STOCK MARKETS

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 79, Issue 278, 26 November 1935, Page 11

STOCK MARKETS

WANGANUI HORSE FAIR. Freeman R. Jackson and Co., Ltd., report as follows on Saturday’s horse fair: 150 horses of all classes came forward to only a fair attendance of buyers. Very few local purchasers were present. Most farmers, after two or three days’ fine weather, were busy shearing, which in this district is very late. Many sheds have not even commenced, whereas in a normal season they would have finished ere this. However, outside buyers were present from as far afield as Wellington and Auckland. Taranaki, the Manawatu, and Alain Trunk centres were also represented and the bulk of the entry has been railed away to these purchasers. As is generally the case so late in the season strongest competition was for good broken horses ready to go straight into work, the season being too far advanced for agricultural farmers having the time to devote to handling unbroken horses. The yarding, generally speaking, a very classy one, this being particularly so in the unbroken horses, not having the same h.'gh percentage of good horses of our early spring sales. Further, most of the unbrokens w r ere yearlings and two-year-olds and were purely a grazing proposition to purchasers. The heavy broken horses an/i spring cart type were only a fair lot and any horses showing type and quality elicited keen competition and sold well. The hacks were a very mixed lot, many being illbred and aged. In fact most of the entry in both the hacks and heavy horses were aged, and what few young broken horses offered sold readily. The sale was not up to the high average prices of our early spring fairs. Nevertheless the general quality and standard of the entry wasn’t comparable with our August-September sales and must be considered very satisfactory. The following is the range of prices: Unbrokens.—Two to four-year geldings, half to three-quarter draughts, £2B 10s, £3O, £34; 2-year half draught fillies. £l4 to £l6 10s; well-growm yearling draughts, £2O, £25 (most of this class were passed); yearling and 2-year spring carter types (small), £5 10s to £lO 10s; yearling colts (hacks), £1 10s, £4 ss. Brokens.—Heavy horses and spring garters; Heavy young mares, all work, £35 10s, £39; heavy young geldings, all work. £3O, £34, £4O; heavy aged mares, all work, £2B 10s, £3O, £32; heavy aged geldings, all work, £2l. £24, £25 10s; heavy mares, aged (breeding purposes), £l6, £l7, £22 10s; half-draughts (young). £22 lOss, £24 10s, £25, £26; spring carters and farm type, £l5 £l5 10s, £l6. £lB, £l9; spring carters, aged £6. £7, £8 ss, £lO. Hacks. —Good hacks and light harries horses, £9 10s, £ll, £l3 10s to £l5; hacks (fairi. £8 10s to £l2; aged hacks’ £2 ss, £6; ponies, aged, £3 5s £6. FEUjDING stock sale. I’he N.Z. Tzoan and Mercantile Vgency Loy. Ltd., report a smaller yarding in all sections at Feilding on Monday. Fat ewes came forward in limited numbers, and sold at about Is •id above last sale. Wethers with a few exceptions were of indifferent quality and sold at about Is per head lower. There was a fair entry of store sheep, and competition was not keen, although a keen demand was in evidence provided prices were not too high. Generally prices were about -s lower except for ewes and lambs. There was a small entry of both dairy cows, and heifers at prices on a par with recent rates. Store cattle were rather neglected at the commencement of the sale, but competition brightened as the sale progressed, a total clearance being effected under the hammer, in advance on last weeks rates. A light yarding of beef met with keen competiion, and sold readily at prices in advance of recent rates. Some of the prices realised are as follows:—Store sheep.—Ewe hoggets, 62 at 31s 6d; 78 at 30s 6d, 80 at 335, 146 at 32s 9d, 30 at 25s 6d; wether hoggets, 37 at 19s sd, 22 at 21s 2d, 75 at 21s Gd; store ewes. 34 at Ss Gd, 55 ewes and lambs at J7s Sd; fat sheep; Fat ewes, 26 at 14s 2d. 6at 14s 2d, .16 at Jss 9d, 27 at J7s 9d; lat wethers, 44 at 22s Gd; fat hoggets, 17 at. 22s 9d. Store cows, 20s, 37s 6d, £2 to £3 2s. Springing heifers, £2 12s 6d, £3 £3 5s to £-1; weauer Jersey heifers, 12 al £2 10s, 6 at £2 15s, 17 at £2 17s 6d : fat P.A. cows, £6, £6 ss, £6 7s Gd to £7; fat dairy cows, £3 5s sd, £4, £5 to £6 ss; fat P.A. heifers, £7, £7 7s 6d, to £7 10s.