PRICES AT JOHNSONVILLE.

Evening Post, Volume CXXI, Issue 107, 7 May 1936, Page 7

PRICES AT JOHNSONVILLE.

Wright, Stephenson, and Co., Ltd., and Abraham and Williams, Ltd., report on the Johnsonville sale held yesterday. An average yarding of all classes of stock was forward. Bullocks, cows, and heifers were of good quality, but met with a dragging sale, prices being slightly easier. Runners and vealers met a ready sale. Prime heavy ewes and wethers met with a keen demand, while plainer sorts were hard to quit. Lambs met -with the usual demand at prices showing no alteration on late rates. Quotations: — Cattle.—Prime extra heavy bullocks, £12 ss, £12 2s 6d, £12, £11 17s; prime heavy bullocks. " £11 7s 6d, £11 2s 6d; £11, £10 17s, £10 13s; heavy bullocks, £10 ss, £10 2s 6d, £10. £9 Ids; extra prime heavy cows and heifers, £8 15s, £8 6s, £8 Is, £7 15s; prime heavy cows and heifers, £7 ss. £6 19s, £6 15s, £6 10s; cows and heifers, £5 2s, £4 15s, £4 2s 6d, £3 9s, £3; runners, £4 19s, £4 10s, £4 ss, £4 2s, £3 las; vealers, £1 15s, £1 10s, £1 4s. .

Sheep.—Prime extra heavy wethers, 30s 6d, 29s 6d, 29s 3d; prime heavy wethers, 28s 6d, 27s lOd, 27s 6d; medium wethers, 265, 255, 24s 9d; prime extra heavy ewes, 23s 6d (small pen), 23s 3d (small pen), 22s 6d, 225; prime heavyewes, 21s 3d, 21s, 20s Gd; medium ewes, 19s lOd, 19s, 18s 6d, 18s; heavy lambs, 235, 225, 21s lid, 21s 3d; medium lambs, 20s Gd, 20s, 19s 9dr light lambs, 18s 6d, 18s, 17s 9d.