Johnsonville Sale

Manawatu Times, Volume 61, Issue 73, 27 March 1936, Page 3

Johnsonville Sale

Messrs Wright, Stephenson and Co., Ltd., and Abraham and Williams, Ltd., report on Joknsonville sale, held on Tuesday, as follows: — To a smaller attendance of buyers than usual we offered an average yarding of all classes of stock. Tho bullocks yarded were-chiefly heavy-weight cattlo with a few.pens of lighter sorts. These met with a good sale, prices being on a par with last week’s Tates. Cows and heifers came forward in the usual numbers and sold at prices showing no alteration. Runners and vealers sold well at late rates. There was a smaller yarding than usual of wethers, whilst ewes came forward in the usual numbers. All classes sold well at lato rates. Lambs met with a ready sale at last week’s prices.

Quotations: — Prime extra heavy bullocks, £l3, £l2 13s, £l2 12s, £l2 9s, £l2 Gs; prime heavy bullocks, £l2 2s, £ll lGs, £ll 10s, £ll ss; heavy bullocks, £lO 12s, £lO 7s Gd; extra prime heavy cows and heifers, £8 12s 6d, £S 2s, £7 ISs, £7 15s, £7 12s Gd; prime heavy cows and heifers, £7 ss, £G 18s, £6 15s; cows and heifers, £5 ss, £5, £4 10s, £4, £3; mnners, £4 10s, £4 Gs, £4, £3 ISs, £n 11s, £3 ss; vealers, £2 4s, £2 2s Gd, £2, £1 15s, £1 10s. Prime extra heavy -wethers, 2Ss Gd, 2Ss, 27s 6d;,.prime.heavy wethers, 2Gs Gd, 2Gs, 25s Gd; medium wethers, 235, 22s Gd, 225; prime extra heavy ewes, 19s Bd, 19s 4d,18s Gd; prime heavy ewes, 18s’'-3d,-18s, 17s Sd; medium ewes, 16s Gd, lGs 3d, lGs; heavy lambs, 235, 22s Gd, 225; medium lambs, 21s Gd, 20s lOd, 20s; light lambs, 18s Gd, ISs.