LATE COMMERCIAL

Ashburton Guardian, Volume 51, Issue 131, 16 March 1931, Page 6

LATE COMMERCIAL

TINWALD EWE FAIR.

ONLY A SMALL YARDING. RANG E OF OPENING PRICES. There was only a small yarding at the annual ewe fail' held at Tinwald to-day. Last year the ynrding reached 40,000, hut to-day it was in the vicinity of 25,000. There was a large proportion of halfbred quality ejives, but despite a large attendance of Layers, prices were on a somewhat lower level than those realised last year. The sale opened slowly, and in the early stages many lines were passed in. As the sale advanced prices firmed a little, but later fell again, and on the whole the average was low considering the quality of a number of the pens. Up till 1 p.m. the top price was 16s 9d, for a pen of 384 2-tooth Corriedales, on account of Mr G. H. Grigg, "Stonylea." Another pen of 844 fine halfbred ewes on,account of another client brought 1.6 s 9d. Three-quarter-bred ewes in fair condition brought 12s 9d to 13s lOd.

A number of poor quality culls was in small demand, and realised 1 from Is to 3s 4<l each.

Prices realised up till 1 p.m. were:— 232 2, G and 8-tooth at 8s 7d, 190 ditto 3 and 4-shoar at 12s 3d, 133 4 and 6-tooth at 12s 3d, 156 soundmouth at 9s, 295 4, 6 and 8-tooth at lis Gd, 100 6 and 8-tooth at 8s 6d, 191 failing-mouth at 3s Id, 691 4-yr-old Corriedales at Bs, 200 5-vr-old Corriedales at 7s 9d, 208 ditto at 7s 4d, 295 2-tooth three-quarterhreds at 14s Gd,' 844 4 and G-tooth half bred at 15s 9d, 384 2-tooth Corriedales at 16s 9d, 98 failing-mouth at 2s, 150 G and. 8-tooth half bred at 8s 9d, 82 ditto at 8s Gd), 300 4-yr-old halfbred at 9s lid, 248 failing-mouth at Is, 151 ditto at Is lid, 70 6 and 8-tooth at Ss 3d, 72 4,to'oth three-quarterbred at 12s 9d, 143 4 and 6-tobth halfbreds at 13s, 177 failingmouth at Is Id, 83 4-tooth threequarterbreds at 12s 9d, 228 2-tooth halfbreds at 9s sd, 100 2-tooth halfbred at 16s. 2d, 67 6 and 8-tooth Bom-ney-Corriedale 12s Gd, 83 4 and G-tooth fine three-quarterbred at 13s lOd, 70 2tooth fine threequarterbred at 14s, 80 4, 0 and 8-tooth Corriedale at 10s 6d, 86 failing-mouth at 3s 4d, 73 sound-mouth at 9s' Id, 85 2-tooth Corriedale at 14s lOd, 100 5-vr-old at ss, 229 at 4s, 85 2-tooth halfbred at 13s sd.