Adult ewe fair at Methven

Press, Volume CXV, Issue 33786, 7 March 1975, Page 17

Adult ewe fair at Methven

Seme ot the best-known lines ef ewes en offer at the adult ewe fair at Methven yesterday sold reasonably well and in line with late rates—but the offering at about 4000 head was a small one. and the quality not up to the usual standard seen at this fair.

Some of the sheep were showing the effects of the dry conditions early in January, The selection included several pens of “grass” or freezer-type ewes, which imde only slightly above freezing rates.

At the outset, the gallery was a small one but the audience Increased as the eale progressed. The following is a range of prices: Two-shear Border LeicesterRomney ewes: $12.80. Mixed-age Border LeicesterCorriedale ewes: 512.10 to $12.40.

Romney four-year-old ewes: Best. $10; good. $3.60 to $9.50. Romney five-year-old ewes: Best to $10.10; good, $8 to $8.70; medium, from $6.

Romney one-year ewes: Best, to 57.40; good, $5.80 to $6.80: light, from $3. Sales included: On account C. A. Wilson, 94 two-shear Border Leicester-Romneys at $12.80: Three Springs. 197 four and five-year-old Romneys at $8.20; I. A. Hart and Son, 302 five-year-old Romneys at $8.50 to $9, 106 four-year-old Romneys at $10; W. A. Hart. 414 five-year-old Romneys at $8.50 to $8.70; 122 five-year-old Border Leicester-Romneys at $8.50; R B. Maw. 416 two-shear and three-shear Border LeicesterCorriedales at $12.10 to $12.40; R. J. Totty 495 mixed-age Romneys at $8 to $10.20; A. A. Grigg, 152 five-year-old Romneys at $8.40.