FEILDING SALE.

Manawatu Standard, Volume LI, Issue 117, 18 April 1931, Page 5

FEILDING SALE.

QUIET MARKET. A further largo yarding of. fafc sheep camo forward at Feilding yesterday, the bulk of tho entry being lambs which sold on a slightly advanced market. Store sheep were also in good supply, but tho demand for these was quiet, although most lines cleared at auction. Tho store cattle pons contained a few races of good young cattle which met with a fair Inquiry, but all other lots sold at late rates. Eat cattle were again at a low price while dairy stock showed little change in price. Detailed values are as follow: Fat sheep.—Lambs, 8s 3d, 9s 6d, 10s Bd, 11s 2d, Us 6d, Us 9d, Us lOd; 12s, 12s 6d, 13s 3d to 15s sd; ewes, 7s 7d, Bs, 8s 3d, 9s, 9s 6d, 9s lOd, 9s lid, 10s 2d, 10s 6d, 10s 8d to 11s; wethers, 12s, 12s 7d, 12s lOd, 12s lid to 14s. Fat cattle. —Cows, £2 7s 6d, £2 12s 6d, £3 ss, £4 2s 6d, £4- 13s 6d, £4 17s 6d, £5 10s, £5 163 to £6 2s; heifers, £3 10s, £4, £4 IQs, £5 10s to £6 steers, £5 10s. Store sheep.—2-tooth wethers, Us; ewe lambs, 7s 2d, 8a lOd, 9s 6d, 9s lOd, Us, 12s, 14s to 14s 6d; wether lambs, 6s 6d, 7s, Bs, 8s 4d, 83 6d to 10s 9d; 2-tooth ewea r.w. R. 14s 9d; 2-tooth ewes r.w. S.D. rams, 173; 6-tooth ewes r.w. S.D. rams, 10s 4d; b.f. lambs, 83 3d to 9s lid; 5-year ewea r.w. S.D. rams, 9a 6d to 10s; mixed lambs, 10s. Store cattle. —Heifers r.w. bull, £2 12s 6d, i. 3 sa, £3 10a, £3 15s, £4 2s 6d, £6, £6 16a 6d, £7, £7 ss, £7 7s, to £7 12s 6d; weaner heifers, 265, 303, 40s, £2 12s 6d, £2 17s 6d to £3 12a 6d; empty heifers, 25s to £2 2s 6d; cows, 20s to 353; 6teera, 245, 35s to £2 4s 6d; 3-,-year Hereford steers, £4 16s; 24-ycar mixed coloured steers, £3 15s; 3-year P.A. heifers, £3 12s 6d; f. and f. cowa and heifers, £2 5s to £3 14s 6d. Dairy stock.- —Heifers in milk, £5 10s to £8; springing heifers, £4 12s 6d, £6 12s 6d, £7 to £8 10s; ■ springing cowa, £7, £7 10s, £B, £9 Is, to £lO 7s 6d cowa in milk, £3 ss, £3 10s to £4 10s. AUCTIONEERS’ REFORTS. Dalgety and Coy., Ltd., Palmerston North, report having a good entry of fat and store aheep. Prime fat sheep sold at late rates, but inferior sorts the end of the sale showed a decline. There was a fair yarding of cattle which sold at slightly easier rates than the preceding week’s sale. Quotations; Fat lambs,* 10s Bd, Us, Us 7d, 11s lOd to 15a for few extra good;, fat ewes, Be, 9s lOd, 10s. 10s 4d; light fat 2-tooths, 10s 6d; fat wethers, 13s 3a; b.f. woolly lambs, 8s 3d to 9s lid; b.f. shorn lambs, 7s 7d; shorn wether lambs, 7s 4d, 7s 7d; ewe lambs, 11s, 12s; cull lambs, 3s Bd, 4s, 4s 3d; aged ewes r.w. S. rams, 7s 4d; 5-ycar ewes r.w. S.D. rams, 10s; small 2-tooth ewes r.w. S.D. rams, 10s 4d; small 4 and 6-th do., 10s 6d; 2-th S.D. rams, 14 to 2 guineas; springing heifers, £6 10s, £7 5s to £8 10s; springing cows, £7, £7 10s, £7 15s, £8 10s; Jersey cross weaner heifers, £2, £2 ss, £2 17s 6d; empty cows, 35s to £2; empty fat and forward Hereford cows, £4 14s; fat cows, £3 10s, £4, £4 10s; fat heifers, £5. Abraham and Williams, Ltd., report: — There was again a particularly heavy entry of sheep, well over 2000 fat sheep and lambs being yarded. Tho lambs were mostly fair to good quality, but the yarding ofewes, with tho exception of a few' pens, was very ordinary., The demand was keen and every pen changed hands at prices on a par with the previous. week. The store sale for a start inclined to drag, but improved later on in the day and the bulk of the entry was quitted. The demand for ewe lambs ■was keen. A medium entry of cattle sold at lato rates. We quote: Fat lambs, 10s, 103 sd, Us, Us 2d, 11s 6d, Us 9d, 12s 4d, 12s 6d, 13s to 13s 3d; fat wethers, 12s 6d, 12s 7d, 12s lid to 13s; fat ewes, 5s 6d, 66 7d, 7s 9d, 8s Id, 8s 3d, 8s Bd, 9s 4d, 9s 6d, 10s 2d, to 11s; wether lambs, 6s 6d, 7s 6d, 8s Id, 9s Id to 10s 9d; ewe lambs, 9s lOd, 13s to 14s; 6-th ewes r.w. S.D., 10s 4d; 2 and 4-th ewes r.w. S.D. 10s 6d; 4-th ewes r.w. S.D., 14s 9d; 4 and 5-year ewes r.w. S.D., 10s 6rl; 2-th wethers, 10s lOd to Us; 2-th owes r.w. S.D., 13s 9d to 17s; empty 2-th ewes, 12s 4d; S.D. rams, ljgns; fat cows, £2 12s 6d, £3 ss, £3 10s, £4 2s 6d, £4 13s 6d, £4 17s 6d, £5 10s to £6 2s; fat heifers, £3 10s, £5 10s, £5 . 16s to £ 6 fat bullocks, £5 10s; heifers r w b , £3 15s to £4 2s 6d; -weaner heifers, £1 6s, £1 10s, £2, £2 2s, £2 12s 6d to £3 12s 6d; empty heifers, £3 2s 6d; empty store cows, £1 17s; steers, £1 15s to £2 4s 6d; store cows, £1 10s; heifers just calved, £5 10s to £8; springing heifers, £7 to £8 10s; springing cows, £9 to £9 7s 6d; cows in milk, £6 5s to £B.

