KEEN COMPETITION

Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XXIV, Issue 95, 5 April 1934, Page 9

KEEN COMPETITION

Hastings Fat Sheep Values GOOD QUALITY OF ENTRY The quality of the fat sheep entry, particularly for ewes, was very good at the Stortford Lodge sale yesterday. Some of the best ewes that have been entered this year were included, while in the lambs there were some very prime sheep included. This, combined with good local and export competition, kept the market firm on last week’s rates. The entry totalled 2000 head. The usual exporting interests were well to the fore during the selling, local butchering interests buttressing up their efforts. The quality of the entry drew praise from several of the buyers, one export operator remarking that the ewes were “either very good or poor. There were no medium sheep included.” Mr F. L. Gordon and Mr H. Eglinton both had some particular ly good ewes entered, big-framed and in great order. Some of the entries and prices paid, from which an idea of the state of the market may be obtained, were as follow:— A pen of 104 medium-framed lightlv finished ewes sold out at 16/-. " j similar pen of 79 ewes made 16/3. Mixed as to condition, carrying fat to light prime order, a pen of 230 ewes passed at 16/8. A prime line of big-framed weighty ewes, 59 in two pens, in from Clifton Station and offered on account of Mr F. L. Gordon, met the market after a keen run of bidding at 19/3. A similar pen of 25 ewes from the same property realised 19/-. A well-grown lino of medium-weight ewes, in from Elsthorpe, sold at 17/10. A prime heavy line of 14 2-th ewes, in from Clifton Station and on account of Mr F. L. Gordon, secured top price of 20/8. In from Elsthorpe and on account of Mr A. McGaffin, a pen of 10 prime ewes met the market at 19/-. •Offered on account of Mr H. Egliqton, a pen of 28 prime heavy ewes, well-grown and carrying plenty of condition, sold out at 19/6. Top lamb price was 27/-, obtained for a single prime heavy Romney crossbred lamb carrying a great slip® of wool. A single prime Southdown crossbred lamb made 25/6. A pen of 41 prime Southdown crossbred lambs saw the bidding swinging along well for the pen to start out at 17/- and isell at 21/10, A very light line of 71 blackface lambs made 14/8. A prime pen of 28 blackface lambs met the market at 22/0. The top price for wethers was 24/-, obtained for a single prime sheep, In from Irongate and offered on account of Mr C. E. Small, a pen of 4'3 well-grown and finished wethers realised 23/-. A light pen of 17 2-th wethers made 19/1. Down from the Kaiwaka district, a pen of 30 medium prime well-framed wethers sold out at 21/10. A pair of Clifton Station 2-th wethers in prime order realised 23/-. Judged on the day’s market, the following in an approximation of the prices paid:— Ewes —medium to prime 17/10 to 20/8 Others from 16/Wethers—med to prime 21/- to 24/Others from 19/1 Lambe—from 14/8 to 27/-