STORTFORD LODGE SALE.

Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XVII, 16 November 1927, Page 5

STORTFORD LODGE SALE.

' SMALL YARDINC—ADVANCED PRICES. GOOD QUALITY STOCK OFFERED There was a small penning of fat cattle, a moderate entry of good quality stores, and a small yaiding of both fat and store sheep at Siortford Lodge to-day. The fat cattle, which were generally of good quality, sold well, while stores were unusually well competed for at figures in advance of recent rates. Fat sheep appeared to be bringing slightly more than freezing rates, and an almost total clearance was made of the small yarding offered. Store sheep offerings consisted mostly of shorn wethers. These founed a very good market at prices close up ts freezing values. FAT CATTLE. Bullocks: Prime heavy, £ll R)/to £l2 2/6; prime, £lO 10/- to £ll 2/6; medium, £lO to £lO 7/6. Cows: Medium £5 11/- to £6light, £4 7/- to £5 1/-. Heifers: Prime. £7 15/- to £8 3/-; medium, £7 2/6. STORE CATTLE. . Bullocks and Steers; 53 forward condition P.A. bullocks, well grown, £8 15/-; 20 2-year P.A. steers in ordinary store condition, £6 12/-; 15 S.H. bullocks, in light store condition, £8 1/-; 17 3-yr good P.A. Steers in fresh condition, £7 9/-; 20 2-yr Hereford steers in fresh condition, passed at £6 11/-,;. 12 3-yr P.A. cross fresh condition, well grown steers, fetched £7 1/-; 12 2-yr hard conditioned steers, mixed breeding, £6; 3 P.A. cross 2-yr steers, £6; 1 P.A.-H 2-yr steer in forward condition, £6 10/-; 1 3-yr Jersey cross stag, £4 5/-; 1 Jersey steer £3 15/-; 2 big Hereford store bullocks, £8 15/-. DAIRY CATTLE. 1 Eight yearling Jerseys, fairly good quality, but majority not very well grown. £4 12/-; 3 yearling Jerseys (small), £4 7/6; 1 empty cow, £4 18/-; 3 Jersey heifers, in calf, 6 weeks, £4 1/-; 1 S.H. heifer, just calved (poor quality), £1 16/-; 1 Jer.Ayr. cross cow, in, profit 6 weeks, guaranteed, passed at £4 15/-; 1 third calver Holstein, in profit, realised £3; 1 aged Jersey cow ,in calf 8 weeks, passed at £5 5/-; 1 Holsteiri cow, in profit 3 months, sound, passed at £3 5/-; 1 Jersey cow, in profit 1 month, realised £3 10/-; 1 cow, due November, one dud quarter, £3 5/-; 1 good empty big-framed cow, £4 15/-; 1 5-year sound Jersey bull, £4 10/FAT SHEEP, Ewes, shorn.—Prime, 19/- to 20/3; medium, 17/6 to 18/6; light, 15/9 to 16/3. Ewes, woolly — Prime, 27/10; medium, 25/3; light, 23/6. Maiden shorn ewes.—Prime 24/3. Wethers.—Prime, 26/1; 'light, 23/6. STORE SHEEP. All store sheep were off shears except where otherwise specified. Wethers—lll4 good, well-grown, even-type 2-teoth wethers, on account . Waikareta Station, were sold in runs at 24/1 and 23/9; 237 forward 4-tooth wethers, a fair line, 25/-; 117 forward 2-tooth wethers, some fats, some small, 24/-; 67 2 and 4-tooth wethers, in good condition, 23/6; 95 2-tooth wethers, small but in fair condition, 22/-; 55 small 2-tooths, in fair condition. 20/-; 60 very small and hard 2-tooths, passed at 19/2. Hoggets.—66 well-woolled hoggets, rather on the small side, 28/8