STOCK MARKET

Wairarapa Times-Age, 20 January 1940, Page 3

STOCK MARKET

FEILDING SALE. STORE SHEEP IN DEMAND. (By Telegraph—Press Association.) FEILDING, January 19. Store sheep were again in quite good demand at the Feilding sale today, a heavy entry of lambs selling freely. The cattle market was quiet, and the mutton market was backward. Fat. sheep: Some excellently-finished ewe and wether mutton was on offer, but because of the absence of buyers, there was a lack in demand and a consequent drop in values. Extra prime wethers made 22s 2d to 23s 8d; prime,, 20s to 225; light and unfinished, 15s 7d to 19s; extra prime ewes, 13s to 14s; second grade, Ils 3d to 13s; prime maiden ewes, 16s; prime ewes and wethers, 22s 9d; extra prime lambs, 23s 3d; prime. 21s 3d to 21s 6d; unfinished, 17s lOd and 18s 9d. Store sheep: Lambs were heavily represented in this section, and splendid quality lots made high figures. All fresh-looking and well-grown lots at-1 tracted attention, both in the case for black face and Romney lambs. For the top quality lines prices were up on those of last week. First quality woolly black-face lambs made 18s lOd to 19s; good and shorn, 15s Id to 16s; smaller, 12s to 14s; choice shorn whiteface lambs, 18s 2d; second quality, 14s 8d to 16s 9d; smaller, Ils 9d to 13s 6d; culls. 6s 9d to 10s 6d; ewe lambs, 18s 9d; two-tooth ewes, 21s 3d; forward wethers. 16s 6d. Store cattle: Slow inquiry was shown for cattle, the penning being a small one of a few run stock and the usual assortment of farmers’ lines. Good two-year A.A. steers made £6; backward sorts, £4 7s 6d; yearling A.A. heifers, £2 7s 6d; Red Polled Cows. £3 17s 6cl; works cows, heavy, £3 16s to £4 7s; others. £1 10s to £3 10s.

Fat cattle: The usual hot weather decline in beef values was shown, prices being back considerably on the sales of a few weeks ago. A.A. cows and heifers made £7 Is to £7 2s 6d; second grade, £5 10s to £6 15s; light Red Poll cows, £5 to £5 17s 6d; Jersey cows. £4 10s to £5; prime A.A. heifers, £7 Ils to £8 2s 6d; second quality, £5 17s to £6 2s 6d; light A.A. steers, £6.

Dairy cattle: The dairy market was quiet, with a very small entry. First quality lines sold very well, however, Good springing heifers made £6 10s; cows, £7 15s; heifers in milk. £4 15s; weaner Jersey heifers. £2 15s. Pigs: A drop in the quality of the pigs offered resulted in a decline in prices, though good lots held firm. Poor weaners made 3s to 8s; good, 12s to 14s; slips, 19s to 21s: stores, 26s to 30; porkers, 41s.

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 Carterton sale yesterday, and .was offered to a fair attendance. Sheep, cattle and fat pigs sold on a par with late rates, but store pigs 'and weaners were hard to quit. We quote:— Sheep: Prime heavy fat woolly wethers, to 295; prime heavy fat woolly ewes, to 31s 6d; light fat lambs, to 18s; fat lambs, 20s to 21s; fat ewes Ils 6d to 15s; fat wethers, 22s 9d to 23s 6d; store ewes, 6s, 8s to 9s 7d; shorn wether lambs, 4s to 6s 6d; small b.f. lambs, 5s to 8s lOd; m.s. lambs, 5s to 6s 9d; forward ewes, 9s lOd to Ils; woolly wether lambs, to 15s 7d: b.f. rape lambs, 14s 6d to 16s; woolly ewe lambs, to 15s; 2-th wethers, to 15s Bd. Cattle: Fat heifers. £5 3s, £5 10s to £5 18s: fat cows, £5, £5 2s 6d, £5 6s, £5 10s to £6: forward cows, £3 10s to £4 16s: store cows, £2 to £2 18s; cows and calves, £3 5s to £3 10s; bulls, £3 10s, £4 2s 6d to £4 10s; heavy bulls, £9 5s to £ll. Pigs: Weaners (good), 12s 6d to 17s; weaners (medium), 10s to 12s; weaners (small), 6s to 9s 6d; slips, 15s to 20s; store pigs, 21s to 23s 6d; light porkers, 25s to 29s 6d; porkers, 32s to £2 7s; baconers, £3 to £3 7s; sows r.w.b., 20s to 30s; p.b. Berkshire sow with litter of eight, to £7.