FEILDING STOCK SALE.

Manawatu Standard, Volume LX, Issue 120, 19 April 1940, Page 2

FEILDING STOCK SALE.

STATION STORE CATTLE. A HEAVY YARDING. For the Feildina; stock sale to-day another heavy yarding of station store cattle, including a number of lines specially advertised, came, forward. The cattle were in good order and included steers, heifers and bullocks with the P.A. breed most strongly represented. Fat- c-attle were offered in smaller numbers, but there was a fair offering of boner cows and weaner cattle. Fat sheep occupied a few pens and there was a moderate offering of store sheep, with lambs in shorter supply. Breeding ewes came to hand in good numbers” and the offering included several choice lines. \ small yarding of dairy cattle was offered in the dairy pens. Prices up to 1 p.m. wore: Fat sheep.— Lambs, 14s Cd, 18s Bcl, 21s 6d. 24s lOd'; 2-tli wethers, 18s oil, 19s 23s 23s 6d. 23s 7d. 23s 10d. 24s 24s’ Id ; owes, I2s 9d. 13s 9d, 16s 3d, 18s, 19s 7d, 22s (maiden). Store sheep.—2-tli wethers, lis id, 18s; wether lambs, 12s 6d: b.f. lambs, 14s ’ 9d, 15s 7d; ewe lambs, 22s Id, 4-tli ewes r.w.r., 28s: 2-tlis, 28s 7d; 5 and 6-vr swes, 17s 3d, 19s lOd. Hairy cattle.--Heifers r.w.b., £2 10s; spg .heifers. £6 15s. £7 10s, £7 15s; spa cows, £6 10s. £B. Store cattle.—Cows, from £2 15s to £4 12s 6d; lioifers, £3 10s; bullocks, £4 7s 6d.