LIVE STOCK SALES

Dominion, Volume 34, Issue 45, 16 November 1940, Page 14

LIVE STOCK SALES

Values Little Changed At Feilding BEEF PRICES EASIER Dominion Special Service FEILDING, November 15. Another small yarding of stock came forward at Feilding today, values being verv lit He altered from lost weeks, home lines of station cattle made good values, while beef wao’ easier. Fat sheep; Mutton was in light supply, and in the case of hoggets the demand was firm. Prime wethers made 26/4 to 26/7; light prime. 23/1 1" 24/ • : ui>tin’ishod. 21/4 to 22/10: pw ewes. 8/1 to 19/4. lighter 16/10 to l i/9. plain 14/9 to 15/10; prime hoggets. 28/4. light 22, t to 23/4, unfinished 20/10 to 22/1. Store sheep : Firm values prevailed lor a small range. Two-tooth wethers sold ■it 21/3 Io 23/-: two-tooth ewes, best 28/” Io 29/-. smaller 26/10: ewes and lambs. 15/- to 19/-. Store cattle: The market was erratic, with best sorts only selling at,about, reserve prices. Two-year A.A. steers', good, made £5/15/- to £6/4/-. smaller £4/14/to £5/12/-: three-year A.A. steers, £7 16/-; fat and forward £9/2/-; einptv heifers. £5/</6 to £;»/15/-: twowar'A.A. heifers, £4/15/- to £6; twoyear Bed Poll steers, £6; yearling Jersey heifers. £5: worked cows heavy £4 to £4/10/-. others £3/5/- to £3/15/-. Fat cattle: An easier tone was evident in this section, particularly for ex-dairy beef. Prime cows sold at £B/2/6 to £8 17/6, light £4/12/6. to £6/12/6; best heifers. £6/12/6 to £7/2/6. Dairy cattle: A light entry sold at late rates. Springing heifers made £5/7/6 to £7; springing cows. £B/10/-; heifers in milk, £B/2/6; cows in milk. £7/10/-. Martinborough Sale The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co., Ltd., report that at their Martinborough sale on Wednesday, there was a small yarding of cattle, and their entry consisted of practically all fats, which met with keen competition, and sold well. The following are the prices: Fat. bullocks, £ll to £ll/17/-: fat dairy cows, £9 to £9/15/-; fat P.A. heifers, £8 19/-: three-vear P.A. steers. £B/15/- to £9/17/-. Small Sale At Dannevirke Dominion Special Service .DANNEVIRKE, November 14. A small yarding of sheep and cattle was submitted to a small attendance of the public at the Dannevirke sale today. In the fat sheep section, there was only a small yarding other than those yarded for sale for patriotic purposes. Many of these were sold a number of times, bringing in substantial returns for the queen carnival campaign. The main sales, other than patriotic sales, were:—Fat Jersey cows and beifeds, £4/10/- to £6/12/6; springing Jersey heifers, £3/7/6; yearling Jersey heifers, £4/15/- to £5/10/-; store Jersey cows, £2/10/- to £3/15/-; springing cows, fourth calvers, £10; yearling steers, £4 ]./-; two-year Jersey bull, £8 to £lO 10/-; fat ewes, 16/3 to 17/3; fat wethers, 25/-: f, and f. two-tooth wethers, 22/6; ewes and lambs, all counted, to 20/6. Williams and Kettle, Ltd., quote as follows:—Fat. Jersey cows and heifers, £4/10/- to £6/10/-; dairy cows, springing, £7 to £B/10/-; dairy cows, calved, £5/7/6 to £7/10/-: dairy heifers, springing, £5/15/- to £6/10/-; yearling Jersey heifers. £4/15/-; store Jersey cows, £2 10/- to £3/I’s/-; two-year Jersey bulls. £B. The Hawke's Bay Farmers’ Co-opera-tive Association, Ltd., quote:—Shorn fat ewes, 15/- to 17/6: fat wethers, £l/7/6; fat cows, £5 to £6/7/6; store cows, £2 10/- to £3/15/-: Jersey bulls, £3/1.5/- to £B/10/-. . , . There was a moderate yarding of pigs and a fair yarding of poultry, chiefly young stock, at R. Roake and Son’s yards today. They quote as follows: — Earlv pullets. 3/6: three weeks cockerels, (id. to 10d.: W.L. hens. 3/6 to 4/-; 8.0. bens. 3/6 to 4/9; yearling roosters, 4/8 to 5/-; hens and clutches of chicks sold at. last week's rates. Pigs: Weaners, 17/- to 21/-; slips, 21/- to 25/-.