FEILDING CATTLE FAIR

Manawatu Times, Volume 65, Issue 230, 28 September 1940, Page 2

FEILDING CATTLE FAIR

Remarkable Season Creates Keen Interest PARTICULARLY BUOYANT MARKET HIGH PRICES FOR FEMALE CLASSES Graziers representing many scattered parts of the North Island attended in large numbers yesterday’s cattle fair at Feilding when tho expectations for a particularly buoyant market were fully realised. All talk of there being a shortage of cattle was put to rest when the crowded offering, well in excess ct advertised numbers, was presented to buyers. Quito obviously the extremely favourable season, amounting to ono of the mildest winters on record, is accountable for tho studied absence on the overy-day market of run cattle. Faced with an abundance of feed breeders have been holding on to their cattle as an economic necessity in the matter of pasture management and this holding back has caused tho market to firm up. Graziers and those who need store cattle for fattening have likewise experienced the wonderful growth of feed and require cattle urgently to deal with an unusual situation. Many farms are carrying well over normal numbers in cattle simply to cope with the feed situation which has, in many instances, become embarrassing and forced farmers to invite grazing. This combination of what might well be described as extremely fortunate circumstances contributed largely to tho success of yesterday’s cattle fair when vendors in the main met an eager market. There were some passings in the case of dealers’ lots.

A fortnight later last year’s fair found graziers very timid owing to an absence of rain. A rather hard winter had cleaned out all rough cattle feed and the early spring was not promising but refreshing rains on the eve of the fair did much to help along the sales. This year it is not so much a question of want of rain. Very little rain has fallen but the mild winter has produced an abnormal growth of pasture and this abundance of feed has brought a problem which can only be solved by crowding on cattle.

Values yesterday were high and fully in sympathy with the steadily improv* ing rates quoted over the past month or so. With so little cattle offering the market ha 3 been hardening steadily and while buyers continued to follow up every market in the hope of securing the cattle they required they remained largely unsatisfied. The lack of interest in the hide market which has drooped rather disappointingly of lato did not appear to have any influence because tho bidding was remarkably- free witli plenty of competition. The selling opened on run cows and heifers and tho large entries in this section were disposed of before the steers and bullocks were offered. Tho first pens were small offerings of low conditioned Hereford cows and heifers, really unattractive lots compared with the other entries. The first pen of Hereford cows was passed in at £4 17s 6d but the next pen of 12 Hereford heifers, light coloured and rather low in condition, sold at £4 10s. Next to be offered was a pen of 23 3yr. well-grown Aberdeen Angus-Horeford cross heifers on account of V. McGlone, of Kimbolton and these changed hands at £6 16s, a price which indicated eloquently the. strength of the market for good lines of female cattle. A pen of 29 2yr. wellbred Aberdeen Angus heifers offered on account of Voss Bros, and bred on tho | East Coast, found a buyer at £6 12s. A pen of 18 young well-bred A.A. cows yarded on account of A. K. Bartlett, of Kimbolton, changed hands at £6 17s 6d. The next offering was a pen of 21 xxoerdeen Angus cows in calf to an A.A. bull and with ono or two calves at foot. These were not in shining condition but nevertheless changed hands at £6 4s. The fitst offering of Orui station heifers was a small pen of mixed A.A. 2yr. heifers which found a buyer at £5 ss. Well-grown 3yr. Red Poll heifers in good condition, numbering 33, and offered on account of W. G. {Shannon, made £6 11s. An attractive pen of 41 2yr. A.A. heifers on account of Dalrymplo Bros, realised £6 10s. This price was 30s a head better than that realised for last year’s draft on the same account. Tho foregoing sales, pen by pen, indicate tho general tone and rebooted tho very firm enquiry for run cows and heifers.

