LITTLE DEMAND FOR SHEEP.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LI, Issue 16895, 27 November 1925, Page 7

LITTLE DEMAND FOR SHEEP.

DRY WEATHER AFFECTS

MARKET

MATAWBERO STOCK SAL!

The present dry weather lias resulted in the demand for sheep falling off considerably, and this was evidenced at the weekly sale held at the Matawhero yards to-day by the Poverty Bay Stockbrokers 1 ' Association. There was a good attendance of the public, which included few buyers, and competition was poor. Ridding was slow, and almost all the lines were passed in. There whs a largo yarding of 63 fat cattle, good bullocks bringing £lO ss, light bullocks (p) £7 7s 6d, £8 and £8 17s 6d, cows (station lines) £6 10s and £7, heifers £5 and £5 ss. In the fat sheep there was a yarding of 117, mostly ewes, but there was no competition. , Good ewes, shorn, were passed in at 18s and 19s, mixed sexes 23s Id. 2-tooth wethers 25s 6d, woolly ewes 255, light ewes 16s lOd. Only a small yarding of 28 pigs was offered, good slips making 265, small<do. 14s, good stores 35s Gel, light do. 22s to 30s, porkers 40s, 44s and 455. Thefe'was also a small yarding of 379 store sheep. M.s. hoggets brought 20s and 24s 6d, 2-tooth ewes, sum'll, 14s sd, 2-tooth wothn 's 19s and 19s lid. f. and f. ewes, woolly, 18s, shorn ewes with lambs. 26s 3d, km ewes, shorn, 15s. The following are the prices secured for the lines offered, (p) indicating those passed in,: — Fat cattle: 3,bullocks. P.A.-cross (p) £B, 1 row,- Jersey (p) £4 10s, 1 heifer £5, 3 bullocks, Hereford (p) £7 7s 6d, 1 cow,’Jersey (p) £4 12s 6d, 3 do., Hereford (p) £4* 10s, 5 do. do’. £6, 2 do., Jcrsiv (p) £4 10s, 1 do. do. £4 10s. 2 do. Hereford-cross, £5 10s, 3 do., Shorthorn £7, 2 do. Jersey (p) £3 ss, 1 heifer, Hereford, £5 ss, 1 cow, dairy sort (p) £4 15s, 3 bullocks (p) £8 17s 6d, 3 do. £lO ss, 3 cows, Hereford (p) £5, 3 cows, P.A. (p) £5 ss, s'bullocks, P.A.-cross (p) £9 15s. 4 do., Hereford-cross (p) £9, 4 do. do.” (p) £8 10s, 1 cow, dairy sort (p) £6 15s, 1 do. do. £6 ss, 6 do., Shorthorn, £6 10s. Fat sheep: 18 ewes (p) l&s. 11 2-th ewes and wethers (shorn) 23s Id, 22 ewes (shorn) (p) 21s, 15 do. do. (|>) 18s, 22 do. do. (|i| 19.5, 12 wethers do. (p) 25; 6d. 3 ewes (.vuo'l.y) Ip) 2fn. 9 do. (shorn) (p) Jss, 5 light do. do. ()>) 16s lOd. Pigs: 5 slips 265. 2 porkors 40s, 2 do. 1 do. 455, 4 .stores 32k, 3 do. 265, 1 do. 305., 1 do. 17s. 1 slip 14s, 5 stores 35,s 6d, 3; do. 275. Store sheep: 5 m.s. hoggets (p) 20s. 16 f. ami f. ewes (woolly) (p) 18s, 20 do. (p) 15s, 24 s.m. ewes (shorn) Jo) Jss. 1 ewes with lambs (shorn) 26s 3d. 31 4- ( ' d-> /)>' f.2 i. If i 2-th wctbf-rs.do. 19-- lid. 57 2-th ewes do. 14s sd, 59 s.m. do. do. 14s Id. 18 woolly do. with IP 'nmbs 235. 3d 2-l.h wethers (shorn) 19s 33 m.s. hoggets nvoollv' t-* 1 2Ah 6d.