HOGGETS SOAR

Evening Post, Issue 47, 24 August 1936, Page 12

HOGGETS SOAR

PRICES AT FEILDING

DAIRY CATTLE FIRMER

A:medium entry of sheep came forward at the Feilding sale on ■ Friday. The New Zealand Farmers' Cooperative Distributing Co., Ltd., report that fat sheep were again in short supply, and prices showed a further sharp rise. The offering of hoggets was of exceptionally good quality, and values were the highest realised so far this season. In the cattle section, dairy cows and heifers sold readily, with a slight firming in prices for best sorts. Beef cattle were not so numerous as at the last sale, values showing a rise of from 5s to 7s 6d per head. Quotations:—Fat hoggets, 21s, 22s 6d, 245, 24s 6d, 255, 25s lOd; fat wethers, 29s Bd, 30s, 325; fat ewes, 26s 6d, 23s 9d, 30s, 325, 32s 6d, 33s Id. Fat cattle: P.A. and Her. cows, £5, £5 10s, £6, £6 7s 6d, £7; P.A. heifers, £5 15s, £6, £6 10s, £7, £8; cows (dairy sorts), £3 10s, £4 ss, £4 15s, £5 ss, £6; heifers, dairy, £3 15s, £4 2s Cd, £4 10s, £5 ss, £5 10s. Store sheep: W.F.W. hoggets, 21s, 22s 3d, 235, 23s 9d, 245, 24s 9dewe hoggets, 325, 345, 365, 37s 6d, 38s 6d. Dairy cattle: Springing heifers, £4, £4 10s, £5, £5 12s 6d, £6, £6 12s 6d; springing cows, £4 ss, £4 12s 6d, £5, £5 ss, £6, £6 10s, £.6 15s. EXCEPTIONALLY SMALL SALE. Abraham and Williams, Ltd., report: A light entry of all classes of stock was yarded, the sale being the smallest held for some time. Owing to the short supply of sheep in the fat sheep section, there was an extremely buoyant sale. The entry in this department comprised chiefly ewes, which realised up to 35s 6d, values over all appreciating from 2s to 3s per head. The store sheep yarding consisted mainly of hoggets, which were offered to a keen bench of buyers. The bidding in this section was very animated, and there was a total clearance with values well in favour of venders. . Some very choice lines of ewe hoggets were penned, one pen on account of Mr. J. C. Kennedy, of Dannevirke, recording the top price of the season of 40s. Fat cattle were penned in small numbers and values were well up to late rates. A lighter entry of dairy stock came forward, and here there was a hardening of values with a total clearance. There were practically no storecattle yarded.

Quotations: —Fat sheep: Fat hoggets, 21s 7d, 22s 9d, 23s 9d, 27s 6d, 29s Id, 30s 3d; fat ewes, 23s 3d, 255, 30s, 33s 6d, 34s lOd; fat wethers; 335, 34s 6d, 36s Id; store sheep, ewe hoggets, 33s 6d, 365,-39s 3d, 39s 6d, £2; wether hoggets. 24s Id, 25s 6d. Fat cattle: P.A. cows, £7, £8; P.A. heifers, £8 10s; vealers, £2; cows, £3 15s, £4, £4s sd, £4 15s, £5, £5 ss, £5 7s 6d, £5 15s, £5 17s 6d. Store cattle: Cows, 28s, 345, 37s 6d, £2 £2 10s, £2 15s, £3 2s, £3 4s, £3 7s, £3 12s 6d; yearling Jersey heifers, £2. £2 13s, £3 13s, £3 15s. Dairy cattle: Springing heifers, £3 ss, £3 14s, £4 ss, £4 10s, £4 15s, £5, £5 10s, £6, £6 ss, £6 10s; springing cows, £3 10s, £4, £4 10s, £4 15s, £4 17s 6d, £5, £5 17s 6d, £6, £6 ss, £6 7s 6d, £6 10s. FATS OP FAIR.QUALITY. Dalgety and Company, Limited,, report that the lightest entry of the season came to hand. A light entry of fat sheep, of which' the quality ,was only fair, sold at high prices. Store sheep were confined principally to ewe hoggets, with some exceptional quality showing through. Competition was particularly strong, with a firming tendency. Two lines of exceptional ewe hoggets recorded 39s 6d and 40s, but the quality was unusually high. A nominal entry'of beef cattle sold under a strong, steady demand, no run-bred store cattle were penned, whilst a nominal entry of dairy cows met steady competition with quite a fair sale. Quotations:—Fat hoggets, 18s 9d; fat ewes 225, 255, 29s 9d, 30s 6d, 31s 6d, 33s 3d; fat wethers, 275. 32s 6d; wether hoggets. 17s 6d, 235; .dairy heifers, r.w.b., £5 ss, £5 105,£6 lbs, £6 12s 6d; pedigree Jersey heifers. 6J to 7 guineas; dairy cows, £3 17s 6d, £4, £4 10s, £6, to £6 ss; store cows, £1 12s, £2 15s, £3, to £4.145; fat Jersey cows, £4 ss, £5 10S. :; : : :, . .