Stortford Lodge Stock Values

Chronicle (Levin), 22 April 1948, Page 7

Stortford Lodge Stock Values

• > HASTINGS, April 21. 1 Storc lambs were dcai'er by ux> to '5s 1 a head at. Stortford Lodge Yoday. Otlier | classes of store sheep iii a yarding of | 10,000 head shovved little lnovexnent. ! The" offerings of lainbs aroused keeu | ;coiftpetitiou from farmers U'ho ixo\v iixuJ | tlieir properties piovidxng the. fe'ed for I i hxs elass of prop'ositioxx. ThoUglx': tlief •. I; "were outside buyers pVesexxt, tlxey did | uot operate, the conxpetltioii beixxg- oxxc.c ?!; jhore iii the liaxxds of. HaWke's Bav buyers. Top pi'ice for woolly Wefher |i lambs ii'as up to 32s 6d f or a partieixlarJy | well gro'wii meaty draft. There- was | !hisp strong competitioix for a dfdft*of I :station woolly wether lambs, the con- | sxgiimeiit of S13 goixxg to oue buyer at. I; :29s Gd; Otlxer woolly wotlxpr l'aixxb.s | changed haiids at 26s 2d. Goiod shonr 'I 'wether laixxbs were traded at- 2Us, "to * 26s 4d. . Sxxxaller growu softs realise'd | 22s to 21s, slxorix ewe lambs fetchixxg 28s 6d. 5 I Wethers just held thexr owxx at reccn1 ' | rates, there not beixxg the life iix tio- I xixarket tliat there was for lambs. Busi- 1 nesh was doue ixx fourAooths at 32s 0d ? to 39s 6d. ! Tli'e market for breedlxig evves also I rbxiiaiiicd sto'ady, four-year-olds briixg | iixg 35s, live-year-olds 30s- and six-year- | .olds 19s 7d. " | ' The seasoix's liiglxest priee for wctlx i crs.'of 50s Idy was paid for a pcn Oi ■ he'avy sorts iii the fat slxeep section Witlx" a sliort yarding buyers bidde.ti ■ .spiritedly and values all rouxxd- showo" an" advaixce of ls to ls 6d a head. Ileav.V wethers brought t'o 50s ld, prime '14iQd to 16s lOd axxd lightcr 11s lOd lo 13s . Id, Ileavy yopng ewes made up j to: 39s I0d. prime youiig ewes 31s Id \ to 36s lOd, xuedium old ewes 30s ld i> 33s 7d axxd uiihiiished dowxx to 21s. Lambs joiixed ixx the kOexx demaiid fo: j Ileavy sorts to sell at froxu 39s 7d to j 11s lOd, mediuixx xuakixig 31s lOd aiul tight 28s. Competitioix amoug district gra/.ie r- i ' was better spread for store cattle/ii- j ' .Stortford Lodge loday, with the resuil j tliat the tone of the market was even ♦4 little brighter than last weok wliei.i it showed a nxurked upward juovemeut Most demaxid came for Jixics iu forward order auJ tlius oderiiig a quiek tuni over, empty feiuales lacking couditioi. being a little harder to quit. Aliuo.-i , the wlxole entry of 550 head was sold at auctioxx. Tlxree and a-half yesir bul locks realiscd £13 to £13 10s, 21-yea; stcers £2 10s and 18-mOxith steers £6 *l7s to £9 ls. Empty eows changed haiids at £5 17s to £6 2s Od, s^a lixxe oi i' cows aiid calves at £o 6s, 18-iuontn hoifers at £S and yearlixig lieifers at £•> ] t.o £5 10s. ' . • Cattlc offering butoliefs good cuttnm , liiies, inet'-witli a Ifright salc- when at. entry of 200 head of'beef came forward but the inquiry waS iiiclincd -to , drag wlxere quhlity "was l'ackiugv- •> Qualit\ consignmcnt lieifers •inet"with stejid_\ cohipetition at from £13 1.6s to £17 8s 6d. I/ighter heifcrs were traded at from £10 6s to £12 ISb 6di Prime cow« weri •.sold at 'frOm £12 l'6s to £11-A8s (50. mediu'cu at £11 13s (5d to -£12 aiul uufiuished at £8 16s t0'£9 18s 0(1. AledxUn. 1 ox brought £10 16s' tp £21 18s Gd and 1 runuers nxado from £°5 10s to £12 18s 6d-