STORE SHEEP ADVANCE

Gisborne Herald, Volume LXXIII, Issue 21964, 7 March 1946, Page 10

STORE SHEEP ADVANCE

STORTFORD SALE REACTION TO RAIN 2TH EWES SELL TO 34/9 (S.R.) HASTINGS, March 7. Good-class two-tooth owes making from 32s to 34s 9d and top-line five-year-olds selling from 27s 4d to 27s 6cl were features in yesterday’s store sheep sale at Stortford Lodge, when the market showed a sharp reaction to the recent rains. A summary of the selling showed that wethers advanced in price fully 3s a head, good two-tooth ewes 6s, five and six-year ewes f# to 6s. good class lambs 3s a head, light-conditioned lambs showing little change. The yarding of 12.000 included a number of outside lines from the northern districts. I,oral farmers proved the having power, llieir values being well beyond the range of outside buyers. Prices for all classes of breeding ewes showed a big advance on values at the ewe fair last Friday. Among the aged sheep good-class six-year-olds, mouthing extra well, sold at. 19s Gd. Heavy wethers brought 28s fid. fourtooths making from 26s to 26? 6d and two-tooths 23s to 23s 6d. Good shorn wether lambs brought 17s 2d, similar quality ewe lambs, also shorn, bringing 17s. On account of Waireka station, at the back of Mohaka, 171 late-shorn four and six-tooth ewes, medium framed, in light order, sold at 17s. A pen of 177 late shorn two-tooth wethers, medium to fairly grown, sold at 235. From Wairoa, 11G dipped four, six and eighttooth ewes, fairly framed for highcountry sheep, sold at 21s. Off the same property. 105 medium-grown dipped two-tooth ewes sold at 21s. Also off the same property, 101 well-framed roomy five-year ewes, fair mouths, sold at 20s. Off the Morere hills, 109 mediumframed fairly-sliped two-tooth ewes, in good order for off high country, sold at 21s. On account of Tutira station, 273 fair-conditioned four and five-year ewes sold at 20s. On account of Mr. .T. L. Joblin. Morere, 411 well-grown goodclass two-tooth ewes sold in lots at 34s 9d, 33s Gd and 32s 9d. A further 250 out of the same draft made 325. On account of the Gaddum estate, Wairoa, 301 outstanding five-year ewes, with chisel mouths, sold at 27s 4d.

Lifeless Store Cattle Sale A lifeless sale existed for the 250 head of store cattle, which attracted little interest. Quality was not a feature of the entry, many lines showing the effects of the hard season. Yearling steers made £4 Is and £4 10s, an exceptionally good line of twooff steers made £8 Bs, and the value of three-off steers was £8 9s. In-calf cows, hard done, sold at £1 14s, and empty cows £2 11s to £3 7s. The only station line of 18 months heifers offered sold at £3. Down from the Wairoa back country, a pen of 45 30-rnonths A.A. steers, mixed in size and condition, was passed at £7 ss. Another Wairoa district pen of 52 three-ofi horned Hereford steers, in good store order, but mixed in size, realised £8 9s, subject to vendor's approval. Fat Heifers Sell Well Females again predominated in a yarding of 185 beef, and prices for this class of beef remained firm in the early selling, although they depreciated up to 15s late in the sale. Ox beef, although in short supply, was not eagerly sought after, and auctioneers had to battle hard to sell anything but the top quality pens. Prices were a shade below schedule for bullocks. Bullocks, solidly-finished, ranged from £lB Is to £l9 16s. Other heavy bullocks realised £ls 13s 6d to £l7 3s 6d. Steers realised £lO 16s to £l2 8s 6d. Top quality heifers sold freely early in the sale at £ll 3s Gd to £l3 13s Gd. and late in the sale, when only a few butchers were operating, values for well-finished pens ranged from £lO Is to £ll Is. Lighter sorts realised £9 3s 6d to £9 11s, and small-grown pens down to £7 8s Gd. Only a few cows were yarded, wellfinished heavy sorts making £ll 6s and medium £9, with lighter unfinished pens down to £7 3s Gd. Good quality, well-grown vealers made £4 Gs to £6 3s, and smaller grown £2 12s Gd to £3 18s.