FEUDING STOCK SALE.

Manawatu Standard, Volume LX, Issue 132, 4 May 1940, Page 4

FEUDING STOCK SALE.

STATION CATTLE UNSTEADY. FAT SHEEP ADVANCE. At the Foilding stock sale, yesterday, the' heavy yarding of station cattle met with a mixed reception, ■ with ' prices for the older cattle inclined to fluctuate while the younger cattle prices were slightly easier. There were seme passings. Fat. cattle sold on a firm, market, prices being fully up to recent quotations. There was no change in the tone of the market for dairy cattle, which commanded the usual good inquiry. Last week's rates for boner cows were maintained. There was a brighter tone in the fat. sheep section, whore both owo and wether mutton values advanced. Storo sheep, however, i„et, with a setback and only tho best ol the breeding ewes made late rates. Lambs wore about on a par. STORE CATTLE. Cows, £1 to £4 ss; empty heifers, £3 ss; wcancr heifers, £2, £3, £3 ss, £3 9s. DAIRY CATTLE. Spg. Cows, £7 15s; do., heifors, £3 17s 6d, £6 15s, £8 2s 6d, £9. FAT CATTLE. Cows, £5 16s, £6, £6 2ri 6d, £6 13s, £7 7s fid, £3 2s 6d; heifers, £6 7s 6d; run cows, £7. 10s; A.A. steers, £5 12s 6d, £7 17s 6d; ditto, cows, £7. STATION CATTLE. Account E. M. Mcyrick, 40 (3j-yr) A. A. bullocks at £9 6s. Account E. J. Harkness, 11 ditto, at £7 Its. Account Massey College, 30 wearier steers at £3. Account H. Gray, 16 weancr steers at £2 15s. Account R. O. Batchclar, 15 2£-yr A. A. steers at £5 13s; 40 ditto at £5 16s. Other quotations: 50 A.A. steers at £4 10s; 25 A.A.-Hereford cross' steers (2,j-yr) at £5 17s 6d, 28 A.A. steers (2D at £5 - 11s; 19 ditto at £4 15s; 53 Hereford bullocks at £6 2s; 34 A.A. steers (3s) at £7 8s; 14 steers at £7 ss; 9 A.A. steers at £fi 14s; .70 do. at £2 18s; 11 steers (2i) at £6; 12 A. A. steers at £4 11s; 19 Heroford steers' at £6 17s 6d; 19 A.A. cows at £3 9s; 10 2-yr steers at £3 17s; 22 18 months steers at £1 12s. STORE SHEEP.

Account E. Bcazer, 67 m.a. owes at 25s 3d. Account 11. E. Port, 119 2-4tli owes r.w.r. at 27s 3d. Account L. Nitschke", 185 ewe hoggets at 20s Btl. Other quotations: 89 5-6 yr owes r.w.r. at 16s 6d; 100 wether lambs at 10s; 152 do. at 11s 6d; 23 4-syr ewes r.w.r. at 15s 9d; 98 syr ewes r.w.r. at 14s sd; 95 2th 1 ewes at 50s; 49 do at 26; 80 wether lambs at 15s 6d; 59 2th ewes at 28s 3d; 300 2th ewes at 3Cs; 126 2th owes at 27s 6d. FAT SIIEEP.

