LIVE STOCK SALES

Dominion, Volume 34, Issue 109, 1 February 1941, Page 14

LIVE STOCK SALES

Sheep Dearer At Feilding MUTTON UP CONSIDERABLY Dominion Speciai Service FEILDING. January 31. Sheep values at Hip Feilding sale loday were well above those of the previous week for Loth fats and stores. No store cattle were offered. Fat sheep: Million prices went up considerably. wethers being about 2- a head dearer than last week and ewes only slightly less. Exira prime wet hers made 23/4 to 24/4. prime 21/7 to '23/-, lighter 19/10 Io 21/-; extra primp ewes 15/1 to 16/L prime 13/10 hi 11/10. lighter 10/6 io 12/9; medium prime lambs 21/10, unfinished Ul'lo to 18/4. Store sheep: A yarding mainly consisting of very good lambs made a strong sale, values going up quite 2.7- a head on last week’s. Extra good wether lambs sold for 17/,- hi I'3/2, second grade 15/lu 16/9, smaller 13/;’, to 14/9. backward .8/10 to 12/6; very good ewe lambs 20/7 to 22/7. smaller 15/- Io 17/3. backward 9/6 to 14/-: good black-face lambs 10/- to 17/2. others 11, 'I to 15/-: good two-tooth ewes 34/-; mixed-age ewes 14/8 to 15/0, culls 11/-. Store cattle: Only works cows were offered, prices being on a schedule basis. Heavy sorts brought £4/3/- to £4/IP-. others, to £3/10/-. Dairy cut lie: A few head of cows in milk and late cal vers made late rates. Cows in milk sold to £B/5/- and springing heifers to £O/10/-. Eat cattle: Run-fattened beef was in good supply and demand, but ex-dairy lines were backward of sale. Prime A.A. cows realized £9/12/6. medium prime £7 12/6 to £B/7/6: ex-dairy cows £4/107to £6/12/6; prime A.A. heifers £B/7/6 to £9/12/6. others £6/17/6 to £B/2/6; medium prime oxen £lO/12/6 to £lO/17/6 * light steers £7/7/6 io £7/17/6: runners £6/16'-. Pigs: A light varding of pigs sold at unaltered prices. VVeaners made 7/6 to 10/6: slips 14/- to 19/6; light porkers £2/1/-. Poultry: Hens 1/6 to 2/11; pullets 8/9: cockerels 1/5 to 3/3: cockerel chicks 1/2. Prices Advance At Eketahuna Dominion Special Service. EK ETAH UN A, Janna ry 30. A large entry of sheep and lambs at the sale in Eketahuna yesterday met with keen competition. Prices advanced on last week’s realizations, and good lambs suitable for rape met with spirited competition. A line of good shorn’ wether lambs topped the sale at 16/10. A total clearance was effected. Prices: — Good b.f. lambs 16/6 to 17/3, medium 14/- to 14/S. rnnall 10/- to 12/-; woolly wether lambs 14/- to 15/10, medium 12/to 13/-; good shorn w.f. wether lambs 15/to 16/10, medium 13/- to 13/7, small 8/to 9/4; medium shorn ewe lambs 13/- to 14/2; two-tooth wethers 19/4 to 19/10; cull w.f. and b.f. lambs 6/- to 7/4. Lamb Prices Firm At Hunterville Dominion Special Service, MARTON. January 31. A yarding of 3400 sheep was offered at the Hunterville slock sale yesterday to n good attendance of outside buyers. A fair proportion of the yarding comprised breeding ewes, the majority of which came forward in excellent condition. The top price for live-year ewes wits 20/2 for a well-grown line on account of L. Lambert; other five-year ewes sold from 15/6 to 17/9. A very tiiie pen of 290 ewe lambs on account of Mrs. It. Lourie made 23/6. The lamb market was firm throughout the sale. A total clearance was made as follows :— Two-loOth ewes, fair, 24/6 to 25/4; fottrtoolli ewes 25/7, six-tooth 21/9 to 23/11, four-year 20/9, five-year, good 20/2, others 15/6 io 17/9: m.a. ewes 11/6 to 13/1; good ewe lambs to 23/6, good medium 16/10 to 17/7. fair 14/9 to 15/8: best w.f. wether lambs 16/8. good 13/2 to 14/10. good medium to 12/2. small 8/1 io 9/9, tail-end sorts 4/6 to 6/10; medium woolly b.f. lambs to 12/9; medium shorn b.f. lambs to 10/6: Romney rams to 4) guineas. Sheep Dearer At Dannevirke “ DANNEVtIIKE, January 30. A very large yarding of shepe, principally iambs, wits submitted to a good attendance of buyers at the Dannevirke stock sale today. Prices showed a rise on last week's values, very keen competition being showu. except for a few breeding ewes which did not meet with good competition. It is still early for litis class of stock. A total clearance was effected. There was a small entry of fat cattle, and a few steers, but interest in tliees was slight. Prices:— Sheep: Fat two-tooth wethers, 21/6; fat ewes. 15/- to 21/9: good wether lambs. 