METHVEN FAIR

Press, Volume CVI, Issue 31304, 25 February 1967, Page 19

METHVEN FAIR

Only a moderate bench of buyers followed the Methven and wether lamb fair and although bidding was not snlTlted, there was «H 1 a good clearance.

For ewe lambs, the sale started ratber sluggishly with value* back 2* to 3s a head on the recent Tinwald fair, but it Improved and finished at about on a par with Tinwald rates.

Wether lambs were no! yarded In such large numbers as last year and values would be back by about 2s to 3s a head on Tinwald rates. Extra good ewe lambs sold un to 70s, with good lambs ranging from about S2s to 565, medium at 46s to 31. and small to medium at 35s to 435.

Good wether lambs sold from about 40s 6d to 475, with medium at 33s to 395, and imall ranging down to 235. Shorn wether lambs realised from 25s «d to 36s «d.

T. A. Grigg, of Methven, topP? d _ the ew « lamb section with 78 Romneys selling at 70. and he had another pen at 50s. Last year he topped the market at £5 8s and had another sale at

In the wether lamb section T. A. Withers, of Iprlngburn, had a sale at 47*.

The offering totalled 14,025 head, compared with 11,485 last year. Leading sales included:— Ewe lambs: T. A. Grigg, Methven, 78 Romneys at 70s and 70 at 50s; Annadale Farm, 130 at 545; C. E. Totty, 01 at 51s; Weir Bros, Mt. Hutt, 400 at 55s 6d to 565; C. Wilson, Methven, 80 at 50s; D. R. Barlass, 300 at 40s to 52s 6d; R. w. Campbell, 130 Border Leicester-Corriedale cross at 50s to 51s; J. A. McDonald, 50 Romneys at 535; J. Kerr, Mt. Somers, ISO at 525; D. G. Gerard, Rakala Gorge, 170 at 46s to 52s fid; A. A. McLeod. Mt. Hutt, 230 at SO* to S3*; D. R. Lemon, Lauriaton, 150 Border Leicester-Romney cross at 50*; J. R. Todhunter, Rakala Gorge, 300 halfbreds a* SO* fid to 50s; A. Shearer, Methven, 112 Romneys at 49*; C. W. Thomson, 120 at 50s fid; H. R. and I. F. Clarke, 228 at 45s to 495; J. E. McKenzie, 127 at SOs; J. G. and T. A. Humm, 114 at SOs: J. R. Stackhouse, 101 at 47* 6d; G. T. Lister, 218 at SO* to 535; Bellville Farm, Ltd., 252 at SOs to 51* 6d; T. R. Richards, Rakaia Gorge, 138 Romney cross at 475: R. J. Hill, Methven, 222 at 40s; J. M. Moodie, Methven, 87 at 52* fid; J. H. C. Sauer, 171 at 53* to SOs; D. S. Harrison, 384 at 43* to 475; W. A. Hart, 282 at 48* fid: A. M. C. Robins, BS2 at 44s fid to S3*; estate L. L. Mdterda, 400 tbrooquarterbreds at 40b to 4**; L. P. Chapman, Mount Somers, 40* Romney tbroeqoartorbreda at fit* fid to S3*: R. M. Bdbertaon. 103 at (0a; C. C. Gray. 17* at SO*. Wether lamb*: T. A. Withen, Springburn, ISO Romney* at 475; F. H. Syme, Springburn, 100 at 435; C. W. Thomson, Methven, 20 at 46s 6d: H. R. and E. 8. Clarke, Methven, 93 at 41s; R. J. Syme and Son, Staveley, 161 at 395.