FAT CATTLE

Waipukurau Press, Volume XXX, Issue 162, 18 July 1935, Page 6

FAT CATTLE

Stortford Lodge Sale SELLING PROVES STEADY KEEN COMPETITION FOR PRIME A heavy entry of 511 fat cattle, comprising principally cows, came forward at yesterday’s sale at Stortford Lodge, the quality of the offering being lotf good quality generally, with some prime heavy female beef includ ed. Bullocks and heifers were offered in only moderate numbers, with most of this class of stock of medium quality. r Selling was very steady throughout the sale, and with the exception of a few pens, a total clearance was effected. Export buyers secured a big proportion again of the 'entry, and kept .prices well maintained at late rates, with prime butchers’ beasts selling under keen competition. Despite the size of the entry, selling did not occupy as long as anticipated, the majority of the lighter and medium quality cattle being sold in pens of eight and ten, there being only a moderate number of single entries. FAT CATTLE Bullocks, medium to prime, £7 10s to £9 18s; (others from £6 15s; cows, medium to prime heavy £5 5s to £6 16s; others from £3 6s; heifers, medium to prime £5 10s to £7; others from £3 10s. Three prime heavy P.A. cows, big framed and weighty, met keen competition to sell at £6 16s, (these cattle being in from Kopanekore and on account (of the Carlyon Estate. A further pen of P.A. cows from Koparekore, fairly framed and carrying medium to prime order, made £5 15s and £5 13/6. A single big framed and weighty prime Hereford crossbred cow realised £5 17/6. The store offerings totalled 250 head. FAT SHEEP VALUES EXPORT EWES IMPROVE An average yarding of fat sheep was offered, ewes being principally penned. Prices realised showed little change on la|te rates, with the exception that! export buyers appeared to have increased their limits on fat ewes, several lines going to works buyers at 14/6. Butchers’ lines, however, showed little change, with fairly steady inquiry. Vendors in several instances were not prepared ito accept market valuaitjions, and several pens of ewes were passed in. Ewes, medium to prime 15/3 to 17/3; others from 12/6; wethers, medium to prime, 19s to 23/1; lambs, to 22/6. STORE SECTION WETHER HOGGETS TO 20/Although of better quality generally, the store sheep entry at yesterday’s sale at Stortford Lodge, did not meet with any improvement in demand, and /values realised did not show any appreciation. On some lines of young sheep, indeed, there was an easier tendency and some pens were passed in. Breeding ewes, two-toolths to 275; flour-year to five and six-year to 265; wethers to 17/4; wether hoggets to 20s. A pen of 156 two-tooth to five-year ewes, run with Southdown rams, offered on account of the Jowsey Estate, Kereru. fresh conditioned, well woolled and hardy, made 27/6. BROKERS’ SUMMARY The Associated Auctioneers report that the entry of fat cattle totalled 511 fiead, strong export competition being again a factor in the maintenance of market levels. There were some outstanding lines included in the entry, prime heavy ox beef selling at up to £9 18s, while prime heavy heifer beef realised as high as £7. There wore only 250 head of store cattle penned, this (total including a large number of dairy lines. In the fat sheep section, rates on ewe mutton showed a slight degree of improvement in some instancos, also due to freezing competition while wethers and lambs sfold at parity raltes. More variable competition than usual was seen in the store sheep section upon lines of breeding ewes in lamb, several twoI tooth lines meeting a definitely easier demand. Hoggets met a strong demand, and (the best price paid to date this season for wether hoggets was realised for an outstanding line of

■rrwinr— ii i'iiiw —i iwwwrwwmuMßtwa - whiteface youngsters, which sold at 20s. SALES ELSEWHERE An all-round increase in values was recorded at the Addington live stock sale yesterday. Store sheep showed an advance of 1/6 to 2/- a head; fat ewes and wethers 2/-, and good fat cattle improved by fully 10s a head. The Westfield sale was characterised by a keen all-round demand, and here also dome sections showed higher prices. There was an all-round easing of values in the mai,n lines at Burnside, but the majority of the offerings were readiliv quitted at the tower rates. A heavy yarding of fat sheeq) 'at Wanganui sold aitl prices fully firm on last week, but dairy cattle experienced a fair sale only. The demand for pigs was keen, and a brisk sale‘resulted at advanced prices.