Masterton Sale

Dominion, Volume 29, Issue 149, 19 March 1936, Page 14

Masterton Sale

Dominion Special Service. Masterton, March IS. Fat wethers made late rates at the weekly Masterton sale to-day, while fat ewes advanced slightly. A few particularly good lines of breeding ewes were offered, and these brought keen competition, a line of 4-year-olds offered on account of Mr. A. Gaddis topping the nuir* ket at 36/-. Lambs were a little easier, but wethers made late rates. The New Zealand Farmers’ Co-operative Distributing Company, Ltd., submitted a good yarding of sheep, cattle, and pigs to a large attendance of buyers, making the following realisations: — Sheep: Fat b.f. m.s. 2-tooths. ~4/-> 24/6, to 25/-; fat wethers, 24/6, 2a/-, to 25/6; good fat ewes, 17/-, 17/6, to 18/-; light fat ewes, 14/6 to 15/-; small -- tooth ewes. 25/- to 29/1; 4-y ear ewes, ace. A. Gcddis, 36/-; ace. R. Taylforth, 27/-; 6-year ewes, ace. Foreman Bros., 21/0; other in.a. ewes, 24/6 to 2a/6; aged ewes, 19/6 to £1; s.m. ewes, 15/to 16/6; 2-tooth wethers, 22/-, 23/4, to 24/3; b.f. lambs, 16/3, 16/3, to 19/-; small b.f. lambs, 11/6 to D>/6; small wether lambs, 13/-, 13/6, 14/-, 14/6, to 15/-; cull lambs, 9/- to 11/6; ewe lambs, £1 to 21/-; Southdown rams, ign., ligns., 2jgns., to 3Jgns.; Romney ram, Ign. to ligns. . Cattle: Fat cows, ex dairy, £4/1/-, £4/5/-, to £5/3/-: forward-condition cows, £3/16/- to £3/17/6; runners, £3 4/-; empty heifers, 30/-; store cows, £2 15/- to £3; bulls, £2/7/6 to £4/2/6; 18month Jersey heifers, £2/9/-; yearling Jersey heifers, £l/13/-; winter culvers, £4/10/-; spring calvers, £3/10/-. Bigs: Weaners, 5/-, 6/- 7/-, to 8/-; slips. 14/6, 15/-, to 21/6. Wright, Stephenson and Co. offered a yarding of 1437 sheep, effecting practically a total clearance nt the following range of prices:—Woolly ewe lambs, 19/2 to 19/8; shorn ewe lambs, 17/9 to 18/1; shorn wether lambs, 14/10 to 18/1; small wether lambs, 11/3 to 12/7; b.f. lambs. 13/9 to 15/6; small b.f. lambs, 11/7 to 12/2; woolly wether lambs, 17/to 18/4; small'woolly wether lambs. 8/3 to 10/6; 2-tooth wethers, 22/5 to 23/4; fat wethers, to 25/3; fat b.f. 2-tooths, to 22/-: fat b.f. lambs, to 20/1; s.m. ewes, to 17/10. Dalgety and Co. entered a fair yarding of sheep, realising the following values: —5-year ewes, 17/9 to 20/3; s.m. ewes, to 15/-; f. and f. ewes, to 15/6; store ewes, to 10/-; fat lairiliff, to 22/-; woolly wether lambs, to 17/-; small 2-tooth wethers, 20/1.