FEILDING LIVE STOCK SALE

Chronicle (Levin), 23 July 1949, Page 3

FEILDING LIVE STOCK SALE

; --Showea'y wMth'ei' waS- *e&^eMeife£cP&t!, ' the commenc'eiheitt oLth4^FeildlYLgJliVei! ^toelt sale- yehter'da^but dtd' Vnbt pfe>venfc- d large/aftefidaxic^ of 'the ^ub'-1 lic. "-There were'lsti'gife offierihgs ofiiJShih' ■£- dt ' and -sto-fe sheep/ ■ dairy ;'.cat,tl05 aMl a selection of station cattle. Weth'ef hmt-. ton values ' remained iirin/ahd high> but"' • -prices foiv dtogget , ihutton ..i 'and.^hWesi tended-to- wea'lten despite the"iali6ratidn» • ;0f oiitside- buying ihtei'estsi>JTh'6 wetltei^i J were xeally a .hie&seleAtioii Whii6?4tth^[ hhgget sorts ' wer e ; "n6t quite.iip tavrd-' eent quality and ewes were' weaker. The niarket for store sheep was f'tilly firm and in the station cattle department f orward good quality bulloeks soia at £18 15s. The dairy cattle market was very active, Fat Sheep. The fat sheep pens eontained atl entry of just on 2000 head, wethers and ewes 'predominating and the quality lines mostly eentred in the pens containing the wethers. Buying power was stronger and more widely represented and with the competition mostly" eoneentrated on the wethers values for hog-i gets and ewes eased off somewhat ; a'n'a i several lines ; were pa&sed in. ■ Tdp'-^litie wethers were trad6d"kt n^ to 62§*Mcl' #hieh was equal to last week',s"Vf/6e|t' priee. Medium to good quality- "sdlis made from 50s 7d -to 55s lOd and'W-t linished so'rts from 45s lOd to 48s-;l0d.i There was only one ex-tra prime liild of. 'hOggets which' " sold -af l47s ld and-'witF the exeeption of two other pens which sold at 40s ld and 40s ld, equal toi the best store prices, the bulk of the hog.gets sold from 34s,, 7d to 39s„4d!. Ewe mutton was delinitely cheaper,' the ohlyone pen selling at the top priee of 35s 4d and the bullc of the large offering of prime sorts malcing from 34s lOd to 38s lOd. The realisations were: Maiden ewes, 7 at 37s 4d, 3 at 43s 7d; Down eross 2-ths, 21 at 42s ld, 3 at 57s 4d, 37 at 41s lOd, 10 at 56s 4d, 11 at 53s 4d, 13 at 46s 4d, 11 at 43s lOd; wethers, 5 at 54s 5d, 3 at 59s 4d, 2 at 53 lOd, 49 at. 62s lOd, 3 at 48s lOd, 13 at 57s 4d, 7 at 53s lOd, 6 at 51s 4d, 56 at 57s ld, 3 at 55s 7d, 2 at 56s ld,,2 at 57s. 4d, 31 at 53s 4d, 22 at 55s lOd, 18 at 52s lOd, 20 at 50s 7d, 2 at 51s lOd, 6 at 54s ld, 46 at 62s lOd, 48 at 56s ld, 6 at 52s 4d, 2 at 47s lOd, 12 at 47s 7d; 24 at lils ld, 29 at 45s ,10d, 12 at 55s lOd, 25' at 52s 4d; hoggets, 12' at 40s iOd, 42 ;at 39s 16 at 38s, 'lUd, '2' at 40s 'ld,J 9 at 47g"'iL» ■36 at 38s1 7d, 27 at;38k IOd, 101 at lOd, 3 at '36s 10'd,' 16 at 37s'hJd',''45'^t 39s 7d, 4 at 38s 10d, '4 atJ34s 7d," 24"^ 37s IOd, 8 at 37s IOd; ewes, 19, at ;2ftsj "28 at 31s 7d, 29 at 7d,Ji3"at -36s' 4d,' 3 at 37s 76, 2 at 30s, 14 at 34s 10d,l'3 -at 33s 41; 6 at'32*s 7d, 15 at -22s, 45 at 35s IOd, 55 at 35s 7d, 20 at'36s 7d, 26"at •38fe 10d,'"114 at 38s l'Od, '22- af ,38s. ld, 19 at 31s ld, 19 at 35s "7d, 85 at 32s, 11 at 39s 4d, '59 at 34s ld,' 18 at "32s "lUa. 7'at 34s IOd, 12 at 36s 10d, 20 at 35s. 7d, 18 at 36s 4d, 18 at 36s 4d, 10. at 37s ld, '12 at 35s, 10d, 20 at 38s ld, •lS'Vp.t f38s "IOd/ 5' at !336 ld; /• ' ! 