LIVE STOCK PRICES

Dominion, Volume 31, Issue 141, 11 March 1938, Page 16

LIVE STOCK PRICES

Good Market For Lambs At Masterton Dominion Special Service. Masterton, March 10. At the weekly Masterton stock sale yes. terday, the New Zealand Loan aud Mercantile Agency offered a large yarding of sheep. The quality of older ewes did not compare with the ewe fair entry, and prices were' considerably easier. Twotooth ewes were keenly competed for, with only a slight easing in values. Lambs were in keen demand and sold particularly well. A total clearance was made as follows :— Sheep: Two-tooth ewes, account J. Campbell, jun., 30/- to 34/-; others, 29/to 32/1; small two-tooth eyves, 23/9 to 25/3 ; five-year, ewes, 19/- to 21/3 ; s.m. ewes. 18/- to 20/-; fattening ewes, 10/6 to 11/9; b.f, lambs, 16/- to 17/-; small, 11/- to 12/6; woolly w. lambs, 15/- to 18/3; medium w. lambs, 11/9 to 13/6; small ewe lambs, 12/1 to 15/3; fourtooth wethers 23/6; two-tooth wethers, 20/6; Romney rams, IJgns. to 2gns.; Southdown rams, Ign. to 3gns. Pigs: Good weaners, 16/- to 16/6. Dalgety and Co. submitted a heavy yarding. The annual draft of ewes on account, of C. A. Cameron’s, Flatpoint, commanded strong competition and topped the market in the maiden fourth section at 35/-. The same price was realised for a good line of six-tooth ewes, and four-year ewes made 33/9 under spirited bidding. Realisations were: 541 ewes, account C. A. Cameron, Flatpoint, 23/3; 300 fouryear ewes, account Mrs. M. Campbell, 22/7; 103 four-year ewes, account A. W. Buchanan, 25/-; 96 four-year ewes, account C. A. Cameron, 33/9; 104 five-year ewes, account E. C. White, 20/7; 106 five-year ewes, account J. Savage. 21/.-, and 169 at 20/1; 292 maiden four-tooth ewes, account C. A. Cameron, 35/-; 213 account Te Await! Station, 34/6; 113

two-tooth ewes, account Trevor Beet ham, 28/-, aud two-tooth ewes, account A. W. Buchanan ; four and six-tooth ewes, account Sulphur/ Wells, 25/9 to 28/-; similar ewes, account E. C. White, 25/3; 206 six-tooth ewes, account C. A. Cameron, 35/-, and four and six-tooth ewes, account A. IV. Buchanan, 25/6; f.m. ewes (according to condition), 9/6 to 17/iT; a line of 298 good shorn wether lambs’ account E. C. White, 17/6; others, 14/- to 17/1; good woolly wether lambs, 16/- to 17/1; woolly ewe lambs, 18/- to 22/7; forward b.f. lambs, .16/- to 17/6; others (according to size and condition), 13/6 to 15/-. Wright Stephenson and Company s yarding comprised 5553 head. The sale was a very good one, although bidding, especially in for older ewes, was somewhat erratic. The four and five-ypar ewes started on the dull side, but brightened considerably as the sale progressed. With the exception of two or three pens, the two-tooth were very small. They met with A buoyant sale however, and while, older ewes seemed to be easing, the demand for young ewes remained firm. The Tupurupuru two-tooths were an attractive lot and created keen competition and were knocked down for 35/8, the top price of the sale. Excellent values were obtained for store wethers and lambs. A nice line of four-tooth wethers offered on behalf of Tinakori station made 23/3, and other wethers sold well. There was quite a big entry of lambs which sold freely. A particularly nice line of ewe lambs sold on behalf of Mr. W. J. Feast, Greytown, made 27/6. Only a few fats came forward and sold at late values. Following are values realised: — Account D. Buchanan, Tupurupuru, 138 two-tooth ewes, 35/8; account lan Macßae, Tyneside, 163 two-tooth ewes, 29/-; account Kummer Bros., small twotooth ewes, 34 at 25/7; account O. H. Beet ham, Morland, small two-tooth ewes, 23/9; account York Bros., Te Wharau, 80 four-year ewes, 25/2; account E. Ryan, 85 m.a. ewes, 22/1; account H. Summers, Ngahapi, 79 five-year ewes, 23/-; account Kummer Bros., 170 m.a. ewes, 24/6; account H. Summers, Ngahapi, 118 five-year ewes, 19/8; account D. S. McKenzie, Te Rangi, 114 five-year ewes. 18/6; account Tiuakoru Station, 116 five-year ewes, 18/-; accoun.t J. C.

