STOCK MARKETS

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 74, Issue 241, 12 October 1931, Page 9

STOCK MARKETS

THE FEILDING SALE. Associated Live Stock Auctioneers, Ltd., report having small entries of fat sheep, store sheep and store cattle and g„.d yardings of fat and dairy cattle j at their Feilding sale on Friday, 9th. inst. Fat sheep included a few pens of prime owes also hoggets, the wethers except for a few odd lots were not finished. Competition was keen right throughout and prices showed an allround rise of quite Is 6d per head and in some instances a shade more. The first spring lambs* of the season realised 20s. In the store sheep section the entry comprised chiefly hoggets and ewes with lambs and vendors appreciated tho solid rise which took place. The quality of the fat cattle showed a marked improvement and there were several pens of well-finished bullocks and a particularly prime and heavy pen of cows and Shorthorn heifers. The demand was rather better for the general offering. There was quite a satisfactory sale of store cattle but no well bred lines offered and tho few lots of young sorts in empty and store cows found ready buyers. Thn majority of the offering in the dairy cattle division comprised heifers and for those showing quality competition was animated, the dairy cows seling at about last week’s rates. Quotations: — Fat sheep.—Fat woolly wethers, 16s. 6d, 18s, 20s, for odd extra heavy; fat shorn wethers, 15s Id, 15s 3d, fat b.f. 2-tooths, 13s 6d, 14s 9d; extra good, 18s 6d; prime fat woolly ewes, 15s 6d,’ 15s 9d, 16s lOd; fat woolly ewes, 13s 6d, 13s 9d, 14s Id, 14s 7d; light fat woolly ewes, Ils, 12s 6d, 13s; fat shorn ewes, Ils 4d, 13s 13s lOd; fat hoggets, 12s, 13s, 13s 3d, 14s 4d, 17s 6d; pen of extra good Down hoggets, 18s Id. Fat Cattle.—Light fat steers, £6 ss, £6 17 6d; fat bullocks, £8 17s 6d, £9, £lO, £lO 11s; fat heifers, £8; extra prime Shorthorn cows and heifers, £9 12s 6d; light fat cows, £3 15s £4, £4 10s, £4 13s, £5, £5 6s, £5 12s. Store Sheep.—Empty ewes, 5s 2d, 5s 3d, 6s 6d; forward empty ewes, 9s 8d; empty 6-tooth ewes, 10s 3d, Ils 9d; aged ewes with small lambs, 12s 6d; pen of 73 4, 6 and 4-year ewes with 90 good Down lambs at foot realised 22smedium mixed hoggets, 12s; very faiJ wether hoggets, 12s; medium wether hoggets, 10s, 10s 6d; small pen of extra good wether hoggets, 13s lOd; ewe hoggets, 10s lOd, 12s Bd, 13s 8d; pen of 58 extra good, 15; lOd. Store Cattle.—Small yearling heifers, Jo\. 3 ” S ’ Jcrs °y- cr < )ss yearling heifers,' £-, £2 12s, £2 18s; empty forward cows, £4; empty cows, 21s, 295, 38s, 35s £2 13s 6d, £2 18s. ’ ■,A DaI J y Cattle -~Dairy cows, £4 15s, £5 10s, £5 15s, £6, £7, £7 15s; backward dan-y heifers, £4 12s 6d, £4 15s, £4 17s 6d £5, £5 12s 6d, £5 17s 6d; springing M « - £ Vi 10s ’ £7 > £7 ss , £7 15s, £8 ; £8 7 8 6d, £8 15s.