FEILDING STOCK SALE

Evening Post, Volume CXXII, Issue 106, 31 October 1936, Page 6

FEILDING STOCK SALE

STRONG, DEMAND ALL ROUND

(By Telegraph—Press Association.)

FEILDING, October 30. Practically every department of the stock market showed a healthy,tone at the sale today, when there was a large yarding of. both sheep and cattle. The fact that there will be no sale next week finned up the market-for fat sheep and fat cattle. Fat ewes especially were keenly sought, prices advancing about 2s on last week. The-fat cattle market was in favour of venders. Good quality bullocks made 27s 6d per 1001b, with cow! beef selling to 26s 6d. Dairy breeds of fat cattle sold firm at advanced prices: There was an over-supply of dairy cattle, but mis did not afiect the prices of good lines of heifers and cows, which are stiH fetching good prices. The store cattle pens were somewhat meagrely stocked, with prices' at the late high rates. The store sheep market is still very firm at prices probably above world There was an excellent sale ifor, ewe ho£t£6ts ■ . r Fat sheep: Prime f at, woolly ewes 33s to 33s 9d; light prime, 26s lOdl to 30s; prime shorn ewes, 28s 9d; light from 21s 3d; prime hoggets, 27s to 28s 10d; light prime, from 23s 7d; pnme heavy wethers, 33s to-445; light, from 27s 6d; shorn prime wethers, 27s bJ. two-tooths, good, 29s 9d; light, from 225. Store sheep: Good quality ewe hoggets, 40s 2d; other lines, from 30s tolls 4d; wether hoggets, good attractive pens to 25s 9d; fair to medium, 20s to 245; inferior, 17s; bf. hoggets, good 25s 9d; others from 18s lOd. Dairy cattle: Springing heifers, close to profit to £7 2s 6d; late /calvers, from £2 15s to £5 15s; heifers m milk good £7 ss, others from £3 ss, Sgfng cows, forward .conditionl £5 iL B!iuSy^^.|o||« i" n- is to 25 guineas; Herefoid neveS £4 13°s to g£s; Hereford steers, cockerels, 2s 4d to 2s 6d. Pigs: Weaners, .best 15s 6d to 20s, others 9s 6d to 14s; slips, 15s to 245, medium powers, 26s to 365; heavier 36s to 465; sows to farrow, £2 2s oa to £2 17s 6d. HIGHER PRICES. At .the Feilding sale yesterday the New Zealand Loan and' Mercantile Agency Co., Ltd., report ■ smaller yardings in all sections. In the fat sheep department ewes-showed a rise of Zs to 3s-per head,'while both fat wethersand hoggets met with a firm sale at late rates. Store sheep sold exceptionally well, shorn wethers showing a rise of Is 6d ncr head. Ewe hoggets were also iii keen demand and showed an appreciation on late values. Only a limited number of run cattle came forward. Yearling steers were a little above last week's level; while young heifers were un by. at least 7s 6d per head good bullocks also improving to the same extent. Good rains throughout Hawke's Bay, with consequent price improvement in that district, had the effect of reducing the numbers of cattle coming forward. A good yarding in the fat cattle section met with a firm' sale fully up to late rates • , :; Quotations:—Fat hoggets, 25s 6d, 265, 28s 6d; shorn hoggets, 235, 23s 6d; fat ewes in wool, 295-6 d, 325, to 335; shorn fat ewesvr2ls 3d, 22s 6d, to 24s 8d; fat wethers, 32s 6d; shorn wethers,. 20s 9a,. 21s 6d to 225; wether hoggets, 23s 6d, 245. 8d to 26s 9d; ewe hoggets, 325, 34s 6d 37s 6d, 38s 3d, to 40s 2d; ewes and lambs, 16s 9d, 17s 4d; fat cows, ex dairy. .£, 3 17s, £4 7s 6d, £5 15s, to. £6 12s 6d; store cows, to £3 12s bd, yearling Hereford heifers, £4 14s £5, to £5 3s; yearling P.A. steers, £6 10s, £6 12s, to £6 15s; yearling P.A. heifers, £5 8s; springing heifers, £3, £4 ss, £4 15s, £5 7s 6d, £5 15s, to £6 12s 6d; springing cows £4 £4 15s, to £6; yearling Jersey bulls, £5, £8, 9s; 2-year Jersey bulls, £6 105,,. £7 7s. £10 105,,t0 £12 12s. . - . .