High Prices For Steers At Feilding Sale

Chronicle (Levin), 8 October 1949, Page 6

High Prices For Steers At Feilding Sale

Onee again the Feilding live stock market yesterday emphasised its importa'nee as a selling medium and sus tained its premiership in the field of high .values. Entries for the second stage of the annual spring cattle fair were restricted to yearling steers and female stock and the interest in this was as strong as ever. Buyers were presented with, a goo.d; irange of quality cattle, drawn mostly' f f om the hill eountry and all w.ell rbred. While it was noted that manyCb'f the lines did not .have the bone nor the length, there was no gainsaying the quality nor eoncondition. , Witli.. the oiitside markets tending t'tf.Jregister ian easing in cattle values, yesterday 's business was com ductpd on very; ^buqyant tone and it is dbiibtf ul*«%hetk|i^ "the high levei of values obtaining yesterday has ever ibeen exceUed. • •

Station Cattle Yearling steers . and female cattle, numbering over 2000 head, comprised the offerings for the second stage of the spring station cattle fair which attracted a large attendanee of graziers and breeders. Although the outside markets had given signs of some Weakening in values, the business done under the hammer yesterday, marked no cbange .from the buoyancy recorded when the grown cattle were offered a week ago. The majority of the cattle were yarded in very good condition, many lines being of exceptional quality, clean and fresh and showing breedi'ng. This was more partieularly noticeauie in the young heifers while one pen of young cows offered on a/c of Dallympie -Bros., topped the market at £15 16s. These were in forward order and a really choice line. Top price for outstanding yearling A.A. heifers, a small pen of 6 on a/c of A. H. Durden of Aokautere, topped the market at £16 5s. The best of the 2-year A.A. heifers soid at £14, 3-year types to £13 ls and 4-year realised up to the same price. As far as the yearling steers were concerned the market was definiteiy stronger than the Masterton sale of Thursday and the East Coast top price of a few weeks back of £13 was beaten by a sale of 16 well bred Aberdeen Angus sorts on a/c Shortall Bros., of Colyton, at £14. Practically every pen of yearlings returned prices well above last year's best price of £9 16s which was 13s a head better than the 1947 values, initial interest centred on the selhng of the annual drafts on a/c of Dalrympie Bros., and the Barber Est., the first named obtaining £12 ls anu the Barber Est. realising £12 10s. Dalrympie 's yearlings were not drafted and this accounted for the difference in price as the quality was fairly even between the two lots. The fair generaliy was indicative of the buyiug power and the demand toi good cattle. It was easily oue of the best fairs on record ,for young steers and female stock. The selling opened on a line of 49 2-yr. A.A. heifers in forward order on a/c of Glenwarlock, Kimbolton. Bidding was brisk and the pen ,sold' for £13 16s. Although incliheij to be a kttt on the small size they were : -good well bred cattle in fresh order. a pen of 41 4-yr. A.A. heifers was next offered. These were not so strong in quality but larger and in good order, selling for £13 ls. Liglit and smallish yearling heifers were passed at £8 7s 6d and a fair quality pen of 4-yr. heifers from the Kopane was passed in at £12 7s 6d. A pen of 51 3-yr. A.A. heifers, good frames and well bred but short of condition, founa a buyer at £11 10s, and the annual draft of 2-yr. A.A. heifers on a/c of Dalrympie Bros. was next offered. These were very good types and sold at £12. The sale proceeded with the tone 'tending to strengthen for all the good lines. The quotations were: Yearling steers:

