LIVE STOCK MARKET

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXXIII, 10 June 1939, Page 13

LIVE STOCK MARKET

1 THIS WEEK’S BLENHEIM SALE Ji : , ANOTHER GOOD YARDING ji | J NO DEMAND FOR STORES ! : j /Although top quality sheep were not 2 j very numerous in the fat section at 3 i this week’s stock sale at the Blenheim , " j yards, the general standard was quite ; ? | good and no difficulty was experienced 1 in disposing of the 584 sheep penned ! (reports the “Express”). Inquiry from " ’ buiehers continued its upward trend. ’ ; It Is evident that buyers who up until j recently had been purchasing privately * ' have had to come back to the public " th- tone of the sales has shown a de- ’’ cided improvement over the past two *•! weeks. Throughout the auction com- * j petition remained firm, and prices for - i the lower quality stock in particular 5 ! shewed an improvement of about a e j sh.iling on last week’s rates. I j Fat ewes numbered 418, and include ed in the yarding were several fairly II at Tractive lines. Among these were ;t five pens offered on account of the 1- Native Affairs Department, the top - lot being knocked down at 19s 4d. e O.her pens offered by the Department d realised 18s lOd, 17s Id, 16s 7d, and 15s lOd. Further well-finished lots e were offered on account of Mr F. W. e K Pattie, of Dillon’s Point, sales be- - ing made at 18s 7d, 17s lOd, 17s Id, e and down to 12s 4d. Several sales ■ or: behalf of other vendors fetched e round about 16s lOd and up to 18s! e Id while round about 15s 7d was a n frequent figure. Good average sorts e i mode up to 10s. Two pens offered on ’•jaccount of Mr J. L. Rollason, Keker- , angu, made 16s lOd and 15s 7d. h j The 23 fat lambs offered were Hqv.ickly brought up, entries by Mr R. fl Walker, Hillersden, fetching 12s 7d n and 10s 4d. Other pens were quitted n at 10s 7d and 10s Id. 11 With the exception of two or three -• lots, nothing of outstanding quality y came forward among the 148 wethers h pi nned. Several pens offered on ac,c! count of Mr J. L. Rollason contained a+tractive sheep, but only two lots r * w re quitted under the hammer. Both, =■ pens, one containing 20 atti'active ir sorts, and the other 14 similar quality icl sheep fetched 20s 4d. A further pen off ered by another vendor also fetched ie th s amount, but the remainder was ’d emitted at round about 12s 4d and up to 16s 7d. ;h 2- THE STORE SECTION i,e Despite further rain and the projd mise of an improvement in the pas,n tune position in the district, very little interest was taken in the store sec,e i: ;n, and the greater portion of the ly offered was passed in. Two large ~ e drafts of half bred ewes in lamb to ,1c a halfbred ram, offered on account jg o; the Upton Fells station failed to n a* Tract much bidding, a line of 242 ben ing passed in at 4s 9d, and a further [ n flu could reach only 2s 9d. A pen of icl |fs i and forward halfbreds, in lama a . jtc a Southdown ram, found a buyer j 1( j a- 6s 9d, and 18 low-conditioned 4, 6 ia: d 8-tooths in lamb to an English' !ls IL icester ram were knocked down at; ie j j e I A total of 107 lambs came forward j lc l! ir the section, sales ranging from 4s' •y ! for small Southdowns, to 7s Id for j Ivory forward mixed-sex halfbreds. ■ Some very attractive sheep wei*e, ' included among the 200 wethers ofR hre 1, a pen of 15 fat and forward i mostly 4 and 6-tooths fetching 6s 3d. and a further 15 good-conditioned; sorts making 10s 3d. A line of 170 ! large-framed crossbreds, offered on account of Upton Fells, was passed in ',“>t 4, lid. V ' | ;