MATAWHERO STOCK SALE.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume L, Issue 16379, 12 March 1924, Page 4

MATAWHERO STOCK SALE.

The a Poverty-: Bay vStockbrokers’ Association held, their, weekly sjale- of stock i at theT-MatWhero yards to-day, • there. 1 • being a-'’small''attendance of-buyers. and /,. « mediumyarding -oi ECCO bead,- mostlyi stores. . .Prices were- slightly! easier jtlian /■s'; at last Sweek’s sale. ‘ There Jvas a yardingjbf 321 -bead of fat.sheep,!prices ranging‘from 16s • 6d to 22s ;4d. Only *29 head of;,fat cattle came forward,, there being no demand, and the [.prices 'ranged■“from £3 ■ 10s to £5 ss. . (July one pen of weaner pigs was offer<ed for •sale;' these bringing 10s. There was awarding of - nearly BCO9 head of .■■■ \ store sheep. Up till lunch time a total • . . of 5595 head had been offered for sale, -. ■ and had found ( buyers at prices ranging front' 4s 9dto 22s 6d. Prices were as follows, p indicating lines' passed in at the sale : Fat Sheep: 38 lambs (p) 16s 6d, 24 ewes (p) 16s 6d, 13 lambs 18s 3d, 45 ewes 225, 4d, 20 wethers 21s;5d, 45 ewes 18s Bd, 40 ewes 18s 3d, 79 ewes .no bid. Fat Cattle: 2 fat cows (p).£4‘.7s 6d, 7 cows (prime) £5 55,;. 1 cow '.£3 ■,IQs, 3 / cows no bid, 8 bullocks no bid,' 8 bullocks tio bid. Store Sheep: 240 ewes 10s lOd, 207 4- to 6-tooth ewes Ip) 16s 6d, 385 f.m. ewes 14s 9d, 261 m. ewes 11s, 261 wether lambs (p) 14s. 158 2-tooth wethers (p) 16s lid, 199 f.m. ewes 8s 9d, 343 4-tooth ewes (p) 18s 6d, 89 s.m. ewes 10s lOd, 200 4 and 5-yeai ; ewes 22s 6d, 73 4 and 5-year ewes 22s 6d, 162 2-tooth wethers -16 s 1id,.375 5 to 6-year ewes (p) 14s, 246 2-tooth ewes 17s Id, 760 5- ewes (p) 17s, 221 4-year ewes (p) 18s, 46 5-year cull/ewes 6s Bd, 41 aged ewes 12s/ 77 2-tooth ewes (p) 17s 6d, 88 2-tooth awes 15s, 208 4 and 5-year ewes (p) 21s 6d, 211 2-tooth to 5-year ewes 14s, 320 5 to 6-year ewes (p) 16s, 171 6- ewes .(p) 18s, 77 2itooth ewes (r>) 14s, 103 2-tooth ewes ,(p) 17s 6d, 68 2-tooth ewes 13s,'3d, 75 cull owes 14s 9d.