FEILDING STOCK SALE.

Manawatu Standard, Volume LIX, Issue 161, 9 June 1939, Page 7

FEILDING STOCK SALE.

LIGHT YARDING IN ALL SECTIONS For the Fcilding stock sale to-day the entries in every section were lighter than usual. The store sheep on offer comprised a small yarding of niodiutn quality wether hoggets and breedingewes ‘while wethers were represented by two pens, in tho tab sheep section ewes, wethers and lambs were penned in small numbers, the lambs being of fairly heavy weights, while the wethers were only lneduim in quality and the owes of mixed quality. The store cattle, penned also m small lots, included 200 young steers in poor condition and only of fair to medium quality, while the fat cattle consisted of ex-dairy cows and heifers, sonic ol which were well finished and prime butchers’ sorts. Little selection was offered in tho dairy pens and tile entry was made up of a few springing cows and licifers and a light yarding of weaners. Prices up to 1 p.m. were as follow : Fat slvccp.—Lambs, 11s 7d, 13s, 13s lOd 14s. 15s, 15s 2d, 15s 6d, 17s, 17s 2d, 17s 9d, 18s, 19s 2d, 19s Gd, 21s; wethers, IGs, 17s 7d, ISs 9d. 19s Id, 20s Id. 20s Gd ; b.f.’s, 14s 3d, 14s Gd. Store sheep.—Wether lambs, 8s sd, 9s 7d. 10s Sd, 10s lOd. 11s; ewe lambs, 14s 7d; ewes 2ths, ISs 4d; Syr. 10s, 10s Gd, 10s 9d ; s.m. ewes, 14s Id. Store cattle. —Cows, £1 12s, £1 15s, £2 £2 2s Gd. £2 3s, £2 6s, £2 9s, £2' 11s, £2 12s. £2 15s. £2 17s Gd. £2 18s. £3, £3 12s; wanner heifers. £1 9s £2 17s Gd. £2 ISs; cow and calf. £2 15s. Dairy cattle. —Spg ho.lers, £6, £< .