STOCK SALES

Evening Post, Volume CXVIII, Issue 115, 12 November 1934, Page 12

STOCK SALES

FEILDING CATTLE FAIR

Abraham and Williams, Ltd., report on the Feilding , supplementary - cattle fair held on Friday:: For this period'of the year a particularly good yarding of cat-, tie was penned; more particularly in the face of the last two or three heavy yardings of battle which' we have had at this point. The majority of the cattle offered were from distant parts, very few locallybred cattle being on offer. The majority, of the, yarding consisted'of young cattle with a few pens of particularly good.cows and heifers and one or two pens of rather good grown bulllocks. In all we estimate there .would be' in the ; vicinity of-2400 cattle yarded,'bur-entry--comprising 876 head, and we report a total clearance under the hammer., Buyersl were present from all parts of -the Wellington Province, Hawke's Bay, King Country, and Taranakii; Taranaki buyers were ,ke.en competitors for young cattle, the majority of our: entry / going in that direction. Although the 'attendance of the public at yesterday's fair,was not1 up to. the usual standard, nevertheless a very/strong sale resulted,'' there being keen /competition right from ,the very. outset; '.From now on- the yardings of cattle in Feilding will ,be on a very.much smaller scale, as the majority of. our cattle have'been cleaned up. In the sheep section at, Friday's fixture fat sheep were ' yarded in usual numbers^ and in.this section a marked decline, in'values'.was experienced'compared with the corresponding sale" some -two weeks ago, fat'sheep showing a decline of anywhere^ from -2s to 2s ,'■' 6d, ; per 'head. While in j the .store sheep section a particularly good yarding -came "forward for this time of the; year*;.- we reportf a. total clearance at prices which .must, be", looked upon; as in the favour of venders. y . The following are our quotations:—Fat sheep: Fat.shorn ewes, 13s, ,14s 2d, 14s 4d; 14s 7d, 15s, .15s Bd,. 16s 6d, 17s Cd, to 17s 10d;> fat maiden ewes, .woolly, to 29s 3d; fat hoggets, 22s 2d, 22s ,6d, 23s Id, to 23s lid. Store sheep: Woolly.wether hoggets, 19s 7d, 21s 2d, to 23s 7d; woolly ewe hoggets, 27s 6d. Fat cattle: Fat' cows, dairy bred, £2 2s 6d, £2 12s 6d, £3 2s 6d £3 12s 6d, £3 15s, to £4; fat heifers, £2 7s 6d, £2 12s 6d, to £3 ss. Store cattle: 2-year P.A. steers, £'4 Bs,; £4 10s, to £4 12s; yearling P.A. steers, .£2 13s,g£o 10s, £3 11s, to £3 14s; 3-year P.A. heifers, £3 12s to £3 15s; 3-year Hereford heifers, to £4 7s;; 2-year P;A. heifers, £2 j3s,j£2 18s,'£3 ss, to £3 lls; yearling P.A.^heifers, £2 6s; yearling Hereford heifers, £2 to £2 3s; empty Hereford and Shorthorn cows, £2 10s to £2 16s; yearling Jersey heifers, 355, 365, 38s 6d, to £2 2s

The New Zealand Farmers' Co-operative Distributing C 0.,. Ltd., report that approximately 2500 cattle' were, yarded. Ihe prices for, station cattle were better than anticipated, and'practically the -whole ofthe: offering was sold under.the' hammer. There was a good; yarding of fat cattle,. and prices for good Equality-beef were firm at late rates., Fat sheep >ere a, shade easier. Ewe and wether hoggets sold well. There was a very small offering .of dairy cattle arid these sold at late rates, Quotations:—Store cattle: : -Yearling P.A. steers. £2 Bs, £2 10s," £2 10s,* £3 ;15s; yearling P.A. heifers, 27s 6d/31s, 355, 38s 6d £2, £2 7s 6d; P.A. cows; £2-7s, £3, £3 Is 4d, £3 9s, £3 105,;'2-year P.A. steers, £4 to £4 15s; P.A. bullocks, £5 13s, £5 18s £5 19s; Hereford bullocks,: £5 15s to £5 19s.,Fat:cattle:, Fat P.A. cows, £i ss. £'4-15s, £5 %3 6d, £5 ss, £5 7s Od; fat heifers, £4 15s, £5 2s-.6d, £6, £G 2s Cd; fat bullocks, £5, £6,'; £6 10s,, £7, £7 12s 6dj fat Jersey cows, £2,:£2 ss, £2 10s, £3,.£3 10s. Fat sheep: Fat ewes,<l4s sd, 14s Bd, 15s 6d, 10s 6d* fat wethers,. 22s Cd, 23s Odi 24s 3d; fat hoggets. 19s, 20s, 21s Od, 225, 22s Gd:\Store sheep: Ewe; hoggets, 19s, -255, 275, 9d, 30s 4d; \yether hoggets, 19s to 235; Dairy cattle: Springing-heifers, £2, £3,- £3 ss, £4; springing cows,- ±2 Dalgety and Company-,;: Ltd., report:— Tliere was a fulHyarding in, b^oth sheep and cattle sections; practically the whole entry changed hands. Fat sheep,eased>conBiderably.. There was a,keen demand for store slieep, prices for which. were very firm. Dairy cattle maintained recent values. Jersey weaners opened .very strong but eased off as the sale went on. Run' cattle sold well at-prices slightly, better than recent sales. AYe quote: Fat' hoggets, 24s 3d, 265; fat b.f. 2-tooths, 22s 8d; fat 2-t'ooth wethers/20s, 21s:5d;:fat['4-to6th wethers,. 235; fat ewes, 13s lid, 14s Bd, 15s -3d; woolly wether hoggets,' 2ts 2d, 23s 7d; 2tooth ewes, 19s lid, 23s 2d; 2-tooth.weth-ers, 19s, 19s 4d; 4-topth ewes, 22s 2.d;: springing dairy;heifers, £2 105,... £2 17s 6d, £3 7s 6di £3 10s, £4 : ss; heifers, calved, £2 17s, 6d,. £3 ss; yearling Jer-. sey heifers,,£l' 10s,. £1.17s 6d ? ;.d82.'.25,6d, £2 3s £2 Bs6d;'4-year coloured bullocks, £4 ss; 3-year, £2 15s, £2 14s; 2 and 3year .P.A. steers, £4 15s; 2-year Hereford heifers, £3; P.A. cows, empty, £2.75,; £3 2s- yearling coloured steers, £1 9s; yearling P.A., and Hereford heifers, £2, £2 '14b* store Jersey cows, 15s; 18s; fat dairy, cows, £3, '£355,": £3 10s; fat Jersey heifers, .£3'ss,1 £3;125..6d. : ■;.:- ■■";;:; -;-.,'