FEILDING STOCK SALE.

Manawatu Standard, Volume LVIII, Issue 230, 27 August 1938, Page 5

FEILDING STOCK SALE.

FIRM VALUES FOR SHEEP. j DAIRY CATTLE MARKET BRIGHTER J The Feilding stock sale was held yesterr day in fine, but cold weather. There was - a good attendance. fc FAT CATTLE. The few pens of bullocks offered in the - fat cattle section sold at good competition, ? Messrs F. S. Mcßcth and E. C. Wicks bcc ing the principal vendors. Cows also sold r at firm rates. Among the sales effected . were the following:—Two bullocks offered , by F. S. Mcßeth, -£lO 17s 6d, two at £lO, i one each at £8 10s. £6 17s 6d, and £5 17s 6d. On account E. G. Wicks, six Holstein bullocks. £9 17s 6d, and one rose to £l3 10s. C. L. Williams disposed of aline of fat cows at prices ranging as follow: £5, £6 2s 6d, £6 10s, £7, £7 ss, £7 17s 6d. £8 2s 6d, £8 7s 6d. C. ,M. Richardson secured the following prices for his offering of cows: £7 10s, £9, £9 2s 6d, £9 12s 6d. Two cows on. account F. S. Mcßcth made £6 15s, while F. E. Tappin accepted £4 15s for one beast. F. S. and 11. Chcctliam dis- ' posed of ono cow at £5 and a similar price . was paid for a cow offered by A.- Boles. E. G. Wicks sold two runners at £6 2s ~ od. Quotalions are:—Cows. £4. £4 10s. £4 ' 15s,- £4 17s 6d. £5, £5 10s. £6. £6 12s 6d, ' £6 15s, £7, £7 7s 7d, £8: heifers, £4 15s, : £5, £6 10s; runners. £5 ss, £6 2s 6d. STORE CATTLE. 1 Store cattle were not well represented, ■ but prices were on a par with late values. ■• Quotations arc:—Cows. £2 10s, £2 13s, £2 ■ 15s, £3, £3 Is. £3 ss, £3 7s. £3 10s. £3 12s . 6d, £3 15s, £4. £4 7s 6d, £4 12s 6d; heifers. £2 10s, £3, £4 10s; yearling Jersey heifers, £2 12s 6d, and twelve on account J. Legg at £4 12s 6(1: wcancr do.. £3 10s 6d. £4; cow and calf, £1 2s 6d; Holstein bullock, £6 15s. • DAIRY CATTLE. - The good offering of dairy cattle mot with sound competition and satisfactory prices ruled. W. E. Hills secured £lO 7s 6cl for a cow close to profit and for several other lines offered on the same account the prices obtained wore £7 15s. £8 10s and £9 7s 6d. J. W. Thurston secured £7 15s and £ll 5s for two springing cows. VV. E. Weightman realised £ll 15s for a pedigree Jersey cow. £lO 10s was paid for a springing cow offered by Mrs A. M. Sandilands. Larson and Co. realised £l2 5s and £8 10s for two springing heifers, while R. Rcntoiil's similar heifer niado £9 7s od. Four Holstein heifers on account E. W. Pemberton realised £8 to £9 10s. Quotations arc:—Spg. cows, £5 15s, £6, £7 'ss, £7 12s 6d: do. heifers. £4 15s, £5, £5 ss. £5 7s. £s'los, £5 12s 6d, £5 15s, £6, £7, £7 10s, £7 15s, £B, £8 2s 6d, £8 ss. £8 10s, £8 15s, £8 17s 6d,' £9, £9 2s 6d, £9 12s 6d, £9 17s 6d; cows in milk. £4 15s, £6 ss, £7 ss. £9: heifers in milk, £5 10s. £5 12s 6d, £6 £7 10s; second calvcrs. £4 10s,' £6 STORE SHEEP. There was a considerable yarding of wether and ewe hoggets, and for the best quality pens offered prices were on a par with recent quotalions. Vendors of particularly 'good wether hoggets placed higher values on the offerings than the buyers were prepared to give. In .most in- ' stances, however, private arrangements were made. Very few in-lamb ewes or owes with lambs at foot were offered. Ewe and Wether Hoggets.