The first pen offered of steers and bullocks was that of E. G. Woollams, of of Waituna West, who yarded a x>en of 40 forward Hereford bullocks. This was an attractive pen which realised £lO ss, a price fully in sympathy with prevailing values. H. W. {Smart, of Pohaugina, disposed of 57 A.A. 3yr. steers at £9 16s and £lO 15s sold in two lots. An offering of 43 well-grown Aberdeen Angus bullocks, rising 4yr., on account of Bartlett Bros., made £ll to £ll 3s. Voss Bros, sold 58 3yr. steers at £lO 6s. A pen of 20 forward rising 4yr. A.A. bullocks offered on account of J. Beard, of Kimbolton, made £l2 9s. A. Honore, of Tiritea, received £lO 2s for 45 3yr. and 4yr. A.A. and Hereford bullocks. A line of 43 Hereford bullocks ex-Gisborne made £9. Aberdeen Angus bullocks, numbering 60 on the same account made £9 10s and a further lot of Syr. steers on the same account' made £9 Is. Other sales included the following: 86 2yr. A.A. steers, £6 14s; 86 Hereford MOLE DRAINING, PLOUGHING, DISCING and SCOOP WORK. Caterpillar tractor used. All jobs attended to personally. W. R. McKEGOr, 108 Linton Street, Palmerston North Phone 6414.

2yr. steers, £6 15s; 26 3yr. A.A. steers, £8 10s; 23 2yr. steers, £6; 18 2yr. steers on account Arbon Bros., £6 10s; 45 3yr. steers, £8 18s; 57 3yr. A.A. steers on account H. W. Stewart, £9 6s to £lO 15s; G 4yr. bullocks, £ll ss; seven 2yr. steers on account A. Honore, £7 13s 6d; 10 3vr. steers on account R. O. Younger, £8 83; 26 A.A. bullocks on account D. Younger, £lO 13s and 17 2yr. steers on account S. C. Younger, £7 13s; 27 3yr. A.A.

steers .on account W, G. Shannon, £8 9s; 36 2yr. steers on account Linkiater Bros., £7 9s; 13 3yr. steers on account W. M. Stewart, £8 10s; 29 3yr. steers on account Est. S. Williamson, £9 3s; 35 A.A. steers on account J. Higgin at £9; 15 2yr. steers on account J. Brown, £7 12s 6d; 84 bullocks on account W. G. Shannon at £lO 15s.

There was a good selection of yearling cattle for which the market was very firm. The Orui Station tops made £6 12s Od compared with £G last spring and £7 Is two years ago. In the case of Dalrymple Bros, the tops made £5 4s compared with £5 last spring and £6 two years ago. The pick of the Barber Estato yearling «teers realised £5 10s.

Yearling steers: 55 yearling Hereford steors on account W. A. Coombs, £4 15s; 22 A.A. on account J. M. Collins, £4 17s; 16 A.A. on account L. S. Knight at £5; 38 A.A. steers on account P. Whiteman at £4 7s Cd; 22 yearling A.A. at £5 73 6d; 39 A.A. steers on account Orui Station, £6 12s Gd; 30 at £6 7s, 40 at £5 5s and 24 at £4 17s; 40 on account Dalrymple Bros, at £5 4s; 26 on account R. W. Marshall at £4 13s; 17 on account Linkiater Bros, at £4 15s; 70 A.A. on account Est. H. Barber at £4 173 6d and £5 2s and 39 at £5 10s; 50 at £4 18s fid; 37 at £4 10s.

