FEILDING SALE.

Manawatu Standard, Volume LVII, Issue 303, 22 November 1937, Page 4

FEILDING SALE.

AUCTIONEERS! REPORTS. The N.Z. Loan and Mercantile Agency Coy., Ltd. .(inc. in Eng.), - report on the Feilrling salo held on Friday as follows: — Fat sheep word penned in average numbers and met with quite a ready Sale and prices were on a par with late rates. A small number of store sheep wore yardci consisting mostly of wethers and hoggetj with the market showing a decided improvement in vendors’ iavour on sales itiado the previous week. Station cattle were offered to a most optimistic bench of buyers on account of the rain that had set in, although passings were still quite freqtiont; pens that were sold showed a slight improvement on sale 3 made a week ago at tho supplementary c&ttle fair. Thcro was a largo ottering of boner cows which sold slightly in advance of last week, as also did yearling Jersey heifers. A large entry of fat cattle consisting mostly of cows ex dairy met with a ready sale with prices on a par with the previous week. Quotations: — Fat sheep.—Ewes, 183, 20s 6d, 21s 9d, 22s lOd, 265, 26s 3d to 27sj wethers, 23s 3d, 23s 7d, 255, 26s 28s, 30s to 31s; hoggets, woolly, 335, 33s 6d to 34s 3d; shorn, 22s 24s 6d, 25s to 275. Store sheep: Woolly b.f. hoggets, 24s 4d; ewes and lambs, 19s lid; shorn wether hoggets, 21s lOd 22s Bd, 23s 3d to 245; shorn ewe hoggets, 26s lOd, 31s lOd, 32s 6d to 32s 2d. Fat cattle a Bullocks, £8 ss, £9, £lO 10s, £ll 2s 6d, £ll 10s to £l2; station cows, £7 11s, £7 12s 6d, £8 ss, £8 15s, £9 2s 6d, to £9 10s; cows ox dairy, £4 7s 6d, £5 2s 6d, £5 15s, £6, £7 ss, to £B. Storo cattlo: Ylg. A.A. heifers, £4 17s to £5; A.A. cows, £5 18s; A.A. bullocks, £3 15s, £9 5s to £9 6s; ylg. Hereford steers, £4 17s; 2-yr Hereford steers, £7 7s 6d; yearJin or Jersey heifers, £3, £3 10s, £3 17s 6d, to £4 7s 6d; boner cows, £2 2s 6d, £2 18s, £3 2s 6d, £3 15s to £4 10s. Dairy cattle: Heifers in milk, £5 ss, £5 15s, to £6: spg. heifers, £6 10s; spg. cows, £5 10s to £7 ss.

Dalgety and Co., Ltd.', report on the Feilding salo held on Friday:—-Ihere was a fair entry pf fat sheep, mainly shorn owes.- Hoggets ’ and wethers of medium quality sold at about par, but fat ewes eased slightly. A very light yarding of store sheep, all shorn hoggets of both sexes, met with better competition with a total clearance at prices Is to Is 6d per head up A full yarding of beef cattle particularly . dairy sorts cased slightly in values. A fair yarding of run cattle commanded more competition, prices being 10s to 15s higher than at recent sales. A very light ontry* of dairy cattle sold to steady competition. We quote:—Fat lambs, 235; fat shorn hoggets* 225; shorn fat ewes, 395; shorn 2-tli ewes, 26s 6d. 26s lOd, 31s 2d. 32s 6d, 335, 33s 2d; shorn 2-th wethers, 17s, 18s 6d, 20s, 20s 6d, 22s Bd, 23s 3d; heifer, r.w.b., £4 15s, £5. 15s; ylg. Jersey heifers, £3 17s 6d, £4 6s, £4 11s; store cows, £3 2s 6d. £3 3s 6d. £3 9s, £3 10s, £3 17s 6d; fat P.A. bullocks, £9, £ll 2s 6d, £ll 10s; fat Horeford bullocks, £ll 7s 6d; fat P.A. cows, £7 11s, £7 15s, £8 10s, £9 ss, £9 10s; fat Hereford cows, £9 2s 6d; fat heifers, ex dairy, £4 17s 6d, £5 2s 6d; fat cows, ex dairv, £4 2s 6d, £4 7s 6d, £4 12s 6d, £4 15s, £4 17s 6d, £5, £5 2s 6d, £5 7s 6d, £5 15s, £5 17s 6d, £6, £6 15s, £7, £7 ss.

The N.Z. Farmers’ Co-op. Distributing Co., Ltd., report on Feilding sale:—A full yarding of fat shoep, including several lots of prime heavy ewes mot with a steady salo, with values hardly up to late sales. A small offering of store sheep was in firmer demand, prices showing a_ slight improvement. Contrary to expectations, there was a stronger enquiry for run cattle. Good rains in Taranaki induced several operators from that district to attend the sale and the tone of the market was more satisfactory than recently, prices showing a firming tendency. Beef yarded, both run and ex dairy sorts, was in excess of requirements, and prices were slightly easier. Potter cows and dairy cattle sold at late rates. Quotations: —Sheep: Fat ewes, 19s 6d, 20s 3d, 21s 7d, 21s 9d, 22s 7d, 22s lOd; fat hoggets, 225, 22s 6d, 24s 3d, 26s 7d, 275, 34s 3d; fat wethers, 23s 3d, 255, 265, 28s; 2-th wethers, 18s, 21s lOd, 245. Cattle: Bullocks, £8 19s, £9 ss, £9 6s; P.A. steers, £5, £6, £6 ss, £6 9s; P.A. heifers. £5; fat P.A. cows, £7 12s, £8 2s 6d, £8 ss, £9 4s; fat P.A. heifers, £8 15s; fat Hereford bullocks. £lO 10s, £ll, £l2; fat cows, ex dairy, £3 10s to £7 15s; heifers in miik, £5 to £6; cow in milk, £5 to £6 10s; ylg. Jersey heifers, £2 10s to £3 15s; ylg. Jersey, bulls, to £5 10s.