STOCK PRICES

Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XXII, Issue 257, 13 October 1932, Page 11

STOCK PRICES

STORT7DRD LODGE SALE. KEEN DEMAND FOR DAIRY STOCK. AU the staff engaged at Stortford Lodge yesterday had one of the most arduous sales ever experienced at tin.season of the year. The sale was in full swing from 10 a.m. until 5.15 pan lhe record yarding of beef was responsible for a sharp drop in prices, although outside orders were responsible lor lilting a large proportion ol the entry, estimated up to 250 head, a number which js frequently the total offering. Undoubtedly this part of Hawkes Bay has had a wonderful season since last February in producing beef cattle. Cow and heifer beef having advanced much more in price per hundred during recent' weeks thau medium weight ox beef, the reduction in price was much more noticeable in all female stock.

The bulk of the beef offering wilt soM, but in a few instances vendors decided to withdraw their cattle in hopes that they might be successful m securing better values. Whether this was advisable, time will prove. Heavy-weight bullocks were sold at 12/- f>er hundred, medium and lightweights ranging about 15/- per hundred. Prime heifer sold at 13/- to 14 - per hundred, and prime cow at 12/6 per hundred.

Vendors of fat sheep suffered a rudeshock, prices for all classes of fat sheep with the exception of spring iambs bting down 1/- to 2/-. One buyer with an outside order operated heavily, but competition from local butchers was not sufficiently keen to carry this buyer along. A number of vendors passed their stock at auction, one auctioneer jocularly remarking that his clients were in touel. with London, therefore preferred to hold their stock It might have been truthfully stated that they were out of touch with London, otherwise they may have better appreciated the price offered yesterday.

Several pens of heavy shorn prime ewes, offered on account of Mr R Harding, Raukawa, realised up to 7/9. Heavy prime /shorn wethers sold at 10/6, and unfinished shorn wethers at 8/-. A large proportion of the entry of shorn ewes sold at 6/-. Mr H. McLeod offered some heavy prime lambs off his Ngatarawa property, topping the market at 15/4. Medium spring lambs sold from 12/- to 13/-.

Whether owing to the late hour when the store sheep were offered, or to the fact that numerous farmers are now closing large areas for grass-seed, store sheep met with a very dragging safe. Any sales made were at much reduced prices, the difference in value in woolly hoggets being equal to 2/The greater part of the entry was passed at tho hammer.

About 1,000 store cattle were entered for the sale, but several vendors decided to withdraw their entry when they found that there was difficulty in securing yard room. Several consignments of useful three-year steers were included in the offering, a large number of this class being soM in the neighbourhood of £3. Prices generally for store cattle at yesterday’s sale were slightly easier, although buyers were prepared to operate right up to the conclusion of the sale.

There was one bright spot at yesterday’s sale, this being the dairy section, where the sale was followed by keen buyers. Heifers and cows showing quality and close to profit made better value than any previous sale this season. Fifteen-months Jersey heifers made up to £4 12/6, competition from Southern Hawke’s Bay and Manawatu forcing a local grazier to pay the above figure. BROKERS’ REPORTS. The Associated Auctioneers report having held their annual weekly sale at Stortford Lodge yesterday, when they offered a record yarding of over 700 fat cattle with a good yarding of store cattle and sheep. Price* receded sharply on all classes of stock, and there was practically no competition for store sheep. The range of prices was as follows:—Fat cows £2 10/- to £4 5/-, fat heifers £2 13/- to £4 15/-, fat bullocks £4 15/- to £6 12/6, vealers 20/- to £2 10/-, 3-yr steers (good) £3 7/- to £3 14/-, 2-yr steers £2 11/- to £2 12/6, 2-yr heifer* (P.A.) £2 2/-, yearling Hereford steers 28/6, yearling heifers 25/-, yearling Jersey dairy heifers £2 15/- to £4 8/-, springing dairy heifers £3 to £6 12/6, dairy cows at drop £5 to £8 10/-; fat woolly ewes 6/8 to 9/6, shorn fat ewes 5/10 to 7/9, shorn fat wethers 10/5, woolly fat wethers 12/3, spring lambs 12/6 to 15/4, ewes and lambs 8/6 to 9/-, wether hoggets 9/- to 11/-, store ewes 4/2 to 6/4.

