Slock Sale

Manawatu Times, Volume 61, Issue 212, 8 September 1936, Page 2

Slock Sale

DANNEVIRKE. Messrs. Williams and Kettle. Ltd., report having held their weekly stock saio yesterday when tney ottered a small yarding of sneep anu pigs and a good yarding of cattle to a good auendam’o of buyers representing local and West Coast districts. Fat ewes again snowed considerable improvement, while, daily cattle were keenly competed lor and were on a par with tne laie market rates. ' They quote as follows: — Sheep: Good heavy fat ewes, 38s; medium fat ev.es, 02s Od to Iris; al in.a. >"wes r.w. K.r., 2ss; winner hoggets, • z-m ltd; «3 good b.i. hoggets, 23s od;. small lit. hoggets, His sd; small ewe hoggets, 21s. Cattle: Fat Jersey cows ana noirers, £2 14s to £4 2s; springing Jersey heifers, £ 1 to To .Us Gd; springing .jersey cows (cany culvers), £o to £u 17s Gd; springing jersey cows (late caivers), £3 to £4 10s; Jersey cows and caivers, £2 11s. to £2 lGs; siore cows, XI to X2 9s; 1 Jersey bull, £2 10s. Pigs; WMiner pigs, JSs. Alessrs. Dalgety and Co., Ltd., report having sold tne following at yesterday's weekly stock sale: Fat ewes from 30s Id to 112 s 7d; springing uairy cows from £5 2s Gd to £5 12s Gd; springing Jersey heiiers, from £5 to XG Vs tid; 7 poller cows, XI 16s each; ■! fat Foley heifers, X2 10s; 2 ditto, £7 3s; 1 ditto, XG ss; J lat Hereford news, XG 5s each. The Hawke's Bay Farmers'' Co-op. Association, Ltd., report on the. Dunnevirke sale held on Thursday, September 3. They slate they offered a fair yarding of sheep and a good yarding of both.station and dairy cattle. The attendance was good, buyers being present from Alaiuiwatu, Waikato, Hawke's Buy and the local district. Fat ewes realised the highest price secured in the Dannevirke saieyards since 102!). A pea offered on account of A. Peters, Tepapakuku, made the satisfactory figure of £1 19s Id. Dairy stock showed an improvement over last week’s rates. A line of P.A. cows in calf to P.A. hull sold on account Airs. Al. .S. Thompson, Waitahora, realised £8 4s. Below is a list of prices realised:- Fat ewes, £1 7s Gd to £1 J.9s Id; ewes and lambs (JOO per cent, lambs), 15s Ud (all counted); b.f. hoggets, £1 3s; fat cows (dairy sorts), £3 10s, £l, £.1..1Q5, £1 Jf,s to £5; dairy cows, £4 10s to £6; springing heifers, £5, £6 10s, £7; P.A. cows, C 8 -Is; 2jr. PA. heifers, £G 2s; store cows, £.l 15s to £2 15s; weaner heifers. £2 10s to £3; weaner pigs, 17s Gd to 10s. FEILDING. Thu N.Z. Farmers’ Co-op. Distributing Cu., Ltd., reports on the Feilding sale. Tnere was a heavy yarding of lat sheep, and prices were firm at iast week’s rales. A good offering of fat cattio met with keen competition, prices for dairy lea lines being tne nest realised this season. .Store hoggets, of which there was a small yarding, sold at late rates." There was keen competition for dairy cattle, cows and neiiers close to profit selling particularly wed. Boiler cows sold at prices Weil up to late rates. Quotations. —rat hoggets, 21s 7d, 23s Gd, 255, 25s -lu, 20s 7d, 2Gs, 275; fat wetnei s, 32s ltd, 33s GO, JGs, 3is 7d, 38s Gd, 29s Gd; lat ewes, 27s 2d, 235, 31s Gd, 32s 90, 235, 31s, 35s Gd, 3Gs 3d, 3Ss 3d. Fat cattie: lat bullocks, X'J J2s; fat cows, XI, XI is Gd, £5, X 5 ss, £5 12s Gd. XG, £G las, £7 as, £7 17s Gd, £8; fat heifers. £l, £1 lus, £4 17s Gd, £5 10s, £6 10s. Store sheep: B.f. hoggets, 20s. 20s Gd, 21s, 225, 22s 3d; w.f.w. hoggets, 20s, 21s Gd, 22s 3d, 23s Gd 21s sd. Dairy .stock; Spg. heifers, £4 10s, £5 ss, £6 ss, £6 10s, £7 ss, £7 15s, £8 10s; spg. cows, £4, £4 10s, £5 ss, £5 10s, £6, £G 17s Gd.

