FEILDING STOCK SALE.

Pahiatua Herald, Volume XLI, Issue 12616, 7 April 1934, Page 5

FEILDING STOCK SALE.

YOUNG CATTLE IN DEMAND. The abundance of feed throughout the district has helped to increase the demand for station cattle, and auctioneers therefore held a cattle fair at Feilding yesterday to meet farmers’ requirements. The large entry of well over 3000 head of cattle showed generally good condition, though some pens were of scraggy appearance I'he demand lor young cattle was firm, with good prices throughout. Older cattle were not so eagerly sought, only really good quality fetching relatively high prices. P.A.’s were particularly sought, with a steady and firm market also for Shorthorns, extra good quality bullocks going to over £6. The market for the Jersey breed was not ‘so good, wearier and eighteen-months heifers finding the market very dull.

There was a fairly heavy yarding of fat store sheep, which maintained good rates. Choice fat cattle sold well, but there were practically no dairy cattle offered.' P.A. 24-year steers, very good, £4 4s to £4 12s ; Hereford steers, 24-year, to £4 10s; other colours, good, £4 to £4 6s; fair qualify, £3 5s to £3 19s; eighteen-months steers, good P.A. lines, to £4 6s; others, from £2“ 2s 6d to £3 18s; 24 and 34-year steers, very good, £6 2s 6d : Red Poll steers, good, £4 3s • mixed good steers, £4 to £5; prune quality Shorthorn steers, £5 14s to £6 2s 6d; heifers, 24-year, £2 10s; heifers, very good, 18months, £3 ss; Hereford-P. A. cross heifers, £2 9s • Hereford-Shorthorn cross heifers, £2 ss; four to fiveyear P.A. bullocks, £5 15s to £6 10s; very good Hereford bullocks, £6: four-year bullocks, good, £4 4s to £4 8s 6d ; inferior, £3 5s • Jersey weaner heifers, to 25 s; eighteenmonths, to 355. Fat cattle: Prime fat cows, to £4 15s: good light prime cows, £3 os to £3 15s ; P.A. prime cows, £4 14s; light prime fat heifers, £3 15s; good light heifers, £2 10s to £2 15s; prime heavy bullocks, £6 P.A. fat steers, £4 lOs. Fat sheep: Prime heavy lambs, 20s 4d to 26s Id; good, 17s to 19s 4d; prime fat wethers, 14s 7d to 25s Id: good, 23s 3d to 24s ; b.f. two-tooths, 25s 4d ; prime fat ewes, 18s to 19s 6d; light, from 15s 7d. EKETA HUN A SA LE. Competition was keen for all lines at the l Eketahuna. sale yesterday, at which the New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co., Ltd. offered a good yarding of sheep and cattle. A clearance was effected at the following prices : Account Jas. Judd; 138 two-tooth wethers, 21s; 70 s.m. ewes, 17s. Account S. K. Raleigh: 91 woolly wether lambs, 16s 7d. Account E. S. Henderson: 37 two-tooth wethers, 20s; 11 b.f. two-tooths. 21s 4d. Account A. M. Stone-Wigg: 37 four and six-tooth ewes, 265. Account W . Edmunds : 63 m.a. ewes, 19s 5d ; 34 woolly wether lambs, 16s 6d ; 7 fat lambs, 21s 3d. Account H. P. Hanson : 15 fat lambs, 19s ; 12 fat ewes, 18s Id. Account L. Houlbrooke: 20 s.m. ewes, 16s 9d; 29 shorn wether lambs. 14s 3d; 16 do., 10s 9d ; 9 woolly do., 16s ; 3 wethers, 20s Id. Account C. E l . Goss: 18 P.A. heifers, r.w.b., £4 14s.