STOCK MARKET

Wairarapa Daily Times, 19 August 1933, Page 6

STOCK MARKET

FEILDING SALE. FEILDING, Friday. Except for fat cattle, which are moving upwards in price, there was a general easing at the stock sale to-day. Fat ewes and wethers were down about 2s a head, and fat hoggets about 3s, but rates are still,a full 50 per cent above those of two months ago. Exporters are not operating, leaving butchers a free run of the market.

A few pens of prime heavy wethers made 235, and primest maiden ewes 21s, while fat hoggets did not reach 20s. Store sheep were in short supply, and met a good market for hoggets, which sold at advanced prices. , The fat cattle market was keen for choice beef, bullocks going to £6 4s, and prime heifers to £7. The dairy market was over-supplied, and a dragging sale resulted. Store cattle were in fairly good demand. Prices were: —Prime heavy fat hoggets, 17s to 17s 7d; good, 14s to 16s 3d; medium, from 12s; prime maiden ewes, 20s 7d to 21s; prime heavy ewes, 18s 3d to 19s; good, 16s Id to 17s 9d; medium, 13s 6d to 14s; backward condition, 12s 6d up; prime heavy wethers, 22s to 235; good, 19s 6d to 21s 9d. Store sheep: Specially good wethers, hoggets, 20s 3d; good, 14s Id to 15s 2d; fair, 9s lOd to 13s Id. Ewe hoggets, 15s Id; m.s. hoggets, 15s lOd; ewes with 100 per cont lambs (small pen), 355; ewes in lamb, 13s to 18s Gd; store ewes, 6s to 6s 7d.

Fat Cattle: A heavy offering of specially prime Hereford heifers made £5 3s to £5 17s Gd; lighter heifers, £2 13s to £5; prime fat cows, £4 to £5; lighter, £2 5s to £3 7s Gd; heavy bullocks, £6 4s; steers, £3 15s. Dairy cattle: Springing heifers, close to profit, £5 to £6 10s; late calvers, £2 17s 6d to £4 7s 6d; springing cows, £2 7s 6d to £5; heifers in milk, £2 12s 6d to £3; cows in milk, £4 to £4 ss. Store cattle: P.A. yearling steers, 30s to £2 3s 6d; P.A. steers, 2-year, £3 9s; P.A. cows, r.w. P.A. bulls, £3 2s to £3 6s; station P.A. bullocks, £4 8s 6d to £4 19s; Hereford bullocks, £4 6s. —(P.A.)

CARTERTON SALE. Messrs Wright, Stephenson and Co., Ltd., report:—We held our weekly sale at Carterton yesterday, when the biggest yarding of dairy cattle so far this season came forward. The entry, which represented some outstanding heifers and many cows, attracted a very large attendance. Pigs also came forward in large numbers, and there were several pens of sheep. Good heifers on drop met with a very good demand, but iater calvers were hard to ■ quit. Cows on drop sold "well. Store cattle sold at par rates. Pigs were in keen demand and weaners made the best prices realised so far this season. Sheep sold at late rates. A lot of interest was shown in the entry of Ayrshire heifers sold on behalf of Mr Q. Donald, jun. These were a splendid line, showing plenty of quality and in good condition. Practically the lot were disposed of, and averaged the very satisfactory price of £5 2s 6d. The following are our- prices:— Sheep: Fat wethers, to 22s 6d; lambs, to 15s; fat hoggets, 15s 6d, 15s 9d to 16s; w.f. hoggets, 10s 3d to 12s Id. Cattle: Heifers, just calved, £5, £6 to £6 10s; Ayrshire heifers, oh drop, £5, £5 10s, £6, £6 10s, £6 15s to £7 2s 6d; 3-year springing heifers, £4 10s, £4 12s 6d, £4 17s 6d, £5, £5 5s to £5 10sj 2year springing heifers, £2* 10s, £2 17s 6d, £3 2s 6d to £4; springing cows, £3 10s, £4 to £4 10s; later calvers, £2 15s, £3 to £3 ss; cows in milk, £3 7s 6d, £4 to £4 2s 6d; fat cows, £2 2s to £3 12s; fat heifers, £2 16s to £4 7s 6d; forward cows, 20s, 21s, 235, 255, 28s to 30s; store cows, 13s, 14s to 17s; empty heifers, to 30s; yearling Holstein heifers, to 345; yearling Jersey heifers, to 41s. Pigs: Weaners, 11s, 12s, 13s to 13s 6d; weaners (good), 14s Gd, 15s 6d, 16s to 17s; slips, 15s 6d, 16s, 16s 6d to 17s 6d; porkers, 20s, 21s to 225; sows,, to farrow, to £2 15s; empty sow, 16s.