STOCK MARKETS

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 74, Issue 229, 28 September 1931, Page 9

STOCK MARKETS

THE FEILDINC. SALE At the Fcilding sale on Friday last, Associated Live Stock Auctioneers, Ltd., report having large entries of fat sheep, fat cattle and dairy cattle and moderate yardings of store sheep and store cattle. Eat cattle generally showed a rise in values, steer beef to the extent of lus per head and cows and heifers to 20s a head. Fat wethers and fat ewes showed a decline of from Is to Is 6d per head. Fat hoggets maintained late rates. For store sheep and store cattle tncie was an improved demand and practically a total clearance effected. While the quality of the dairy cattle was not equal to that of alst week prices were a shade better and a very satisfactory clearance was made. Quotations: — Fat Sheep.—l2ll yarded. 1170 sold at auction. Fat wethers, 16s lOd, one extra prime woolly wether realised 30s; fat shorn wethers 12s 9d, 13s, 13s 3d, 13s 6d, 14s 3d, 15s 6d; prime fat ewes 14s sd, 14s Bd, 14s lOd, 15s 6d, 15s 7d; fat ewes 12s 6d, 12s 10d, 13s Id, J 3s 3d, 13s sd; light fat ewes os, Ils 3d, I ls lid, 2s Id; fat shorn ewes 10s, Ils lOd, 12s 3d; small fat 2-th b. faces 3s lOd; fat hoggets Ils, 12s Id, 12s Bd, 13s 6d, 13s lid, 14s Id, 14s 3d, 15s, 17s 3d for a few extra good. Store Sheep.—Small wether hoggets 6s 9d, 6s lOd, 7s 7d; wether hoggets 8s 4d, 8s lOd; 2-th small wethers, shorn, 7s 4d; 2-th shorn hoggets 9s; ewe hoggets, small, 8s Bd, 9s, 10s 8d; ewe hog gets 13s 9d, 14s lid, the former price being for a line of 127; doubtful aged ewes with lambs, 10s, 10s 6d; 5-yr owes with well over 100 per cent, lambs docked 16s; 2 and 4-th ewes with 100 per cent, lambs docked 16s 7d; fat and forward wethers 13s 6d; fat and forward ewes 9s. Fat Cattle. —Fat bullocks £7 16s 6d, £8 6d £8 18s. £9 ss; fat heifers £3 18s, £4 14s, £5, £5 7s 6d, £6 7s; fat c(*vs £4 7s 6d, £4 10s, £4 12s 6d, £4 15, £5, £5 15s. £6, £6 2s 6d, £7 15s, £B. Store Cattle.—A line of 28 empty P.A. cows in very fair condition, £3 10s; small 3-yr P.A. steers, £4 3s; light fat and forward Shorthorn cross bullocks £6 10s; yearling heifers 21s, 27s 6d, 30s, 31s, £2 6s; 2-yr heifers, £2 10s; empty cows 20s, 27s 6d, 28s 6d; potter cows ss, 10s; young Jersey bulls £3, £3 ss, £4 15s • yearling pedigree Jersey bulls 7|gns. Dairy Cattle.—Dairy heifers, backward, £3. £3 15s, £4 7s 6d. £4. £5 ss; dairv heifers, springing, £6, £6 12s 6(1, £6 17s 6d, £7, £7 7s 6d, £7 10s, £7 17s 6d, £8 2s 6d; dairy cows, backward, £3 to £5 ss; dairy cows, springing. £6 ss. £6 15s, £7, £7 7s 6d, £7 10s, £7 15s, £8 ss.