LIVESTOCK MARKETS FEILDING SALE

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 83, Issue 255, 28 October 1939, Page 3

LIVESTOCK MARKETS

FEILDING SALE

GRAZIERS ACTIVE PRICE LEVELS MOSTLY UNCHANGED Thu Farmers’ Co-op., in their ween, ly review of the livestock market, re- ( port that a steady volume of business j has been transacted through the various branches, with auctions >1 stoiv t and dairy cattle maintaining pride of ( place. Activity of all classes has been .. Keen and reaciy sales have resulted J throughout. This may also be said c with regard to business transacted per medium of private treaty. f In the store sheep section it is still difficult to obtain quotations and > thus this is limiting business locally. Buyers are also drawing their sup- ' plies from outside the district. With enquiry remaining strong there is every indication that values in this J section will be further enhanced witn all classes participating. With regard to the lai cattle J branch, at some of the sale centres a ’ slight easing in prices has been noxce- f able, especially in that of fat Jersey classes, but supplies are not plentiful and this factor will counteract any ' immediate casing in values that would f otherwise take place and thus it ' would appear that a firm range of 1 prices will still rule for some little time. 1 Larger supplies of tat sheep now 1 coming to hand have had the ei’fcct 1 of reducing values slightly in this ! section. The week's values may be 1 said Io be on a par with lho.se of our ‘ last quotation. ' Dairy cattie that are now yarcicd c show a decided falling off in numbers, x However, all classes in this section, * with lhe exception oi laic calvc-rs, ar-. 1 still keenly competed for and both ( cows and heifers in milk arc seifing well. This was reflected at Mr. A”jert ' 1 Ward’s sale on Friday last, when 1 cattle of this class realised Io £l5 ss, 1 with numerous other sales at £l5, £l4 ' 10s, £l4 down to £l2. For the time 1 of the year these prices must be con- I sidered very satisfactory. Values in this section arc firm and late rates have been well maintained. Graziers are active and the demand for station-bred cattle remains animated, especially for grown cattle and young paddock cows. Although the younger classes are also selling well, they are not as keenly competed for as the older cattle. Some slight improvement in values in this section is reported. t Good entries of pigs still continue to be dealt with and competition is J keen, those more particularly in de- . mand being porkers and good-condi- ? tioned stores. Prices for choice ‘ weaners remain firm, but small and stunted kinds are neglected. 1 RAETIHI CATTLE SALE Freeman R. .Jackson and Co., Ud., 1 report on their R.aelihi cattle sale 1 ; held on Thursday as follows;—We ] ; offered a yarding of 1300 head to a ( ! good attendance and on catlie of ■ j quality a good sale resulted. Heavy < lain commenced to fall an hour before the sale and this no doubt contri- j buted to the brighter tone ol the ] market. The yearling cattle did not sell as readily as the older cattle, but we can report a satisfactory sale ; in this section. The annual draft of ; P.A. yearling steers from Morikau ; Station came forward in exceptionalLy t good order, lhe top line realising £5 , 2s. In the bullock section top price 1 was secured for a pen of well-bred fresh-conditioned P.A. bullocks on ac- - count of Messrs. Glenn Bros., which macle £ll. 2s. The female cattle were , topped by Mr. E. Warren's forward J empty three-year heifers al £7. We quote the range of prices as follows: Good four-year P.A. bullocks, £9 10s to £ll 2s; three-yeai r Hereford and P.A. bullocks, £B, £7 17s, £7 15s; smaller and lighter-condi-tioned. £7 Ils; coloured tinee-ycai bullocks, fair-conditioned, £7 7s, £7 4s £6, £6 16s; big five-year Holstein bullocks, £8 14s; coloured five-year bul--1 locks, big framed but poor, to £7 17s !6d; aged Jersey bullocks, £4 10s to £5 I 3d; forward three-year empty heifers, ‘£7; light-conditioned empty P.A. cows and heifers, £4 15s, £4 13s 6d, £4 9s; small two and three-year empty heifers (light-conditioned), £4 15s, £4 Is, £4; fat cows, £8 lbs, £8 |os, £8 2s 60, £8 Is; two-year Hereford steers, £6 to £6 10s; P.A., to £6; two-year P.A. ’ cross heifers, £4; yearling P.A. steers, good, £5 2s; meoium, £4 14s 6d; small, £2 15s to £3 10s; cull yearling F.A. . heifers, 31s 6d. ' J ' .- ■

PRICES FIRM L Per Press AsHpcialiun ] FEILDING, Oct. 27. At ihe Feilding sale prices for fat sheep were partly up to last week’s level though the quality was not so good. Fat woolly wethers made up to 275, fat shorn to 235, fat shorn hoggets to 235, fat. woolly ewes to 245. and fat shorn ewes 21s 6d. A few lines of store sheep sold at. previous rates. There was a good market for both ewe and wether hoggets. There was a firm market for fat cattle-, ox beef making up to 40s per 1001 b. Cow beef made to 355: prime fat Shorthorn cows, £9 6s to £.lO 15s: prime Hereford bullocks. £lO 15s to £ll 14s; light P.A. bullocks, £8 10s to £9 2s 6d; P.A. heifers, to £8 10s: Shorthorn heifers, £lO. A good sale resulted for run cattle. Two-year P.A. steers made £5 2s 6d Io £6 7s 6d: Hereford steers, £5; P.A. cows. Io £-1 16s: two-year P.A. bullocks, £6 17s 6d lo £7 12s 6d; Holstein steers, £2 10s; yearling Jersey bulls, 35s to £5 2s 6d; R.P. bulls, to £5 10s. The dairy cattle market was quieter. Springing heifers made £5 10s to £9 2s 6d; springing cows, to £10; second calvers, to £7 ss: third calvers, to £8 15s; yearling Jersey heifers, to £6 Is.