WETHERS DEARER

Gisborne Herald, Volume LXXI, Issue 21551, 2 November 1944, Page 8

WETHERS DEARER

STORTFORD SALE BEEF MARKET FIRM HASTINGS, Nov. 2. A sharp rise in values. showing tin- foil increase in tin- now schedule. took place tor wethers and jrootl wether hoggets :it yesU-r----,lav’s sheep sale at Stortl'ord Lodge. Tlie yarding ot 7000 included ;i much larger percentage of shorn sheep. Kat and forward wether hoggets, rocontly oil' the shears, made 24s to 24s till, others, la Hunter order, being' down to 21s fid. Store-conditioned four-tooth wethers brought 24s for sheep mixed in size. An outstanding line of approximately 500 woolly fourtooth wethers made the season’s top price of iilis fid. Good class wether hoggets brought to tils fid for a line shorn as lambs, with good medium lines making front 2iis ini to 2xs 3d. Well-grown ewe hoggets brought, fits, with others very even hut not of the same size, making 32s fid. Ewes in lamb were in demand, to make from 13s ‘id to IDs 7<l, all counted. A draft of 42.7 wollwnulled ewe hoggets, an even line doing well and in bright order, were passed at 32-i fid.

~A short yarding of fat sheep resulted in a sharp rise on recent rates. Woolly ewes sold to 34s 4d, with lighter weights making 2Ss -id. Short ewes sold at from 21s tod to 23s lOd. Extra prime hoggets sold to 3fis 7d. with prime making 2'.is Kid to 32s Id. Shorn wethers made from 24s JOd to 2!>s lOd. black-face 2-tooths 24s Id to 2-Is lud. and lambs 33s l()d. The market for store cattle remained on a par with the incrcsed rates. There was a big bench of buyers, with outside districts being well represented. There was a fair yarding of 1300 head, composed mainly ot Station drafts. Well-grown yearling steers brought .tS iNs, and 2-year steers made fit tis, and 3-year heifers £lO. Cows with young calves at foot brought £9 Its. and empty cows* were passed at £3 ltis. I torn VVairoa. 33 A.A. and w.f. cows, farmed as empty, oil' hard country, brought £7 1 Is. tu sympathy with the new schedule rates the beef market was tirm to sell above schedule. There was a good yarding of I'.n head, which included several wclt-iinisin d drafts. There was a keen demand for well-linishod ox, which sold at from £IN lls to £1 a ISs fid. A.A. heifers sold to £rt lSs fid, and cows to £l2 13s fid. Ex-dairy beef rows, prime, sold at from £(> 13s fid u O 13s fid, and plain down to £3 13s fid. Prime heifers made to £9 ISs fid.