FEILDING SALE

Chronicle (Levin), 12 November 1949, Page 6

FEILDING SALE

Lively Interest Shown In . Cattle Market There was a lively interest in a large ' offering of station cattle at tlie Feilding live. stoek sale yesterday, held in perfect summer weather conditions. The fact that recent rains had assured a strong pasture growth, influeneed gruziers requiring cattle for work or fattening and the yarding offered some useful sorts which found buyers at priees in keeping with current values. Grown bullocks not carryiug any worth while condition yet fresh enough, sold from £17 to ,£18 5s and yearling steers sold'to £12 17s Ud. In other departinents late rates pr^evailed with perhaps •a hardening tendency in the case of . good lines of hoggets in the store sheep pens. Although there was uo sale last ; wefek there was not the demand for t'ut sheep that was expected and wethers could not lind buyers. 1 Fat Sheep 'Most of the wether mutton on offer in the fat sheep pens was passed in »s buyers were not interested since many were still holding suilicient stocks. A total of 340 sheep was sold and of . these ewe mutton aecounted for 173 head. Compared with the sale a fortniglit back ewe mutton tops were 2s dearer and shorn hoggets were disposed of at late quotations. The saies were: Hoggets, woolly, 2 at 44s 4d; 2 at 40s lOd; 8 at 40s ld; 15 at 49s 4d; 6 at 50s 4d; shorn, 21 at 37s (id; 18 at 37j«, 21 at 41s; wethers, 7 at 30s lOd; 20 at 38s lOd; 29 at 42s; ewes, 17 at 20s lOd; J7 at 27s ld; 10 at 27s 4d; 0 at 25s 4d; 18 at 27s 7d; 17 at 27s 4d; 44 at 27s ld; 13 at 30s ld; 19 at 29s 7d; 0 at 20s lOd. Store Sheep A further strengthening in prices for ewe hoggets was marked m the store sheep pen when a snxall line of 24 sold at 04s 3d. Forward wether hoggets carryiug good fleeees, made 54s while a small pen of good vwoolled mixed sex hoggets commanded 55s 9d. The reali.— ations were: 2-th wethers 00 at 30s lOd; 177 at 30s 9d; 90 at 38s 9d; 00 at 39s 10(1; 400 f and f at 39s 1(1 and 38s 9d; wether hoggets, 148 at 42s; 6 at 42s; (52 at 44s 8(1; 80 at 50s ld; 8 at 14s 9d: 25 at 54s; m.s. hoggets, 13 at 55s 9d; 2-th ewes, 104 at 44s 9d; ewe hoggets 24 at 04s 3d; 44 at 00s 3d; Pown cross 2-ths 1 68 at 37s 2d; 21 at 42s 4d; Down cross hoggets 57 at 50s 3d. Station Cattle Not far short of 2000 head of station cattle eame forward to anticipate a fairlv stead.v iiiquirv influeneed by the spleiidid pasture growth over the countryside and the improved weather conditions. There was a good attendance oi operators some from very far afield and while the buying was seleetive vendort were well satisfied that values were ti keeping with quotatious outside arul ii line with the quality on ofTer. Of tht grown cattle most of them were ii fresh condition but not in forward ord er. There were good types readv foi feed and these appealed with saies go ing to £18 5s. Yearling steers sold ti £12 17s (id and a niee line of big fram cd 3-vear einpty heifers in good orde soUl at £15. The realisations were, bull ocks, 41 A.A.-Hereford cross at £17 10; and £17 5s, mediuin quality; 30 A.A.

good frames at £18; 14 Hereford, carrying some condition and big cattle at £18 5s; 22 Sh.-H'ereford cross big frarned cattle but light, at £17 83^24 A.A. mediuin types at £17; 3-year steers 18 A.A. smallish and in light order at £14 17s 6d; 2-year steers 32 Sh-Here-ford cross, medium types. at £13 11s; 32 A.A. at £14 4s; 12 A.A. light order and mixed quality at £13 6s; yearling steers G5 A.A.*at £11 8s; 100 at £9 ls; 22 A.A. at £10 4s; 30 A.A. at £12 17s 6d; 41 A.A. at £12 2s, 23 Hereford, low condition and some requiring cutting, at £9 17s; run cows 36 A.A. empty at £11 3s; 19 Hereford at £11 2s; 22 A.A. at £10 12s; 14 A.A. at £12 11s; 3-year heifers, 26 A.A.-Hereford cross in good order, big framed at £15; 2-year heifers 45 A.A. at £9 8s; yearling heifers ,38 A.A. at £8 10s. Fat Cattle Beef on offer was of the ex-ddiry type and sold according to quality as follows cows £8 lUs, £10 5s, £11 5s, £11 5 10s, £12 7s Od, to £13; heifers £11 2s 6d to £12 15s. Dairy Cattle Prices for dairy cattle remained steady with saies as follows: Bpringing heifers £7, £9, £13, £14, to 22Agns; springing cows, £6, £9 10s, £13, £15 to £17 5s. Store Cattle A good supply of boner cattle sold readily at late rates as follows, cows £3, £3° 10s, £5, £5 2s 6d, £5 10s, £6 6s, £6 10s, £6 15s, £6 17s, £7 5s, £7 10s, £7 15s, £7 17s 6d, £8 5s, £8 7s 6d, £9, £9 2s 6d, to £10 2s 6d; empty heifers £t> 7s 6d to £9 5s; steer £16 10s.