CLEARING SALE

Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 6, 22 January 1937, Page 6

CLEARING SALE

Good Market for Elsthorpe Stock A most successful cleafing saie v !jS held on Wednesday at Elsthorpe cn accomit of Mr J. E. Boese, who has dispo.-sed of his property through JJ&lgety and Co., Ltd., and the New Zealand Loau and Mereantile Agency Lid auctioneers in coujunction. There was a good attendance ot buy--ers, t'armers being present from the Hastings, Waipkuuiau, Waipawa bi d Takaptu districts. Competition the whole cf the livestoek was particularly keen throi ghout. Despite the fact riiat the lambs had been weaned only h fortnight the ewes came forward in good condition and elicited pinted bidding, the top price being realised lcr a line oi 282 4-ths which sold at +3/Ihe iuii range oi prices is as lulh-vs: — 393 woolly ewe larabs 29/1, .'-80 2-th ewes '40/-, 209 '4-.yr ewes 38/2, 282 4 th ewes 43/-, 293 five-year ewes 29/3, 2(9 6-th ewes 40/6, 371 woolly vvether laui 19/-, 51 lat and 1'orwaLd 4-th wachcrs 25 3, 126 sn ai! mixed-sex lambs U '6, 63 nix^d ag • ewes 20/9, 8 uwo-.ujar Llomnev rams lO^gns., 2 " So'ithd nvn rams 5gns., 4 three-sbear Liomney rams IHgns., 6 tui! mouth Ronitiey 'nuts «r> gns; 22 two-yeai L'.A. heileis (.utn.ing with F. A. bull) £7 10,-, I 5-year I'.A. bull L9 10/-, 13 P.A. oows ri.w i' A. bull, aud 13 P.A. calves at l'oot) t'10 2/6, 22 P.A. aud Heretord . 'ows with 21 calves at foot £9 5/-, *? 16-iutus P.A. heiiers £6 11/-, 20 16-rnths »'.A. steers £6 18/6, 1 ugeul bay mare l.a«-lc £5. faddle and bridle £2 10/-, 1 bay mare hack £5 10/-, saddle and n.nOo C2 2/6, 1 dairy heiler £i, 1 dairy c w £4 17/6. Lmplements aud sundries i>old vell. up to maiket rates