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Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 140, 30 June 1937, Page 6

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FAT CATTLE PRICES Outstanding Puketitiri Entries FEW HEIFERS YARDED To-aay's market for - fat cattle at Stortford' Lodge showed a .return to nonual rates from last week's ahnormal price levels due to a short yarding. To-day 's yarding eonsisted of 239 station-hred lines and 50 Jersey sorts. The entry of. 24 young .cows, on ae» count of J. Holt Ltd., and farmed hyf Mr Gordon Holt, was of exceptional quality. These cows, which had heexf fat for several months, showed extrai prime quality and averaged for - a med^ ium-f ramed liiie the splendid figure ojf £8 15/-. This offering reflected howf well cattle have done this season in thd Puketitiri distriet. Mr Nelson Lane'# Aberdeen Angus bullocks, off his Wai* puna station, Puketitiri, • mad© to £15 4/-. The best ox beef to-day made tdf 32/' per 100 lb., with other sorts no€ showing the same finish, . 29/- to 30/* per 100 lbs. Heifers were in short supply to-dajj as compared with the plentiful yarding last week. Most of the. pens wera small grown and unfinished, one extrsj prime young line making 30/- per 100 lbs. Aged cows showing condition wera not chea^, making 20/- to "21/- per 100 lbs. Unfinished plaia ' quality sbrtf wero slow to sell due to better qual* itjjr entries being more -■ plentiful. Except for the Puketitiri drafK quality was confined to only a per centage. ' Many, of .the pens requiri ed more finishing to be. up to butchergf quality, ■*. Eealisations :were as under:—* OX BEEF PRICES/ •A single , long-f ramed,;. age.d^ dehorned', Hereford bullock, ; light finished andl showing hard conddtion, * brought £11, Down from Puketitiri,., and , on ac«count of Mr. Nelson Lane, f our mediunwf ramed, weU-bred Aberdeen Angus buLlocks,, showing a -;solid r finish, buti emptyjowing. to • being on ' the road,. sold at. £10 15/> * - A 1 further • entry ; on ; account /of Mr,. Nelson Lane,? of weU-bre.d, 'heavy ;Abef*deen Angus bullocks, solidly finished,, sold at £12 4/-. ; From the same source,. a further peo.pf similarly bred bullocks, showing fin->-ish, sold at £11 10/-4 On account of Mr. L. -■ Browqlde, an entry of clean-bred, small-grown Aberdeen Angus bullocks, carrying quite a. Jot of condition, but empty. after a few: days on the road, sold cheaply to £9i 10/r, . , . ' COW BEEF-EATES. On account of J. Holt, Ltd., . Puke-i-titiri, a pen of mediuin to- heavy- extra prime Aberdeen Angus, Shorthorn and, Hereford : cows, - solidly finished, having been fat for- some months, spld to £9, These young cows were in. exceptional order) . having been partieularly well: done, the "four days' journey on tho. road having had no' effect. " They-mado a most attractive entry. On account of the same vendors, further * entry of similarly bred cowa^ similar in quality and finish, sold read-i ily to £9. ' • * From the same source, five Aherdee% Angus Cows Showing a -Hereford crossjj slightly smaller . in . f rame V but equally well finisWd' as the. previous. entries,: made to £8 15/-. The final pen, from thie draft. ot clean-bred Aberdeen Angus cows, ea .splendid order and described by tho auetioneers as "might be • heifers, W sold to £9. An "entry of horned • Hereford and Shorthorn cows, in from tHe coast, me* dium weights, being solidly finished, showing prime quality, sold to £8 5/-. v From the same source, four horned; well-framed, aged Hereford cows,- lacking the quality of the previous pefi. sold to £7 10/-. HEIFER VALUES. An entry of well-hred, emall to me-dium-grown, dehorned heifers, solidly finished, being prime • quality, brought to £8 12/-. These young heifers wero a most attractive entry of choico young beef, having been exceptionally well done. Some pens of very small-grown, unfinished sorts ranged from £5 to £6 10/v V ^