TINWALD YARDS.

Press, Volume LXV, Issue 13397, 14 April 1909, Page 8

TINWALD YARDS.

There was a large attendance of interested farmers, dealers and others at the ordinary weekly stock sale held at the Tinwald yards yesterday. The yarding of stock was also larger than usual, tho greater part of the entry being made up of the" annual drafts of ewes from back country stations, and dealers' lines. The yarding consisted of 14,500 mixed classes of sheep and 38 cattle. In the fat pens lambs formed the bulk of the yarding, and sold more freely, ewes being bought up by the butchers at prices on a par with late markets. Prices were:— Prime ewes 9s to 10s 3d, medium 7s 8d to 8s Bd, wethers 14s 6d to 15fj, prime freezing lambs 12s lOd to 14s. medium lis 4d to 12s 7d, others 9s. There was an exceptionally large yarding of mixed classes of store sheep, chiefly breeding ewes of rather better quality than those offered at recent sales. The sale commenced fairly briskly, but as it proceeded there was a perceptible slackening off in competition, and a fairly large number of lines were passed in. There was no further decrease of prices, as compared with late rates, and if anything; better classes of Bheep sold slightly better. For aged and inferior stock there was poor competition, and the majority of this class of sheep sold at exceedingly low rates. Prices obtained were:—Broken-mouth half and three-quarterbred ewes 3s 7d to 4s 9d, ' sound-mouth half and three-quarterbred ewes 9s 3d to 10s 9d, six and eight-, tooth half and three-quarterbred ewes lis to 13s sd, four and six-tooth-14s 5d to 16s, sound-mouth merino ewes 6s 4d to 7s 3d. Forward lambs (wethers) 9s 7d. Forward lambs (mixed sexes) 9s to 10s; ewe lambs lis Id, tussock lambs (small) 5s 9d to 6s 3d. Fat cattle were in demand, but stores were not enquired for. Prices obtained were:— Fat steers £3 5s to £7, fat heifers £3 15s to £6 10s, fat cows £5 15s to £6 ss. Small stores made 15s, larger ' sorts 33s to 42s 6d, cows in profit £6. According to the latest price list of , the New Zealand Flour Millers' Co- , operative Association, Limited, prices ' ?££;r-; Flour * sacks £11 10s per ton: : 1001b bags, £12, 50lb bags £12 os, 251b 1 bags £12 10s; bran £3 15s; pollard \ £5. ". The New Zealand; Farmers' Co-opera- J tire Association haV*-» sold for Mr W. * Paton, of Pigeon Bay, 1097 acres to ' Messrs McHale Bros., of Chorlton. ( a J