LIVE STOCK MARKETS

Dominion, Volume 32, Issue 150, 21 March 1939, Page 14

LIVE STOCK MARKETS

Small Yardings Offered At Norse wood DANNEVIRKE. March 20. The Norsewood stock sale today saw a small yarding of sheep and cattle offered to a mediocre bench of buyers. Cpmpetition was quite keen throughout, however, a total clearance being effected at prices up to late rates. Prices are:— Sheep: Medium ewe lambs, 12/6; wether lambs, 9/6 to 13/6; small ewe lambs, 9/-; m.a. ewes, 7/4 to 10/-; oneshear S.D. rains, 2 to 4gn§. Cattle: Fat Jersey cows, £3/10/- to £5/5/-; store eows, £l/10/- to £3; Jersey bulls, £3 to £5. Pigs: Weaner pigs, 4/-. Fat Sheep Values Maintained At Gisborne GISBORNE, March IS. At the Gisborne stock sale, fat sheep values were maintained. Ewes made 8/4 to 10/3, with one pen at 7/4. but wethers barely made store value—lo/3. Down two-tooths brought 13/- to 15/8. and lambs 12/3 to 15/-. The store sheep entry numbered 5200, with a large proportion of lambs, which declined, good lots making (>/- to 9/10. Other values were maintained. Down lambs, fat and forward, made 11/2, fairly good 7/10; ewe lambs, fairly good, 9/3 to 9/6. Good lots of breeding ewes realized 17/3 for four-tooths. and six and eight-tooths 19/4, live and six-year 8/- to S/6; aged ewes. 3/- to 4/3. Wethers, fresh, made 10/5. medium 8/6. Beef values were maintained. Station cow.s made £5/10/- to £6, Jerseys £3 15/- to £4/17/6: P.A. vealerst. £2/2/- to £2/4/-.