 18a for a line of 20 from Awa papa P.A. youngsters; and top price fn ■ yearling steers was -t'S 7s, paid for a line i 46 P.A. from Mr. J. Hunt, Hexton.
High-quality P.A. rows sold to £0 for : line of 22 P.A. front Mr. W. Seymour, guar nntced empty; anti other lot;; ranged fronts 19s down to about £7 2s, for Mood liner, with others down to £6 6s, and one poor, lot to £4 18s. Thiee-yenr heifers hrotiirlt .£!) 6s, for the one line submitted: and two year heifers scored a top price of £9 in for 2a ottered on behalf of Mrs. E. Mat thews, this being an outstanding line; othe two-year heifers sold at £8 las down to £6 14s. with smaller lots at £5 las and down to £-4 2s 6<l for a lightly-finished pen. The best price for yearling heifers wn:
£6 2s paid for a line of 17s P.A. fro Hakttrangi station; others sold to £7> 17s, f.~ and down to £4 13s. Hood prices were pa: for beef cows, a nice line of P.A. realisin' £lO Ms, and a Hereford line of 2!) going 1 £lO I Is. Prices in detail were:— MALE CATTLE
Itullocks. —Twelve P.A. and Hereford. 4-year, an account Mrs. M. Muir, Ngatup £l3 4s: 12, do., £lO as; 11, do., £lO 15s--27, P.A., 3-year, account J. Mill. £11; IPs. P.A., £9 15s: 43, Hereford-Short horn eras . per M. L. Holden, £4O; 2, Hereford nr. : P.A., £l2 7s. Two-year Steers.—Twenty-nine, P.A., : - count Awapapa station, £9 18s: 56, P.A.. ’ 10s: 23. P.A., £9 -is; 67, P.A.. account Ha turn station, Tokornaru Bay, £9 Is; 5". P.A., £9 7s (id; 40, Hereford, account J. )•:. Benson, £S 12s 6d; 14, Hereford and P.A . account Mrs. Muir, Ngntnpn, £8 19s; w . account S. Ngarimu. Uuntorin, £8; 45. P.A. and Hereford, account S. Ngarimu, £7 3 : : 15 P.A.,'medium line, £6 12s 8d : 14, do., £■■. Yearling Steers.—Forty-six, P.A., J. flux'. Heston. .68 7s; 38, P.A.. estate T. G. Seymour. £8; 20, P.A., £8 Is; 35 do., account Walter Seymour, £7 17s; 32, Hereford, rcount R. K. Murphy, £8; 88, P.A., accou, t G. Cotter! 11. £7: 47. P.A.. £7 6s; 22, do . account Brian Fitzgerald, £7 ss; 22, Her ford, £7 Ms, 19. P.A., account W. McCon'pal. Tiniroto. £7 11s; 32. Hereford, aeeoun' ,T. E. Benson, £6 18s; IS, P.A., account Bush. Tikitiki. £6 12--; 24, Hereford, £6 9 ■ 30, P.A., medium condition, £5 16s; 1 P.A., small. £5 6s; 23, P.A., account E. K. ,T obi in. Te Karaka. £6 lls. Jersey Steers.—Fifteen, 2 and 3 years, .V? ■ 14. do., £6 17s: 20, 2-year, £4 as; 16, £6; others, £4 10; to* £3 ss. Jersey Bullocks.- Eight, 'good condition (p) £9 2s Gd. FEMALE CATTLE Cows.—Twenty-two, P.A., empty, account W. Seymour. £9: IS. P.A.. empty, aecouni G. V. Smith, £8 12s; 21, Hereford, estate H. H. Wall, £8 7s Cd ; 20. do.. £B, 9s; 12. do.. £8 PJs; 10 P.A., empty, account Mrs. E. Matthews, £8 14s; 17, P.A., account I’. Bush, £7 2s; 20, do., empty, account L. Tullock, £7 3s: 31, P.A., mostly speyed. £7 19;; 10, Hereford, £6 15s; S, old, Hereford and P.A., £4 18s: 15. £6 7s; 7, £6 Cs. Three-year Heifers. —Eighteen. P.A., account 11. Jackson, liualoria, £9 Gs. Two-year Heifers.—Twenty-five, P.A., account Mrs. E. Matthews. £9 10s; 14, P.A.. £8 15s; 13, Hereford. £8; 53, P.A., account Matthews, Limited, Te Kopao, £8 lls; 27, P.A., £7 16s: 24, Hereford, -67 12s; 33.
P.A., account. A. T. If. Kirkhnm. £7 ss; t P.A.. emptv. £7 Ills; 22, Hereford. £8; 2 do.. £6 14s; 12, do., £6 19s; 15 P.A., £5 15: Il do., small lot, £4 2s fid.
Yearling Heifers.—One hundred and ten. P.A., £5 17s; 36, Hereford, £5 8s; 37, Herof.,»*d, account Pnkowhai station, £5; 22 P.A,. account E. 11. Joblin, £5; 17. P.A.. account Hakurangi station, £6 2s; 34, P.A. and Hereford. £4 13s; 20, Hereford, £4 10s: 14. P.A., £4 3s.
flows with Calves. —Eight Hereford c-ov.s with 7 calves, £9; 3 do, with 3 calves, £8 10s; 2 do., with 2 calves, £8; 4, coloured, with 4 calves. £6 15s.
Beef Cattle.—Thirteen Hereford cows, account M. Ocr, £l6 14s; 3 P.A. cows, £11; 29. Hereford cows. £lO lls; 7 P.A. cows, £|(l 7 S Gd; 7 Hereford cows, £9 17s 6d; t P.A., £9 7s; 7 heifers, Hereford, account M. Orr, £lO 12s fid; 2 Hereford heifers, £lO 7s fid: I Shorthorn, £8 Is.
Dairy Sorts.—Five Holstein cows, £6 12:; fid: 7 Jersey cows, £9: t do., £5 14s; othe: lots £4 lfis to £3 ss; 8 yearling heifers. Jersey, £6 ss; 10, do.. £4 16s; 7 Holstein heifers, 2-.vear, £6: 2 do.. £5 ns. Yesterday's yarding brought the total for the fairs held in Gisborne for the 12 months up to date to 37,531 head of cattle. ■
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXXI, Issue 21550, 1 November 1944, Page 5
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