YEAR’S HIGHEST

Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVIII, Issue 20622, 1 August 1941, Page 6

YEAR’S HIGHEST

MATAWHERO PRICES EWE HOGGETS AT 26/2 WETHERS PASSED 25/3 Store sheep prices at the Matawhero stock sale to-day were the highest ot the season. Values showed an improvement, and the prices were assisted by an offering that was mainly of good quality, and included some exceptional lines. The yarding was the largest winter offering for some years, and totalled over 5000, of which 4300 were offered by 12.30 p.m. Selling proceeded throughout lunch, Waikato. Thames Valley, Bay of Plenty and Hawke’s Bay buyers were among the large attendance. Wether hoggets comprised the bulk of the yarding, and in two instances well-grown forward sorts sold at 20s, with another lot at 20s 7d, while others with size and condition ranged from 17s 3d to 19s Id and smaller sorts from 13s 7d to 16s. Black-faced hoggets brought 14s 7d and 15s Id. Ewe hoggets were keenly competed for. and they sold from 22s Id to 26s 2d, the latter price being for a particularly fine lot from Messrs. Judd Bros. , Wethers participated well in the advanced rates, and. apart from one lot at 18s lOd, the prices ranged from 22s Id to 245, while one line of big fat and forward sorts was passed in at 25s 3d. Breeding ewes also sold well, a line of 5 and 6-year-olds reaching 19s Id and selling down to 13s sd, while aged sorts sold from 8s 3d to 11s fid. A small line of ewes-with lambs, the second of the season to reach the Matawhero yards, was disposed of at 21s fid. Store Sheep Prices Wether Hoggets.— I Two hundred and twenty, size and condition, ISs Id; 120, well "Town, fairly good order, (p) Us ; 100, well grown, forward, 20s; 102, fair size, good order, (p) 13s 3d; 240' well grown, forward, including odd 2-tooth, from Reay station, 20s; 124, fairly well grown, good order, 17s 9d; 279, fair size, very fair order, (p) 16s; 94, size and condition, ISs 3d; 69, good size and condition, from Mr. H. J. Steed, 19s Id; 329, good size and order, from Mr. A. Mclntosh, 19s Id; 48. fairly well grown, fair order, 15s; 90, fair size, fair store order, 13s 7d; ; 42, fair size, fairly good order, 17s 3d; 50, fairly well grown, very fair order, from Mr. K. Cameron, 18s 4d; 91, well grown, fat and forward. 20s 7d; 23, fairly good size and condition, 17s lOd. Ewe Hoggets.—One hundred and twentytwo, fairly well grown, fairly good order, 22s Id; 31, well grown, good order," from Mr. J. E. Dalton, 24s 4d; 78, fairly well grown, good order, .from Mr. H. J. Steed, 21s lOd; 144, very well grown, good order, from Judd Bros., 26s 2d. Black-faced Hoggets.—Ninety-seven, fairly well grown, good order, from Mr. A. McIntosh, 14s 7d; 35, mixed sizes, good order, 15s Id. Wethers.—Eighty-five, rai size and condition, 18s lOd 102, heavy, forward, wellwoolled, mostly 2-th, 23s 8d; 147. many good size and condition, 22s sd, 32, fairly good size and order, 22s Id: 263 he",'-—, forward, from Mr. A. Mclntosh, 245; 230; tops from last, mostly 2-th, fat and forward (p), 25s 3d. Breeding Ewes. —One hundred and ten, 0-yr., well-framed, r.w. Southdown rams, March 1 (p) 13s 7d; 38, no stated age, fair frames, r.w. Southdown rams, 11s 6d; 177, no stated age, well-framed, r.w. Romney rains, from Mr. J. Broad, Waimata, 11s Id; 240, 5 and 6-yr„ straight line, low to level months, r.w. Southdown rams, March 20, from Miller estate, 19s Id; 60, part of last fine, 18s Id; 42, -5 and G-yr. run-out from last, 13s sd; 111, no stated age, from Coast, r.w. Southdown rams, 8s 3d. Ewes with Lambs. —Eighteen ewes with 19 lambs, fair framed ewes, healthy lambs, 21s Gd. v ■ t Fat Sheep . / ■.. A brighter lone existed in the fat sheep market, and values were better than last week. The quality, too, was an improvement-, and most of the yarding of 400,. all ewes, except one pen of lambs, comprised heavy to fairly heavy sorts. The best of the ewes ranged from 12s 4d to 13s Id, with the lighter sorts from 10s Id to 11s id. Second quality ewes sold from 9s Id to 10s id. A pen of lambs brought 18s 3d. Prices; — Ewes. —Sixty, 12s lOd; 52, from Bayly partnership, 13s Id; 14, Us 4d; 25, 10s id; 20,,12s 8d; 32, 12s 4d; 13. 11s Id; 11. 10s 2d; 38, 10s Id. Second Quality.— Fourteen, 9s Id 10. 10s 3d and 10s 4d; 20, 9s sd. Lambs.—Fifteen, 18s 3d.