Active Stock Market At Feilding

Chronicle (Levin), 6 August 1949, Page 7

Active Stock Market At Feilding

•V Buying was very brisk in all deparfcments at yesterday's live stoek sale in • Feilding when prices were fully main tained . at the prevailing high levels. Store and fat sheep numbered close to 4000 head and experienced a keen de mand with 2-th in-lamb ewes selling to 65s 6d and the best of the wether hog gets changing hands at up to 49s, th.. highest price of the season. Of the.five pens of 2-th ewes offered, three pem, commanded over £3 but the highest price of the day did not equal the top price obtained in June of 68s 6d. Mut ton values remained firm and in the overall pieture were slightly stronger with widespread coinpetition. Wanting finish station eattle in the fat pens soii. up to £20 12s 6d which money was paid for four ' nice Shorthorn A.A. cross steers of big frames but rather einpty. In the station cattle seetion forwaru steers changed har.ds at up to £18 2s. A keen demand was experienced foj the large offering of close to profli dairy cattle. Pat Sheep Buyers were fairly active in the fat sheep departm^nt which offered a selec tion of close on 1500 head with many particularly good lines of iinished sheep. Good quality wethers carrying heavy fleeces moved up in value •) iass week's rates, the best equailing the top price of 62s lOd obtaimng a fort night back, Some of the pens of we thers were withdrawn as vendors waul ed morO. Ewe mutton was in large sup ply and sold well up to iast weeks best price of 41s lOd. A Lighter offering of lio'ggets experienced a slight firming in values. Approximately 1300 head were ?old. The prices were: — Maiden ewes 7 at 49s 4d; Dovvn cross 2-ths 6 at 44s ld; 7 at 62s ld; 8 at 42s 4d; 16 at 60s ld; 5' at 59s ld; 3 at 52s lOd; wethers 18

at 508 lOd; 10 at 62s lOd; 4 at 49s lUd; 7 at 62s lOd; 9 at 58s lOd; 24 at 60s ld; 43 at 60s 4d; 11 at 60s lOd; 5 at •58s; 7 at 58s lOd; 6 at 62s lOd; 3 ai. >0s 7d; 20 at 59s 4d; 8 at 50s ld; 4 at 59s lOd; 24 at 53s lOd; 37 at 47s 4d, 31 at 62s ld; 14 at 57s lOd; 6 at 5u lOd; 11 at 57s 4d; 22 at 59s lOd; 4 at 60s 4d; hoggets, 7 sat 46s ld; L6 ai 46s lOd; 4 at 45s ld; '10 at 40s 4d; 8 at 42s lOd; 3 at 46s lOd; 26 at 38s 7d; 19 at 40s ld; 20 at 42s lOd; 2 at 4.;.lOd; 6 at 42s ld; 19 at 46s 4d; 18 at 42s lOd; 4 at 44s lOd; ewes, 13 at 4io 4s; 14 at 39s 10d; 29 at 39s lOd; 10 at 40s 4d; 5 at 29s lOd; .14 at 4Us 7 ci ; 45 at 38s lUd; 60 at 41s lOd; 27 at 38,ld; 18 at 39s 7d; 14 at 36s ld; i / at 39s; 13 at 33s^ 4d; 2 at 28s lOd; 13 at 40s 6d; 30 at 41s ld; 2 at 41s 4d; 8 at 38s lOd; 12 at 37s lOd; 30 at 40s 4d, 18 at 41s 4d; 24 at 36s 4d; 12 at 36s ld, 21 at 32s lOd; 31 at 38s lOd; 27 at 39.lOd; 9 at 37s ld; 30 at 41s 4d; 9 at 39s LOd; 20 at 41s lOd; 18 at 40s lOd. Store Sheep Bound about 2000 head of store sheep were offered to a very competitive attendance of the public. The bulk of the yhrding comj»rised gpqAffpaiit^J^iyp 0 ewes and some worth while pens oi -tseful hoggets. Sevecal small pens . oi 2-th ewes appealed and prices moved tu iver the £3 mark but did not reach the • op price of 68s 6d recorded in June. Wether hoggets however, commanded the highest price of the seasou with a ^ale at 49s, against last month 's top price of 45s 6d. The realisations were: Wether hoggets, 146 at 49s; 44 at 38.4d; 142 at 42s; 145 at 43s 9d; 9 al 37s 3d; 34 at 40s ld; 46 at 39s lOd; 25., at 40s 3d; 50 at 36s ld; 39 at 39s 4d; 23 at 41s lOd; 15 at 28s lOd; 25 at 41s lld; Down cross hoggets: 34 at 37s ld ewe . hoggets, 20 at 36s 7d; in-lamb ewes, 200 5-yr. at 46s; 42 2-th at 65s 0d; 72 4 and 5-yr. at 45s 6d; 65 do at 443d; 63 2-th at 64s 6d; 83 2-th at 63s; 55 2-th at 54s 6d; 19 2-th at 58s; we-

