STOCK SALES

Press, Volume LXXV, Issue 22678, 5 April 1939, Page 12

STOCK SALES

TINWALD Because of the Easter holidays and the fact that there will be no sale at Ashburton next week, there was a good - demand for prime fat sheep at the Tinwald sale on Monday. The rise in prices represented an improvement of about Is a head on the prices ruling at last week’s sale. There was a good entry at the sale. The top price was 23s 4d for wethers sold on account of a client. Ewes made up to 19s Id for a pen of 10, also sold for a client.

' Light ewes sold from 9s 4d to 11s 6d, medium quality up to 16s and pgirae ewes made up to 19s Id. Light wethers sold from 13s 10a to 15s 7d, medium up to 17s 7d, good quality up to 21s 4d. and prime wethers realised as high as 23s 4d. . Fat cattle met with a good sale. Fat cows-realised from £3 12s 6d to £9, and fat heifers £4 to £7 2s. BURNSIDE (PiESS ASSOCHT7OK TELEGBiOC.) DUNEDIN, April 4. A small yarding of 226 fat cattle was forward for the Burnside stock sale today, cows and heifers being in the majority. The few prime heavy cattle on offer commanded a ready market which opened brightly with values fully up to those on the previous sale. Later there was an easing and cows and heifers fell - below the opening rates. Extra prime heavy bullocks made to £l7 2s Gd. prime £l3 12s Gd to .£ls 2s 6d, medium £ll 2s 6d to £l2 12s 6d, and light down to £8 17s 6d, extra prime cows y.id heifers to £ll 10s, prime £8 to £9 10S, medium £6 17s 6d to £7 17s 6d, and light from £4 12$ 6d. In the store cattle pens well-bred three and four-year-old steers made £8 10s to £ll 10s. A total of 1391 fat sheep was on offer, medium ewes being in the majority. Good quality sheep • attracted keen competition, but when butchers had filled their requirements prices eased off. Extra prime heavy wethers brought to 30s- Gd, prime 23s to 255, medium 19s to 225, light down to 16s, extra prime heavy ewes to IBs 9d, prime 13s to 15s, medium 9s 9d to 12s, and light from 6s. Only 509 fat lambs were forward, mainly medium weight. In keen competition among purchasers, extra prime heavy lambs rose to 32s 3d, and prime heavy sorts brought 23s to 25s 6d. Exporters were operating at full schedule rates, and medium lambs sold at 20s to 22s 6d. Light descriptions made from 16s upwards. Only 34 fat pigs were penned and butr chers put the price up fully 8s a head for both baconers and porkers. The latter made £3 to £3 15s, and baconers sold up to £4 12s. FAIRLIE There was a large entry at the Fairlie sale yesterday. With the exception of a few lines the entry contained aged ewes and medium lambs. The demand was dragging, but most vendors met the market. Toward the end of the sale values slackened considerably. Crossbred ewe lambs met a good sale, but receded toward the end. Prices were:— Crossbred ewes, two-tooth 21s to Z4s. medium 14s 3d to 17s 66- . Best halfbred. two-tooth 19s to 21? 2d. medium 15s 3d to 17s 3d. . Crossbred ewes, s.m. 7s to 10s. inferloi 3s to 5s lOd. _, , , Halfbred ewes, s.m. 5s 6d to is Gd. Best crossbred ewe lambs 14s to Ls. medium 10s to 13s, small 6s Cd to 9s. Halfbrud ewe lambs, best 13s to 15s 80. medium 10s to 12s. _ , Rape lambs 8s to 10s. medium 5s to Gs. small lambs 2s to 4s. . , , Four-tooth crossbred owes 17s 9d to 21s Good two-tooth stole wethers 10s to 12s.