STOCK MARKETS

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 73, Issue 438, 2 December 1930, Page 9

STOCK MARKETS

SALES OF THE WEEK. | Dalgety and Co. Ltd. report on the sales of the week as under: — There was a small yarding of sheep and pigs and a fair entry of cattle at the Bulls sale on Monday, 25th ultimo: Fat owes, 10s 6d; light fat woolly wethers, 21s 2d; fat 2-ths. 17s 6d; prime fat hoggets, 25s 4d; store ewes, ss; empty 2 and 3-yr. heifers, £4; light fat heifers £5 17s 6d; fat cows, £5, £7; heifers in milk, £5 2s 6d; springing heifers, £8 2s 6d; 15-mos. rough steers, £2 15s; Crossbred yearling heifers, £2 ss; empty store cows, £2 7s 6d; weaner pigs, 20s 6d, 21s; slips, 265; large stores, 30s; porkers, 345, 355, 365, 38s. There was a good entry of both sheep and cattle at the Ashhurst sale on Wednesday, 2Ath inst. and practically a total clearance was effected at the following prices:—Shorn fat ewes, 10s 4d, 10s 6d, 10s 9d; fat and forward woolly ewes, 9s 3d to 11s 8d; ewe hoggets, 19s 3d; fat maiden ewes, 14s; b.f. hoggets, 15s 6d; springing cows, £9 12s 6d; springing heifers, small £3 7s 6d, £4 15s, springing heifers, £7; 3 and 4-year bullocks, £7 15s; fat cows, £4 Ils, £4 12s 6d, £5, £5 2s 6d, £5 6s, £5 10s to £7; empty cows, £2, £2 15s, £3; Jersey bulls. £3, £5; weaner pigs, 19s 6d, 21s, 21s 6d, 245. There was a 'fair yarding of store and fat sheep, a very good entry of store cattle and a moderate yarding of fat and dairy sorts at the Feilding sale on Friday, 28th ultimo. Fat sheep showed a decline; grown bullocks, while in fair demand, sold at lower rates and for the younger well-bred steers there was practically no enquiry: Fat hoggets 16s 3d, 16s 10d, 18s sd; fat 2-ths. 16s 6d, 17s 6d, 18s sd; fat ewes, 9s 6d, 10s lid, 12s; 2-th wethers, 10s 6d, Ils, Ils 6d, 13s; 2-th. b.f’s, 13? 9d; 2-th. ewes, 16s 2d; woolly ewes with 100 per cent b.f. lambs, 22s 4d; springing heifers, £6, £6 10s; heifers, in milk, £7, £7 10s; springing cows, £6 10s, £7, £8 10s; empty cows, £2 10s, £2 15s, £3; small Jersey yearling heifers, £2 10s, £2 15 a: Jersey yearling heifers, £5; yearling P.A. steers, £4; 3 and 4-yrs. P.A. bullocks, £8 4s; 4-year S.H. Cross bullocks, £8 2s; 3-year S.H. Cross bullocks, £7 2s; fat cows, £5. £5 10s, £6, £6 ss, £7; fat heifers, £6 ss, £7 ss, £7 10s.