LIVE STOCK PRICES

Dominion, Volume 33, Issue 284, 26 August 1940, Page 3

LIVE STOCK PRICES

Auctioneers’ Comment On Feilding Sale Dominion Special Service. PALMERSTON N., August 24.

A medium yarding of store sheep was submitted, principally ewes aud wether hoggets, with odd pens of breeding ewes, state the Associated Auctioneers, commenting on yesterday's Feilding stock sale. The quality of the hoggets was high, showing the effects of a mild winter. The market for all classes of store sheep was easier by 1/- to 1/6 a head on, the rates at the previous week's sale, but a good clearance was effected at auction at very satisfactory prices to vendors. A heavy yarding of good quality fat sheep was submitted, and a sound market was in evidence at rates approximately on a par with those ruling at last weeks fixture. , p ~ A full yarding of station cattle of all classes came forward, with one or two pens of grown cattle, for which the demand was particularly keen. A large offering of Polled Angus and Hereford cows met with anything but. a bright sale, the majority being passed at auction. The offering of P.A. and Hereford steer calves sold under sound competition nt values ou a par with those ruling at other fixtures during the week. Two and three-year-old P.A. heifers again met with keen competition at values fully firm on late rates. In the fat cattle section, a yarding of extra choice quality station-bred cows and heifers was submitted to a keen bench of buyers, and there was a strong sale for all lots, values again being well up on those at. outside sales. Extra prime heavv cows and heifers sold up to as high as £l2. The usual offering of boner cows and yearling Jersey heiiers came to hand. The heifers again met with keen competition, the top price being £6/10/- for a line of choice yearling Jerseys. A full yarding of dairy cattle met with a buoyant sale throughout, values again appreciating on last week’s rates. One outstanding sale of heifers on account of Mr. AV. Hills, Makino, realized the top price so far secured in the Feilding saleyards this year. £l5 for a line of five. A specially-advertised line of four am/ fiveyear P.A. bullocks, carrying condition, on account of Mr. C. Nicholls. Ttirakina, sold freely at. £lO/19/- a head. Empty P.A. heifers specially advertised on account of Messrs. Watt and Miers, Peep-o-Day, were finally knocked down at £6, this being a line of well-grown, goodconditioned, and well-bred P.A. heifers. A line of rising three-year P.A,. staers advertised on ' account of Mr. E. F. Thomas, Pakihikura, not big cattle, sold at £8 a head. Quotations:— 0./.a Sheen: Fat hoggets, 20/10 to 3-1/10, fat wethers, 25/10 to 40/10; fat ewes, 21/10 io 36/7; two-tooth ewes. r.w. S.D. ram 39/-; five-year ewes, 31/9 to <>3/-; m.a.’ewes, r.w. S.D. ram, 23/8; b.f. lambs, woolly tops, 19/9; wether lambs, wool y tops, 22/- to 2-1/9: medium. Ib/- to 20/4 ; culls’. 11/- to 11/6; ewe lambs, woolly, tops, 28/- to 35/4 ; medium, 20/6 to 24/-; culls. 11/3. Cattle: Dairv cows, £4/15/- to £l3; dairy heifers, £4/10/- to £l5; poHercows. £2/12/6 Io £4/17/6; fat. run cows., £ s to £1 Q /12/6: fat run heifers. £9/2/6 to £l4/7/6; fat ex-dairy cows, G’/B)/- to £9/2/6; fat bullocks £(> to 11.,/1-/6 runners. £7/2/6; vealcrs. £4/I,V- to £5 17/6; weaner Jersey heifers. £4 to m 10/-: yearling P:A. heifers, £4/3/-: y«irlin° r p" A steers. £4/19/- to £•>: yearling .Terser’heifers. £5/12/6; two and threeven r P.A. heifers, £4/10/- to £6j two and three-year P.A. steers. £6/1;>/- to £s: P.A. bullocks. £lO/9/-; empty P.A. and Hereford cows. £6. All Classes-Sell Well At Carterton Sale t'Alt'lT.ltTON. Augnm ilti. Glhhl yard in w of ishoop, cattle, mid pijJS won 1 forward at the 6lock sale in Carterton todav, and there was a largo attendance [of buyers. All cJassc« of stock sold well, and a total clearance was effected at the following prices:— Sheep: Prime fat wethers, to 44/6; prnn e fat hoggets. 34/- to 3()/6: fat .»</- to 4(1/-: fat and forward ihnggets. '-’3/- to 21/3: fat ewes, to 37/3; wether hoggets. Holstein cows elose to profit. CIO to’ci-l- springing Holstein heifers, do LIO: si.ringjig Jersey heifers, C 5 'o/MO.'IO -: Jersey heifers, just. oMved, £lO to LlO If)/- - Jersey cowfi on drop, LS. £lO/10/- to I'ls/J/-' flit cows. CD to £lO/5/-; forwiinl cows. C3'l/- io £5/1/-: store eows 3.i/to ,£2/1(1/-: cows and calves. £3 to £3/» / 0, springing Jersey cows. £4 to £!>. F’ive: Wenners, good 21 Oi tn 21 ■: medium.' IS/- to 21/-: small. 15/- to 17/0; slips. 27/C> to 32/-: stores. 31/- Io /■'. ligM porkers. 30/-Jo £2/2/-: olhers. £-/IV- to £3/10/-- sows with lifters, to L I. , l.’iinworth hoars. £2/5/- to £2i'lo/ ; : choppers, to £3/3/-*. baconors. to £3/18/-.