Feilding Live Stock Sale

Manawatu Times, Volume 69, Issue 52, 4 March 1944, Page 6

Feilding Live Stock Sale

BREEDING EWE INQUIRY STILL FIRM LITTLE CHANGE IN STORE LAMB ! VALUES Interest in yesterday’s Feilding live stock sale was largely centred upon : the breeding ewe and store lamb values j which in the course of the selling reflected no material change on late quotations. The yarding of ewes was heavy and while condition was lacking in some instances the sheep were ot good quality. Good two-tooths experienced a strong demand at values close to, and in instances up to, ewe fair prices. A largo offering of store lambs came forward and these sold on a market which was quite buoyant, helped perhaps by the arrival of welcome rains. In the case of fat stock the market was by no means over supplied in view of tho introduction of meat rationing which operates from Monday next. Yesterday’s sale was the last on an unrestricted market and the entries were evidence of the caution adopted by vendors in facing this entirely new situation. Butchers, too, reflected a degree of caution in their operations in the knowledge that rationing will inevitably reduce the turnover. In most of tho sales prices for mutton registered an easing on last week’s rates, while beef sales were largely confined to exdairy sorts, there being but one or two transactions with station beef. The indications are that the fat stock market is likely to be unsteady for a week or two pending some data becoming available as to local and district consumption of meat. Fat Sheep. Between 300 and 400 head of fat sheep were yarded to experience a keen enough demand but at lower prices for mutton. A cautious tone was evident throughout. Prices were:—Wethers: 32 at 23s 30d, 22 at 25s lOd, 14 at 21s lOd, 10 at 24s Id, 32 at 19s lid, 5 at 21s lOd, 3 at 19s lOd, J2 at 14s lOd, 20 at 19s lOd, 14 at 18s lOd, 9 at 23s lOd, 10 at 22s lOd, 15 at 21s 7d, 32 at 22s 4d. Hoggets: 3 at 22s lOd. Ewes: 7 at 12s Gd, 3 at Bs, G2 at 17s 4d, 10 at 33s 7d. Blackfaces: 22 at 39s 4d, 3 at 176 lOd, 19 at 22s 30d. Lambs from 18s lOd, 20s lOd, 26s 4d to 2Ss 4d. Breeding Ewes. Prices were unchanged for breeding ewes, the market beiug quite firm for all sheep showing quality despite a lack of condition. The realisations were:— 2-th ewes: 242 a/c E. E. Short at 25s 9d; 35 a/c Warburton Est. at 29s 2d; 3G at 19s 2d; 107 a/e Clare Est. at 235; 7S a/c T. Simpson at 31s Gd; 50 at 2Gs 9d; 37 at 25s 9d; 53 at 295; 43 at 28s; SO at 28s 6d; 175 a/c W. J. Slack at 325; 70 at 23s 9d; 52 at 20s 3d; 102 at 21s; 86 a/c Brown Est. at 30s 3d; 96 at 25s 6d; 79 at 25s 6d; 124 at 21s 6d; 100 at 21s; 40 at 19s. 4 year ewes: 400 a/c W. H. Gaisford at 22s Id; 200 a/c IT. S. Lumsden at 23s 2d; 99 at 16s 3d; 132 at 20s; 138 at 22s 4d; IS3 at 17s 9d. 5-year ewes: 127 at 9s; 160 at 16s 3d; 109 at 16s; 85 at 10s Gd; 72 at 15s lOd; 51 at 12s 9d; 96 at 12s 7d; 183 at 34s 8d; 70 at Ss lOd; S 5 at 13s; 70 at 12s Gd; 180 at 18s 4d; 123 at 21s Od; 116 at 14s sd. Other classes; 6-tooth, 285 at 17s Gd; 4 and 5-year, 92 at 17s lOd; 300 at 16s 9d; 3 22 at 13s Id; m.a., S 9 at 14s sd; 52 at 20s Gd; 9S at 18s; 192 at 12s Sd; 69 at IDs 6d; 6-year, 134 at 7s Sd. Store Lambs. Values operating for store lambs compared favourably with those ruling last week, there being but a very slight easing registered. Realisations were: Wether lambs, 129 at 14s Oil, 153 at 15s Bd, 96 at 13s, 74 at 13s 3d, 347 at 16s, 253 at 12s 3d, 250 at 32s 3d, 232 at 11s lOd, 82 at 13s 3d, 120 at 16s Gd, 233 at 12s sd, 130 at 35s Id, 36 at 14s Id, 202 at 14s 9d; blackface lambs, 315 at 16s, 112 at 13s Bd, 177 at 15s Id, 188 at 14s, 175 at 17s, 101 at 16s, 235 at ISs lOd; 2-th wethers, 18 at 17s 7d, 73 at 20s lOd, 100 at 19s. Fat Cattle. Butchers were not very active in tho fat cattle section where some of the pens of station beef were passed in. A line of medium conditioned steers changed hands at £ll 6s and Aberdeen Angus cows and heifers sold at £7 12s and £8 2s 6d respectively. Ex-dairy eowp sold as follow: £3 17s 6d, £4 12s 6d, £4 17s 6d, £5 2s 6d, £5 7s 6d, £5 12s 6d, £6 7s 6d to £7 7s Gd; odd steers, £7 12s 6d; ex-dairy heifers, £5 2s Gd to £5 10s. Station Cattle. Only three pens of station cattle changed hands. A pen of 16 A.A. cows with calves at foot sold at £6 2s 6d. 1 A.A. heifers numbering 20 brought £7 4s and another pen of 23 sold at £6. j Store Cattle. Entries were light in tlie store cattle |

section, boner cows selling as follow: 37s 6d, £3 4s, £4 to £4 2s Gd; Jersey steers, £4; bulls to £G ss. Dairy Cattle. Business was very quiet in this department with one springing cow selling at £B, 18-mths. heifers at £5 10s and Jersey weaner heifers at 35s to £2 ss.