FEILDING CATTLE FAIR.

Manawatu Standard, Volume LXI, Issue 267, 13 October 1941, Page 2

FEILDING CATTLE FAIR.

The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co., Ltd., repoit on their entry at the spring cattle fair field at Feilding on Friday: Oui entry, which consisted of yearling f’.A. steers, 2, 3 and 4-yr P.A. steers, and 2-yr P.A. heifers, came forward in good order and were offered to a large and representative bench of buyers. Competition throughout was exceptionally good and values in all sections wore well above recent quotations. The following is a list of our principal sales: —Account W. G. Shannon, 40 3-yr P.A. heifers, at £7 ; account Williamson list., 31 2-year P.A. heifers, at £7 9s; account R. 11. Wall, 10 P.A. empty cows at £5 10s; account W. G. Shannon, 24 4-yr P.A. bullocks at £ll and 19 5-yr S. 11. and S. IT. Cross bullocks at £ll 6s; account D. Hendry, 33 3-year bullocks at £9 9s; account Mrs J. G. Wingate, 9 3-vr bullocks at £8 17s; 10 2-yr cross bullocks at £7 15s; account D. Higgins, 3 fat bullocks at £l2 17s 6d, 2 at £l2 12s 6d, 12 2-yr bullocks at £9 12s 6d; account client, 63 yearling P.A. steers at £5 16s; account client, 24 yearling steers at £6 12s; account W. J. White, 16 yearling S.H. steers at. £6 Bs. Dalgety and Co., Ltd., report: A large repi c.icnlalivc offering approximately 3500 head of cattle wore yarded, comprising the annua] draft on account of local settlers. The quality was well up to the standard of recent years, the cattle coming forward in excellent order and condition considering, the wet conditions experienced throughout the winter. Despite the wet conditions of our heavy grazingcountry, competition was free from the commencement of the auction, the 4-year-old yullocks selling under animated competition at prices ranging from £lO 4s to £ll. with a few outstanding pens of fat and forward bullocks selling from £ll 10s to £l2. In comparison with last year’* prices, bullocks were firmer by 10s to 15s a head. Three-year-old steers were also keenly competed for, the majority of the lines selling from £8 15s to £9 10s. Upcountry buyers operated freely on tho yearling and 2-year-old steers, tho best of the two-year-olds selling from £7 to £B, top yearlings from £6 to £7 3s, and average lines from £5 to £5 15s. Taranaki and Wanganui buyers operated freely on all fattening lines of cqws and heifers, and secured the bulk of tho offering. Buyers were also in evidence for breeding heifers, the lop lines selling from £7 to £7 13s. Altogether the 6alo was one of the best, we have seen at Feilding for many years, and we report practically a total clearance with the exception of two pens, of mixed coloured cattle, and one pen of yearling steers. The following are our main sales: —Account Mrs M. D’Atb, Pohangina, one pen P.A, bullocks £l2, pen £lO 16s, 26 at £lO 15s, 33 at £9, account K. G . Woollams, Feilding, 32 Hereford bullocks. £ll, 21 P.A. bullocks £lO 12s, 8 at £8 10s; account A. A. TTonore Tirilea, 51 P.A. bullocks £lO 10s, 9 steers £8 15s, 7 steers £8; account .1. FairMilson, 27 P.A. steers £8 14s. pen P.A steers at £8 7s; account, H. W. Kilsby. 15 3-year-old P.A. steers £9 2s, 25 2-year-old P.A. steers at £8 Is; account P. McVerry, 33 Hereford steers at £7 7s, 14 at £6 ss; account P. Whiteman, Aorangi, 15 Shorthorn cross bullocks £9 ,7s; 31 2-year old P.A. steers £7 14s; account Duncan Morrison, Pa,hiatus. 20 2-year-old P.A. steers, £7 6s; account Arbon Bros., Pohangina, 8 Hereford steers £7 9s, 11 at £5 ss; account M. and G. Parker, Aorangi, 19 2-year-old P.A. steers, £7: 26 Hereford ‘steers, £5 14s; 45 yearling P.A. steers, £5 17s; 32 yearling P.A. steers, at £5 14s; account M. -H. Oram, 6 ylg P.A. steers £5, 10 yearling P.A. heifers, £3 ss; account P McVevrv. 60 ylg. P.A. steers £5 2s 6d ; account IT. J. and C. F. Yiles, Pohangina, 14 2-year-old P.A. heifers, £6 8s; account W. S. Black, Gisborne, 62 3-yeur-old P.A. heifers £6 2s, 13 at £4 10s; account IT. W. Kilsby, Fffzherbert, 27 2-ycar-old P.A. heifers, £6; account M. and G. Parker, Aorangi. 27 Hereford cows £5 17s, 39 Hereford heifers £4 6s; account Arbon Bros., Pohangina, 15 Hereford cows £4 17s 6d; account P. McVerr.v, £6, 42 P.A. cows, £6 ss; account heifers £6, 42 P.A. cows, £6 ss; account J. M. Collins, Pohangina, 7 P.A. heifers, £5 6s Our share of the offering comprised 1129 head. At the dairy bull sale at Feilding, last week, the champion bull was a Friesian, not a Jersey as reported previously. IT. R. Green (Kairanga) disposed of a Friesian to W. D. Harris (Pahiatua) Tor 41gns.