Wethers.- —Account Arbon Bros., 21 at 22s scl. Account J. A. T. Brown, 12 at 26s 6cl. Account Anderson Est., 12 b.l.’s at 22s Id. Account J. A. Toogood, 12 at 265. Other prices: 20 at 21s 8d; 14 b.f.’s at 23s 2d, 22 at 24s 3d, 23 at 24s 3d, 29 at 24s 7d, 8 b.t.’s at 26s 10d, 2 at 28s, 23 at. 25s lOd, 10 at 25s 3d. T ■ Lambs. —Account P. IT. Badcy, 14 at 19s 7d, 10 at 23s 3d. Account R. Anderson, 3 at 245. Account 11. ELcry, 80 at 20s 3d. Ewes. —Account J. A. T. Brown, 12 at 19s 2d and 6 at 18s'9d. Account Anderson Es\, 14 at 16s 6d. Account 11. Ellery. 44 at 16s 9d, 10 at 18s Id, 7 at 21s. Other prices: 19 (4ths) at 19s Id, 5 at 24s 7d, 43 at 19s, 12 at 14s 9d, 6 at 15s Id, 18 at 14s Bd. Account W. J. Corpe, 5 at 21s 6d. AUCTIONEERS’ REPORT. The Associated Auctioneers report: — There was a large ottering ot stock, and in the store sheep section the entry totalled approximately SUOO sheep, as against a little under 4000 last week. Tho inquiry was firm lor all sound-mouth lines at prices quite on a par with last week’s rates, top woolly, black face lambs making 21s; top woolly wether lambs, 15s 6d; medium owe lambs, 16s 8d to 20» fid; store wethers, 21s to 225; 4 and 5-yr ewes r.w. Southdown rains, 15s 9d to 16s lOd. In -the fat sheep section 729 head were yarded, . and prices were up about Is per head on last week, which we attribute to a good attendance of buyers, including one or two outside butchers who were operating on the better [ions. Run cattle: Yesterday was really the annual autumn cattle fair, but the yarding, which comprised 1041 head, was smaller than that of recent years. The entry comprised three or four pens of 3j and. 4g-year bullocks, the balance of the being occupied by 1J; and 22-year cattle, with a few odd pens of c-ows and heifers. Wiih the exception of two or three pens of good condition cattle which sold under reasonable competition, the market was dead, and a most disappointing' sale resulted, values showing a drop on recent sales. However, in most cases vendors were prepared to meet the values of -the day and the bulk of the yarding changed hands. In the dairy section there was a small yarding, and the quality, very mixed, very few “classy” cattle coining forward. A keen inquiry was evident for better sorts of dairy stock at very firm rates. In tho boner pens, the usual yarding of cows and heifers sold under good competition and recent rates wore fully maintained. In die beef section there was a full yarding of good quality pons cl station cows’ and heifers, and the usual pumbor of ex-dairy sorts. Competition was reasonably firm for the primer quality and prices were very similar to last week’s sale. Wo quote: Fat lambs, 20s 3d. 23s 3d, 23s Bd. 24s 24,? 7d; lat wethers, 21s Bd, 22,5 Id, 2&;2d, 255.10 d. 265, 26s 6d, 235; fat ewes, 14s Bd, 16s 6d, 18s 9d, 19s' Id; 2 ill owes, 20«, 26-. 27s 3d, 30s; 4 and 5-yr otvee, r.w. S.D., 15e 9d, 16s lOd, 20s, 20s~ 3d; 5 and 6-yr ewes, r.w. S.D., 14s sd, 16s 6d, 17s Id; b.f. lambs, 15s lOd, 17s sd, 21s;- do., medium, 12s 10d, 14s 6d; woolly wether lambs, 13.*, 3d, 14ri, 15,3 3d, 15s fid; owe lambs, 17s 4d, 17s sd, 18s, 20s fid; wethers, 21s. 225, 22s lOd. Dairy cows, £7 15s, £l2; dairy heifers, £6 15s £8 2,5 fid. £9; potter cows, £1 ss, £1 15£ £3, £3 2s 6d, £4; fat run cows, £4 lfic-, £5 IQs, £6 2s 6d, £7, £8 2s 6d; fat cows ex-dairv, £3 2s 6d, £3 15s, £4, £4 12s 6d. £4 17s 6d, £s,' £5 7s 6d, £6; fat. bullocks, £6 17s fid, £7, £7 15?. £8 11s, £lO 4s; weancr Jersey heifers, £2, £3, £3 3s; 18-mos. 15. A.l 5 .A. electa, £3 13s, £3 15s,

£4. £4 ss: 2J-vr P.A. steers, £5 Ift',, £5 11s. £5 13s, £5 16s, £5 17s 6d. £6; Here, heifers, £4 17s 6d; l’.A. bullocks, £6 14s, £7 Is, £7 frt, £7 Bs, £9 6s; Here, bullocks, C 6 2s 6d, £6 17s 6d; empty run cows, £2. £2 15s, £2 18s; run cows r.w. P.A. bull, £2 4s, £2 10a, £3 9s.