Easier Market

Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 97, 11 May 1937, Page 6

Easier Market

FEED SHORTAGE Lower Prices at Waipukurau Sale QUALITY STORE CATTLE Store cattle constituted tbe principal section in to-day 's yarding at Waipukurau. The market was again easier, owing to shortage of teed, and vendors who were obliged to sell had to meet with reduced levels. Quality lines were well represented, the yarding including several well-bred entries, but competition was very limited. Forward young bullocks in good order failed to exceed the £8 11/- mark. Weaner sorts were most affected and were difficult to trade even at tbe reduced levels. Nicely-grown steers showing breeding, made to £4 5/-, and heifers, showing size and quality, failed to make £3. Cows in calf brought £5 7/-, while empty sorts were not wanted at £3 10/-. Prices in the beef yarding showed little change from late rates. No heavyPox beef was on offer. Smallframed, prime beef brought £9. In the female pens nicely-grown prime heifers brought £8 17/-, and small-grown, young prime cows made £7 5/-. Most of the cows were small and light, to meet a restricted inquiry. Mediumgrown runner steers, in good" order, sold to £4 10/-. Only a medium yarding of store sheep was offered, in which little interest was shown in the selling. Values for all entries were lower, due to their being no inquiry. Most of tbe lines were passed at bids , well below late rates. The best selling lines were two well-bred loto of young ewes (i.e., Romney), which made good prices on the day. • , Realisations were as . under FAT SHEEP. An entry of 29 well-woolled fairly well grown medium to heavy Romney lambs sold at 24/8. Nine small-grown prime-quality b.f. lambs sold at 23/-. A small entry of double-fleeced me-dium-fraoxed ewes, well finished, sold at 23/6. A pen of medium-qualifcy wellwoolled ewes brought 18/9. A pen of heavy, mixed, well-woolled prime lambs, the best in the yarding, brought 30/-. SA line of late-shorn ewes, lacking finish, made 17/6. An entry of 135 well-woolled Romney lambs, mediucu grown and light finished, were passed at 22/1, FAT CATTLE On account of Titikj Station, five small-grown medium-finished plain-qual-ity Aberdeen Angus cows were sold at £5. On account of Mr G. Livingston, Porangahau, seven clean-bred mediumgrown young prime-quality Hereford cows, in very good order, sold at £7 6/-. On account of Mr St. Hill Warren, five clean-bred small-grown Aberdeen Angus cows, quite well finished and making a uset'ul light line, sold at £5 18/-. On account of Mr G. Livingstone, eight fairly-grown prime-quality dehorned Hereford heifers, well done, an attractive entry of choice young beef, brought £8 10/-. Just off their mothers, four fairlygrown Aberdeen Angus runner steers in prime condition were passed at £4 10/-. A small entry of medium-framed plain-quality Aberdeen Angus, cows were passed at £5. A truck line of eight Aberdeen Angus and Hereford small-framed bullocks, of useful weights for their size, and carrying good killing condition, sold at £9 11-. A small entry of ciean-bred mediumgrown fine-quality young Aberdeen Angus bullocks, solidly finished, sold to £10. In the same pen, a nicely-grown extra-prime 18-months-old Aberdeen Angus steer, a fine beef entry, sold at £8. STORE CATTLE Quite well-grown, 21 fat and forward 30-months-old Aberdeen Angus-Here-ford heifers, in good order for finishing, having both size and quality, were passed at £4 lo/1-. On account of Tatiki Station, 21 wellframed empty Aberdeen Angus cows, in bright condition, met the market at £3 14/-. Quite well-grown and in good, hardy condition, an entry of Hereford weaner heifers, an attractive line of young stock which should continue growing readily, met with bidding well below their value to pass at £2 17/6. Particularly well-done and well-grown a line of 41 Aberdeen Angus weaner heifers, a percentage showing Hereford cross, were also passed at £2 17 /6, a figure much below tlieir valqe. These good young dairy heifers .would make the foundation of a good herd of breeding cows. In from Porangahau, and on account of Mr W. Crompton, 14 ruediuni-grown clean-bred young Hereford bullocks, in very good store condition and ready for finishing, passed pt £8. On account of the same yendor, 15 Aberdeen Angus heifers, mediumgrown, being late calved, were sold at £2 13/-. A line of Aberdeen Angus weaner steers, small-grown and looking light after being on tbe road for a few days, realised £3 5/-. Froip tbe same store, 30 similarlybred small-grown weaner heifers, also late calved, sold at £2 3/-. On account of Mr W. Compton, 33 Aberdeen Angus bullocks, a few showing a Hereford cross, were passed at £8 10/-. These bullocks were in very forward order, A further entry of similarly-bred bullocks, equally well finished and of good quality, sold at £8 11/-. In from Porangahau, an entry of 18 medium-grown well-bred Aherdeen Angus weaner steers .of good quality and sound, sold at £4 5/-.

A line of well-grown 13-xnonths-oH Aberdeen Angus steers, in very £o»» ward order, were passed at £8. In from Porangahau, 12 Aberdeeu Angus cows running with a Aberdeen Angus bull since November sold at £5 7/-* STORE SHEEP, On account of Purimu Sta.tu>n, 31Q 4-th to 5-yr ewes (r.w. S.D.), a usefuj line, well woolled, were passed at 18/-, On account of Mr F. G« Jfoble, 143 smail-gjrown 2-th wethers, in rather un» even order with a percentage of fine in the wool brought 21/6. A draft of 332 early-shorn medium^ grown wethers, in forward order, off turnips, were passed at 24/-. A draft of 285 early-shorn wethers, « large percentage in light to medium condition, were passed at 22/1. A bid of 14/- was offered for " 18{ well-grown b.f. lambs, in light to dium order. In from Elsthorpe, 190 small-grown shorn ewe lambs, in hard concutioUg showing a Corriedale cross, wero passed at 11/-. An entry of poor-mouthed ewes (r.wa S.D.) brought 15/-. On account of "Waipairi Station, 9t nicely-gjrown shorn Romney lambs, in forward condition, in fresh order anff sound, brought 18/10. An entry of 77 early-shorn well-franv 6-th ewes (r.w. Romney) sold at 34/3, • Bred at Blackhurn, a line of earlyw shorn 2-th ewes (r.w. Romney) sold a| 35/-. These young ewes were in splenh did order.