STOCK MARKETS

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 74, Issue 199, 24 August 1931, Page 9

STOCK MARKETS

THE FEILDING SALE At the Fcilding sale on Friday, Associated Live Stock Auctioneers, Ltd., report exceptionally good entries of fat and store sheep and dairy cattle, fair yarding of fat cattle and small of stores. Fat Sheep.—These included a number of prime wethers and ewes, but there were also numerous pens showing lack of finish, and several of decid lly inferior quality. While a good clcar- :. ice was effected prices dropped. 2s in Avetliers and up to 2s 6d in ewes, and the few' fat hoggets suffered to almost the same extent. Quotations: — Fat wethers, 16s 9d, 17s, 17s lOd, 18s 6d, 20s; light fat wethers 13a Bd, 14s 3d, 14s 9d, 15s, 15s 6d, 16s; fat twotooth blackfaces 17s (id; 18s, 19s 3d, 19s sd; light fat two-tooths 13s 4d, I ts; fat ewes 14s 6d, 15s, 16s 6d, 17s 3d, 17s 9d; light fat ewes Us, Ils 4d, 12s, 12s lOd, 13s 3d; inferior ewes 7s 6d, 8s sd; fat hoggets 12s sd, 12s 7d, 13s sd, 14s; few extra heavy 18s; light fat hoggets 8s 6d, 8s 9d, "s cd, Us Id, Us Bd. Store Sheep.—The majority of the yarding was made up of hoggets, for which there was a fair enquiry only, though in most cases vendors met the market. Quotations: Best ewe hoggets 13s Bd, 14s, 14s 6d, 14 9d; ewe hoggets Us lid, 12s 9d, 12s lOd, 13s; small ewe hoggets 8s 6d, 9s 3d, 9s Bd, 10s 6d; wether hoggets 8s 9d, 8s lid, 9'5 6d. 9s 8d; small wether hoggets 7s, 8s; medium mixed s?x hoggets Us 2d. two-tooth to 4-year ewes in lamb to Southdown rams, 13s 8d; two-tooth ewes in lamb to Romney rams, U 8d; four-tooth to 4-year ewes in lamb to Southdown rams, 13s 9d. Fat Fat.tie. —Pens of prim? heifers met with keen competition and prices generally remained firm. Quotations: Fat heffers, £5 ss, £6 3s; light fat heifers, £3 10s, £4 ’s; fat cows, £4, £4 10s, .'5 15s; light fat cows, £2 14s, £3 Is, £3 ss. £3 15s. Store Cattle.—Empty heifers, 325, £2 3s; 15-months steers, £2 Is; yea bug dairy heifers, £1 2s (id, £1 ss, £1 12s Gd, £2 2s 6d. Dairy Cattle.—Forward and quality heifers again met with a ready demand, backward and inferior sorts were neglected. Quotations: Best dairy heifers, £8 10s. £9 7s (id; dairy heifers, £5 ss. £6 ss. £6 10s, £G 15s, £7; backward heifers, £3, £3 ss, £3 10s, £3 15s, £4. £4 10s; heifers, calved, £2 ss, £4, £ 6155; springing cows, £5 10s, £6, £G 10s, £7, backward calvers, £3 ss, £3 10s. £4. £4 ss.

SUCCESSFUL CLEARING SALE Favoured by fine weather the largest gathering ever assembled at a clearing sale in the Feilding district was present at Mr J. J. Bryce’s farm, Kiwitea, -when the New Zealand Farmers’ Co-operative Distributing Co., Ltd. conducted a dispersal sale of livestock, implements, etc. on the 20th instant. An indication of the large crowd cun be gathered from the fact that there were over 250 cars on the road line, and the sale throughout was characterised by keen buying. Mr J. J. Bryce has been well and favourably known in the district for many years, and buyers from Wellington to Wanganui competed for his stock. Sheep.—slo ewe hoggets, small, but in fair conditions, brought 12s 3d to Us Ud. 295 wether hoggets, small, 8s lOd to 8s 4d. Dairy Stock. —AU cows showing any quality were in great demand. Good young Jersey-cross, close to profit, realised £l4 15s, £l2 15s, £l2 ,10s, £lO, £9 10s, £B, £7 10s, £7; good cows in milk, some in light condition, brought £ll 15s. £ll 10s, £9 15s, £9 ss, £8 10s, £B, £7 10s, £7; lower conditioned lots sold at from £5 to £3. Good Jersey-cross heifers fetched from £9 to £4, according tc condition. A line of 20 yearling heifers out of good cows met a good demand at prices ranging from £3 2s Gd to £1 17s Gd. Young calves sold at from 6s to 3s 6d. Horses—The draught horses were most.lv aged sorts, and brought £23, £22 10s, £2l 10s, £l6 10s. The demand foi light horses was not keen, prices rang ing from £lO 10s downwards. Pigs.—A most spirited demand set ir for all pigs and every lot offered brought top prices. Purebred Tam worth sows with litters ranged from £lO 2s 6d to £5 10s. Store pigs in good con dition, sold at 325, 30s. and 255. Maiden sows, six months, fetched £2 Is to 30s. Implements and Sundries. A vcm large and varied range of implements was keenly competed for, the main lots realising as follows:—Bamford mower £26 ss; Fordson tractor, £2O 10s; MeYUistcr drill. £l9 10s; hayrake, £l5; haysweep, £l4 10s; haypress, £27; keystone threshing mill, £l6; tripod harrows. £l3 10s; block dray, £9 10s; D.F plough, £10; Cambridge roller, £9; and numer ■ ' ; other lots at full values.