19/2: medium wether lambs, 13/9 to 15/10. smaller sorts 7/6 to 11/6; good ewe < lambs 17/8 to £l, medium 13/9 to 16/-: 1 good b.f. lambs 17/5 to 17/10. other sorts 11/- to 15/0; ewes 17/6: small two-tooth ewes 18/6. t’atlle: Fat Jersey cows and heifers. £5/17/6 to £7: forward bullocks. £7 12/6- steers, £5: store cows, £3/15/- to £3/’16./-. Pigs nn/i Poultry. Except for killing poultry, pig and poultry prices at R. Koake and Son’s var s today were on a par with last work’s rates. Killers were easier by 6d. a bead. Prices:--Pigs: Small weaners 5/6 io 7/6, best to 14/-; ba<’kward slips 10 - to 12/6, best to 10/6. Poultry: W.L. hens 1/6 to 2/3: 8.0. hens 2/ tn 2/9: Auslralorp pullets 5/- to 6 - ; M .L. pullet? s/6; roosters 1/6 to 2/6; cockerels 2/6 to 3/6. 1 Carterton Sale Prices Dominion Special Service. CARTERTON. January 31. A big entry of slu*np and fair entries of cattle and pigs was forward at the | Carterton stock sale today. Eat sheep sold at late rates, ami good-roiiditioned black-face an ( j white-fare lambs were keenly sought. Cull lambs also made good prices and sound-mom hod ewes sold well. hut. broken-mom hed ew«‘« were not wanted. Cattle sold at late rates and plg< were on a par with last wrek> realiza tions. Prices: — Sheep: Fat lambs to 23/4. light 17/- to IS/-; fat ewes 11/6 Io 13/6; fat b.f.’s to 15/6; six-year ewes 15/6 to 17/-; two-tooth ewes l<> 21/3; m.a. ewes tn 14/3; f.ni. ewes 8'- io 9/3: cull ewes 3/9 Io 4/8: ewe lambs 12/- to 14/-: b.f. lambs 16/6 to 16/9: woolly wether lambs 15/10 to 16/-; small woolly wether lambs 8/- to 11/3: small b.f. lambs 10/3 to 14/6- small shorn wether iambs “/- to 7/9. C.'iHle: Cows in milk to £6; fat cows £5/10/- to £7/7/6: forward cows £3/'l5/td £4.15/-: store rows £2/15/- to £3; cows and calves t<» £5; hulls £3 to _Vt» Pigs: Baeoners £2/18/- to £3/17/-: porker*? £2/”»/- to £2/12/-: light :{•>/- to 42/-; stores 26/- to 32/-; slips IS/- to 22/-; good weanprs 14/- to 17/-, medium 11/- (o 13/-, small 8/- to 10/-. HAWKE’S BAY RAM FAIR Southdown Prices Improve Dominion Special Service HASTINGS, Janimry 31. Better prices were secured for tloel; Soutiidvwns today than tor the Hock Rumueys yesterday at (he Hawke’s Bay ram lair. Prices today were in advance or those of last year, and . under a keen | demand the market was well met. Entries numbered 2178 on account of Hawke's Bay. Wairarapa and Feilding breeders, most sales going to Hawke's Bay farmers. Top price was 12}gns. for |w<i srparai*’ entries, one on account of \V. .1. Gimblett. Ngatarawa. and purchai-ed hy M. Glazebrook, Hastings, and the other on account of R. Edgecombe, Ilatuma, ami bought by O. Nilsson. The 10-guinea mark was frequently reached and a good percentage realized Bgns. Two pens of Dorset Horns realized from Bgns. to lUgns., all being purchased bv W. Wall, Gisborne. Little inquiry was shown for a few pens of Kyelands. Sixteen Romney and 30 Southdown stud ranis met with a steady demand. The top price for the Romneys was 65gns.. paid by C. R. Edgecombe, Hatuma, for a shearllug ram olTored on account of W. S. R. Dick. Marton. For Southdowns the best price was Bsgns. for a shearling ram | lomglit by the Loan and Mercantile I Agency I’o.. Wanganui, as agents, from a line offered on aeronnt W. I. Giinblotl. lngs.