STOCK MARKET

Wairarapa Times-Age, 5 August 1939, Page 3

STOCK MARKET

FEILDING SALE. RISE IN FAT SHEEP PRICES. (By Telegraph—Press Association.) ■d FEILDING, August 4. ; s The marked feature of the stock sale conducted in Feilding today was the decided rise in the prices for fat sheep, a special line of extra good quality ewes going up from 4s to a head. j. The entry was of particularly good quality, and. with freezing interests 6 and butchers operating freely, bidding 0 was spirited. Wethers were relatively g cheaper than ewes; nevertheless a firm 0 demand at higher prices was shown. 0 Lambs shared also in the advanced ra--3 tes for store sheep. The inquiry re2 rnained keen for better quality young q ewes, but aged lines not showing clean and in fresh condition were slow of 0 sale. Good ewe lambs made competitive rates. Mainly lamb values were unchanged. The small entry of store cattle did • not create much attention, boner cow prices again being strong, with a fair ) demand existing for the few head of 3 run stock yarded. Fat cattle made a 3 better sale, the top quality female beef 3 advancing in price. The finish on the > majority of the stock was not good, ’ most of it being lightweight. Outside ■ buyers were present at dairy section. > bringing keen competition for the bet--3 ter quality heifers. Cows nearing > profit and later calving sorts showed I no change in price. > Prices are:— > Sheep: Prime fat hoggets, 21s 8d to 22s 7d; good, 19s lOd to 21s; light, from 14s 9d; prime wethers, heavy 22s to 22s 3d, good weights 17s 6d to 20s 7d. light, ’ from 17s 3d; prime b.f., 22s 4d to 22s , 7d; good weights, 20s to 21s 7d; others [ from 17s 2d; prime maiden ewes, 21s ( 6d; prime ewes, to 24s Id, an extra good line 25s 3d, good 21s 3d to 235, ( light from 13s Id; two-tooth ewes, r.w. S.D. rams, 27s 6d to 30s 2d, others 25s to 26s 6d; two and four-tooth ewes, r.w. S.D. rams, 22s to 25s 6d; m.a., best 20s. others 12s 6d to 13s 7d, four-year 17s lOd to 20s 2d; ewe lambs, good 18s to 225, small Ils to 17s Id; wether lambs, 8s lid to 13s sd, b.f. 7s lOd to 13s; twotooth wethers, 10s 6d to 15s 6d. Cattle: Boner cows, £2 10s to £4; empty Jersey heifers, £2 Is to £3 10s; weaner heifers, £2 15s to £3; Jersey steers, £2 15s; Hereford cows, £3 10s; Jersey bullocks, £6 3s; Hereford steers, £5 10s; Shorthorn-Hereford cross cows, £4 Us; good conditioned Jersey bullocks, £10; P.A. bullocks, £9 12s 6d; P.A. heifers, £4 17s 6d to £6 10s; R.P. cows, £6 15s; P.A. heifers, £5 12s to £7 7s 6d; Jersey cows, £4 10s to £6 7s 6d; vealers, £2 7s 6d; runners, £3 12s 6d; choice springing heifers. £lO to £ll 10s; good, £6 15s to £8 15s; good springing cows, £8 5s to £10; average, £6 to £7 15s; backward, £4 to £5 10s. Pigs: Weaners, 19s to 275; slips, 26s to 34s 6d; stores, 31s 6d to 38s 6d; porkers, 375; sows. 23s 6d. CARTERTON SALE. FAT SHEEP AT LATE RATES. Messrs Wright Stephenson and Co., Ltd., report as follows: —A good yard- * ing of sheep, cattle and pigs came for- | ward at the Carterton sale yesterday | and was offered to a fair attendance. I Fat sheep sold well up to late rates. I In the cattle section dairy heifers | showing condition and quality sold well but other sorts were hard to quit. Pigs sold well. The following 9 are some of the realisations: — g Sheep: S.M. ewes, r.w. S.D. rams, to 15s; shorn ewe hoggets, to 16s; woolly ewe hoggets, to 245; fat hoggets, 18s 2d to 19s Id; fat wethers, to 255; fat ewes, to 20s. Cattle: 3-yr. Jersey heifers, £B, £8 10s, £lO, £ll to £l2; 3-yr. Ayrshire heifers, to £8 12s 6d; Jersey cows on drop, £7 10s to £9 10s: springing heifers, £5 to £7; Jersey cows in milk, £4 to £8 10s; forward cows. £2 10s to £3 10s; store cows, 30s to £2 6s. Pigs: Weaners, good, 19s to 235; medium, 14s to 18s 6d; small, Ils to 13s: slips, 15s 6d to 19s 6d; store pigs. 21s to 255; light porkers, 26s to 325; porkers, i 35s to £2 10s; baconers, to £2 16s. j