FEILDING SALE

Evening Post, Volume CXXVI, Issue 116, 12 November 1938, Page 16

FEILDING SALE

YOUNG CATTLE SELL WELL

(K.y IJ'eli.'uru|.il]--l)reßs Association.) FEILDING, November 11. Young cattle sold at highly satisfactory prices at the Feilding supplementary cattle fair-today, when over 200 C head made up the yarding. The cattk were in splendid condition, and of acceptable quality; practically the whole of the entry was sold at auction. The fat sheep sale was firm, and store sheep sold readily at previous rates. Some valuations were: — Cattle—Two-year P.A. steers, good £8 to £9; others, £7 to £7 7s 6d; P.A heifers, best. £6 7s, smaller, £4 to £5; empty P.A. cows. £5 4s to £6 7s;-two-year Hereford steers, very good, -£S Is: smaller, £6 2s 6d; coloured two year steers, £4 9s to £6; P.A. cows, rw. P.A bulls, £4 2s 6d; two-year Shorthorn steers, £6 7s; three-year P.A. steers, £8 16s; P.A. heifers, £5 12s to £7; three-year Jersey steers, £4 19s 6d to £6 17s 6d; empty heifers, £3 17s 6d; Hereford cows, £6 10s; twoyear Hereford heifers, £4 9s; four-year bullocks, £9 7s to £10 7s; bulls, £2 17s 6d to £6 ss; boner cows, £2 7s 6d to £5 7s 6d;. yearling P.A. heifers, £2 16s to £3 12s; yearling Hereford heifers; £3 2s to £3 13s; yearling Hereford steers, £4 12s to £6 ss; yearling P.A. steers, £4 11s to £6 11s. Dairy Cattle.—Sringing heifers, best, £8 10s to £10, others, £6 5s to £6 10s; heifers in milk, £6; springing, £5 10s to £7 15s; cows in milk, £9; cows, good, £8- 10s to £9 10s; others, £11 ss; poor, £5. Fat Cattle.—Medium weight P.A. cows, £8 17s 6d; lighter, £6 15s to £7 ss; heavy Hereford cows, £9 7s to £9 12s 6d; Hereford heifers. £8 to £9 ss; ex dairy cows, £5 10s to £7 ss. Fat Sheep.—Hoggets, prime, 23s to 255; medium. 21s to 22s lOd; others, 16s to 20s 6d; ewes, best, 16s 6d to 17s 6d : lighter, 22s 3d to 25s Id; prime maiden ewes. 24s 6d; prime wethers, 23s 9d to 255; medium, 22s lOd to 235; light, 20s, Store Sheep.—Ewe hoggets, best, 31e Id to 33s Id; others, 28s 6d to 30s 3d; wether hoggets, good, 21s lOd to 22s 6d, smaller, 19s 7d to 20s 7d; backward 14s lOd to 17s; ewes and lambs, 13s 4d to 14s lOd, all counted; fattening ewes, 11s 4d; b.f. hoggets, good, 18s 8d ; others, 14s lOd to 16s Id; two-tooth wethers, 15s 9d to 17s 9d. Poultry.—Hens, 2s 2d to 4s sd; roosters, Is 6d to 3s 7d; ducks, 2s 9d to 3s 4d; hen and 12 chicks, 12s 6d; cockere] chicks, Is 2d to Is lOd; turkey gobblers, 12s to 13s 6d; duck and 10 ducklings 10s. Pigs.—Weaners, 18s 6d to 245; slips, 21s to 365; stores, 34s to 40s; porkers, 40s to 48s 6d. CARTERTON SALE. Wright, Stephenson, and Company offered good yardihgs of sheep, cattle, and pigs at the weekly , Cartertou sale yesterday. With the exception of some of the heavier pigs, all classes of stock sold well up to late rates. Prices were: — Sheep: Ewes with lambs at foot, all counted, 12s 3d to 13s; fat shorn b.f. hoggets, to 18s lOd; fat woolly hoggets. 23s to 23s 4d. Cattle: Jersey heifers, on drop,"£6 5s to £8 10s; Jersey'heifers, just calved, £5 to £6; HolsteiJi second calver. on drop, £10; fat cows, £5 5s to £7 8s: fat heifers, £6 to £7; forward cows, £3 10s to £4 15s; store cows, 38s to £2 16s; cows and calves. £3 16s to £5 Bs. Pigs: Weaners, good, 21s to 265; medium. 18s to 20s 6d; small, 10s to 16s 6d; slips, 26s 6d to 295; stores, 30s to 325; light porkers, 32s 6d to 355; porkers, 36s 6d to £2 8s; baconers £2 16s to £3 ss; choppers, to £3. DISPERSAL SALE. The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co., Ltd., recently held a successful dispersal sale of dairj stock at Pahiatua, on behalf of JMr. W M. Vowell, Kohinui. The cows, mostly young, were keenly competed for and realised up tc £12 ss. The average price for sound cows was £9 13s; yearling heifers made £3 ss; Jersey bull, £7 10s; late calving cows, £5. PIGS AND POULTRY. The Dominion Auctioneering Co. Palmerston North, offered exception ■ ally heavy yardings of both pigs anc poultry to a large bench of buyers'ai this week's sale, and a total clearance was made of all lines. Best weanen sold from 22s to 235; and porkers, 44s to 50s. . . . Poultry was easier m price because of the large quantity yarded. Bes 8.0. hens realised 4s 7d, and white: to 3t 9d each. Prices were:— Pigs: Best weaners, 22s to 235; mcd ium 18s 6d to 20s; small, 15s to 17s 6d" 'slips. 25s to 28s; stores, 29s to 34s 6d; porkers. 40s to 50s; baconers £i Is"lsows and littery £4 to £6 7s 6d Poultry: Best 8.0. hens, 9s to 9s 2c a pair; best W.L. hens, 7s to 7s 6d i pan- light hens, 4s to 6s a pair; heavj. cockerels, 6s to 7s a pah- young put lets 5s Id each; hens and chicks, lls to 15s: duck and ducklings. 12s to 225: "eese, 6s 6d to 7s 6d a pair; small cockerels. 3d to Is 3d each.