STOCK MARKET

Wairarapa Times-Age, 25 March 1939, Page 3

STOCK MARKET

FEILDING SALE. FIRMER TONE FOR FAT SHEEP. (By Telegraph—Press Association.) FEILDING, March 24. A firmer tone was evident in the sale of fat sheep at the Feilding stock sale today, some good-quality ewes making increased prices. Lambs and wethers also were in good demand. Despite the fairly large entry, practically the whole of the offering was sold at auction. Store sheep were easier in price, mainly because of lack of quality. Attractive lines of two-tooth ewes were quite up to recent rates, but these were only a few of those offering. Aged ewes were not of the type required. Very few cattle were yarded in either the store or the beef sections, the sale for cattle in the beef section being slow. ■ CARTERTON SALE. SHEEP MAKE LATE RATES. Messrs Wright, Stephenson and Co. Ltd. report as follows': —We held our weekly sale at Carterton yesterday when a good entry of all classes of stock was submitted to a big attendance. Sheep made late rates with fat sheep firmer. Fat cows sold well, but store cows were easier. Springers were in demand. Pigs were in over supply, and prices were down accordingly. The following are prices:—

Sheep: —M.A. ewes, 7s 9d, Bs, 8s 3d, 9s to 9s 2d; f.m. ewes, 2s 9d, 4s 3d to 5s 3d;2-th ewes, to 20s; 2th wethers, to 14s Id; fat wethers, 17s Id to 20s 3d; f. and f b.f.’s, to 13s 3d; fat ewes, 8s 3d to Ils 2d; f. and f. ewes, to 6s 4d; b.f. lambs, 12s, 13s, 13s 8d to 13s 9d; small b.f. lambs, 7s lOd to 8s 6d. Cattle:—Heavy fat cows, £4 10s to £6; fat cows, £3 to £4 ss; fwd cows, £2 to £2 15s; store cows, 30s to 38s; cull cows, 10s to 21s; bulls, to £4_los; cows and calves, to £3 17s 6d.

Pigs:—Weaners (good), 6s to 8s; do. (medium), 4s 6d to 5s 6d; do. (small), 3s to 4s; slips, 10s to 14s; store pigs, 14s 6d to 16s 6d; light porkers, 17s to 20s 6d; porkers, 25s to £2 2s 6d; choppers, to 38s; baconers, to £3 3s.