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Wairarapa Times-Age, 16 August 1941, Page 3

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SALE AT FEILDING BUSINESS COMPARATIVELY GOOD. DESPITE UNPLEASANT WEATHER. (By Telegraph—Press Association.) t _ FEILDING, August 15. i Particularly unpleasant weather pre- - vailed for the Feilding sale today, the - attendance being affected considerably. Business, however, was comparatively , good, practically all stock being sold ■’ under the hammer. Mutton generally - was lighter in weight than the previ--1 ous week, and on this basis prices - were improved. quotations being practically on a level with those of a s’ week ago. r Store sheep were a little neglected ■> because of lack of quality. The of- , fering of good ewe hoggets sold read--1 ily, but owes hardly measured up to I purchasers’ requirements. The top price for ewe hoggets was 325, with se1 cond grade lines at from 24s 7d. , Black-face hoggets brought to 14s lOd. ’ and white faces to 17s Id. Four-year , ewes made 26s Id, and five-year to 19s ■ 6d, the latter price being well down on ; last week. Run cattle attracted considerable • bidding, well-grown lines selling at firm rates. Good three-year A.A. steers brought £7 Ils, smaller two-year sorts going at £6 7s to £6 16s. Good yearling A.A. steers made from £5 15s to £5 17s, and heifers from £3 14s to £4 17s. Shorthorn heifers sold at £4 9s. A heavy penning of dairy stock held firm at satisfactory prices, the best heifers changing hands at up to £l3 10s. Cows were mainly low grade, and only made to £6 15s. Beef was easier, the prime heavy weight sorts of the previous week being missing. Prime cows realised to £9 2s 6d, and heifers to £8 17s 6d. Light steers brought £lO 17s 6d. Pigs again met with a good sale. | Prices are: — I Fat sheep: Extra prime wethers, 29s j 7d to 30s 4d, prime 27s lOd to 29s Id, others 25s 4d to 26s lOd, extra prime ewes 20s 4d to 25s 7d, prime 16s lOd to 19s 4d, lighter 13s 6d to 15s Bd, prime hoggets 22s Id to 24s Id, lighter 15s 4d to 18s 7d. Lambs: Prime 28s lOd. others 19s lOd to 21s lOd. Store sheep: Good ewe hoggets 32s 4d, second grade 24s 7d to 28s 2d, wether hoggets 14s lOd ■ to 17s Id, black face do. 14s 2d to 14s . lOd, mixed age ewes 245, five-year do. , 15s 6d to 19s 6d, two-tooth do. 335, four-year do. 26s Id. ' Store cattle: Three-year A.A. steers, £6 16s to £7 Ils, two-year do. £5 17s ' to £6 7s, yearling do. £4 10s to £5 15s, yearling A.A. heifers £3 14s to £4 17s, Shorthorn heifers £4 9s, yearling Jersey heifers £2 17s 6d to £3 ss, pot- ' ter cows £3 2s 6d to £4 2s 6d. Fat cattle: Medium cows £8 2s 6d to £9 2s I fid, light £6 12s fid to £7 17s 6d. exdairy cows £4 5s to £6 ss, light heifers, £8 2s Gd to £8 17s 6d, others £4 j. 17s 6d to £7 17s 6d, medium prime steers, £7 Ils to £lO 17s 6d. Dairy § cattle: Good springing heifers £ll 10s | to £l3 10s, others £5 10s to £9 10s, | springing cows £6 to £9 10s. < Pigs: Weaners, good 15s Gd to 18s fid, small Bs, slips 21s to 265, stores to | 34s 6d, porkers 47s to 495, sow and Jitter of seven £3 10s. *

CARTERTON SALE COWS AND HEIFERS IN DEMAND. PIGS ON PAR WITH LATE RATES. Messrs Wright, Stephenson and Co., Ltd., report as follows: A good yarding of cattle and pigs came forward at our Carterton sale yesterday. Cows and heifers showing quality and condition sold well up to late rates, but late calvers and cows lacking condition were hard to quit. Pigs sold on a par with late rates. The following are some of the realisations: Sheep: Fat hoggets, 24s to 26s 6d. Cattle: Jersey cows on drop, £8 to £l2; springing cows, £5 to £8 10s; Jersey heifers on drop, £9 to £ll 15s; springing heifers, £6 18s to £8 15s; yearling Jersey heifers, £4 2s 6d to £4 las; .yearling Ayrshire heifers, to £5; fat heifers. £5 to £6; fat cows, £4 15s to £5 Gs; forward cows. £3 10s to £4 10s: store cows, £2 Gs to £3. Pigs: Baconers, to £3 3s; porkers, to £2 ss: light porkers, to 325; store pigs, 24s to 28s 6d; slips, 17s. 17s 6d to 22s Gd; weaners (good) 17$/ to 19s, (medium) 14s to 16s, (small) 10s to 13s; choppers, £3 to £3 10s; sow with litter, to £5 10s.