16,000 SHEEP AT BALFOUR

Southland Times, Issue 23774, 23 March 1939, Page 3

16,000 SHEEP AT BALFOUR

COMPETITION GOOD,

SOUND MOUTH EWES IN DEMAND

More than 16,000 sheep were offered at the monthly Balfour stock sale yesterday, when competition was good and prices were fairly sound. Wright, Stephenson and Company Ltd. offered about half the yarding. Big annual drafts from the Glenure and Ben Callum stations were offered by the National Mortgage and Agency Company, Ltd. There was a fairly big number of two-tooth ewes offered and these made up to 31/6. This price was a considerable drop compared with the prices ruling at Waikaka last week, but it was on a par with prices at recent sales. Dalgety and Company Ltd. secured the top price for a line sold on account of Mr A. Stewart, Greenbank, Balfour. J. E. Watson and Company Ltd. and the Southland Farmers’ Cooperative Association Ltd. also secured more than 31/- for lines offered on account of Mr J. Dennis, Balfour, and Mr A. Stewart, Dunkeld, Balfour, respectively. Mr Dennis’s line was sold at 31/2 and Mr Stewart’s at 31/1. Other sorts made up to 30/3 and 30/- with poorer sorts selling down to 26/-. Big lines of sound-mouth ewes offered on account of the Glenure and Ben Callum stations by the National Mortgage and Agency Company Ltd. made keen competition and each line brought more than 25/-. The Ben Callum line was sold to Mr J. Robertson (Winton) and Mr J. Wilson, jun. (Dipton), at 25/6, and the Glenure line was purchased by Messrs J. C. and C. Affleck (Oreti) at 25/1. Other lines of sound-mouths made up to 20/3, with poorer sorts selling down to 16/-. There was a big yarding of full and failing-mouth ewes and these brought up to 21/-, other lines selling at 20/3 down to 10/-. Failers brought from 2/6 to 11/-. Wether lambs made from 14/- to 16/- and ewe sorts brought up to 21/-, other lines selling at 20/6 down to 15/-, Mixed sex sorts brought up to 14/-. Sales were:—

Wright, Stephenson and Company Ltd.— One hundred and twenty f. and f.m. ewes at 8/8, 141 do. at 7/3, 70 do. at 9/7, 100 4-th wethers at 18/9, 335 f. and f.m. ewes at 7/5, 293 wether lambs at 15/6, 48 2-th ewes at 18/7, 315 f. and f.m. ewes at 16/-, 112 do. at 8/-, 73 do. at 14/-, 100 ewe lambs at 20/6, 77 f.m. ewes at 4/6, 47 do. at 6/8, 33 do. at 6/-, 47 do. at 7/1, 118 f. and f.m. ewes at 10/-, 173 do. at 8/9, 120 do. at 9/1, 120 2-th wethers at 17/8, 73 f.m. ewes at 7/-, 50 2-th ewes at 24/1, 54 f.m. ewes at 7/1, 73 fat wethers at 21/8, 148 m.s. lambs at 14/-, 199 wether lambs at 16/1, 194 2-th wethers at 18/4, 245 s.m. ewes at 17/1, 418 f. and f.m. ewes at 12/2, 30 rape lambs at 15/3, 14 f.m. ewes at 3/-, 16 2-th wethers at 16/2, 23 f.m. ewes at 7/9, 32 fat wethers at 18/-, 22 2-th ewes at 20/-, 55 f. and f.m. ewes at 7/-, 160 2-th ewes at 30/3, 80 f. and f.m. ewes at 8/1, 162 do. at 13/9, 136 do. at 10/3, 70 f.m. ewes at 6/1, 33 tussock ewes at 5/9, 100 f.m. ewes at 7/2, 81 do. at 9/8, 93 do. at 9/7, 143 do. at 9/1, 71 do. at 5/6, 73 f. and f.m. ewes at 10/—, 93 do. at 13/4, 115 do. at 12/9, 78 do. at 17/-. Passed in: 140 f.m. ewes at 2/4, 213 do. at9/-. National Mortgage and Agency 'Company Ltd.—Fifty-five two-tooth ewes at 30/-, 42 ewe lambs at 17/-, 34 f. and f.m. ewes at 9/-, 139 f. and f.m. ewes at 7/4, 114 do. at 7/9, 260 4, 6 and 8-th ewes at 18/-, 132 f.m. ewes at 7/9, 265 wether lambs at 11/10, 476 g.s.m. ewes at 25/6, 414 do. at 25/1, 24 f.m. ewes at J>/10, 33 do. at 4/7, 55 ewe lambs at 21/-, 40 f.m. ewes at 2/6, 112 f. and f.m. ewes at 21/-, 122 2-th ewes at 27/1, 121 f.m. ewes at 9/7, 98 do. at 8/-, 206 m.s. lambs at 11/1, 276 do. at 11/1, 71 f.m. ewes at 11/-, 103 f. and f.m. ewes at 20/6, 109 2-th ewes at 27/10. J. E. Watson and Company Ltd.— Seventy 2-th ewes at 30/-, 19 do. at 27/2, 30 6 and 8-th ewes at 21/3, 86 f. and f.m. ewes at 10/6, 99 2-th ewes at 31/2.

Dalgety and Company Ltd.—Sixtyfive 2-th ewes at 31/6, 41 f.m. ewes at 11/9, 51 do. at 11/1, 184 2-th ewes at 28/3. Southland Farmers’ Co-operative Association Ltd.—One hundred and sixtythree s.m. ewes at 17/6, 80 f. and f.m. ewes at 13/-, 85 2-th ewes at 31/1.

New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company Ltd.— Three hundred and seventy s.m. ewes at 16/-, 81 f. and f.m. ewes at 10/10.