STOCK MARKETS

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 74, Issue 121, 25 May 1931, Page 9

STOCK MARKETS

MARTON HEIFER FAIR. Messrs Abraham ami William- 1,1-1. report on their heifer fair held tit their yards on Thursday May 21. as under;--We yarded well up tc advertised members, and report quite a successful sale considering the lime of the year iml the price til the moment beine paid lor butterfat. Good fawns showing visibly in call’ and in good condition. A line of sixfee; realised £lO 10s; dark Jerseys showing visibly in calf from £5, £5 ss. £5 7s (id, £5 10s, £5 12s (id; heifers in milk. £4 7s 6d; mixed coloured heifers showing up £4 10s to £4 15s, £5. We also sold on account of R. ,1. Morris Ess., 20 Jersey cross cows, August and •September calvers, which met with go >d competition, prices realised wore £4 Bs, £4 J os. £4 13s. £5. £5 ss, £6, £6 ss, £li 7s, to £6 17s (id. Also on account other 1 vendors, spring calvers, £3 Jss. £4 Ids to £4 15s. THE RAETIHI SALE Messrs Freeman R. Jackson and Co. report on choir fortnightly sale held on Friday, as follows: We offered over 70b sheep besides 60 head of cattle, which met with fair competition. Before the day closed we quitted tho whole offering with the exception of one small pen of ewes. Considering tho quality of the sheep offering, prices were fully maintained. Wo quote: Medium m.a. ewes, r.w. Romney rams 12s Id; f.m. ditto, 6s 2d to 6s (id; aged, 4s to 5s 8d; medium ewe lambs, Jos; small do., 4s 6d to 8s; medium wethei lambs, 5s 9d; small. 4s 6d to 4s 8(1; cull. 3s 6d; small m.s., lambs, 3s 7d to 4s 6(1. Cattle.—24-year steers £4 ss; 20nionths steers £2 to £2 17s 6d; 2Lyear heifer, r.w. Hereford bull £3 ss; yearling steers 30s: m.s. weaners 255; aged cows I2s 6d to 20s; forward cows £3 10s, FEILDING SALE. Dalgcty and Company, Ltd., report on the Feilding autumn cattle fair and combined sheep sale, held on Friday, as follows:—We had a good yarding of both sheep and cattle and practically a total clearance was effected in both classes. There were very few pens of bullocks came forward, the majority of the entries comprising run bred cows and heifers and weaners. There was fair competition all round, although prices were in competition and showed a decided advance on last week’s rates. There were only a few pens of wethers offered and practically all the ewes may be described as medium class only. Quotations: —Light fat Jambs, J.Us 7d to Ils 6d; fat lambs, 14s Id to 14s 8d; fat ewes, 8s 4d to 9s 2d; fat and forward lambs, 9s to 9s Gd; cull lambs, 5s 2d; woolly wether lambs, 9s 7d; small 2-tooth wethers, 7s to 8s; four and fiveyear ewes r.w. S.D. rams, 7s 2d to 8s (id; small four and six-tooth ewes r.w. S.D. rams, 9s 9d; weaner Hereford steers, 18s to 17s; 18-months P.A. steers, £2 5s to £3; 2A-year steers. £2 3s to £3 8s; low-condition four and fiveyear bullocks, £4; 4 and 5-year P.A. bullocks, £5 Ils; 18-months heifers, 245; Jersey weaner heifers, £2 3s; cows and calves, £2; f. and f. I’.A. cows, £3 12s; empty P.A. cows, £2 to £2 13s (id; Hereford cows r.w.b., £2 Is to £3 10s. Messrs Levin and Co., Ltd., report tho following prices at the Feilding sale on Friday;—Fat lambs, 12s fid to 13s lOd; fat ewes, (is 2d to 12s Id; fat wethers, l()s 6d to 14s 3d; fat b.f.’s, 12s to 14s Id; two-tooth ewes r.w. S.D. rams, 14s 3d; 4 and G-tooth ewes, r.w. S.D. rams, 12s; 4 and 5-year ewes, 8s to 9s 2d; P.A. bullocks, £5 6s; fat heifers, £2 17s 6d to £5 12s; do cows, £4 5s to £5 ss. Abraham and Williams, Ltd., report as under on Feilding sale:—The yarding consisted chiefly of in-calf station cows and empty station cows, for which there was very little demand. For all I ho male stock offered the demand was ken at prices slightly in advance of those ruling at late sales, and in this section wc had almost a complete clearance. Fat and store stock created little interest. Tn the sheep section a fairly heavy yarding of fat came forward, the quality not being up to the usual standard. Fat ewes showed little varition in price, but. wethers and lambs showed a slight, rise, the exporters taking practically all the lambs. A poor entry of store sheep was yarded, and the resulting sale in this section was lifeless. Our main sales were:— •Sheep.—Fat lambs. 9s 7d to 18s 6d; fat ewes, 7s 9d to 9s 6d; fat wethers, 13s to 13s lid; 4 and 5-year ewes, r.w. S.D. rams, 8s (id; empty ewes, 2s 6d. fa ttlp.—P.A. weaner steers, 255; Holstein m.s. weaners, 10s 6d; 18-months P.A. steers (good line) £1; do. Hereford steers, £3; do. mixed steers, £2: 2A-year old steers, £2 7s to £4; forward S.H. bullocks, £5 7s; empty forward Hereford heifers, £3 7s; do. mixed heif<'rw, £2 9s; forward S.H. cows, £1 15s; cows and calves (low condition) 255; Jersey weaner heifers (good line) £3; fat cows, £3 5s Io £’. 15s; do. heifers. £3 15s to £4.