EASIER MARKET

Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVIII, Issue 20492, 28 February 1941, Page 6

EASIER MARKET

SALE AT MATAWHERO STORE LAMBS AND SHEEP BUYERS MORE CAUTIOUS FAT SECTIONS FIRM The market for store sheep and lambs at the Matawhero stock sale today was decidedly easier, but the fat sections remained firm on last week’s rates. Store lambs were from Is to Is 6d a head lower in value, possibly due to the dry conditions and the scarcity of feed that is now threatening, combined with the added uncertainty regarding the future of the meat export trade. The yarding totalled about 3500 store lambs and sheep, of which nearly 3000 were offered before lunch. Lambs comprised more than 2000 in the morning’s offerings, the greatest part of which were shorn. Wellgrown sorts, shorn, in good condition, reached 14s, one pen being passed in at 14s 3d, and another pen sold at 13s Bd. Others ranged from 7s Id for small to 12s 8d for those of fair size, but most of the pens were passed in, one of small lambs going as low as 6s 6d. Only one pen of woolly wether lambs was sold, this being a fairly well grown line at 13s Id, while a small lot was passed in at 6s. Ewe lambs reached 14s 9d for a fair-sized woolly pen, with another woolly pen at lls 3d and one passed in at 13s 3d, while medium shorn lambs reached 13s.

The remaining entries in the store pens also met an easier market. Only one pen of breeding ewes was sold, this being quite a fair line of 4, 6 and 8-tooth sheep at 13s 6d, while medium two-tooths were passed in at 18s 7d. Fat and forward wethers made a comparatively good sale at 19s, with wellgrown two-tooths at 16s 7d. Mixedsex Southdown two-tooths, of which there was only one pen, sold at 13s 9d. Store Sheep Prices

Wether Lambs, Shorn. Seventyfour, fairly well grown, good store condition, 13s 8d; 188, fair size, store condition, on account of Panikau station, 10s; 245, small to medium size, store condition (p), 6s 6d; 77, small store condition, from Otoko, 7s Id; 198, fair size, very fair store condition, on account of Mr, A, Gibson (p). 9s 9d; 255, fair, size, very fair store condition, from Hangaroa (p), 9s 6d; 258, medium to fair size, store condition, from Otoko (p), 9s 3d; 221, fairly well grown, very fair store condition (p), 11s 8d; 77, well grown, good store condition, early shorn, 14s; 108. well grown, good store condition (p), 14s 3d; 96, fairly well grown, good store condition, on account of Messrs. Wallis and Wallis, Hangaroa, 12s 8rl; 50, fair size, store condition, 10s. Wether Lambs, Woolly.—One hundred and thirty, fair size, store condition (p), 10s; 62, small to medium, store condition (p), 6s; 51, fairly well grown, store condition, 13s 4d; 117, fair size, store condition, seeded fleece (p), 11s; 49, fairly well grown, store condition, 13s Id. Ewe Lambs. —One hundred and one, shorn, medium size, very fair store condition, on account of Mr. A. Gibson, Pauroa station, 13s; 39, woolly, medium size, store condition, from Repongaere (p), 13s 3d; 49, woolly, small to medium size, store condition, from hill country, 11s 4d; 76, woolly, fair ,size, store condition, 14s 9d, Breeding 2-th., medium size, very fair condition, from Parakanapa, (p). 18s 7d; 53, 5 and 6-year, mostly 5-year, fair frames, store condition, from Whakarau (p). 10s lOd; 66, 4, 6 and 8-th., fair size, store condition, on account of G. H. Smith Estate, Whakarau, 13s 6d. Wethers.—Fifty-five, good size, fat and forward, from Rakauroa, 19s; 87, 2-th, well grown, very fair store condition, from Mangatuna, 16s 7d. Southdowns. —Fifty, mixed sex 2th., fair size, very fair store condition, 13s 9d. Fat Sheep There was only a small yarding of fat sheep, which sold at values on a par with those last week, ewes going to 13s 7d, with second-grade ewes at 9s.