Ewington, 111 m.a. ewes, 18/7; account Scott Bros., 176 five and six-year ewes, 17/-; account G. S. Buckley, 73 m.a. ewes, 15/-; account E. J. .Matson, 218 s.m. ewes, 15/-; account Rawhiti, 80 five and six-year ewes, 19/-_: account IV. H. Gordon, Ngahapi, 365 five-year ewes, 17/4; account D. S. McKenzie, 40 fiveyear ewes, 17/-; account H. L. Jones, 36 m.a. ewes, 20/3; account Est. W. H. Buick, 94 five-year ewes, 20/3; account Est. C. Gibson, 89 m.a. ewes, 19/-; account H. T. Cooper, 177 s.m. ewes, 17/6; account H. Skeet, 100 s.m. ewes, 15/-; account Est. Lars Nielson, 60 s.m. ewes, 16/1; account other vendors, 415, s.m. ewes, 21/-; 34 m.a. pwes, 22/6; 85 s.m. ewes, 13/9; account IV. J. Feast, 100 ewe lambs (good), 27/6: account H. J. Nitz, 288 woolly wether lambs, 15/-; account Gordon Elliott, Ngahapi, 120 b.f. lambs, 14/10; account H. Allen, lIS woolly wether lambs, 14/8; account Est. C. Gibson, 52 m.s. lambs, 11/3; 14 b.f. lambs, 14/6; account E. Ryan, 13 ewe lambs, 18/-; account Est. C. Gibson, 54 wether lambs, 14/-; account H. J. Nitz, 28 s.m. wether lambs, 11/-; account T. Ridgway, 22 s.m. twO-tooth wethers, .16/9, 15 m.s. lambs, 17/-; account Tinakoru Station, 233 four-tooth wethers, 23/3; account. W. H. Gordon, 266 two and four-tooth wethers, 22/3; account O. H. Beetham, 78 s.m. two-tooth wethers, 18/-; account E. Ryan, 16 s.m. twotooth wethers, 17/3; account Kummer Bros., 141 b.f. two-tooths, 21/-; fat ewes, 17/- to 20/-; 11 withers 23/6 to' 27/-; 11 lambs, to 22/-. The New Zealand Farmers’ Co-op. Distributing Company penned just over 5000 store sheep of all descriptions. The quality of the yarding generally was not so good as that of the previous week’s entry, but a satisfactory clearance was effected. Although prices were not up to late ewe fair rates the sale was a sound one. Following are some of the realisations :—

Account of Mr. J. Campbell, Mt. Bruce, six-tooth ewes, 33/-; account of Mr. N. Groves, Bushgrove, two-tooth ewes, 25/-; account of S. Schofield,-Tinui, four-year-old ewes, 24/-; account of Mr. N. Wyeth, Opaki, five-year-old ewes, 24/-; account of Mr. H. K. McKenzie, Te Kahn, four, six and eight-tooth ewes, 26/-, five-year-old ewes, 19/6; account of Hender-

son Estate, five-year-old ewes, 20/-; account of Cottle Estate, m.a. ewes, 20/-; account of D. A. Thompson, Glencrieff, four-year-old ewes, 24/-. five and six-year-old ewes, 18/9, two-tooth ewes, 22/-; account of Mrs. Schofield, The Triangle, Tinui, m.a. ewes, 18/6; account of Cooper Bros., Gladstone, m.a. ewes, 17/-; account of E. Pain, Whakataki, six-year-old ewes, 16/-; account of Alex Wyeth, Opaki, rape ewes, 12/-; account of Gordon Lee, Te Dre Ore, rape ewes, 9/3; account of D. McLeod, Opaki, two-tooth wethers, 20/-; account of D. A. Thompson, Glencrieff, two-tooth wethers, 19/6, shorn wether lambs, 14/-, shorn ewe lambs, 14/6; account of Pike Bros., Te Whiti, rape lambs, 16/9.