—A pen of 50 wether hoggets on account P. Mitchell, Colyton, realised 19s 6d, while a pen of 84 similar sheep on account Mr Marshall, Parana, made 18s Id. T. R. Price, Levin, accepted 18s for a pen of 57 woolly wether I hoggets. A R .Humphrey secured 15s Id for a pen of 50 woolly b.f.'s. and 18s 2d for 44 wethers. C. A. Bi'eLski's (Rangiwaliia) specially advertised woolly wether hoggets made 19s Bd, there being 132 -in the offering. Levin-grown woolly wether hoggets, on account T. R. Price, were passed in at 20s 6d. On account Mr Godfrey, Marton, a pen of 180 woolly ewe hoggets made 26s 9d J 113 ewe hoggets carrying good heavy coats on account F. Basselt (Colyton), realised 32s Id; while another pen of smaller female hoggels on the same account made 295, there being 93 in the line. D. L. Youngcr's 54 ewe hoggets were sold at 23s 9d. A pen o, ewe hoggets front the Masterton district realised 325; 83 ewe hoggets sold at 27s 3d. E. W. Barne'S secured 20s- 8d„ for a pen of two-tooth wethers, there being 38 in the. offering. A large offering of twotooth wethers on account T. R. Price made 18s and 21s. A. K. Mitchell secured } 32s for a pen of ewe hoggets of good ■ quality. J. Murray disposed of 22 wether j hoggets at 225. N. W. Cooper's 52 wether 1 hoggets were valued at 17s. while T. Simpson realised 15s lOd for 66 smiliar sheep. • E W. Barnett ,got 12s 6d for' a pen of 80 b.f. hoggets; 30s 9d was paid for a pen J of 41 ewe hoggets on account of R. H. • James. E. W. Lloyd secured 8s 10d, for a pen of 25 wether hoggets. J. C. Tay- 1 lor's 12 similar sheep made 15s 2d. T. E. i Craine disposed of a .dozen in-lamb ewes 5 at 19s. Kimbolton wether hoggets, on ac- < count W. Scott, made 20s 4d. R. 11. Far- - quharson disposed of 83 ewe hoggets at < 27s 3d. A pen of 48 b.f. hoggets on ac- ( count B. Wingate made 13s 9d. R. Ter- , rill, Kimbolton, realised 17s Id for a pen ; of 19 wether Hoggets. Pahiatua wether hoggets, on account F. C. Ebbett, made ! 22s 6d, there'being 106 in the pen. I). Godfrey soltl a pen of 180 cue hoggels at > 26s 9d' while E. Hcnaghan secured 30s 1 for a pen of 21 similar sheep; 84 wether J hoggets on account G.., Marshall mav 18s 1 Id, while a, pen of 36 on account 11. , Bryce made 18s 9d. K. Vilcs sold 22 b.f. s ] at 15s 9d and 15 b.f.'s at 13s. C. Marshall , accepted 16s 9d for a pe» of 23 b.f. s. , Wether hoggets, 124 in number, on ac- j count R. 11. Farquharson, made 21s 7d. ' , FAT SHEEP. . " ] The good entry of fat sheep,, particu- , larly in the, fat ewe and wether section. was of mixed quality, and those sheep _ measuring up to recent standards maintain- ' ed their values. There were, however, a considerable number of unfinished sorts of- ( fcred. Among the sales effected were the (

