FEILDING STOCK SALE.

Manawatu Standard, Volume LVIII, Issue 224, 20 August 1938, Page 5

FEILDING STOCK SALE.

10s, £4 15s„ £5, £5 ss, £5 10s, £5 15s, £6, £6 ss, £6 10s, £7, £7 10s, £B, £8 2s 6d, £8 10s, £9. £9 10s; heifers in milk, £5 ss, £6. Springing cows, £5 10s, £6, £6 ss, £6 10s, £6 15s, £7 7s 6d, £B, £8 7s 6d. £9; cows in milk, £2, £4, £4 10s. £5 10s, £6, £7 15s. Five springing heifers on account England Estate, made £8 2s 6d. The Arthur Estate disposed of several heifers at £6 15s, £8 2s 6d, £8 12s 6d, £9. Two lieifers on account F. S. Baxter realised £7 los and £B. Taylor Bros, disposed of several springing heifers at £7 17s 6d, £8 10s, £8 15s. W. H. Humphrey secured £8 10s for a springing heifer, while a similar heifer on account M. Read made £B. IV. H. Humphrey sold a springing cow at £9. A. K. Prouse accepted £7 15s and £8 for two springing cows. W. C. Small realised £9 10s for a springing heifer and T. Hicks £8 10s. STORE CATTLE. The usual offering of empty qows and heifers offered in the store pens met with a good inquiry, values showing no variation on the recent sales in this district. Quotations are: — Cows, £1 10s, £1 15s, £2, £2 Is, £2 ss, £2 10s, £2 15s, £3, £3 ss, £3 7s 6d, £3 10s, £3 155,. £3 17s, £4, £4 ss, £4 10s, £4 ]2s 6d; heifers, £3 4s, £3 8s £3 10s, £3 17s 6d, £4 15s; weaner do., £1 15s, £1 19s, £3 7s 6d; steers, £2 10s, £3 10s, £3 16s; cows and yealers, £4. Seventeen weaner hellers, well-grown, on account 0. A. Marks, made £3 7s 6d. FAT CATTLE. In the fat cattle section prices of recent sales were maintained and there was good competition for the supplies offering. N. Walker secured £l2 15s for a bullock and £l2 7s 6d lor a-simi-lar-beast. Three bullocks offered by M. D. Colquhoun made £lO 10s and £l2 15s. I’.A. heilers on account A. A. Mitchell realised £6 10s and 2s 6d.* M. D. Colqulioun secured £7 10s, £6 15s and £7 15s for three P.A. heifers, and £7 2s 6d and £7 los for his P A cows. A. A. Mitcliell also sold four’ P.A. heifers at £7 15s and £B. P V cows on the same account made £7 ss, £7 10s and £7 15s. A pen ot eight P.A. heifers on account 11. C. Mclvellar made £B. A lat heiier offered by D. E. Houghton realised £7. __ Other quotations :—Cows, £4, £4 los, £4 17s 6d £5, £5 ss, £5 10s, £5 15s, £6 £6 ss, £6 10s, £7, £7 ss; heifers, £5’ 10s, £5 15s, £7 7s 6d; empty do., £5 los. AUCTIONEERS’ REPORT. The Associated Auctioneers, Ltd. report a good yarding of store sheep, composed principally of ewe and wetner lioggets witli a small offering of breeding ewes, at their weekly JL'eliding sale. Several pens of specially advertised ewe hoggets on account of local farmers sold under keen competition, notable sales in this section being on account of Air J. Linklater, his top priced pen of ewe hoggets realising 33s Bd. This price was 2d ahead ot the price realised for 1 his annual draft at the corresponding sale last year. This offering was a Wellbred, healthy line of lull lioggets. Ewe hoggets on account of Air It. .Linklater, of Colyton, also sold readily, realising the good price of 31s 9d for his top pen. Several splendid pens of wether hoggets also met with spirited bidding, values on the whole being in advance of those ruling at recent sales. It was quite evident that purchasers were anticipating the spring growth. A strong sale for breeding ewes, especially 2-th and 4-tli and. 6-th ewes, was in evidence, and again in this department we report a strong demand, with a total clearance of the offering in the store sheep section at auction. Fat sheep.—A lighter entry than usual in both the fat ewe and wether sections was submitted; due to the smaller entry the market hardened conconsiderably especially for ewes, these again hardening to the extent of approximately Is per head in comparison with last week’s rates. Dairy cattle.