MATAWHERO CATTLE FAIR

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXI, Issue 18559, 20 November 1934, Page 8

MATAWHERO CATTLE FAIR

GOOD SALE POE STORES VALUES MAINTAINED BEEF rRTOES DECLINE Store values were maintained at tiu: •Matawhoro Cattle Fair to-day, but prices for fat- wen' lower than ai the last fair. In fact, bullocks in the si or? pens sold better Ilian those yarded as h-'ot oiferi igs in some instances. Ti e top price among the stores eras £0 4s, -while Ihe best- of the beef entry ivciii £5 os. BEEF For an ontiy of 158 fat cattle, values showed i onsiJernlile decline since last fair. Eir-.t-grade iincs attracted good competition, but only in two instance') was £4 reached for cows, a pen of choice heavy sorts mailing £4 10s, and another pen £4 Us. Average quality cows were m poor demand, generally from £2 10s to £7>. with Jersey cows not wanted and ranging from .01 5s to £1 12s 6d. Polled Angns-Hereford cross bullocks made £5 ss, and .lersev bullocks' £2, 17s 6d to £3 2s 6d.

Prices.—l2, good finish, P.A. cows (p), £3 7s 6d ; l blue polled cow, .£3 ; 4 good P.A. /cows, £3 10s; 2 Jersey cows, £1 ss; 8 good cows, £3 15s; 2 P.A, cows (p), £2 2s 6d ; 2 Hereford cows, £2 15s ; 21 good cows, Hereford and P.A., £2 10s; 11 P.A.-Hereford cross bullocks (p), £9* ss; 1 good Hereford heifer, £2 12s 6d ; 3 Jersey bullocks (p), £3 2s 6d ; 7 cows, various colors, £2 7s 6d; P.A., medium weight heifer, £2 12s 6d ; 2 P.A. cows, unfinished, £2 12s 6d; 10 heavy Hereford cows, £4 10s; 10 Hereford cows, £3 7s 6d; 14 heavy Hereford and P.A. cows, £3 15s; 1 Hereford heifer, £2 15s: 3 P.A. cows, £3 12s 6d ; 3 Jersey bullocks, £2 17s 6d; 8 P.A. cows, £2 15s: 10 prime oualitv Hereford cows, £4 ss. STORE CATTLE There was a large entry of good conditioned store cattle. Up to lunch, there was a good sale, which was better than was anticipated by many, with values similar to those of last fair. Prices: — Bullocks.—2o Herefords, fresh conditioned, £5; 30 P.A.-Hereford cross, fresh condition, £5 2s ; 23 P.A., fresh condition, £4 16s ; 36, most P.A., heavy, killable. £6 4s; 21, mostly Jersey, average condition, £2 Os; 27 lusty, fresh condition, Hereford-P.A. cross (p), £5 3s; 35 big, forward Ilcrefords, £5 3s; 22 Herefords, good store condition, £4 4s; 37 good store conditioned P.A., £4 3s; 16 heavy Herefords, heavy frame, £6 6s. Two-year heifers.—3o. mostly P.A., fresh condition, £2 14s; 77 P.A., in good order, £2 13s ; 55, fresh condition, P.A., £3; 37 fresh condition Herefords, £2 13s.

Two-year steers. —44 P.A., good store condition, some older, £4 ss; 83, Here-ford-P.A. cross, good store condition, £3 4s; 47, fiesli condition, P.A,Hereford cross, £3 18s 6d ; 19, 2 and 3-yr, Hereford cross, in good order, £3 10s; 35 quality Hereford-P.A. cross. £3 19s.

Yearling steers. —92, P.A.-Hereford cross, medium condition, £2 18s; 87, Hereford-P.A, cross, medium condition, road-stained, £2 6s; 55 Herefords, good size and condition, £2 15s; 65 good Herefords, £2 15s. Cows. —33 Herefords, not old, fresh condition, £2 15s; 37 Hereford-Shorthorn cross, fairly good condition, £2 2s; 30 good P.A., fresh condition, £2 .15s; 13 P.A., fairly good condition, £2 Bs. Grown heifers.—3l, fresh condition. Herefords, £3 : 20. choice Herefords, full of condition, £3 6s; 35 good fresh condition, Hereford-P.A. cross, £3 12s; 100 (quality P.A., £3 14s; 74, as last, £3 13s; *22, fresh condition, Herefords, £3 10s.

Cows and calves.—34, fairly young, mostly Hereford cows, average condition, and 29 calves, £2 10s; 51 fairly good conditioned cows and 46 calves, £2 9s.