Masterton

Dominion, Volume 32, Issue 152, 23 March 1939, Page 14

Masterton

Dominion Special Service. MASTERTON, March 22. The few fat sheep yarded met strong competition and sold better than for some time at the Masterton stock sale today. The associated auctioneers offered a yarding of 2500 sheep to a small attendance. Very few good ewes came forward. Those that did sold at about par rates. Store lambs, the majority of the yarding, sold very poorly, but vendors, because of the continued dry weather, met the market. Quotations are:— Sheep: Fat wethers 18/- to 18/6, extra heavy 21/-; fat ewes 10/- to 12/-; Southdown ewes 15/- to 17/-; fat lambs, heavy 22/9 to 23/3, others 18/- to 21/6; good two-tooth ewes account Mrs. Elgar 27/4, small 12/9 to 20/-; five-year ewes 17/-; m.a. ewes 15/- to 17/-: aged ewes 6/- to 8/-; good two-tooth wethers 16/-, small 10/-; extra good shorn wether lambs 13/to 13/10, woolly 12/7; good woolly wether lambs 8/- to 9/4, medium 6/- to 6/8, small 4/- to 5/-; good b.f. lambs 12/6 to 13/2. medium 8/6 to 10/-; good woolly ewe lambs account D. Fraser 16/1, others 14/- to 15/8; small ewe lambs 5/- to 7/9; Southdown rams 3gns. to s|gns., aged lgn. to ligns. Pigs: Porkers 25/- to 40/-; weanera 5/- to 7/-.