—ln this section the market was again well ’ supplied and we report a sound sale for both close to profit cows and heifers of good quality’, competition again being in evidence from tlie Taranaki province, this factor being of considerable assistance to local vendors. Yearling Jersey heifers again met with strong competition at values up on last week s ia Fat cattle.—Very few station-bred cattle were submitted, the hulk of the entry being composed of Jersey cows and heifers for which, a- strong sale resulted. In comparison to quality and weight 'beef cx the dairy sold much more freely than did station bred cattle. Quotations:— - Breeding ewes. —2, 4. 6 and 4-yi ewes, r.w. S.D. r., 30s 8d; mixed aged ewes, r.w. SlD.’-.r,, 235, 24s to 28s 4d; ewes r.w. Romney T&ms, obs oil, ewe hoggets, 265, 275, 27s 6d 28s 9d, 295, 31s, 32s 6d to 33s 8d; wether liogr gets. 17s 6d, 18s, 18s 6d, 19s, 20s. 21s 6d 21s 9d to 22s 6d ; b.f. hoggets. Ids 6d! 14s 9d, 15s, 15s 6d, 16s, Hs fobs 6d Eat sheep : Ewes, prime heavy, 2Us.. Oos 9d 21s. 21s 6d, -to 23s Id; . hoggets, 18s, 18s 6d. 18s 9d, 19s, 19s 3d, “50s 21s 6d; wethers, 2os, -26 s 3d. 26s 6d ’27s, 28s 5d to 30s 6d. Fat cattle: Hereford bullocks, £lO 2s 6d, £l2 15s; cows and heifers, P.A. and Hereford, £7, £7 10s. _£7 15s, £8 ; cows, ex the dairy f £o, £5 ss. £Ol Os, £6 £6 10s to £7. Dairy cattle 1 Cows close to profit, £7, £7 10s. £i los, £B. £8 10s, £9; springing heifers, of good quality, £7, £7 10s, £7 15s, £8 £8 10s,. £3 ]ss £9 ; weaner Jersey heilers, £3 ss, £3’los, £3 15s to £3 17s 6d.

BRIGHTER TONE FOR SHEEP. CATTLE VALUES MAINTAINED. The Feilding stock sale was held yesterday in showery weather, there being a good attendance. STORE SHEEP. A rather heavy yarding of ewes and wether hoggets attracted considerable attention, and with buyers from outside districts operating as well as local purchasers the tone of the market was distinctly better, with prices appreciating in value, particularly for ewe hoggets. In this class there were included some particularly prime, wellgrown sheep and Messrs J. and R. Linklater disposed of pens which comprised the pick of the offering at prices ranging up to 33s Bd. Wether hoggets made up 22s 6d, thero being keen inquiry for both male and female hoggets. Only a few pens of breeding ewes were offered, and these met with good competition at prices for the best lines fully firm. Among the sales effected were the following lines:—• On account R. Linklater, pens of 52 and 120 ewe hoggets, nicely grown and of attractive appearance. 28s 6d and 31s 6d respectively. J. Linklater disposed of several offerings of excellently done ewe lambs at prices as follow: 58 at 31s Id. 137 at 295, 193 at 33s Bd. The last-mentioned pen comprised sheep of particularly outstanding quality and heavily woolled. The clip from these young healthy sheep was estimated to average about 81bs. Forty wether hoggets on the same account made 20s Id. J. Legge disposed of 56 wether hoggets at 21s 7d. Pahautanui wether lambs of mixed quality made only 12s 2d. H. Stewart realised 27s 4d for a pen of 98 ewe hoggets of fair quality. Pahiatuagrown wether hoggets made 21s 2d, there being 68 in the pen. A handy number of smaller wether hoggets realised 17s. Another pen of ewe hoggets realised 27s lOd. Heavy in-wool wether hoggets comprising 122 sheep realised 22s 6d. A consignment of 185 wether hoggets from Dannevirke realised 21s 3d ; 22s was paid for a line of 173 wether hoggets. C. Hart disposed of 113 wether hoggets at 21s 4d and a like number at 20s sd. A pen of bf’s made 17s 6d; 29 weather hoggets on account R. Linklater made 20s 9d; and 30 on account J. Linklater 21s 7d. F. Dorn's wether hoggets made 14s 6d, there being 50 in the pen. W. H. Lynch sold 74 wether hoggets at 12s 2d, while T. Simpson secured ISs Id for a pen of 160 similar class sheep C Anderson’s 33 b.f. hoggets made 14s lOd. J. E. Locke secured 20s for 82 wether hoggets. J. Whitehead realised 15s 6d for 18 b.f.’s. It. H. Farquliarson sold 185 wether hoggets at 21s 3d and 123 at 19s 2d. The samo vendor realised 20s for 173 wether