STORTFORD SALE

Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XIX, Issue 282, 13 November 1929, Page 7

STORTFORD SALE

SMALL ENTRY OF STOCK

ONLY ONE RACE OF FAT SHEEP

PRICES HARDEN ALL ROUND

There was a short yarding of beef at Stortford sale to-day, and prices showed a distinct hardening, especially for cow beef, of which there were. some good quality pens, including some attractive Hereford cows and heifers from Horonui Station. Ox beef did not improve to the same extent in values as did cow. There was a moderate entry of store cattle, mostly steers, some attractive lines of three-year-olds coming in from Mount Cameron Station, and from tho Waimarama neighbourhood. These met with keen competition and sold considerably in advance of recent ruling sales. Only oiio race of fat sheep was yarded, most of the pens being of prime shorn ewes. Butchers and freezing works were both keen buyers and prices improved about 2/- per head on an average. There were very few sheep in the store pens, but those that camo forward, notably a big line of 4-th weds, in the wool and a couple of lines of shorn wethers from Haumoana sold at about 2/- to 3/- up. on last sale prices. The range of prices realised was as follow: —

FAT CATTLE.

Bullocks: Extra prime heavy £l5 10/-, prime heavy £l4 12/- to £l5, prime light £l4, dairy sorts (heavy) £lO.

Cows: Extra prime heavy £l2 7/6 to £l2 13/-, prime heavy £l2 2/6, prime light £lO 10/-, medium £lO, dairy sorts (heavy) £7 to £lO 1/-, dairy sorts (light) £6 5/- to £7 2/6, dairy sorts (unfinished) £4 7/6.

Heifers: Extra prime heavy £l2 15/-, prime heavy £l2 5/-, prime light £ll 2/- to £ll 15/-, medium £lO 5/-, light £5. Vealers; Small £1 12/-.

STORE CATTLE.

Bullocks and Steers: 39 3-yr. P.A.. H. x steers ex Waimarama, moderately well grown and in good condition, £lO 16/-; 44 3-yr. Hereford steers from same vendor, better grown than previous line, but lighter conditioned, £lO 12/-; 20 3-yr. steers from Mt. Cameron, P.A.-H. x in fresh store condition and well grown, sold well at £ll 12/-; 15 3-yr. Hereford steers from same property, slightly better grown and were cheaper buying at £ll 5/-; 16 2/3-yr. mixed steers, all breeds, fair condition, passed at £7 6/-; 27 small and rather hard 15 mos. steers, P.A.-H. x, fetched £5 16/-; 9 3-yr. steers chiefly’ P.A.-H. x, some mixed colours in fresh condition, £9 14/6; 6 4-yr. bullocks, mixed in breeding and hard condition, £7 2/-; 11 3-yr. Sh. x P.A. x steers, condition fair but not very big, passed at £9 17/6; 9 HerefordP.A. x 3/4-yr. bullocks from Mt. Cameron, fair condition and well grown, realised £11; 3 weaner Jersey steers £1 17/6; 1 2-yr. Jersey steer passed at £4.

Cows and Heifers: 25 HerefordP.A. and Sh. x 15 mos. heifers, not very well grown and been done hard, passed at £4 10/-; 3 aged dairy x cows with calves at foot, realised £6 8/6; 1 small Shorthorn empty heifer £3 7/6. Bulls: 1 pedigree yearling Jersey bull, 7gns ; 1 6-yr sound P. A. bull, bred at Waiterenui, llgns; 1 aged Jersey bull, bred by G. Milligan, nassed at 9gns; 1 5-yr guaranteed sound Jersey bull fetched Bgns. DAIRY CATTLE. Three 15-months daily heifers. 2 Jersey and 1 Holstein, passed at £6; 2 small yearling Jersey heifers, passed at £4 10/-; 1 Jersey cow in milk, one weak quarter, fetched £5 3/-; 1 Jersey-Holstein small heifer, calved one week and sound, £5 10/-; 1 Holstein cow. sound, calved 4 months, £7 17/6; 1 Jersey cross small heifer, calved 3 weeks, passed at £3 5/-.. FAT SHEEP. Ewes (Shorn): Extra prime heavy, 22/6 to 24/6; prime heavy. 21/6 to 22/-, light 19/9 to 21/6 ; medium. 19/6 to 19/10: light, 17/7. Ewes (in wool): Light prime 26/-. Wethers (shorn): Prime heavy 26/3; prime light, 25/6 to 26/-; light-, 22/-. Lambs: Big and prime, 25/7; small prime, 20/6 to 22/-. Hoggets: Light prime, 27/-. STORE SHEEP. Wethers: 584 4-th weds, in the wool, ex Mantana Station, Mohaka, fairly well woolled, medium frames, store condition, 30/4; 190 4-ths in wool from same vendor, but smaller sheep. 28/2: 330 2-ths (off shears), ex J. J. Gatenby, Haumoana, moderately well grown, some small, condition fair, 22/9; 357 fwd. 4-ths (shorn), well grown, a/e J. J. Gatenby, 24/10; 96 4-ths in wool, ex. Mohaka, small and hard. 25/1.

Hoggets: 23 cull hoggets from Mohaka, 21/-.

Ewes: 1 6-th good ewe with lamb, 41/-; 46 gummy ewes with 43 fair lambs, 27/-.