COMMERCIAL

Marlborough Express, Volume XLV, Issue 58, 9 March 1911, Page 5

COMMERCIAL

ANNUAL EWE FAIR. Company, Ltd-. saleyards yesterday, lheie^ was tne usual large attendee ot buyers or this sale of the year, and bidding ior good lines was keen Then entry consisted of about 4300 mixed sheep, and 14 head of cattle. Three thousand three hundred sheep changed hands, and all cattle offered were sold a t satisfactory prices, trtxxl lines or e wes were keenly sought after, ana gold we ll; others sold on a par with; ] a te sales. Prices were as follows:— Sheep.—Two-tooth ewes, 10s lUd_to is s; 4 an d 6-tooth ewes, /s to IDs; p jyj ewe s, 6s Id; fat ewes, 8s 9d to g s n< i. 4 6, and &-tooth wethers, 9s 6( j 7d; 2-tooth wethers, 9s to 1Os; f a t wethers, Us 6d to 12s 2d; fat lambs, 8s to 10s 7d; forward lambs, 6s lid to 8s 4d; lambs M.S., 5s 3d to 9s 3d; fat merino wethers, 6s 10d;----old merino ewes, Is 6d. Cattle.—Heifers, £5.2s 6d to £5 12s 6d; 18-months, 575; yearlings, 37s 6d| weaners, 20s to 335; cowS, £4 17s 6d to £5 15s. The Company's next stock sales will be held at Seddon on Wednesday next, the 15th instant, and at Okaramio on Thursday ne^.t, the 16th inst.