hoggets and 22s 6d for a pen of similar sheep. G. Hart’s 73 b.f’s made 17s 6d, while his second pen made 15s 4d. A. A. Mitchell disposed of 42 b.f.’s at 11s. G. Agnew secured 16s 4d for 60 b.f.’s, while D. Reid’s similar sheep realised 14s. Thirty wether hoggets on account Algie Est. made 17s, while 60 on account same vendor realised 21s 2d. R. H. Farquharson’s 71 ewe hoggets made 27s lOd. G. Perry secured 2os 6d foi a pen of 100 breeding ewes r.w.R.r. A pen of 24 6th and 4yr ewes offered by R. H. Farquharson made 30s Bd. F. W. Gorton’s 46 M.A. Southdown breeding ewes realised 28s 4d; 20 2-tli’s (Southdown) on account V. B. Short sold at 265. A. D. Young secured 36s 3d for 100 two-tooth ewes r.w.R.r; 5 and 6-year ewes on account N. J. Gilbert sold at 21s; 21 M.A. ewes realised 235. FAT SHEEP. The offering of fat, lambs was of substantial - dimensions, and here the quality was somewhat mixed, and for the best heavy lambs the market was fully, firm. Wethers were penned in considerable numbers, also, and for good weighty sheep the market improved at least Is per head. There was a fair offering of shorn wethers which sold at very satisfactory prices, the tone of the market being distinctly better. The values for fat ewes were considerably higher. R. Gray sold a pen of ewes at 21s 8d and another pen at 16s. W. A. Pearce accepted 21s 6d for a. pen containing 20 ewes. A pen of 40 ewes on the same account made 23s Id. G. Perry’s 19 ewes realised 16s 2d. Mrs O’Hagan secured 21s 9d for 16 ewes, while W. H. Hocken sold 56 at 17s Id. G. L. Marshall disposed of 56 ewes at 19s sd. Ten ewes on account P. R. Simpson sold at 19s 2d. The same vendor realised 16s and 19s for two other pens. A. Hobson’s heavy ewes made 24s 6d. A. H. Rutledge accepted 17s 6d for 21 ewes. Eleven ewes offered by H. Foster made 15s. Mrs N. Wilkins disposed of two pens containing in all 29 ewes at 19s Id and 19s lOd. A. Honore’s four ewes were valued at 20s. G- Hart secured 19s 7d for a pen of 18 ewes. E. C. Haythorne sold a pen of 8 ewes at 21s 6d and another pen at 16s 6d. son secured 20s 6d for a pen of 17 ewes. Mrs Anderson sold 13 medium quality hoggets at 19s; 36 Romney hoggets on account Mullins Est. realised 17s lOd, the sheep being of medium quality. A pen of 8 Romney hoggets' on account T. Smith made 19s lOd. .J. Ellery secured 27s for a pen of good heavy hoggets carrying much wool. T. Sinclair accepted 20s for medium quality hoggets. Seven lambs on account D. J. Lynch realised 19s 6d. C. Anderson’s 14 lambs made 17s; F. W. Gorton sold several pens of hoggets at 15s 9d, 16s Bd, 17s, 18s Bd, 22s 6d. A small pen of lambs on account D. P. Buchanan made 20s 6d. On account Mullins Est. a pen of wethers made 255. Eight b.f. 2-ths. on account G. Hawkens realised 23s lOd. Other pens on the same account made 25s lOd, 24s 2d, 24s 3d and Romney wethers 255. Pens of Romney wethers on account G. TCilsby made 26s 9d, 26s 6d, 265, and 24s 6d. A pair of prime wethers on account of G. Hart made 28s. D. W. Reid’s 70 wethers realised from 24s ld to 25s 9d. A. Hobson (Arapata) secured 30s 6d for a pen of particularly heavy and woolly wethers; his second pen made 28s. Tlie Managh Est. sold 13 wethers at 26s 3d. A pen of 24 wethers on account G. Marshall made 25s 6d. E. Vautier’s two heavy, woolly wethers realised 29s 6d, while Larsen and Co., sold six Romnev wethers at 28s 9d. The Short Est. realised 22s 6d, 22s 7d. and 22s lOd for 26 shorn wethers of attractive quality. A small pen of maiden ewes offered by G. Ivilsby changed hands at 26s • DAIRY CATTLE. ;i‘ Dairy cattle were yarded in smaller numbers than, expected at this-time of the year, and the Quality of the offering was not.up to the usual standard, there being only several lines of better quality dairy cattle offered. The prices were in keeping with the quality the best lines heifers being up to £9 10s but the average was £7. Quotations are: — , Springing heifers, £4, £4 7s 6d, £4