1 ; - ' Store; Sheep. !'., u' ™r' • v ValUea lficii' stqrp $he:ep largely unchanged 'althongli in odd cases thele was evidenee of a firmipg for hogget s as some rather poqr quality lines weta traded at prices well above expectations. Well over 3000 head were oft'ered and in some instanees vendors wanted more than buyers were offering and these pens were passed in. Several pens of wether hoggets realised better prices than the same class of stock sold for in the fat pens. The realisations were: Wether hoggets, 207 at 39s IOd, 75 at 37s 6d, 64 at 40s, 44 at 42s, 40" at 46s, 168 at 42s 6d, 71 at 37s IOd, 26 at 34s 6d, 27 at 40s, 18 at 36s 6d,; 15 at 31s j ewe hoggets, 27 at 41s. 7d, 20 at 36s ld, 82 at 46s; in-lamb ewes, 108 6-yr at 30s 9d, 72 4 and 5-yr at 44s 6dj 70 do. at 49s 6d, 80 5-yr at 45s 6d, 210 m.a. at 55s, 50 5-yr at 41s, 142 do. at 46s 6d, 185 at 49s 9d and 48s 6d, 57 do. at 42s, 70 4 and 5-yr at 47s, 82 do.- at 41s 6d,' 68 5-yr at 42s, 70 4 and 5-yr at 48s 6d; 2-th wethers, 110 at 45s 4d. 41 at 47s. • , , Station Cattle». i Gra?ing and. fattening interests 'v^ere offered some. attractiVQ.station cattle iheluding a eouple of pens of.forward bhilocks from Hunterville country. The bulloeks comprised some of the >.best grown heavy cattle seen. in the '-yards for some months. T:hey were big boned Aberdeen Angus beasts with lengtb and carrying some condition .. and the t'wo pens of 24 sold at £18 15s, a figure indicative of their quality and weight. These were the only grown cattle. available. In the younger cattle there wero some well bred pens, of weaner steers of very good quality, also some lines oi A.A. heifers but business was patehy and the business by no means steaay. Run cows of the Hereford breed were passed in at £10 10s. In addition to the sale of bulloeks, the following other prices ruled: 48 A.A.-Hereford eross weaner steers at £10, 47 do. at £10 9s, 7 do. at £10 -2s 6d, 36 do. at £10' 5s, 21 2-off steers at £10 17s 6d, 9 3-off steer$ at £14, one steer at £15 5s. The A.A!, heifers were passed in • Dairy Cattle. Large entries in the dairy cattle seetion attracted a good attendanee of the public. The market was not so generally strong as several good quality lines of young close to profit heifers were passed in. - Springing heifei's sold at the following prices: £8 15s, £9, £9 10s, £10 5s, £10 10s, £11 10sy £12, £12 5s, £12 10&i £12 15s,- £13, £14s 15s, £15, £15. 5s, £15 10s, £15 15s, £16 to £17 5s;' weaner and yearling heifers, £5 5s, £8 7s 6d to £8* 12s. Store Cattle. Prices for store cattle were largeiy rannd about late rates with fair competition fo'r the good sorts. Some pens were passed in. The prices were: £3, £4, £4 5s, £4 11s, £4 15s, £5, £5 5s, £5 7s 6d, £5 12s, £5 15s, £6, £6 2s 6d, £6 5s, £6 14s, £7 10s, £7 12s 6d, £7 15s, £8 10s, £10 to £11 5s; empty heifers, £5, £5 .38 6d,- £6 5s to £6 15s j bull, £5»