KEEN DEMAND FOR ALL CLASSES AT MORRINSVILLE

Gisborne Herald, Volume LXXVII, Issue 23313, 24 July 1950, Page 7

KEEN DEMAND FOR ALL CLASSES AT MORRINSVILLE

There was a large yarding of fat sheep at the Morrinsville stock sale on Friday and recent high values were well maintained for lambs. Fat wethers showed a slight improvement.

Values remained firm for fat cows. There was little alteration in recent steady values for honor and store cows. A larger entry of empty Jersey heifers was on offer. The best two-year-old heifers were a shade easier. The demand for yearlings was unchanged. Another extra large yarding of dairy cattle came forward. Bidding on quality lots was steady, and prices showed an improvement on last week’s reduced rates. Prices:—

Sheep.—Fat wethers. £3/6/6 to £3 10/-; fat hoggets, £2/18/- to £3/1/6; fat ewes, 55/- to 56/-; heavy fat lambs, 55/to 61/3; medium, 48/- to 52/-; light, 38/-. to 45/-; store wethers, 52/6; good white face store lambs, 45/- to 50/-; smaller, 38/- to 40/-.

Cattle. —Fat P.A. cows, to £l6; fat young Jersey cows and heifers, £lO to £l3/17/6; boner cows, £7 to £lO/5/-; store Jersey cows, £5 to £6/15/-; empty two-year heifers and young cows, £6 to £B/2/-; yearling Jersey heifers, £9 to £10; medium, £7 to £7/15/-. Dairies.—Good quality heifers, £lB 10/- to £22; average. £l6 to £18; more backward, £l4 to £ls; small and poorer quality, £ll to £l3.