BALCLUTHA STOCK SALE
A decline of from Is to Is 6d per head for freezing sorts was the feature of the fat sheep yarding at the Balclutha sale on Friday. While there was a fair yarding of store sheep, fat sheep were fewer in number than for some weeks. The store pens were composed mainly of lambs. A few store cattle but no fat cattle were offered, and there was a slack demand for horses and pigs. Prices were as follows: — Fat Sheep.—Best fat wethers, 40s; best butchers’ ewes, 245. Store Sheep—Best ewe lambs, 28s 7d; smaller sorts, 23s 6d; good rape lambs, up to 22s 6d; medium sorts, 17s 6d; poorer, down to 12s; wethers, up to 275; medium sorts, 25s 6d; Indifferent quality ewes, 10s to 16s. , * , Store Cattle. —Three-year-old bullocks, £ll 15s to £l3 ss; three-year-old steers (nondescript), £7; 18-month well-bred heifers, £6; two-year heifers, £4 15s to £7 ss, according to quality. Dairy Cows.—One Shorthorn heifer (at drop), £l2 10s; Shorthorn cow - (third calver, in milk), £l3 ss.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 25849, 21 May 1945, Page 2
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172BALCLUTHA STOCK SALE Otago Daily Times, Issue 25849, 21 May 1945, Page 2
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