STOCK MARKET

Wairarapa Times-Age, 3 December 1938, Page 3

STOCK MARKET

FEILDING SALE. (By Telegraph—Press Association.) . FEILDING, December 2. There was a depressed market at the Feilding stock sale today, with only moderate offerings. Hoggets were in principal supply in the mutton section, and for these, together with ewes, values remained at late rates. Wethers were a little easier on last week’s rates, and a very small entry of store sheep attracted little attention, prices being unchanged, but for store cows and yearling heifers there was a fair demand at better values. Run cattle were practically unsaleable at auction, but considerable business was done later by private treaty at prices satisfactory to vendors. Some fairly well-finished beef was on hand, and though competition was not brisk prices were about the same as recent sales. CARTERTON SALE. LATE RATES MAINTAINED. Wright Stephenson and Co Ltd report that a good yarding of sheep, cattle and pigs came forward at Cartertori sale yesterday and was offered' to a large attendance. All classes sold well up to late rates and practically a total clearance was effected under the hammer at the following prices:— Ewes with b.f. lambs (all counted), 14s to 14s 9d; fat shorn ewes, Ils 9d to 12s 3d; fat b.f.’s, 15s 2d to 19s 2d; fat wethers, 19s 6d to 21s 3d; store woolly ewes, to 12s 7d; b.f. 2ths, 13s lOd to 14s; small shorn wether hoggets, 10s 7d to 10s 9d; shorn 2 and 4th wethers, 14s lOd to 16s lOd. Cattle: Jersey cows, just calved, £5 to £7 10s; Jersey heifers on drop, £6 to £7 15s; Jersey heifers just calved, £4 10s to £5 12s 6d; fat bullocks, to £lO 12s 6d; fat cows, £4 10s to £6 12s 6d; forward cows, £3 2s 6d to £4; store cows, 38s to £2 10s; cull cows, 20s to 325; cows and’ calves, £4 to £5 3s; bulls, £3 5s to £4 10s. Pigs: Weaners (small), 14s to 16s 6d; weaners (medium), 17s to 20s; weaners (good), 21s to 245; slips, 24s 6d to 265; store pigs, 27s to 28s 6d; light porkers, 29s to 325; porkers, 36s to 41s; baconers, £2 12s to £3 Is; choppers, 20s to 355.