FEILDING STOCK SALE

Evening Post, Volume CXV, Issue 77, 1 April 1933, Page 14

FEILDING STOCK SALE

FEILDING, March 31. Prices for fat sheep firmed appreciably at the stock Bale today, when a. fairly large yarding, war offered. The major portion of the yarding:' was •.bought. ■■; by Borthwicks for export, butchers getting only a small,proportion.- '.'■'■. . . :■'?■, Fat lambs: Primest, 13s; prime, 12s lOd; good, 11s 4d'to 11s 8d; medium, 10s to :10s lOd fair, 9s 4d i to. 9s lOd. Prime he«sy wethers, ,11s 3d. to 12s 10d; good, 10a 6d. Fat maiden ewes: Very good, 12s 9d; very prime black-face ewes; 10s Id; prime ewes, 7s 6d; good, 6s 3d to 6s lOd; medium, Ss 7d to 5s lOd. ..; ..,/•. ... (. . y The market for | breeding ewes was not so good, auctioneers being unable in some cases to coax buyers to vendors' reserves. Four and five-year ewes, r.w: S.D. rams, 6s 9d to 7s Id for good quality; otjjerfi, 5s 6d to 5s 8d; four-tooth ewes, r.w. S.D. rams made 3s Id; two-tooth.ditto, passed at up to 10s" 6d; woolly ewe lambs made 10s; b.f. lambs, 8a; 9d and 8s lOd; m.s. lambs, 5s to 7s 3d; cull ewes, 3s 9d to 4s. There was good inquiry for dairy cattle. Heifers calver; good, £5; poor, from 31s; heifers, r.w.b., £2; cows in milk, £2 10s to, £3.55; springing cows, £.2 11s 6d to £i.'4s; , second calvers, £6 7s; winter calvers, £2.75,6 d,.! '■..,'..... A heavy yarding^^ of store.cattle. .Weaner heifers made from 21.8 to£2 9s 6d; heifers, r.w.,b., 375, £2 9s, to £2 9s 6d;'yearling P.A. heifers, 30s; P.A. cows and calves, £2 11s;'Jersey cows, £2 3s; Shorthorn and Hereford bullocks, £3 3s, £3 4s, to £3 7s; P.A. steers, £3 Bs'6d; forward P.A. cowa, £2 ss; bullocks, £3 2s M, I ; - Fat'cattle: A. medium yarding generally of poor: quality. Steers made £3 7s to £3 12s;P..A..and Hereford cows, £2 2s, £2 Us, to £3; light fat Jersey heifers, £1 17s, £2 lls, to £3 11s. ■