Another Advance

Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 163, 28 July 1937, Page 6

Another Advance

FAT-CATTLE PRICES Last Week's Levels Ecliiised at Stortlord To-day HEAVY BULL0CKS T0 £15 Fat-cattle prices, which made a phenomenal rise at last week's sale, reached higher levels at Stortford Lodge to-day, when there was a much larger yarding of ahout 260 head. Heavy bullocks made to £15 2/-, extra-prime heifers to £12 and extra-prime cows to £11 4/-. All these prices topped the market for the season and were the highest recorded in the yards for 'a. number of years. Quality to-day- was definitely a great deal better than that yarded last week, when the butchers had little to choose from. To-day they were able to discriminate, but competed for the best quality lines, which' sold equally as well at last week, if not better. Poorly-finish-ed and inferior-quality pens were neglected and slow to sell, being down fully 20/- and more on last week 's rates. In the ox-beef pens the outstanding entry was offered by the N.Z. Loan and Mercantile Agency Co., Ltd., on account' of the Estate of H. A. Speedy, of Takapau. These. animals would kill out at : about 9001bs, and they sold to5£15 2/-. v Another good-quality entry was offered on account of Mr T. H. Lowry and off . his ' ' Omarunui ' ' property. The ont- . standing entry in the f emale pens was offered on acconnt of Mr Selby Palmer, Maraetotara, ' and "represented some of the best quality yarded for many years. . His draft of 32 made the excellent average of £10 1/-. * The selling for the best quality. sorts » continued very. strongly ■ throughout .the sale, with competition unusually keen. The' top lines of cows made 28/- per lOOlbs, rsecond quality 23/- per lOOlbs, and unfinished 20/- per lOOlbs. Extraprime heifers made to * 33/- per lOOlbs. ) The yarding cpntained a much larger . offering of heifers, most of which were of good quality. * Realisations were as follow:— » -* ' OX-BEEF PRICES. On account of Mr Pat. Pattulio, "Newstead," five clean-bred AberdeeJi Angus bullocks, medium to heavy. looking a little' empty after being oii the road but carrying a lot of-goli(l finish, sold to £11 15/-, On account of the same vendor, six similarly-bred smaller-framed bullocks, similar in finish to the previous pen and would make good cutting, sold to £10 15/-. On account of Mr T. H. Lowry and off his "Omarunui" farm, ..an entry of heavy Aberdeen Angus-Hereford cross bullocks, solidly finished, having been prame for a considerable timo, sold at £14. In the same pen, a lighter simi-larly-bred and medium to heavy Shorfhorn, equaUy well finished, made £12 10/-. * A heavy solidly-finisbed Hereford sold at £13 10/-. HEIFERWALUE& A medium-framed , Shorthorn-cro.ss heifer, prime finished but a good quality' entry, eold readily at £9 5/-- , A small-framed prime -finished Abcr-'* deen Angus heifer sold at £7 16/-. In the same pen two lighter-finished heifers brought £7. •. On account of Olrig Station, a medium to heavy Shorthorn-cross wellfinished- heifer sold at £9. On account of the same vendor. nn Aberdeen Angus prime-quality heifer brought £9 5/-. An extra-prime solidly-finished Hereford heifer, an • outstanding quality entry of choice young beef, met • the market at £11. ' : On account of Mr P. Pattulio, "Newstead,"' two clean-bred well-grown Aberdeen Angus heifers, solidly finished, a prime-quality entry of young beef, sold to £10 10/-. Also down from "Newstead," a fine entry of fivo clean-bred Aberdeen Angus heifers, a prime-quality pen, well finished, sold to £10 1/-. On account of Mr T. H. Lowry and off his "Omarunui" property, an entry of small to. medium-framed well-brerl Aberdeen Angus heifers, prime finished, sold at £8 2/-. On account of Mr Selby Palmer, Maraetotara, an outstanding entry of extra-prime well-bred Aberdeen Angus heifers, an exceptional quality entry of choice young beef, met with particularly keen competition and made £11 10/- and £12, being purchased by T. J. Thompson and Sons. A smaller-framed entry made £10. / COW-BEEF RATES. A. medium-framed, young, prime-fin-ished but not heavy, sold at £8 1/-. On account of Mr. E. Averill, "Whanakino," an entry of medium-framed Aberdeen Angus-Hereford cows, prime finished but varying in weight, madn to £8 7/6. An entry of crossbred aged cows, medium weight and lacking quality and finish, were passed at £5 15/- after little interest had been shown in the bidding. On account of Mr. L. M. Pattulio, "Newstead," bu entry of medium to heavy Aberdeen Angus cows, priiiie finished and in very good order, sohl to £8 15/-. On account of the same vendor, nn entry of smaller-farmed similarly-bred cows varying in quality, made £7 17/for the tops. On account of Olrig Station, an entrv of medium-framed Sborthorn-eros.-cows, carrying a good fiiiish, sold-at £" 15/-. On account of the same vendors. n>i entry of light Aberdeen Angus cows. small to medium framed. sold at £0 6/-. • On account of "Newstead." a uen of six deep-grown, wcll-bred, youny Aberdeen Angus prime-quality cows, woll finished, met with good cotupclitiou, makiug to £9 10/-, On account of Mr. Gelby Palmer, Maraetotara, an entry of tta. extar-prime young Aberdeen An-gus-Hereford cross cows of expeutional quality, the lieaviest peiuied for a long time, sold to £11 8