Sound Market

Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 4, 20 January 1937, Page 8

Sound Market

,• v , , , STORE SHEEP . Hardening Trend To-day at Stortford 16,000 HEAD YARDED Another sound market showing a tendeney to harden on last week 's priftes Tuled at Stortford Lodge to-day for store sheep. In the yarding of 16,000 head woolly wether lambs again predominated, and the botter-quality lines. sold readily to widespread competition. At attractive entry of forward blackfaced lambs containing a number of Mllable torts made 21/10. A few peus of ewe lambs were offered, most of wHch wero small to medium; tliey sold .well according to size. Sborn lambs "wero also in demand and sold at late xates. early-shorn fat- and forward wetbers Some fine pens of fat and forward wetbers were offered, tbe outstanding line being an exceptionally well-done Jine of two-tooths offered on aecount of tbe Hawke 's Bay Jockey Club, wbicb were eagerly sougbt after and realised tbe excellent value of 26/1, topping tbe market. A few lines of breeding ewes were generally poorly moutbed and Tatber elow of sale. Eealisations were made ti linden — An, entry of 312 medium-grown "fclaek-faced rape lambs, quite well woolled and canying a lot of eondition, xealised 19/% On account of Mr Ian Gordon, *Haupau" Station, 203 well-growa black-faced lambs in very forward eondition, an attractive, welbdone line, aold at 20/4. A draft of 502 medium-grown blackfaced lambs from tbe back country and not previously drafted, being in good •rder, were passed at 18/4. An entry of 91 f airly well moutbed breeding ewes, fairly well fram^d, jnany being early sborn and in average jorder, sold at 20/6. On account of Mr P. Asbby, Mangatahu, an offering of 105 well-framed |n very good order made 25/1. . On account of Mr Michael Gordqn "Taurapa," an entry of 567 well-grown woolly wbite-faced lambs, dipped and dosed, .xealised to 20/3. These lambs were in attractively fresh order and in jrery good store eondition. Down from Mangatabi, 160 wellgrown sborn wbite-faced lambs, baving been dosed and in average order, xealised 17/1. A draft of 218 early-sborn ana particularly well-grown fat and forward two-tootb wetbers, in splendid order, xealised tbe Bplendid value of 26/1. * From tbe ,Te Pobue district, 140 medium-grown black-f aced lambs in very forward order, including a number of killable sorts, made 19/9. In from Puketapu 117 shorn white faced ewe lambs, small grown, brougbt SO/% . On account of Mr R- White, ^Kaiwaka, 162 woolly wbite-faced wether lambs, inf good store order, xealised 19/4. -On account of Mr John Paton, Otamauri, 150 six-year-old breeding ewes brougbt '17/2. On account of Mx R. Wbite, Kai..waka, 61 medium-grown black-f aeed xape lambs in quite good order realised 19/2. „ .

From tbe same souree, 41 Jargetgrown similaxly-bred lambs in very for- • ward eondition, including several Mllable sorts, brougbt 21/10. * On account of Mr H. M. Sinclair, "Tbe Falls," Tangoio, 153 woolly medium wMte-faced wether lambs. fairly grown, made 17/1. On account of tbe McKinnon. Estate, Arapawanui, 250' small to mediumgrown woolly, wbite-faced wether lambs, #, useful carry-over- propoeition, jnade 16/2, Off bard, bigb country, 255 medium- . grown woolly wbite-faced wether lambs, " in ratber ligbt conditiou but wbicb . sbould do well on suitable pasture, made 16/% On account of Kereru Station, 367 well-bred woolly wbite-faced ewe lambs, Einall grown, brougbt 24/8. An entry of 211 small to mediumgrown black-iaced lambs, in iigbt prder passed at 15/9. On account of Mr- F. B. Logan, Kereru, 140 well-framed early-sborn fat »nd forward wsthers, in splendid order. xaade 25/10. An entry of 152 nicely-grown wellwoolled wbite fa'.'.ec wether lambs, m , geod order, were passeq at 19/2. On account of Mr F. 'K. Wilkie, .Arapawanui, 158 small to medium grown woolly wlxite-laced wether lambs, in ratber ligbt eondition, made 17/-. From tbe "Wairoa district, smallgrown woolly- wether lambs showing a By eland- strain made 14/7. On- account of tbe. estate of W. McKinnon, Arapawanui 214 medium-grown well-woolled wbite-faced wether lambs jbtt very bealtby, f resh eondition irouglyt 18/10. On account of .Mr B. L. Cbanbers, Poututu Station/ 189 woolly smaDgrown wbite-faced lambs made 21/5. On account of Mr E. Fookes, Waikare, 163 nicely-grown CorriedaleSouthdown cross wether lambs, very fine ia, tbe wool, made 19/-,