SHEFFIELD.

Press, Volume LXVIII, Issue 14288, 26 February 1912, Page 8

SHEFFIELD.

On Friday at Sheffield sale there was a good yarding, 6800 sheep and laniDs coming to hand,- 1300 being in the fat pens, of which 923 were lambs, the bulk being of good to prime freezing quality, only two or three small lots being light and unfinished. About 170 wothers, and 230 owes made up tho balance of the fats. The stores wero made up of all classes, crossbred ewes accounting for nearly half the entry, the majority were travelled, low in condition, and aged sorts. There were several pens'of good and young sheep. Crossbred wethers numbered 950. Merino wethers 580 (a nice line of very forward sheep from High Peaks station), llape and store lambs 1380, merino ewes 800, tho balance being made up of add lots of crossbred, and merino owes with lambs at foot. There was only a; moderate attendance, farmers being busy with harvest work. Competition for fat lambs was strong, prices being fully equal to thoso given at other markets of late. Good_ forward wethers (crossbreds and merinos), good young ewes, and forward lambs, met a fairly successful sale; but other sorts, particularly aged low conditioned ewes, and backward wethers met a dragging sale, the bulk of the latter being withdrawn at auction. Prices were:—Fat lambs 15s 6d to 16s 4d, part togs to 17s 3d, light and unfinished 13s lid to 14s 6d, fat crossbred wethers 16s 2d to 17s 9d. fat crossbred owes 10s 6d to 14s Id, inferior 7s 6d to 9s sd, fat merino ewes Bs, Rape lambs 11s 6d to 12s 6d, ewe lambs 13s, store lambs 7s to 9s 9d, culls os to 6s 6d, four-tooth .crossbred wethers (backward) 11s 7d (balance of this class withdrawn), sound-month merino wethers in forward condition 7s 6d, four-tooth crossbred ewes 15s to 17s, two-tooth 14s 3d to 14s 6d, mixed ages 12s 7d to 15s, "sound-mouth 11s od to 14s Bd, failing to aged 8s 6d to»lls sd, aged 5s Id to 8s Id, failing-mouth merino ewes ss, culls 2s 9d, soundrmouth merino ewes with lambs Bs, aged 5s 6d all counted. Tho principal sales were: — 48 four-tooth crossbred ewes 17s, 48 at 16s Bd, 53 at 16s Id, 123 four and sixtooth at 14s 4d, 248 six-tooth Down cross 13s 3d, account C. Gamble; 253 fat lambs 17s 3d; A. McDonald, 83 at 16s 4d; N. Humm, 72 at 16s 3d, "W\ J. Jenkins, 70 at 16s, l>. Humm, 44 at lCs; E. Butter, 33 at 15s 6d; H. T>. Neutze, 231 at los 2d; High Peaks Station, 154 crossbred wethers 16s 2d, and 582 sound-mouth merino wethers 7s 6d.

LEESTON. Owing to harvest operations being in progress on Friday therewasasmaller attendance than usiml at the fortnightly market at Lecston. There was a good entry of sheep, a fair yarding of fat pigs, but only a small, entry of stores, while the cattle pens contained only some 27 head. Fat lambs were in good demand, and values showed some improvement. Fat ewes and wethers showed practically no change in values, while store and forward lines of sheep and lambs met with a good sale. The demand for fat and store pigs was very brisk, and there was keen competition between the three buyers of fats. Practically all the cattle yarded wero young sorts, which met with a fair sale, though buyers were few. Most of the sheep yarded wero lambs] The prices for fat lambs ranged from 13s 4d to 16s 10d, a line belonging to Mr John McCartin fetching tho latter price. Forward lambs made from 10s 4d, and backward stores from 7s 6d. A nico line of 146 two-tooth ewes, the property of Mr A. McPherson, realised 19s. Other fat ewes made 13s 3d, fat wethers 14s to 14s 9d,- and a lino of store ewes and lambs (all counted) 7s 6d.