STORTFORD LODGE SALE

Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XXII, Issue 221, 1 September 1932, Page 10

STORTFORD LODGE SALE

STORE SHEEP IN DEMAND. . Outside buyers are beginning to realise that Stortford Lodge sale presents a good opportunity for securing both prime bullocks ana cows and heifers. The number of buyers from other districts is increasing each week. Owing to the most recent export order absorbing about 800 of the lighter weight bullocks, this class was not well represented at yesterday’s sales. The few pens offered realised an increased price of 2/6 per hundred. Heavy-weight bullocks are still very reasonable, some of the heavier bullocks only realising about 12/- per hundred. The absence -of lighter weight bullocks forced up the price of both prime cows and heifers. The store steers offered at yesterday’s sale were a useful line, and were suitable cattle for replacing drafts of fats that have been sold recently. The district generally should, at this season of the year, be able to do with large consignments of the same class of cattle. FAT SHEEP. The quality iof the fat sheep yarded yesterday was excellent, particularly draft of ewes sold on account of Tauroa Station and Messrs 0. Nilsson and C. E. Tattersail. Prime medium weight ewes were sold on account of Rosvall’s Estate, Fernhill, and Mr F. McKenzie, Gruinard. The bulk of the offering of ewes realised over 10/-. Some extra prime heavy wethers were included in the entry, but the price for this class of mutton remains stationary with very little prospect of improvement. Vendors of unfinished wethers would be well advised to transfer their entries to the store pens, where they would meet with better competition. Owing to both sales of store and fat sheep being carried on simultaneously buyers of stores are unable to be present when these unfinished sheep are being offered in the fat pens. All prime hoggets again met with keen competition, but unfinished sorts would also meet with more competition in the store pens. STORE SHEEP. The sale in this section was highly successful from a vendors’ point of view. The class of sheep yarded, mostly hoggets and wethers, are just what farmers on the Heretaunga Plain require for their farms. A line of 335 wethers from Sherenden, in medium condition, realised 11/10. Both ewe and wether hoggets met with very keen competition, the majority of this entry coming from Poverty Bay and the north end of Hawke’s Bay. Unquestionably this district can do with more outside consignments of hoggets. BROKERS’ REPORTS.

The Hawke’s Bay Stockbrokers Association report having held their usual weekly sale at Stortford Lodge yesterday, when there was a medium yarding of all classes of sheep and cattle. Prices realised as follow: Fat bullocks prime heavy £8 10/- to £8 17/6, heavy £7 10/- to £8 5/-, medium £6 .10/- to £7 5/-, fat cows, heavy £4 10/-, medium £4 5/-, light £3, fat heifers, extra heavy £5 10/- to £5 15/-, heavy £5 5/-, vealers, heavy £2 10/- to £3 8/-, forward bullocks £4 3/- to £4 4/-, dairy cows up to £8 12/6, dairy heifers £7 5/-, fat sheep, heavy ewes to 11/3, medium 9/6, heavy wethers 14/7, medium 13/6, lambs, heavy 13/to 15/1, store sheep, ewe hoggets 13/5, wether hoggets 10/--, forward wethers 12/-, store wethers 10/9. Brokers report as follow: De Pelichet, McLeod and Co., Ltd.—3 fat bullocks £7 5/-, 1 at £7 4/6, 1 at £7, 5 at £5 2/-, 1 at £3 5/-, 8 vealers 38/6, 2 at 37/6, 18 fat ewes 10/7, 35 at 10/-, 67 fat wethers 13/10, 1 fat hogget 15/1, 335 forward wethers 11/10.

Hoadley, Son and Stewart, Ltd.—l fat bullock £6 14/1, 1 at £7 15/-, 3 at £7 2/6, 2 at £5 17/-, 1 at £6 6/-, 1 at £6 2/6, 5 fat heifers £3 2/6, 5 at £3 14/6, 2 at £3 12/-, 3 at £3, 1 at £4 12/6, 5 vealers £2 3/-, 1 fat heifer £4 19/-, 2 at £4 2/6, 1 at £4 16/-, 2 fat cows £4 10/-, 3 at £4 6/-, 2 at £4 5/-, 2 at £3 18/-, 1 at £3 15/-, 2 at £2 15/-, 1 at £2 10/-, 1 at £2 5/-, 1 fat heifer £5 8/-, 1 at £4 10/-, 1 at £4 7/-, 1 at £5 15/-, 1 at £3 11/-, 1 at 30/-, 1 fat heifer £2 15/-, 2 cows £2 15/-, 2 at £2 17/6, 1 at 25/-, 1 vealer 13/-, 1 spr. heifer £3 10/-, 24 fat ewes 10/3, 35 at.lo/-, 26 at 9/10, 20 at 10/3, 20 at 10/-, 51 at 10/2, 15 at 10/5, 4 at 9/9, 32 weds 12/-, 48 f and f weds 11/-, 2 at 6/-.

