STOCK SALES

Otago Daily Times, Issue 27221, 26 October 1949, Page 9

STOCK SALES

WAIAREKA Special to the Daily Times OAMARU, Oct. 25. Small yardings were penned in all sections at to-day’s Waiareka sale. The fat cattle section consisted of one fat heifer, which realised £ll 15s, and the store cattle section was also light. There was a medium yarding of fat sheep, which showed an increase in price by 3s to 4s a head on late sales. Store sheep, of which there was Also a small yarding, met with a good demand. Quotations: — Store Cattle.—Two yearling heifers made £3 15s and £3 17s 6d. A two-year-old bull made £5 10s. Fat Sheep.—Prime shorn wethers made; 52s 9d to 54s Bd; medium, 49s 9d to 51s 9d; light, 36s 9d to 435; hoggets, 34s 9d to 38s 9d; aged wethers to 38s 9d. Prime maiden ewes made 42s 9d to 48s 9d; medium, 33s 9d to 35s 9d. Prime ewes made 35s 9d to 37s 3d; medium, 28s 9d to 30s 9d: light, 22s 3d to 25s 3d. Store Sheep:—A pen of Rorrtney-Cor-riedale cross shorn wether hoggets made 34s 9d. A pen of Romney-Corriedale cross shorn ewe hogget's made 37s 6d.

LORNEVILLE Special to the Daily Times INVERCARGILL, Oct. 25. The tone of the sale at Lorneville today was affected by a lack of outside competition, and prices in nearly all sections were down compared with those ruling recently. The only brightness in the fat cattle section was the bidding for a few pens of extra good quality bullocks. Quality store cattle were much lower than at recent sales. Fat Sheep.—Shorn ewes and wethers, with a few pens of extra good woolly Xvethers, made up the bulk of the entry. Extra prime woolly wethers made to 74s Bd; prime, 68s to 72s Id; medium, 65s to 675. Extra prime shorn wethers made to 58s 6d; prime, 54s to 565; medium, 48s to 525; lighter, down to 455. Prime woolly maiden ewes made to 655; medium sorts, 55s to 60s. Extra prime woolly ewes made to 50s; prime, 45s to 475; medium-weights, to 435; light and unfinished, down to 335. Prime shorn ewes made to 335; medium, from 28s to 30s; light and unfinished, 25s to 27s 6d. Fat Cattle.—A few pens of extra prime bullocks, met spirited bidding, but unfinished sorts were hard to sell. Generally the quality was gpod, but the lack of outside competition made the prices easier. Extra prime heavy bullocks made to £4O; prime, £3O to £34; medium, £26'to £29; light, £2O to £24. - Prime heavy cows made to £24; medium sorts, £lB to £2O; light and unfinished, down to £l2. Prime heifers made to £2O; medium-weights, £ls to £lB.