LIVE STOCK PRICES

Dominion, Volume 31, Issue 136, 5 March 1938, Page 7

LIVE STOCK PRICES

Fat Sheep Easier At Feilding Dominion Special Servile. Feilding, March’ 4. Another very heavy entry of about 20,000 sheep was offered al to-day s sale m add • tion to several hundred run cattle. lat sheep were easier than last week. lb' quality of the yarding was below that ot recent sales. Store sheep again found the market xer. active, however, and for two-tooths the iniiuirv was fully maintained at prices well up to last week's rates. Tup pens realised to 45/-. Aged sheep fell away in value, and nt the elose ot the sale were about 2/- down. Lambs suffered the largest decline, prices being down about 3/- a beau. Run cattle attracted considerably more attention than at recent sales, good prices ruling for some lines in excellent forward condition. The sale for dairy cattle, ol which there was a considerably iinproieu entry, was good, but fat cattle attracted little attention. Values realised were as follows:— Fat Sheep.—Best ewes, extra prime. 24/-; light prime, 17/- to 17/10; others. 15/- to 16/9; prime quality wethers, ’-3,'J to 25/-, second grade 22/- to 23/(>; lightweights, 17/- to 21/3; prime heavy lambs. 25/-; medium prime, 19/- to 21/3; unfinished, 10/5 to 17/3: b. f. two-tooths, 23/9. Store Sheep.—Top quality two-tooth ewes, 45/-; secund grade. 39/- to 40/9; g_°ou lines, 30/- to 37/-; small, 32/- to 00/3: backward, from 27/-; two. four and sixtooth, 29/0; good four-tooth, 35/1: others, 31/0 to 33/1: four and six-tooth, 25/-; liveyear, 19/3 to 24/3: four-tive-year, 20/- to 25/-; failing mouth ditto, 17/1 to 19/-; b. f. lambs, 14/5 to 17/8: w. f. wether, 14/- to 17/7. Store Cattle.—Forward cows. £4/14/- to £5/7/0; boners, £2/10/- to £4/5/-; waner heifers, good. £3/7/- to £4/7/-; others, £l/13/- to £2/17/0: heifers, r.w.b.. £4/5,'to £4/10/-; yearling I’.A. heiters. best, £5/10/. to £O/10/-: others, £2/12/- to £4/5/-; yearling P.A. steers. £3/12/0_ to £5/0/-; 20 months P.A. steers, good, i/lt to £l/12/-; forwardconditioned three-year I’.A. steers, £lO to £lO/7/-; lighter, £8 15/-; M.C. steers, £B. Dairy Cattle.—Springing cows, best sorts, £B/2/0 to £lO/5/-; second grade. £0 to £7/10/-; others, £4/10/- to £»/10/-; springing heifers. £4/18/0 io £7/2A>: tat cattle, best cows, ex dairy, £6 to £7/18/-; others, £4/14/- to £5/15/-: heifers, £4 16/- to £7/7/6; vealers, £l/17/0 to £3/2/-. Poultry.—Hens, 1/3 to 3/1; pullets, 0(9 to 8/6; ducks, 1/1 to 2/9; cockerels. 2/6. Pigs.—Good weaners, 14/- to 10/0; small weaners, 3/6 to 9/-; slips, 11/0; stores, £1 5/6 to £l/6/-; porkers, £l/16/- to £/18/-.