TO-DAY’S STOCK SALE

Feilding Star, Volume 9, Issue 3742, 10 June 1932, Page 8

TO-DAY’S STOCK SALE

HEAVY YARDING OF SHEEP AND CATTLE LATE R ATES MAI NTAINE D Late rates were maintained for fai sheep at the stock sale to-day when, exceptionally heavy yarding* were offered. The quality geeeralb was good, and there wa s praeti. a!i, a total clearance. Freezing companies took almost the whole of the I’»1 sheep. Lambs primes t 16s Od and Hi JOd, prime 13 y 7cl to 14s Id; goou lines 11s Hd to 12s Kid: inc Hu;--quality 9s 2d to *los 8d; backward iroin Bs. Fat cw<?s prime heavy. 9I d end 3d; good 8s to 8 s *Od fair quality to 7s 6d; poor from 5Fa c twa-tooUis 12s 3d. Fat wothers primest 14s; very good 12s 2d to F2 S 7 cl; fair 10s to 11s; backward {from 7 s 61. A very heavy yarding of dair> stock, with good clearance } though dairy faimovs are evidently not an tic ip a ting a .shaip rise in butterfa* prices. The majority of the yarding comprised springing heifers, and th< best of these wont at up to '£s, wit good lines at £4. Heifers in fab condition ranged Horn £3 to t'3 Ids late calvers from £2 7 S Od, am: poor lines at 37s upwards. Cows i milk sold at up to £4 7s 6d. A heavier offering of fat cattle including some bullocks. Good weigh Hereford bullocks sold at £5 F other bullocks at £3 IDs; la steers £2 I7s ; P.A. heifers, light £ 18s • ,good weight heifers at £3 3s S.H. cows good weights to £3 2s others ait £2 5s to £2 19s ; light h' Jersey cows, good condition, £2 t £2 7s; backward from 295.