Station Cattle The Main Interest At Feilding

Chronicle (Levin), 4 December 1948, Page 2

Station Cattle The Main Interest At Feilding

Altliough there was not a large nt- , tendance of the public at yeslerduy 's ; live stock sale in Feilding main inter- j est centrod on the offering oi station j cattle vhicli included several pens ot ; .fiorward coudition bullocks. While the j tone -was not quite so free- ' prices showed lio cliange ou iate rates and niost of the cattle were disposed of under the hammer. Top price was £18 2s f 9 v n line ot 3 and 4-year A.A. bullocks which while not large in the niatter of frames, were in good order. W other mutton was a matter of 2s a head dearer than last week on a sniall yarding but lioggets and ewes were easier. Prices in the store sheep departnient were weaker due to the absence of quality. Fat Sheep. The only noticeable cliange in values, : in the fat sheep pens was a (irmiug in wether- mutton prices. The olVering tot'alled just over 400 head, ntore than half being wethers mostly in good order but all sold well. Tlie realisations AVere: iSIaiden ewes, 4 at 34s 10d, 8 at 31s 4d; Down cross 2-tlis, S) at 35s 7d, 5 at 34s lOd; hoggets, 12 at 37s 4d, 21 at 37s 4d, 14 (woolly) at 51s lOd; wethers, 2 at 37s 4d. 16 at 41s 10d, 25 (2-th) at 37s lOd, 16 (4-tli) at 41s ld, 10 at 38s 7d, 25 at 27s 10d, 7 at 37s 7d, 25 at 38s 7d, 22 at 4.1s 4d, 10 at 39s. 7d ; ewes, 14 at 26s lOd, 15 at 25s 9d, 4 at 20s 4d, 20 at 26s ld, 13 at 1 22s lOd, 24 at 26s 4d. Store Sheep. The quality offeriug in the store sheep section was mostly ot' a mediun: t-o inferior order and vendors were iuclined to expect too niuch for their sheep. The iirst pen offered of 2-th wethers was not impressive, being light | .in coudition and by 110 means of (irst quality aiul were passed in at 28s Sd. Prices were generully easier. The best sale of the yarding of whieh over 400 were passed in, was that relating to a pen of Down cross 2-ths which mude to 36s 8d. The realisations were: Twotooth wethers, 251 at 32s ld, 138 at 33s, 97 at 33s, 91 at 33s lOd. 92 at 34s 4d. 100 at 33s 6d, 32 2 and -4-th wethers at 34s 2d; Down cross 2-ths, 172 at 36s 8d and 355s 6d, 94 at 33s 4d; 2-th ewes, 98 at 39s 6d: 8 ewes with 9 lambs 28s ld all counted. Station Cattle. Altliough the offeriug of station cattle included several good quality liues of bullocks which sold well, the inarkct, generally speaking, was hardly as free as that of last weelc. The snrfjl attendance of tht public uo doubt accounted for this atnvosphere whieh, liowever, did not infiuence ultimate values which were mostly 011 a par with last woek 's quotations. Those pens which failed to ffnd a buver under the hammer were mostly sold by private treatv afterwards. The market * — : " . *

trend is best illustrated in the offeriug of a pen of 22 3-year A.A. sleers in clean order, not ' b'y anv means big, which was passed in at £14 15s and subsequently disposed of at. £15 10s. The top price of the sale was obtained for a line o+' 45 3 and 4-year A.A. bullocks 011 account of A. B. Porter which was traded at £18 2s. These were not over-big cattle iu the matter of frames but were in very good order and right'off good feed. Actuaily they comprised a well bred line that had ligured in an earlier sale when thov were very much doivn in coudition. The realisations were: Tliree and 4 yr A.A. bullocks, 45 at £18 2s; 3 and 4-yr bullocks, 27 at £16 5s, 12 4'. and f. Ilereford at £16 3s; 3-yr A.A. steers. 22 at £15 10s, 13 at £14 7s; 2 and_ 3-yr A.A. steers, 28 at £13, 63 at £13 7s 6d, 18 at £12 5s; 2-yr steers, 19 at £11 12s, 16 at £9 7s 6d; run eows, 20 Kemford at £12' 5s, 22 A.A. at £11. 10 A.A. al £13, 11 with calves at foot £12 3s, 20 with calves at foot £10, 22 at £10; 3-yr heifers, 11 A.A. at £10 L5s; vearliiig heifers, 25 A.A. (sniall) at £6 lSs 6d. Fat Cattle. Advertised entries in the lieef section did not come forward and the offeriug was conlined to ex-dairy sorts which sold as follows: Cows £5 12s Od. £8 2s 6d, £9 10s to £11 15s;; heifers £11 17s 6d; runner £5 7s 6d. 1 Dairy Cattle. A very short yarding of dairy cattle, lacking quality, was disposed of at the following prices:- Springing cows £7 15s, £8; springing heifers £7 5s, £8 10s, £9 10s; vearling heifers £5 14s, £6 5s, £7 16s, £9 11s. t Store Cattle. The large offeriug of boner cattlc sold readily at late rates as follow: Cows £4 1 ls, £5 7s 6d, £5 11s, £5 12s, £5 15s, £6 2s 6d, £6 5s, £6 7s, £6 14s, £6 15s, £7, £7 7s, £7 10s, £7 17s, £S, £8 4s, £8 11s, £9 17s 6d to £11 15s; emptv heifers £5 7s 6d, £7 lSs, £8 17s 6d; stair £9 15s: bulls £3 10s to £9 5s.