Feilding Sale

Manawatu Times, Volume 62, Issue 38, 15 February 1937, Page 3

Feilding Sale

Messrs Abraham and Williams, Ltd., report extra large yardings of sheep of all classes, the total entry being estimated at over 30,000. A large percentage of the entry was comprised of hold-over quality lambs with a fair offering of lambs fit to fatten, tho latter selling freely at fully up to late rates, hold-over sorts hardly maintaining values ruling over the past two weeks.

Also included in the sheep entry was a fair entry of breeding ewes. In the main the quality and ago were of a doubtful nature, a largo proportion la this section being ewes that should have been fattened and frozen last season, this factor having a bad effect on general values received; nevertheless a few outstanding pens of breeders sold at almost up to late rates. Average pennings came to hand in tho fat sheep section and we report a general firming in this department. Cattle: Practically no run bred cattle came to hand. A large yarding of Jersey cows fit for potting and paddock purposes came forward and we report a good clearance in this section at full late rates. In the fat cattle section we yarded practically all cow beef ex the dairy and here we report a sound sale throughout when taking into consideration the extent of the penning. A fair entry of potter bulls sold freely at schedule rates. Quotations: — Fat Sheep: Wethers, 39s 3d, 19s fid, 22s 3d, 2Gs, 2fis fid, 275, 27s 9d; fat show wethers, 295, 30s, 31s, 325; fat ew r es, 17s 9d, 18s fid, 19s, 20s; lambs, 23s lOd, 24s fid, 255, 26s 9d. Store sheep: Wether lambs, 335, 14s 4d, 35s 3d, 15s 6d, 16s 3d, lfis 9d, 38s, 18s lid; ewe lambs, 17s Id, 17s lOd, 18s 7d, 245, 27s fid; wly. b.f. lambs, 11s 3d, 15s 7d, 16s Id, 39s 7d; 4-yr. ewes, 30s 9d; 5-yr. ewes, 19s 6d. 20s fid, 255, 265, 26s lOd, 27s Cd; G-yr. ewes, 39s 3d, 21s Od, 22s fid. Fat cattle: Runners, £2 15s; P.A. cows, £5 ss; fat cows, £3 12s Cd, £3 17s 6d, £4, £4 7s Cd, £4 30s, £4 12s Cd, £4 17s Gd, £5, £5 2s fid, £5 ss. Store cattle: Cows, £2 7s fid, £2 10s, £2 14s, £2 lfis, £3, £3 37s fid, £3 15s, £3 18s, £4 2s Cd; wnr. Jersey heifers, £2 10s, £3 Is, £3 ss; spg. cows, £5 2s fid.