Calculations Show Rise In Ewe Fair Values

Press, Volume XCIX, Issue 29192, 30 April 1960, Page 8

Calculations Show Rise In Ewe Fair Values

QN the basis of calculations i w made by the Economic Seri vice of the Meat a rd Wo.-’ ; Boards prices for four and five-year-old ewes were I! 1-3 per; [cent, higher at the recent round ■ of North Canterbury ewes f : than last year, and two-tooth-ewes were up by a shade under [ 5 tw»r cent. Pb.-? Service's 3 VS‘“'3 Str s '* 3 Cl--[eulated over sx North I bury fairs—the two Amberley! ;. sales. Hawarden. Culverd^n. 1 [Sheffield and Coalga-e The ‘average for tw -tooths ovr ■ these fairs was s’s. romoareff [with 48s 94 in t95.d. an< j f our - r .-i sve-year-old ewes set an average [of 29s 6d. against 26s 6d the ; previous year. Reasonably Good : “The autumn ewe fairs were in I the main reasonably good.” savs . Mr R. H Bevtn. the chief executive officer of the service. tn the I I quarterlv climate and stock re- I port. “Oxford was the outstandI znst exception. where for no as- ■ [O3 refit reason all classes of ewes* i failed to make a good price As at Oxford, the sale for mature t sheep was a disappointing one at ■ Tinwa’d where four and five- . , year-old ewes were easily 20s a [head cheeper than last year—con- I trusting strongly with Hawarden [ and Cu’.vender where prices fori all sorts average out at slightly better than Last year.” " ‘

The service s calculations show at two-toot*i ewes rose rr.ost steeply at Sheffield, where theadvance on last year was 5s 3d. The Amberlev northern wss dearer by ss. but the southern fair showed a drop of 3d on ■ 1959. Contrast In the older ewe section, the Amberley northern fair was up by 7$ 9d a head, but the southern fair was cheaper by 7s 6d. At Sheffield, .-Ider ewes were dearer than last year by 7s 3d a head. The folio wins are averages for the s x fairs for the las’ three

Two-tooth Ewh 19 ■58 i' 59 s. d. c d. 5. d Amberley South 36 3 53 6 49 3 Amberley North 31 6 47 6 52 6 Hawarden 33 3 43 ■« 50 9 Culverdea 79 9 51 3 53 9 Sheffield 30 0 44 a 45 3 Coalgate 01 6 44 0 ma. Average sale price 82 0 48 9 51 0 Four *nd Five-years 1958 1959 I960 K d. >J d. s. d Amberley South *55 0 37 d ® I) .Amberlev North « 9 W th 34 3 Hawarden 42 s 23 £ »5 3 Culverden .59 0 23 9 27 0 Sheffield a t> 28 3 Coalgate 47 0 21 3 na. Average sa'e price • M S a c