FEILDING CATTLE FAIR

Manawatu Standard, Volume LXV, Issue 257, 28 September 1945, Page 5

FEILDING CATTLE FAIR

LARGE YARDING. Male station store cattle comprised the yarding for tho cattle fair in Feilding today, when some 1600 head of 2-yr P.A. and Hereford steers and 4-yr P.A. and Hereford bullocks" were penned. In the main the cattle were in good condition and with the prospects of warmer weather and a flush of grass their appearance merited attention. Up till now the weather has not been favourable for the growth of pastures, anc\. in this district the grass has not got away well. A sudden cold snap during the past week checked growth somewhat, but in October*there should be

a substantial improvement in the quantity of grass available. Polled Angus cattle predominated in numbers today; but the aggregato yarding did not come up to last year's total, possibly due to breeders having disposed of surpluses privately. However, tho yarding was a heavy one and there were cattle available to meet most requirements. Boners, dairy and fat cattle were yarded in light numbers, while store sheep were also moderately supplied. Wether hoggets occupied most of the pons and few ewes and lambs were in evidence. Ewe mutton was best supplied in tho fat sheep section, but there,_ too, the offering was a comparatively iight one. Prices up till 1 p.m. were: — Station cattle. —Bullocks, 50 on account Short and Sons, £ls ss; 41 on account A.

R. Bartlett and Sons, £l4 Is; 50 on account L. Mont Est., £l4 Is; 26 on account W.

Hair, £l2 10s; 39 on account Johnston Est., £l4 166; 53 on account Watt and Myers, £l4 19s; 52 on account R. D. Younger, £l3 7s; steers, 16 P.A. on account A. A. Honorc, £11; other sales, 30 Hfd. bullocks, £l2 Is. Dairv cattle.—Heifers r.w.b., £9 to £ls slss; heifer in milk, £8 15s; cows r.w.b., £8 10s to £ls.

Store cattle.—Cowsr £4 to £5 17s 6d; ylg. heifers, £4 17s 6d to £7. Fat sheep.—Wethers, 7" at 43s Id, 4 at 44s lOd, 3 at 29s 4d, 5 at 34s lOd, 37 at 38s Id, 12 at 30s lOd, 8 at 44s 4d, 22 at 46s lOd, 38 at 47s' 7d, 4 (b.f.'s) at 34s 4d, 4 at 37s 4d, 22 at 44s 4d, 16 at 37s lOd; hoggcrs, 19 at 28s lOd, 2 at 25s lOd, 9 at--32s 4d, 2 at 26s lOd, 5 at 27s 7d, 14 -at28s; ewes, woollv, 46 at 28s lOd, 14 at 255" lOd, 5 at 35s 4d", 9 at 24s 4d, 6 at 23s 10d,--' 9 at 26s lOd, 9 at 24s lOd, 11 at 27s 4d,«\ 50 at 25s lOd, 10 at 27s 4d, 28 at 32s 4d, 20 at 28s lOd, 24 at 29s 4d, 21 at 26s lOd, 21 at 24s 7d, 32 at 24s lOd, 25 at 25s 4d, 11 at 23s lOd, 22 at 26s 4d, 19 at 27s 4d; shorn, 23 at 15s lOd, 45 at 16s Id, 13 at 20s 7d, 12 at 13s 7d, 27 at 16s 7d, 27 at 14s lOd, 15 at 17s 4d, 16 at 13s: maiden i 2-ths, 2 at 32s iOd, 8 at 30s 4d.