FEILDING LIVE STOCK SALE

Manawatu Times, Volume 65, Issue 270, 2 November 1940, Page 2

FEILDING LIVE STOCK SALE

Easing in Prices For all Classes DUE TO SEASONAL CHANGE An illustration of the difficulty of estimating truo market values of live stock was presonted at yesterday's Feilding live stock sale when values went back on late rates, marking the seasonal variation. .Recently very high values were obtained for run cattle uui yesterday these values slumped away back making for a fluctuation which arises from several uncontrollable factors. Entries were on the light side excepting for run cattle which were offered in good numbers, but the enquiry was slack as were prices. Fat sheep also declined in value and store sheep experienced a sticky market Small entries in the dairy section found buyers at late rates where the quality was good. Beef was easier and generally the tone throughout was quieter. The seasonal change to which much of the variation in values can be attributed marks tho close of the winter activities and the advance into summer operations and this change invariably has its reflection in the markets which witness lighter entries and price variations. Fat Sneep. Easier prices all round were recorded in the fat sneep section where ewe mutton predominated. Realisations included the following:— Fat wethers: Twenty on account M. W. Laing at 20s lOd; 28 on account A. A. Honore at 24s 7d and 18 at 22s Id; two at 26s lOd; nine at 25s 4d; 10 at 26s 4d; 16 on account D. VV. Reid at 245; three on account V. Reid at 20s 7d; 17 on account A. E. Shalders at 23s 7d. Fat ewes: Twenty-four on account J. 11. Russell at 15s lOd; 34 on account G. Forster-Pratt at 163 7d and nine at 13s 4d; 19 on account A. A. Honore at 14s lOd; 23 on account J. H. Russell at 15s lOd; 20 on account D. W. Reid at 16s 7d; 15 on account A. G. Wightman at 15s lOd; 64 on account A. G. Collins at 15s lOd; four on account J. P. Walsh at 17s lOd; three on account J. H. U. Slack at 153 lOd; 14 on account E. E. Short at 13s lOd; 42 on account E. M. Hare at 14s 7d; three on account S. S. Viles at 20s lOd; 37 at 17s 4d; 45 on account L. I Hogg at 16s Id and five at 15s lOd; six on account W. A. Bailey at 12s lOd; 10 on account E. W. Hole at 17s Id; live at 15s lOd; 18 at 143 lOd; nine at lo.s !4d; five at 15s 7d; 13 at 16s Id; four at 15s 4d; 14 at 17s Id; 13 at 16s lOd. Fat hoggets: Four on account C. M. Richardson at 21s 7d; 12 on account T.„ O’Regan at 27s 4d; and 16 at 25s 4d; aix on account J. P. Walsh at 23s 3d; four on account J. H. U. Slack at 23:: 7d; six on account A. E. Shalders at 19s 3d; 17 at 21s lOd; 29 at 21s 7d; 13 at 20s 7d; 28 at 21s 7d; 31 at 22s Id; !three at 24s lOd; seven on account G. .Forater-Pratt at 22s lOd; 12 at 19s 7d; five on account F. Wightman at 21s 4a. Blackface mutton: Seven hogget at 19s 4d. Store Sheep. Although no very great selection was offering in tho store sheep section, many of the pens were passed in as prices .vere short of vendors’ reserves. The following sales were recorded: Fifty j eight woolly wether hoggets at 26s 6d; 126 ewe hoggets at 33s 4d; 150 ewe hSggets at 24s 6d; 26 ewe hoggets at 37s 6d; 95 wether hoggets at 19s 3d; 153 wether hoggets at 18s 7d; 51 wether hogget3 at 18s Id; 13 wether hoggets at 20s 4d. Fat Cattle *Beef prices were easier on late sales while the quality was badly as good. Realisations included the following: | Four Hereford cows at £lO 12s Gd; four I A.A. cow 3 at £9 7s 6d and £8 2s 6d; three A.A. heifers on account D. W. Reid at £8 2s 6d; four A.A. cows on the same account at £6 12s 6d; one Hereford steer on account W. G. Shannon at £8 7s 6d; 21 A.A. cows at £7 12s 6d; one Jersey steer at £9 123 6d; other cows, £4 17s 6d, £5, £5 2s fid, £5 12s Cd, £5 17s 6d, £6 2s 6d, £7 17s 6d to £lO 17s Cd; heifers, £6 2s Cd, £6 12s 6d, £6 17s 6d to £7 17s 6d; vealers, £1 15s; runners, £4 17s 6d, £7 12s 6d, £7 17s 6d to £8 2s 6d. Run Cattle. Tho offering of run cattle failed to enlist much interest and prices under the hammer registered a fall on late rates. The fair registered the apex oi prices for run cattle and since this highly satisfactory sale for vendors values have eased down and yesterday’s offering which included a number of pens of grown cattle from the East Coast, experienced a falling market. The realisations included the following: Boventythree Syr. and 4yr. bullocks ex Gisborne, £8 17s 6d; 25 4yr. bullocks on account W. G. Shannon at £8 17s 6d; 11 2yr. steers on account E. McCool at £5 14s; 14 Syr. steers on account W. G. Shannon at £7; 16 4yr. steers ex Gisborne at £8 108; 11 yearling steers on account T. O’Regan at £4 10s; seven yearling A.A.

steers at £3 10s; eiglit Syr. A.A. heifer*, at £4 10s; 10 weaner heifers at 24a; five ditto at £2 17s; 19 yearling A.A. steers at £3 11s; live Jersey steers at £4 17s Gd; 17 2yr. steers at £5 13s; 10 yearling steers at £3:11s; 22 3yr. Hereford steers ex Gisborne at £8 4s; 33 yearling A.A steers on account P. Whiteman at £4 Ida Gd; six yearling heifers on account P. Whiteman at £3 4s; eight 2yr. Hereford steers at £5 10s; 37 A.A. cows at £6 2s Gd; 34 2yr. A.A. steers at £G 15s; 31 empty A.A. heifers at £6 2s Gd; 32 | yearling A.A. steers at £4 7s. Store Cows. ' There was little change in the values for boner cows and tho short entry commanded late rates. Sales included the following: £2 12s, £3 2s Gd, £3 10s, £3 15s, £3 17s Gd, £3 18s, £3 18s Gd to £4; 'empty heifers, £3 17s 6d. Dairy Cattle. Reduced entries were yarded in the dairy section and prices wero firm whore the quality was offering. Realisations wero as follows: {Springing heifers, £G, ‘£6 15s, £7 15s, £B, £9 10s, £lO 2s 6d, £lO j .15s, £ll to £ll 12s 6d; heifers in milk, £6 ss, £7 10s to £8; springing cows, £9 Ids; cows in milk, £5 ss; yearling Jersey j heifers, £2 Is to £5 14s.