STOCK MARKETS

Manawatu Times, Volume LV, Issue 7296, 5 August 1930, Page 10

STOCK MARKETS

FEILDING SALE

Messrs. Dalgety and Co., Ltd., report laving a fair yarding of both sheep and cattle at the Foilding sale on Friday. In the sheep section the fat pons were again well filled and comprised principally ewes of good quality. Prices showed an improvement on last week’s Tates. In the store pens ewes in lamb met with a keen sale. There was a heavy yarding of dairy cows and keen competition resulted at prices on a par with previous quotations. Fat cattlo were penned in small numbers and sold well. Fat ewes, 21/-, 21/5; light fat ewesj 16/6; fat wethers, 24/-, 24/1; fat b.f. 2-tooths, 18/7, 19/6; fat lambs, 15/1, 16/-, 17/-, 17/6, 19/1, 24/-; s.m. ewes r.w. Southdown rams, 17/1; 2tooth to syr. ewes r.w. Southdown rams, 23/8; ewe lambs, 14/3, 15/2, 16/10, 17/3; wether lambs, 11/6, 13/-; b.f. lambs, 8/2, 8/9, 11/2, 11/9; springing heifers, £9, £lO 10/-, £lO 15/-; springing cows, £8 5/-, £8 10/-, £9 10/-, £lO, £ll, £ll 10/-; empty cows, £2 10/-, £2 15/-, £3.

Messrs. Abraham and Williams, Ltd., report as under on the Feilding sale: In the sheep section there was a moderately heavy yarding in both fat ana store pens and, generally speaking, the quality in both sections was better than at the last few sales. There was a good demand for fat sheep, especially those showing condition, and there w r as competition both from butchers and exporters, As a result, practically the whole of the entry changed hands. In the store pens we yarded some nice quality ewes in lambs in forward condition and competition was very keen, moro especially for ewes in lamb to Romney rams, and we can report a decided advance in prices. Other store sheep Showed little variation in prices. In the cattle section there was a very light yarding of store and fat cattle and a heavy entry of dairy cattle. Store and fat cattle sold at late rates, but there was a keen demand for dairy stock and those was maintained right until the last pen was offered, prices in this section being very firm. Fat lambs, 13/8, 16/-, 16/10, 17/9 to 18/-; fat ewes, 15/-, 15/3,19/6,19/7, 21/3 to 22/-; fat wethers, 22/-, 23/9, 24/-, 25/-, 26/-, 26/9, 27/- to 28/6; forward wethers, 20/6; m.s. hoggets, 12/11; 4 and syr. ewes r.w. Southdown rams, 20/6; 4 and 6tooth and 4yr. ewes r.w. Southdown rams, 22/-; 4yr. ewes t.w, Romney rams, 27/- to 28/6; 2 and 4-tooth ewes r.w. Southdown rams, 23/6; 4-tooth ewes r.w. Romney Tams, 26/-; fat cows, £4 14/-, £5 12/-, £6 17/6, £7 2/6, £7 15/to £8 5/-; fat heifers, £5 7/6; store cows, £3 5/-, £3 10/-, £3 12/6, £3 17/6, £4 17/6; weaner heifers, £1 15/-, £2 11/-, £2 IS/6, £4 to £4 5/6; bulls, £4 5/-; cows in milk, £6 15/-, £7 10/- to £10; cows at drop, £lO 5/-, £lO 10/-, £lO 15/- to £11; springing cows, £7 15/-, £B, xS 5/-, £S 15/-J £9 10/-, £lO, £ll, £ll 20/-, £l2 15/- to £l4 15/-; later cal vers, £B, £8 5/-, £9 5/-, £lO to £lO 10/-; heifers r.w.b., £5 5/-, £7 o/-, £9 10/- to £lO 15/-.

