Otautau Stock Sale.

Otautau Standard and Wallace County Chronicle, Volume XX, Issue 1026, 14 April 1925, Page 3

Otautau Stock Sale.

There were about 17,000 sh.ep yarded for Thursday's sale, and prices were well maintained throughout, although selling was continued till well after 6 p.m. If anything prices for old ewes was slightly easier, say about 6d to ls a head, but young sheep brought good prices. Several speoiaily advertised lines attracted considerable attention, and splendid prices were tbe result. A big yarding of the difierent lots of annual draft [sheep off the high oountry runs 'met with a good sale, the sheep being penned m good condition; The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co., Ltd., sold on behalf of the Trustees of the late Wm... Bradley a line of 75 two-<tooth ewes at the great figure of 47s 3d, while the same firm sold on behalf of Mr R. W. X, Brad ley a further line of 77 twotooth.ewes at 45s 6d, also obtaining 48s for -168 s.m ewes on account of the Trustees m the Estate cf Wm. Bradley. 28s 2d was the "figure got lor 226 wether lambs sold on the same vendors' behalf,

Messrs Dalgcty and Co-, Ltd., sold a particularly nice line of 209 wether lambs oo account of Mr H. Gorrie, Waiau, at 29s 3d. Meesr_ J. R. Mills and Son sold a nice line of 119 two tooth ewes on account of Mr McLaren, Eastern Bush, at 46s OJ. Messrs Homer Bros, sod through tbe National Mortgage and Agency Company a line of 2(35 two* tooth ewes at 10a. A good many rams were yarded, a big percentage of tbem boing aged and decrepit, aud sellers bad a hard job to quit them at any price. The following are the difierent prices : Wright Stephenson aud Co., sold : 61 s.m. ewes 30s 2d, 131 do. 325, 300 do. 325, 34 do. 36s J)d, 100 do. 29s 9d, ! 11l do. 29s 9d, 48 do. 31s 9d. 99 £ ■ and f. ewes 20s 6d, 159 do. 19s 6d, I 56 do. 16s, 152 do. 20s 6d, 60 do. 19s Id. 614 and 6-tooth ewes 40s 6d, 66 do. 41s 6d, 128 4, 6 and 8-tooth ewes 38s, 33 do. 295, 60 6 and 8-tooth ewes 38s lOd. 260 2- tooth wethers 29s 3d, 231 do. 33s 7d, 129 4 tooth wethers 35s 3d, 254 do. 3Ds 4d, 10 do. 365. 35 wether lambs 29s 4d, 138 m.s. lambs 355, 122 do 30s, 13 lambs 23s 3d. 10 fat wethers 365. 5 Romney rams at 6gus., 1 at Bgns., 8 at sgns., 2 at s£gns., 10 at 3 J gns., lat 3gns„ 3at .21-gn.s., 1 at 255. 1 fat cow £4 and 1 at £3. Gig and harness £15. Hack £8. New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co. sold : 100 2-tooth ewes 38s 6d, 75 do 17b od, 77 do 15s 6d, 42 2-tooth wethers 32s lid, I3o*do 38s, 130 1, 0* and 8-tooth ewes 12s, 168 s.m. ewes 13s, 37 t*. and f. 18s (id, 38 do 21s Od, 28 lambs 30s, 220 w. lambs 28s 2d, 23 lambs 31s 3d, 27 lambs 355, 5 rams £2 2s. | J. R, Mills aud Son sold : 105 s.m. ewes 39s 4d, 88 do 3ls 6d, 65 do 325, 39 do 28s Id, 65 do 35s Id, 61 do 27s Id, 40 2-tooth ewes 46s Od, 30 do 31s 6d, 79 do 46s 6d, 28 f. and f. ewes 23s lOd, 15 do _225, 108 do 21s 4d, 35 do 25s 7d, 81 do 19s 6d, 33 do 19s 6d, 59 do 235, 220 do.lßs.7dj 131 wether lambs 22s 6d, 39 old ewes 6s 3d, 126 m.s. lambs 28s 4d, 113 do 21s 3d, 123 do 27s Bd, 40 f.m. ewes 24s 9d, 95*6 and 8-tooth ewes 18s 7d. National Mortgage ' and Agency Co., ' Ltd., sold; 60 2-tooth ewes 3ls -Dd", 50 do 32s Id, 205 do 40s, Cl s.m. ewes 30s Id, 233 f. and f. 21s, 40 do 24s od, 96 do 10s lOd, .02 do 16s Bd, 226 do 19s, 15 do 16s 9d, 68 do -lin 9d, 109 do 18s. 8-3 do j 27s MM, ' 110 do 1 6s Bd, 1 1 --tooth I wethers 26s 3d, Go -wv lambs 26s ,6d, j 13 do 24s Id, 60 do 16s id, 33 do ' 19s 2d, 10 do 17s 3d, 10 fat. ewes 275, 22 do 17s 7d, 3 rams 4gns, 5 rams 2gns, 3 2.'r-year steers £3 10s, bull £4. „"* -j Dalgety and Co.,' Ltd., sold: 117 two and four-tooth ewes 375. 123 4, I 6 and eight-tooth ewes 355, 42 s in. ewes 32s 7d, 126 do. 31s 6d, 149 do. \ B ls 6d, 69 f. and f. ewes 20s, 117 do. Us 6d, 161 do. 20s, 116. do. 33a, 17 do. 183 6a, 168 do. 22s 3d, 150 do. 30s, 266 wether lambs 18s Bd, 215 do. 27s 7d, 209 do. 2,9s 3d, 34 do 26s «d. Messrs J. E. Watson and Co., m conjunction with the Southland Farmers' Co op. Association, Ltd., sold on account of Mr E. K. Sim, Pukemaori, the following lines : 158 s.m. ewes 89s sd, 61 two tooth ewes 44is, 104 two tooth wethers 84s 7d, 85 ewe lambs 325. Watson's also sold 20 two tooth wethers 33a 6d, 200 f and f. ewes 235, 48 do. 18s, 18 do. 18s, SO m.s. lambs 235, 5 rams 6gns, 8 rams s gns, 2 rams 4sgns, and 2 at 2gns. Southland Farmers' Co-.op. Association also sold 54 two-tooth ewes 46s Id, 60 do. 38s, 30 s.m. ewea | 24s 3d, 55 f. and f. ewes 18s 6d, 70 do. 14s Id, 100 do. 19s 2d, 168 wether lambs 275, 91 m.s. lambs 81b 3d, 24 do* 30s 3d, 4 Romney rams sgn.s, 6 do, £4 10s 2 do. 4£gns, 1 Border Leicester ram 3gns, 5 do..2gns. Also 3000 feet draining boards at 10s Od per hundred.