112 at £10 5s and £10 2s 6d, 100 a/q E. M. Lloyd at..-£10 10s, 84 a/o Dalrympie Bros. at £12 ls, 60 a/e Barber Est. at £12 10s, 50 Hereford a/c V. McGione at £10 18s, 54 A.A. at £10 17s 6d, 32 A.A. at £9 12s, 19 do. at £10 8s, 19 ArA.-S.H. Cross at £10 2s, 16 A.A. a/c Shortall Bros. at £14, 29 a/c Barber Est. at £11, 30 .a/ e C. D. Managh at £10 10s, 32 at £11 18s, 19 at £10 3s, 32 a/c B. McLeod at £10 12s, 16 a/c A. P. L. Langdon at £13 2s. A pen of 49 3-yr. A.A. steers in. fair order sold at £13 16s. Female cattle: Yearling . heifers: 17. A.A. at £7 2s, 22 a/c B. McLeod aV£8 ls, 19 at £8 , 18s, 6 a/e A. fl, .Durden,; Aokautere at £16 5s. 2-yr. heifers:. 49; a/c . Glenwarlock . at £13 16s, 28 a/c Dalrympie ■ Bros. at £12, 34 , a/c Land and Snrvey, Mangaweka, at £10 7s, 20 a/e W. M'. Stewart at £ll„ls, 28 at £14, •' 14 at £10 10s, 16 at £9 9s, 43r Hereford cross at £7. 3-yr heifers; 51 A.A. at £11 10s, 35 at; £12 11s, 31 at £13 ls, 20 at £12' 17s, 31 at £10 17s 6d." 4-yr. heifers: 41 A.A. at £13 ls. Eun cows: 50 A.A. well bred a/c G. Oraine at £fl 5s, 26 at £12 4s, 15 r.w.b. at. £13 15s, 13 empty at £10 10s, 10 at £10 5s, 6 at £10, 4 Hereford at £11 15s, 9 A.A. a/c Dalrympie Bros. in fwd. condition at £15 16s, 20 a/c Land and tiurvev at £J0 ,10s.

Dairy Cattle Dairying interests found a- better seieetion of good quality stock on offei" and these produeed firm competition'. The realisations were: fSpg. heifers £15, £15 10s, £16, £17, £19, £19 5s, £20 10s to £24; spg. cows: £10 10s, £11 10s, £11 15s, £12 10s, £15, £15 10s, £18 10s to £21; heifers in milk £5, £i3 10s to £21; ylg. heifers: £4 10s, £8 12s 6d, £8 15s, £9 ls, £9 2s, . £9 15s, £11 5s, £11 15s, £lt2, £13 17s 6d to £14 7s 6d; dairy bulls (wnr. and ylgs.): £4 5s, £6, £6 10s. Fat Cattle The beef on offer comprised ex-dairy sorts and sold aecording to quality as follows: Cows £8 15s, £10, £11 10s, £12 l2so6d, £13 5s to £14; heifers £11, £12 17 s 6d -to £13 15s. Store Cattle A fairly large offering of boner cattle found a ready sale at late rates, the prices being: Boner cows: £4 7s 6d, £5 7s 6d, £5 15s, £6 5s, £6 10s, £6 18s, £7 17s, £8, £8 '10s, £8 15s, £9, £9 7s 6d, £9 10s, £9 15s, £9 17s 6d, £10, £10 2s Od; odd steers £4 10s, £6 17s 6d, £11 2s Od; empty heifers £9 2s 6d, £9 5s £10. Fat "Sheep Heavy wether mutton was not wanted in an offering of mostly young sheep totalling 500 head, submitted to butchers. The bidding went to 45s for these unusuaily big sheep out of the wool, but as the vendor wanted more, buyers concentrated on the.younger iots which sold on a firin market. Most of the sheep submitted were shorn and the odd woolly sorts, with the exception oi some ewes, were U'ot of the best. Toj price for woolly Wethers was 60s 4(1 eompared with 55s lOd for sifiailish sorts paid last week. Good quaiity meaty shorn wethers made to 47s ld These were vnice prime sheep. Smaii woolly hoggets of the Down cross type soid to 50s lOd and prime shorn sorts soid to 47s lOd. Woolly ewes made to 44s lOd and prime .shorn iots, in short supply made td 26s1 lOd. The saies were: '.Down cross s2-ths..'S' at 45s 10d,--7 at 53s 4d. Maiden ewes: 9 at 53s ld; wethers: 8 at 60s 4d, 16 at 37s 4d, 38 at 46s lOd, 3 at 37s 4d, 2 at 53s lOd, 20 at' 45s, 11 at 47s ld, 13 at 43s lOd, 6 at 40s 4d; hoggets: 3 at 37s 4d, 30 at 44s 7d, 9 at 44s ld, 5 at 43s 7d, 44 at 44s 4d, 2 at ,43s 4d, 3 at 47s lOd, 22 at 39s lOd, 18 at 37s ld, 7 at 50s lOd, 15 at 42s 4s, 20 at 38s 7d; ewes: 4 at 26s' ■10d, 4 at 41s 7d, 8 at 26s, 10 at 44s 10s, 12 at 39s lOd.