STOCK VALUES

Sun (Auckland), Volume 1, Issue 110, 30 July 1927, Page 12

STOCK VALUES

FEILDING SALE Press Association. FEILDING, Friday. At the Feilding stock sale fat sheep, including some extra good ewes, met with keen competition and sold at advanced prices. There was a very small yarding of store sheep, the majority being of inferior quality, and bidding was not as keen as last\veek. Ewes in lamb barely maintained late rates. Only a few pens of good quality hoggets were forward, and they sold well, but several pens of inferior quality hoggets were not in keen demand. Fat hoggets realised 18s to 28s; fat ewes, 20s 3d to 29s 2d; fat maiden ewes and wethers, 26s to 295; fat wethers, 31s to 32s 6d; inferior mixed sex hoggets, 10s 3d to 15s 2d; inferior wether hoggets, 10s to 12s 9d; fair, 19s 2d to 19s lOd; small ewe hoggets, 15s 2d to 19s 6d; medium, 22s 7d; fair, 255; inferior and small twotooth wethers, 19s lOd; forward twotooth wethers, 26s Id; failing-mouth ewes running with Southdoyn rams. 15s to 25s 6d; small lot of very good class Romney ewes in lamb to Southdown, 30s; failing-mouth Lincoln ewes in lamb to Romney rams, 245. There was a small yarding of fat cattle for which demand was not keen. Prime fat bullocks made up to £lO 2s 6d; good, fat cows, £5 15s to £6 7s 6d; light fat Hereford heifers. £5 11s 6d; medium fat cows, £5 ss. A Large yarding of dairy cattle of poor quality met with a poor sale and the prices realised were below late rates.