Wanganui

Dominion, Volume 34, Issue 125, 20 February 1941, Page 12

Wanganui

Dominion Special Service. WANGANUI, February 19. A yarding of 6000 sheep was offered at the 'Wanganui stock sale today. Four aud five-year breeding ewes, provided they had good mouths, sold well, but any uncertain or 10-w-inoubhed ewes were hard of sale, though the bulk of the yarding was? sold. The two-tooth ewes were ornly of medium quality. Top wether lambs sold well butmedium and cull lambs were down. A light yarding of fat sheep sold slightly above last week’s rates, and a light entry ot fat cattle was fully firm. Pigs, were firm at late rates and venler<* were slightly easier than last week, prices:

Sheep: Fat lambs, IS/- to 22/6: fat wethers. 22/4 to 24/5; fat ewes, 13/10 to 14/4; down-cross owes to 15/4; aged marked fonr-vear ewes, 20/- to 23/-: mouths down, 16/- ‘to 19/1; aged marked live-year ewes, IS/- to 19/1; low mouth.'?, 13/- to 16/-; six-year ewes, best 13/1 to 14/4. low mouthed 9/- to 12/6; M.A. ewes, 13/- to 17/-; medium two-tooth ewes 23/6 to -{»/(’> average to 29/3: four-tooth ewes, to 2C»/6: wether lambs 14/- to 15/7. medium 9/3 to 11/2. cull 4 4/- to 7/6; b. f. Jambs, shorn, to 13/4; medium owe lambs to IS/6. culls 10/- to 13/2; two and four-tooth wethers, If’/- to 19/1; down-crosses. 17/!): two-tooth Romney rarns to 2?.gns., aged 12/6 to 29/-, low mouthed 6/- to 8/-; aged dowu rams, 23/- to 30/-.

Cattle: i’rime polled eows, to £8; fat ox-dairy cows £5/5/- to £6, light £4/5/fo £s:’ forward cows. £3 to £4; store run cows, £4/6/-; heavv bulls to £7/15/-. light £3/10/-. Pigs: Baconers. to £3/18/-; heavy porkers. £2/10/- to £2/18/-; average. £2/2/6 to £2/8/-: light. £l/9/- to £l/17/6; good slips. 17/- to 20/-; weaners. S/- to 12/-. Vealers: P.A. runners. £4/4/- to £5; average P.A. calves £l/15/- to £2/4/-, smaH £l/G/- to £l/12/-: other calves, 8/-.