Phenomenal Rise

Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 157, 21 July 1937, Page 6

Phenomenal Rise

FAT-CATTLE PRICES Butehers Fcarce Up Rates af Stortford SHORT ENTRY SELLS WELIJ mmmmmmtmmmrn ■> Values made a phenomenal rise for fat cattle at Stortford Lodge to-day, when the vefy small yarding drew the keenest competition among the butehers, who unhesitatingly extended their limits in "what constituted almost sensational selling. Only two hullocks were offered. and these jumped up te 40/- per 100 lb. The female pens did not eontain th# heavy extra-prime .entries seen at late saies, but butehers s did not display any discrimination, as prices for even thd poorest quality leapt up. 4Auy cow is a cow to-day." x€* marked an auctioneer as he sold a cotg at fully £2 above late pric*es. The top price for medium to heavy cows was £10 10/-. The best qualitjJ ranged from 30/- to 32/- per lOOlb^i, Second quality made exceptlonally deaf buying at up to 25/- per lOOlbs. Prime heifers wer© ta. short supplj^ prices rising sharply by a big margin to 36/- p'er lOOlbs. The top price fos heifers was £11 for an entry of mediuni to heavy sorts offered on account Mt. Erin Statioiii ' ' ' \ t The Jersey seetion also shared in-thd bright selling for values to soar. Thq best sbrts made to 26/- per 1001bs4 Heifers killing out at about 4751bs* brought £6 10/-. Cows showing faia quality made to £5 10/-. Even /the dilapidated sorts, whicli usually are almost unsaleable, w.eral readily traded. ' f " - Eealisations were as follow;— GX-BEEF- VALUES A medium to heavy dehorned Herbs ford ibullock, solidly finished bilt nof extra-prime— it will MU out at 700" lbm —met with particularly keen bidding to seU at the exceptional figure of £14, In the same pen a mueh lighter siml* larly-bred bullock made an equaliy gcod sale at £11 10/-. . COW-BEEF EATES «, ... * • . , ■ • d Cn account of Tamapa Station, | single medium to heavy AberdeenS Angus cow/ solidly finished and showa ing prime quality, realised. £10 2/6. H the same pen, a Shorthorn cow of sinii# lar finish^and weight sold at £10 2/-. Three medium-framed . extra-primg well-bred Aberdeen- Angus cows, sj good-quality entry in splendid orderu sold to £10 10/-. i The following pen of similarly-BreS pnme-quality cows, smaUer framed* sold to £9 10/-. ' On account of Tomoa, a medium® framed entry of three young de-horne| Hereford cows, prime finished, gol4 readily at £9 10/-, On account of the same vendors, further entry of young dehorned Here# ford cows, small to medium framed and quite well finished, brought £8 5/-. From the same source, a' further eu# try of smaU-framed young dehorneii Hereford cows, prime finished, broughij £7 7/6. 1 A light young crossbredL cow mad# very dear buying at £8. On accounh of Mt. Erin Station, :a* entry of medium to heavy horned Here® ford cows, the tops .being quite woE linished, sold to £10 7/6. On 'account of the same vendors, ag pen of medium-framed Aberdeen Angug cows, solidly finished, a good quality; line of medium weights, made to £10. Four dehorned aged Hereford cows* medium framed and in light "to medium order, only lacking quality, madsf a very good sale to £7 5/-. HEIFEB EATES On account of Taurapa , Station, c pen of six small to medium-grow® clean-bred Aberdeen Angus heifer^ well finished, a good quality entry, sold well at their weights to £8 15/-. On account of Mt. Erin Station, twd medium to heavy extra-prime Aberdeen Angus-Hereford cross, a splendid entry of young beef, brought £11. In - the same pen a dehorned small to medium® framed heifer brought £9 11/-. On account of Tauroa Staticm, -m small to medium-grown dehorned Hereford heifer, fairly finished, brought £8 5/-, • A Jersey heifer, quite well finished but very small, "sold exceedingly well at £6 10/-.