Stortford Lodge Stock Values

Chronicle (Levin), 2 September 1948, Page 3

Stortford Lodge Stock Values

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\ HASTINGS, Sept. 1. With Manawata buve'rs e'ntering tlie niarket, ' tlie yat'dbfg 'af 900 heatl r/i store cfittfc at Stortford Lodgt today, proved in ii'cf w&y einbarrassed. Ueiifeiany tlie litai-ket vas about tlu saiue that ruling in re'cmt weclts. L'iie eiiti'J- Was the latgest since las spring, iintfking thd •opfening of tlu pferiod AVhieli is ftoriTially tlie tiusiest 111 th'e yafds. Poi' this clas's of farming proposition, tlie tfuality \tas tmiformh gp.0d tlii'OtlgliOilt the yai'ding - and the iiKpiiiy tfas steady. Fi-oni tlie outset kfeeh ilitetest Was takeil in the sale. While 'Mafihitatti tmyers operated. tliey by 110 mna.ns repthsented the inaiu buy ing Strehgth as loeal farmers, eneouraged by iihprovcd feed conditions foi lo'k'iiig rain, entered the mal'ket to brd frfeely, th'e ihqiiby frdui this sou'rce beiiig ieef] Spread. Bullocks vvere traded at £t 7 tp £18, thfee-.vear* steers at £14 12s to £15 ls, two-year steers hi £tl 10s to £12 2S arid yearling steer,a£ .£S i:»s 10 £9 t3s. . Empty co\vs rhnged fr'Otin £8 12s (id to £9 7s, empt\ Lieifers made £9 5S to £12, in-calf cosvs £8 15s, two-veaf heit'ers at £10 2s (id, a$d yearling heifef-s at £(5 Kis. A strong mai'ket again prevailed fo. lieef, values lleihg fnllv lnaintaiiied at rec.eftt high levels. The quality was up to- last week's standard in a yarding o; 200 head. The presence- of Manavvatn Itnycrs in the rostrum ineteased eom petition amohg ioeal buyers and bid.» cSme freely for all elasses of be%f . ()x iieef dominated the yarding, top priee of the season of £.18 8s (5d being realised for a single beast. Heifers to'pped the niarket at £18 18s 6d. A eonsignment of 20 prinie lightiveight HerefOrd b'ulloeks averaged £22 19s, the best priee obt&ined being £24 5s. Value for prime heavy ox ranged froiu £20 13"s Od to £18 8s 6d, prime medium lY£igh,t was traded at £24 ISs (id to £27 Ss 6d hnd light £19 8s 6d to £21 Ss 6d. Heifers in prime heavv ordn ehnnged haiids at £.18 18s (id with light, - weight sorts bringing £14 ls to £15 Is (id. Prime cows tvere quoted at £l(i Is 6d to £18 11s,- medium quality beasts made £11 Ss 6d to £14 11s and unfihished £11 15s Od to £13. Strong bidding eharaeterised the sale of" quklity store hoggets, Feilding Operators eierting an influence 111 the market. With soine of tlie best hoggets of the season included in tlie short yarding of 3000 head, new peak prices were set, ewe hoggets teaching 49s (id atid wether hoggets 45s 7d. Generally the market for lietter class hoggets was fully in line with ruling levels bi.it there was a sliglit slaekening in the demahd for seeoinl grade lines. Bidding on a particularly attraetive draft oi wejl-woolled ewe hoggets, was strong fi'Om the outset, the line iinallv being knoeked down to a Feilding buver at 49s (id. . Another top . line realised 48s 9d. Other ewe hoggets were traded at xrom 28s. to 41s 3d.- The top pricgd line of wether hoggets was verv well . groAvn and well 'done, the sheep fetch ing 45s 7d. Other drat'ts change-l hands at 44s 3d and 44s 8d. Values f 0 ; less attraetive lines ranged from 25s to 39s 10d.- Two Jines of wethers canie forward in larger pens, the first realising 52s and the others 49s tid. Last week 's deeline in ewe and hogget values was more- than recovered and wethers showed a finning tendeney. Although butchcrs tvere ofi'ered a selection from the yarding of more than 1000 heady tliev operated keenly from the start.- Prime Wethers were traded at 59s lOd to GOs Id, medium at 55s l()d to 5(is IDd and unfinished at 45s l()d to 4(iS 7d. Valiips for prime etves ranged ffom 42s Id tq 45s 4d, medium tveights making 36s lOd to 40s 4d ahd lightot 25s 4d to 31s 7d, tvith prime young ewes at 47s 10d to 51s lOd and unfinished young ewes at 38s Id. Heavy hoggets realised 47's ld to 50s 4d, medium 42s 10d to 45s lOd and ligh 1 30s lOd.