LAMBS IN DEMAND

Gisborne Herald, Volume LXXIII, Issue 21922, 17 January 1946, Page 8

LAMBS IN DEMAND

REVIVAL OF MARKET STORTFOED LODGE SALE PRICES JUMP BY 3S (S.R.) HASTINGS. Jan. 17. Better-class lambs were Is lid lo 3s dearer at Storti'oi'd Lodge yesterday when a much stronger demand was shown for lines with condition. Competition was much keener than last week. The yarding of 11,000 store cheep included only about one-third oi the lambs penned in the heavy yarding of a week ago. Yesterday a large number of goodclass wethers were included to sdil above expectations for the main lines, with medium sorts and iwo-tooths a shade cheaper. Outside buyers were active, but had stronger local competition to contend with. Extra good fat and forward wethers sold at 27s lid, another large draft making 25s lOd. Good two-tooth wethers brought 21s (id to 22s’ 4d. Tiie main pens of lambs did not include ten lines similar lo those offered last week. Best woolly pens brought 16s to his. second-cut lots ranging from 11s Id to 14s 7d. Shorn pens brought from lis 9d to 13s 3d. Medium-grown soft-handling Southdown-cross lambs brought from 16s to 17s Id. Carry-over white-faced lambs were quiet ot sale, making to 9s 2d. ••Sticky” Store Cattle Market Values lor store cattle held up. fairly well, though the market was “sticky,” and auctioneers found some lines hard work. In an entry of 550 head quality was mixed, but for .the best lines realisations were about on a par with last week. Bullocks made £9 12s, two-year steel’s £7 13s, and 15-months steers £6 9s to £6 10s. Cows sold at £6 16s to £7 Is, and cows with calves at foot £5 las to £7 7s. Yearling heifers were hard to quit at £3 I7s. Quality Beef Sells Well Another strong market existed for the quality pens in an entry of 300 head which provided butchers with a good selection. There were some really well-finished lines and these met with a keen inquiry at prices about on a par with last week. Any unfinished beasts, however, were not so easy to quit. The demand was keenest for those beasts representing ideal weights for the summer trade.

Prime ox made £l7 6s to £lB 11s, medium sorts £ls 13s 6d to £l6 18 s 6d, and smaller-grown lots £l4 3s 6d down to £9 3s 6d for unfinished beasts. Wellgrown prime finished steers made £l2 16s to £l2 18s 6d. A few choice-cutting heifers sold readily at £l3 8s 6d ana £l3 11s, prime sorts making £lO 3s (. to £ll 18s 6d, and smaller, unfinished animals £9 16s down to £7 Is. Top price for cow beef was £ll 6s paid for a single extra prime A.A. beast. For prime quality butchers paid £lO Is to £lO 18s Od, with medium pens down to .£3 Is, and small unfinished pens £6 Is to £6 8s Cd.