REVIEW OF STOCK MARKETS

Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 190, 28 August 1937, Page 16

REVIEW OF STOCK MARKETS

Splendid Draft from Gisborne STORE CATTLE REVIVE ■lHe outstandlng i'eature in tnis wee&'s nawKe's Bay stock marKet was tne oirering of a large uraft of temaie eattle from tne uisDorne district, wnicn , was tne ; nrst . consignment to be railed since the opening of the East uoast railway to Longlands. Tlie ; • splendid condition of the eattle ' on j tneir arrivaTwas a tribute to 'the ' careful manner in whicli they were . handled . by - the railway officials. " The -otfering of this ' draft waa an mdication of tbe increasing impor- . » ■ tance of.Btortford, Lodge.as a sellmg centre ■ and also of the large. > ttistriqt that.. it will serve as the . railway deveiopes. . . ■ The • draft, ' which was - on account ^of Messrs. Haif Bros., Paritu St'ation, and distributed among ' the selling brokers, came ' f orward • in oxcellent condition. It quite overshadowed the remainder of • the f at pens,' and th.e ' interest taken in the selling was. evidenced by - the - crowded attendance in the rostrum. - It is a long tinie - since thp butehers have 'had -submitted to" them . such a succession of prlme quality ppns, und'-if- this draft'- represents'. a. fair .s'am-. ple. of the quality that the Gisborne district has to offer, it augurs vrell for future ' draftSjl mofe .partieularly while '' 'Hawke 's .-Bay -remains shprt..oE'-.primo ' eattle. ,, The eattle all « showed a ver.y solid - finish, 'ha ving -had a'-mopt 'favour- ^ able Tidnter. '• / - ' Ariother : sm^ll draft also arrived'by the same .'-'train, . being from Waihua and ; truck'ed at' Wairoal ■ " These were smaller grown than the • Paritu ■ pe'ns, but were well iinished. -Without . these two drafts the -butchers . would haye been hard .jput -to have obtained_ their rcquirements of prime soft-s. -Many -of the pther pens had been in better order, but 'had' slipped ba'ck to store conVlition,. and as butchers have not tho room" to lceep them - for two or-' three months they made the best buylng 'for a grazier who is fortunate >to - have a good - supply of feed, whicli just- now is -very'hard*_to 'find.. ' • Store Cattle Revlve. . ^Wednesday at Stortford L'odge saw a revival of activity in the store caftlo section after a decided'lull for' several vveeks duting which period' vendors^ altliough- ve'ry-' shPrt of .feed,#- had ..very little encouragement'tb;test the market'. Wedn'esday 's vmarket, .however,- exceed- • ed ; expectations, this.. being- due 'to .-the competition ;shown by outside-- b'uyers. Some ;weli-bred .' station lines of - stee'rs came. f orward,. being fairly? grown and in hardy,1 good-doing , order. Ih an ordinary; sea'son there ' is 'no surplus of this quality young eattle, and their going out of 7 the "-provinc'e is meeting with .the ■position* tpmporajily., - Once there is sufficient feed availabje.' the^ obtain,ing. of this . cjass of young. cdttle for stocking up again will 'be another proolem, causiiig piices .to rise to. dangetous levels. Wednesday's. selling gaye avery " justification for ..the = bqlicf that the man who has been able..to hold Q.n and keep his . stoclc . in good- order .will be on' the 'box eqat.; Breeding cows heavy in calf • ,are not ; making . values that offer>inducement to test the 'niarket. Tfreir.cohditipn is generaBy v.ei-y 'low and : tkegrearing of a calf , is. lilvely -to impose a big strain upon them. ^ Dairy , cows continue to malce^.slpw ■selling with. - very ,few exceedi'ng tlio~£o xuark, except" at the - Saturday .saies wliere :£i0 )for "Jersey -heifers has boen veported. 'Those -.ih search. of milking cOws show.-n preference , for buying in the -" paddoelc as - they tetand a bettei chancc o,f knowlng -what they. aro , gctting. The shle pens ' have bceu. frequ'ently khown as a'clearing house'for disappointnients. v - A.halt was call'ed in the market for hoggets ' on 'Wednesday wheu the sell•j'ng was not so good as at Waipukurau the day previous. The yarding there represeiited . the . poorest, quality seen for a long -time- and gave 'the impression that -there' had been a round-'up of the ' hospital " p'addoOks. Vendors were iiideed fortunate that' buyers from* th'e Feilding - district were . keenly in ' the market.' For cull lines local interests stoppeii -at about' 10/- • a- liead, -but the outside- -compeiition carried it on to 14/- and" better. With lambing-in full nwing, many farmers are not able^ to give xuuch attention to the weexly saies- a'nd'.many of the ■ pens of- hoggets were simply sorts'that -b,ad'sto be^g'ot idd '-'of . af anything ' that they' niiglit b'ring , and whatev'er. it, was it made 'dear'rbuying. ■ ' J * " ' Best Ptice of Scagon. • On . .Wednesday. ,'Mr. ,'W. , Kinrqfew White's eiitry ,of ewe lambs oll! lris Walkaeao ipidpcrty. topped ;t'he. Aharket for the. seas'on at .33/4.' 8horn- as.-lauibs tliej -were partieularly .well -grown. and dwaifed many of tliose in tlie. other pens. The easing in values toqk plac-e cluefiy for the second-quality .entries and even at tho. values made they .wero dqav enough. The winter, is cortainlv ov'or. but some of thepo inferior hoggets bave a long way to go bot'ore they will be;in good 'doing- order; kraiiy of tlie top lines give promiso of coniing off the Bhe.ars well and devolqping . intogood two-tooths. The dearest ' buying of the day was probably a liuo of smailgrown two-tooth wet.hers hot.well woolled either. Lack of size was their biggest arawback and thc purchaser, in the figure he gaye, displayed wonderful n^tiininm. ' In gomo eases where

.»■ T.-- .. -. ' * , ;v*;-4. ,{ » -- . ihe wool woiil'd- y,ield\well an 'iufL-.ience was sliown in ' values,' but "this.-" factor did not apply :to all. .A dofiiiito shyn'ess was shown towards all lines showiug a Corriedale cross. Some splendid sheep 'turhed out. in tlie works'-last season liave shown thi-s. breeding, the mutton being of a quality that "was all thrit could be desir'cd. . ."' This v»;eek saw the first offcnngs oi ewes with lambs at foct. mak'iog t« 17/- all f-ountod. The lambs 'were well developed and 'very sturdv and eompared favourably- with the quality of the early ofTerings last- season. .Tust liow good the ewes will be after hav-ing-rcared Ihe lambs remains to be f-eeu. -From the appearance of many of the aged ewes which are in low condition, once wea'ning is ovcr,. tlie cliuto will be kejt £olished for a -while.