THE STOCK MARKET

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 71, Issue 220, 17 September 1928, Page 9

THE STOCK MARKET

RAETIHI SALE Freeman R. Jackson and Co. Ltd., held, their fortnightly stock sale at Raetihi on Friday when they offered to a good attendance of buyers 1000 sheep and several pens of cattle. Throughout the sale bidding was brisk, hoggets being in good demand, selling on par with recent sales. The who c of the yarding was disposed, of at the following rates: Sheep, best wether hoggets 365, medium to good 30s, small wether hoggets 27s to 28s, small ewe hoggets 21s 7d to 31s, B.F. hoggets 26s Id, mixed cull hoggets 20s 6u, light fat wethers 38s Id. Cattle--2 year heifers £4 4s to £4 16s, 3 year heifers £6 10s, 2 year steers (rough) £4 18s ? 3£ year steers £9, bulls £2 2s 6d to £4. U-S. yearlings (bad colours) £3 2s. young empty cows £4 to £5 4s, empty dairy heiiers £5 2s 6d, sound dairy cows £7 to £7 10s. others £5, unsound ditto £4 7s. PEDIGREE STOCK SALE Last Wednesday at Mr H. M. Gripps farm, Raetihi, Wright Stephenson and Co. in conjunction with Abraham and Wi liams Ltd., offered to a goad; attendance of buyers, including many from outside, the whole of his “Mokau” Jersey stud, which met with keen competition, the whole offering being quitted. The top price was for a Jersey heifer in calf, 28 guineas, while a Jersey yearling bull fetched 18 guineas. Others sold at the following figures: Pedigree Jersey cows 23 guineas, 17gns. 17Agns, 15gns. 14gns; springing pedigree heifers 27gns, 211gns, 16gns, 9gns; pedigree yearling heifers Signs, 6sgns, GAgns, 6Jgns; pedigree Jersey bulls, 21 gns, 18igns, 16gns, 14gns, 13gns, 12gns. returning an average of IGgns. Grade Jersey cows £l7 ss, £l6 10s. £l4, £l3 10s, £l3, £lO 10s, £9 12s 6d, £9 ss, ditto springing heifers £lB, £l4. year’ing heifers £5 ss, making an average of £l2 10s. FRIDAY’S FEILDING SALE Levin and Co. Ltd., report on Friday’s Feilding sa'e as follows: There was a good yanking of all classes of stock, consisting mainly of fat sheep and store hoggets. Fats were in good demand and sold well at late quotations. Wether hoggets soldi well, showing a good advance on late “sales. There was a good yarding of dairy stock, though not up to the quantity of late sales. Springing heifers were in good; demand and showed a jump in. prices shown in the last month. A big yarding of fats sold readily at prices equal to outside rates. Eat b.f. hoggets 27s 3d to 36s 6d; fat wethers 355; fat wethers 39s Gd; fat ewes 38s (id; ewes with 100 per cent of b.f. lambs £2 10s; medium wether hoggets 32s Sd; 2-tooth wethers 36s 6d; good springing heifers (line) £ll 10s, £l4 ss, £l4 10s, (line) £l5, others £6; cows in milk £5 12s Gd to £6 7s 6>d.

Dalgety and Co. Ltd, report having a moderate entry of both store and fat sheep, a heavy yarding of dairy cattle awl a full yarding of fat catt.c. Bidding for at sheep was not animated but stores met with a ready sale. Daiiy cattle were in keen demand and fat cattle sold well at late rates. Quotations: Fat wethers 38s sd, £2 2s, £2 3s ICd,; fat ewes 36s 6d. 395; fat b.f.’s 375; wither hoggets 31s Gd, 335; mixed hoggets 31s Gd; ewe hoggets 38s 10d; b.f. hoggets 28s Id; b.f. 2tooths 31s; store wethers 33s 9d; springing heifers £lO, £ll. £l2, £l4 10s to £l5 10s; heifers in milk £lO ss; springing dairy cows £9, £lO 10s, £ll 10s to £l2; prime fat Heifers £l4 10s, £l4 12s 6d to £l4 15s; fat cows £9 10s. £9 15s, £lO, to £ll ss; store cows £2 10s £2 15s, £3; forward cows £3 15s. 4 10.

Messrs Auraham and Williams. Ltd. report having yarded a medium entry of fat and store sheep and a goad entry of cattle at Feilding. The market for all classes of stock was on a parity with last week s quotations. A large entry of very prime cows and heifers came forward, the majority of pens being quitted. Quotations: Fat wethers 29s 9d to 39s 3id; fat ewes 36s 3d to 40s; fat hoggets 28s to 30s; medium wether hoggets to 26s sd; medium m.s. hoggets 29s Id; prime fat heifers £ll 10s, £l5. £l5 15s; prime heavy fat young cows awl heifers £ll, £l4 6s, £l4 12s, £l4 17s 6d, £l5 4s to £l5 15s; forward cows £3 10s, £4 12s 6d, £5 5s to £5 15s; store cows £1 10s to £2 12s; springing heifers £7 ss, £7 10s, £l4 to £l4 10s; springing cows to £l2 10s; heifers in milk to £l4 ss; cows in milk £6 to £7 ss; yearling Jersev heifers £4 7s Gd. £4 15s. £5, £7 12 Gd to £7 13s.