Good Competition At Fordell Ewe And Cattle Fair

Wanganui Chronicle, 17 February 1949, Page 8

Good Competition At Fordell Ewe And Cattle Fair

The N.Z. Loan and Mercantile Agency Co., Ltd. (Inc. in England) report on the Fordell supplementary c-we fair and cattle sale held on Tuesday:— “A yarding of 4500 sheep and 400 head of station-bred cattle was offered to a large bench of buyers, principally from Taranaki and Rangitikei districts, and competition from these areas was again particularly strong. We can report a total clearance at auction of the sheep. “The market for 5-year ewes was firmer than the main ewe fair and showed an increase of 2s to 3s per head on medium to good ewes, Mr. A. H. Mac Lean’s 5-year ewes topped the sale, realising 39s Id to 39s 9d. Fouryear ewes, late shorn, offered on account of Misses M. and C. Sutherland, made 39s 3d. Recent sales have shown an easing in 2-tooth ewes and this 'was again evident at yesterday’s sale. Top price for 2-tooth ewes was 50s, secured for a line offered nn accouunt of Mr. E. R. Hislop, while 150 good

? hill-country 2-tooths offered on ac- ■ count of Mr. Eric Hine, Mangamahu, <’ realised 45s 4d. “Fair interest was taken in a yarding of 400 head of cattle, over 300 be- ) ing disposed of under the hammer. - Good forward P.A. steers - reached £l4, while smaller cattle were i traded at £ll 12s. Forward 2Lyear ? P.A. heifers sold to £ll 10s. “Prices: — t Good 2-tooth ewes to 50s; medium, 41s 7d to 45s 4d; four and six-tooth > ewes, 395; 4-year ewes, 34s 4d to 39s 1 9d; lower mouuths, 28s 4d to 32s 2d; ? late shorn, 26s 3d to 295; woolly o.f. . lambs, 26s to 28s 9d; meaty shorn b.f. ? lambs, 25s 5d to 26s 2d; shorn wether - lambs, 23s 6d to 24s lOd; small, 18s 5d - to 19s 4d; cully, 10s 4d to 13a 6d; ewe , lambs, 25s to 27s lid. i “Cattle: 2i-year P.A. steers, £ll 12s s to £l4; coloured, £9 to £9 10s; forj ward 2i-year P.A. heifers, to £ll 10s; - smaller, £10: li-year P.A. heifers, £7; t empty cows, £lO to £ll Is; boner cows 1 to £7.