VALUES HOLD WELL

Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Volume 81, Issue 16, 12 October 1937, Page 6

VALUES HOLD WELL

The maxket for store cattle at Waipukurau to-day showed evidence of having become stabilised after the downward trend from the peak rates of & few weeks ago. With the selling at the big offering at Feilding being better than anticipated, a degree of coniidence was evident at to-day 's saies. Although buyers did not display a keenness values held quite well. Female entries, which made such ready selling last week, due to the activity of buyers from Taranaki, did not meet with the same spirited bidding to-day owing to the absence of competition from the West Goast. The quality of the yarding of empty cows tq-day was well below that of last week. The b«st line brought £6 12/6, and others made good selling at £6. Breeding cows, which were late calving, were not wanted, and wero difiicult to trade. The majoiity of these lines had not * been well wintered. The best draft of bullocks realised £8 4/-J but these were not equal to those offered last week, which brought £9 12/% Two-year-old steers were chiefly small to medium grown and were in hard condition. A moderate entiy. of fat cattle was traded slightly below rates at Stortford Lodge last week. Some good pens of well-bred, medium-framed cows and heifers, representing* quality, were readily Bought after by Hastings and Taradale butchers. Fat sheep were easier than last week, the better pens representing good quality. In the store pens an entry of extra forward wethers, in splendid order, realised 34/2. Eealisations were as under: — FAT CATTLE. A imall to medium framed prime Shorthorn cow, in good order, brought £9 15/--*Qa account of Mr. H. W. Wright, Porangahau, 4 well-bred, medium-. framed, solidly finished Aberdeen Angus cows, looking a little empty after a few days on the road, brought £11 5/-, A small-framed young Hereford cross cow, quite well finished, sold at £7 12/-. On aceount of Mr. H. W. Wright, 8 well-bred, medium-framed Aberdeen cows, prime quality and well finished line, realised £12. On account of the same vendor, 8 similar-bred medium to heavy cows, solidly finished and showing good quality, sold in a line at £11 16/-. From the same source, 6 similar-bred heifers, rather lighter than the pen offered earlier, brought £10 17/-. In from the Coast^ 5 small-grown 2yr. Aberdeen Angus heifers, in medium condition, sold at £6 16/-. Six lengthy framed Aberdeen Angus cross unfinished light cows, in empty condition, were passed at £6 5/-. On account Mr. J. D. Ormond, snr., Wallingford, a single small-grown extra prime Aberdeen Angus heifer brought £18 10/-.