STORTFORD SALE

Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XIX, Issue 300, 4 December 1929, Page 7

STORTFORD SALE

BIG BEEF YARDING PRICES BJETTER THAN LAST WEEK. FEW SHETP PENNED. There was a big yarding of beef at Stortford Lodge to-day which met keen demand as most of the pens were of excellent quality medium weight cattle. Prices for beef were distinctly better than last week, probably to the extent of 2/- to {typer 100, the rise being most noticeable in ox beef. There was also a fairly big yarding of store cattle, several pens being of excellent quality. Prices for stores showed a considerable hardening tendency and practically all lines sold under the hammer at prices well above the reserves. A few pens of attractive Jersey heifers were all that represented the dairy section, but these sold reasonably well. Only a small yarding of fat sheep came forward but, in spite of this, prices did not show any appreciable rise. Store sheep were also penned in small number, but the offering, principally of 2-tooth wethers, sold very well considering the quality. The following range of prices was secured prior to our going to press:— FAT CATTLE.

Bullocks.—Extra prive heavy, £l6 11/-; prime heavy, £l5 3/- to £l6; prime light, £l4 5/- to £l5 5/-; light and unfinished, £lO 3/6; dairy sorts, heavy, £l4 2/6 to £l5. Cows.— Extra prime heavy, passed at £l2 10/-; prime heavy fetched £ll 1/- to £l2 7/6; prime light, £9 17/6 to £lO 17/6; medium, £8 12/to £9 6/-; light, £7 2/6 to £8; dairy sorts (heavy), £6 5/- to £8 10/-; dairy sorts (light), £5 12/. to £6 15/-; dairy sorts (unfinished), £4 10/- to £5 3/6. Heifers.— Extra prime heavy, £l3; prime heavy, £l2 7/6; medium, £9; light, £8 5/-; dairy sorts (light), £6 2/6 to £7. Vealers. —Big passed at £2, small realised £1 12/6. STORE CATTLE. Bullocks and Steers s 47 good yearty ing P.A.-H. x steers ex-Whanakino Station, a nice clean line, even grown and fair store condition, £7 15/-; 34 2-yr. P.A.-H. x steers from Poporangi Station, quite a nice line in good condition and moderately well grown, £9; 21 3-yr. P.A. x steers, not very well grown and ordinary store condition, £9 7/6; 19 3-yr. Hereford x steers, only moderately grown, ordinary stores, £9 11/-; 12 Shorthorn x 2 and 3-yr. steers, smallish but fair condition, £9 2/6; 12 3-yr. steers, very mixed breeding, condition and size fair, £8: 6 good yearling P.A. steers £8 8/6; 13 P.A.-H. x 2-yr. steers, a useful line, £9 2/-; 12 Short-horn-Hereford x yearling steers, fair to good, £7 7/-; 8 Hereford-P.A, x 2-yr. steers ex Poporangi, £8 10/-. Cows and Heifers: 20 good clean P.A.-H. x 2-yr. heifers account Poporangi Station, a well-bred attractive line. £8 17/6; 1 empty P.A. cow (light) £6 15/-; 2 empty P.A. heifers (light) £6; 19 good yearling P.A. heifers, one or two small, condition good, £7 4/-; 2 fresh conditioned empty young cows and Hereford cow in calf £7 16/-: 5 station cows-with good calves at foot passed at £9 5/-; 1 aged dairy Shorthorn cow with calf at foot fetched £7.

Dairy Cattle: 7 attractive Jersey heifers, been with 'Jersey bull, £7 4/6; 5 good dark Jersey heifers i.e. Jersey £6 10/-: 2 small yearling Jersey heifers £3 12/6; 2 good dairy heifers £6 2/6. The balance of the dairy stock was sold during the progress of the sheep sale. FAT SHEEP. Ewes (Shorn): Prime heavy 20/- to 21/-. prime light 19/- to 19/4, medium 18/3. Wethers (Shorn): Extra prime heavy 27/- and 27/1, medium 25/-,' light 22/1. Lambs: Prime big, 25/6; prime small, 16/6 to 19/2. STORE SHEEP. Wethers: 155 really good 2-th weds., well grown, well woolled! and in good condition, 23/11; 250 2-th weds., a/c Mr. Murphy, Springhill Station, in fairly hard condition and mixed in breeding, useful for back country, passed at 22/3; 197 m.s Down cross 2-ths from Springhill, small but fair condition, should fatten readily, passed at 20/6; 169 small to medium 2-th weds., in fair condition, realised 21/9; 172 small and very mixed 2-ths ex Springhill Station, 19/6; 150 good 2-th weds., well grown and good condition, 22/6; 276 small to medium framed 2-ths, ex Springhill, rather mixed in breedinc and store condition, passed at 21/3; 115 first class 2-ths, well grown and good condition, an even line in all respects, fetched 23/3; 84 good 2-ths, slightly, smaller than iwevious line, 22/2; 69 small to medium 2-ths. in ordinary store condition. 21/1; 102 small and hard 2-ths, from Nga tarawa district, 20/9; 143 2-ths from Springhill, small tp medium frames, passed at 21/3. Ewes: 113 fair framed and fair con dition mixed age shorn ewes, with 109 fair to good m.s. lambs, all counted, passed at 13/6: 53 small 2th owes, mixed in wool, condition good, realised 25/7. The balance of the yarding was in the small pens.