High Values Again

Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 10, 27 January 1937, Page 6

High Values Again

. STORE LAMBS Bright Market at Stortford To-day GOOD QUALITY ENTRY * Late high-level values *for store lambs were fully maintained at Stortford Lodge to-day, when a hrigiht market prevailed. Torday's effering iucluded a larger percentage of good-quality lambs than came forward last week, and these met ~witdx widespread competition. Seyeral pens of seeond-quality lambs made good selling. Fat and forward lambs made to 22/8. Shorn white-faced wether laaibs . were . aot of the same quality as the tops •ffered at Waipukurau yesterday, but made good saies. Some better-grown woolly ewe lambs came forward, the tops making 28/9, Breeding ewes wero on offer in layger aumbers to-day, when Taheke station four and six-tooth ewes brought 33/and f our-year-oid ewes oSE the same property made 30/-. Five and six-year-old sorls, well mouthed, brought to 26/-, iut poor-mouthed lines were as cheap as t0/- and slow to sell. The total yarding consxsted of 22,990 iead, witht lambs again predominating. JHafc and forward wethers were in short supply, and lacked the quality of last ireek's yarding. Values as the sale progressed were fully maintained, with all lots of lambs •iready for putting ou to rape in keeii demand. In from Oraggy Range, 136 smallgrown woolly white-faced lambs, iu light condition, realised 15/2. An entry of 90 small medium-grown klaek-faced lambs, canying quite a lot pi condition, brought 18/-. . On account of Taheke Station, 441 taedium-grown shoxn white-faced wether lambs, in healthy; order, were sold at 16/3. An entry of 254 nicely-grown earlyshorn two-tooth wethers in forward order, having boen well done, realised 24/8 in good competition. On acconnt of Taheke Station, 200 ■horn white-faced wether lambs, being 0 useful.carryover proposition, brought 15/1. From the same source, 541 shoru white-faced wether lambs, in lightor order than the previous pens and looking their worst, being just off the road, brought 14/5. An entry of 335 fonr and five-year-•Id ewes, all gnaranteed sound mouthed, in low condition, did not attract any nttention to bxing in a slow sale 21/-. A- line of 109 medium-grown twotooth wethers, in light condition, met prith slow selling at 21/-. An entry of 172 woolly wether lambs, fuite well covered, brought 17/9. In from Eskdale, small to medium Down cross lambs in fair order made 17/6. A line of station-bred cull ewea, in poor order, made 13/2. An entry of 152 small to mediumgrown blaek-faced lambs in quite good order, useful for putting on.to rape, brought 18/-. . A line of 117 extra-forward blaekfaced lambs, in excellent order, including a good percentage of killable sorts, made 22/8. . On account of Mr H. M. Campbell, Horonui, 113 woolly white-faced ewe lambs, in very bealthv order, realised 85/6. On account of Taheke Station, S6 Ave-year-old breeding ewes, good mouthed but uneven iu condition, the best being qnite good, made 24/6. Also from Taheke Station, 550 five-year-old breeding ewes, well f ramed and good mouthed, in sound order, made 25/-. Jk h entry of 212 Taheke four and sixfooth breeding ewes, in light store coniiition, but would impxove quickly'once the road, realised 33/-. On account pf Mr J. Taylor, PuteIrino, 130 well-woolled medium-grown White-faced lambs, in quite fair order, Malised 17/9. Oh account of Mr M. Orr, Tangoio, 310 small to medium-grown shorn llom»ey cross wether lambs made 15/1. On acconnt of Mr W. Kinross White, Omarunui, 299 well-framed early-shorn five and six-year-old breeding ewes, well mouthed and in splendid condition, being sound in constitution, made 26/1. On account of Taheke Station, 322 jBarly-shorn forward condition wethers, Including' a few on the light eide, sold •t 24/6. - fn from Otamauri, 125 woolly whitefaced wether lambs, which were rather gathered up in appearance, brought 15/6. On account of Mr John Walker, Patoka, 100 nicely-grown , black-faced lambs, in very forward condition, having been well done, brought 22/7. An entry of 190 well-framed quxte -early-shorn five-year-old breeding ewes "in very good store order brought 28/-. A draft of 250 nicely-grown blackfaced lambs in very forward order. which should finis h. quickly. on rape, made 21/7. An entry of 154 well-framed five and six-year-old ewes, rather uneven and poor-mouthed. made 20/1. A line of 204 well-grown nicelywoolled wMte-faced ewe 'lambs in f resh, nttractive condition sold at 28/4. Down from Waiwhare and off the rape, 356 early-shorn white-faced wether lambs in good order, sound and gooddoing, were sold at 17/3. A line of 253 nicely-grown blackfaced rape lambs in healthy condition and good order made 19/9. An entiy of 213 small-grown woolly white-faced ewe lambs in from Craggy Eange brought 21/6. On account of Mr J. McGregor, Kanuka, Rissington, 225 woolly whitefaced wetfier. lambs, some being in very food condition, made 19/6. An entry of 190 fat and forward black-faced lambs in splendid order made 22/1. A further entiy on account. of Mr McGregor, Kanuka, 202 woolly whitefaced wether lambs, smaller grown than the previous pen, made 17/1. On account of ' ' Paututu, ' ' Wairoa. 360 medium-grown early-shorn twotooth wethers in good doing order made 83/-. * On account of Mr D. Beattie, Kaiwaka, 172 woolly Romney-cross wether tambs in good medium store order brought 18/6. 1 Oa account of Mr Hs Orr, ' Tangoio,,

an entry of five and eix -year-old breed- [ ing ewes, generally in very light store order but quite fair-mouthed, made 22/5. , On account of Taheke Station, 318 four-year-old breeding ewes in good order were sold at 30/-,