Run cows and heifers: 16 cows with 12 calves at foot on account W. J. Whyte at £7; 14 A.A. heifers on account J. Brown at £7 11s; 20 A.A. heifers on account J. Stuart at £5 ss; 30 S.li. heifers on account Simpson Bros, at £5 12s; 33 A.A. cows at £5 7s 6d; 40 A.A. cows at £5 2s; 19 A.A. cows on account A. K. Bartlett at £6 lls; 15 A.A. cows on account A. Stewart at £6 14s; 29 3yr. A.A. heifers on account Wm. Stewart, £6 lls; 30 A.A. cows, £6 16s; 50 A.A. cows, £6 ss; 21 A.A. heifers on account F. W. Lethbridge at £4 Is; 30 Hereford cross heifers, £5 12s; 25 A.A. cows, £6. Yearling Jersey heifers: 10 on account Arthur Est. at £7 7s; 12 at £5 5s and 20 at £6. Fat Cattle. The beef market was a shade easier on late rates with a rather light offering which included several pens of run cattle. A pen of medium prime bullocks offered on account of W. C. Small realised £l3 2s 6d. Another pen of four medium bullocks made £lO 12s 6d. H. G. Hare offered three Aberdeen Angus heifers, one of which realised £lO 12s 6d and the remaining two sold at £9 12s 6d. W. S. Marshall sold a medium bullock for £ll 12s fid. A single heifer on account J. J. Thomasen made £9 2s Cd. Other Aberdeen Angus heifers made £8 2s 6d to £9 12s 6d and an Aberdeen Angus cow brought £lO 2s Cd. Other sales included ex-dairy sorts as follows: Cows, £3 17s 6d, £4 17s fid, £5 17s 6d, £6 32s fid to £6 17s Cd; heifers, £8 2a 6d to £8 7s fid. Fat Sheep.

The offering of fat sheep included very little that was really prime, the quality being mostly average with muen of the ewe mutton on the light side. Values were easier excepting for very prime quality lots. Realisations includ ed the following:—

Wether mutton: Four on account Mrs. E. M. Williams at 45s lOd; four at 40s lOd; 25 on account J. A. Toogood at 3Ss Id; 20 on account F. Bielski at 37s 4d. Hogget mutton: 71 on account B. McLeod at 26s 4d and 18 at 25s 3d; three on account A. Waldin at 25s Id; 35 on account R. G. Moore at 33s 104; 12 on account Mrs. A. Beazer at 28s; eight on account W. J. Slack at 33s 7d; 12 at 39s 7d; 23 at 27s Id; three (shorn), at 24s lOd; four at 30s 4d; 11 at 23s 7d; five at 25s 7d; 21 on account Rihia Land Co. at 27s 3d and 13 at 24* 4d; 14 at 30s 4d; 11 at 23s 7d. Ewe mutton: 17 on account A. J McEvedy at 24s lOd, 19 at 26s lOd and IS at 28s 4d; seven on account D. W. Reid at 33s 10d and 13 at 28s 7d; two on account Mrs. S. E. Pearson at 24s 10d; 34 at 27s lOd; 10 at 28s 7d; eight at 26s Id; 11 at 27s 7d; five at 29s lOd; three at 21s 7d; seven at 25s 7d; three at 238 4d; eight at 29s Id; 15 on accouut E. Henaghan at 27s 7d; 16 on account Mra. E. M. Williams at 31s 10d; 22 on account J. Shortall at 27s lOd; 41 on account A. Stewart at 29s 4d and 16 at 35s lOd; five on account J. S. Currie at 25s 7d; 25 on account Bijiia Land Co. at 27s Id. Blackface mutton: Two at 28s 4d; two at 27s lOd; eight at 27s 7d; six at 19s 4d. Store Sheep. A modest offering of store sheep comprising hoggets of low to medium condition found the market easier except ing for anything well grown. Realisations include tho following:— Wether hoggets: 629 at 21s Cd; 78 on account P. H. Halford at 21s; 35 at 25s Id; 42 at 23s 8d; 83 at 263 lid; 59 on account R. G. Moore at 25s 4d; 36 at 23s 4d; 100 on account T. Bielski at 26s 2d; 241 on account B. McLeod at 24s Sd and 66 at 225. Ewe hoggets: 60 at 27s Cd; 183 at 27s 8d; 73 at 31s Id; 183 at 295; 38 at 24s Sd; 81 at 28s; 83 at 31s 3d. Blackface hoggets: 13 at 25s Id. Ewe with lambs at foot: 49 with 63 lambs at 20s 7d all counted.