FEILDING STOCK SALE

Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 172, 7 August 1937, Page 17

FEILDING STOCK SALE

Smaller Yardings of Sheep Ewe mutton values experienced another sharp advance at th® Feilding live-sthek sale yesterday when the limited offering of this class of stock was keenly competed for.: Store sheep were in short supply and the values, eonsidering the quality, were fully firm at late rates. Beef was represented by a select yarding including some statioii-bred lots, of which young bullocks made up Io £12 18s. The dairy cattle market was quite animated but the quality of the offering was very mixed. Store cattle mainly consisted of boner cows which continue to command firm rates. Fat sheep were in short supply^ the total offering being below 800 and made up of just short of 200 hoggets, with the balance made up of an even di vision of wethertf and ewes. The hoggets were generally inf erior to medium quality with only one outstanding pen. The wethers, all carrying good akina, wero not as big as some of the entries at recent saies but were generally even in weights. The offering of ewes ihcluded; a. few low conditioned pens but otherwise the sheep were in good condition but not so keavy. Prices in all threa sections were fully firm with a further sharp appreciation in values for ewe mutton. Taken over all prices for ewes were up quite 2s a head on last week's rates and competitiou was very keen. The small yarding of hoggets was made up of obvious tail-enders with the exception of a eouplo of small pens. Oonside.ring the quality prices Avere firm with skin values continuing to play au important uart in the bidding-