Johnsonville Sale

Manawatu Times, Volume LIV, Issue 6633, 21 August 1931, Page 2

Johnsonville Sale

Messrs. Wright, Stephenson and Co., Ltd., and Abraham and Williams, Ltd., report on the Johnsonville sale, held on Wednesday, as follows: An average yarding of cattle and a full yarding of sheep was submitted to a large attondanco of buyers. Prices of cattle and sheep showed no alteration on last week’s rates, with the exception of heavy ewes, which were easier to the extent of 1/ to 1/6 per head. Quotations: Heavy bullocks, £lO, £9 15/, £9 12/6, £9 7/6, £9 2/6 to £8 15/; bullocks, £8 5/, £B, £7 17/6, £7 10/, £7 2/6 to £7; heavy cows, £6 17/6, £6 15/, £6 5/ to £5 12/6; cow, £5 7/6, £5 2/6, £5 to £4 15/; vealcTs, £4, £3 11/, £3 6/, £3, £2 13/, £2 12/, £2 7/, £2 5/, £2 to £3 14/; extra heavy wethers, 23/6 to 22/; heavy wethers, 21/6, 21/, 20/10, 20/3, 20/ to 19/6; wethers, 19/, IS/9, 17/9 to 16/6; heavy ewes, 19/6, 19/3, 19/, 18/6, 18/ to 17/6; ewes, 17/, 16/9, 16/6, 16/ to 15/; light ewes, 14/6; heavy lambs, 16/, 15/6 to 15/3; lambs, 14/6, 14/, 13/9 to 12/6.

Associated Live Stock Auctioneers, Ltd., report fair entries of all classes of stock at the Ashhurst sale on Wednesday, and a satisfactory clearance. Quotations: Fat and forward ewes, 12/8; empty ewes, 8/9; b.f. hoggets, 9/4, 11/8; wether hoggets, 8/, 8/8; aged ewes in lamb, 8/6; forward wethers, 13/4; light fat wethers, 16/2; fat bullocks, £5 18/; fat cows, £3 13/, £3 19/, £4 7/; fat heifers, £3 8/; dairy heifers, £3 10/, £4, £4 10/, £4 17/6, £5, £5 15/, £6 7/6, £6 10/; dairy cows, £3 10/, £4; empty cows, £l, £1 1/, £J 4/, £1 10/; weaner pigs, 19/, 20/, 22/; slips, 24/, 25/6.