Feilding Live Stock Sale

Manawatu Times, Volume 70, Issue 189, 11 August 1945, Page 2

Feilding Live Stock Sale

BUOYANT MARKETS FOR ALL SECTIONS. Buoyant markets for all sections were experienced at yesterday’s live stock sale at Feilding with values generally firm. High prices ruled for a special entry of over 500 A.A. and Hereford yearling steers from Wangaehu. These were nice young cattle in very good condition and their presence excited good competition. Beef values were steady with a good selection of station sorts including some attractive medium heavy bullocks. A firming tendency was registered in the store sheep section where the demand for hoggets was very keen. For so early in the new season the market was unusually strong. Fat Shep. Entries in the fat sheep section were down on those offering last week and something like 1600 were disposed of. Many lots were out of the wool and prices varied accordingly while the market was unable to absorb the total entry which was under 2000. The realisations were: Blackfaces: 2*at 35/1, 18 at 24/4; 10 at 31/4; 6 at 37/4; 11 at 39/1; hoggets: 23 at 20/10; 24 at 22/7; 11 at 23/4; 18 at 22/10; 52 at 21/10; 11 at 24/10; 43 at 23/10; 27 at 19/9; 32 at 24/4; 11 at 24/10; 24 at 22/4; 17 at 28/1; 16 at 31/7; 29 at 24/7; 15 at 26/10; 12 at 28/10; 13 at 28/4; 26 at 25/4; 14 at 30/1; wethers: 9 at 28/-; 30 at 36/4; 16 at 41/4; 5 at 28/1; 11 at 28/-; 21 at 32/10; 16 at 33/10; 18 at 41/4; 20 at 39/10; 18 at 3S/10; 10 at 31/7; 31 at 31/4; 2 at 43/4; 20 at 38/10; 25 at 39/7; 54 at 38/10; ewes: 9 at 27/4; 11 at 25/4; 58 at 27/7; 24 at 24/4; 4 at 31/4; 9 at 23/4; 31 at 28/7; 18 at 29/1; 24 at 29/1; 18 at 24/10; 17 at 26/1; 9 at 27/4; 14 at 26/4; 10 at 20/4; 56 at 27/4; 34 at 30/1; 41 at 29/10; 58 at 26/7; 34 at 29/3; 13 at 27/10; 28 at 23/1; maiden ewes: one at 32/10; 9 at 38/4; 14 at 37/4; 3 at 35/10; 6 at 30/10. Store Sheep.

More active buying kept the store sheep section busy and prices for hoggets inclined to harden a shade under firm competition. The realisations included the following: Wether hoggets: 50 at 31/-; 51 at 26/7; 133 at 20/-; 147 at 27/3; So at 31/9; 65 at 22/1; 70 at 24/-; 60 at 25/-; 200 at 21/10; 36 at 27/3; 110 at 24/-; ewe hoggets: 97 at 21/G; 145 at 26/10; 340 at 26/9; 93 at 21/6; blackface hoggets: 50 at 19/-; 62 at 18/4; 63 at 20/6; in-lamb ewes: 56 Syr. at 25/3; 40 2-th. at 27/6; 118 4 and oyr. at 35/4; 48 2-th. at 42/3; 123 4 and svr. at 27/2; 5 m.a. at 23/3; 38 4 and syr" at 29/9; 52 oyr at 24/-; 202 f. and f. wethers 30/9. Fat Cattle. Some good quality ox beef was yarded to experience a market which registered no change in Tate quotations although the selling was harder. Buyers were offered a choice of good Shorthorn, Hereford and Aberdeen Angus bullocks the best being medium heavy and in good condition. The range of prices received for the bullocks w r as £l4 7s 6d, £ls 10s, £ls 17s Gd, £l6 12s Gd to £l7 12s 6d; station heifers £lO 17s 6d, £ll 7s 6d, £l2 2s 6d, £l2 12s Gd, £l2 17s 6d to £l3 2s 6d; station cows: £lO, £ll 7s 6d to £ll 17s 6d. Dairy sorts sold according to quality. Station Cattle. Yearling steers were featured in the station cattle section where over 500 head were quitted on a very buoyant market at an average price of over £8 per head. These yearlings comprised a Bpecial entry from Wangaehu, were well bred and came forward in excellent condition. They were sold in handy lots and some of the sales were: 95 at £8 12s; 30 at £8 Is; 50 at £8 3s; 50 at £S; 32 at £8; 33 at £S; 66 at £8 3s; 39 at £8 13s; 30 at £8; 26 at £8 15s; 23 at £7 17s. In the case of grown cattle 35 A.A. and Hereford cross steers account. C. S. Wycherley made £ll 15s; 101 A.A. account N. J. Short mado £l3 10s; 10 Hereford account Hunt Estate at £l2; 19 A.A. account Hunt Estate at £ll 19s; 13 A.A.-Hereford cross cows r.w.b. at £10; 5 cows with calves at foot £10; 24 Hereford heifers at £6 4s; 15 do. at £5 4s; 7 do. at £3 6s; 38 A.A. wnr. steers at £7 ss; 20 A.A. 2yr. steers at £9 9s. Store Cattle. All offerings in the boner cow section

were quitted at late rates based on weights with prices as follows: £2 18s 6d, £3 ss, £3 7 S 6d, £3 15s, £4, £4 ss, £4 10s, £4 12s Gd, £5, £5 ss, £5 7s 6d, £5 17s to £6 ss; empty heifers £5 5s to £6; yearling bulls £3 17s 6d to £4. Dairy Cattle. Rather heavy entries of mixed quality dairy stock came forward to experience an active market for all promising types and those close to profit. Sales were at times slow and there were some passings. Range of values: Spg. heifers: £5 15s, £6 10s, £7 10s, £8 ss, £8 10s, £9, £lO, £lO 10s, £lO 15s, £ll, £ll 15s, £l2 15s, £l3, £l3 10s, £l3 15s, £l4, £l4 ss, £l4 10s to £l4 15s; spg. cows: £4, £4 10s, £6, £7, £7 ss, £B, £8 ss, £9, £lO, £lO 10s, £ll, £ll ss, £l2 15s to £ls; heifers in milk, £4, £5 ss, £9 15s to £ll ss; cows in milk £ll ss; weaner heifers £2 18s Gd.