Stock Sales

Manawatu Times, Volume 63, Issue 41, 18 February 1938, Page 10

Stock Sales

JOHNSONVILLE SALE. Messrs Wright, iStephenson and Co., Ltd., and Abraham and Williams, Ltd., report on Johusouvilie sale as follows: We offered a small yarding of cattle and an average yarding of all classes of sheep. Bu llocks comprised chiefly heavy weight cattle with a few pens of light and met.him weight cattle. Extra prime heavy bullocks met with a ready sale with little alteration in prices, while light uud unfinished bullocks were easier to the extent of 5s to 10s per head. Plain bullocks were hard to sell even at a reduced limit. Cows and heifers: The yarding was of good qualify with keen competition throughout, with prices firmer than those ruling last week. No runners or vealers came forward. The yarding; of wethers was of an unfinished quality. Only a few pens of extra prime finished sheep came forward. These met with good competition at prices slightly above export p rity, while light weight wethers and plain sheep were slightly easier. Only well finished ewes were sought after, unfinished and plaiu sorts being hard to sell at prices below schedule rates. The yarding of lambs was of mixed quality. There was a good sale for prime lambs, while plain and unfinished sorts met with a dragging sale. We quote:— Prime extra heavy bullocks, £ls ss, £ls, £l4 18s, iU4 IDs, £l4, down to £l3 15s; prime heavy bullocks, £l3 10s, £l3 Ss, £l3, £l2 17s (id; light and unfinished bullocks, £l2, £ll 10s, £lO 10s, £lO ss; extra prime , heavy cows and heifers, £9 ss, £9, £S J.7s, £8 35s down to £8 ss; prime heavy cows and heifers, £S, £7 15s down to ;i7 12s; cows aud heifers, £7, £6 18s, £0 ss. Prime extra heavy wethers, 29s Cd, 27s 3d, 275, 20 s 9d, 20s Od; prime heavy wethers, 265, 25s 9d, 25s 6d; medium wethers, 255, 245, 23s Od; prime extra [ heavy ewes, 21s Od, 21s, 20s 9d, 20s, 19s Od; primci heavy ewes, 19s, 18s 9d, 18s; medium ewes, 17s 6d, 17s 2a, 16s, I down to 15s 6d; heavy hoggets, 265, 25s Cd, 24s 3d to 23s Gdj light hoggets,

9<l, 21s Sd; heavy spring lambs, • 235, 22s 6d, 21s 9d, 2is Gd, 21s; medium spring lambs, 20s 9d, 20s 6d, 20s down to 19s; light' spring lambs, 18s 6d to Li*.