thers, 116 Down cross 2-th at 49s. ' Fat Cattle Station beef attracted a good deai ,oi " public interest and the offering of 34 nead of ox and heifers commanded fair • competition. ' The cattle were in good forward order but by no ih'eans iiuisii- .• ed. The saies were:- 8 A.A.' bullocks m - £19 2s 6d; 5 do at £19 17s 6d; 4 Shorthorn A.A. cross bullocks at £20 12s 6d; 7 A.A. heifers at £15 2s 6d; 10 do ai. £14 I2s 6d. Ex dairy sorts sold well, at the fdllowmg rates: iieifers £7 lUs, £8 2s 6d, £9 5s, £13 5s, to £15 10s; 'eovvs £6 15s £9 5s, £12 12s 6d to' £13 10s. • ' ' Station* Cattle

The demaud ror stauon cattle «aeratic in that operators m some mstan ces paid high prices for s.ome lines anu to I'cacil reser'ves in qiiie'rs. Ot fered as forward rising 4-yr. bullocks a pen of 13 was traded'at£16 11s. Thej .o.e moterabeiy si/ed caLLle. A peii. of 43 3-off A.A. steers in - good order and carrying some condition e.vpi. riei.e- •• acui.e ^umpetiiiou and iound a buyer at £18 2s which is an exceptionaj price. l'iiese were t.-.e major saies of tlie day and graziers poudered some what over ,ae prices. loung cattle were ieft aione uuyers being conservative in their bideing A pen of lo 2-off steqrs changed a.-inds at £11 5s and a pen of 14 ye.ir-i-'ng A.A. heifers sold at £7 4s. Thus was y 11 tlie business done under the iia.umer.. Dairy Cattle A heavy offering of close to prolh dairy cattle attracted keen interest .mu a Unsk saie resulted with pnees in sympathy with tiie quaiily onernig. i ue saies were: ripringing cows, £6, £7 os, £9 10s, £9 15s, £10 10s, £11, £12 iPs, £13, £14, £14 xOs, £15 15s, £16 5s, £io 10s, £17, to £18; springing heifers, £8, £8 10s, £8 15s, £10, £10 15s, £11, £i-, £13, £13 15s, £14 10s, £14 40s, £i5 os, £15 10s, £10, £16 10s, £17, £17, 10s, £1-8, a,j8 10s, £20, £2o 5s, i2o 10s; yearlmg heifers £8 10s tu ^8 l?s 6d; heifers >n lii.ja, £7, £13, £i5 -cjs, £iu iOs to £20 10b.Store Cattle Saies for bouer cattle were at latc rates as follows: Cows', £6 2s Ud, £7 2s .jd, £7 7s 6d, £7 11s, £7 16s, £8 7s 6d, £8 10s, £8 12s 6d, £8 17a 6d to £i0; eui pty heifers £8. ? - * ?