STOCK SALES

Evening Post, Volume CXVI, Issue 146, 18 December 1933, Page 12

STOCK SALES

PRICES AT FEILDING

Dalgety and Company, Limited, report on the Feilding sale held on Friday:— An average entry of fat sheep was yarded; the market for fat ewes was fully up" to late rates, and fat lambs wore keenly competed i'or, and Were sold in advance of schedule rates; fat wethers although few in number eased slightly. The store sheep section with the exception of twotooth wethers comprised only odd lots. The competition was keen throughout, and sales were made on a par with previous rates. Fat cattle were yarded in smaller numbers, with the exception of dairy beef. Competition was not keen, and a slight, easing was evident. A small penning of store cattle sold iregularly, with, the exception of two or three lots of straight lines, which showed breeding and quality, and were sold at recent market prices. 'The dairy section contained a mixed assortment, which met1 with very slack sale. We quote:—Fat shorn lambs, 12s Od, 18s 9d; fat two-tooths, 16s 9d; fat wethers, 18s, 18s 9d; fat maiden ewes, 12s 3d, 12s Od; fat four-tooth ewes, 15s; fat shorn ewes, lis 3d, lis 6d, Us lOd, 12s, 12s Id; woolly ewes, 100 per cent. b.f. lambs at foot, 27s sel, 27s 6d; dairy heifers, springing, £2 2s; two-year Jersey bull, £3; light fat P.A. heifers, £3 13s; fat "P.A. cows, £4 3s; fat cows, dairy sorts, 23s 6d, 27s 6d, 335, 395; store cows, 17s, 18s 6d, 245, 27s 6d, 30s, 31s. Abraham and Williams, Ltd., report on the Feilding sale as under:—A medium entry of good quality hoggets and ewes with a few good pens of lambs was yarded. Fat sheep and lambs met with a ready sale and bidding was brisk throughout, prices showing a hardening on late rates. Fat cattle were yarded in heavy numbers, consisting mostly of dairy bred cows. Fat cattle of all descriptions met with a sticky sale, and prices were easier than at the previous sales. A small entry of store cattle met with a ready sale, and we report a total clearance in this section. Dairy cattle were yarded in small numbers, and these were dull of sale at prices on a par with recent sales. Quotations: —Fat sheep: Fat.lambs, 17s lOd, 18s 6d, to 225; fat woolly hoggets, 19s Id, 20s, 21s Bd, 235, 25s 4d; fat ewes, 9s lOd, lis 3d, 12s, 12s id, 12s 7d, to 14s Id; fat maiden ewes, 19s 3d. Fat cattle: Fat cows, £2 Is. £2 3s, £2 8s 6d, £2 13s, £2 19s, £3 2s, £3 ss, £3 9s. Fat heifers, £2 Is, £2 6s, £2 10s, to £3; fat steers, £5 10s; vealers, 30s to 355. Store cattle: 2-year P.A. steers, £2 lus; 3-year steers, £2 lis to £3 17s; 2-year Hereford heifers, £1 15s; 2-year P.A. heifers, £2; yearling jersey heifers, r.w.b,, 27s 6d; potter cows, lis to 21s. Dairy cattle: Springing heifers, £2 12s 6d; springing cows, £2 to £2 7s 6d.