Record Sheep Prices At Feilding Sale

Chronicle (Levin), 31 July 1948, Page 3

Record Sheep Prices At Feilding Sale

Record prices for prime mutton wero roalised at yesterday's live stock : sale in Feilding when extra prime quality wethers sold at £3 12s ld, a figure never previously quoted in the local yard saies. This figure exceeded the best price obtained at the Stortford Lodge sale this week and was just on 11s better than last week's best price of 61s lOd. The general shortage of good mutton has produced a very stroug iuquiry, and the competition yesterday was spread over hoggets and ewes as well as the wethers. Extra prime wethers sold from 62s 4d to 72s ld, hoggets from 51s lOd to 53s lOd and ewes t'rom 50s 4d to 55s 4d. In the store shecp dopartnxent the tone was also strong for the good sheep, ewe hoggets sclling to 42s 8d and wether hoggets to 42s while a top line of very attractive 2-th e.wcs made 55s and a pen of 4-ths. sold at 52s. Consider^ble interest was displayed in the ofl'ering of dairy cattle and although many lines lacked condition, buycrs did not hesitate to bid up to securo stock. A sinall- oifering of station cattle sold readily with an iniproving tono manifest. The only quotable business in the fat cattle department was the sale of a prime A.A. hoifer at £10 7s 6d. Fat Sheep .Mutton values registcred a very pronounced risc when the offering of approximately 900 fat sheep came unduf the hammer. Local butchers had to compete against outsido operators for this limited oll'ering whicli ineluded many outstauding lines of prime mutton, The top line of wethers was, tradod at the record price of £3 12s ld while other extra prhne quality sorts sold from £3 2s 4d to £3 7s 4d. Extra prime hogget mutton made to £2 13s lOd and ewes to £2 .15s 4d. While there wero some excellent quality ewes oil'eriug too many pens were niore in line with store condition. The realisations were: — Down cross 2-ths at 50s lOd; maidon ewes 6 at 50s lOd, 3 at 33s 10d, 8 (Down Cross) at 39s Jd, 10 do. at 39s JOd; wethers, 3 at 62s 4d, 3 at 47s 10(1, 2 at 59s lOd, 6 at 57s lOd, 10 at. 57s lOd, 17 at 42s 4d, 29 at 55s ld, 12 at 47s 4d, 13 at 40s 1.0d, 5 at 72s ld, 4 at 67s 4i, one at 50s ld, 7 at 66's lOd, 12 at 55s 10d, 6 at..63s lOd; hoggets,. 62 at 28s ld, 20 at 34s 10(1, 37 at 32s ld, 38 at 33s lOd, 2 at 51s lOd, 27 at 52s K)d, 2 at 30s 4(1, 22 at 53s lOd, 3 at 17s 1 Od, • 4 at 32sC 4d, 18 at 36s ld, 27 at 37s lOd, 25 at 36s 7d, 7 at 39s lOd, 8 at 47s 7d, 15 at 36s 1 Od, 5 at 30s lOd, 16 al 47s 7d, 12 at 37s 10d, 11 at 39s lOd, 9 at 42s 7d, 3 at 10s ld; ewes, 12 at 43s 10d,-S at 33s 7d; 25 at 33s lOd, 8 at 40s lOd, 1.4 at 38s ld, 4 at 43s lOd, 4 at 44s 4d, 1.7 at 19s lOd, 5 at 52s 4d, 50 at 50s 10d, 13 at 42s lOd, 18 at 5os 4d, 7 at" 41s 7d, 6 at.'40s lOd, 20 at-,p3s l6tl, 7 at 5Qa 4d, f4: at 33s 4d, 12 at 3p'S 4d, 4at uOs, 12 at /6tii5d) 2 at 22s, 3 hf: 15s, S'hfc 22s -l(Jd, j'at" 22s ld, 6 at 20S 4^'.« -ifj Store Sheep v ' Cousidcrabl.c buoyaney 'prcvailed in the store sheep section which olfered close on 3000 liead, xnostlv hoggets. A very kecn interest was displayed by a large attendance of Ihe public and J apart .from .the nne or.two specially.. advertisod lines of top quality sheep,. which ehanged hands at high figures, thc bidding was firm on all other sheep.

