Johnsonville Store Sale

Dominion, Volume 28, Issue 95, 16 January 1935, Page 3

Johnsonville Store Sale

At Johnsonville yesterday, Wright, Stephenson and Co., Ltd., submitted a yarding of 2867 sheep and 160 head of cattle, mostly dairy stock. There was a large attendance of buyers from Wairarapa. Manawatu and local districts. A total clearance was effected at auction at prices that must be considered satisfactory to vendors: —2-tooth ewes, 23/2, 22/6; 2-tooth ewes, small. 20/-. 19/11 ; 2 and 4-th. wethers, 21/-, 20/4, 20/-, 19/.'-'. 18/8, 18/6; ewe lambs, w.f.. 16/-; wether lambs, w.f., 14/1; rape lambs-, 14/-, 12/6, 12/5, 11/8; cull lambs, 9/6, _ 7/-, 6/1. Springing cows and heifers, £5, £4/10/-. £4/7/6, £4/5/-, £3/15/-; co-ws aad heifers, autumn ealvers, £3, £2 15/-. £2/5/-; cows. empty. good condition, £2/6/6. £2/4/6. £l/17/-; cull cows. 25/-, 17/6, 15/-, 12/6, 10/-: yearling heifers. 23/-. 21/-. 20/-: bulls. 30/-. 20/-, 15/-, 1-2/6, 10/-. Harness horses, £5, £3/12/6. Sundries at market rates. Pahiatua Sale Dominion Special Service. Masterton, January 15. Competition was keen throughout at Dalgety and Co. Ltd.’s Pahiatua sale today, at which a large entry of lambs was offered. Some goad lambs and a draft of P.A. cows and calves came forward, one pen of 200 f. and f. black face lambs realising 17/10. A total clearance was effected. Lambs. —Good b.f. lambs, 14/6 to 17/10; others, 7/6 to 13/1; woolly w.f. wether lambs, 10/8 to 14/1; shorn w.f. wether lamilis, S/IO to 12/3. Cows_ with calves at foot, £2; empty cows, £l/5/-. A good yarding of lambs was offered by the New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co., Ltd., prices being: B.f. rape lambs, 17/3; medium b.f. lambs, 15/-: small b.f. lambs, 9/-; b.f. rape lambs, 16/4; cull b.f. lambs, 8/4; fat ewes. 14/4; b.f. rape lambs. 16/5; medium w.f.' lambs, 11/7; medium ewe lambs, 14/2; shorn wether lambs, 14/8; do., at 14/10; woolly wether lambs, 15/9 to 12/9; b.f. lambs, 15/2; shorn wether lambs, 13/8; cull lambs made from 7/to 9/6. Values at Waipukurau Dominion Special Service. Waipukura.u, January 15. Large yardings of cattle and sheep, notably fiit lambs, were forward at Waipukurau to-day. Store sheep and lambs declined, while fat cattle made recent values except that there was little demand for cows and stores, which showed an easing tendency. Nine prime heavy P.A. and Red Polled bullocks, £7/16/6; 10 big prime Red Polled, £7/8/1; eight prime heavy P.A., £7/5/-; eight others P.A., £7; further eight- £6/S/-; do., Hereford, £7/6/6; 31 good store threeP.A._steers, £4/1.3/&;_ 30_wQl-bxed

yearling do., £3/12/-. Forty-five prime heavy wethers, 23/6; 16 do. 23/6; 16 heavy two-tooths, 21/7; 31 do., 21/-; four do., 22/6; four prime woolly lambs, 21/6; 178 prime.- 19/1; 47 do., 18/6; 19 Southdown, 18/9; 31 heavy wethers and maiden ewes, 19/4; 82 heavy ewes, 14/9; 15 do., 14/-: 272 store two-tooth ewes, 25/8; 240 do., 23/10; 288 do.. 26/6; 393 big wethers, 20/7; 310 good wether lambs. 14/2; 340 forward do., 14/7.