Williams and Kettle, Ltd.—2o4 wether hoggets 9/6, 82 at 10/-, 42 2-th ewes Rom. rams 10/4, 122 wether hoggets 8/-, 65 wethers 10/7, 71 empty ewes 5/4, 112 ewe hoggets 11/-, 90 wether hoggets 8/7, 33 2-th wethers 9/5, 20 ewe hoggets 8/3, 18 wether hoggets 6/3, 2 stags 2/-, 58 m.a. ewes S.D. rams 10/-, 7 ewes and lambs 10/3, 2 aged S.D. rams 2/6, 5 ewes in lamb 7/-, 65 fat ewes 11/-, 16 at 10/8, 35 at 10/7, 17 at 10/8, 2 fat wethers 13/9, 14 fat ewes 10/3, 11 at 10/-, 3 fat maiden ewes 12/6, 18 fat ewes 11/3, 4 fat bullocks £7 16/-, 2 at £7 8/6 3 at £7 10/-, 3 at £7 6/-, 6 fat cows £4 2/6, 4 fat bultocks £7 4/-, 1 fat heifer £5 10/-, 3 fat bullocks £7, 3 fat cows £3 18/-, 2 at £2 10/-, 4 at £2 7/6, 1 cow and calf £2 7/6, 1 cow and calf £2 7/6, 1 fat cow £4 14/-, 1 at £4 2/6, 37 P.A. cows (P.A. bull) £1 18/-, 2 Jersey heifers £1 10/-, 1 heifer in milk £1 10/-, 17 Hereford steers £3, 27 P.A. bullocks £4 5/- 24 P.A. steers £2 19/-, 22 P.A. bullocks £4 4/-, 15 Hereford bullocks £4 1/-, 1 springing dairy cow £9 10/-. . Murray, Roberts and Co., Ltd.—l fat heifer £4 5/-, 1 Jersey heifer at £2. 1 cow at £4 6'-. 5 light heifers £2 13'6, 1 venkT Cl 12'6. 11 fat bullocks C 7. 5 at I'7 2 ■ * at £6 18/6. 2 at "7 I dairv «pi :n"ing .second