following :—Hoggets: A pen of 8 on ac- , count F. Bassett,-.(Cob/ton), made 18s 9d; ] Mrs-Anderson 6'b.f's, 16s 2d; on.account 1 Anderson Brcs., 10 small hoggets, 15s 4d; ] a pen of 12 good quality (hoggets, on ac- , count A. C. Burn, 235; small but meaty hoggets on account of B. Wingato, 15s 6d. A pen of lambs from Woodvillc realised ' 17s, there being 10 in the offering. W. H. 1 Hocken secured 22s 3d for good , wooly 1 hoggets, 28 in number. Komney woolly i hoggets, with 21 in the pen, offered ,on 1 account Mr Jackson, made 23s sd; a dozen j b.f.'s on account H. C» Hocken changed -( hi>nds at 20s, and a second pen of '2l finished hoggets made 21s lOd. A pen of 1 6 well-grown hoggets made 245. Excellent quality lambs on account Mr Jackson made , 25« Wethers: C. Melntyre disposed of' 30 ' two-tooths at 265. K. Vile's 7 Romneys "! made 24s lOd. E. Henoghan realised 23s < ,for a pen of 25 wethers. A. V. Barrow J submitted four pens of eight heavy-woolled .. and' prime conditioned wethers, which i made 30s 6d. G. J. Gcrk disposed of 8 ] two-tooths at 275. Two lots of 13 on ac- ■ count N: W. Cooper made 23s and 23s 7d <, respectively. J. MuVray disposed of 15 at ,

24-5. Seven b.f.'s on account A. V. Barrow made 30s 6rl. A pen of 9 b.f. two-tooths on account G. F. O'Rourke realised 23s 6d, while another pen on the'same, account made 245. E. W. Barnett's 16 two-tooths realised 22s 10d. Two further pens on the same account made 22s '9d, there being 13 in each pen. J. F. Knight secured 25s 9d for a pen of 51 wethers. S. E. Jackson accepted 23s 5d for a pen containing 21 wethers. G. McMurray sold a. pen of 12 at 23s Id. IT. Capp's pen of 56 were valued at 23s 7d. M. I>. Colquhoun secured 30s fpr a pen. of 56 woolly wethers in- prime i condition. Ewes: Humphrey Bros, disposed of a pen containing 38 at 18s Bd. Twenty on account. E. W. Harriett made 13s Od and a second pen 14s. E. Sinclair'realised 18s for a pen of 29. G. .7. Clerk's 10 ewes made 17s 6d. Eight maiden ewes on account B. A: J. Hciison realised 24s 6d. and other owes -oil the. sanie. account, .made 19s 6*l. A paor of .maiden ewes, on account A. RHumphrey made 21s Bd. D. G. Forlong's off wing of 6- owes realised ,-19 s. and a sec-' ond pen of" 15 made 20s Bd. C. Mclntyrc.. • disposed- of 60 maiden .two-tooths at 265. Pens on account; T. E., G'raino made ,20s ; 10d, 19s, and 235, tliero being 11, 9 and' 22 rcspcetiv.eiv in the three pens. A. Campbell secured 21s 8d and :21s 6d. for 68/ewcs: drafted-info three. pens. Two pens on account TT. IT. Pcarcc made 16s lOd and 21s Id., the total tally'being 48; 17'.. on account D. Weston realised 18s. AUCTIONEERS' REPORT. The Associated Auctioneers, Ltd., re-" a good'yarding of wether hoggets J

with just odd peris of breeding and fat r tening eaves in the store sheep section' at yesterday's weekly sale. A heavy yarding of fat .sheep again come forward, comprised principally of ewes, with just odd pens ' of wethers; the market for ewes was on a par with-last week's rates, wethers on of- ; fer not being up to last week's quality and ' consequently selling at lower rates. Sonic splendid lines' of wooly wether hoggets were on offer, a line 1 from the Pahiatua district be- ■ ing outstanding, being sold for 22s 6d. Mr : T. ft. Price, .of. Levin, also submitted a splendid - line of woolly wether hoggets, for which competition was anything but animated, this line ultimately being sold : at 21s. Although .competition was easier ' for wether the demand for ewe hoggets was equally as keen