CATTLE FAIR VALUES

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXIV, Issue 19333, 25 May 1937, Page 6

CATTLE FAIR VALUES

ALL-ROUND EASING FULL-SIZED YARDING A full-sized yarding of generally good conditioned cattle came forward for the Cattle I air conducted bv the Poverty Bay Stockbrokers’ Association at the Malawhero saleyards to-day. Some good linos of bullocks were offered and, despite tlm tact that there was good competition t ll,lll northern buyers, who secured big drafts for the Waikato and the Bay of I Jonty, prices in comparison with those ot recent fairs showed an all-round easmg. The sale attracted a good attendance ot the public.

Good lines of bullocks ranged from C 7 10s to £8 10s, with others £7 10s upwards; 2'-year steers, £6 13s to £7 IW, and 18-month steers £5 11s to £6 ■ Breeding cows made from £5 to £5 ICs lor top lines. £4 to £4 15s for burly good to good, and £2 12s 6d for poor. Grown heifers made £5 14s for a quality pen. Empty cows reached £5 12s loi* nil those fat. and Jo3< 9s for (hose in condition. Eighteen-months heifers made £3 13s to £3 17s 6d for fairly good and £5 for first class. (food weatiers brought £4 4s, for steers and £3 Is for heifers. Prices:— Bullocks.-—I hirty heavy Herefords. sold on account of the. .Shanks estate '"B ;58 lusty Hereford-P.A. cross. £8 4s; 41 good condition Ilerefords. £7 Us; 5c fresh condition P.A.. £8 7s ; 61 solid Ilerefords. £8 2s 6d ; 41, mostly P.A.. from. To Rata station. £8 Is ; 51. good condition blacks, from Wost-ho station. £7 10s; 15 forward Herefords, £8 10s ; 60 R.A., in good order, £8 Is; 19 Ilerefords, forward, £8: 19, on account ol .Mr. It. (I. Parker, Hangaroa, R.A., C 8 6s; 31, Hereford-,Shorthorn cross, £8; 14 fresh P.A., £7 18s.

Eighteen-month heifers. Fifty-six good Herefords (p), £5; 47. off high country, Herefords, £3 13s; 32. off high country, P.A., £3 17s 6d.

Eighteen-months sleers.—Sixty-eight good Ilerefords (p), £5 15s; 41* Horctords. good store comlition. £5 11s; 20 Herefords, extra good, £6 4s; 67 good P.A., £6 17s; 55 P.A.. with condition, £6 6s.

Empty cows.—-Thirty-six, good colours, light condition, £3 9s ; 16 speyed .11 evefords. prime. £5 12s. Breeding cows. —Fifty-three Herefords. poor condition, £2 12s 6d ; 28 P.A., good cows and medium condition, £4 Is ; 31, P.A.-Hereford cross, light to medium condition, £5 12s; 62 Waihuka Ilerefords, in good order. £4 15s; 42 P.A., good store condition, £5 6s; 40 good condition P.A.. £5 7s 6d ; 29 Herefords, medium condition, £3; 22 7-year-olds, fresh P.A., £5 10s; 36 Ilerefords, medium condition, £4 18s; 14 P.A., good store condition, £5 10s.

Two and a half year steers.—Fiftythree good, solid P.A., some Hereford cross, £7 Is; 30 good condition Herofords. £7 9s; 45 qualify P.A., sold on account of Mr. W. E. Hams, £7 12s; 24 good Hereford-P.A. cross (p), £7 14s; 42 good fresh P.A.. £6 17s 6d ; 31 good condition Herefords, .£6 13s; 22, full of condition. P.A.. £7 Is; 10 fresh Herolords, £6 16s; 18 P.A.. ordinary store condition. £6 17s 6d.

Grown heifers.—Fifteen quality .Ilerefords, r.w.b., £5 14s. Weancrs.—Three, steers and 15 heifers, Herefords, fairly good size, £2 Is; 15 lusty P.A. steers, £4 10s; 59 Hereford steers, medium size, £3 4s; 33 good steers, P.A., £4; 20 good steers, £4 Is; 26 good lusty Hereford heifers, £3 Is; 26 qualify Hereford steers, £4 4s.