LIVESTOCK MARKETS

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 80, Issue 89, 16 April 1938, Page 15

LIVESTOCK MARKETS

KAETIHI CATTLE FAIR. A SUCCESSFUL SALE. Messrs. Freeman R. Jackson and Co. Ltd. report having held their usual autumn cattle fair at Raetihi on Tuesday list when they offered to a very large attendance just on 2000 head, of cattle. There were buyers present from Ilawera, Nukumaru, Feilding and all adjacent districts. A large consignment of young cattle was purchased for the Bay of Plenty district. Owing to the continued long spell of dry weather it was expected that the sale might be somewhat sticky but we are pleased to report that this was not the case. In fact all kinds sold readily under keen competition and prices realised were in some cases above vendors’ expectations. Meaty bullocks and 20 months cattle, especially heifers, came in for good demand and altogether we report a very good sale, very few lines being turned out unsold. The cattle on the whole came forward in good order reflecting the good summer experienced in the Waimarino district. We intend holding a supplementary fair on Thursday, 28th. instant, when we will again be yarding some good straight lines of cattle.

The Scott Estate lopped the bullock section with £ll for their line of 41year P.A., other lines nearing the £9 and over mark being D. J. Berry, £9 7s, Scott Estate (horned cattle), £9 2s, Fred McNie £9, M. Wilson £9 Is, H. Lovenfosse £9 6s, F. Bettjeman and H. Bolton £8 18s, L. J. Aislabie £8 14s, T. H. Brown £8 18s with many other lines running from £7 18s to £B"l2s.

M r - P’ J- Berry obtained top price of £8 17s in the 21-year section. Other lines worth quoting being T. Hins £7 Ils 6d, Seth-Smith and Stephenson £7 14s, A. S. Ashmore £7 14, F. Malpas £6 and other lines back to £7 ss, Mr. M. Wilson's line of 51 20-mos. steers realised top figure at £7, closely followed by Mt. View Station £6 18s, D. J. Berry £6 18s, A. S. Ashmore £6 Ils with many otfier lines from £6 to £6 8s 6d, Mt. View Station obtaining an average of £6 12s 6d for their three lines drafted to breed. Nearly all the wellbred 20-mos. heifers brought prices around the £5 mark, Mt. View Station realising this sum for the average of three lines, their two top pens making £5 5s and £5 7s 6d . In the female section fat cows made £7, £7 Is Od, £7 2s Gd. £7 5s to £7 10s, F. and F. cows and heifers £6 14s to £7, S.H. cross ditto, £5 10s to £5 16s. Store cows (P.A. breed), £4 2s to £5 1.3 s 6d, Hereford cross cows £6. £6, P.A. do. £5 5s to £5 6s. A line of P.A. cows with out of season calves at foot sold on account of Morikau Station made £6 17s, weaner steers (mixed in colour), £4 Bs.