STOCK SALES

Press, Volume LXXIV, Issue 22512, 21 September 1938, Page 17

STOCK SALES

>n ♦ ce °* RANGIORA 35 5y er «. Tnere . was »•*»**• yarding all found at the weekly stock market held at Rangiora j> 1 yesterday, o £?U°wing is the range of prices:— Pigs—l-arge stores 32s 6d, weaners 12s 6d to 18s 6d, slips 20s 6d to 21s Ad, Cattle—Good springers £8 10s to *W. aged springers £3 10s to £7 10s. ? p — Fou r lines of ewes and lambs sold from 7s 7d to 12s 3d. E , ASHBURTON '; Prices at the Ashburton stock sola yes. :_• terday showed a falling tendency when compared with those realised at Tinwald it we « k - There were soma good lines , of fat sheep entered, but the bidding was . I inclined to be slow. , The top price of the market was Ms Id ,' for a pen of live wethers sold on account • of A. Bennett (Riverside). Ewes brought t up to 20s 4d. this price being securedby Clemens Bros. (BarrhiU) for a pen A t seven. .«• . The principal sales were:— ■ z,.? 3 ,* Ewe >*^9 n ac co«nt of Mrs E. M. Begg (Wakanui). 0 at 15s 4d to 19s; J. Gregory (Seafield), 13 at 12s lOd to 15b lOd; Clemens Bros. (BarrhiU), 7 at JOs 4d: T. ; Corbett (Mayfleld;, 54 at Ms Id to Ms , 7d; clients, 243 at 10s 4d to 19s Id. Fat Wethers—On account of J\ J, Hydes » (Ashburton Forks), 18 at 20s 4d to 24s : 7d; E. S. Barnes (Coldstream), 11 at 20s 6d; J, Mitchell (Seafield). 4 at 22s 7d; A. Bennett (Riverside), 5 at 28s Id; T. Corbett (Mayneld), 8 at 20s 4d; clients, 81 at 18s Id to 25s lOd. Hoggets—On account of clients, 18 at 14s Id to 14s 7d. Stores—On account of clients, 154 wathar hoggets at 10s 7d. Cattle—Fat cows at £9 15s, Jersey cows at £5 5s to £6 2s 6d. LORNEVILLE (PBxsa *»sociatjqji riutuic.) INVERCARGILL. September 20. The sale for fat cattle at liorneville yesterday was the best of the season, some excellent'prices being realised. In some cases there was a rise of £1 10s to £2. The yarding of fat sheep was smaller than usual, very few wethers being penned. Fat Cattle—Good quality bullocks brought up to £l7 ss, medium-weights £ls to £l6 2s Gd, lighter £ll 10s to £l3; best quality cows up to £l4 7s 6d, good quality £ll to £l2. medium £9 to £lO, indifferent sorts down to £3 15s, vealers £1 5a to £1 7s 6d, small sorts down to 15s. Fat Sheep—Best ewes brought up to 295, good ewes 21s to 24s 6d, medium 15s to 17s, light down tb 12s; best wethers up to 33s 3d, medium 25s 6d to 27s 6d, light down to 21s. i ~~