as was the . case at last week's fixture, goad sound lines selling at over the 30s mark. Cattle: ; Again, we have to report practically no station bred cattle being penned. In the ' fab, cattle section the entry was again comi prised practically of cows and heifers ex i the dairy, for which strong values wore ruling, if anything, being up on last week's rates. A moderate entry of dairy cows and heifers were submitted to a good bench of buyers, values for good quality sorts being up on last week's rates. Several pens of yearling Jersey heifers,' met with a keen enquiry and wo report values again up on-last week's rates. Quotations:—Fat ewes, 15s, 16s, 17s, 17s 6d, 18s, 18s 9d. 19s, 20s, 20s 3d, 20s' 6d, 20s 9d, 21s, 22s to-23s 7d; fat wethers, 255,' 265, 26s 9d, 275, 27s 6d, to 30s; fat hoggets, 18s 6d, 19s 9d ,20s 6d, 21s, 21s 6d. 22s 3d, to 23s 6d; woolly wether hoggets, 18s 6d, 19s 9d, 20s, 20s 6d, 21s, 21s 6d, to 22s '6d- ewe hoggets, 26s 6d, 27s 9d, 28s 3d, 29s 6d, 30s, to 32s 3d; 5 and 6 year ewes r.w. S.D.r.. 18s, 20s, 21s 3d, 22s 6d; b.f. hoggets, 12s 6d, 13s, 13s 9d, 14s, to 15s 6d. Fat cattle : Cows and heifers ex the dairy, £5 10s, £6, £6 10s, £6 15s, £6 17s 6d, £7, £7 10s,- to £8 7s 6d; fat bullocks, £9' 10s, £lO, £lO 15s, £ll, to" £l3 10s; fat station bred cows, £7 10s, to £9 12s 6d. Dairy cattle: Spg. cows, best, close to profit, £B. £8 10s, £8 15s, £9, £9 10s, £lO, £lO 10s, to £11; lower grade sorts,. £6 10s, £6 15s, £7, £7 10s, to £8; spg. heifers, best, £B, £9, £9 10s, £lO, £ll, £ll ss, to £l2 ss; later calving sorts, £6,' £6 10s, £6 15s, £7; yearling Jersey heifers, medium quality, £3 ss, £3 10s, £3 15s, £4, to £4 12s 6d. DISTRICT SALES. The N.Z. Loan and Mercantile Agency Co., Ltd.. report successful sales at PanKiwahia and Pongotca on Tuesday and Wednesday last. At the Pangiwahia sale a good yarding of wether hoggets came forward and sold at prices in keeping with recent rates. We Quote as under: Wether hoggets, 16a 6d, 17s, 18s 7d. 20s 3d to 20s sd; b.f. hoggets, 13s 4d to 17s. .The number of cattle, and pigs increased considerably on recent yaridngs at the Rongotca sale, and a total clearance was effected at excellent prices. Approximately 100 pigs were offered and met with a brisk sale at prices which, although li6t quite up to the previous excellent sale, were very satisfactory to vendors. Weancr pigs realised from 16s to 255: slips, from 20s to 265; stores, from 27s to 365: and porkers (light), £2 Is. A full yarding of over 50 springing heifers were put through ' the dain,' ring, and the better sorts were keenly sort after, realisations being in advance of the two previous sales. Tho following realisations will give an indication, of the market:—Jersey heifers, well grown and close up, £lO 10s, £ll ss, £ll 15s. £l2 to £l2 ss; Well grown, £9 to £lO ss: medium sized,-£8 to £8'10s: backward medium sized, £6 ss, £6 15s. £7 5s to £7 10=: small. £4 10s._ £5 5s to. £5 10s. There were very few prime cows in the fat, cattle, the bulk of the offering being forward condition paddock cows. Fat cows ex t-ho dairy can be quoted at £5 to £6 17s 6d; forward cow:- at £5 10s to £4, and boner cows at £2 tc £3 13».