LIVESTOCK MARKETS

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 83, Issue 254, 27 October 1939, Page 3

LIVESTOCK MARKETS

STORTFORD LODGE HASTINGS, Oct. 25. Fat cattle met an exceptionally brisk market at the Stortford Lodge sale to-day. The yarding of 180 head included a fair percentage ol quality pens and competition for these was very keen, with outside buyers being active. Bullocks predominated, ana occupied practically the whok? of the first hour of the selling. The market was lopped by two extra heavy snow entries, whicn would scale close on llOUlb. They were sold privately at £2O after being passed in at £l9 10s. Exceptional quality was shown in a pen of Red Polled oullocks, which made £l5. Several pens ol medium to heavy bullocks ranged from £l2 to £l3 15s, and a number of lighter pens which were flushed with feed ana i lacked finish, made from £l6 10s to I £lO 15s. The tops of the beef pens | averaged from 37s to 38s a 1001 b. [ Heifers were in limited supply ana * being well-finished and showing quali ity. made an average of about 40s a ! 100 lb. Values ranged from £lO to £l2 4s in the cow pens, which were very I mixed, and included few young quality entries. Early in the sale an aver- ! age of 32s was made for some pens, I but later values rose, and plain, aged, and inferior sorts made very dear buying at from £7 to £B. Vealers and runners were not on offer. The market was sound for a yarding of approximately 2000 head of store cattle, Ihe range being wide. For all sorts a good inquiry was shown. Some of [the lines showed the effect of hard wintering and lacked size. Adult cattle weie well sought, forward bullocks lopping the market at £lO Bs. Pens in good store order made from £9 7s 6d to £9 15s. Two-year steers, which made up a big percentage of the yarding, sold from £6 12s to £7. small-grown sorts selling to £5 17s. Well-bred yearling heifers brought £3. small-! grown and backward lines being difli-[ cult to trade at from 34s to 40s. Well- i I grown, three-year heifers realised £6; 1 2s 6d. and empty cows for fattening; ;£5 15s. The yearling steers offered ■ I did not compare with the top lines olTer ea at Wai puku r a u yest e rd ay. | i Medium-grow n lots in fair condition (made to £4. | The yarding of 6000 head of store !sheep met with a steady sale, and the [first of the season’s two-tooth wethers ’ in forward condition realised 16s 3d. I Ewes with lambs were penned in large | numbers, the lambs being very forj ward and showing size. Ewes strong I in wool and mixed in mouth made to :16s, all counted. A better line made ; the top price of 17s Id. Well-grown, ' strong-woolled’wether hoggets sold to 235, and small-grown, well-woolled ewe hoggets, to 235. I THE TAIHAPE SALE I The New Zealand Farmers' Co-op. 'Distributing Co.. Ltd., report a yard-! ling of 500 head of cattle, 500 sheep [and 33 pigs Io a good attendance. [Good ewe hoggets were in demand • and a nice line on account of Mr. [George Terry realised 30s 3d. Grown |cattle sold fairly well, but the bidding I on the younger cattle w as very erratic ’.and several pens were passed. The [opinion was expressed that more rain [was wanted on the hill country in the [Taihape district and this apparently; effected the sale of younger cattle.,' Pigs were in good demand and sold | j readily at late rates. 1 We quote prices as follows: Extra [good ewe hoggets, 30s 3d; medium do.. I 20s to 23s 4d; fat b.f. hoggets. 20s; ; [forward shorn wethers, 15s 6d; fat jewes. 17s 2d: forward b.f. hoggets, 17s ■ Id: late shorn w.f. hoggets. 14s Id: ; forward bullocks. £8 2s, £8 4s. to £9 i 15s; 2-year steers. £6 14s to £7 2s; medium do.. £5 9s to £5 10s; smaller do.. | I £4 15s io £5: best yearling steers. £5 i ss; good do.. £4 Ils; smaller do.. £3 i 110 s; tail-end lots, 38s; 2-year empty [heifers, £3 to £3 8s: empty cows. £2 j 10s; best weaner pigs. 31s to 325: good | Lio., to 265; seed potatoes. 14s to 24s : per sack.