STOCK MARKET

Wairarapa Times-Age, 10 December 1940, Page 7

STOCK MARKET

CATTLE FAIR AT MASTERTON. HIGHER VALUES RECORDED. The Associated / Auctioneers report having held the final cattle fair of the year in the Masterton saleyards yesterday. There was a fair entry which attracted numerous local and outside buyers. Bidding was" particularly brisk, and the general trend in values was higher than at previous sales held this season. It is quite obvious that ■cattle requirements in this district and the West Coast have not been filled. No grown bullocks came forward, and most of the young cattle showed the effect of hard wintering and lacked size. Female cattle dominated the yarding, and the strongest selling of the day was for empty cows and heifers. The fat cattle were a very nondescript lot and. did not include many prime pens. However, values were up to late sales. The following are the prices:—

Fat cattle: Heavy fat bullocks, tc £l3; fat steers, to £9 7s 6d; heavy fat P.A. cows, to £8 7s; fat cows, £7 Is io £7 6s; fat P.A. heifers, £7 Is, £7 13s, £7 15s to £8; light fat cows, to £5 16s; fat Jersey' steers, £lO to £lO 18s; a/c W. Donovan, fat steers, to £lO 2s 6d; a/c Awatea. fat cows. £6 17s to £7 18s; a/c W. Groves, to £7 Is. Three-year steers: £8 ss, £8 10s, £B' 18s, £9 to £9 9s. ■Two-year steers: A/c Estate J. A. McLean, to £7 15s; a/c Foreman Bros, to £7 10s; a/c J. H. Percy, to £7 ss; a/c I. D. Balfour, to £7 ss; a/c H. Beetham. to £7 2s; a/c M. D. McGregor, to £7; others, to £6 17s 6d; others, small, £5 14s, £6 to £6 10s.

Yearling steers: A./c A. C. Williams, to £6 3s; a/c Tikitapu Station, to £6; a/c Laing Bros., to £5 17s 6d; a/c M. D. McGregor, to £5 17s; a/c Alex McGregor, to £5 15s; others, small, £4 ss, £4 10s to £5 ss. iTwo-year heifers: A/c lan Macßae to £5 13s; a/c M. D. McGregor, to £5 12s; a/c Alex McGregor, to £5 12s; a/c McLean Estate, to £5 6s; a/c Foreman Bros., to £5; a/c lan Macßae, to £5 4s; others, small, £4 15s to £5. Three-year. heifers: A/c Laing Bros.. £6 15s to £7 2s; a/c Foreman Bros., £6 to £6 15s. Yearling heifers: Others, small, to £3 11s to £2 13s. Empty P.A. cows: A/c T. Beetham. to £7 2s; a/c Foreman Bros., to £5 14s; others, £5 ss. £5 Ils. £5 16s. £6, to £6 10s. P.A. cows and calves: A/c R. Liverton, to £7 19s: a/c E. W. O’Connor, to £7 19s; a/c A. C. Williams, to £7 16s. Jersey cows and calves: To £5 16s.