HIGH CATTLE RATES

Gisborne Herald, Volume LXIX, Issue 20877, 1 September 1942, Page 4

HIGH CATTLE RATES

ABOVE EXPECTATIONS FIRST MATAWHERO FAIR VERY SMALL OFFERING Values reminiscent of boom times ruled ;>t. the M a tow hero yards to-day, when tire first of the spring cattle fairs was held, A strong market was expected with values fully firm to slightly better than in the autumn, but many vendors and others interested were not. prepared for the height to which the prices soared. The yarding was a small one, totalling than 2000 head, and there was a very strong demand from the main grazing districts of the North Island, the Waikato, Bay of Plenty, Wairoa, Central and Southern Hawke’s Bay, Wairarapa and the Manawntu being represented. Quality was by no means a feature of the yarding and, in fact, in botn size ana condition the cattle were well below tno average even for tnis time oi tne year, ooo.i condition is not expected in the early spring lairs, but m view ol' tile mild ’'.'inter, even though there was not an abundance of grass, it was expected that the condition or the majority would have been better. However, this did not appear to make any difference to the buyers, whose limits wenmore elastic than for some time, ana values rose to heights that were probably tne peak of tin; present war. Steers were particularly well sought, while there was .also no lack of demand for the females, and on the .....age vaiues were probably lbs or more ahead of those a year ago. , a rices raiigl-U as iouow a .--Yearling stews host, ill Is to i' 7 i small to fair typo. *4 (s to *5 j ss;; Si-year steers, £7 17h 6U to id l’7a • three-year steers, £9 as to £l9 4s, wall small to £» n» (id; bullocks. £lO las; yearling heifers. £3 Is to £4 empty *««*!»; £s'ds to £6 8s; breeding cows, lignt, *4 lbs. empty cows, £5 2s to £3 ,15s. ’ihe highest-priced pens sold as follows. Yearling Steers.—k>ixty-nye, DlaeK. ratr size and condition, .£5.155; »b,_ P.A.. shf-h.lj better line, £li; 44, black, medium size, r,oo j order, from Whatatutu, An 16s; -4 P.A.. fairly well grown, good order. £6 bs, au, if A., fairly well grown,' fair store oidei. from Mr. G. E. Gray. £6 Is; 29. P-A-. very fair size and condition, £6 Is; 24, Heietoid, well grown, very fair order, from Mi. L. Morris, Knnnkamiia, £7. , , r> A Two-year -Steers.—One hundred P.A., f-iirly wi-ii grown and conditioned, Pont Mi. Chan. Matthews, £3 7s; 27.. black, fair size, fairly good order, Irani Hilinou.a stata.n, is In- 11, very fair size, store oidei. A. , L, Hereford, lair size, good order, B Ijs j• • I-A fairly well grown, very fair milei. £S 17s; 11, Hereford, rhodium size, very lan o 'Three-year Steers.— Fifty-nine, Hereford, fair size 5 and condition, from W. Bruce and -Soil £9 10s; 29. Hereford, horned, lair size and’condition, from Wailuirn station, £9 1«»: vs Hereford, as last but dehorned. 410 4*. Bullocks.— Four, very' fair size, and eomliHeifer, -Thirty-eiglU. black, very fair size, fairly good order, fiom Mi. l. D Tombleson, £4 2s; 49, fair size and condition, £4; 30, black, fairly well grown, tiom Mr. P. Foxley, £4 Ss. ' , , Empty Heifers—Fifteen. Hcrefoid, we crown fair store order, ib is, 12, hiacic. fairly well growth fair store order, from Mi. W R. Vcitch. Waimata £6 la; 20 Hereford, very fair, size and condition, £6 3s, 8. P.A., fairlv well grown and. conditioned; £6 Bs. Bm-ding Cows.-Thirty-seven. Hereford, fair frames, tight condition, r.w.b.. M 16 JEmpty Cows.- — Thirty-six. Hereford fa size and condition. £5 13s; 34. Hereford- fa., frames light store condition, £. on, 14. bIX fairly well framed, fair store order, £5 15a.