The first pefi to come upder the hammer was a line of LOQ ;^glt bre4,%th „e5yes,. in excellent order -and skdwing'pTehty of bloom, on account of Mr. L. E. Port,., of Pohangina. They were tradcd at £2' 15s. Lator on a pen of 120 .4-th ewes/ also in top condition, sold at£2 12s. Top price for ewe hoggets was 42s 8d for a line of 426 f roiri the Apiti country while a small pen of excellent wether hoggets realised 42s. The saies were: Wether hoggets, 10 at 33s, 12 at 33s 2d, 27 at 36s 3d, 50 at 27s 7d, '145 at 36s lOd, 164 at 34s 8d, 121 at 35s 8d, 88 at 36s lOd, 48 at 37s 3d, 43 at 42s, 45 at 36s, 22 at 37s; ewe hoggets, 426 at>42s 8d, 246 at 37s, .37. at 42s ld, 54 at 30s Od, 37 at 41s 9d, 118 at 37s 3dj Down cross hoggets, 53 at 36s lOd, 8 at 22s 6d, 16 at 23s 8d, 51 at 34s 4d; inlamb ewes, 120 4-th at 52s, 105 m.a. at 38s, 47 5-yr at 36s 3d, 21 m.a. at 31s, 20 2-th at 28s, 101 2-th at 55s, 120 2-th at 36s 6d and 35s, 100 5-yr at" 31s, 75 5-yr at 36s 7d, 81 4 and 5-yr at 32s. Fat Cattle Three trucks of Hereford and A.A. , bullocks from Pahiatua were ofi'ered in the fat cattle pens. ' These were weli grown and big-boneld cattle lackiug finish and failed to realise vendors' reserves, £18 10s being the best price offered and they were passed in. One prime A.A. heifer was traded at £19 7s 6d and a Jersey heifer sold at £10 7s Od and this comprised the saies made. Station Cattle A small offeriiig of; station cattle ex-. pcrieneced an improved tone notwitlistanding the fact thht their condition reflected a shortage of. feed. A line of 32' 2-yr A.A." steers sold at £11 6s and £11 2s, a figdre reveaiing a strehgthening in values. A small pen of 4-oiI steers sold at ,£13. . - Other "saies wefe: Yearling steers £7 2s. 6d, mixed sexed yearlings (7) at £3 12s 6d, 11 A.A. yearling heifers ' £4 8s, 28 2-yr heif ers £6 6s. • - . - Dairy Cattle /The inquiry for dairy cattle eontinued en a strong tone and even low conditioned medium (Juality lines comnianded Telatively - high . figures under active competition. The realisations were: — Springing heifer^, £6 10s, £7 5s, £7 10s, £8, £8 5s, £10;, £10 is," £10 5s, £10 10s, £11, £11 5s, £11 10s, £11 15s, £12, £12 10s, £12. 15s, £13 5s> £14, £15, £15 5s to £16 5s; springi'ng eows, £8 10s, £9 5s, £9 10s, £10, £i0 .5s, £10 15s, £13. 10s, £14 5s, £14 10s,. £14 15s, £16 to £18 5s; weaner heifers,£4 10s. Store Cattle Late rates operated- in tho store cattle section wherc the saies -were: Boner cows 30s, £2 12s. 6d, '£3, £4j £4 7s 6d, £5, £5 2s 6d, £5 9s, £5 10s., £5 17s, £6, £6 5s, £6 7s 6d, £6 ;7s 6d, £6 10s, £8, £8 5s, £8 7s 6d to £8 15s) empty heifers 30s, £5 10s, £5 17s 6d, £6 5s,- £6 12s. Od, £6 15s, £6 16s.