Winter Beef Sells Readily At Feilding

Chronicle (Levin), 11 June 1949, Page 6

Winter Beef Sells Readily At Feilding

\ ~ The sight of ox beef at'the Feilding live stock sule has become ratber rare and the presenee of three prime- bullocks yesterday exeited competition. The vendor had-no diffieulty in quitting them at £22. The last sale -of fat bullocks at Feilding was at the sale oi" January 28 when three beasts sold at £20. Exeepting for fat sheep entries were generally light and the fine weather brought a good attendanee of the publie. Prices for fat sheep showed little alteration beyond a steady lirming for ewes. Store sheep sold at late rates. Fat Sheep Ewe mutton represented - more than half the yarding of fat sheep whieh alinost equalled that of last week of approximately 1100 head. Several pens of wethers were passed in, buyers concentrating on the cheaper mutton. Iloggets were in short supply and mostly of the mediuni prime order. Prices for wethers were in line witli last weeks quotations with good prime sorfs selJing at 49s l()d. Ewe mutton moved up a shade to realise 30s ld for the hest and prime hogget* of whieh t.here was only one pen made 41s ld. The realisations were: Maiden ewes: 16 at 39s lOd; Down cross 2-ths: 11 at 41s ld; 5 at 4os lOd; 10 at 48s ld; 17 at 42s 7d; 17 at 47s 7d; 12 at 42s 4d; wethers: 9 at 46s 4d; 13 at 44s 4d; 55 at 49s ld; 13 at 46s ld; 6 at 43s lOd, 4 at 47s 4d; 15 at 47s lOd; 15 at 47s ld; 7 at 39s lOd; 10 at 46s 4d; 5 at 47s lOd; 9 at 49s 4d; 13 at 49s lOd; 5 at 47s lOd; ewes: 61 at 34s 4d; 18 aL 3!s 4d; 3 at 25s; 03 at 35s 7d; 15 at 33s 4d ; 55 at 32s lOd; 7 at 24s 4d; ll at 29s ld; 14 at 34s ld; 4 at 29s ld; 10 at 33s lOd; 10 at 29s 9d; 27 at 35s ld; 4 at 22s; 3 at 33s 4d; 8 at 29s. 4d; 54 at 34s ld; 80 at 30s 4d; 10 at 25s lOd; U at 28s 7d; 15 at 35s ld; 42 at 31s ld; 10 at 34s 3d; 3 at 20s; 4 at 35s 4d: hoggets: 24 at 33s. 4d; 20 at 37s lOdj

9 at 36s 4d; 11 at 44s ld; 8 at 38s 4d; 29 at 38s 4d; 3 at 34s 6d; 18 at 39& 4d; 10 at 35s ld. Store Sheep A rather short yarding of store 'sheep made up of mostly small pens, met with a steady sale at priees fully up to late quotations. Several pens of wethers eahie forward and sold to 42s 6d. Half a dozen pens of in-lamb ewes; three of whieh were 2-ths., made a ready sale at prices in keeping with the quality. The balance of a yarding of about 1200 head eomprised hoggets. The realisations were:. In-lamb ewes: 82 2-th, empty, at 40s; 25 do r.w. Eomne> rara at 49s 6d; 20 do at 40s 7d; 51 5-yr. r.w. S.D. rams af 37s 6d; 158 4-yr r.w. S.D. rams at 45s 6d; 121 5-yr. r.w. Koinney rams at 40s; 23 aged ewes r.w. Komney rams at 32s 3d; wTethers: 178 4 and 6-th at 42s 6d; 6 2-th at 39s 9d; 115 2-th at 42s; fattening ewes: 58 at 28s ld; 18 at 18s 4d; wether hoggets: 11b at 35s ld; 16 at 36s 4d; 31 at 36s 2d; 106 at 33s; 102 at 29s; 28 at 36s 9d; ewe hoggets: 18 at 39s lOd; Down eros* hoggets: 44 at 32s 4d; 23 at 32s 4d; .15 at 31s lOd. Fat Cattle " For the first time since the end of January ox beef was offered buyers when three prime A.A. -Cross bullocks were yarded on account of A. J. Lobb, of Feilding. These were big cattle in good eondition and reaiised £22, a figure equal. to approximately £2 17s per lOOlbs. Other saies of beef were:- Hei fer £14 12s Gd; eows £7, £9 17s 6d, £11, and £12. Station Cattle The only engaging entries in the sta tion eattle pens, apart from a few sinai! lots of weaners and odd steers and cows, was a pen of eight A.A. bullocks whieh attracted some competition and sold at £15 14s. Several cows r.w. bull fouinl a buyer at £8 18s and six small heifers were traded at £6 14s wliile six weaner steers sold at £8. Dairy Cattle , Light entries in the dairy cattle seetion met with a ready enquiry and saies

were made f at late rates as i f oliows . Springing cows,~£8 10s to £9; heifers m' iniik, £6 10s to £15 5s; springmg heifers, £6, £9 5s, £13 10s, to £14 5s; weaner neifers, £4 3s, £5, £5 16s, £6 17s, £7 bs, to £8 7s; 2-yr heifers, £7 14s. Store Cattle; There was lirm competition for the iimited yarding of boneii cattle, saies be mg made at tlre foiiovving prices: £2, £4, £5 11s, £5 15s,- £5 17s, £6, £6 2s 6d, £6 7s 6d, £6 10s, £6 .16s, £7 £7 2s, -£8 10s, £8 18s, £9, £9. 5s, £9 10s to £40 15s; empty heifers £5 7s 6d to £8 4s.