STOCK MARKETS

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 75, Issue 119, 23 May 1932, Page 9

STOCK MARKETS

THE FEILDING SALE Associated Live Gtock Auctioneers, Ud. report havwig a lull yarding oi tai lambs and jin! a ip - ’"•!> entrv oi fat ewes and wethers; the yarding of fetore sheep was very small. Fat lambs sold up to recent values. There was good, demand for prime ewes with little or practically uu en quiry for the medium and unfinished lines. Eat wethers, of which very few were yarded, met with a ready sale. Breeding ewes showed a marked improvement on last week’s sale. Ewes, r.w., JS.D. ram in good order sold readily. >Storc lambs also met a ready market. Fat Cattle.- A. heavy entry of only fair quality cattle, which met with just a fair sale. The enquiry was very limited and several pens failed to reach the vendors’ reserves. Store cattle met. with a very dragging sale, although most vendors met the market. Dairy Cows. —A full yarding came forward, including two herds. There

was quite a good attendance round the dairy ring ami only choice lots and early ealvers were sought after. Old, low-conditioned and late calving cows were hard to quit, although in the majority of vendors, met the market. Dairy wcaner heifers. —There was also a full yarding - of these, which met with good competition at recent values. Prices were as under: Fat wethers, Ils, Ils Id, 12s Id, 12s sd, 12s 6d, 13s 2d, 13s 7d; fat b. faces, 9s 6d, lUs 6d to 12s; fat ewes, 6s, 6s 4d, 6s 7d, 6s lid, 7s 2d, 7s 9d, 7s lid,.Bs 7d, 9s, 10s 7<l, Ils Id, Ils 2d; fat lambs. 9s 9d, 10s, 10s 7d, Ils, Us 3d, Ils 6d, Ils lOd, 12s, 13s, 13s lOd, 14s Id, 14s lOd, 15s, 15s 2d. to 15s 4d; single fat lambs. 15s 4d to 17s; store and forward wethers, Bs, 9s, 10s Id, 10s 7d, JOs 8d; forward ewes, 4s 4d, 4s 7d, 4s Bd, 5s Id, 5s 3d; low-conditioned ewes, Is 6d, 2s; 4 and 5-year ewes, 6s 3d, 7s lOd, 9s 3d, 9s Ud, 10s sd; b.f. lambs, 8s 6d, 8s 9d, 8s lOd; wether lambs, 8s 2d to 8s lOd, Fat Cattle. —Fat cows and heifers, £2 9s, £2 15s to £3 ss; light fat bullocks, to £5; light fat cows, dairy sorts, 20s, 22s 6d, 255, 28s 6d, 325, 365, £2, £2 7s; 3 and 4-ycar P.A. steers, £2 7s 6d; 18months steers, 15s; 18-months heifers, 16s, 30s to 3ls 6d; P.A. cows, r.w.b., 27s 6d. Dairy Section. —Springing heifers, £2 10s, £3, £3 15s, £5 ss, £6 10s to £7; spring ealvers, £2 2s 6d, £2 10s, £3 ss, £3 IDs, £4 10s. £4 15s. £5 ss, £5 JOs, £5 15s, £6 5s to £7: small backward hcTT ers, r.w.b., £1 15s, £2, £2 16s tc £2 17s 6d; weaner Jersey heifers, 235, 255, 28s. 30s, 365, 375, £2, £2 ss; small weaner Jersey heifers, 12s. 17s, 18s to 20s.