STOCK SALES

Evening Post, Volume CXVI, Issue 60, 12 March 1934, Page 10

STOCK SALES

SHEEP CLEARED AT FEILDING

; Messrs. Abraham and Williams report on their Feilding sale held on Friday as i follows: —A good yarding of all classes of ! sheep came forward, aud we report a good sale, with practically a total clearance in all departments. Fat sheep and lambs, jf whicii a fair yarding came to , baud, met quite a good sale. Breeding : ewes of quality sold readily. Only odd ; lines of good sorts came to hand, doub'ti ful aged^ lots not being keenly sought after. The lamb section was again well represented. Good, strong, sound lambs . sold well, with a good clearance. A lair ; yarding of fat cattle came to hand, and these sold well. Store cattle of all classes met a ready sale, especially bullocks carry- ; ing condition. Quotations:—Fat sheep: Fat lambs, 19s Id, 21s 4d, 21s 9d, 22s Od; fat ewes, 15s, 17s lOd, 17s lid, 18s, to 19s; fat b.f. ewes. 23s 9d; fat wethers, 23s , 7d, 24s 6d. Store sheep: Wether lambs, , 14s 9d, 15s Id, 15s 3d, 15s 4d, 15s Od, 10s 6d, 17s; ewe lambs, 16s 6d; b.f. lambs, 14s 4d, 16s sd, to 17s; 2th ewes, 265, 26s 3d, 27s 9d, to 28s 6d; 4th ewes, 24s 3d; 4yr ewes, 20s; 4 and syr ewes, 17s 7d to 19s Id; syr ewes, 14s lOd; 1 line of guaranteed syr ewes, a/c Mr. D. P. Buchanan, Cunninghams, realised 20s 4d. Rams: lsh s.d.. %gs to l%gs; 2sh s.d., %gs, iy 4 gs, l%gs, to 2gs. Fat cattle: Fat cows, dairy bred, £2 10s, £2"~155, £2 19s, £3, £3 2s 6d, £3 6s, £3 13s Od, £3 17s; fat ' heifers, £3 9s, £3 15s, £3 16s, to £4 Is; fat steers, £4 10s to £4 15s; vealers, £2. Store cattle: 20mos P.A. steers, £3 6s; 20mos Hereford steers, £4 6s; 3yr steers, £3 6s, £4 9s 6d, to' £4 15s; 4yr bullocks, £5 7s; forward P.A. bullocks, £6 ss; Ety. Sh. heifers, £3 18s; Ety. Jer. heifers, 345; Ety. Jer. heifers, 21s to 265; potter cows, 245, 28s, 30s, 355, 395, to £2. Dairy Cattle: Springing heifers, £2 15s ,to £4; springing cows, £3 2s 6d, £4. Bulls: Potter bulls, £2, £3 10s, £4, £4 ss, £4 17s 6d, £6 2s 6d. CARTERTON SALE. : Wright, Stephenson, and Co., Ltd., report:—We held our weekly sale at Carterton on Friday, when we offered a va, ling comprising 1856 sheep, 150 pigs," and several pens of cattle to a good attendance. Competition for sheep was not so keen as late sales, but nevertheless values were quite satisfactory. In some cases, venders were high in their reserves, with the result that a few pens were passed, but eventually the bulk of the yarding was sold. Pigs made par values. C.itt!e°were siightly better than last week. Following iire prices:—Sheep: 2th ewes, small, 20s to 2'^s; syr ewes, 15s 6d to 16s Sd; m.a. t'H-c*, 16s to ISs 6d; low -conditioned f.iu. ewes, 13s 3d to 15s; cull ewes, lis 3d to 12s 6d; fat ewes, 17s 6d to 18s; 2th wethers, 18s 6d to 19s Od; fat wethers, 24s 3d; fat lambs, 24s to 24s 6d; b.f. lambs, 