SHARP RISE

Evening Post, Volume CXXIII, Issue CXXIII, 10 April 1937, Page 6

SHARP RISE

LIVESTOCK. AT. FEILDING

(By Telegraph—Press Association J

FEILDING,'ApriI 9,

Few to sell and rhany to buy was the principal cause of a sharp rise in prices for all classes of stock at today's sale at Feilding. For a small offering of fat sheep prices were up 3s a.head for ewes and wethers, and1 lambs were .up ss. A total clearance was made., The store sheep pens were lightly stocked, and there was an excellent sale for ewe and wether lambs, which advanced 2s a head. Breeding ewes also met with a strong demand. A good pen of twotooth ewes in lamb to Romney rams made 395. 3d, and a pen offourJtooth r.w. .Southdown rams 30s after keen bidding. . . . /., : ; ;. ..-'.... ..-.

? Fat cattle prices were .up very appre-J cia.biy., Good ox beef made 30s per 100 pounds, and cow beef to 22s 6d. Heavy beef breeds sold particularly well, and ex-dairy breeds maintained previous good levels. .The store cattle pens included some lines oi run1 cattle, which were eagerly sought, Hereford and P.A. bullocks fetching £9. A small offering of. dairy cows brought yaverage The abundance of feed in the district is encouraging farmers to purchase store cattle and sheep. .: ••;■ The range of prices was as follows:— Fat sheep: Prime ewes, -23s' to: 245; prime-lambs, 25s to 26s 3d; ■ specially prime, 275; good weights, to 255; light, from'■•lßs 6d. Prime wethers, 28s 6d, 295, to 29s 7d; extra heavy, 30s 6d; aood 275; light, from 21s 6d; prime bi.'s, 27s lOd. "■ : J . '-.".'. Store sheep: Ewe lambs, very good pens, 28s to 29s 3d; good 24s lOd to 26s Id; fair, from 18s; black-faces, good lines, to 20s 2d;' others, from ,16s 4d to 19s 3d; inferior, from 13s 3d. W.f. wether lambs, good, to 19s 6d; very good, 21s 9d; average, 16s lOd to 18s 8d- pool", from 14s. Ewes for; fattening made to 17s 3d. Breeding ewes in lamb, two-tooths, 39s 3d; tfour-tooth, 30s to -32s 6d;' four- and six-tooth, 30s Id; four-year, 275; five-year, 21s 6d to 26s Id; six-year, 24s 6d; m.a., 19s 7d to 24s 9d - ■ i ■ ' . Store cattle: Potter cdws, to £3; forward Jersey cows, £3-11s to £4 15s. ■Wearier heifers, to £2 10s; yearling heifers, £2 13s' 6d to £3 13s;, good Jersey heifers,' W £4- Is; run heifers, £5 ■7s 6d to £6 2s 6d; P.A. heifers, light, £5. P.A. cows, £3 18s; lieifers, r.w: P.A. bull, £5; heifers, £5 12s 6d. P.A. steers £6 to £7 12s 6d. P.A. bulls, £3 17s'6d.,Good. forward P.A. bullocks,-£9; steers, £.6 2s 6d to £8. Good Hereford bullocks £9. Shorthorn cows, £5 75.6 d, £5,17s 6dto £7 17s 6d. Fat cattle: Prime heavy P.A. bullocks, &9 •17s 6d,to £10; very heavy shorthorn bullocks, *-l*V° £17 6s; others, £9 ss. P.A.- cows, £7 12s 6d to £8 12s;6d heifers, jpnme, £8 5s ;to £9 ss;, light,. from, £6- 12si 6d. Hereford heifers,'prime,: £8 to. £8 t>s, Sfws, to-:£7.-.7s % prime, to1 £5 10s; light, from £4 ■ Is. Light Jersey steers, £3 17s 6d: ; Vealers, good, to £3 2s 6d; light, from £2..165; runners, to £4, ... .' ' j>, t . Dairy cattle: Springing cows,,£4 to £4 10s; springing -heifers,. £4; heifers, milking, £4 15s; cows, milking, £3 5s t0 Poultry, Hens, is Id to 2s sd;. pullets 6s 9d to Bs,4d small pullets 2s to 4s 6d; cockerels, Is 8d to 2s 8d ;ducks, 2s 6d tOp^s: Weaners.^s to, 17s;.slips,. 7s 6d to 17s; porkers, 425; . : , ■ , .-:.