The N.Z. Loan and Alercantile Agency Co., Ltd., report smaller entries in all sections at the Feilding sale. For both store hoggets and fat sheep a- slight advance iu rates was in evidence. Fat ewes made to 39s Gd, hoggets to 275, and wethers reached £2. For fat cattle dairy sorts met with a keen demand and sold at prices -which showed an advance on last week’s values. Boner cattle met with a very keen sale at an advance on late rates. In tho dairy section a firm sale resulted, prices being up to last week’s rates.

Quotations: Fat hoggets, 225, 23s GJ, 25s to 275; fat ewes, 335, 35s 6d to 395; fat maiden ewes to £2; fat wethers,- 34s Gd, 355, 37s Gd to £2; ewe hoggets, 28s fid, 30s, 31s to 365; wether hoggets, 49s 3d, 21s, 22s Gd to 23s Od; springing heifers, £3, £4, £4 15s, £5, £5 10s. £5 16s, £P. £7 2s Gd to £7 10s; springing wns, £.! 10s, £4 ss, £.5 17s fid, £5 2s 6d. £5 10s to £7 2s 6d; cows in milk, £4, £5 to' £0 ss; fat dairy rows. £3 15s, £4 12s 6d to £5 3 0s- fat dairv heifers, 4, £4 17s fid; store cows. £2, £2 ss, £2 11s, £2 15s, £3 to £3 Cs. Messrs. Abraham and Williams, Ltd., report light entries in all sheep sections at Friday’s Feilding saio with a very strong demand for everything submitted. The high values ruling at last week's sale for fat ewes was again exceeded, reaching the highest level for some years. The demand for hoggets of both sexes was also keen with values ruling being well up to lata rates. A lighter entry Ui.-ui usual was submitted in the dairy ring, tile demand for heifers showing uuality and close to profit being strong as was the ease with good, reliable dairy cows. In tlie beef section the entry was composed principally of cows of dairy breed with odd pens of run bred cattle. The demand in this section was particularly keen with values ruling being in excess of last week’s rates. Practically no run bred cattle were penned, graziers having to turn their attention to empty cows ex dairy, and for these wo report an excellent sale.

Quotations. —Fat sheep: Fat ewes, 27s 3d, 27s 9d. 30s, 31s Id, 355, 35s 4d, 35s 7d, 365, 39s sd; fat wethers, 31s 9d, 355, 395, 40s; fat hoggets, 25s Id, 26s 3d, 275, 30s, 33s 9d. Store sheep: (Vether hoggets, 24s Id, 24s sd, 25s 4d; ewe hoggets, 355, 35s 3d, 35s 6d. Fat cattle: P.A. cows, £6 3s; runners, £3 2s 6d, £3 10s, £3 12s 6d, £4; fat cows, £4 ss, £4 10s, £4 12s Gd, £4 15s, £5 2s Gd, £5 7s 6d, £5 15s, £6 7s fid, £6 15s, £6 17s fid; heifers, £4 12s, £5 ss. Store cattle: Cows, 30s, £2, £2 2s, £2 os, £2 16s, £2 19s, £3 6s, £3 19s, £4 ss, £4 7s; yearling Jersey heifers, £3, £3 ISs. Dairy cattle: Spg. heifers, £3 10s, £4 2b 6d, £4 17s 6d. £5 ss, £5 7s 6d, £5 15s, £6 las, £7; heifers, calved, £5, £5 10s; spg. cows, £4 os, £5, £5 15s, £6 2s 6d, £6 ss, £6 10s, £6 15s, £7, £7 10s, £S 2s 6d.