EASING IN VALUES

Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20096, 16 November 1939, Page 14

EASING IN VALUES

CATTLE AND SHEEP STORTFORD LODGE (Pur Pruss Association.) HASTINGS, this clay. A smaller yarding of fat cattle met with a quieter market at Stortford Lodge yesterday, when values somewhat eased off. The bidding lacked spirit, as some butchers secured their requirements in last week’s heavy yarding.

Store cattle met with no demand whatever, selling - being lifeless and dragging throughout. Values failed to reach last, week’s levels, except for exceptional pens.

Store sheep showed no further weakening tendency, values keeping well up to those ruling recently. Little interest was shown in the fat sheep section, where prices showed a decline. Realisations were:—

Fat Cattle.—Prime finished bullocks £l2 17s Gd to £l3 2s. lighter finish £lO 15s to £ll 15s: medium-framed prime heifers £8 11s to £9 16s, lighter sorts £7 5.s to £8 10s; fairly-finished cows £7 7s Gd to £8 10s, aged, plain quality £6 to £G 10s.

Store Cattle. —Forward bullocks, £8 18s; three-year steers, £7 10s; wellgrown two-year, £5; smaller sorts, £3 to £4 ss; well-bred yearling steers £4 3s, medium-grown pens £3 7s (id; wellbred yearling heifers £2 Is to £2 10s. Store Sheep.— Forward four-tooth wethers 20s Bd, good store ordei to 18s 7d; two-tooths, wethers 13s' to 15s 9d: unshorn wether hoggets, 22s fid; ewe hoggets, fair order, 23s 8d; aged ewes, mixed in mouths, with forward lambs, 17s Id. Fat Sheep.— Wethers, 18s 3d to 21s Gd;- tops, 23s 4d; heavy ewes. 18s to 20s; lighter, 14s 3d; hoggets, prime order, 20s; lambs, 18s 9d.