Drought Affects Stortford Lodge Sale

Chronicle (Levin), 25 March 1948, Page 2

Drought Affects Stortford Lodge Sale

HASTINGS, Marcli 24. The pastures having beneiited little from the recent rains the few farmeis operating in the store slieep seetion at Stortford Lodge revealed little coulidence. The tiale was a dragging oue with all ciasses of slieep being quit on an easier market. Lambs went baeK by up to 3s a head and wethers and ewes were also clieaper. Generally, however, the market held its own on the weaker levels -rajing at Waipukurau yesterday. Eorward shorn wether lambs sold at 24s, small selling at 9d to 17s (id, good carfyover woolly wcther lambs 21s to 23s, cull ewe lambs out of the wool 17s, Down cross lambs in good order 22s 6d. Not for years has the beef entry beeu smaller than that of the 13 head olfered. The reasdn was tlie final day for killjng at ]the works. Medium ox sold at. £J 8, heavy heifer £17 ls, lighter made down to £13.. Little business was done in tlie store cattle section. Quitc a numbcr of farmcrs were in ttyc rostruiu but' inost of them seemed to bc there merely jto watch the-, market. .Good 3zoH ,A.A steers made £12 Gs and ohe-off A.A.. steers £9 4s. The rest of the station lines wefe passed in. There, was iittlo* movcment in fat slieep values. If anytliing slieep were a little lirnier ' thah last week in coiisequeiice of tlie sliort yardiiig. Only a few wethers came foiward, prime sorts niaking 41s id to 42s lOd, prime ewes 30s Id to 32s 7d. medium 29s ld. unfmislied 21s Id to 26s lOd; heavy lambs 34s 7d to 35s lOd, medium 30s 7d and light 23s ld; Down 2-ths 3ys 4th ...