FEILDING STOCK SALE.

Manawatu Standard, Volume LX, Issue 131, 3 May 1940, Page 2

FEILDING STOCK SALE.

HEAVY YARDING OF CATTLE. BREEDING EWES WELL SUPPLIED. For the Feilding stock sale, classified as a cattle fair, to-day, a very heavy offering of station cattle came to hand, all classes of station-bred lines being well represented. The quality of the cattle on the whole was and the offering included some choice P.A. bullocks offered on account of Mr E. M. Meyriclt. The offering of fat cattle included both station and ex-dairy cattle,, while there was the usual yarding of boner cows. In tbe dairy pens the. offering of dairy cattle was small 1 . ' » There was a larger yarding of, store sheep, with breeding elves predominating it. Fewer lambs came to hand. Fat sheep were offered in moderate numbers. Prices up to 1 p.m. were:: — Fat sheep.—Wetlxers, 20s 3d, 21s Bd, 22s sd, 235. 23s 10d, 255, 25s lOd, 265, 26s 6d, 28s; b.f.’s, 225. Id, 23s 2d, '26s 6d, 26s lOd; lambs, 19s, 19s 7d, 20s 3d, 225, 23s 3d, 245, 24s 3d, 24s 7d, 26s- 6d; ewes, 14s Bd, 145,-9d, 15s Id, 16s 9d, 17s, 18s Id, ISs 9d, 19s Id; 19s 2d 20s 6d, 21s, 21s- 3d, 21s ed. 2is. ;.v Store sheep..—Ewe hoggets, 20s 8d; m.a. ewes, 25s 3d. Store cattle. —Cows, £1 17s 6d to £4 ss; weaner heifers. £1 15s to £3 9s; empty heifers, £3 ss. Station cattle. —Three and a-lialf year P.A. steer, £7 Bs. Dairy cattle.—Heifers, . r.w.b., £3 17s 6d. £6 15s, £8 2s- 6d, £9; spg. cows, £7 15s.