FEILDING LIVE STOCK SALE

Chronicle (Levin), 1 October 1949, Page 3

FEILDING LIVE STOCK SALE

Station Cattle Spring Fair Yesterday was the first day of the spring cattle fair at Feilding and the large offering of elose to 2000 head, attraeted a very large atlendanee of the public. There were buyers present from a wide area together with holders of cattle who were keen to follow the sale to gather the atmosphere for future trading. Eather wintry conditions prevailed for the opening but later the weather cleared and the sun was welcomed -after the cold snap. The top price for 4-year bulloeks in forward order was £20 13s, compared with £19 ds realised last year while a pen of almost prime bulloeks was traded at £24, Station Cattle It was generally agreed that the cattle brought forward for the spring fair constituted the best in point of quality seen for several years. Most of the bulloeks carried condition reflecting the very favourable winter and those who had attended the Gisborne and Wairoa saies considered that the local cattle were definitely superior. Big boneu fresh conditioned cattle from the Feilding back country certainly appealed as being' outstanding and although quotations were higher by £1 a head and more, the late adverse weather conditions tended to restrain bidding somewhat. A noticeable check in the feed position, brought on by the cold snap, caused some buyers to mark down their limits but this apparent caution did not altogether still the buoyancy registered at the East Coast, saies. Some expected higher prices to prevail but acknowledged the feed factor as influencing the market. On the other hand the hill country grazier found the markel too high for his type of farming and considered that the prevailing buoyancy in cattle values were a real detriment to the hill country man. The top price for forward condition 4-yr. bulloeks was £20 13s compared with £19 6s obtained at the spring fair of 1948. The suecessful vendor was J. C. Smeeton of Colyton whose pen oi 30 well bred cattle in very good order, off ered well on in the sale, inspired keen eompetition. A relatively new comer to the distriet Mr Smeeton 's cattle refleeted a high standard of animal husbandry. The next best price was £20 ls which the Belmont Estate of Kimbolton obtained for a line of 34, low set, big boned A.A. bulloeks in forward order. At the 1948 fair the Belmont Estf obtained £17 10s for their bulloeks. The sale opened on a line of 54 A.A. bulloeks on a/e of H. W. Smart, of Pohangina. These were big eattle, carrying plenty of condition and were traded at £19 12s compared with £16 15s realised last year. The nex_t pen comprised 37 4-yr. A.A. bulloeks from Kimbolton on a/c of E. L. Jenkins. They were well grown good quality cattle but not so heavy and sold at £18 10s. - ; A line of 35 4 and 5-yr A.A.-crbss bulloeks from Peep-o'Day on a/c of the Bruee Est. next came under the hammer and in quality and size compared with the first pen offered, selling at £19 8s. The same vendors obtained £18 11s at last year's spring fair. Six-year forward A.A. bulloeks on a/c of Westerhill traded freely at £19 18s which was a few shillings short of what the vendors wanted. They were big cattle in forward order. The offering on a/c of E. W. Beard of 47 3-yr A.A. bulloeks, not very even but useful sorts, was traded at £17 10s and then followed the Belmont Est. cattle which made £20 ls. A nice line of polled Hereford bulloeks on a/c of Shannon Bros., numbering 40, was traded at £18 ls, a price .equal to that obtained at the 1948 fair. They were not big eattle but were well bred and in forvvard order. A pen of 60 xat and forward A.A. 4-yr bulloeks on a/c of A. W. Bartlett of Kimbolton, was next. offered. These were big framed cattle in very nice order and sold at £19 12s 6d. Bigger framed cattle of very good quality were seen in the draft of 107 offered on a/e of Watt and Myers of Kimbolton. They were carrying some condition, fresh looking and good types, and sold for £19 6s. Last year the same vendors obtained the top price of £.18 18s. The A.A. bulloeks, on a/c Shannon Bros., a pen of 40, sold for £18 8s compared with £18 ls received last year. A very useful pen of 27 A.A.bulloeks on a/c of W. McLennan of Halcombe realised £19. The top priced bulloeks of J. C. Smeeton were traded at £20 13s. The Kimbolton cattle of G. J. Gerke, a pen of 18 A.A. bulloeks made £18 and' a pen of 10 on a/c of Shapleski Est. realised £17 17s 6d. A pen of 46 on a/c of A. H. Maurice of Kimbolton made £17'. The Manson Esi;. cattle, a pen of 37 4-yr. fat and forward A.A. bulloeks were the best conditioned cattle yarded and as they were practically in kiliable order they were accepted as being just outside the forward store condition. They were very heavy and in really wonderful' condition and found a buyer at £24. Other saies Teeorded were: 24 A.A. bulloeks at £17 10s; 28 A.A. a/c A. A. Honore at £17 2s; 25 Hereford a/e A. A. Honore at £(L6 6s; 30 A.A. at £16 15s j 10 a/e D. L. Hendra at £16 12s; 3-year steers 30 A.A. at £16; 25 at £16 10s; 29 at £15; 6 at £15 5s; 2-year steers, 26 a/c O 'Neill Est. at £14 6s; 30 at £14 2s; 40 at £13; 23 at £14 15s; 24 at £14 16s; 64 at £13 4s; 18 at £12 ls; 12 at £14 11s; 17 at £12 5s ; 20 at £14 5s; 4 at £11 10s. IFat Cattle The only beef on offer was one steer which sold at £19 15s. Dairy Cattle Values in the dairy cattle depar

