FEILDING STOCK SALE.

Manawatu Standard, Volume LX, Issue 114, 12 April 1940, Page 2

FEILDING STOCK SALE.

SMALLER.ENTRY OF STORE

SHEEP

CATTLE PENS WELL FILLED

At the Feildi.ng stock sale to-day the offering of store sheep was smaller than last week’s and the quality rather mixed. Some good quality breeding ewes, however, came to hand, and a fair number of wether and ewe lambs. All classes of mutton were fairly well represented in the fat sheep pens. Another heavy yarding of fat cattle, including both station and ex-dairy cows, came to hand, the cattle in most cases being in good order. In the station store cattle pens another representative offering of young and grown cattle was penned, both P.A. and Hereford cross breeds being included. For the dairyman there were offered several lines of late calvers and weancrs.

Prices up to 1 p.m. were as follow :

Fat sheep.—Wethers, 23s 2d 23s 3d, 23s 9d, 23s lid, 245. 24. s Id. 24s Cd, 25s 9d; lambs, 17s Cd. 225. 22s 2d; ewes, 14s Id. 14s 3d, 15s, 15s Id, 20s 3d; b.f.’s, 245.

.Store sheep.—4 and syr owes r.w. S.D. ram, 14s lOd, 15s 3d, ]gs; Ayr do., 13 s 2d, 14s 9d: 5-Gyr, 17s 2d; Gth ewes, 225"; 4th owes, 27s Gd; 2th, 30s Id; m.a. ewes. 15s 2d. lGs 2d.

Store cattle. —Cows, from £2 7s Gd to £4 7s Gd ; empty P.A. heifers, £1 17s Gd; steers, from £3 2s Gd to £3 10s.

Dairy cattle.—Spg. cow, ,£9 15s cow in milk, £2; lieiier r.w.b., £9.