BETTER TONE

Evening Post, Volume CXXVII, Issue 117, 20 May 1939, Page 13

BETTER TONE

FEILDING STOCK SALE

(By Telegraph—Press Association.;

FEILDING, May 19. A better tone prevailed at the.livestock sale held in Feilding today, prices for fat sheep as well as for store cattle appreciating slightly. For ewes and wethers prices were hardly above recent rates. Run cattle came forward in good numbers and sales took place more freely than last week, though there was no increase in prices. For store cattle, prices were unchanged; dairy cattle sold well. There was a fair demand for beef, with the betterquality sorts meeting keener competition. The quality, generally, was better, with most of the entry changing hands.

Quotations: — " Sheep.—Prime wethers, 18s to 19s 2d; second grade, 17s to 17s 10d; unfinished, 15s to 16s 8d: prime finished ewes, 13s to 13s 9d; second quality, lls to 12s 6d; light, 9s 6d to 10s 6d; unfinished, 7s to 8s 7d; prime lambs, 17s to 17s 7d; unfinished, 12s 6d to 13s lid; best wether lambs, 10 s 7d; smaller. 6s lOd to 8s; others, 5s 7d to 6s 7d; good ewe lambs. 17s 6d; small, 9s 4d; best b.t lambs, 9s 4d to 10s 6d; small, 6s 9d> Cattle.—Choice springing heifers. £8 15s to £9 ss; later calvers. £5 5s to £7 10s; poor, £3 10s to £5; heifers in milk, £4 to £6 ss; springing cows. £5 10s: light prime A.A. cows. £4 to £5 Is; prime Hereford heifers. £6 10s; lighter. £5 10s to £5 13s 6d: unfinished. £4 to £4 17s 6d; prime cows and heifers. £6 12s 6d; lighter. £5 2s 6d to £5 15s: light prime bullocks. £7 to i£7 ss; second quality. £6 10s to £6 17s 6d: unfinished. £5 17s 6d to £6 ss: exdairy cows. best. £4 to £4 15s: others, to £3 15s: vealers. £1 5s to £2 7s: well-grown Jwo-and-a-half-year A.A. steers. . £7: others. £5 10s: Hereford steers. £6 5.5: two-and-a-half-year A.A heifers, best. £5 7s 6d: small. £2 18s: 20-month A.A. and Hereford steers. £3 7s to £4 3s: empty A.A. cows. best. £2 19s: .poor. £1 3s to £1 14s. Poultry.—Hens. 2s 3d to 4s 6d; pullets. 3s 6d to 8s: cocker^R 3s 6d to 4s lid: ducks. 2s 7d to 3s 2d

Pigs'.—Weaners. lls 6d to 15s 6d; small, 3s 6d to 5s 6d; slips, 15s 6d to 17s.