Stortford Lodge Stock Values

Chronicle (Levin), 1 September 1949, Page 6

Stortford Lodge Stock Values

HASTINGS, August 31. Grown male eattle made up the bulk of the yarding of 843 head of store eattle at Stortford Lodge today. For ' these, as for other classes of eattle, the market remained souud. Manawatu buyers helped to stimulate the general buying strength of the market from the start when the rostrum was well filled with buyers. It is apparent that the inquiry for eattle to cope with growing pastures, is being 'well maintained. It is a long time since the market was so well supplied with grown male eattle. The offering inclnded some good quality lines whieh encountere,d a brisk inquiry. Buyers ■ seeking female eattle had little to select from. Bulloeks sold at £1S 7s, three and four year steers at £17 15s, thr.ee year»steeys at £15 15s to to £17, quality two-year steers at £14 5s to £15, smaJLler £12 ls to £13 2s, yehrling steers at £5 3s to £9 15s. A small line of empty cows amd heifers realised £11 7s and yearling heifers brought £7 14s. Emphasis was on heifers in the beef. market, values showing a further inerease on the last two weeks' improved rates. Buyers were 'offered a quality yarding of 143 whieh, judging by the keenness of the inquiry, was still insufiicient to meet butchers' demands. The market was again weii supplied with bulloks and quotations for these were maintained at recent levels thouglx there was a greater display oi" interest in heifers. Prime heavy bulloeks sold at up to £26, extra keav,> prime heifers made up to £21 13s 6d, prime heavy ox values ranged from £25 13s 6d to £26 11s, medium weigiits. bringing £24 ls to £24 18s 6d and lighter £22 3s 6d to £23 3s 6d. Steers' chaug ed hands at £15 3s 6d to £18 13s 6d, prime heavy heifers sold at £20 18s 6d to £21 13s. 6d, prime sorts of medium vveiglit bringing £18 6s to £19 6s and. lighter £15 11s to £16 18s 6d. For prime cows butchers paid £14 8s 6d to £15 18s 6d, others selling at £10 18s 6d to £12 lSs 6d. EweS and lambs whieh were in better supply today, were slightly easier in value than last week and hoggets were hard put to it to about hoid their own at prices approaching recent saies. The yarding of 3000 head failed to offer mueh in the way of noteworthy quality tliough there were one or two good lines of hoggets. Values for lambs and ewes sold on an all round basis, ranged from 29s to 30s lld. Good wether hoggets were traded at 45s to 49s 4d with small to medium sorts at 38s Od to 39s. Ewe hoggets sold at 51s 6d, meaty Down eross hoggets at 44s 2d and wethers at 52s 3d. I'alues were more within butchers' limits in the fat sheep market when a full yarding came forward. A slight easing tendency was most noticeable on ewes and on medium weight wethers, lieavy wethers continuing to make big money. The yarding contained a fair proportion of quality sheep. Prime wethers changed hands at 5Ss 4d to 65s 4d, hapdy weights going at 55s lOd to 57s lOd and unfinished'at^s^tPio^I^ lOd. Shorn wethers realised 50s lOd and Down sorts 47s lOd to 54s 4d. Extra prime aged ewes were traded "at 47s 10d, prime bringing 41 4d to 43s Id, medium weights 36s lOd and uniinished 30s 4d. For extra prime young ewes butchers paid 58s lOd, prime sorts bringing 46s lOd. Young shorn ewes made 32s 4d and good Down ewes 39s Id to 42s lOd. Heavy lambs changed hands at 46s 4d to 47s lOd. Others bringing 42s ld ' to 44s 4a aua small 36s lOd.