STOCK MARKET

Wairarapa Times-Age, 22 October 1938, Page 3

STOCK MARKET

FEILDING CATTLE FAIR (By Telegraph—Press Association.) FEILDING, October 21. About 5000 head of cattle flooded the Feilding saleyards today for the annual cattle fair. The sale attracted buyers from all parts of the North Island. The stock generally were in good condition, but the market was definitely slow. Reserves were obviously too high, and with the feed proposition not all that it might be in Hawke’s Bay and other parts, there was a decided tendency to hold off. Good quality and well forward aged cattle sold well, but small and backward-conditioned lines were neglected. Together with the heavy entry of cattle, about 4000 head of sheep were yarded, and for these late rates ruled. Realisations were:— Cattle: Three-year Hereford steers brought £9 11s to £9 17s 6d; well forward four and five-year Hereford bullocks, £ll 2s 6d; backward four-year do,. £8 ss; good two and thrfie-year P.A. steers, £7 6d to £7 16s; best three-year P.A. steers, £9 12s to £10; four-year mixed coloured bullocks, £8 2s 6d; mixed three-year steers, £6 5s to £7 17s; good two-year P.A. heifers, £5 15s; empty P.A. cows, £4 12s 6d. Store cattle: Good yearling Jersey heifers, £6 15s; others, £4 2s to £5 17s; two-year shorthorn heifers, £5; cows and calves, forward condition, £6; others, £3 16s to £4 Is; empty cows, heavy, to £4 14s; unfinished, £2 7s 6d to £3 3s 6d.

Store cattle: Forward two-year Red Poll steers made £8 15s to £9 ss; twoyear Hereford heifers, good £7 Ils, small, £4; two-year Shorthorn heifers, £5 17s; very good yearling P.A. steers £6 Ils to £7 Is, second quality, £5 10s to £6, others £4 2s to £5; yearling P.A. heifers, £4 5s to £4 15s. , Fat cattle: Medium prime P.A. cows £9 to £lO 16s, lighter prime £7 5s to £8 17s 6d; Shorthorn-Hereford cows £7 12s 6d to £8 13s 6d; light Jersey £5 10s to £6 10s.

Sheep: Prime ewes sold from 19s 3d to 20s 6d; second quality 16s 6d to 19s 9d, light 13s 9d to 16s; prime maiden ewes -24 s 6d; best hoggets, 25s 4d to 27s 6d, second grade 23s 7d to 24 Bd, others 10s 6d to 235; medium prime wethers, 24s to 25s 6d, light 18s 6d to 225. Pigs: Small weaners, Ils to 17s, others 18s to £1 6s 6d; slips £1 3s to £1 13s 6d; small stores £1 Is to £1 12s, others stores £1 17s; porkers £1 11s; light baconers, 27s 6d.

CARTERTON SALE. LATE RATES MAINTAINED. Messrs Wright Stephenson and Co., Ltd., report as follows: —A good yarding of sheep, cattle and pigs came forward at our Carterton sale yesterday and was offered to a larg’e attendance. All classes of stock sold well up to late rates and practically a total clearance was made under the hammer. Quotations: — ... ■ Sheep: Woolly wether hoggets (good), 22s 7d to 23s Id; woolly wether hoggets (medium), 18s 6d to 20s; small ewe hoggets, to 19s 7d; good ewe hoggets, 28s 6d to 30s 3d; ewes with lambs at foot (all counted), 12s 6d to 15s; small wether hoggets, 11s to 16s 3d; b.f. hoggets, 15s 7d to 17s 6d; fat woolly ewes, 17s, 19s to 19s 6d; store ewes, Ils 7d to 12s 3d; cull ewes, 4s 6d to 7s 9d; fat hoggets, 21s, 21s lOd to 24s 2d; fat wethers, 28s 3d to 30s. Cattle: Cows on drop, £8 5s to £lO 15s; heifers on drop, £5 ss, £8 5s to £9; 2-yr. Jersey heifers, just calved, £4 10s, £6 12s 6d, £7 to £7 10s; cows in milk, £4, £5 2s 6d to £6 ss; empty 2-yr. Jersey heifers, to £4; yearling Jersey heifers, £3 10s to £4 7s fid; fat Cows, £5, £6 10s to £7; forward cows, £3 5s to £4 17s 6d; store cows, £2 to £3 Is; cull cows, £6 to £10; cows and calves, £3 17s 6d to £5; fat heifers, £6 to £7 15s; yearling Jersey bulls, £3 to £6 12s 6d.

Pigs: Weaners (good), 21s to 245; (medium), 17s to 20s 6d; (small), 14s 6d to 16s; slips, 24s 6d to 28s 6d; store pigs, 29s to 335; light porkers, 35s to 38s; porkers, 39s to £2 4s 6d; baconers, to £3 4s.

EKETAHUNA SALE. Messrs Dalgety and Co., Ltd., report as follows on their weekly sale held at Eketahuna:—There was a fair yarding of cattle, most of which were dairy sorts and which sold well up to late rates. We report almost a total clearance. There were also a few pens of young station cattle. The quality of the pigs which were penned was good and these sold at rates above late realisations. Some of the prices realised were: —Cattle: Medium dairy cows, £6 10s to £8; 2-yr. springing heifers, £8 to £9; Jersey bulls, £5 to £8; P.A. steers, £5 3s 6d to £3 10s. Pigs: Good weaners, 31s down to 15s, according to quality.