CAPACITY YARDING

Otago Daily Times, Issue 27346, 23 March 1950, Page 9

CAPACITY YARDING

Waipiata Stock Sale Special to the Daily Times WAIPIATA, Mar. 22. At the Waipiata sale held yesterday every available pen was filled with an overflow into the railway trucking yards, culminating in a capacity yarding of 19,500 sheep being offered by auction. The class of stock offered was definitely better than that at other previous sales in Central Otago centres, comprising annual draft s.m. halfbred ewes, annual draft Corriedale s.m. ewes, full-mouth crossbred and full-mouth Corriedale ewes, and an odd pen of two-tooth ewes. Lambs of all classes were predominant, comprising approximately one-third of the yarding. Competition for all good lines of annual draft sound-mouth ewes was sound, with good-conditioned lines of full-mouth ewes also commanding good competition. In the lamb section Romney cross ewe lambs and halfbred ewe lambs of good quality were up to recent rates, as were also good-class halfbred carry-over wether lambs. Medium-class lambs were, if anything. easier on late rates. Quotations: Good Romney cross twotooth ewes. 60s to 655; medium, 52s to 565; small, 43s to 48s. Four-shear ewes up to 38s 3d; four and five-shear ewes, 32s 6d to 355. Good full-mouth ewes. 28s 9d to 32s 6d; medium, to 25s 6d. Good a.d. s.m. halfbred ewes, 32s 6d to 35s 6d; medium, 26s to 29s 6d. F. and f.m. halfbred ewes, 17s 6d to 225. Two-toqth Corriedale ewes, to 425. Good a:d. s.m. Corriedale ewes, 32s to 345: medium, 25s to 27s 6d. F. and f. Corriedale ewes, 14s to 17s; cull ewes, 8s 6d to 12s. Good Romney cross ewe lambs, 45s 6d to 48s; medium, 35s 6d to 395; small, ?is to 335. Good Romney cross wether lambs, 33s to 34s 6d; medium, 28s to 30s 3d; small, 23s 3d to 25s 6d. • Cull wether lambs, 15s to 20s 3d; m.s. cull lambs, 21s to 22s 6d. Good halfbred wether lambs, 31s to 335; medium, 26s 6d to 28s 6d; small, to 25s 6d. Medium halfbred ewe lambs, 34s to 36s 6d; small, to 31s. Four, six and eighttooth Corriedale wethers, 345; dight-tooth halfbred wethers, 345; small halfbred twotooth wethers, 31s to 345. Corriedale one-shear rams, sJgns to lOgns.