CATTLE SELL KEENLY

Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20078, 26 October 1939, Page 13

CATTLE SELL KEENLY

GOOD SHEEP DEMAND STORTFORD LODGE (Per Press Association.) HASTINGS, this day. Following a fortnight's break since the last sale, the market at Stortford Lodge stock auction yesterday remained firm, with a good inquiry for quality lines.

The fat cattle offering included a large number of bullocks, the majority of which lacked finish. Female cattle similarly lacked quality, but sold at keen prices.

The largest yarding of store cattle for some time was offered. Prices were firm lo improved on the last sale.

Wether hoggets, which predominated in the store sheep pens, attracted keen competition. Good ewes with forward lambs were also sought after. Selling throughout was keen. A fair yarding offered in the fat sheep section sold strongly. Butchers were offered a good range and were prepared to pay good prices. Realisations were: —

Fat Cattle. —Bullocks, unfinished order, £lO 10s to £ll 15s; medium condition, £l2 5s to £l3 10s; best, £l4 to £ls 10s; tops, passed in, £l9 10s: heifers, unfinished £9 14s, improved condition £lO 13s to £ll 7s 6d, tops £l2 4s; cows, light condition, poor quality, £4 10s to £5 15s; fairly finished, £8 to £lO 15s; tops, £l2 18s. Store Cattle.—Light young crossbred steers, £5 17s; well-grown two-year heifers to £2 15s; big-framed bullocks £9 14s to £lO 8s; medium steers, £6 to £6 15s

Store Sheep.—Ewes with lambs, 14s to 16s; woolly wether hoggets, 17s 9d to 21s 9d, tops 235; shorn two-tooth wethers, 14s lOd to 16s 3d.

Fat Sheep.—Wethers, 25s to 27s 9d; tops, passed at 28s fid; shorn wethers, 22s 3d; heavy ewes 22s to 255, tops 2Cs fid to 28s fid; hoggets, 19s Gd to 24s 9d.