FEILDING STOCK SALE.

Manawatu Standard, Volume LIX, Issue 45, 21 January 1939, Page 4

FEILDING STOCK SALE.

STORE SHEEP WEAKER. EAT AND STATION CATTLE BRIGHTER. Both store owe and wether lambs met. wiih a dull sale at Tedding yesterday, when a big entry of atoro sheep came forward, i The market, dropjtcd fully 2s 6d a head, | but tho quality of tho sheep offering was I not quite up to last week’s standard. I Colyton-brcd shorn wether lambs, offered i on account of Bruce McLeod, met with , a 1 disappointing sale and the pen. containing I 136 lambs, sold at 10s 6d. J. L. Atkinson, PahiaUia Track, was not altogether satisj lied with the price, 11s 9d, paid for life ixm of 82 w.f.w. lambs out of the wool; tho lambs were in fairly good condition I and bred on the high Country should do well with tho purchaser. Pohangina w.f.w. lambs, shorn, offered on account L. O. Tews, made 14s. while If. McLeod’s Romney wether lambs sold at 13s Id. Kimbolton " lambs, fdiorn, offered in a handy lot, realised 13d lOd, there being 61 in the pen. The Roulston Estate disposed ot a pen of 90 woolly w.f.w. lambs at 13s 2d. 100 ai, 12s stl, 180 at. 12s 3d, 50 at 12* 2d and 100 at 13s. A pen of 118 shorn wether lambs, offered on account* l l ’. W. Lethbridge, Arapata, made 12s 9d. White face wether lambs on account C. E. and H. G. Viles sold at 11s 7d, there being 96 in the pen. E. Setter secured 22a 6d (320), 21s 9d (303) and 17s lOd (300) for his several pens of woolly ewe lambs. J. J. Thomassen disposed of 83 w.f.w. lambs, at 12s Id. r J woteeth ewes on account H. J. Burrell sold at 16s Id. while w.f.w. lambs from the Paekakariki district realised 11s Bd. H. G. Hare sold 169 b.f. lambs at 13s 6d. Mrs S. E. Pearson’s 109 w.f.w. lambs made 14s, and 61 similar sheep on account \\ . J. Kntwislo changed hands at 13s lOd. M. Hocking’s 103 w.f.w. lambs realised 14s lOd. L. N. Burling secured 13a 3d for a pen of 20 b.f. ewes and 15s 6d for 27 4-th wethers. F. Dorn's 2-th wethers mado 15s 4d and his 52 S.D. 12k 6d. EAT SHEEP. While the entry of fat sheep was not. as large as last week's, the quality and prices were on a (>ar and a good clearance was effected. A pen of five lambs on account O. O. Ellcrm made 15s. N. J. Short’s three lambs sold at 23s 7d. A pen of 11 lambs on account of A. ,J. Read realised 20s, while his second pen made a, similar tigure. IT. E. Port disposed of 25 wethers (h.f.’s) at 17s. W. .). Kntwislo secured 19s 2d for a pen of 11 lambs and J. A very 17s 9(1 for 14. W. Ward sold six pens of b.f.'s at, 18s, 18s 2d, 18s 6d, 18s 7d, 18s 9d, and 18s lOd, thcro being 93 in the offering. M. Ward sold pens of ewes at 11s, 10s Bd. 10s fed, and Its Id, while N. Cooper disposed of 26 b.f.'r. at. 16s 10d. W. A. Sindilands sold 13 ewes at 8s Id. STATION CATTLE. Although the good entry of station cattle was not all disposed of at auction, a number of private sales resulted in a fair clearance being mado at prices which showed tho market to be firm at lute rates. A pen of Hereford cows offered on account of D. Rowe realised £6 12s, while S. Teaz disposed of nino bullocks at £7 13s. R. E. Barton’s Hereford steers made £4 17s. A good pen of P.A. bullocks made £IG ss, and P.A. steers £7 10s. Five year-' ling P.A. heifers changed hands at £3 18s and 18 2-yr at £5. Two-year P.A. steers mado £7 10s. STORE CATTLE. Tho entry of boner cows and heifers commanded the usual attention, and prices were maintained at last week’s level. Quotations: Cows, £3 2s 6d, £3 ss, £3 10s, £3 15s, £4, £4 ss, £4 7s 6d, £4 11s to £4 17s 6d; heifers, £3 to £3 17s 6d. DAIRY CATTLE. Tho prices realised in tho dairy cattle section for springing heifers were as follow, there being a small representation in this section; £3 17s, £4, £4 ss, £4 10s, £5, £6, £6 ss, £6 10s, £6 15s, £7, £7 10s, £7 15s, £8 7 S 6d. FAT CATTLE. Fat calLlc, mostly ex-dairy sorts, utilised many penH and the competition was good, prices showing a slight improvement on last week’s realisations. L. A. J. Henson disposed of three cows at £6, £7 and £6 17s 6d. F. J. Roddy secured £6 10s for a pen of five Hereford cows. P. A. heifers offered on account of 1,. A. J. Henson sold at £6 9s and £7 17s 6d. J. D. Lilburnc disposed of 7 cows at £3 17s 6d, £4 15s, £5, £5 ss, £6, £7 5s and £7 15s. W. J. Jintwislc’s five bullocks made £9 12s. Quotation? are :—Heifers, £4 7s 6d, £5 ss, £6 12s 6d; cows, £4 ss, £4 10s. £4 12s 6d, £4 15s, £4 17s 6d, £5, £5 2s 6d, £ls ss, £5 7s 6d, £5 10s, £5 17s 6d, £6, £6 2s 6d, £6 12s 6d £7 10s.