FEILDING STOCK SALE.

Manawatu Standard, Volume LX, Issue 167, 14 June 1940, Page 2

FEILDING STOCK SALE.

MEDIUM SIZED YARDING. For the Feilding stock sale to-day the offering of store sheep was lighter than last week’s, with wether hog' gets occupying most of the pens. Breeding ewes came to hand in fair numbers, the quality being good. The fat sheep section was smaller than previously, but butchers found sufficient to meet their immediate requirements. No station cattle were offered, but a faijr yarding of fat cattle was submitted with both station and ex-dairv cattle represented. Boner cattle occupied .the usual space, but the dairy cattle section was poorly represented. Prices up to 1 p.m. were as follow: St«re sheep.—Breeding ewes, 4-yr, 28s 8d; 4 and 5-yr, 25s ;-5-yr, 27s 3d: 6-yr, 18s 2d; 2-th, 27s 9d; fat and forward ewes, 10s 8d; wether lambs, 14s 3d, 16s, 16s 10d, 17s 7d, 17s 9d; b.f. lambs, 16s 2d. ■- | Fat sheep.—Ewes. 14s 4d,' 14s 6d, (14s Bd, 14s lOd, 15s 6d. 16s lOd, 18s, 20s, 20s lOd, 21s Id. 21s 2d; lambs, 13s 6d, 17s lOd. 18s 9d, 19s Bd, 20s Id, 21s, 21s sd, 225, 23s wethers, 2os lOd, 28s Id. Dairy cattle—Dairy cows,\ £3 10s, £4 2s 6d. - . Store cattle.—Cows, from £1 15s to £4 10s. ......