LIVE STOCK PRICES

Dominion, Volume 33, Issue 187, 4 May 1940, Page 17

LIVE STOCK PRICES

Patchy Demand For Run Cattle At Fcikling

STORE SHEEP EASIER Dominion Special Service. FEILDING, May 3. The prices varied from unsteady to fair at the cattle fair held in I'eliding today the demand for a heavy penning Ot run’ stock being patchy The v;‘lues sheep were more or less uiicha „c<, though those for stores were slightly 00 Fat sheep: Moderate entry of mutton found a linn market, and a total clearance was effected. Extra prime wethers made 26/10 to 28/-, prime heavy 2a/- to 26/6, medium 23/- to 24/9, uu Inns let. 22/6; extra prime ewes 24/<, prime IJ/1 to 21/6, average sorts lb/l) to 18/9, uiifinished 14/- to 16/-; prime lambs. -3/o to 24/7, lighter 19/< to 20/3. Store sheep: Breeding owes had an oil <kiv the market not showing the same inquiry as last week for either ewes or lambs Good two-tooth ewes made 30/-, second-grade 27/6 to 28/3; good m.a. ewes 25/3; two and four-tooth ewes 27/3; plain four and five-year ewes lb/9 , plain five-year ewes 14/5, better sorts 16/6; wether lambs, good 10/t>, small 10/- to 11/6; best ewe lambs 20/S. Store cattle: A heavy penning of more than 1500 station stock- over-supplied the market. Excellent sales were made tn some eases, but, generally, the market was unsteady to easier. Good three and a half-year A.A. steers made £9/6/-, others £7/1/-; two and a half-year A.A. steers, £4/10/- to £5/11/-; two and a half-year A.A. and Hereford-cross steers, £5/17/6- mixed two and a half-year steers, £4/15/-; good two and a hatlvear Hereford steers, £6/7/-; well-grown weaner steers, £2/15/-; three-year A.A. steers, £7 to £7/8/-; two-year Hereford steers. £5/13/- to £6, extra good to £6 17/6; A.A. cows £3/9/-; works cows, heavy £3/15/- to £4/10/-, others £l/10/to £3/10/-; empty heifers £3/5/-; weaner Jersey heifers, to £3/9/-. Dairy cattle: A small entry of winter calvers sold at late rales. Good springing cows made £7/15/-. others from £4 10/-; choice springing heifers £9, backward from £3/17/6. Fat cattle: A firm sale resulted for beef. good, finished, lightweight cows selling well. Prime station cows made £7/10/- to £7/12/6, lightweights £6 to £7: light prime heifers, £6/7/6_to _£7; light A.A. steers, £5/17/6 to £7/17/6; ex-dairy cows, £4 to £5/15/-. Pigs: An excellent entry of pigs so.d at advanced prices. Wenners made 7/- to 9/-; slips, 13/6 to 15/-; stores, £l/15/-; porkers, £l/15/- to £2/12/6; bacoucrs, £3. Poultry prices are: Mens, 1/3 to 3/7; pullets, 6/3 to 7/3; cockerels, 1/10 to 3/-; ducks, 2/9; geese, 2/7.