WINTON STOCK SALE.

Otautau Standard and Wallace County Chronicle, Volume 1, Issue II, 10 May 1905, Page 3

WINTON STOCK SALE.

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As foreshadowed m our special stock report published jn 'another column, store sheep suffere'l : a deoKrie at (Hie Winton Stock Sale on Tb*^4 ft y*^ t A , * as a beautifully fine day and there was !ailar?3f attendance of farmers;, but m sympathyAwitb tbe fall of prices up nor h, it was a dragging sale and a large number of the pens \vei'e passed at the time of offerin?, althbugti.so.hi-vof them sold privately afterwards* : The decline was noticed m ewes : of all ages;but''prihiipally old, younor ewes falling iroih 2} jov4"*i at least, and old suffering to the f>xt irit of ;ffom 4- to 6s. Hogget? also Rufitered to a-, obtain extent, as much as Is m tops : and" 2s m inferior v '- 7 sorts. Wether*, on -the contrary, wei'e m good demand, and sold at fully *np to late rates. Cattle, though largely m evidence, experienced a 'dull* 1 market, but still owners accep ed the prices offered and most of the entries changed hands It imy be said, however, that cattle sold cheaper than they have been known to do at these yards for many years.. ■■■ Following are the prices realised';; *c- ■;';.[

Sheen-1,8.201 entered Yonng ewes, from 16s ld to 2os \)o\d ewes, 3s 6d to 12s 6d ; fat ewes, 14s 9d ; lambs, good, from 14s to 16s 8d ; fat lambs, 17s; inferior, 83 4d to "l '"Is 6d; store wethers from 14s to 18s 8d; fat wetbers up to 3la. Young raras-of

which there were a few entered— sold at from one to three guineas. Four nice ram lambs fetched 2£ guineas. Cattle -220 entered. Forward bullocks £3 12s 6d tj £6 15s ; 3-yr old bullocks £3 to £5 17- 6d. A line of 20 2-yr old steers and heifers brought £2 3s ; fat cows, £7 13s ; 2 and 3-yr old heifers 60s ; yearlings 20s to , 255. '