TINWALD MARKET

Ashburton Guardian, Volume XLIV, Issue 9875, 24 July 1923, Page 5

TINWALD MARKET

high prices realised.

>R EWE AND WETHER MUTTON

The outstanding feature of the stock sale at Tinwald this morning te further sharp advance for ewe and wether mutton, the prices m many of the lines being up to 4s higher th those obtained last week. Th onened with a pen of 15 ewes, unicii S at 27s 7d, and the price soared, for very prime stuff, to 31s 6d 34s 3d, and at one stage to 3/s for phenomenally good ewes. There were, however, quite a number of lines v/hich brought only 17s to 19s and thereabouts, showing that buyers ume yery discriminating, and prepaied to p!7the prtce only where the general quality and weight warranted it T 1 fat ewes yarded numbered 235, ali being told at auction. Of the 154 wethers offered, only 35 were passed in. 'She sale for wethers opened spiritedly at 42s 3d for a select line of 10 the jjext highest price being 38s 6d lor a similarly-sized line. The sale for wethers was a splendid one almost ail through, though, perhaps, at one stage, they slackened off a little. The following were the sales of —ls at 27s 7d, 12 at 23s 9d, 11 at 27s 9d, 14 at 23s 6d 13 at 2os Id, 13 at 24s 3d. 4 at 31s 6d, 8 at 26s 3d 4at 17s 9d, 12 at 19s, 10 at 19s 14 at 19s 3d, 16 at 17s, 10 at 3/s, 11 at 375, 11 at 34s 3d, 14 at 31s 6d,13 at 27s Bd, 8 at 24s 2d, 20 at 28s Wethers—lo at 42s 3d, 10 at 38s 6d, 2 at 36s 9d, 15 at 35s 9d, 13 at 35s lid, 12 at 35s Id, 14 at 34s Id, 11 at 24s 9d, 13 at 33s 9d, 8 at 33s 3d, 6 at 32s Id, 5 at 34s 9d, 10 at 36s 3d. Stores yarded totalled about 800, mostly ewes and lambs. There were a few wethers and hoggets. There was a 'small and _ somewhat ragged entry of cattle. Prices were: fat cows £4 to £5 ss, fat heifers £4 ss' to £4 12s 6d, fat steer £4 12s 6H, springing cows £2 5s to £4 7s 6d; cow in profit, 255; cow, due to calve, £7 2s 6d.