Feilding Live Stock Sale

Manawatu Times, Volume 69, Issue 220, 16 September 1944, Page 6

Feilding Live Stock Sale

BEEF VALUES REGISTER STRONGER TONE

Beef values at yesterday’s live stock sale in Feilding registered a stronger tone with one of the best offerings of station cattle witnessed for some long time. The quality was very good indeed and buyers competed freely for the truck lots in bullocks and female lines. Mutton values remained largely steady with but minor fluctuations, but the store hogget market was very strong for all good quality lots. Recent outside transactions in station cattle point to a very firm market and the offering yesterday of mixed sorts found buyers active particularly for grown sorts m good condition. Overall there was an ‘ ‘in and out ’ ’ sale due in a measure to dealers’ lots influencing the activities. Under the hammer prices for bullocks, however, suggested that the market is strong just now. Dairy cattle again sold well. Fat Sheep. Ewes accounted for the bulk of the offering in the fat sheep section numbering 1000 of the total yarding which w r as approximately 1600. Wether mutton was in short supply and was back a few pence on last week’s rates, while good hoggets were slightly firmer and ewes much the same. The sales w r ere: Fat ewes, 42 at 28s lOd, 31 at 26s Id, 9 at 26s Id, 17 at 25s lOd, 21 at 25s 4d, 16 at 25s 4d, 37 at 24s Id, 24 at 24s lOd, 60 at 28s 4d, 6 at 26s lOd, 33 at 26s 4d, 11 at 26s 7d, 48 (shorn) at 20s 7d, 22 at 25s lOd, 21 at 28s 7d, 30 at 27s 4d, 33 at 25s 7d, 31 at 26s lOd, 20 at 25s lOd, 50 at 27s 4d, 35 at 26s Id, 12 at 28s lOd; maiden ewes, 26 at 34s 7d, 21 at 33s 7d, 20 at 32s lOd, 4 at 275, 10 at 30s lOd, 14 at 28s 4d, 13 at 27s lOd, 4 at 38s lOd, 15 at 33s lOd, 12 at 29s 7d; wethers, 4 at 36s 4d, 32 at 36s lOd, 58 at 36s 7d, 31 at 38s lid, 31 at 38s lOd, 32 at 38s lOd, 17 at 38s Id, 17 at 38s 4d; hoggets, 12 at 27s 4d, 14 at 26s 4d, 12 at 33s lOd, 6 at 22s 4d, 9 at 28s Id, 12 at 2Ss 4d, 12 at 29s 7d, 5 at 31s 10d, 20 at 26s 4d, 50 at 28s 4d, 21 at 30s lOd, 6 at 28s 7d, 53 at 28s 7d, 8 at 29s 4d, 16 at 29s 7d. Store Sheep. The yarding of hoggets in the store sheep section was in excess of advertised numbers with a keen demand all through; although some pens were passed in this was in the main due to vendors holding back. Prices offering revealed that the tone was definitely stronger. Realisations included the following: Wether hoggets, 20 at 28s 6d, 62 at 255, 101 (shorn) at 20s Id, 108 at 27s lOd, 26 at 245, 109 at 24s 4d, 57 at 295; ew r e hoggets, 95 at 33s Id, 80 at 31s lOd, 167 at 34s 3d, 69 at 325, 53 at 31s 6d, 48 at 265; 15 (shorn) at 23s 6d; blackface hoggets, 46 at 25s Bd, 37 at 28s Id, 129 at 25s Pd, 26 at 26s 9d. Fat Cattle. One of the best offerings of fat cattle penned for some time came forward to a full bench of operators who were impressed with the quality all through. Several pens of medium to heavy bullocks were included in the selection and these sold readily at prices somewhat firmer than last week’s quotations. Truck lots of choice ox beef made from £ls 7s 6d to £ls 17s 6d with lighter sorts making from £ll 12s 6d, £l2 12s Gd to £l2 17s 6d. Good station heifers sold from £9 32s 6d to £ll 2s 6d and £ll 7s 6d, while station cows made from £9 2s 6d, £9 7s 6d, £9 12s 6d, £9 17s 6d, £lO 2s Gd, £lO 7s 6d, £lO 12s 6d to £l2 2s 6d, with lighter sorts to £8 17s 6d. Ex-dairy stock also came forward in good condition and sold readily, heifers ranging from £7 12s 6d to £lO 2s 6d and cows from £5 2s 6d to £7 7s 6d. Other prices were: Runners, £7 30s to £7 15s; vealers, to £4. Station Cattle. The strengthening tone of the station cattle market, particularly for straight lines of well bred stock, was reflected in the sales yesterday. The offering included many dealers ’ lots and this tended to make the bidding sticky. Grown cattle appeared to claim more attention than the young stock and female lines were not in demand. The recorded sales included the following: 32 A.A. steers at £l2 6s, 40 do. at £ll 6s, 10 do at £ll 38, 9 do. at £ll, 5 do. at £lO 17s 6d, 8 do at £lO 13s, 20 do. at £lO 20s, 29 do. at £lO 9s, 8 do. at £lO 3s, 33 do. at £lO 2s, 5 do. at £lO 2s, 31 do. at £lO Is, 42 do. at £9 16s, 9 at £9 15s, 4 do. at £9 15s, 23 do. at £9 lls, 30 do. at £9 9s, 40 do. at £9 Ss, 61 do. at £9 Is, 18 do. at £8 10s, 13 do. at £7 ss, 11 do. at £6 2s 6d; Jersey steers at £4; 2 empty A.A. cows at £5 lls. Store Cattle. A small yarding of store cattle sold at late rates as follows: £3 12s Od, £4 2s 6d, £4 10s, £4 12s Gd, £4 17s Gd, £5, £5 10s to £6 15s. Dairy Cattle. Good quality dairy cattle continue to realise good prices and the offering yesterday quickly changed hands on a quality basis with realisations as follow: Springing heifers, £7 355, £B, £8 ss, £8 10s, £8 15s, £9, £lO, £lO ss, £lO 10s, £lO 15s, £ll, £ll ss, £ll 10s, £ll 15s, £l2, £l2 ss, £l2 10s to £l3 ss; heifer in milk, £7 ss; yearling heifers, £7, £7 ss, £7 7s 6d; springing cows, £4 10s, £8 10s, £ll to £ll 15s.