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Wairarapa Times-Age, 3 September 1938, Page 3

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FEILDING SALE HIGH PRICES FOR CATTLE (By Telegraph—Press Association.) FEILDING, September 2. Record high prices over a considerable period were paid for fat cattle at the Feilding stock sale today. There was an excellent demand for prime ox and heifer beef. One line of splendidly prime P.A.-Hereford cross heifers brought £l3 17s. A very steady demand for all stock met a rather small yarding, practically everything in the yards selling under the hammer. A considerably reduced offering of fat sheep was soon taken by the butchers with a slight appreciation ruling in the case of prime ewes and wethers. For store sheep more or less unchanged prices prevailed on a firm market. All beef cattle sold particularly well. Quite good prices were paid for select dairy stock, while store cattle were firm at recent rates. Prices were: —

Fat sheep: Hoggets, prime, 21s to 225; lighter, 17s 6d to 18s Id; others, 14s 6d; extra prime wethers, 30s 4d, 30s sd; prime, 27s to 28s 3d; medium sorts, 25s 6d to 26s 9d; others, 17s 3d to 24s 6d; ewes and wethers, 28s Id; prime ewes, 18s 6d to 21s 6d; lighter prime, 17s to 18s 4d; unfinished, 12s 6d to 16s; prime maiden ewes, 22s to 255.

Store sheep: Wether hoggets, good. 20s to 20s 7d; second grade, 17s to 18s 7d; small, 13s 7d to 16s 3d; best ewe hoggets, 31s 3d to 34s 7d; well-grown, 30s to 30s lOd; smaller sorts, 26s 6d to 28s; inferior, 19s 9d; b.f., 13s 7d to 16s 10s; two-tooth ewes, 22s 3d to 23s 3d; b.f. two-tooths, 21s; fattening ewes, 8s lOd to 15s 2d; two-tooth wethers, 23s 9d; ewes and lambs, 25s 6d. Dairy cattle: Select springing, £l2s to £l2 ss; good, £8 to £9 15s; others, £4 15s to £7 17s 6d; heifers in milk. £3 to £8; choice springing cows, £lO to £l2; others, £4 10s to £7 15s. Store cattle: Forward cows, £3 15s to £5 15s; boners, £1 to £3 10s; yearling heifers, best, £3 16s to £4- ss; small, £1 7s 6d to £3 10s; yearling Holstein steers, £2 10s to £4 19s; yearling P.A. heifers, £3 ss; potter bulls, £3 10s to £5 ss.

Fat cattle: Medium prime ox, £ll 12s 6d; extra prime P.A. and Hereford heifers, £l2 16s to £l3 17s; second quality, £lO to £ll 15s; others, £6 10s to £8 15s; prime P.A. cows, £lO to £ll ss; good, £7 15s to £9 15s; light, £6 5s to £7; ex-dairy sorts, £4 12s 6d to £7. Pigs: Weaners, 15s to £1 9s 6d; slips, £1 5s to £1 16s; stores, 17s to £2 Is; sows, £2 17s 6d to £3 7s 6d. CARTERTON SALE. GOOD COMPETITION FOR PIGS. Messrs Wright Stephenson and Co., Ltd., report:—We held our weekly sale at Carterton yesterday when a fairly big yarding was offered to the usual attendance. Pigs met with good competition and bidding was very brisk. Sheep made late rates. Springing cows and heifers met with a good enquiry, but fat and store cattle were slightly easier. The following prices were realised: — Sheep: Heavy prime b.f’s., to 28s lOd; f.rri. ewes r.w. S.D. rarris, to 18s 6d; Woolly wether hoggets, 19s to 225; b.f. hoggets, 16s 6d to 18s 6d; do. (small), to 13s 6d; m.s. hoggets, to 15s; Corriedale ewe hoggets, to 21s 6d. Cattle: Choice 2-yr. Jersey heifers, out of dam that had done over 3001 b. butterfat, £7 10s to £lO 10s; 2-yr. Jersey heifers on drop, £6 2s 6d to £8 ss; Jersey cows on drop, £7 to £9 10s; small springing heifers, £4 10s to £5 17s 6d; fat heifers, £5 to £6 12s 6d; fat cows, £4 10s to £6 15s; forward cows, £2 12s 6d to £4; store cows, 30s to £2 ss; cull cows, 5s to 255. Pigs: Weaners (small), 17s to 18s 6d; (medium), 19s to 21s 6d; (good), 22s to 255; slips, 25s to 28s; store pigs, 29s to 335; light porkers, 34s to 38s; porkers, £2 to £2 ss; baconers, to £2 18s; sows to farrow, to £3 12s.