Stock Sales

Manawatu Times, Volume LV, Issue 7170, 18 March 1930, Page 9

Stock Sales

Dalgety and Co. Ltd. report on the sales of the week as under: There was a small yarding of stock at their Marton sale on Tuesday', llth instant. Weaner pigs, 12s, 13s; store pigs, 255; light porkers, oOs; weaner Jersey heifers, £3 Is 6d; empty heifers, £4 2s 6d; empty cows, £4 15s; bulls, £3 10s.

There was an exceptionally heavy yarding of sheep and a small yarding of cattle at their Taihape sale on Wednesday, 12th instant, which was submitted to a large attendance of outside buyers. All lines submitted met with good competition and a total clearance was effected. Maiden 4-th ewes, 17s 3r; 2-th ewes, 2Gs Id; 4 and Syr ewes, 13s 8d to 19s 6d; Syr ewes, 10s 9d, 12s 9d to 14s 6d; M.A. ewes, 15s Gd; fat ewes, 15s Id; cull ewes, 8s to 10s; w.f. wether lambs, 10s; cwo lambs, 15s sd; b.f. lambs, 7s to 12s; M.S. lambs, 9s Gd; M.S. woolly lambs, 10s lOd; 2-th Romney rams, 14, 34 to 7gns.; 4-th Romney rams, 2Jgns; 2-th S.D. rams 2J to 4igns; 4-th S.D. rams, 4}gns; forward cows, £G; fat cows, £7 10s; fat steers, £4; vealers, £5 7s 6d. There was a particularly good yarding of both sheep and cattle at their Mangaweka sale on Thursday, 13th instant. There was a fairly good demand right throughout at a shado lower ligures than those previously ruling and practically a total clearance was effected. Cull lambs, 6s Gd, 6s 7d, 7s 3d to 8s Gd; w.f. shorn wether lambs, 10s, 10s 4d, 10s Gd to 11s lOd; 2-th woolly lambs, 13s 2d; medium 2-th ewes, 265; M.A. ewes, 14s, 14s 8d; 4-th to syd owes, 20s 4d, 21s; 4 and Syr ewes, 21s 6d; 15-mos Hereford cross steers, £5 7s 6d, £6 ss; 15 to 18-mos P.A. cross steers, £G 18s; 2}yr P.A. Here, cross steers, £8 10s; 3Jyr P.A. cross steers, £9 ,16s; light fat cows, £6 14s; fat heifers, £7 13s; fat cows, £8 4s; Jersey cross weaner heifers, £3 Gs. There was a good yarding of sheep at the Peilding sale on Friday, 14th instant. While prices were inclined to be easier except for the better class particularly a total clearance was effected. There was also a fair yarding of cattle at prices on a par with previous sales. Eat lambs, 22s Gd; 2-th ewes, 30s 9d, 31s 2d, 31s 4d; 5-yr ewes, 18s 10s, to 19s 3d; M.A. ewes, 15s, 15s, 10s, to 17s; empty ewes, 10s Gd to 12s 4d; cull lambs, 6s 6d, 6s lOd, 7s sd; small lambs, 9s, 9s 6d, 9s Bd, 10s 4d; b.f. lambs, 10s Bd, to 11s Gd; b.f. shorn rape lambs, 13s Gd, 13s 9d; ewes lambs, 19s, 19s 9d; small 4-th wethers, 21s od; good 4-th wethers, 24s Gd; springing cows, £7 15s, £8 7s 6d, £8 10s; Jersey weaner heifers, good, £3; small weaner, heifers, 345, 365, £2; 2}yr P.A. steers, £8; 18-mos P.A. steers, £5 14s; lough 3Jyrs bullocks, £8; fat and forward P.A. bullocks, £l2 12s 6d; fat cows, £5 9s, £5 17s Gd, £6 8s Gd, £6 15s, £7 2s Gd, £8 11s.