STOCK SALES

Press, Volume LXXXI, Issue 24711, 31 October 1945, Page 8

STOCK SALES

■ ■ BANGIORA ::-'M%£''? There was a good yarding of s*^*fS : the Rangiora weekly stock marketss&-: day, but few cows and pigs were.«2*Wu Prices were as follows: Sheep.—Ewes and lambs, all' iv^fef r 14s Id to 19s 9d; two-tooth wShSSHfo fat ewes, 23s Id to 28s 7d; hoggets, 235. " ' MOrn r^effiep/? Cattle.—Dairy cows, £6 10s to 34 Pigs.-Slips, 35s to 38s; weanei| sgM] TEMUKA v y^". "The Press" Special Service" -?#• a»i ~ ♦ TIMARU, October Jt# All markets were firm at to-da£«?lll' at Temuka. Especially was this"thf "Jgf* for the large'yarding of fat artll?L» regular quality, the finished mandmg bu.oyant competition Fat'Slpalso showtedan appreciation 'of 2* 13§lv head, and store sheep sold at good rates. Prices were- ' ™ e J«*|; Fat Cattle.—Fat steers, extra eon* 5 Jo £29 ..ITS 6d; good, £2O to ium. £l7 to £l9; light. £l4 to £»??§# cows, extra good, £l4 to £l6 good, £l2to'£i4; medium in light. £7 to. £9. Fat heifers £l7 to £l9 17s 6d; good, £ls tf SMW5 M W to ,„ £l2 ' Dairy cattle - he i f ers in. »3&S£ £l2: cows in profit to £l6. three-year-old steers to £l2 f«£ v ß ?sSt steers to £6 17s Gd; empty cowsMo^gj Store Sheep.—Ewes and counted. 22s 6d; shorn wether to 265: fat sheep, fat wethers; £ th«Sp best 55s to 60s: medium, 50s to 43s to 50s; inferior, 32s f&Jgpf: ers. shorn, 30s to" 42s 4d- %t the wool, best from 38s to 4fe ium from 335. to 375; light 28« wSKi" fat ew -- _ ■ ■ TINWALD ■'^lmk Prices for fat sheep at the Tinwaiirliw yesterday remained firm at WiSl .There was a good yarding Ewea compnse'd the greatest part\\s33Bl yarding, and some of the brought good prices. Prime quality ewes in the wnnftSßll from 35s to 39s 7d; medium fr^SSlI Lambs made from 26510 d for lighter quality. - and 37s for heavier sheep Wethers ranged from 40s '4fr-toI»9K two being sold at a top priee:of^P Pat cows were sold at &S<itef3Hßm £ll 17s 6d, while dairy 7L™J3mK& made £5 17s 6d and £?i7s6d? /baa «„S^» RNE VILLE :%S^^ (P ™;l ■«. • October.J^i With the exception of store ShecPiSK were larger yardings in all section Srllll fv«k! V 6 to " day com Pared vttti^g .;Fm SneeP-—There was ahother«liil yarding, consisting almost About a third of these were extra"--33SI-finished sorts. The majority of the yreSSHP were only medium-weights. OoSBp with last week, wethers and twettSsife ewes were dearer by 3s a quality ewes remained rnedium and inferior were abolFpill head easier. Good quality woolly wethers made 48s to shorn wethers, to 475; rnedium and SsSI sorts, SBs»to 38s 9d; Unfinished 335; prime two-tooth ewes, to 58s young ewes. 3gs to 425; prime, mWSm6d; medium, 28s to :31s;»ur»finished#l3» to 29s 3d; medium, 23s 6d *- ™-*Wffi and unfinished, 19s to 21s; 35s to 38s 9d; medium, 3is^tcK^R 'Jt^'- <^ e r' Fbae a entry, mainly cows and heifers.^u^K srnall percentage of good? •weight bullocks. Heavy-weight bWdcsli were .in supply, and the previous week values for aU-dass3i§ showed a rise of about £2 10s a Good quality medium-weight buUdefilP .made £24 to £25 17s 6d; to. £2l 10s; light.' £l7 10s'tot£19?, £l4 15s to £l6; unfinished,'£ll to good quality medium"-.'heifers, £l6 • 15s; handy-weights,' £l4 lOs-to- £ls light, £l2 to £l3 10s; .small; £lO 10s t&3o@£ 10s; good quality medium cows, ttfiSfigßi to £l7; average, £l3 to £H'los; unfinished! £lO 10s to £ll 10s; inferior, ; £7 10s to ■!s§§&• ;■;■;■''' /MlNlNG■^■'"■-■■■'V^p Slab Hut—The return for ended October -26, 1945; was 16ozlalS| WJ hours, recovered from dredge 'tailingif»#; posited 50. years ago. t^i^^^k Austral-New Zealand.—For ended October 27, Austral-New -■ Mining operated for 440 189,000 yards and produced 914«S^raB^^