PRICES FOR SHEEP

Evening Post, Volume CXXV, Issue 130, 4 June 1938, Page 13

PRICES FOR SHEEP

IMPROVEMENT AT FEILDING

(By 1 ' Telegraph—Press Association.) i FEILDING, June 3. There was a decided improvement-in. the sale today for sheep, at Feildirig, all lines making good values. Another heato, penning of fat sheep came forward, but this did not detract from the demand for top quality lines, of which' there were several pens. Store sheep sold particularly well, both ewes and lambs going up considerably in . price. Not many cattle were yarded in the pens beyond the usual odd lots, but in the beef section some splendid station-fatted material was on offer. Prices wife fully firm fojt all prime liiiw. Dairy cattle were not up to last week's quality, and brought lower prices, following were realisations:—

Fat Sheep.—Ewes, heavy prime, 28s 3d to 24a Id; second grade, 18s, 6d to 19s 9d; unfinished, 16s 3d to 18s 3d; extra prime lambs, 29s Id; prime, 22s 4d tofts 4d; medium prime, 20s to, 225; light} 16s to 19s 4d; best wethers, 26s 6a to 27s 6d; second quality,'24s to 25s 6dr-light, 19s to 23s lOd. I Store Sheep.—Best wether lambs, 18s 7d to 20s 3d; good seconds, 16s 7d to 18s 3d; others,' 12s to 16s Id; b.f. similar, good/lSs 6d to 17s 9d, small lis, 3d to l3s; -well-grown ewes, 25s Id to 27s 9d; others, 20s to. 20s 9d; forward twotooth, wethers, 24s 3d; two-tooth ewes, to 395; extra good five-year ewes, r.w. S.D. rams,-23s 9d to 27s 6d; second grade, 19s to 245; four-year ewe*, 29s to 29s M:'five-year, 33s 3d; four-tooth ewes, to 325. l . Dairy Cattle.—Springing cows, best, £6; others, £3 8s to £4 ss; springing heifers, fobd, £fl 5s to £8 10s; backward, £4 10s to £6; cows in milk, £5. Store Cattle.—Weaner Jersey heifers, £2 19s; weaiieir P.A. heifers, £2 12s Bd; 20-m6nth"shorthorn heifers, £5 Is; forward P.A. cows, £5 10s; shorthorn. £6; backward Herefords, £3 15s; boner cows, best, £4 to £4 10s; poor, £1 10s to £3 lis Fat Cattle.—Light prime P.A. cows, £9; others, £6 to £e 15s; light prim® Herefords, £9; shorthorn, heifers, £6' 10s; good Red Poll heifers, £7 to £8 15s; light steers, £5 12s fld'to £8 7s 6d; mixed colours, heavy bullocks. £9 12s 6d to £11 12s 6d; vealers, £2 7s to £2 15s. Poultry.—Hens, Is 9d to 2s ' lid; cockerels, Is 7d to 3s 3d; ducks, 2s to 2s 9d; geese, 3s 9d. Pigs.—Weaners, 8g to 13s; Slips, -9s 0d to 15s. . f CLEARING SALE. Dalgety and Co., in conjunction with the New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency, held a successful sale of dairy cows this week account Mr. J. w. Wheeler, Mangawhata. The dairy herd of approximately 100 cows was an exceptionally nice line in excellent condition. with a record of more than 3111b of butterfat. The top price of the day was £14 ss, the 98 cows averaging £10 head. Following are the main July and August calver's, £10 10s to £14 15s; September and October calvers, £8 10s to' £10 ss; four young bulls (average), £8 10s. Wether hoggets, 20s* Seven-year-old draught mare, £42; nine-year-old draught gelding, £30; aged draught gelding, £29. CARTERTON SALE. Wright, Stephenson, and Co., Ltd., offered a good yarding of sheep, cattle, and pigs at the weekly Carterton sale yesterday. Sheep sold on a par with late rates, and the inquiry for smaller

pigs was . good, porkers meeting an easier market. Cows and heifers on drop. were keenly sought after,. while fat and* forward cows sold on a par with last week. ' Practically a total clearance under thi hammer; was-ef-fected at the following prices:—' Sheep.—Five-year ewes r.w. S.D. rams to 18s 6d; s.m. ewes, 12s 6d to 14s id; wether, lambs, 10s to 13s 4d;. small ewe lambs,"to 14s 7d; fat : b.f. lambs; to 25s 6d; fat ewes, 17s 6d to 225; forward ewes, 15s to 15s 9d; store ewes, 7s 6d. to 9*. Cattle: Cows on drop, £8 10s to r£9 2s od;>c6ws just calved,.to £9 10s; heifers on,drop, to £8 10s; heifers just calved, tp £5; heifers r.w.b. to.-£4.155; early Jersey heifers, to £3 7s; fat cows, £5 to £6 14s; forwafd cows, £3 15s :to £4 10s; store cows, £2 to £2 10s; cows and calves, to £4 ; 4s; P.A. heifer I calves, to £3 9s; bulls, .to £5 10s. Pigs: Weaners, good 9s 6d to 10s 6d; medium, 6s 6d to 7s 6d. small 4s 6d to ss; slips, 13s to 15s; store pigs, 16s 6d to 19s 6d; light porkers. 25s to Jlßs (Sd;. porkers. 32s 6d to 36s 6d; baconers, £2 5s to £2 ,9S. r'O •' ...