JOHNSONVILLE SALE

Evening Post, Volume CXI, Issue 100, 30 April 1931, Page 14

JOHNSONVILLE SALE

Messrs. Wright, Stephenson and Co., jLtd. and Abraham and Williams, Ltd., report on Johnsonville sale held 28th April sis follows:--To the usual attendance of buyers, we submitted an average yarding of cattle end a full yarding of. sheep. Cattle.—A ' yarding of 178 cattle, comprising mostly prime heavy weight bullocks .with a .few pens of cows. Vealers came forward in smaller numbers than usual. Heavy weight cattle showed a deHineof from 10s to 15s per head. Medium •weight bullocks were on.a par, and cows, jbeifers, and vealers were slightly firmer ihan last week's sale. Sheep.—2l32 penned. Tlie quality oi ;fcbe yarding was good, particularly wethers, •Which were on a par with last, week s sale, ewes were easier to the extent of Is per |iead, while lambs met with a good demand at late rates. We quote: Heavy bullock?, £10, £9 17b fed, £9 15s, £9 10s, £9 7s 6d. £9 2s 6d io £8 15s; bullocks, £8 10s, £8 ss, £8 2s 6d;"to £8: cows, heavy, £6 10s, £6 2s Cd, £6, £5 17s 6d, to £5 10s; cows. £5 2s fid, £5, £4 17s 6d, to £4 10s; vealers, ,395, 38s, 375, 365, 355, 345, 325, 30s, 295, 255, 24s- wethers, heaw. 14s, 13s 9d, 13s Bd, 13s: wethers, 12s 3d711s 6d, 11s 3d, 10s lOd; iwes, heavy, 11s 7d, 11s, 10s lOd, 10s 9d, 10s 7d; ewes, 9s Od, 9s Gd, 9s sd, 9s 3d; Jambs, 13s 6d, 12s 7d, 12s, 11s 3d, 11s 6d, 32b, 10s 9d, 10s 6d.