THE FEILDING SALE

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 79, Issue 198, 24 August 1935, Page 15

THE FEILDING SALE

FLRM TONE NOTABLE. STORE HOGGETS AND DAIRY CATTLE. [ Per Press Association. I FEILDING, Aug. 23. There was a firm lone throughout at the Feilding sale to-day, with a par tieulaily good market for store hoggets and dairy cattle of quality, lai I cattle also- sold well. 1 Fat. Sheep: Primest heavy ewes, Io 19s 7d, goo l J7s to 18s Bd, lighter .!.»• * to H's Hid; prime heavy wethers, 241 Gd, good 23s to 245, lair from .17s, prime hoggets, 2ls Bd, good 20s Gd to ’ 225, fair from 17s -Id. 1 Store Sheep.—Good quality wether lambs, IBs to 21s 9d, fair 17s ?o IS9d; good quality ewe hoggets, to 30s 7'l, fair food to 30« 3d; good average linos, 2Gs 9d, inferior from 19s 6d; - Southdown rams, 235. Dairy Springing Heifers: Quality , lines, £5 2s 6d to £6; average, to £4 10s; backward. £2 17s Gd up; heifers in milk, 40s to £3 10s; springing cows of quality, to £5 7s Gd; average, to £4 10s; others, 60s to £3 7 s Gd; cows in 1 milk, £3 ss, £3 17s 6d. Store Cattle. —Forward cows, 38s to 1 50s; boner cows, 9s to 265; weaner heifers, 245; yearling heifers, 37s Gd; cows and heifers, £3 6s; Holstein heif- ’ ers; 60s; empty heifers, £2 Is; P.A. yearling steers, £4 2s GJ; eighteen months ditto, £5 Is.* P.A. cows, 60s, >Shorthorn cows, 60s. Fat Cattle. —Dairy breed cows, £2 2s Gd to £4 2s 6d; prime Hereford her ers, £8 16s; Shorthorn cross cows, £(; 15s; heifers £5 10s; P.A. cows, £5 3s to £7; heifers, £5 15s; bullocks, £7 17s Gd; mixed colours, bullocks, £6 .16s to £B. WEEKLY REVIEW The Farmers’ Co-operative OrganLa- > tion Society of New Zealand, Ltd., in their weekly report, state that a vtrv • steady week •of trading has taken place. La‘ck of quotations ip. praeti- ' cally all sections of the stock business has naturally curtailed business somewhat. The weather for the most part has been exceptionally cold and wet causing heavy mortality amongst lamibs and making conditions on dairy farms most unspeasant besides being very hard on all (classes of stock. , Interest during the week naturally ' centred on the Wellington wool «Me , and nearer home at Wanganui, reports on which appear elsewhere. The more optimistic trend of the market for this commodity is distinctly heartening. Values of both butter and choose showed a slight easing tendency during the week. This is to be expected with arrivals every week being slightly heavier. However, in spite of this, con--1 sumption remains at a high level, and with the satisfactory stock position the outlook looks quite optimistic. Fat Stock. Values on the Smithfield market for most classes of fat stock remain firm, with local values very firm on ruling rates. Sales of fat ewes continue from 17s 6d to 18s 6d with some quotations higher and wethers at from 23s Gd to 2,5 s. Fat cattle still remain difficult of quotations, sales sinte our last report including two trucks of P.A. heifers and cows at £7 ss. Wherever yarded. I competition remains keen on all classes ' of fat stock. Store Stock. With quotations of store sheep practically nil, business in this section has been very limited. Lambing is in full awing, obviating quotations of ewes and hoggets remain difficult to obtain.

A keen enquiry exists for practically all classes of store cattle, with here again difficult to obtain. Sales since our last report include FA. and Hereford cows at £3 15. Dairy Stock. Here again quotations of really “top” heifers are, limited, ousiuess practically being confined to the yards where good heifers close to profit attract keen competition, more backward sorts also showing a slight hardening in values. Jersey yearling heifers are keenly sought after, sates including a truck at £2 sb. Really “top” cattle have changed hands at from £2 5s to £3. All 'classes of pigs continue to meet keen competition, prices being on a par with those ruling at lluweru. Ya'd Sales. At. our weekly Manaia sale on August 20, a medium yarding of all classes of stock came forward. Air. F. Reardon again yarded some dairy stock. Springing heifers changed hands at £3 ss, 14, £5 to £5 15s, calved heifers £3, £3 10 s, £4 10s, £5 to £5 ss, calved cows £4 £4 J ss, £5 to £5 15s, springing cows Io £5 10s, pigs and store cat tle sod wig well at late rates. A larger yarding in all sections came forward to our Onunake sale on Monday, August 19, a brisk sale insulting. Forward and calved dairy stock again met with a ready sale. Realisations were;—Calved heifers £3 ss, £3 15s, £1 10s to £5, springing heifers £3 10s, £4. £4 10s to £5 10s, dairy cows £3 ss, £1 to £4 Itts. In the pig section, weanerN realised JOs to 17s, at orcs to 17s 6d light porkers to £l. Store cattle sold well at late rates/ Ihtwera Sale, Thursday, August 22. 1935: —A heavy yarding of dairy cattle and a full yarding of store cattle, including a number of yearling heifer# and a small yarding of sheep camo for ward to this fixture, as well ns a full yarding of pigs. Possibly owing tn the uiclcnnent weather, the p>gs met h harder sale than has been the case ’at. t< ily anti a few pens were passed nt . auction. Dairy cattle were more dilli- , • ult to sell, this also probably being due to the very rough fortnight, just passed. However, wo disposed of practically the entire yarding of dairies. Only a few fat vat.tle were yarded and those that came forward got the advantage of the short market end prices rose considerably. The entire yarding of sheep was disposed of at prices in vendors’ favour. Quotations: Fat cows, dairy sorts, good medium £5 Is to £6 10s, others Iraht medium £4 to £5, yearling heifers (good) £2 10s to £3, medium £2 to £2 ss, smaller and holdover 28s to 32-. •Sheep: Wether hoggets (good) 18s GJ to 20s 6d, fat ewes 16s 6d to 18s fid, fat wethers 23s to 255. Store cows 10 s to 255, fiaddock cowg 30s to £2, sound empty cows 25s to £2, dairv cows (good) £4 10s to £6. medium £2 10s to £3, heifers (good) to £6 10s, good medium £4 to £5 ss, backward and inferior 25s to £2 10s, pigs (weanera) 10s 6d to 15s, stores 18s to ;’2s Gd. porkers 30s to £2 ss.