WAIAREKA SALE

Otago Daily Times, Issue 27505, 27 September 1950, Page 9

WAIAREKA SALE

New Record Price For Prime Woolly Wethers Special to the Dally Times OAMARU, Sept. 26. Last week’s local record of 100 s 9d for extra jarime woolly wethers was again shattered today, when best sorts realised from 100 s9d to 103 s 9d. There was a small yarding of fat.-sheep compared with last week's large yarding, and prices all round in this section showed an increase today. Medium types of woolly wethers realised up to 99s 9d. There was a small yarding of fat cattle, the prices for which were 10s to £1 a head up on last week’s prices. The store sheep yarding was also small, but there was a ready sale in this section. Quotations: — Fat Cattle.—Bullocks'. Prime, £3O 17s 6d to £35 2s 6d; medium, £22 7s 6d to £24 17s 6d. Heifers: Prime, £2O 17s 6d to £25 17s 6d; light, to £ls 17s 6d. Cows, £l2 17s 6d to £l4 12s 6d. Dairy Cattle.—Springing cow, third calver, £ 12. Fat Sheep.—Woolly wethers: Prime, 100 s 9d to 103 s 9d; medium, 88s 3d to 99s 9d. Shorn: Prime, 60s to 66s 3d; medium, 54s 9d to 58s 9d. Woolly ewes: Prime, 72s 9d to 80s 9d; medium, 45s 9d to 58s 9d. Shorn: Prime, 44s 9d to 49s 3d; medium, 33s 9d to 39s 3d. Hoggets: Woolly, 66s 3d; shorn. 45s 9d. Store Sheep.—A pen of shorn wether hoggets, 45s 6d; a pen of two, four, six and eight-tooth Romney ewes in lamb to Southdown rams, 55s 6d; a pen of full-mouthed Romney ewes in lamb to Romney rams, 445. LORNEVILLE MARKET Dominion Record For Ewe Hoggets PA INVERCARGILL, Sept. 26. Record prices for fat and store sheep were paid at the weekly Lorneville stock sale today. Best woolly fat wethers sold from 100 s to 106 s 6d, a Southland recqrd price, and in the store pens, ewe hoggets realised to 106 s 6d—a price which exceeded the New Zealand record of 105 s set at Winton three weeks ago. In the fat sheep pens today, woolly sorts sold particularly well, but short ewes were easier by as much as 10s a head. Fat cattle also sold well after a shaky start and there was a sound demand for store cattle.

Fat Sheep.—The yarding of fat sheep was full and the bulk of the entry consisted of shorn sheep. Wethers in wool and woolly ewes sold at increased rates, and shorn wethers made prices on par with those of last week, but shorn ewes were easier by as much as 10s a head. Best woolly wethers made from 100 s to 106 s 6d; medium, 90s to 955; light, 80s to 85s. Best shorn wethers made to 625; good, 55s to 58s; medium, 50s to 545; light, 47s to 495. Fat Cattle.—There was a smaller yarding of fat cattle and the sale dragged over the early stages, passings being frequent. The market steadied down, however, and after the first few pens had been offered, the sale was good, values being fully firm on recent rates. Heavyweight bullocks sold up to £36; good handy-weights, £2B to £3O; mediumweights, £22 to £25; light and unfinished, £l7 to £l9. Best heavy-weight heifers sold to £2B; medium-weights, £22 to £25; light-weights, £l7 to £l9. Best heavy-weight cows made to £25; mediumweights, £l7 to £2O; light, £ll to £l3; unfinished, £8 to £io. Store Sheep.—The yarding of store sheep was again good and the sale was animated for all classes of woolly sheep. Ewe hoggets sold particularly well, the top price being 106 s 6d, with other good lots realising 95s to 102 s. Medium hoggets made 80s to 85s; smaller, 72s to 78s; a line of wether hoggets realised 60s; good-conditioned full-mouth ewes, with lambs at foot, brought from 42s to 46s 3d; lighter-conditioned sorts selling from 38s to 40s. Shorn wethers made from 45s to 48s. ~ Store Cattle.—Best quality and wellconditioned cattle met with a good demand in the store cattle section, which produced a good selection. A line of forward-conditioned Black Poll steers made £2O; other good sorts sold from £l7 to £l7 17s 6d; and lighter realised from £l4 10s to £l6. Indifferently-bred steers sold down to £8 10s; forwardconditioned Black Poll heifers sold to £lB ss; other good sorts, £ll to £l2 10s; with smaller down to £9 10s and poorerbred sorts down to £6 15s. Empty cows sold at up to £l2. In the dairy section, best guaranteed dairy cows sold to £l9 10s; other good sorts, £l4 to £l7 ss; lighter and late cal vers, down to £7 10s. Good dairy heifers made from £l3 10s to £l4 15s; others, down to £B.