Feilding Stock Sale

Manawatu Times, Volume 62, Issue 25, 30 January 1937, Page 12 (Supplement)

Feilding Stock Sale

HEAVY OFFERING OF STORE SHEEP. MARKET GENERALLY FIRM. Close upon 29,000 sheep were yarded for the stock sale at Feilding yesterday, when the market was generally firm iu all departments. The sale of sheep opened with the market inclined to drag slightly, but as the selling proceeded values firmed and late rates were fully maintained with the business generally in favour of the vendors. Interest mainly centred upon the large offering of store lambs, the condition of which varied considerably and for the best lines bidding was keen and animated. The best of the ewe lamb*, a line of 174 from Massey College, made 32s 2d, while Colyton-bred wether lambs made to 22s 9d. The first of the breeding ewes came forward, mixed ages making to 30s, while a straight line of four-tooths realised 3d less. An entry of 6*yr. ewes made 22». Fat and forward station cattle, com prising special entries on account of N. J. Short and the Short Estate, made ill 15s and £ll 2s respectively. There was a small offering of station bred cattle, A.A. steers realising £7 and S.H. steers £6 17s. A few of the pens were passed as the bidding was short of the vendors' reserves. Dairy stock were in short supply and the quality of the stock was not of the best. Fat sheep: Wethers, 25s 2d, 25s 3d, 25s 4d, 25b sd, 25s 6d, 25s yd, 26s 2d, 26s 3d, 275, 27s 4d to 28s yd; ewes, 17s, 18s 7d, 18s yd, iys, lys Id, 19s 6d, 20b, 20s 6d, 21s 9d, 21s lOd, 22s to 275, and 31s 6d for extra prime lots; lambs, 23s 6d, 23s Bd, 23s 9d, 245, 255. Fat cattle: Heifers, £4 17s 6d; cows, £4 12s 6d, £4 Jss, £4 17s 6d, £5, £5 2s 6d, £5 ss, £5 7s 6d, £5 10s, £5 15s, £5 17s 6d, £6, £6 ss, £6 10s, £6 15s, £6 17s 6d; vealers, 255, £2 7s, £2 10s, £2 15s to £3 2s. Store sheep: Wether lambs, 10s, 11s lOd, 12s Bd, 14s Bd, 14s lOd, 15s, 15s 3d, 16s 6d (144 from Clare Estate), 17s 9d (247 from Clare Estate), 18s Id (260 from Hunterville), 19s Id (224 from W. G. Komley), 19s 4d, 20s 6d (162 from J. A. T. Brown), 20s 7d, 21s 7d (243 from Clare Estate), 22s 7d (384 from Y. B. Grotian, Pohangina), to 22s 9d (293 from A. Langdon, Colyton); ewe lambs, 23s 7d, 25a (155 from M. and G. Parker, Colyton), 25s Id (79 from W. G. Komley), to 32a 2d (174 from. Massey College); b.f. lambs, 16s Id, 17s, ITs- 9d, 18s*£d (322 trom E. Kerrigan), tb I9s 2d (151 from F. Lethbridge); breeding ewes, 18s, 24s 3d to 30s; 4-th. ewes, 29s 9d; 6-yr. ewes, 225. Store cattle: 40 3J-yr. f. and f. A.A. steers on account N. J. Short, £ll 15s; 40 4iyr. f. and f. Hereford steers on account Short Estate, £ll 2s; boner cows, £2 9s, £2 18s, £3 3s, £3 7s 6d, £3 11s, £3 17s, £3 19s; empty heifers, 30s, £2 15» to £3 13s 6d; weaner heifers, £2 11s, £2 15s; S.H. steers, £6 17s; A.A. steers, £7; A.A. heifers, £3 to £5. Dairy cattle: Springing heifers, £1 10a to £4 17s 6d; heifer, calved, £4; springing cows, £3 10s to £5.