DARFIELD SALE.

Press, Volume LXVIII, Issue 14306, 18 March 1912, Page 8

DARFIELD SALE.

On Friday, at the Darficld sale, tho yarding of sheon and lambs totalled 3450. Tn tho store pens thero wer* 1520 halfbred and crossbred ewes, 1100 merino ewes, and 2CO rape and store lambs. Tho sheep, with two or three exceptions, wero of moderate quality and mostly aged sorts. The fats cousisted of 400 which,with the exception of one small pen. wero all good to prime freezers and a few tegs. .There wore two small pens of fat ewes, tho balance (195) being wethers, all well finished lots. Tho attendance was a moderate ono, but the competition for fats was strong. With few exceptions, however, tho competition for stores was slow and dragging, but a good clearance was effector! at the following; rates.—Fat crossbred wethers, 17s 6d to 18s 2d: fat lambs, 14s 9d to los 9d; togs, to 18s 8d; light weights, 12s 4d; fat crossbred ewes, 10s Id to 12s; twotooth crossbred ewes. 16s; four-tooth, 14s sd: six and eight-tooth, 13s 8d; sound-mouth (good), los 8d to 15s 9d; sound to failing, 8s 8d to 10s 6d; fourtooth halfbred cwr Si los; sound-mouth, 13s; sound to failing, 9s Bd'to 11s 6d; sound-mouth merino ewes, 6s 9d to 8s; failing-mouth, 4s to os Id; culls. Is 8d to 2s; rape lambsj 11s od to 11s 9dj culls j os 3d.