STOCK MARKET

Wairarapa Times-Age, 5 April 1941, Page 8

STOCK MARKET

; FEUDING SALE i SLIGHTLY BETTER TONE. CATTLE SELL MORE FREELY. (By Telegraph—Press Association.) FEILDING, April 4. The trend of the market at Feilding today was slightly better than last week, though business was far from being good. Cattle sold a little more freely as did also better quality lambs. Quotations are:— Fat sheep: All mutton remained at . late rates with a not very extensive supply. Extra prime lambs, 21s Id; . prime, 19s Id. 19s 4d; unfinished. 15s 4d. i 17s lOd; prime ewes. 10s lOd, Ils 7d: lighter, 9s, 10s Gd; plain. 6s 7cl. 8s 3d; extra prime wethers. 24s 7d, 25s 7d: prime, 23s Id, 23s lOd; light, 21s lOd. Sheep: There was nothing outstanding offering in the way of two-tooths. ewes and adult sheep. Good lambs sold well. Best wether lambs, 16s. 17s 2d: smaller, 12s 9d. 14s; inferior, 8s 6d, 12s 6d; good b.f., 14s Id. 15s 8d; others. 10s lOd, 13s 9d; ewe lambs, good. 245; small. 13s fid, 15s Id; culls, 6s fid. 10s 7d; two-tooth wethers, 18s; small twotooth ewes, 235; plain. 14s; 4 and 5-yr. ewes, best, 12s 4d, 13s 7d; others, 6s Bd. 10s lOd; mixed ewes, Ils 6d. Cattle; Beef was an improvement in quality for station stock, but prices were backward on recent rates. Forward three-year A.A. steers, £7 11s. .£8; forward bullock, £9: two-year A.A. steers. £5 17s. £6 12s Gd; yearling A.A. steers, good, £5, £5 ss; smaller, £3 15s. £4 ss; yearling Jersey heifers, £1 15s, £2 12s 6d: works' cows, £2 I 10s. I Fat cattle: Late rates prevailed for beef, with a better clearance than last week. Medium prime cows. £6 17s 6d, £7 16s Gd; light. £6 2s 6d. £G 15s; unfinished, £3 17s Gd, £5 12s Gel; A.A. bullocks, medium, £9 12s 6d. £ll 12s 6cl; light. £7 12s Gel, £8 12s 6d; heifers, medium prime. £7 7s fid. £7 17s Gd; light, £5 12s fid, £6 12s 6d; runners. £4 ss, £5 6s Gd; vealers, 275. 30s. Dairy cattle: A few heifers made better sales. Springing heifers. £lO 15s; heifers in milk, £9 12s 6d. Pigs; Prices were again low for pigs. Weaners, small, 4s 6d; slips, 13s fid, 17s 6d; stores, 24s 6d. 265. CARTERTON SALE SHEEP MAKE GOOD VALUES. Messrs Wright Stephenson and Co., Ltd., report; There was a fair yarding at Carterton yesterday. Sheep made good values, especially lambs in condition. Fats sold well. Only a small entry of cattle came forward. Cows on the drop and dairy heifers made late values. Pigs sold well. The following are particulars:— Sheep: Fat wethers, 19s 9d to 225; light fat wethers, to 17s; fat lambs, 22s to 23s 4d; fat ewes, Ils to 14s; shorn ewe lambs, to 16s Id; woolly ewe lambs. 15s 9d to 19s 8d: shorn wether lambs, 15s to 17s Cd; b.f. lambs. Ills 7d to 18s 8d; small wether lambs, to 8s; small b.f. lambs. 9s 9d. 9s lOd to 10s 6d; medium wether lambs. 12s 9d to 13s 3d; medium shorn wether lambs, to 13s 9d; medium b.f. lambs. 14s fid to 14s 9d: 2-th. wethers, to 15s fid; s.m. ewes. Cs 3d to 7s. '

Cattle: Jersey cows on drop, £8 10s, £ll to £ll l.fis; springing Jersey heifers, £7 10s to £7 15s; Jersey heifers, just calved, to £4; Ayrshire heifers, r.w. bull, to £4 15s; Jersey cross heifers. r.w. bull, to £4 ss; Jersey heifer calves. £2 15s to £3 Ils. Pigs: Weaners (good). 9s to Ils: weaners (medium), 7s to 8s 6d; weaners (small), 5s to Gs 6d; slips, 13s to 18s; store pigs, 20s. 22s fid, 25s to 26s 6d; light porkers, 32s to 355; porkers, 38s, 40s, £2 2s to £2 9s; baconers, to £3 6s.

EKETAHUNA SALE LATE RATES REALISED. Messrs. Dalgety and Co.. Ltd., report on their Eketahuna sale held on Thursday, as follows; —A small entry of sheep came forward and were offered to a large attendance of buyers. Competition was good and all stock macle rates well up to those ruling of late. Mixed age ewes r.w. S.D., 18s; woolly wether-lambs, 13s 6d to 14s 3d; medium b.f. lambs, 13s 9d; cull ewes 4s 7d. We also offered several lines of sheep which came forward through the Eketahuna committee organisation of a stock drive. These sheep sold under spirited bidding and made prices in advance of those ruling of late. During the sale we also offered a Union Jack, the proceeds of which were to go to the Eketahuna district fund for the mobile canteen. Theer was a good response to this appeal’and bids ranged from 10s Gel to 5 guineas, and at the conclusion of the auction the sum of approximately £35 was realised.

The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co.. Ltd., report on their weekly sale held at Eketahuna as follows: —There was a fair entry of sheep including a number that were donated by the local farms for the local Patriotic Fund. A large number of implements and sundries were also offered and sold al late rates. The following were the chief prices obtained at auction:—Sheep: Shorn ewe lambs, 17s fid: small do., 8s; b.f. lambs. Sis 3d. Ills, to Ils 7d; woolly wether lambs. Ils 9d to 12s fid; small lambs, .'is Id. (is 3d. io 7s; Southdown rams. 2gns.: Romney rams. Ign.: fat wethers. 18s fid. 19s to 20s 6ci: fat ewes. His to Ils: fat iambs. 17s 6d to 19s. Pigs: Porkers. 20s; weaners, 12s to 13s. Sundries: Set discs. £l2 10s: harrows. £3 10s; jacks. £2 2s fid; sledge. £3; timber jack. £3 2s 6d: ton hay, £3: saddle, £2 17s.