LITTLE ALTERATION

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LV, Issue 17067, 27 September 1929, Page 8

LITTLE ALTERATION

P.B. SHEEP MARKET STOCK SALE AT MATAWHERO The prices realised during this morning’s business at the weekly stock sale showed little alteration from the rates ruling recently, except that secondgrade fat sheep .were a little firmer. The yartlings were not large. Some good quality fat cattle came forward, and in this'respect an improvement was noticed over the cattle offered at recent sales. There was an average attendance of the public. STORE SHEET. There was an entry of 2COO sheep. There was little alteration in prices from previous sales. Ewes with lambs sold up to £1 10s 6d and £1 9s, hoggets £1 4s lid, and empty, ewes to 17s Bd. > Prices were : Ninety-two fair ewes and 95 heavy fat lambs, £1 9s; 54 fair ewes and 53 heavy lambs (p), £1 6s 9d; 73 fair ewes and 69 good lambs (p), £1 4d; 56 plain ewes and 66 average lambs (p), £1 5s 9d; 34 four-tooth ewes (p), £1 7s 3d; 6 ewes and 6 good lambs, £1 10s 6d; 202 two-tooth wethers, medium size, £1 5s Sd; 66 mixed sex iwo-tooths £1 3s Bd. Hoggets : 101 well-grown, good-condi-tion, early, £1 4s 4d; 400 alt ewes, straight line, short wool, £1 4s lid'; 337 wethers, short wool, fairly good size and condition (p), £1 os 7d; 11 great Down cross ewes, with plenty of size and condition, £1 Is lOd. Empty ewes: 25 fair order (p), 14 6s ; 24 good frames and skins, 17s 8d: 18 fairly good order, 16s 2d. EAT SHEEP. An entry of 105 fat sheep came forward. Eirst-grado sheep showed no change, but second-grade sheep advanced in price. Very prime ewes mado £1 5s 9d, other ewes £1 2s 6d to £1 sd, Dawn lioggets £1 4s, and secondgrade ewes £1 to £1 2s 6d. Prices were: 25 ewes, very prime, £1 5s fid; 4 Down c»oss hoggets, £1 4s; 5 ewes £1 3s 6d; 8- ewes, £1 4s; 2 ewes, £1 4s Id; 1 wether £1 6s 6cl; 21 ewes, £1 sd; 4 ewes, £1 4s scl; 2 ewes, £1 2s 6d. Second-grade: 6 ewes, £1 Is; 4 ewes, £1 0s 5d j 7 ewes, £1 2s 6cl; 2 ewes, £1; 4 ewes, £1 0s 4d. FAT CATTLE. The entry of fat cattle was 20 head. The quality was better than usual, and the yarding consisted mostly of wellfinished cows of beef breed. An extra heavy prime Hereford cow made £ll. Several, pens of good cows made £lO 2s 6d to £lO 7s 6d, and light finished cows • £9. Prices • 1 well-finished, very heavy Hereford cow, £11; 2 well-finished cows, £lO 2s fid; 1 well-finished cow, £lO ss; 2 do., £lO 7s 6d; 1 cow, lighter, £8 12s 6*l; 5 good speyed Hereford cows, £lO 2s 6d ; 1 light cow, £7 7s 6d : 5 speyed cows, P. A. and Hereford, fair finish, £9.