STOCK MARKET

Wairarapa Daily Times, 19 March 1932, Page 6

STOCK MARKET

FEILDING SALE. FEILDING, Friday. Prices for sheep were very firm at the fat stock sale at Feilding to-day, when there was a heavy yarding. Freezing works buyers were apparently in the market, and with good limits operated freely. The range of prices was as follows: Fat lambs: Primcst, 16s Id to 10s 4d; very good, 14s 4d to 15s lOd; good, 10s to i.2s; fair, from 9s; fat 2-tooths, primost, 14s 2d to 14s 7tl; prime, 12s 6d to 13s’ 7d; 2-tooth black faces, prime, 9s lOd to 10s lOd. Fat ewes: Primcst, 9s Id to 9s Del; prime, 7s lOd to Ss Sd; good, 0s Sd; backward, from 5s 4d. Fat wethers: Prime heavy, 15s; good weights, 12s 7d to 13s Id; medium, from Bs. Store sheep: There was a heavy yarding, and a good market for breeding eve’s. Good 4 and 5-year, 10s to 10s 3d; fair, from 6s to 9s Id; backward ewes, 5s 10d to 0s sd; poor lines, from Is -Id; m.a. ewes, r.w. S.D. rams, 9s 3d; m.a. ewes, 6s 9d; 1-shear S.D. rams, from 6s Gd to £2 7s Gd. Ewo lambs: Good, 9s Id to 9s 9d; woolly wether lambs, good, 9s 2d; medium, 6s lid; shorn ditto, very good, 9s 10d; others, 5s 3d to Ss 3d; b.L lambs, 7s to 8s 4d; m.s. lambs, woolly, 7s Id to 7s 4d; shorn, 5s to 5s Sd. Store cattle: Weaner heifers, good quality, £2 Is and £2 2s 6d; others, from 16s; store cows, 12s 6d to 20s; wcancr steers. 12s; heifers, r.w.b., good, £2 to £3; medium, 355; potter bulls, 21s to 455. Dairy stock: A small yarding. Second calver, springing, £3 15s; cows in milk, good, £3 12s to £4 15s; springing coivs, £4 17s 6tl; heifers, r.w.b., good quality, ££4 10s to £4 17s; medium, £2 10s to £3; lieifer, calved, £4 17s Gd; springing heifer, £6. Fat cattle: Heavy yarding. Fat P.A. cows, £4 2s 6d; Hereford cows, £4 2s;_ Jersey breeds, heavy, £2 2s to £3 12s: light, from 245; fat heifers, good weights, £3 12s 6d to £4; st-eors, £3 os. EKETAITUNA SALE. Associated Live Stock Auctioneers, Ltd., report having offered a- good yarding of 3200 sheep and several pens of cattle at their Eketahuna sale on Thursday. There was a hig attendance of buyers, representing Masterton, Manawatu, Hawke’s Bay and local districts. Competition right throughout was very keen, the sale being one of the best held this season. Practically a total clearance was effected at the following prices:—Sheep: 348 4-tooth ■wethers, 11s 3d; 41 2-tooth wethers, 10s 8d; 24 do., 9s 8d; 32 fat b.f. lambs, 11s 4d; 175 forward b.f. lambs, 9s Id; 65 medium do.. 6s 7d; 91 good wether la.mbss, 8s; 94 do., 7s Id; 45 b.f. lambs,

6s 6d; 39 do., 6s 2d; 30 do., 7s 7d; 179 4 and 6-tooth ewes, 11s; 6S do., 10s 4d; 57 2-tooth ewes, 12s lOd; 22 4 and 6tootli ewes, 12s lOd; 41 small 2-tooth ewes, Ss; 26 do., 9s 6d; 35 do., Ss 7d; 40 do., 9s; 12 do., 7s 3d; 61 4 and 5-year ewes, 8 s 2d; 136 s.m. ewes, 6s lid; ISS 4 and 5-year, 7s lid; 83 aged ewes, 3s 9d; 256 do., 4s 4d; 23 m.a. ewes, Ss 7d; small lambs, 2s 9d to 4s 6d; owe lambs, 6s 3d, 8s 8d to 9s: 1-sh. Romney rams, 15s; 1-sh. S.D. rams, 14 to Sgns. Cattle: Eight cows and calves, £2 3s; 4 empty cows, 265; 3 yearling steers, £1 10s; 2 yearling heifers, £1 7s; dairy lieifers in calf, £2 13s to £3 2s. Weaner pigs: Bs. CARTERTON SALE, Associated Live Stock Auctioneers, Ltd., report:—At the Carterton sale yesterday, we offered a fair yarding of all classes of stock to the usual attendance. Sheep and cattle sold readily at par rates, and pigs at advanced prices. Practically a total clearance was effected as under: —Sheep: 4 and 5-year ewes, 7s to 8s; fat and forward ewes, 6s 6d to Ss; m.s. 2-tooth (small), 4s 3d to 5s 2d; ewe lambs (good), 10s 4cl; w.f. lambs, 5s 3d to 6s 6d; small lambs, 2s Gd to 4s; b.f. lambs, 5s Sd to 7s; fat lambs, 11s Gd to 12s; cull ewes, Is to 3s. Cattle: Fat and forward cows, £2l 15s to £3 3s; store cows, 25s to 37s Gd; cull cows, 10s to 20s; bulls, £2 5s to £3. Poultry sold at good prices. The N.Z. Farmers’ Co-op. Distributing Co., Ltd., report on their usual Carterton sale as follows:—Our yarding consisted of 1040 sheep, which were offered to a good attendance of buyers. Wc had a total clearance at prices on a par with recent sales. We quote the following prices:—Ewes: Fat ewes, 7s to 7s 2d; forward condition ewes, 4s 2d, 5s to 5s 9d; 5-year ewes, 5s lid to 7s; 4, 6 and S-tootli ewes, 9s 2d; 2-tooth ewes, 9s to 10s. Lambs: Fat lambs, 12s 3d to 12s Gd; good woolly wether lambs, 7s 4d to 7s 7d; medium do., 5s 4d, 5s 7d to 5s lid; cull m.s. lambs, 3s 6d, 3s 9d to 4s; aged Southdown rams, 9s to 10s 6d.