STOCK SALES

Press, Volume LXXIX, Issue 23945, 12 May 1943, Page 4

STOCK SALES

RANGIORA There were small yardings in all classes, except pigs, at the weekly stock sale at Rangiora yesterday. Prices ranged as follows: Sheep.—Lambs, 19s 6d. Cattle.—Springing cows, £ll. Pigs,—Baconers, £3 12s to £4 16s; porkers, £2 8s to £3 ss; stores, £1 15s to £2 ss; slips, £1 5s to £1 10s; weaners, 9s to 14s 6d. PLEASANT POINT (P.S.S.) TIMARU. May 11. The entry of fat cattle ai the Pleasant Point sale was the largest this year and the supply was far in excess of local requirements. Values for unfinished sorts showed a definite decline, but best quality sold on a par with recent rates. Prime steers made from £ll 17s 6d to £l6 17s 6d; light to medium. £7 to £lO 12s 6d; prime heifer?, £9 9s 6d to £l2 2s 6d; light to medium, £6 2s 6d to £8 17s 6d; prime cows, £8 2s 6d to £ll 7s 6d. More than 2500 fat lambs were J-arded. also a large entry of fat sheep, and values (or both classes sold at Is increase on late rates. Heavy lambs made from 29s lOd to 31s lOd; medium to prime lambs, 24s Id to 28s 4d; prime ewes, 17s 4d to 22s 4d; light to medium, 12s Id to 15s lOd. The small yarding of indifferent quality store sheep met with a firm sale. Romney ewe lambs made from 20s 9d to 25s 7d; medium wether lambs, 15s to 16s 7d; Romney two-tooth ewes, 29s 9d; fullmouth Romney ewes, 9s 6d. LORNEVILLE (P.A.) INVERCARGILL, May 11. Small yardings were forward in most sections at the Lorneville stock sale today. Prices for fat sheep were much the same as the prices ruling at recent sales, but nearing the end of the fat cattle sale values improved by about 15s. Good quality fat wethers brought up to 35s 3d, medium 31s to 32s 6d. light and unfinished 28s to 295, prime maiden ewes up to 2fis fid, heavy-weight ewes 21s to 22s 6d, medium 17s to 19s, freezing ewes ]3s to 15s fid according to quality. Heavy butchers’ lambs sold up to 34s 3d, good

freezing weights 36s to 38s, light and unfinished 22s to 24s 3d, Heavy-weight bullocks made from £ls 10s to £l6 12s 6d, mediums £l3 15s to £l4 10s, light-weights £ll 15s to £l2 15s. extra prime heifers made £l4, prime £lO 15s to £ll 15s. medium-weights £9 to £9 15s, light-weights £6 10s to £7 10s. Extra good young cows made £l3, prime qualify £9 5s to £lO ss, mediums £6 15s to £7 10s, inferior £4 to £5 10s, TINWALD There was a good yarding of fat sheen at, the fortnightly stock sale at the Tinwald yards yesterday . Six wethers at 33s 6d and four ewes at 23s 4d were the highest prices of the sale. There were fewer cattle yarded than last week. Prices were: — ~ Fat ewes.'jfrom 11s to 23s 4d; fat lambs, from 03s to 29s 3d; wethers, from 22s to 33s 6d. In the fat cattle section heifers sold at from £6 7s 6d to £l3 2s 6d; cows, from £2 2s 6d to £9 ss; and one runner brought 37s 6d.