CARTERTON VALUES.

Evening Post, Volume CXXI, Issue 115, 16 May 1936, Page 15

CARTERTON VALUES.

Wright, Stephenson, and Co., Ltd., report that bidding was .brisk for sheep, and prices were well up to ruling rates at the weekly Carterton sale yesterday. The company offered a .big yarding. Store,cows were slightly easier, but springers were in demand, and fats were about the same. Weaner pigs met a weak market, but porkers were -firmer. Quotations: — J ; ■ • • Sheep.—Fat ewes, 19s 5d to 22s 6d; b.f. lambs, 14s to 20s; woolly ewe lambs, 24s 7d to 275; fat b.f. lambs, 21s'to 21sf9d; fat wethers, 29s to 30s 7d;'small wether lambs, 7s 6d to 11s; shorn wethen lambs, 16s 9d to 17s 6d; forward wethers, 22s 6d to 26s 9d; store ewes, to 14s. Cattle: Cows, on drop, £5 12s 6d to £7 12s 6d; 3-year heifers, on drop, £5 7s 6d to £6 ss; 3-year heifers, just calved, £5 17s 6d to £7 10s; fat cows, £3 5s to £4 14s; forward cows, £2 to-£3 2s 6d; store cows, 20s to 37s 6d; vealers, 39s to £3; bulls, £2 10s to £4 10s: Pigs: Good weaners, 8s 6d to 11s; medium weaners, 5s 6d to 8s; small weaners, 2s to ss; ■ slips, 13s 6d to 17s 6d; store pigs, 18s i to 20s 6d; light porkers. 21s 6d to 24s;i . porkers, 27s 6d to 355; choppers, to 40s; baconers. £2 7s to £3.