15s to 16s 10d; small b.f. lambs, 12s 6d to 14s 3d; ewe lambs, 14s Od to 15s 6d; w.f. wether lambs, woolly, 13s 6(1 to 15s 3d; medium do., lis 3d to 15s; shorn lambs, 12s 2d to 14s 6d; S.D. rams, 2gs; Romney rams, l%gs. Pigs: Weaners, 12s to 13s 6d; slips, 14s 6d to 18s; porkers, light, 20s to 24s 6d; heavy, 26s to 30s; baconers, good, £2 10s. Cattle: Fat cows, £3; forward cows, £2 2s to £2 8s; store cows, 25s to 295; heifer calves, 20s to 255. REPORT FROM TAIHAPE. Dalgety and Co., Ltd., report having held their usual fortnightly sale at Taihape last week, when a good yarding of sheep and a small yarding of cattle came to hand. The competition for all classes of stock was keen, and the demand exceeded the supply. Lambs wertf in short supply, consequently prices firmed considerably. Cattle met with keen competition for all sorts on a hardening market. We quote:—4 and 6th ewes, 25s Id2th ewes, 26s 3d; small 2th ewes, 21s lOd to 23s 3d; syr ewes, 18s 9d, 19s, to 19s 6r[; aged ewes in forward condition, 17s 3d to 17s lOd; lighter sorts, 15s 9d, 16s Ifi, to 16s 2d; w.f.w shn. lambs, 14s *>d ,o '''J1 ,to Us lld; ewe lambs, 17s 6d to 18s Id; b.f. woolly lambs (small), 13s lOd; small 2th wethers, 17s to 20s 2d; f & f lambs, 17s 11.1 to 18s id; fat ewes, 16s lOd to 17s 3d; Romney rams, 2 to 3gsold rams, 10s 6d to 17s; b.f. rams, 1 to 2gs; better sorts, to 3%gs; cows, to £3 ir; empty heifers, £2 9s; 18mth heifers, 225; bucket-fed weaners, 13s 6d; bust-fed weaners, 295. MANGAWEKA SALE. The New Zealand Farmers' Co-operative Distributing Co., Ltd., offered 1500 sheep and 10 head of cattle at last week's Mangaweka sale. Every pen was sold under the hammer at prices well in advance of tlie same fixture two weeks previously, iwo-tooth eweij, 24s 5d to 295; 4th ewes, 26s Id; 4yr ewes, 20s to 21s 6d; syr ewes, lbs Sd to 19s 2d; low-conditioned ditto, 12s; very forward woolly b.f. lambs, 18s 9d; forward w.f.w. lambs, 15s 9d to 16s sdmedium ditto, to 14s 2d; medium b.f. lambs, to 14s 7d; good ewe lambs, 18s Id to 19s Id; small ewe lambs, 14s 6d to los; medium m.s. lambs, to 12s 9d; small ditto,' t<- 8s Id; small wether lambs, 6s lid to 10s 3d; S.D. rams, 2%gs; P A cow r.w.b., £4 7s; fat cows, £3 17s 6d. MARTON QUOTATIONS. The New Zealand Farmers' Co-operative Distributing Co., Ltd., offered 1600 sheen o0 pigs, and 20 head of cattle at the Marton sale last week. The market was firm on recent sales. Two, four, and six-tooth ewes, 2os; 2th ewes, 24s 7d" to 27s 10d' oyv ewes, 17s; 2th wethers, 21s 4d; good medium w.f.w. lambs, 12s 9d to 13s 2d' medium ditto, 10s 8d to lis; small wether bs c. S 9d t0 9s U> small ewe lambs, 9s lOd; b.D. rams from 2%gs to sgs; aged rams, from 1 to l%gs, cull rams 10s 6dfat heifers, £3; cows in profit, 37s 6ddairy heifers, 32s to 345; weaner pies 10s 6d to 12s 6d; pedigree Tamworth weaner boars, 20s.