Brokers report the following sales Williams and Kettle, Ltd.—s fat heifers £3 16/-. 2 fat cows £3 8/-, 8 fat bullocks £4 5/-, 6 fat cows £3 18/-, 5 fat heifers £3 6/-, 4 fat cows £3 15/-, 5 at £3, 3 at £3 18/-. 7 at £3 15/-. 1 fat bullock £5 3/-, 8 fat cows £3 14/-, 2 fat bullocks £4 16/-, 4 fat cows £3 15/-, 1 fat buMock £5 17/6, 4 fat cows £4, 5 fat bullocks £6 7/-, 5 fat cows £3 19/-, 5 fat bullocks £6, 7 fat cows £3 8/6, 2 at £3 16/-, 1 fat heifer £4 12/-. 5 fat cows £4, 3 at £3 18/-, 10 fat bullocks £6 10/-, 1 fat cow £2 7/6. 1 at £2 11/-, 9 at £4, 9 at £3 17/-. 7 at £3 19/-, 3 vealers £1 16/-, 5 at £2, 7 steers £2 11/-, 1 empty cows £1 15/-, 8 steers £1 14/-, 3 3-yr steers £2 1/-, 3 steers £1 11/-, 1 Jersey steer 18/-, 144 shorn fat ewes 6/-, 14 woolly ewes 6/8, 20 at 5/9, 4 fat hoggets 11/-, 29 shorn fat 6-th ewes 7/8, 7 at 7/9. 9 at 7/7, 5 springing lambs 13/-. De Pelichet McLeod and Co., Ltd.— 7 fat bullocks £6 12/6, 13 at £6 12/-, 6 at £5 5/-, 10 fat heifers £4 11/-,

1 at £4, 1 at £l, 1 at £4 3/-, 1 at £4 1/-, 5 fat cows £3 12/-, 4 at £3 15/-, 1 at £2 18/-, 5 at £3 7/6, 5 at £3 7/-, 4 at £3 5/-, 1 at £2 15/-, i at £2, 6 at £3 7/6, 17 2-yr P.A. steers £2 .12/6, 22 at £2 11/-, 21 2-yr P.A heifers £2 5/-, 8 yearling heifers £1 12/-, 2 yearling steers £l, 1 cow (in calf) £1 5/. ( 36 fat ewes 7/3, 1 at 8/8, 19 at 6/4, 94 at 6/1, 8 at 6/-, 2 fat wethers 10/1. 3 at IQ/-, 20 fat hoggets 11/-, 1 at 2/-, 58 ewes (R. rams) 3/9.

Murray Roberts and Co., Ltd.—3 fat bullocks £6 4/-, 12 at £6, 5 cows £3 16/-, 5 at £3 11/-, 9 at £5 13/-, 3 at £5 15/-, 6 at £5 13/6, 3 at £3 7/6, 2 at £5 5/-, 4 at £5 5/-, 2 at £5 6/-, 9 bullocks £5 15/-, 1 fat cow £1 18/-, 2 at £2 6/-, 1 at £2 8/6, I at £2 8/-, 3 fat heifers £2, 1 at '£2 5/-, 5 at £2 10/-, 2 fat bullocks £6 10/-, 6 at £5 16/-, 1 at £6 11/-, 1 at £5 18/6, 1 fat cow £1 13/-, 3 fat Jersey heifers £1 1/-, 1 fat cow £1 18/-, 1 fat Jersey cow £L 36 P.A. steers £3 14/-. 23 yearling Hereford steer* 28/6, 39 Hereford heifers 25/-, 5 Jersey cross steers £2 5/-, 7 at £3, 6 yearling Jersey heifers £4 7/6, 1 at £3, 5 yearling Jersey heifers £4 5/-, 21 at £4 7/-, 6 at £3, 1 at 17/6, 2 at £1 10/-, 1 springing heifer £4 15/-. 1 at £4 12/6, 54 ewes and 61 lambs (all counted) 5/-, 78 ewes and 79 lambs (all counted) 5/3, 15 fat lambs 12/6, 7 at 10/-, 3 fat ewes 7/9, 4 at 7/4, 8 at 7/-, 8 at 6/6 23 at 7/3, 5 at 6/-, 16 at 8/-, 37 at 7/11, 8 at 6/6. 1 fat hoggett 11/3. 2 fat wethers 10/6. Hawke’s Bay Farmers’ Co-operative Association, Ltd.—2 fat woolly ewes Bs, 59 at 8s 6d, 28 at 8s 3d, 14 fat show ewes 7* Id, 17 at 7s, 14 at 7s 3d, 29 at 6s 6d, 16 at 6s 9d, 7 at 6s fld, 11 at 6s 6d, 31 at 6s lid, 1 at 6s, 3 fat hoggets Bs, 2 at 10s, 8 fat lambs 14s 3d, 13 at 15s 4d, 1 fat wether 12s, 80 at Ils, 40 fat woolly wethers 12s 3d, 101 f and f ewes 4s Id, 41 at 3 g 6d, 7 at 3ft, 81 wether hoggets Ils, 9 ewes and lambs 5s Id, 19 at 6s 6d, 22 at Ils, 2 fat Jersey cowe £1 ss, 5 fat cows £2 12s, 1 at £4. 2 at £2, 6 fat heifers £2 6s 6d, 9 fat bullocks £4 13s 6d, 7 at £5 7s 6d. In conjunction with Hoadley, Son and Stewart, Ltd.: 8 fat cows £3, 2 at £3 15s, 6 at £3 16s, 4 at £3 15s 6d, 4 fat heifers £3 10s, 6 at £3 10s, 3 at £4 15s 6d, 2 at £4 Ils, 5 fat cows £4 ss, 1 dairy cow £8 10s, 1 at £6 2s 6d, 1 at £2 15s, 1 at £5 2s 6d, 1 Jersey bull £6, 1 Jersey heifer £2, 4 at £3 12s 6d, 2 at £3, 8 at £4 2s 6d.

