MIXED SELLING

Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 34, 24 February 1937, Page 6

MIXED SELLING

Varied Sale For Fat Cattle at Stortford MANY LINES PASSED Selling was slowr in the fat-cattle section at to-day's sale at Stortford Lodge ©n all except the top lines, and there were many passings, particularly on cows around ihe £8 mark. Primequality lines sold well, and values on this class of entry were fully firm on late rates, bullocks making to £14 8/and top lieifers to £9 XI/-. On such entries competition was well maintained, but other sorts met with a restrained inquiry. A particularly nice quality entry came (Erom Mr C. E. Tattersall, Pakowhai, jmd met with excellent demand. The buyers' benches were sparsely filled when the fat cattle offering opened ifche sale at 10 o'clock this morning, the reason being the counter-attraction of the wool sale at Napier. Usually there are large numbers of farmers at the stock sale, but to-day there were only aboufc 20 people present principally local butchers, when selling commenced, jdthough the benches gradually filled "with the progress of the sale. Not only the attendance but also the buying was affeeted. In the opening Btages of the sale, pen after pen of fat cattle passed, with vendors' anticipajtions not realised. In this respect the sale was a very disappointing one, the bidding at no timo being aniniated on any lines except quality lines. The quality the entry was mixed, a number of the heifers and cows on offer Jbeing very light and more suited to the store pens. Selected entries and prices paid, from which an idea of the state of the jnarket may be obtained are ast follow : BULLOCK VALUES A single P.A. bullock, not very well framed, but carrying plenty of condijtion, made £10 5 /-. Tw0 smaller and younger bullocks on the same pen, jiice chubby cattle, realised £9 9/-. Somewhat lacking in finish, medium framed, a pen of 4 horned Hereford •teers met quite good competition to sell at £9 16/-. A Pakowhai entry on account of Mr 0. XI. Tattersall, a smgle big— I framed. prime heavy dehorned Hereford bullock, of excellent quality, met k good competition to sell out at £14 8/-, a further bullock, of similiar quality, making £14 5J-. HEIFER RATES, Two small-framed light conditioned Hereford heifers mad© £4. Prime quality young cattle, a pen of P.A. heifers, in from Mr C. E. "Tattersall' s Pakowhai property, well grown, guaranteed empty, made £9 11/- for the first cut, the remaining three going at £9 8/-. A further five, of similar quality, met the market at £9 12/- and £9 10/- in cuts. OOW PRICES A singl© dehorned Hereford cow^ Well-grown and weighty, passed at £8. A lengthy medium finished Shorthorn cbw, goodd weight, passed at £8 5J-. Two small shorthorns passed at £8. £8 15/- was the price for a single well grown and weighty Shorthdrn cow. Two fairly framed light to medium Hereford crossbred cows realised £7 14/-, wkile a. further four, heavier cattle, made. the lower figure of £7'5/Two light Hereford cows, fairly framed, made £5, 12/-, a further two pelling at £5. . 1 A Mangateretere entry, five well grown and weighty P.A. cows, the first quality pen of the day to be offered, met with good inquiry to sell at £9 11/- for four, the remaining beast xealising £8 15/-.

Six P.A. crossbred cows, medium to well fromed and finished. passed at £8 8/-. * .. A further pen of Mangateretere P.A. cows made £9 8/- and £8 16/-. Six P.A. cows, fairly growp. and well finished, sold out at £8 15/-.