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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 74, Issue 110, 12 May 1931, Page 9

STOCK MARKETS

SALES OF THE WEEKi JJuJgcty and Co. Lid. report on the sales of last week as under; There was a clearing sale on account, of (he estate of S. J. Alullins held on Tuesday, Alay 5, at Linton, when the following prices were realised: Woolly wether lambs h - to 9/4; 2 and 4-tooth wethers IL- to 11/11; fat hoggets J 4 3; in.a. ewes, r.w. Shropshire ranis 7/10; small .18 inonlhs heifers 25/6 to .12; .1 draught gelding £lB. A quantity of implements and sun dries sold at market rates. I There was an entry of 840 head id. ; cattle at their Taihape autumn •cattle i fair on Wednesday, May 6, and report I a clearance with the exception of a few small pons. Young cattle of all classes sold well above late rates. The demand for grown cattle was fair, but aged cows, both empty and in calf, were neglected. Included in the offering was a particularly good line of 157 weaner Hereford steers, and a pen of 85 weancr Hereford heifers on account Mr J. I*\ Studhohno, and these met with keen competition, th) steers selling at £2/10/- to £2/1.1/- and the heifers at 30/ . Fat vows £4/2/- co £415/-, 3|ycar steers £5/7/6 to £5/10/-. steers £4/7/6 to £4/13/-, 18-months Hereford steers £3/2/- to £3/19/-, 18nionths crossbred steers £2/16/-. 18months P.A. steers £3/8/- to £3/15/-, 18-months Hereford heifers £2/11/- to £2/15/-, 18-monrhs P.A. cross steers £2/6/-, empty cows 35/-, aged Hereford cows r.w. bull 27/- to 34/-, aged P.A. cows t.w. bull 40/6, weaner P.A. steers 33/- to 35/-, weancr Hereford steers 27/- to £2/11/-, woanor Hereford heifers 30/-, mixed Hereford wcatiers 36/-, cull Hereford weaner heifers 16/6, 18months dairy heifers r.w. bull £4/10/-. There was a good entry of sheep at their Mangawekn sale on Thursday. May 7, all of which mot with good com petition and a total clearance was effected: 5-yc.ar owes, r.w. S.D. rams 6/3 to 10/2, 4 and 5-yonr ewes, r.w. S.D. rams 11/10 to 13/3, 4 and 5-voar owes, r.w. Pomney rams 8/- to 10/9. ewe lambs 10/- to 13/-. THE RAETIHI SALE Messrs Freeman K. Jackson Co. Ltd. report on their usual fortnightly sale; held at Raetihi on Friday, Sth inst., as followsfollows: —To a good attendance of the farmers wo offered over 500 cattle, besides 700 sheep. Ewe lambs were again in good demand and late rates were fully maintained, whilst wether lambs sold in vendors’ favour. The commencement of the cattle section somewhat dragged, the first few| pens offered being passed in. but to-, wards the later stages vendors seemed more readily to accept ruling rates with the result of fewer passings. Twoyear steers were in good demand, practically the whole yardeo selling at, from £4 to £4 15s, coloured ditto at about £3; ss. We disposed of the larger proportion of the offering. Wo quote: —Good, ewe lambs, 12s 8d; medium ewe lambs, Ils Id to Ils lOd; wether lambs, 6s 6d to 7s 7d; small owe lam os, 7s. Cattle. —Best 24-year steers, £4 10s to £4 15s (several lots); calved ditto, £3 3s. £3 5s to £3 17s; rougher sorts. £2 17s to £3 2s; 20-months well-bred steers, £3 6s to £4; smaller well-bred steers. £2 14s; others. £2 2s 6d, £2 4s to £2 10s; rough and coloured. 275. 355. 37s to £2; .‘H-year bullocks. £4 16s to £5 2s 6d; light fat cows, £3 5s to £3 12s 6d; boners, 255; 2-year calved heifers, 32s to £2; 20 months heifers (small), 255, 27s to 31s: best-bred weaners, £2 3s; dairy bred weaners, (coloured), 245. 25s to 31s; rough. 17s; springing dairy heifers. £6 10s to £7.