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Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 111, 27 May 1937, Page 12

FAT SHEEP SHOW . ADVANCE Sharp Rise of 1/6 a Head at Stortford A KEEN INQUIRY ' • Fat sheep made a sharp advance 61 1/6 a head at stoftfofd Lddga festerday. The moderate yarding met with a keen iii^tiiry, all lots sellihg readiljr# Prime heavy ewes> lighter thail the tops last week, rCached to 28/6, showing as imuproveffieflt df 2/- a hCid. The bCSt lambs made to 29/-, these being heaVy and Well-fihishcd. Lighter lamhs showing quality made td 25/-# PractL cally all the butchers were in th« , market, their stippiiea having shortened cdnsiderably oWing to the dfy Season. Values wferd bifefed as twder1 fdt selected entries:— On account of Mr# B. T. St. Lawrence, Haumoana, an Cntfy df Southdown two-tooths, in extfa prifce 6rder, choice quality mutton, sold at 30/6. From the same sdnrce, a small entry of well-gi-dwn heavy extfh prime Southdown wethers topped the market at 32/6. On account of the same vendor, , ah entry of heavy extra prime lambs weri * purchased by Mr. J. B. Fletcher at 29/6.- In the same pen a line of extra priirie heavy biack-faCed lambs, of good quality } were purchased by J# T# Thompson & Soii at 28/;# Ah entry of 15 prime eweS, Cfirryin§ a goOd slipe, made 24/6. A pen of medium to heavy blaekfaced prime lambS hiade 24/-. A liae df heavier, simiiarly hred lambs, well finished, made 26/3. Ah entry of prime qttality, two-tdoth wethers, choice young mutton, was purchased by Mr. J. B, Fletcher at 89'/-. On aecount df Mr. E. H. Todd, a line df heavy extra well-woolled, pfimequality ewes bfdught 28/1. A further entry on account of Mr. Todd of 28 heavy prime ewes, sold at 28/-. Alsd On account of the same vendor, two pgns of slightly lighter ewes, prime finished, made §6/2. A fiiibih of 84 Well-wdolldd, heavy prime ewes fanged from 27/6 td 28/6.

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