LIVE STOCK MARKET

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume 76, 17 May 1941, Page 2

LIVE STOCK MARKET

THIS WEEK'S BLENHEIM SALE | I NO IMPROVEMENT IN STORE ! PRICES | The weekly Blenheim sale was held 1 I i . springlike weather before a small j attendance of buyers and farmers (re- j ports the “Express”). About 950 fat and store sheep were yarded, the smallest yarding this year up to date. Both fat and store sheep were in good condition and throughout the whole yarding there was not one pen of really poor sheep. Fat sheep prices were a fraction firmer in price from 6d to Is a head in most cases, but store sheep were still at a low figure and there was nc improvement in values. In fat sheep the entry of 470 comprised medium to good fat wethers and fat ewes and four pens of first-class fat lambs. Prime heavy wethers made to 18s 10d, heavy wethers 16s to 17s 4d, medium fat wethers 451 b to 501 b 14s Id to 15s lOd. Heavy fat ewes made to 9s 4d, medium fat ewes 6s 4d to 8s lOd, heavy fat lambs to 24s Id, medium fat lambs 20s 4d to 21s 4d. Sixty good fat ewes yarded by one vendor were not offered at auction. In store sheep the yarding of 480 was made up of eight pens of good-condi-tioned lambs, which sold cheaply, three pens of breeding ewes and one pen of half bred wethers. The vendors met the market. Good forward halfbred wether lambs sold at 6s to 8s 9d, threequarterbred wether lambs to 7s 9d. a small pen of halfbred ewe lambs at 9s Id, 75 s.m. Romney ewes at 9s, 20 s.m. Romney ewes at 6s sd, failing-mouth halfbred ewes at 2s.