calvtr £6, 1 dairy cow springing £s> 1- at £4 10/-, 1 in profit £1 5/-, 1 empty Jersey heifer £1 10/-; 19 fat ewes 10/4, 15 at 10/2, 15 at 10/3, 33 at 10/10, 42 at 10/6, 36 at 10/4, 15 at 10/-, 34 fat wethers 12/7, 19 at 18/7, 28 at 12/2, 16 at 12/3, 1 store ewe 4/6, H.B. Farmers’ Co-operative Association, Ltd. —3 fat bullocks £7 7/6, 1 at £7 12/6, 2 at £6 7/6, 2 at £7 7/6, 2 at £7 2/6, 2 at 6 17/6, 3 at £6 15/6, 3 at £6 12/-, 2 at £6 10/-, 1 at £6 9/-, 2 at £6 7/-, 1 at £5 1/-. 1 fat steers £3 18/6, 1 at 32/6, 1 fat heifer £3 7/6, 1 at £4 13/-, 2 at £4 10/-, 3 at £5 10/-, 5 at £5 8/-, 4 at £5, 1 fat cow £8 17/-, 1 vealer £3 8/-, 1 springing heifer £7 5/- ( 1 at £6, 1 yearling heifer 33/6. 1 dairy cow 10/-, 48 fat wethers 13/8, 42 at 12/10, 5 at 12/10, 18 prime hoggets 13/4, 12 fat hoggets 9/3, 1 fat ewe 10/1, 6 at 10/4, 23 at 10/1, 12 at 11/1, 7 at 10/11, 7at 9/-, 1 at 10/-, 2at 10/3. In conjunction with Messrs Dalgety and Co., tLd>—3 fat heifers £5 10/-, sat £5 8/-, 4 at £5 Dalgety and Co., Ltd.—s fat bullocks £5 17/-, 1 at £6, 3 fat cows £3 14/-, 3 fat heifers £4 '/-, 47 P.A. steers £3 10/-. 12 steers £2 17/- The following heifers were sold in conjunction with H.B. Farmers’ Co., Ltd.—4 at £5, 2 at £5 15/-, 5 at £5 8/-. 2 fat ewes 10/-, 2 S.D. ewes 10/6, 22 fat wethers 13/5, 16 at 13/3, 18 fat ewes 10/11, 8 fat ewes 11/-, 7 fat hoggets 11/9, 4 at 10/2, 7 fat wethers 13/3, 11 fat l ewes 9/1, 29 fat wethers 11/6, 44 at 12/11 39 at 12/10, 15 fat ewes 10/D, 27 at 9/-, 20 at 8/8, 11 at 10/4, 100 ewe hoggets 13/5, 180 at 13/3, 40 f.o.f. wethers U/10, 37 wether hoggets 10/-, 9 m.s. hoggets 7/1, 13 wether, hoggets 10/2, 11 wethers 10/2, 7 m.s. hoggets 8/4, 6 wethers 7/3, 29 ewe hoggets 0/10. I aged mare £lB. N.Z. Loan and Mercantile Agency Co., Ltd.: 3 fat cows ( 2 Hereford, 1 P.A.) £4 10s, 1 Hereford fat cow £3 18s. On account Estate L. Higgins: 2 fat B.H. bullocks £7 15s, 1 Hereford bullock £8 7s 6d, 4 S.H. fat bullocks £7 15s, 2 fat bullocks £B, 1 fat bullock £8 17s 6d, 2 vealers £1 12s 6d, 2 vealers n£l 12s, 4 vealers £1 ss, 1 vealer 17s 6d, 15 prime wethers 14s <d, 11 at 13s 6d, 14 at 13s »d, 16 at 13s Bd, 31 at 14s IGd, 12 at 14s lOd, 1 prims heavy ewe 10s 9d; 4 fat B.D. owes Ils, 2 fat S.D. wethers 12s 3d, 52 fat hoggets 10s 4d, SO fat ewes Bs, 20 fat ewes 7s 6d, 20 rat ewes 7s 6d, 8 fat ewes 7s 6d, 12 prime ewes Ils. In conjunction with Murray, Roberts and Co.: 34 fat wethers 12s 7d, 856 wether hoggets 10s lid, 63 f. and f. hoggets 12s Id, 8 hoggots 10s 13 hoggets 8s 3d, 36 hpggets 9s Id.

WESTFIELD SALE

SHORT SUPPLIES; FIRMER PRICES. Auckland, Aug. 31. Shorter yarding at Westfield fat stock sale to-day caused prices to show a general improvement. The quantity of beef offered was about two-thirds of last week’s number, and the quality was first-class. Prices improved 1/- per 1001 b. Extra choice ox beef sokl to 22/* per 1001 b.; choice and prime ox, 19/- to 21/-; secondary and plain ox, 17/- to 18/-; prime young cow and heifer betf, 18/to 21/-; ordinary cow beef, 14/- to 17/-. Extra heavy prime steers ranged in price from £9 to £9 15/-; heavy prime steers, £8 to £8 17/6: lighter prime steers, £4 15/- to £7 17/6; light prime steers, £6 to £6 12/6; small and unfinished steers, £4 10/- to £5 17/6; extra heavy prime cows and heifers, £5 to £5 17/6; lighter prime cows and heifers, £4 to £4 17/6; other killable cows £2 10/- to £3 17/6. There was a full yarding of fat calves, which met keen competition at values on a par with last week's sale. Runners brought from £2 15/- to £4 10/-; heavy veaters, £2 11/- to £3 14/-; medium, £1 19/- to £2 9/-; light, £1 10,'- to £1 18/-; small, 15/- to £1 6/-; rough and bucket-fed, 8/- to 17/-; bobby calves 1/6. Sheep were penned in about average numbers, and sold freely, last week’s advance being easily sustained. Extra heavy prime wethirs made 15/6 to 17 heavy prime, 14/- to 15/3; lighter sorts, 10/- to 13/6; hoggets, 8/6 to 14/6; ewes, 8 - to 13/-: spring lambs, 11/- to 31/-. An average yarding of fat pigs met keen inquiry Baconers sold at slightly advanced rates, while porkers remained firm. Choppers brought from 30/- to 51/-; baconers, 38/- to 64/-; porkers, 25 - to 37/-; stores, 18/- to 22/-; slips, 14/- fo 17/-; weaners, 7/- to 13/-.