MATAWHERO SALE.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume L, Issue 16579, 7 November 1924, Page 3

MATAWHERO SALE.

SMALL VARDINGS

KEEN BIDDING AND GOOD PRICES.

The weekly sale under the auspices of the Poverty Bay Stockbrokers’ Association was held at the Mala whom yards to-day, there'being a good attendance of buyers, but only a small yarding of sheep. Bidding was , kefen and prices were good. Thirty-four fat sheep were yarded, woolly cities making 34s 3d, and shorn ewes 23s 7d. Fifty-nine pigs were brought forward, and * wearers made- from 15s 6d for small op to 28s 6d lor go-od ports.; stores rip- to 31s; slips 265; porkers 37s 6d. and bnconers np to 60s. .Only two head of dairy cattle were yarded, and these* were sold at £4. There was a yarding of 2500 store sheep (hoggets). Hoggets mad*, from 29s 6d up to 27s 10.4, empty ewes.from 19s 9d up to 26s 6d, shorn empty evvos from 15s up to 21s, shorn 2-inqth wethers 21s 9d; woolly ewes with iambs at foot, up to 41s 6d; shorn ewes with lambs up to 25s 9d.

Fat Sheep: 8 ewes, . woolly, 34s 3d; 5 ewes, woollv, 345; 21 ewes, shorn, 23s 7d. Fat Cattle: 2 cows £4. ,

Pigs; 6 wcaners 15s 6d; 1 baconer 635; 1 light do. 50s; 3 do. porkers 38s 6d ; 2 stores 31s; 1 light porker 37s 6d; 1 .slip 265; 2 weanors 245; 3 do. 245; 2 do. 20s; 5 do. 21s; 3 do. 28s 6d ; 3 do. 275; 2 do. 23s 6d ; 4 do. 28s; 4 do., small, 16s 6d; 1 do. 26s 6tl: 1 do. 20s; 2 weaners 255; 3 do. 22s 6cl; 1 do. 23s 6d; 4 do. 22s 6d; 2 do. 225; 4 do. 16s 6d. Store Sheep: 98 fives', 6-tooth to fullmouth, with 100 lambs. 4ls 6d; 209 2-tooth wethers, shorn. 21s 9d: 120 m.s. Imgget.s 26s 7d : 74 s.m. empty ewes 19s 9d ; 152 m.s. hoggets 20s 6d; 65 m.s, do. 27s lOd: 20 ewes, shorn, with 22 iambs, 25s 9d: 11 ewes, with 1,1 lambs, 20s: 53 m.s. hoggets 17s 4d; 160 m.s. do. 24s 6d : 129 empty ewes 265; 7 m.s. woolly owns 34s 3d ; 11 empty ewes, shorn, 15s; 26 do., do,, 16s; 23 m.s. hoggets, small, 18s 3d; 53 empty ewes, 23s 9d; 205 do,, shorn, 16s. 6d; 140 do., 26s 6d; 990! empty ewes,, shorn, 21s. . v