MARKET RECOVERS

Gisborne Herald, Volume LXXV, Issue 22588, 17 March 1948, Page 8

MARKET RECOVERS

STORE CATTLE FAIR

GROWN SORTS WANTED

BULLOCKS MAKE TO £ls

Farmers of the district were looking forward to the second cattle fair of the season with some apprehension until the soaking rain of tire week-end-When the fair opened yesterday at the Mr.tawhcro salcyards it was found that, the downward trend had been arrested and where values did not come up to expectations vendors were not prepared to sell at any price.

Hawke’s Pay buyers came north to compete with local buyers and those from the Waikato and Whakatane. The Waikato and Hawke's Bay men were mainly interested in grown cattle and cows, while Whakatane was buying medium sorts. Taking condition into account, grown cattle were making ns much yesterday rs similar types realised on the first, day of the second fair last year. Younger sorts were not making the same money, however. On the whole, the cattle entered yesterday were showing more signs of the dry summer and hard feed than the stock offered at the first fair a fortnight ago. Any steers or bullocks with size were in demand.

The bettor lines of bullocks made from £l3 to £ls. a specially advertised line of 103 three and four-year-old P.A. bullocks offered on account of Mr. W. W. Smith. Mnneapoike. fetching £l4 15s. Thirty showing the Hereford cross from the same draft realised £ls. Medium-sized bullocks made <HI and better and light and small types ranged down to £B. Two and a-half year steers with size realised from £lO to £ll 17s, and others from £7 13s to £9 10s ; The 18-month-old steers were not in any great demand, the best of them sel'ing at from £8 10s to £9 9s, and others from £ 0 4s to £8 7s 6dAlthough several pens were passed in earlv.There were some cheap cattle so'd in' the first half-hour. Thereafter values improved and hardened. Some of the individual prices were: Bullocks.—Seventy-one. Hereford, on account of St. Legcr Block, light in condition, £ll 4s: 60. P.A., some younger, on account of Otara station, Whtatatutu. £ll 8s: 25, P.A.. bigger frames, same vendor fp) £l2 17s: 14. P.A.. heavy, same vendor (p) £l4 12s: 24. Hereford, on account of Mr. Q. McIldowie, £lO 10s; 29 P.A. on acocunt of Hiwinui station. Ngatapa. £ll 17s Od: 116, Hereford, on account of Hihiroa station. £l2: 103, P.A.. on account of Mr. W. W. Smith, Mangapoike. £l4 15s: 21, P.A.. same vendor. £l3 Is: 30, P.A.-cross, same vendor, £ls: 40, P.A., on account of Mr. F. Shanks. Waingake, £ll 15s: 31, Hereford, on account of T. Fraser cst.. Whangnrn. £l3 17s fid: 16, P.A.. on account of E. .T. Williams, est-, Wharekopae, £lO .':ss: 12, P.A.. on account of Mr. G. S. Bridge, To Karaka, £ll 11s, Two and a-half-ycar Steers. —Sixtyone. Hereford, on account of Telford estate, Te ' Karaka, £9 15s: 139, P.A., on acocunt of Hiwinui station, Ngatapa, £9 17s: 60. P.A., on account of Mr. A. Flail, Paritu station, £lO Is: 42 I-lerefoord, hard conditioon, from Wharekopae, £9 10s; 58, Hereford, small. £8 17s 6d: 17. P.A., size and condition. £9 12s: 32, Hereford, on account of Rototahi station, Tolaga Bay £8 11s: 25. Hereford, on account of E. J. Williams est., £9: 33, P-A., on account of Mr. G. M. Newman, Whatatutu. £8 3s: 14. Hereford, on account of Hiwinui station, £ll 14s: 20, Short-horn-cross, on account of Murphy brothers. £9 16s. Other small lines made from £7 13s to £ll 17s. the latter being a small pen of Herefords from the T. Fraser est., Whangara.

Fighteen-month-old Steers. Sixty, P.A. on account, of Mr. A, Anderson (p) £8 15s: 104, P.A.. on account of Mr. A. Wall, Paritu station (p) £8 10s; 53, P.A., some older, on account of Mr. G. E. Law, Ngatapa, £9 2s: 36. P.A., on account of Otara station, Whatatutu, £9- 76. P.A., small, on account of Mr. A Wall (pi £8 7s Gd: 38, Hereford, on account of RntaHHT station. Tolaga Bay. £7 10s: 94, P.A.. on account of Fliwinui statioon. £9 9s: 42. P.A. account of Mr. H- Morice. Timroto £7 10s: 40, Hereford, light and small, on account of Wall est.. Waerenga-o-kuri. to) £fi 10s: 24, Hereford, on account of St. Ledger Block, £6 14s. Other smaller lines made from £6 4s to £8 17s.

There was a limited entry of 58 cattle in the prime pens Eleven PA. cows on account of Mr. W. . Smith, made £9. others made from £9 Is to cil ss. the top price being made by Totangi station. Heifers made from £b 15s to £lO. vealcrs from £5 to £6. and seven f. and f. and P.A. bulJocks that would hang un at about the 9001 b ]-nprk realised .£2O- A potter bull made £ The' S female entry was offered today.