LEESTOX SALE.

Press, Volume LIX, Issue 11243, 8 April 1902, Page 6

LEESTOX SALE.

There was a large yarding of sheep and pigs, and a small entry of cattle, at the yards on Friday. There -were 7000 sheep yarded, comprising chiefly breeding ewes, the bulk of which were old and poor sorts, only fit for boiling down. For good young ewes the market had an upward tendency, and any loc'of good quality was readily sold. Prices -were similar to quotations in our market report. There were 400 pigs yarded. Baconera were better, owing to competition from all the buyers, and values were 2s better than at Addington. A line of Mrs Rusbrook's—3o baconers—brought from 33s to 365. Mr Winters 22 baconers brought 40s. Other sales were from 30s to 40s, porkers were 25s to 30s, good stores 14s to 20s, weaners 2s 6d to is. A large number of the entry cornpried half fat baconers and porkers. In cattle there was only a small yarding. Young springers made up "to £7 10s, old springers and cows 30s to £5 ss, yearlings 35s to 37s 6d, eighteen- months "old 40s to 455, calves up to 31s, good well-grown stores £3 to £3 10s. RERWEE. The usual monthly market was held on Friday. The entry consisted of 12,500 sheep and lambs, of'which only 2200 were in the fat pens (1800 lambs,-240 wethers, the balance fat crossbred and merino ewes). The entry of stores for the greater part consisted of store lambs, and merino and etpssbred ewes. The attendance was large, and competition was brisk. Sales were: — Freezing wethers 14s to 16s 6d, maiden ewes 13s 7d, freezing lambs 12s 6d to 13s 4d, and up to 14s 9d for tegs, light weights 11s 2d to 12s, fat crossbred ewes 10s 6d to 11s 6d, inferior 4s Id to 5s sd, fat merino ewes 4s 9d to 5s 6d, rape lambs 10s to lls 3d, store ditto. 7s 7d to 8s 6di, twotoorh halfbred 'wethers 10s Bd, two and fourtooth ditto. 13s Id, two-tooth crossbred wethers 12s sd) two-tooth halfbred ewes 13s lOd, four-tooth ditto. 145,: six! and eighttooth ditto. 13s, two-tooth crossbred ewes 10s 7d to 15s, s.m. merino 'ewes' 6s 9d to 8s 10d, failing mouth ditto. 4s to 7s lOd, two and: four-tooth merino wethers 7s Id, potters, merino ewes Is 2d to Is 4d. The principal sales Mr W. Davis, 102 freezing wetjjers 15s Id; Mr W. McLellan, 51 tegs 14s\8d to 14s 9d; Mr Q. Aldington, 112. at 13s lid; Mr E. Vincent. 80 freezing lambs 13s 4d; Mr A. Duthie, 162 at 13s Id; -ux Wright, 145 at 13s Id; Aylesbury Estate, 656 at 13s; Mr J. Spooner, 82 at 13s Id, Mr T. W. Adams, 175 at 12s 6d; a client, 424 twotooth crossbred ewes 15s; Mr A. Duthie, 418 halibred ewes, two-tooths, 13s, four--1 tooth 14s, six and .eight-tdotb. 13s, 481 halfbred two and four-tooth wethers 10s 8d to 13s Id; Snowdon Station, 2400soundmouth merino ewes 8s 9d to 8s 10d, 430 failing mouth. 7s 8d to 7s 10d; Mount TorTesse Station, 500 sound-mouth merino ewes 7s 8d to 7s 10d; GTasmere Station, 500 sound-mouth merino ewes 6s 9d, 180 failing mouth 4s, 130 two-tooth crossbred ewes 10s 7d, and 270 two-tooth crossbred wethers 12a sd. A line of 500 six and. eight-tooth crossbred ewes (North Island), and 2000 store crossbred lambs were passed, the former at 9s Bd, and the latter at Bs..