FEILDING MART. ' Prices at tho mart in Feilding yesterday were as under:—Hens, Is Id to 2s 9d; pullets, 5s 6d to 5s 3d; cockerels, Is 6d to 2s Id; ducks, Is 6d to 2s Bd. Pigs, wcanors, 6s 3d to 8s 6c!; slips, 12s to les; porkers, £1 4s to £1 10s 6d; stores, £1 15s to £1 10s; baconcrs, £2. WELLINGTON PRODUCE MARKET. (By Telegraph.—Special to “Standard.”) WELLINGTON, April 18. On tho produce market business is dull, and quotations are substantially the same as last week’s. Wheat is 6s 4d to 6s 6d, but Id to 2d higher is quoted for futuro deliveries. Potatoes show heavy supplies and Southerns are being offered at low prices. Quotations: Good average quality, 6s 6d to 7s 6d per cwt; lower rates for under grade. Maize: New Zealand, 5s lOd per bushel. A shipment of South African cracked arrived tliis week and is quoted at 5s 3d to 5s 6d per bushel. Chaff. —Blenheim, £6 10s per ton, sacks in. Sales are slack and there is an casing tendency. Oats: A grade Cartons, 3s 6d; B grade 3s 2d; heavy old Dunnes 5s 6d to 6s per bushel. Barley: Australian, 3s to 3s 2d per bushel. Bran, £6 5s per ton. Pollard, £6 10s per ton.