STOCK SALES

Evening Post, Volume CXVIII, Issue 96, 20 October 1934, Page 12

STOCK SALES

FIRM CATTLE MARKET

(By Telegraph—Press Association.)

FEILDING, .October 19.

The cattle market was very firm at the supplementary cattle fair, when well over 2000 head were offered. The demand for all classes was much keener than at the annual spring sale, and prices showed a distinct rise on those ruling then, particularly for station cows, and for fattening purposes. The sale opened briskly and went right through, every line of goodquality heifers and steers being keenly competed for. Some exceptionally good lines of station cows for fattening purposes drew the keenest bidding.. .Local buyers outbid the Taranaki- district, which generally absorbs the majority of station cows. The bulk of the young cattle went to the Main Trunk district.

The quality of-the yearling station cattle was hardly up to that of 'the offering at the annual spring sale. These came from outside districts, especially the East; Coast. The sale proved that Feilding is the absorbing district for station cattle, which are purchased locally for fattening purposes. There was a fair market for fat cattle, ox beef just going to the'schedule rates of 2os and cow beef, to 20s per 1001b. Fat sheep sold at recent rates., ,

Store cattle.—Yearling Jersey heifers,- £1 14s 6d to £2 5s; -yearling Hereford-steers, £3 9s to £4; yearling P.A. steers, £3 11s to £3 17s fid; two-year .P.A. Bteers, £3 ■IDs to £4 13s; ditto, heifers, 30s, £2 145.t0 £4 12s; three-year P.A. steers, £4 7s to £6; three-year Hereford steers to £4 4s; heifers, £3 os; empty cows, • 3Da 'to 40s; empty P.A. cows, £3 14s; P.A. heifers, £4 ss; P.A. bullocks, £6 10s to £6 15b; Hereford bullocks, £4 16s; other bullocks, £5 17s. Dairy springing heifers, £3 10s to £3 los; springing cows, £3 10s. Fat heavy prime cows, £5 to £6; light, prime, £3 12s 6d to £4 12s 6d; prime bullocks, good, £5 10s. '

Fat sheep.—Prime hoggets, 265; good, 23a 3d to 24s Gd; medium, from ISs; prime heavy woolly ewes, 23s 6d; light, 19s Cd.to 23s sd; shorn ewes, prime, 18s 4d to 19s 2d; light, lGs 4d to 17s 10d; prime ehoru wethers, 22s 7d to 23s' Bd. Stores: Ewes with lambs, 33s lOd; ewe-lambs, 28s 3d; wettier lambs, 22s Id to 23s 9d.

Auction1 mart prices for poultry were: — Hsns, la 7d to 2s lid,-- roosters, ■Is Id to 2s. Sd; clucks, ■Is 7d to 2s 9d; ducklings, Sd to Is 4d. ■ ' ■ '

Pigs.—Weauerg,- goad, .18s Od to 245; slips, 15s 6d to 275; stores, 28s to 33«; porkers, to 355.

MANAKAU CLEARING SALE, The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co., Ltd., conducted « clearing sale of dairy stock on account of Mrs. E. B. Clifford,' at the farm, Manakau, on Wednesday. There was a large.attendance of buyers present, and the.herd, met with good competition. The majority fetched from £3 to £8; medium, £3 to £4 10s; aged and late carvers, £2 10s to £3 10s; store cows, 35s to 30s; yearling heifers, 37s 6d; bull, £3 15s; aged hack and harness horse, £11 7s Gd.