FEILDING STOCK SALE

Manawatu Times, Volume LIV, Issue 6918, 25 May 1929, Page 3

FEILDING STOCK SALE

MARKET UNCHANGED.

HEALTHY TONE MAINTAINED.

Good entries of both sheep aDd cattle were yarded at the Fcilding stock sale yesterday, when vendors, with few exceptions, quitted their offerings at satisfactory prices.' Rates remained unchanged, with the exception of fat sheep, which were slightly dearer. There was a good demand for 2-th. wethers, for which a strong inquiry persists. Following arc the quotations: — Fat sheep: Lambs, 18s, 18s 4d, 20s sd, 21s 4d, 21s lOd, 22s (id, 27s 7d, 22s Ud, 235, 25s 7d to 2(is (id; 2-th. ewes, 40s; owes, n 2ls, 225, 22s (id, 23s 3d, 23s Sd, 23s Od, 2 Is Od, 20s £>d, 27s 4d, 28s (id, 28s Od 1o 20s; wethers, 34s lOd, 355, 3(Js to 30s; b.f ’s, 2Ss 3d, 2Ss 4d to 30s. Fat cattle: Cows, £6 ss, £0 7s (id, £0 las, £7 2s Od, £7 3s, £7 17s Od, £B, £8 5s to £8 10s; heifers, £0 Is to £8 13s; P.A. cows, £0 14s. .Store sheep: Empty ewes, 14s 2d, 17s, 20s lOd to 2is; eull lambs, 0s 3d, 7s Od, Bs, 9s, Us 4d, Us Od to 11s 7d; small ewe lambs, 12s to 12s lOd; b.f. lambs, 13s, 15s Od, 17s 4d, J7s Od to ISs; 4 and 5-yr. ewes, r.w. S.D. rams, 30s Od and 28s 7d; 2-th. ewes, r.w. S.D. rams, 34s (id, 30s Id to 30s 7d; 2-th. wethers, 27s Od, 28s 3d, 29s 9d, 29s lOd, 31s Ou to 525; wether lambs, 10s to ISs. .Store cattle: Wcancr heifers, 355, £2 10s, £2 10s, £5 Us, £3 17s, £3 17s Od, £4, £■l 0s to £4 11s Od; cows, 20s, £2 15s, £5 ss. £5 7s, £3 12s Od, £4 7s Od, £4 Us Od. £4 .15s, £5 5s to £5 Us; bullocks, £10; heifers r.w. bull, £O, £0 10s, £0 15s to £11; forward cows, £0 4s; cows r.w. bull, £5 15s; cows and calves, £5; P.A. weaner steers, £5 7s Od.

Dairy stock: .Springing cows, £7 ss, £7 7s (id. £B, £8 ss, £O, £0 10s 3d, £lO, £lO Jos, £l2 to £l2 ss; cows iu milk, £5 ss; springing heifers, £0 ss, £lO las, £ll to £l2; heifer, calved, £l2.