LIVE STOCK PRICES

Dominion, Volume 33, Issue 147, 16 March 1940, Page 16

LIVE STOCK PRICES

Run Cattle In Demand At Feilding Sale MUTTON VALUES RISE Dominion Special Service. FEILDING, March 15. A strong sale for run cattle and a rise of about 1/- a head in the mutton values were features of the stock sale at Feilding today, when a large offering of both sheep and cattle came forward. Fat sheep: 2k heavy supply of mutton, with a good percentage of high-quality, finished lines, was forward, and for these the sale was brisk. Prices advanced. Extra prime lambs made 23/2 to 24/1. prime, 20/- to 21/9, light 15/- to 19/-; extra prime wethers, 24/9 to 25/6, prime, 23/- to 24/6, medium, 20/6 to 22/9, lighter 18/- to 20/-; extra prime ewes, 19/- to 20/6; medium prime, 16/6 to 18/3, light, 13/7 to 15/9; extra prime maiden ewes, 25/1, prime, 22/8 to 23/2. Store sheep: The demand for aged breeding ewes was not particularly keen, though no difficulty was experienced in disposing of the toixjnaiity lines. Good lambs, also, sold freely, but the inferior lots were slow of sale. The best of the five-year ewes made 20/1 to 21/1, second-quality sorts, 18/2 to 19/3, and others, 13/6 to 17/6; good four and fiveyear ewes, 20/-, backward sorts, 15/10 to 17/7; best ewes, 23/3 to 24/-, inferior, 12/1; fattening ewes, 9/- to 11/8; fair four-tooth ewes, 22/7; well-grown wether lanilrs, 17/-, small, 11/- to 13/-; black face wether lambs 15/4 to 16/-; ewe lambs, 23/10. Store cattle: The yarding of good, forward-conditioned station cattle met with a keen sale, high prices ruling for the well-grown steers and close-to-iinish cows. The young stock likewise made improved values. Fat and forward three and a half-year-old steers made £lO/6/to £ll/0/-, lighter, £B/5/- to £B/7/6; good two-and-a-half-year-old A.A. steers, £5/10/- to £O/10/-, others, £4/10/- to £5/5/-; eighteen-month A.A. steers, best. £3/16/- to £4/5/-, small, £2/16/- to £3 11/-; 18-month A.A. heifers, best. £3/5/to £3/11/-, others, £2/11/- to 2/14/-; good two-year Hereford heifers, £4/12/to £5/15/-, smaller, £4/6/-: three-year A.A. and Hereford heifers. £6/5/-; twoyear Hereford steers, £5/1/-; fat and forward cows'. £5/5/- to £5/8/-. lowerconditioned sorts, £3/6/- to £4/3/6; yearling Jersey heifers, best. £3/1/- to £3 15/-, others, £2/2/6 to £3; works cows, heavv, £4 to £4/10/-, lighter £l/10/- to £3/15/-. Dairy cattle: An improved quality entry of springing heifers met with a fairly keen demand, first-grade sorts advancing in price. The best of the springing heifers made £B/5/- to £1), later calvers. £5 to £7/15/-: good heifers in milk. £6/10/- to £7/7/6. Fat cattle: Beef values showed an improvement, a much better quality yarding coming forward. Prime ox beef was in keen demand. First-grade A.A. heifers. £9/17/6, seeond-quality. £7/12/6 to £8 7/6. others, £6 to £O/17/6; prime A.A. cows. £7 to £7/15/-. medium prime. £6 to £6/15/; light and ex-dairy cows, £4/10/- to £5/17/6; prime oxen, £lO 15/-, lighter prime, £B/15/- to £9/10/-, unfinished. £6/17/- to £B. Pigs: The usual strong inquiry was shown for pigs, and a total clearance resulted for all lines. Good weaners made 13/6 to 15/-. smaller.' 9/-; sows, £1 6/6 to £l/7/6: slips. £l/13/-; porkers, £2/1/-; baconers, £2/16/-. Poultry prices are: Hens. 1/1 to 2/10; ■pullets 2/- to 3/-; cockerels. 1/6 to 4/2; cockerel chicks. 6d. to 1/2; ducks, 2/1 to 2/9: geese. 3/6; turkey hens, 8/3; turkey gobblers, 8/3 to 10/6.