STORTFORD LODGE SALE

Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XVII, 23 November 1927, Page 5

STORTFORD LODGE SALE

FAT COWS WANTE"

FAT SHEEP HARDEN—STORES STEADY.

At Storrforu Lodge saleyards toda ythere was a small entry of fat cattle. Most of these were of good quality, and brought better prices than US" o ', "specially for nrime cows. Apart from the usual entry of dairy bred stock, there was a comparatively small yarding o r store cattle and good prices were obtained. The fat sheep entry was also smaller than usual, and prices showed a firming tendency. A fair number of store sheep, particularlv wheth»r» were offered, all lines being keenly competed for, though wethers appeared to show a slight easing in value. FAT CATTLE. Cows: Prime £7 10/- to £8 17/6, medium £5 7/6 to £7. light £4 8/- to £5 5/-. Bullocks: Prime heavy £ll 5/- to £ll 12/6. light prime £lO 10/-. Heifers: Light £4 10/- to £B 10/-. Vealers: Big £2 7/6 to £2 10/-. STORE CATTLE. Bullocks and Steers: 20 good fwd. cond. 3-yr. Hereford steers, would not require much topping off, £8 7/6; 1 poor 2-yr Hereford steer £3 14/-; 7 poor yearling Herefords £2 U' ’ hard cond. 2-yr Hereford steers, well sold at £6: 8 4-vr Sh. store bullocks, hard stores, £9 17/6; 5 yearling station steers £3 2/6; 7 goo d2-yr. Hereford steers, fresh cond. £7 3/-; 2 store blks. £8 3/6: 7 good 3 yr. P.A. steers in fresh cond £8: 8 2-yr. steers, mixed breeding, fresh cond. £5 3/6. Cows and Heifers: 1 2-vr. Short horn heifer poor £2 7/6; 7 yearling station heifers small. £2 1/-; 1 empty Shorthorn cow £4 17/6: 1 empty Jersey cow £4 W-: 1 big empty forward cow £6; 1 big empty store cow £4 5/-. DAIRY CATTLE. Six very small mixed dairy yearlings £1 7s; 6 yearlin- dairy heifers, mixed, £3 16s, ? yearling dairy heifers mixed, £3 10s; 2 2-yr Jersey cross heifers, p £3 10s; 1 yearling Jersey heifer, £3 Is; 1 small yearling Jersey, <£2 10s; 1 Jersey cow in milk (1 dud quarter). £3 10s; 1 Jersey cow in profit, guaranteed sound). £5 ss; 1 Holstein cow in profit (1 dud quarter), £2 2s 6d ; 1 fourth c-alver Jersey, guaranteed. £7 ss; 1 springing cow. guaranteed. £6. BULLS. Six 3-yr P.A. bulls, bred b” Jas. A. Macfarlane: One sold at I'gns. and the balance at 15gns. FAT SHEEP. Ewes (shorn) Prime 19s 2d to 21s 2d. mediuv '7s to 18s 9d. Ewes (woolh " 'mm 255. Wethers (s' - --ilium 23s to 255. Wethers ' ’ • Maiden Ewes 1 ' .:): Prime F’.<6d, medium 22s i.. STORE 'ltl'.l.P. Wethers (except where otlierwi-i specified all store sheep me off shears): 257 f, and f. 4-th weds, an even, well-grown line. 255: 280 2 and 4-th weds, fairly well-grown and in forward condition p. 23s 6d : 456 smallish 4-t.b weds in fresh condition, 23s 6d; 130 fol 'ward grffov. n weds, ex Patoka. 23s 10d; 241 freshconditioned 4-th weds, ex Alaraetotara, some small, p. 23s 7d ; 126 2-th weds. 1 mark, fresh store condition, p. 21s 6d; 202 f. artd f. 4-th weds, an even line, 24s 4d; 102 small 2-th weds in fair store condition, p. 19s 9d; U’J 2 and 4-th ordinary stores. 21s 6d 100 fair 2-ths were cheap at 20s.

Ewes f 70 woolly ewes with 70 small to moi' un lambs,‘p. 345; 128 fresher diti< ned 2-th ewes an attractive line, 2d; 51 foryard ewes, medium fr«tnos. ]■*»« 5d : 67 ai/ed di v ewes 13s (id •42 a%ed ewes with 33 lamhs. 16s. I •» siets ‘:i 122 small, hard m t>. hofe-cts, p. 22s