STOCK MARKET

Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 05, Issue 30, 18 March 1942, Page 5

STOCK MARKET

SUCCESSFUL CATTLE FAIR PRICES AT OPOTIKI Messrs Dalgety and Co. Ltd. ret port having held their annual Aut< umn Cattle Fair at Opotiki on the i()th March. 1i)42. Tlie fully advertised numbers of cattle came forward and was the largest offering; of station-bred cattle offered by public auction in this district for many years, the quality was of a considerably higher standard than at previous sales—killing steers predominated. There was an average attendance of buyers, coming from as far ; as Waikato, Rotorua and Te Puke districts. Competition was exceedingly keen for all classes of good quality steers which sold at advance on lale' rates. Fat and female cattle sold under steady competition ati late rates. Taking the sale on the whole it was considerably more than: satisfactory from the district's poirit of view. Quotations: Fat cows and medium weights £(j 12s to £6 12s (kl; fat heifers £5 10s to £(> 10s; 3%yr P.A., steers £8. tci £8 10s; Shorthora bullocks £8 10s. to £9 2s; Here-i ford steers £7 15s to £8 ss; P.A« steers £7 to £7 12s; Hereford steers. £6 10s to £7 55.; l*4yr P.A. steers £5 5s to £.fj; P.A. heifers £41

to 4 ss; Hereford steers £4 10s to £5 10s; run cows £3 15s to £4 10s; yearling Jersey heifers £5. Principal sales: A/c Mrs A. M. Cooper, Opotiki, 15 18mths P.A. heifers £4; A/c Estate W. Keenlyside, Tea Toa, 15 3%yr P.A. steers £8; 9 3%yr reel P.A. steers £8 lis: 24 1y 2 and steers £6 10s; 2ft iy 2 and 2%yr steers £6 7s 6d; A/c C. T. Clark, Opotiki, 8 3% Shorthorn steers £9 2s; 20 3%yi" Shorthorn steers £8; A/c Redpath Bros., Oponai, 10 Hereford steers, £S ss; 7 2 !l /£yr steers £7 8s; A/c C. J. Ancell, Makaraka, 6 Hereford 2%yr steers £6 13s; A/c Gordon Bros., PakLhi, 4 3}4yr steers £8 2s; A/c A. E. Gellert, 11 Hereford steers £6 12s; A/c W. G. Butler, Waioeka, 8 lHyr P.A. steers £5 16s: A/c L. S. Gordon, Waiaua, 29 2%yr" P. A., steers £7 13s; A/o-A. J. Macrae, Wairata, 23 18mths steers £5.