LATE COMMERCIAL

Ashburton Guardian, Volume 61, Issue 3, 15 October 1940, Page 6

LATE COMMERCIAL

TINWALD STOCK MARKET.

DROP IN VALUES TO-DAY.

ESTIMATED AT FIVE SHILLINGS

Alter being consistently high for many weeks prices for fat sheep at the Tinwalcl stock market to-day eased considerably, one authority estimating the drop on last week’s 1 values at 5s a head. The yarding was fairly large though many of the pens were not very full. The fat ewes were mostly of good quality. The best price gained up to noon was 38s 4d for three ewes offered by a client. The best lot of wethers offered up to that time realised 35s 4d. The main sales up to noon were: Fat Ewes —On account, of Fleming’s Estate i(tLismore), 6 shorn at 23s Id; Estate G. H. Keen (Winslow), 4 at 30s Id, 7 at 29s 4d, 2 at 26s 4d;. E. and I>. Killey (Willowby), 4 at 2i9s 4d, 2 at 25s 4d ; Estate J. Farrell (Hinds), 5 at 80s 7d, 2- at 29s Id, 4 at 24s 4d, 4 at 20s 4d; Davidson Bros., 3 at 33s 4d, 1 at 17s 10d,’ 5 at 32s lOd, 3 at 28s 4d, W. It. Ford (Eiffelton), 6 at 25s 4d, 4 at 26s 7d, 5 at 27s lOd; W. H. Price (Lowcliffe), 6 at 28s 4d, 3 at 25s 7dj clients, 5 at 25s 7d, 2 at 24s 4d, 3 at 38s 4d, 5 at 31s Id, 6 at 32s lOd, 6 at 29s Id, 4 at 30s 7d!, 4 at 30s lOd, 5 at 26s 7d, 7 at 24s 4d, 4 at 34s lOd, 3 at 32s 4d, 1 at 31s, 7 at 29s 7d, 4 at 25s 4d, 2 at 23s 7d, 1 at 32s 6d, 1 at 30s, 5 at 23s 4d, 6 at 24s Id, 3 at 26s 4d, 4 (shornyat 23s lOd, 5 at 30s 7d, 5 at 28s 4d, 4 at 30s Id, 1 at 32s 3di, 3 at 33s 10d, 2 at 34s 7d, 4 at 33s 7d. Fat Wethers —On account of Mrs E. M. Begg and Sou; (Wakanui), 4 at 27s Id; Estate J. Farrell (Hinds), 2 at 35s 4d ;. clients, 6 at 25s Id, 6 at 23s lOd, 1 at 29s 9d, 3 at 32s Id., 3 at.29s lOd, 5 at 28s lOd, 2 at' 28s 4d. Lambs —On account of F. P. Oookson (Eiffelton), 1 at 325. * Cattle—-On account of clients', 3 cows from 10s to 335.