Quality Lacking

Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 52, 17 March 1937, Page 6

Quality Lacking

STORTFORD CATTLE Prime Beef in Brisk Demand C0WS MAKE TO £8 107' Quality was greatly lacking in the yarding of 200 head of fat cattle at Stortford Lodge to-day. The sale was dull and the selling slow for unfinished lines, but when quality lots appeared the market quickly brightened with the bidding being animated. Butchers showed from the outset that they were not in the market for unfinished lots not showing quality. The sale opened with several lines being little Better than store quality, j which would require paddocking) for some time before they would kill at butchers' quality. Passings were frequent for plain lots of cows making freezing schedule rates, which vendors were not prepared to accept. Prime ox beef was in demand, making values on a par with late offerjngs. The extra heavy entries were large boned and plain finished. Prime quality was confined to a few mediumweight and very young entries, which made to 32/6 per lOOlbs. A few pens of very prime heifers making choice young beef made to £9 5/- or to -28/- per lOOlbs. The top lines of heavy cows made to £8 10/-. Good medium weights brought to £7 15/-, while light and unfinished were difficult to trade to £6 5/-, some being passed out not to solicit even solitary bids. The heavy yarding a fortnight ago of quality lines enabled butchers tq stock up with the result that they were not obliged to enter to-day' s market for lines that were not well done. Realisations were made as under:— OX BEEF RATES Two well-framed heavy Aberdeen Angus-Hereford cross prime finished, being a quality' ox beef entry, were passed at £11 15/-. Four dehorned Hereford bullocks, well framed, of good weights and showing medium finish, were passed at £10 12/6. A single exceptionally heavy large-, boned- Shorthorn bullock, carrying a lot* of condition but plain in quality, was passed at £14 5/-. This bullock would scale about 1200 lbs. " ' ' A further large-f ramed, heavy-boned Hereford cross aged bullock, unfinished, was passed at £13 15/-. Six clean-hred medium Aberdeen Angus bullocks, rather lighfcly finished, made to £10 16/-. The tops in this pen would scale about 7001bs. Four young good-quality Aberdeen Angus bullocks, which would not make 600 lbs., made to £8 18/-.' Four clean-bred, dehorned, largeframed heavy bullocks, in good order, but could stand a little more finishing, made to £11 15/-. Five medium Red Polled cross bullocks, carrying solid- finish, being a prime entry and should average about 800 lbs., made to £12 3/-, being purchased by Mr J. B. Fletcher. COW .VALUES Two weighty aged Shorthorn cows, rather plamly finished, lacking quality, brought £7 2/6. Four medium-horned Hereford cows, of useful weights but plain finished, were passed at the only bid of £6 10/-. 1 Three well-framed weighty Aberdeen Angus cows, well finished, made .£7 18/- for the heaviest. Four heavy dehorned Hereford and Hereford cross cows, well framed and prime finished, made to £7 15/-. A further pen of similarly-bred cows, equally well finished, brought the same money. Four aged heavy very prime quality Aberdeen Angus cross cowb, particularly well done and would Mll out at over 700 lbs., brought to £9 5/A further entry of similarly-bred prime quality cows brought to £8 17/-. Four solidly-finished Shorthorn cows in good order and should kill out at 650 lbs. or better made £7 10/-. In from Fernhill, two heavy very prime Aberdeen Angus heifers, being a quality entry of young beef, were purchased by T.. J. Thompson and Sons • at £9 5/-. HEIFEB PRICES Two medium to heavy heifers, an Aberdeen Angus and a Red Poll, both well-finished and showing quality, made £8. A large-framed dehorned Hereford barren heifer, prime finished and showing quality, met with ready competition to make £9 9/-. Seven small to medium grown Aberdeen Angus eros3 vealers, in good condition, were passed at £3 5/- for the