A SHORT YARDING

Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Volume 81, Issue 58, 1 December 1937, Page 6

A SHORT YARDING

Slight Rise on Fat Cattle . at Hastings STORTFORD LODGE SALE The very short yarding at Stortford Lodge to-day did not make the improvement in values that was anticipated. The selling was quiet, due to little competition being shown. Cow beef improved by 2/- per 1001b., the top pri'ce being £9 15/-. Quahty was not featured in the female pens, the cows showing medium quality only, being chiefly unfinished sorts. Heifers were not in sufficienb supplies to test the selling. : Several of the butchers who were holding supplies of quality cattle did not enter the market, -otherwise values would have shown a sharp rise. A few pens of bullocks were offered, and, not being gross, made good summer beef which realised to £14 6/-/ averaging approximately 35/- per 1001b". Very few Jersey sorts were penned and these made from 16/- to 17./- per 1001b. compared with 20/- per 1001b. a month ago. . Realisations were as under:— OX BEEF RATES. A well-framed, heavy, plain-quality Jersey cross bullock was passed at the good iigure of £11 5/-. Two .well-framed, weighty Shorthorncross bullocks, solidly finished, and in good order, sold to £14 5/-. Four weighty Aberdeen Angus cross bullocks, well finished, but not gross, being a good beef entry, sold to £14 1/-. ■ ...... Three dehorned, solidly-finished, well-framed- Hereford bullocks, in good killing condition, sold to £14 6/-. COW BEEF VALUES. Four well-framed, medium-finished Aberdeen-Angus cows sold well to £9 5A. . Three unfinished, dehorned Hereford cows, plain in quality," made a good sale to £7 15/-. * Tn fr.onr Mt," Erin, two well-framed, horned "Hereford cows, prlme finished, brought to "£9 15/-. A pen of horhed Hereford and Shorthorn;cows, liglit 'finished, and empty after ' Being on the' road for ! a few daysj sold io £8- 15/-. An offering of 'mediu'm-framed Hereford cross cows, unfinished,- were pass ed at the only 'bid ot'£8 A pefi of dehorned, medium to wellframed 'Hereford cows, lackiug finish, brought to £8 15/-. HEHTER PRICES. A medium-grown Shorthorn heifer, rather light finished, sold at £9 5/-. Other • heifers in the same. pen," smaller grown and light, made £8 5/-. . - RUNNERS. A medium-grown Hereford steer runner.in good order sold at £4 5/-. Eight small-grown, clean-bred Hereford heifer runners, in medium or ier, sold to £3 5/-.