LIVESTOCK MARKETS

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 87, Issue 60, 13 March 1943, Page 6

LIVESTOCK MARKETS

VALUES AT FEILDING (Special) Feilding, March 12. Nearly 20,000 sheep were yarded at the sale to-day, comprising mostly breeding ewes and store lambs. The quality of the ewes was not quite equal to the recent yarding, and also farmers generally have filled their requirements. Consequently there was a falling off in the range of prices, except for class lines of ewes. The storj lamb market continues good. There was a small yarding of fat sheep, which sold at very good prices, perhaps a shade up on last week. There was a medium offering of run cattle, for which the market was very sticky, consequently some lines were passed, but fairly good sales were made where vendors were prepared to meet the market. A fine yarding of fat cattle found prices easy, as butchers were not showing much keenness.

Average prices were: Fat wethers, prime, heavy, 27s 7d to 27s lOd; good, 25s Id to 25s lOd. Fat ewes, prime, heavy, to 14s 7d; good, 12s 7d to 13s 7d. Fat lambs, prime, heavy, 26s lOd; good, 20s lOd to 23s 4d; prime blackfaces, 24s lOd. Breeding ewes, twotooth, best lines, 27s 2d to 30s; good. 24s 3d to 275; other pens, from 21s 9d; four-tooth, best, 26s lOd to 275; unattractive, from 20s; six-tooth and four-year, to 18s 6d; five-year, to 17s 6d; aged ewes, 13s to 15s. Store lambs, w.f. wether lambs, 16s 5d to 17s; woollies, to 25s 6d; odd lambs, good, 12s 4d to 16s lOd; ewe lambs, good, to 25s 6d; fair, 15s 6d to 20s. Run Cattle: P.A. bullocks, good pens, £lO 10s to £lO 17s 6d; other lines, to £9 18s; f. and f. bullocks, £11; steers, three years, £5 10s to £7 10s; heifers, £3 7s to £4 19s; cows, £4 15s; Here-ford-cross steers, £7 15s. Fat Cattle: Heavy bullocks, £ll 17s Gd; small, to £9 17s 6d; lifht, £6 2s 6d to £8 7s 6d; light, fat cows, to £8 15s; heifers, to £7 17s 6d; vealers, to 100 s. Dairy cows, to £9 15s; potter cows, to £3 15s.