Dalgety and Co., Ltd.— 1 cow ss, 1 vealer £1 Ils, 1 fat bullock £4, 1 at £4 Ils, 2 at £4, 5 at £5 Is, 2 fat heifers £1 13s 6d, 3 fat cows £1 19s, 4 fat heifers £2 7s, 1 fat bullock £8 Is, 5 at £6, 5 at £6 Is, 1 fat cow £2, 1 P.A. bullock £2 7s, 3 fat cows £3, 1 fat heifer £3 2s 6d, 1 vealer ss, 30 5-yr Hereford bullocks £4 10s, 74 3-yr bullocks £3 7s, 1 Jersey steer £1 12 s 6d, 1 black and white steer £1 12s 6d, 10 store bullocks £3 6s, 1 bundle steer £2 17s 6d, 13 2 and 3-yr steers £2 12s, 1 black steer £2 15s, 1 heifer £1 2s, 11 black 3 and 4-yr bullocks £3, 9 Hereford 3 and 4-yr bullocks £3 7s 6d, 19 3-yr steers £3 ss, 2 fat wethers 8s 68, 29 fat ewes 6s 9d. 15 at 5s 9d, 27 at 5s lOd, 13 at 4s 6d, 2 fat wethers Bs, 22 fat ewes ss, 4 fat wethers Bs, 136 woolly wether hoggets 9s 6d, 63 at 9s 6d, 42 store ewes 4s 2d, 1 dairy cow 14s.

Hoadley, Son and Stewart, Ltd 4 fat heifers £2 10s, £6 10s. 3 fat bullocks £.6 10s, 8 at £6, 5 at £5 15s, 6 at £5 12s. 3 at £6 12s, 5 fat heifers £3 17s, 7 at £3 16s, 6 at £3 ss, 2 at £2 16s, 11 at £3, 1 at £2 12s, 1 vealer 275. 1 heifer £1 15s, 8 fat cows £3, 3 at £3 2s 6d, 6 nt £3 17s, 1 vealer £1 15s, 2 fat steers £3 6s fid, 2 heifers £2 15s, 1 at £2 13s, J.at £2 sb, 8 nt £2, 3 at £8 8% latite.

6d, 1 vealer 245, 1 at £2 10«, 2 at 16s, 1 at Ils, 1 at 30s, 6 at 31s, 1 springing cow £ 712 s 6d, 1 at £5, 1 at £5 17s 6d, 1 at £3 10s, 1 at £2, 1 springing heifer £5 5s 6d, 6 yearling heifers £ 355, 2 at £2, 3 at £2 ss, 3 at £2 15s, 2 at £2 7s 6d, 2 springing heifers £8 ss, 3 at £6 10s, 1 at £5 7s 6d, 1 at £2 2s 6d, 1 at £3, lat £3 13s. In conjunction with H.B. Farmers.—s fat heifers £4 ss, 4 fat cows £3 15s 6d, 6 at £3 10s, 10 at £3 10s, 3 at £4 15s 6d, 2 at £4 Ils, 2 at £3 15s, 8 at £3. N.Z. Loan and Mercantile Agency Co., Ltd.—6 P.A, heifers £2 2s, 11 fat ewes 7s, 36 fat wethers 10s fid, 23 fat ewes 5s 3d, 53 at 7s Id, 7 fat wethers 83 Bd, 9 ewes (in lamb) 5s 3d, 56 m.s. hoggets 6s 6d, 132 ewes and lambs 5s 3d.