Messrs. Levin and Co., Ltd., report the following prices at the Feilding sale: Fat lambs, 14/S, 15/3, 16/-, 20/6; fat ewes, 16/9, 17/1, 17/6, 22/7; fat wethers, 22/-;' ewe hoggets, 15/2; wether hoggets, 11/6; 4 and syr. ewes r.w. Southdown rains, 16/9; springing heifers, £9, £lO 10/-, £lO 15/-, £11; springing cows, £8 10/-, £9, £lO 10/-, £lO 15/-; fat cows, £5 1/-, £5 17/6, £6 10/-; weaner heifers, £3 14/-; empty cows, £4 .7/6; Syr. bollocks, mixed colours, £6 10/-. SALE OF FRIESIAN CATTLE Messrs. Wright, Stephenson and Co., Ltd., report that the Wairarapa has again been drawn upon for the nucleus .of a new pedigree herd of Friesian cattle, the purchaser on this occasion being Mr. T. Rice, of Te Rehunga, Dannevirke. Mr. Rice secured 11 in-calf two-year-old heifers and a yearling bull from the well-known Ahikouka herd of Hu (X A. Cadwallader, Greytown. The purchaser was attracted to Mr. Cadwallader’s herd by the many great production records credited to it and by its splendid record of successes in the show ring. The majority of the heifers were sired by Mr. Cadwallader : s well-known show and butter-fat bred bulls, Mooie Ormsby (son of the Manawatu champion, Colony Champion Ormsby, imported by Mr. Wni. Barton), and Friens Mercedes Sarcastic Lad (linebred to Woodcrest Joe, imported by the New Zealand Government). The dams of these heifers were sired by the famous breeding bull, Dominion Dutehiand,' eire of many famous producers and champions, including the famous North Island champion, Jessie Monona Johanna of Oakview, which produced 726 lb. of fat as a junior two-year-old, and the four-year-old 8001 b. butter-fat cow, Buttercup HI of Ashley, which produced 1251 b. of fat in one month. These heifers are in calf to King Olga Ormsby, and included amongst them is the grand-daughter of Cluna Pietje Hope XIU, which won the Royal championship at Invercargill last December, having been sold by Mr. Cadwallader to a southern breeder to compete for that honour. Mr. Rico has undoubtedly secured a splendid foundation for his herd.

ANNUAL O.K. JERSEY SALE One of the largest gatherings of buyers that has attended a sale of stud Jersey cattle this year was present on Thursday at Takanini, near Auckland, to participate in Mr. A. E. Wat km’s third annual sale of in-calf heifers and stud bulls. A great attraction of the sale was the line of yearling sons of the imported heTd sire, Oxford Beau’s Combination, purchased at the recordbreaking Cooper sale held at Wellington two years ago for the great sum of 2000 guineas. Twenty-orxo young bulls by this sire averaged 65 guineas. They were an outstanding lot. A great struggle ensued for possession of the nine-months-old bull, O.K. Nobly Born, and Mr. Fred. Cullen, of Maungaturoto, secured him for the record price of the year, 308gns. Several Taranaki breeders participated, but the linal contest

lay between Mr. Cullen and the Aucklandbreeder, Mr. Balfour Irving. In addition to being sired by Oxford Beau’s Combination, this bull was out of the great butter-fat cow, Woodstock Feeria, with a butter-fat record as a four T yearrold of 7291 b. of fat, while her dam, Woodstock Fairy, has a mature record of S3slb. fat. Mr. Irving later secured a young son of Brampton Coy Volunteer (imp.) and Oaklands Silky, winner of the second Stratford Futurity Stakes, at 105 guineas. The bull calf by Oxford Beau’s Combination which won first prize at the Auckland show last autumn realised 104gns. to the bid of Mr. R. Hicks, Hawera. The best price for a two-year-old bull was 100gns. for a son of Meadowvale Derby Day and the great producing three-year-old, Monandria (7371 b. fat). The purchaser was Mr. W. Murphy, of Taranaki. The 38 bulls, which included eight two-year-olds, averaged 52gns., and 23 .heifers iji calf to Oxford Beau’s Combination and the undefeated yearling bull, Roseland Lord Aldan (imp.), averaged 58 guineas. The -high standard of the O.K. Jerseys is indicated by the fact that the 62 lots sold! for 3350gns. There was a keen demand for the in-calf heifers. Ninety guineas was paid for a daughter of Meadowvale Derby Day in calf to Roseland Lord Aldan, and a similar price ‘ for a daughter of Fontaine of O.K. in calf to Oxford Beau’s Combination. The sale, which was the most spirited of the year, was conducted by Messrs. Wright, Stephenson and Co., Ltd., stud stock salesmen. The greater portion of th» sale was broadcast "by IYA Auckland.