FAT CATTLE EASE AT HASTINGS

Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Volume 81, Issue 34, 3 November 1937, Page 6

FAT CATTLE EASE AT HASTINGS

Quality Gisborne Entry On Offer YARDING OF 180 HEAD .Quality was in , the . f oref ront in tho fat cattle offering at Stortf ord Lodge sale- to-day when an exceptional draft of heavy ox beef -ifrom the , , Gisborne district was offered. The , draft which was an account of Hair' Bros..' Gisborne, consisted of '80 extra prime heavy bullocks and three extra • heavy prime' cows, which were the .finest quality for a large ! entry that has ever been penned in the yar.ds. * Fif ty per cent. of ■ the offering consisted of .entries at. the Gisborne Show last week'. Divided into twen'ty pens there was no tailing-;off . in quality or finish'and butche'rs were' offered a rare opportunity of ; selection "for ( choice beef. ' ." v The excellent condition of - the cattle reflected the splendid ', season experi-' enced in Poverty Bay. The top price was £16 10/- for a bullock which would kill out at about 1050* Ibs. - The draft ranged from £13 • 10/- to £16 , 10/- and averaged £15 2/6. Competition was limited.,, in the earlier stages and . the values ranged made about 35/6 per 100 ,lbs. Later in the selling additional competition accounted for . an improvement - in values by f ully 2/- , per , 100 lb., the "concluding pens making at* least '37/6'- per 100 lb. The cattle/ which appeared in the ring . in . particularly. fine y condition, were trucked' to ,the railhead^at Waikokopu .- and . railed ; on Monday night to Longlands.,- > The ; three - cows in * the draft, '. which ; were -i show ^ cattle, were equal-to 'the best .offered .inrthe yards this •" season , and - made •*, to '« £11 or approximately . 25/-' per .100-*lb.;'> The = market ::on the day ' was fully A/- - per ■. 700 y.lbs. ; down ' on late saies, which. was'Uargely.V due >to J the, recent faU-in i values >for" by.-prodqcts. • The - totalqya,rdirig> consisted of 180 heaid which included about ~ 40 ? Jersey sorts. - '-»• ,-v •; Apart from. the - Gisborne /draft there were few .quality;/ pens. Most .of the remainder were aged^co'yfsrinjhard condition and lackingx quality /which were slpw - to ? trade ; toV £7/ 10/-. r The heayiest .buflVck' inXthe-.Gisborne draft, ; which wasipassedlat/the beginning 'of/tHe/sale at/ £1-5, s. was -brought back at tho cqqclusion of-.the : offering, when it .was Isold '.f or "£19",5/-. j. Realisations were ' as - under.: — 'OX) BEEF '/VALUES.; . • On account of 'Hair Bros., '.Gisborne, the first' pen .consisted v'of the heavy beef entries" at Gisborne " show which consisted", of /four ( dehorned; Her ef ords and one Short|idrn; which -would average close _ on / l6501bs,, all/in % extra prime condition " , and/' showing * f exceptional quality and /finisV; "representing very choice heavy ox* beef, "ranged 5from £15 to £16 10/;. ; . • " On account' of the same.Aendors, four heavy Aberdeen Angus- cross bullocks, solidly finisbed, . showing rprime ' quality % sold to £15'10/;. _ 5 From the same * source,; f our Mehorned Herefords,' solidly finished; and;equal in quality, to *'theVpTeyibus'/peiw., being splendidly - finish'ed; and -would -kill out at 906lbs.,psold-to £15; 10/-./,;, , ; Five" clean-bred/. dehorned 5 Shorthorn bullocks,' not quite Vso .well,' framed as the- preyxous,..Ipeh,3'/but Vequally' well finished and' of " similar, quality, ranged from £13. 10/^to £14 '10/-. v „ A further -pen .of heavjer . Herefords, solidly finished, ". th e*,t "qp' b eirig* a .particularly fine entry, sold-to fiifi 2/6. ... • . ciw>beefJpbices.V On account of Hair S Bros./ two heavy dehorned Hereford cows 'in' extra prime condition, also being entries ' at the Gisborne show, . and ^ should^ kill . out at 900lbs., sold' to ' £1.'' In". the ■ same "pen & similarly finished- heavy • Shorthorn cow, also of particularly good "quality, sold at £10 17/6. On • account ;of - Mr ; F." C. Twigg, a medium'to '-heavy- Aberdeen -Angus cross cow, prime -finished/ sold— at? £9 15/-. Three other similar framed prime cow? in the same- pen .brought £9*18/6.

, HEIFER RATES.^ .On account of Mr ;;F. j C.' Twigg, an entry ' of* three-year. medium _ grown Aberdeen " Angua ' cross .beifers, quito well finished, sold to £10. /* .