FAT CATTLE VALUES

Manawatu Times, Volume 63, Issue 82, 7 April 1938, Page 2

FAT CATTLE VALUES

Quality Lacking at Stortford Lodge Sale MODERATE YARDING From Our Own Correspondent. HASTINGS, Last Night. To-day’s market for fat cattle remained unchanged at Stortford Lodge when entries showing finish sold fully on a par with late high rates. Only a moderate yarding was penned, which included very few quality sorts, in contrast to last week’s sale when butchers were able to make a selection. The quality in to-day’s offering was the poorest seen in the yards for some time. No quality ox beef was penned, but a number of bullocks offered were only half finished and could Lave been held over with advantage for the winter trade. A few entries of joung cows sold to £9 ss, averaging 30s per 1001 b. Plain-quality aged pens brought approximately 25s per lOOlbs., there being very little competition shown for this class. The heifer pens consisted of only a few small to medium-grown sorts, tho best of which brought 32s Cd per lOOlbs. The best quality in the offering was some extra prime runners which realised to £6 14*.

The sale throughout was very quiet due chiefly to the absence of quality. The standard of quality in the Jersey pens did not compare with that offered last tveek. Prime heifers and young cow's, which should kill at GOOlbs., realised £7. Realisations were as under: OX BEEF. A single medium-framed lightly-fln ished Shorthorn-cross bullock in kill able order, sold at £lO 15/-. A large-framed crossbred mediun finished bullock of plain quality really ed £l2 15/-. Three well-framed crossbred bullocks quite well finished but showing plan quality, sold to £l2 15/-. An entry of four well-framed Aberdeen Angus-Hereford cross bullocks, it light condition and requiring finishing were passed at £l2 2/6. These bullocks would be more suitable to be held over until the winter trade. A further pen of similarly-bred bullocks, slightly better finished than th* previous pen, sold at £l2 10/-. HEIFER RATES. Railed from the Ruakiturl Valley, a pen of dehorned well-bred Hereford heifers, small to medium-framed, in light prime order, sold at £9. In from Te Mata, a pen of smallgrown Hereford and Shorthorn heifers, quite well finished, sold to £7 5/-. COW BEEF RATES. In from Waitio, four medium to wellframed horned Hereford cows, showing a good finish and should hang up a* over 7001b5., sold from £8 5/- to £8 17/6. From the same source, a further pen of similarly bred horned cows, lighter finished than the previous pen, sold to £7 10/-. Railed from Ruakituri Valley, an entry of medium to heavy Aberdeen Algus cows, well finished, brought to £8 15/-. A pen of prime Aberdeen Anguj cows, in first-class order and would scale about 700 lbs. sold at £9 5/-. RUNNERS. Two well-grown extra prime Shorthorn cross runners showing exceptional quality «old to £6 14/-. SLIGHT IMPROVEMENT STORE CATTLE MARKET HASTINGS, Last Night. Alter oeing very dull ana nleiess loi the last three weeks, store cattle met with a slightly improved market at Stortford Lodge to-day. The small yarding offered included some good-quality cattle, which met with much better competition. Attractive 30-months steers, in forward condition, brought £9 6/-, mixed two-off and three-off £9 10/-, medium-grown 20-months steers £7 1/-, and heifers making a useful breeding line made £5 9/-. One of the best pens offered was a line of 30-months dehorned Hereford steers, in forward condition, an early chilling proposition, which was sought after to sell at £9 6/-. A line of small to medium-grown 20months Aberdeen Angus steers realised £6 10/-. An offering of small-grown 20-months Hereford steers, in sound condition, sold at £6. An offering of Aberdeen Angus-Here-ford-cross heifers, which should make a good breeding herd, were passed at the cheap figure of £5 9/-.