LIVE STOCK

Waipukurau Press, Volume XXIX, Issue 86, 7 April 1934, Page 6

LIVE STOCK

SALE AT TAKAPAU REPORTS OF BROKERS Brokers report the following sale# of live stock at Takapau yesterday: . Loan and Mercantile Agency Co., Ltd.—3o fat ewes 16/10; 51 shorn ewe lambs 15/-; 58 at 16/6; 3 1-sh. S.D. rams 1§ gn.; 59 woolly ewe lambs 14/11; 123 f. and f. lambs 16/6; 4 fat lambs 17/-; 75 at 19/3;, 21 wether lambs 10/7; 37 ewe lambs 13/7. H.B. Farmers’ Co-op. Assn., Ltd. 157 fat lambs 19/10; 25 at 19/-; 1 at 17/-; 55 f. and f. ewes 14/-; 6 forward ewes 10/1; 27 at 12/6; 3 fwd. lambs 11/8; 1 at 8/-;, 1 cow: (fourth cal ver) £2 7/6. Williams and Kettle, Ltd.—-1 fat cow £2; 1 at £2 4/-; 1 at £2 3/-; 1 cow and calf £1 13/6; 1 heifer £2; atl at £1 10/-; 1 vealer 15/-; 1 at 7/6; 2 cows £1; 1 bull £1 15/-; 1 at 22/-; 1 at £3 6/-; 3 heifers 25/-; 2 at 16/-; 1 at £1; 1 at £1 17/6; 2 at £3; 1 cow £2; 56 5-yr. ewes 14/6; 39 wether lambs 15/6; 60 at 14/6; 5 pigs 12/6. live stock FEILDING PRICES FEILDING, Last Night. The abundance of feed throughout the district has helped to increase the demand for station cattle, and auctioneers therefore held a cattle fair to-day to meet farmers’ requirements. The Jarge entry of well over 3000 head of cattle showed generally good condition, though some pens were of scrag- ■ gy appearance. The demand for young’ cattle was firm, with good prices throughout. Older cattle were not so eagerly sought, only really good quality fetching relatively high prices. P.A.’s were particularly sought, with a steady and firm market also for Shorthorns, extra good qquality bullocks going to over £6. The market for • the Jersey breed was not so good, weaner and eighteen-months heifers finding the market very dull. There was a fairly heavy yarding of fat store sheep, which maintain good, j rates. Choice fat cattle sold well, but there were practically no dairy cattle offered. P.A. 24-year steers, very good, £4 4s to £4 12s; Hereford steers 24-year to £4 10s; other colours, good £4 to £4 6s; fair quality £3 5s to £3 19s; eighteen-months steers, good P.A. lines to £4 6s; others from £2 2/6 to £3 18s; 24 and 34-year steers very good £6 2/6; Red Poll steers, good, £4 3s; mixed good steers £4 to £5; prime quality Shorthorn steers £5 14s to £6 2/6; heifers 24-year, £2 10s; heifers, very cross heifers £2 9s; Hereford-Shorthorn good 18-months £3 ss; Hereford-P.A. cross heifers £2 ss: four tn five-year P.A. bullocks £5 15s to £6 10s; verygood Hereford bullocks £6; four-year. bullocks, good, £4 4s to £4 8/6; inferior £3 ss; Jersey weaner heifers to 255;; eighteen-months to 355. Fat cattle: Prime fat cows to £4 15sp. good light prime cows £3 5s to £3 15s; P.A .prime cows £4 14s; light prime faty heifers £3 15s; good light heifers £2: 10s to £2 15s; prime heavy bullocks,. £6; P.A. fat steers £4 10s. Fat sheep: Prime heavy lambs 20/4 1 to 26/1; good 17s to 19/4; prime fat wethers 14/7 to 25/1; good 23/3 to 245; b.f.s. two-tooths 25/4; prime fat ewes 18s to 19/6; light from 15/7.