LIVE STOCK MARKETS

Gisborne Times, Volume LXXII, Issue 11453, 2 March 1931, Page 7

LIVE STOCK MARKETS

ETORTFOBD LODGE

At the weekly sale at Stortford Lodge on Wednesday, there was a large attendance of the public, who wore interested particularly in'annual draft?; from' well-known stations. The cattle entrv consisted of 15 fat cattle and the sheep entrv of 12,000 stores and'6oo3 fats. Tho competition for good condition five-year ewes was much better than at previous sales, the first run out of! Waipoapoa station’s annual draft realising 11s this price, being an advance of at least 4s on the previous week’s sale.' : Fat cattle: Light prime steers £6 6s, prime heavy cow £4 13s, light prime do £4. Store sheep: 530 5-year ewes ex Waipoapoa. station, good frames and condition, first, run out of 200 sold at 11s, hnlanee 10s Id; 648 ibyoar ewes ex Te Apiti station, a good line, first run out 0f'250 at 7s 9d, balaneo 7s. , '• v-: - ■-- •

t Store sheep: 411 5-ycnr owes ox Tangiwai Station realised. 5s 6d; 350 4--vear owes on account .Towscy Estate Tvererii, first out realised 10s Id, balance sold at; 8s 8d; 152 2-tli ewes,-,early shorn' and good condition realised 11s ; 370 owes on ac-. count; ,J. McNeill. Waifnnrama, good frames, and medium Vendition, sold at 3s' lOd -140 2-th ewes ox Tangiwai Station realised 10s 6cl; 130 5-yr elves ex . Tangiwai Station sold at -7s Sd: 114. pi-tlr owes ex.E. H. Beamish, Whana' Whana, realised 7s Id; 126 w.f. wether latnbs, wdll grown and good Condition, on account of IT. F. Beamish; XVhfina Whana, sold at 5s lid; 273 w.f . 'lnrribs; oh ncconfit of hbove vendor sold at 3s 'ld -, 200 5-yr ewes on account of Ohiti Station realised' 5s ‘4d; 352' sfoyo' owes, good frames, sold at Is;. 178 i 5 aiid 6-yr ewes, ex Waimarama, realised Is 2d. Fat Sheep: The 'competition in the fat sheep pens fluctuated considerably, the sales made at the latter end of the sale-being much hotter than l at the commencement. -Extra prime fat ewes,'7s'3d to 8s 2d,55" to' 7k; light do., 4s to- 4s 9d; -prime Southdown 2-ths,/ 7s 4d fat lambs, prime, 10s ; de- medium, 8s to'Bs .6(1.