ment remained largely unehanged and being based on the quality of the offering which was relatively light and mixed. The prices were: Springing heifers: £10. 15s, £11, £12 5s, £13 5s, £14, £15 10s, £15 15s, £17, £17 5s, £17 15s, £18, £18 15s, £19, £19 15s; springing cows £8, £12 5s, £13 18s, £14 10s, £15; weaner and yearling heifers, £2 2s 6d, £3 17s 6d, £5 17s, £9 10s, to £10; weaner bull £1 12s 6d; heifers in milk £10 10s. Store Cattle A moderate offering of boner cattle sold at late rates although several entries were passed in. The saies were, cows: £4 5s, £4 17s 6d, £5 10s, £5 12s 6d, £5 17s 6d, £6 15s, £7 10s, £7 12s 6d, £8 5s, £8 10s, to £9 10s; empty heifers £6 to £10 11s. Fat Sheep A small offering of approximately 500 fat sheep of which ewes represented al(most 400 head, found the market relar 'tively steady. Only one pen of woolly wethers was on offer and this was traded at 55s lOd, while woolly hoggets made to 57s ld and woolly ewes to 38s ld. Ewe mutton was back about 3s a head for woolly sorts while shorn types were slightly stronger. The saies were: Maiden ewes, 2 at 54s lOd; 7 at 46s 4d; 5 at 57s lOd; 2 at 40s lOd; Down cross 2-th shorn 5 at 39s 4d; wethers, 3 at 43s lOd; 2 at 55s lOd; 3 at 36s ld; 3 at 45s lOd; 28 at 44s 7d; hoggets 6 at 49s 4d; 2 at 54s ld; 4 at 40s lOd; 16 at 39s 4d; 17 at 57s ld; 4 at 50s 7d; 16 at 49s lOd; ewes, 10 at 38s ld; 16 at 37s lOd; 10 at 36s 7d; 14 at 38s ld; 23 at 23s 4d; 5 at 20s lOd; 16 at 29s ld; 35 at 26s 4d; 15 at 22s 7d; 4 at '37s 4d; 17 at 27s; 64 at 27s lOd; 26 at 27s 4d; 8 at 29s lOd; 17 at 26s lOd; 18 at 29s ld| 18 at 27s lOd; 23 at 26s ld.Store Sheep Just over 1000 head of store sheep was yarded, the entries being mostly just off the shears, with values adjusted aecordiugly. Practically all found buyers at rates unehanged: Wether hoggets, 44 at 35s ld; 57 at 38s; 151 at 40s; -6 at 44s 9d; 2-th wethers, 128 at 35s 2d; 117 at 36s 7d; 110 at 36s 6d; 60 at 37s 9d; 145 at 35s; 4-th wethers, 98 at 40s 6d; Down cross 2-ths. 60 at 35s; 27 at 33s 9d; 48 at 34s 6d. A pen of 5 ewes with 10 lambs at foot sold at 31s all counted.