STOCK MARKET

Wairarapa Daily Times, 6 October 1936, Page 8

STOCK MARKET

MASTERTON CATTLE FAIR. Messrs Dalgety and Co., Ltd., report on their first spring cattle fair, held yesterday, as follows:—Qur yardijjg came forward fully up to advertised numbers, and attracted a large attendance of buyers from Hawke’s Bay, South Wairarapa, Bush, and the local districts. The majority of the cattle yarded showed good breeding, and were in excellent condition due to the abundance of feed during the winter. Bidding on the females, and also fop the one and two-year steers, was spirited, and these made good values, well ahead of those at the opening spring sales of last year. In the three-year steer and grown bullock section, bidding was somewhat restricted, but vendors in all instances met the market. In our three-year P.A. steer section, a nice pen offered on account of Mr T. Taylor made £8 15s, and a pen offered on account of Mr D. Mcßae £8 10s. A male pen on account of Manawa Station made £8 16s, while Mr J. M. Laing topped the yearling section of our sale at £6 7s. Otahome Station and Mr W. King wore next for yearling P.A. steers with a pen at £6 6s. A nice pen of P.A. yearling heifers on account of the same vendors made £5 Is. Pat cattle were slightly easier, and failed to maintain values of our weekly sale of last week. We! made practically a total clearance under the hammer as follows: —3-year steers, a/c. Manawa Station, £8 16s; 3-year P.A. do., a/c. T. Taylor, £8 15s; do., a/c. D. Mcßae, £8 10s. 2-year steers, a/c. C. S. Taylor, £7 11s; a/c. E. 0. White, £7 11s; Hereford 2-year small steers, £6 13s, £7 to £7 ss. Yearling steers: Account J. M. Laing, £6 7s; yearling steers, P.A., a/c. Otahome Station and W. King, £6 6s; medium do., a/c. same vendors, £5 15s; a/c, J. M. Laing, medium do., £5 7s; others, £5 12s, £5 15s' to £5 17s 6d; yearling P.A. heifers, a/c. Otahome Station and W. King, £5 Is; a/c. J. M. Laing, £4 9s; others, £4 ss, £4 7s 6d to £4 10s. P.A. empty, cows: A/c. Fernglen Station, £6 6s; do., a/c. Otahome Station, £6; Hereford empty cows, a/e. Pliarazyn Estate, £6; others, £5, £5 10s, £5 12s 6d to £5 15s. Coloured cows: £2 ss, £2 10s, £2 16s to £3 Is. Pats: Pat Hereford cows, £7; fat P.A. cows, £7, £7 ss, £7 17s fid, £8 to £8 12s; fat bullocks, £9 12s, £lO to £11; fat 18-months heifer, £7 2s fid; fat 18-months steer, £7. 5year Polled Angus bulls, lOgns. Messrs Wright, Stephenson and Co., Ltd., report:—We held our spring cattle fair at Masterton yesterday, when we offered a yarding well up to advertised numbers to a big attendance. Buyers were present from outside districts, the West Coast being well represented. Local graziers took most of the grown cattle, and prices were well up to vendors’ expectations. Outsidebuyers were busy on younger cattle, but prices were slightly easier than paddock quotations. Female cattle met with a very good demand, and heifers aiid empty cows made particularly good values. Pats were easier, and competition was very limited. We offered 620 head in all, and only one or two pens were passed in. Following are the realisations: —3-year P.A. and Hereford bullocks, to, £9 4s; 2-year P.A. steers, £8 to £8 10s; do. (small), £7 to £7 19s; yearling P.A. steers, £5 17s to £6 10s; do. (small), £4 10s to £5 12s 6d; yearling Hereford heifers, £4 12s 6d 'to £6; 2-year P.A. heifers, £6 to £6 9s;] 3year P.A. heifers, to £7 10s; cows, r.w. bull, £4 10s to £6; fat cows, £7 5s to £B;'forward cows, to £6 17s 6d.