STOCK SALES
TE KUITI. Messrs. Dalgety and Co., Ltd., report having held their usual fortnightly stock sale at the Te Kuiti saleyards on Friday, February 21st. A large yarding of both sheep and cattle was offered to an attendance of local buyers. Prices for good quality ewes were quite firm on recent sales, but aged and cull ewes were again easier of sale. Fat and store wethers were penned in_ good numbers and these met with a ready market at prices above recent quotations. Lambs were not keenly competed for and values showed a drop of Is to Is 6d per head. Cattle remained firm at late rates. Quotations: Fat 4-tooth wethers 245; fat 2-tooth wethers 23s 6d; good store 2-tooth wethers 20s 9d to 21s 4d; good fat ewes 13s 6d to 14s 6d; light-weight fat lambs 19s to 20s; good 4 and 5-year breeding ewes 23s 6d to 255; medium 18s to 21s 6d; good sound mouth ewes 16s 6d to 19s; aged ewes 11s to 14s; good store b.f. lambs 13s 6d to 15s; medium 11s to 12s 6d; smaller 7s to 9s; medium w.f. ewe lambs 17s to 18s 6d; medium w.f. wether lambs 12s 6d to 14s; smaller 8s to 11s; small 2-tooth ewes 22s to 245; 1shear Romney rams, 4 gns to 5 gns; 1-shear S.D. rams 3 gns to 4 gns; full mouth S.D. rams li gns to 3 gns. Light fat cows £3 10s to £4 10s; f. and f. cows £2 5s to £2 15s; boner cows £1 5s to £1 15s; 3-year P.A. steers £7 to £7 16s; medium 18month P.A. steers £5 12s; rough 4year bullocks £5 15s; potter bulls £2 10s to £6 2s 6d.
PIO PIO. Messrs. Dalgety and Co., Ltd., report having held their usual sale at Pio Pio on Thursday when a small yarding of sheep and cattle came forward. Sheep met with keen competition and sold well to late rates. Forward conditioned 2-tooth wethers 2ls 3d, fat and forward wethers 21s lOd to 22s 3d; forward conditioned b.f. lambs 16s lid; good conditioned w. lambs 16s Id to 16s 3d; medium 14s 2d; small 12s 3d; culls 9s 6d; medium ewe lambs 19s 3d; smaller sorts 17s sd; strong woolled 2-tooth ewes 325; 2-tooth S.D. rams 3 gns to 4 gns; 6-tooth, 3 gns, aged 1 gn to 2 gns; 2-tooth Romney rams 4 gns. Light fat cows £3 10s to £3 15s; killable condition £2 10s to £3; forward condition 355.
TE KUITI AND PIO PIO SALES.
Messrs. Abraham and Williams, Ltd., Te Kuiti, report having held their usual sales at Pio Pio on Thursday, and at Te Kuiti on Friday. At Pio Pio there was a small yarding of sheep, consisting of wethers and store lambs. There was a ready demand for all lines offered and a total clearance was made. A few odd lines of cattle were penned and these sold at recent ruling rates.
At Te Kuiti sheep came forward in excess of advertised numbers, a good entry of wethers, ewes and lambs being yarded. There was a good attendance of local and outside buyers, and practically everything was cleared at auction. The market for ewes and wethers was firmer, while lambs sold at recent ruling rates.
Quotations: Good fat lambs to 23s Gd; light fat lambs 18s 3d, 19s 6d, to 20s Gd; light fat weathers to 24s 3d: fat ewes 14s to 14s 8d; good 2-tooth wethers 23s Id; smaller sorts 21s to 22s Gd; fair quality 4 and 5-year ewes made 21s to 235; plain sorts 18s to 20s; rough sorts 12s Gd, 13s 6d, to 16s; good ewe lambs 21s 3d; good wether lambs 16s to 17s Gd; store lambs 14s to 15s 6d; smaller sorts 11s to 12s Gd; Romney rams, oneshear, medium quality, 31 to 41 gns; two-shear Romney rams, fair quality, 2V» to 3% gns; Southdown rams made 2 "to 2% gns. A small yarding of rough quality cattle sold at recent ruling rates.
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King Country Chronicle, Volume XXX, Issue 4812, 22 February 1936, Page 5
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671STOCK SALES King Country Chronicle, Volume XXX, Issue 4812, 22 February 1936, Page 5
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